Changes: The Barrens

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Enterprise in the Barrens

The area of space known as "the Barrens" was a region constituting a subspace node, where no stars existed within one hundred light years.

In 2139, Emory Erickson, inventor of the transporter, utilized the Barrens aboard a research vessel as a testing ground for a sub-quantum transporter, which he hoped would revolutionize the exploration of space. Emory's son, Quinn, was the first test subject for the transporter, but his signal was lost, and he never rematerialized. Further research by Emory revealed that Quinn had not actually died, but that his transporter signal had become trapped in the subspace node, and that, at certain intervals, fluctuations in the node caused Quinn's signal to reappear. Over the course of the next fifteen years, Emory carried out attempts to retrieve his son's signal, under the pretense of continuing tests on the new transporter design.

In 2154, Emory boarded Enterprise NX-01 on another mission to the Barrens. While Enterprise was in the area, Quinn's signal manifested itself as a spatial distortion, resulting in the death of a crewman, who suffered massive cellular disruption upon coming in contact with the distortion. Emory later told Captain Archer the truth about his intentions, and received permission to continue his attempts. Locking on to Quinn's signal, Emory attempted to beam him aboard, but, due to massive cellular deterioration, Quinn died moments after materializing. (ENT: "Daedalus")

In the final draft script of "Daedalus", this area of space was described as "a region of space that seems somehow blacker than inhabited space... the stars fewer, and farther away... like a dark room lit only by distant glimmers...."

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-'''The Barrens''' is an area surrounded by a [[subspace]] node, a "bubble" of curved space-time, in the [[Alpha Quadrant|Alpha]] or [[Beta Quadrant]] where no [[star]] systems exist. It stretched for over one hundred light years.
+The area of space known as "'''the Barrens'''" was a region constituting a [[subspace node]], where no [[star]]s existed within one hundred [[light year]]s.
-In [[2154]], [[Emory Erickson]], inventor of the [[transporter]] on [[Earth]], traveled aboard the [[Enterprise (NX-01)|''Enterprise'' NX-01]] through the Barrens in an effort to return his son, [[Quinn Erickson|Quinn]], to normal [[space]] after his transporter signal had been trapped in the [[subspace bubble]] nearly [[2139|fifteen]] [[year]]s before. ({{ENT|Daedalus}})
+In [[2139]], [[Emory Erickson]], inventor of the [[transporter]], utilized the Barrens aboard a [[Emory's research ship|research vessel]] as a testing ground for a [[sub-quantum transporter]], which he hoped would revolutionize the exploration of space. Emory's [[son]], [[Quinn Erickson|Quinn]], was the first test subject for the transporter, but his signal was lost, and he never rematerialized. Further research by Emory revealed that Quinn had not actually died, but that his transporter signal had become trapped in the [[subspace node]], and that, at certain intervals, fluctuations in the node caused Quinn's signal to reappear. Over the course of the next fifteen years, Emory carried out attempts to retrieve his son's signal, under the pretense of continuing tests on the new transporter design.
+In [[2154]], Emory boarded {{EnterpriseNX}} on another mission to the Barrens. While ''Enterprise'' was in the area, Quinn's signal manifested itself as a spatial distortion, resulting in the death of [[Burrows|a crewman]], who suffered massive [[cellular disruption]] upon coming in contact with the distortion. Emory later told {{Captain}} [[Jonathan Archer|Archer]] the truth about his intentions, and received permission to continue his attempts. Locking on to Quinn's signal, Emory attempted to beam him aboard, but, due to massive {{dis|cell|biology}}ular deterioration, Quinn died moments after materializing. ({{ENT|Daedalus}})
-The concept of the area of space named the Barrens is fundamentally flawed, the lack of star light being mistakenly attributed to the vast size of the Barrens. A more proper example of a "starless" region of space is [[The Void (region)|The Void]], a region of [[Delta Quadrant]] space encountered by the [[Federation]] [[starship]] {{USS|Voyager}} in [[2375]], which is explained to contain a form of [[radiation]] that prevented light from stars outside the region from being seen from within. ({{VOY|Night}})
+{{bginfo|In the final draft script of "Daedalus", this area of space was described as "''a region of space that seems somehow blacker than inhabited space... the stars fewer, and farther away... like a dark room lit only by distant glimmers....''"}}
 ==See also==
-* [[The Void (region)|The Void]]
 * [[Star desert]]
+* {{dis|The Void|region}}
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