Multiverse

Q explaining the multiverse.

The multiverse is the sum total of all existence, the compiled mass of every universe and presumably other extra-dimensional realms such as fluidic space.

Very few species have the capabilities to explore the entire multiverse and the vast majority stay well within the confines of their own universes. One species that can and readily do traverse the mulitverse are the Q. (TNG novels: Q-Zone, Q-Space, Q-Strike)

History

In 2273, Q described the multiverse using the metaphor of a continuous ocean interconnecting reality for Willard Decker and the merged consciousness he shared with V'Ger and the Ilia probe. (TOS - Waypoint - Special comic: "Consider Eternity")

In the War of the Prophets alternate timeline, Miles O'Brien posited that there had to be multiverses where the universe did not end in the year 2400. (DS9 - Millennium novel: Inferno)

In 2380, all Kathryn Janeways in the multiverse died through various means. Her death became a fixed point in time the Q dared not change. However, Q saved Janeway from oblivion in the primary universe and aided in her return to the living in mid-2381. (VOY novel: The Eternal Tide)

After Gary Mitchell gained his powers, he left his reality and began to travel the multiverse, the infinity of universes overwhelming him and convincing him that everything was pointless. Still haunted by his loss to Kirk, Mitchell first wiped out his variants across the multiverse before he created a quantum storm to get revenge on Kirk and his variants across the multiverse, intending to force Kirk into a no-win scenario. Kirk chose to willingly lose the contest, prompting an enraged Mitchell to return Kirk and his variants to their realities. (TOS - IDIC comics: "Part 5", "Part 6")

List of universes

• primary universe
  • at least 285.000 quantum realities (TNG episode: "Parallels")
  • various timelines (ST - Myriad Universes novels: Infinity's Prism, Echoes and Refractions, Shattered Light)
    • Yesterday's Enterprise timeline (TNG episode: "Yesterday's Enterprise", STO mission: "Temporal Ambassador")
• mirror universe
  • various permutations (TOS episode: "Mirror, Mirror", TNG novel: Q & A)
• alternate realities
  • Kelvin timeline (TOS movie & novelization: Star Trek)
  • mirror Kelvin timeline (TOS comics: "Mirrored, Part 1", "Mirrored, Part 2")
  • parallel alternate reality (TOS - Parallel Lives comic: "Part 1")
• antimatter universe (TAS episode: "The Counter-Clock Incident")
• fluidic space (VOY episode: "Scorpion")
• home of the nucleogenic lifeforms (VOY episode & novelization: Equinox)
• Jatohr universe (TOS - Legacies novels: Captain to Captain, Best Defense, Purgatory's Key)
• Omega Continuum (VOY novel: The Eternal Tide)
• subspace (TNG episode: "Schisms", DS9 episode: "The Visitor", VOY episode: "Real Life", STO mission: "Devil's Choice")
• trans-dimensional realm (ENT episode: "Azati Prime")
• Q Continuum (TNG episode: "Hide and Q")

External link

• Multiverse article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.