Federation Department of Temporal Investigations
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The Federation Department of Temporal Investigations, also known as DTI, was an executive department of the United Federation of Planets government.
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[edit] Overview
The Department of Temporal Investigations was a bureau that was charged with investigating as well as make reports on all time travel incidents that affected the Federation. This meant interviews were conducted on those that experienced a temporal incident and the investigators determined whether the actions of the individual had a definite impact on the timeline. (DS9 episode: "Trials and Tribble-ations")
Agents of this Department made use of the Mark VII-T as a way of storing important information.
[edit] Organization
The Federation Department of Temporal Investigations was headed by a Director with four Assistant Director's beneath him. (Decipher roleplay module: All Our Yesterdays: The Timetravel Sourcebook) Another high ranking authority within the organization was the postion of Temporal Investigations Commander.
[edit] Divisions
Within the DTI, there exists the Temporal Displacement Division.
[edit] History
It was created in 2270, and charged with investigating and reporting on all instances of time travel involving Federation citizens or otherwise affecting the UFP. The DTI used triple-redundant temporal phase discriminators in their data storage devices, in order to protect data integrity for comparison purposes in detecting timeline changes. (TNG short story: "Gods, Fate, and Fractals"
In 2373, DTI Special Agents Dulmer and Lucsly investigated a temporal incursion by a disgraced Klingon Imperial Intelligence agent, who attempted to assassinate James T. Kirk in the year 2268. The agents later determined that Captain Benjamin Sisko and the crew of the USS Defiant had acted appropriately in their efforts to prevent this alteration of the timeline. (DS9 episode: "Trials and Tribble-ations"_
Later that same year, Dulmer and Lucsly questioned Captain Jean-Luc Picard regarding the USS Enterprise-E's recent visit to 2063. (TNG novel: Rogue)
They followed this up with a post-temporal violation reconnaissance mission to 2063 via the Guardian of Forever, as well as one to 1996, following up on another temporal incursion by the USS Voyager. (VOY short story: "Almost... But Not Quite")
Not long afterwards, Dulmer and Lucsly were assigned to investigate the removal of the Maquis from history. They discovered a temporal alteration caused by a student of the Traveler, and were able to have him restore the original timeline. (TNG short story: "Gods, Fate, and Fractals")
In 2376, Dulmer was a supervisor in the DTI's Temporal Displacement Division. That year, he assigned Agent Stewart Peart to escort Starfleet Lieutenant Arex Na Eth, who had come seventy-one years forward in time, back to his home planet. (NF short story: "The Road to Edos")
As of 2373, James T. Kirk had the biggest file in the department's records, with seventeen separate temporal violations (DS9 episode Trials and Tribble-ations). As such, the Department as a whole had a running joke that went "All temporal investigations lead, eventually, to the USS Enterprise" (DS9 episode: "Trials and Tribble-ations"; TNG short story: "Gods, Fate, and Fractals")
- That the Department of Temporal Investigations would be a cabinet-level post is speculative; however, logic suggests that an issue of such vast importance would not be made subordinate to other agencies.
[edit] External link
- Department of Temporal Investigations article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
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