Who created the Bajoran wormhole?
Who created the Bajoran wormhole?
the Prophets
The Bajoran wormhole is an artificial wormhole created by the Prophets. It is a shortcut from the Alpha to the Gamma Quadrant, covering a distance of 70,000 light years.
Who are the Bajoran Prophets?
The Bajoran Prophets were a race of beings introduced in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode Emissary. The Prophets were a race of non-corporeal energy beings that existed outside linear time.
What is the Bajoran wormhole to the people of Bajor?
The wormhole is not actually of natural origin, having been artificially created by a race of aliens who live there, not subject to time in a linear fashion. In the Bajoran religion, the wormhole is worshipped as the Celestial Temple of the Prophets, its builders, who sent out Orbs as contact devices.
What did the Prophets take from Sisko?
History. In the early 2330s, the Prophets brought about the existence of Benjamin Sisko by having one of their own possess a woman named Sarah and having her bring about a child with Joseph Sisko. The resulting offspring was the pre-ordained Emissary of the Prophets.
What are the wormhole aliens?
Prophets. The Prophets, or “the wormhole aliens” (as they are referred to by most non-Bajorans) exist within the wormhole connecting the Alpha and Gamma Quadrants, the Alpha Quadrant end being located within the Bajoran solar system. This wormhole is referred to as the Celestial Temple by the Bajoran people.
Is the Bajoran wormhole still open?
This artificial wormhole is destroyed by Kira Nerys, but her attack apparently costs her her life and closes the Bajoran wormhole, leaving Odo trapped in the Alpha Quadrant. The wormhole remained sealed for two years until the official “re-opening” of the new DS9 in The Fall: Revelation and Dust.
What are the Bajoran orbs?
The Bajoran Orbs, known to Bajorans as the Tears of the Prophets and as the Orbs of the Prophets, were mysterious artifacts which originated from the Prophets. The Bajorans stored them in arks which contained their energies, as they induced unusual effects on those exposed to them.
Why did Voyager not use the Bajoran wormhole?
The only wormhole it could have used based on proximity would have been the Barzan Wormhole, but the end in the Delta Quadrant was incredibly unstable and kept moving making it highly unlikely to get them home.
Where does the Bajoran wormhole go?
The Bajoran wormhole is discovered in the first episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It is found to connect the Bajor-B’Hava’el system in the Alpha Quadrant to the Idran system in the Gamma Quadrant, which are seventy thousand light-years apart.
What was Sisko’s penance?
In episode S6E6 of Deep Space Nine, titled “Sacrifice of Angels”, Captain Sisko convinces The Prophets to stop the Dominion fleet which is heading through the wormhole. They agree, but tell them there will be a penance to pay for “cheating” this way. He agrees, feeling that any price is worth saving the Alpha Quadrant.
What are the Orbs of the Prophets?
Also known as Tears of the Prophets, Orbs are mysterious hourglass-shaped energy fields that are kept in ornate jeweled cases. Over a period of ten thousand years the nine original Orbs appeared in the skies over Bajor.