Starfleet Academy SCISEC Brief 008: Temporal Vortex is a short episode in the DVD Extra series of Starfleet Academy SCISEC Briefs. In this episode, an unnamed Starfleet Science Officer examines the Borg's use of a temporal vortex.

References

Characters

Starfleet Science Officer

Referenced only

Borg Queen • Zefram Cochrane • Lily Sloane • Solkar

Races and cultures

Human

Referenced only

Borg • Vulcan

Locations

Earth • Golden Gate Bridge • San Francisco • James T. Kirk Lecture Hall, Starfleet Academy

Referenced only

Australia • Bozeman, Montana • New Guinea • North America

Starships and vehicles

Type-6 shuttlecraft • Type-11 shuttlecraft • Type-15 shuttlepod • Unnamed Federation shuttlecraft classes#24th century

Referenced only

Borg cube • Borg sphere • USS Enterprise-E (Sovereign-class) • Phoenix • T'Plana-Hath (T'Plana-Hath-class)

States and organisations

Borg Collective • Starfleet • Starfleet Command

Other references

chronometric particle • planet • space-time continuum • temporal vortex • time travel

Appendices

Chronology

• 2373 - The Borg Collective instigate the Battle of Sector 001 and launch a Borg sphere that travels back in time through a temporal vortex.
• 2063 - The Borg sphere reenters the timeline and attempts to assimilate Earth, but is thwarted by the timely arrival of the USS Enterprise-E.
• 24th century (post 2379) - Starfleet Academy SCISEC Briefs take place.

Related stories

• TNG movie: Star Trek: First Contact

Connections

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (SA)
episodes	season 1	"Kids These Days" • "Beta Test" • "Vitus Reflux" • "Vox In Excelso" • "Series Acclimation Mil" • "Come, Let's Away" • "Ko'Zeine" • "The Life of the Stars" • "300th Night" • "Rubincon"
	SCISEC Briefs	"Mystery Behind Voyager" • "Mystery Behind Ceti Alpha VI" • "Mystery Behind the Vulcan Katra Transfer" • "The Whale Probe" • "Nimbus III" • "Praxis" • "Trilithium" • "Temporal Vortex" • "The Origins of the Ba'ku and Son'a Conflict" • "Thalaron Radiation"
video game series		Starfleet Academy Starship Bridge Simulator • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Academy: Chekov's Lost Missions • Starfleet Academy: Strategic Command • Academy Trainer • see also: Klingon Academy • Cadet Training Facility
prose	Starfleet Academy video game novelization • Academy: Collision Course • see also: TNG novel: The Best and the Brightest • ST - Explorer short story: "Academy Acquisition"
	1990s book series	TNG: Worf's First Adventure • Line of Fire • Survival • Capture the Flag • Atlantis Station • Mystery of the Missing Crew • Secret of the Lizard People • Starfall • Nova Command • Loyalties • Crossfire • Breakaway • The Haunted Starship • Deceptions • VOY: Lifeline • The Chance Factor • Quarantine • TOS: Crisis on Vulcan • Aftershock • Cadet Kirk
	2010s book series (Kelvin timeline)	The Delta Anomaly • The Edge • The Gemini Agent • The Assassination Game
comics	see also: TOS - DC vol.2 Annual comic: "Starfleet Academy!"
	Marvel series	"Prime Directives" • "Liberty" • "Loyalty Test" • "War and Peace" • "Love and Death" • "Passages" • "Hide and Seek" • "X²" • "Return to the Forbidden Planet" • "A Prelude to War" • "Judgment" • Telepathy War: "Renegades" • "Parents' Day" • T'Priell Revealed ("Betrayal" • "Origins" • "The Fall") • "Culture Clash" • "MangHom qaD" • "Between Love and Hate"
	IDW (Kelvin timeline)	Issue 1 • Issue 2 • Issue 3 • Issue 4 • Issue 5
	Picard's Academy	"Loup Solitaire" • "Hurler Avec Les Loups" • "Froid de Loup" • "Les Loups Ne Se Mangent Pas Entre Eux" • "Dans La Gueule Du Loup" • "Jeune Loup"
	Starfleet Academy (2026)	Lost Contact: "Issue 1" • "Issue 2"
		See also: ST - Celebrations comic: "Klingon's Don't Flirt"
roleplay modules		Last Unicorn RPG module: Starfleet Academy (Starfleet Academy Handbook • Starfleet Academy Narrator's Guide • A Cadet's Guide to Sector 001 Earth) • Star Trek Adventures RPG module: Mission Briefs: Starfleet Academy
live performances		The Starfleet Academy Experience • see also: Star Trek Live