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Homeworld:
The
Sphere-builders are from a trans-dimensional realm.
The future guy who
directs the Suliban claimed that they were from the future but that they could
only
communicate through time. However, it appears that they can send
objects back through time. One of
the components used in the Xindi
probe-weapon was from 420 years in the future. That would mean the
Sphere-builders are probably from around the year 2573.
"The Expanse" [ENT]
Culture:
The
Sphere-builders are one of the factions in the Temporal Cold War.
"The Expanse" [ENT]
They have an awareness of multiple timelines.
"The Council" [ENT]
However, they can only detect large fluctuations in the
timescape. The fine details are obscured. For
example, it was not possible for them to extract the launch codes for the Xindi
weapon from the past.
"Countdown" [ENT]
The Sphere-Builders saved the Xindi from extinction.
When their homeworld was destroyed, the
Sphere-builders began appearing to
the survivors. They'd guide them to habitable planets. Show
them
the location of valuable resources. They're practically worshipped by the
Xindi who call
them "The
Guardians."
"The Council" [ENT]
History:
circa
2150: Xindi council are told by the trans-dimensional Sphere Builders
that their world would be
destroyed by humans 400 years
in the future.
"The Expanse" [ENT]
Technology and
Weapons:
The
Spheres -
A Sphere was located beyond a cloaking
field in the Expanse. The sphere was 19 km in diameter,
nearly 1000 years old, and was constructed
entirely of a single alloy. Its opening is comprised of poly-
duranium (the same substance as
on the hull of the Osarian ship - perhaps the Osarians added the hatch?)
Its’ interior contains modules that
have breathable atmospheres. It contains 7 fusion reactors, each
one
almost 12 km long, but
only three are still operational. The sphere emits massive amounts of
gravimetric
energy and is
thought by to T’Pol to be the cause of the anomalies.
"Anomaly" [ENT]
The Expanse
might contain as many as fifty gravimetric spheres, meaning that someone may
have created
the Expanse for
some unknown purpose.
"Exile" [ENT]
Tucker and
Mayweather finish scanning a Sphere, finding it identical to "the other two" to
the smallest
features.
The spheres are surrounded by cloaking
barriers that can adversely affect ship's systems.
This new data permits T'Pol to better map the
anomalies, and with it she calculates the exact number
of Spheres which turns out to be 59. The
spheres are venerated by a religious order from the planet
Triannon.
All the data (19.3 XB) that had been collected on these spheres by Enterprise
was erased by
D'Jamat, leader
of a group of Triannons
that hijacked the Enterprise.
"Chosen Realm" [ENT]
T'Pol and
Hoshi managed to reconstruct 30% of the sphere database from the redundant
memory core.
"Proving Ground" [ENT]
The
Spheres are controlled by a network of artificial intelligence. There is a
redundant memory core
which
should contain a significant amount of information, presumably including data on
the Sphere-
Builders.
The Xindi have been studying the Spheres for decades. There are exhaust
vents that are
big enough to
fly a shuttlepod through, but they are camoflaged by some kind of hologram to
look
like part of the solid
Sphere's surface. One of the exhaust conduits leads to the area of the
redundant
memory core after
maneuvers of 60 degrees starboard and 80 degrees Z-axis.
"The Council" [ENT]
The
spheres are connected by a subspace energy grid. But four of the spheres
appear to be integral to
that
connection, acting as control spheres allowing the network to operate in
concert. If one is damaged
it could disrupt the entire grid.
They have an interspatial manifold on their surface which they use to
connect the spheres. The
closest "control sphere" to Enterprise's position was designated as Sphere
41.
A deflector pulse of
sufficient power can be used to disrupt the subspace links.
"Countdown" [ENT]
Certain of
the spheres are controled by others such as Sphere 41 which the Sphere-builders
call a
"primary sphere".
They increased the transformation of space around this sphere in an
unsuccessful
attempt to
protect it from an attack by the Enterprise. Enterprise needed to get
within a kilometer of
the
surface of the sphere to destroy it.
"Zero Hour" [ENT]
Individuals of
Note:
unnamed Sphere-builder (Josette DiCarlo) -
unnamed Sphere-builder Presage (Mary Mara) -
unnamed Sphere-builder Primary (Ruth Williamson) -
unnamed Test Subject (Thomas Kopache) - When Enterprise came across a
massive convergence of
anomalies an alien pod is found
inside. They rescue the pod's dying occupant, and Phlox attempts
treatment while Archer tries to learn what he was doing,
unaware that this alien has a hidden motive.
"Harbinger" [ENT]
He was adrift in a trans-dimensional
disturbance; inside a pod, which was constructed of the same
combination of alloys that make up the outer shell of the
Spheres. In short, he was a Sphere-Builder.
Working
with Dr. Phlox, Degra managed to create a biometric hologram of the alien in
order to convince
the Aquatic-Xindi of Archer's
claims. "The Council" [ENT]
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