23rd century

The 23rd century (Gregorian Calendar) comprises the years 2201-2300. 23rd century - Astronomical predictions for the 23rd century. In the early 23rd century Pluto will switch ranking with Neptune and temporarily, for about 20 years, will become the 8th planet from the Sun. The last time this has occurred is from 1979-1999. Based upon current orbital measurements which gives it a period of 286 Earth years, in 2288, the planetoid 50000 Quaoar will have completed one orbit of the Sun since its d ...

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• 23rd century - Astronomical predictions for the 23rd century
• 23rd century - Millennial Anniversary
• 23rd century - Quincentennials
• 23rd century - Religious Predictions
• 23rd century - Science fiction set in the 23rd century
• 23rd century - Literature
• 23rd century - Television and film
• 23rd century - Computer games
• 23rd century - Arcade and console games
• 23rd century - Decades and years

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23rd century - Literature. The Fortunate Fall, a novel by Raphael Carter The Glass Bead Game, a novel by Hermann Hesse Satellite Night trilogy, by Nick Pollotta 23rd century - Television and film. James Tiberius Kirk, born on March 22, 2233. Star Trek: The Original Series (pilots circa 2254 and 2265, series circa 2266-2269) Star Trek: The Animated Series Star Trek: The ...

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23rd century, 23rd century - Astronomical predictions for the 23rd century, 23rd century - Millennial Anniversary, 23rd century - Quincentennials, 23rd century - Religious Predictions, 23rd century - Science fiction set in the 23rd century, 23rd century - Literature, 23rd century - Television and film, 23rd century - Computer games, 23rd century - Arcade and console games, 23rd century - Decades and years

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23rd century - Literature. The Fortunate Fall, a novel by Raphael Carter The Glass Bead Game, a novel by Hermann Hesse Satellite Night trilogy, by Nick Pollotta 23rd century - Television and film. James T. Kirk, born on March 22, 2233. Star Trek: The Original Series (pilots circa 2254 and 2265, series circa 2266-2269) Star Trek: The Animated Series Star Trek: The Motion ...

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23rd century, 23rd century - Astronomical predictions for the 23rd century, 23rd century - Millennial Anniversary, 23rd century - Quincentennials, 23rd century - Religious Predictions, 23rd century - Science fiction set in the 23rd century, 23rd century - Literature, 23rd century - Television and film, 23rd century - Computer games, 23rd century - Arcade and console games, 23rd century - Decades and years

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23rd century - Literature. The Fortunate Fall, a novel by Raphael Carter The Glass Bead Game, a novel by Hermann Hesse Satellite Night trilogy, by Nick Pollotta 23rd century - Television and film. James Tiberius Kirk, born on March 22, 2233. Star Trek: The Original Series (pilots circa 2254 and 2265, series circa 2266-2269) Star Trek: The Animated Series Star Trek: The ...

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23rd century, 23rd century - Astronomical predictions for the 23rd century, 23rd century - Millennial Anniversary, 23rd century - Quincentennials, 23rd century - Religious Predictions, 23rd century - Science fiction set in the 23rd century, 23rd century - Literature, 23rd century - Television and film, 23rd century - Games, 23rd century - Decades and years

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The Childe Cycle is a series of science fiction novels by Gordon R. Dickson. The name Childe Cycle is an allusion to "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came", a poem by Robert Browning, which provided considerable inspiration for elements in Dickson's magnum opus. While, on the face of it, the Childe Cycle is a science fiction series, it is also an allegory. In addition to the six science fiction novels of the Cycle, Dickson had also planned three historical novels and three novels taking place in the present day. It is kn ...

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• Childe Cycle - The Books of the Cycle
• Childe Cycle - The Splinter Cultures
• Childe Cycle - The Plot of the Cycle
• Childe Cycle - Technology of the Cycle

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Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science fiction author, best known for his novels and his seminal work on the Mirrorshades anthology, which defined the cyberpunk genre. In 2003 he was appointed Professor at the European Graduate School where he is teaching Summer Intensive Courses on media and design. In 2005, he became "visionary in residence" at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. He is married to Serbian author and film-maker Jasmina Tesanovic.[1] Bruce Sterl ...

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• Bruce Sterling - Writings
• Bruce Sterling - Novels
• Bruce Sterling - Short Story collections and stories they contain
• Bruce Sterling - Non-fiction

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The Borg Collective is a group of telepathically-connected beings in the Star Trek fictional universe. They are known both within and beyond Star Trek fandom for their relentless pursuit of that which they wish to assimilate, their rapid adaptability to almost any defense, and their ability to continue functioning after what may seem a devastating or even fatal blow seemingly unaffected, and as such have become a powerful symbol in popular culture for any seemingly unstoppable force against which "resistance is futile". ...

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• Borg - Overview
• Borg - History
• Borg - Early contacts with the Federation
• Borg - The Enterprise-D and Captain Jean-Luc Picard
• Borg - Encounters with the Enterprise-E and Voyager
• Borg - Assimilation
• Borg - Nanoprobes
• Borg - Borg species identification
• Borg - Origin of the Borg
• Borg - Borg from V'ger theory
• Borg - Nanobot theory
• Borg - Famous maxim
• Borg - Pronunciation variations
• Borg - All Borg episodes to date
• Borg - Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Borg - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• Borg - Star Trek: Voyager
• Borg - Star Trek: Enterprise
• Borg - The Borg in computer games
• Borg - The Borg as a cultural allusion

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The chemical formula for transparent aluminum plays a key role in the plot of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. In the movie, the formula is traded for Plexiglas sheets thick enough to create water tanks suitable for transporting two humpback whales through time, from the 20th century to the 23rd century, inside a Klingon Bird of Prey. Since the crew was temporarily stranded in the past without money appropriate to the period, they had to barter with the owner of the Plexicorp company (a fictional manufacturer of Plexiglas). Scotty trades the chemical formula for ...

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Transparent aluminum, Transparent aluminum - Transparent aluminum, Transparent aluminum - Transparent alumina, Transparent aluminum - Nanophase aluminium, Transparent aluminum - Aluminum oxynitride ALON, Transparent aluminum - Star Trek appearance

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In the game, the player takes the role of an unnamed 23rd century spaceship captain in the Earth Commonwealth Navy. The primary opponents were rebellious insurgents called the Indies, a group distinguished by their elaborately and colourfully painted ships. I-War was different from most other space combat games in that player commanded a big, 162 meter long corvette named the Dreadnaught, and because the space ships flew according to Newton's laws of motion. In other words, the flight model took into account inertia caus ...

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I-War Independence War, I-War Independence War - Overview, I-War Independence War - Player ship, I-War Independence War - CGI and cutscenes, I-War Independence War - Characters factions and spaceships, I-War Independence War - Development, I-War Independence War - Defiance, I-War Independence War - Mods, I-War Independence War - Trivia, I-War Independence War - Credits, I-War Independence War - I-War, I-War Independence War - Defiance

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List of kings of Persia - Arab caliphs rule. All Persian provinces fell under The Arabic Caliphate from 661 to 867. Umayyad dynasty, 661–750 Abbasid dynasty, 750–867 divided, 867–1029 List of kings of Persia - Tahirids in Khorasan 821–872. Taher ebne Hosein ebne Mos'ab, Emir 821–822 Talhat ebne Taher, 822–828 Abdollah ebne Taher, 828–844See also:

List of kings of Persia, List of kings of Persia - Early realms in Iran, List of kings of Persia - Elamite Kingdom 3000–660 BC, List of kings of Persia - Jiroft Kingdom c. 2500 BC, List of kings of Persia - Empire of Medians and Persians, List of kings of Persia - Median Dynasty 728–550 BC, List of kings of Persia - Achaemenid dynasty 550–330 BC, List of kings of Persia - Hellenistic rulers, List of kings of Persia - Argead Dynasty 330–310 BC, List of kings of Persia - Seleucid dynasty 305–164 BC, List of kings of Persia - Parthian dynasty Arsacid dynasty 247 BC – AD 224, List of kings of Persia - Sassanid dynasty AD 224–651, List of kings of Persia - Rulers after the advent of Islam in Iran, List of kings of Persia - Arab caliphs rule, List of kings of Persia - Tahirids in Khorasan 821–872, List of kings of Persia - Alavids 864–928, List of kings of Persia - Ziyarids 928–1043, List of kings of Persia - Buyyids 932–1056, List of kings of Persia - Saffarids in Seistan and beyond 861–1002, List of kings of Persia - Samanids Proto-Tajiks 892–998, List of kings of Persia - Ghaznavids 997–1186, List of kings of Persia - Seljuk Turks 1029–1194, List of kings of Persia - Khwarazmids 1096–1230, List of kings of Persia - Ilkhans 1256–1380, List of kings of Persia - Muzaffarid Dynasty 1314–1393, List of kings of Persia - Timurid dynasty 1380–1507, List of kings of Persia - Shahs of modern Iran, List of kings of Persia - Safavid dynasty 1502–1736, List of kings of Persia - Afsharid dynasty 1736–1749, List of kings of Persia - Zand dynasty 1750–1794, List of kings of Persia - Qajar dynasty 1796–1925, List of kings of Persia - Pahlavi dynasty 1925–1979

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Borg - Early contacts with the Federation. Having gradually developed over thousands of centuries (see Origin of the Borg) in the galaxy's distant Delta Quadrant, the Borg's first formal contact with Starfleet occurred in 2365 by interference from Q in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Q Who?". Q transported the Enterprise-D to System FGC-J25, in the deep Beta Quadrant, just long enough to expose them to the Borg. The Enterprise-D was hopelessly outclassed by the Borg cube e ...

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Borg, Borg - Overview, Borg - History, Borg - Early contacts with the Federation, Borg - The Enterprise-D and Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Borg - Encounters with the Enterprise-E and Voyager, Borg - Assimilation, Borg - Nanoprobes, Borg - Borg species identification, Borg - Origin of the Borg, Borg - Borg from V'ger theory, Borg - Nanobot theory, Borg - Famous maxim, Borg - Pronunciation variations, Borg - All Borg episodes to date, Borg - Star Trek: The Next Generation, Borg - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Borg - Star Trek: Voyager, Borg - Star Trek: Enterprise, Borg - The Borg in computer games, Borg - The Borg as a cultural allusion

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2300 AD is set at the dawn of the 24th century (between 2298 and 2301 depending on the book or supplement). At the end of the 20th century, a limited nuclear exchange took place between the United States, China, the U.S.S.R. and other nuclear powers. (This is the same "Twilight War" that is depicted in the role-playing game Twilight: 2000, also produced by Game Designer's Workshop.) In the intervening three centuries, mankind has rebuilt and returned to space. A practical means of faster-than-light (FTL) travel has been discovered, leading t ...

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2300 AD, 2300 AD - Background, 2300 AD - Technology, 2300 AD - Influences, 2300 AD - Publications, 2300 AD - New Version, 2300 AD - Boxed Sets, 2300 AD - Sourcebooks, 2300 AD - Adventures, 2300 AD - Magazine articles

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Meyer, along with writer/producer Harve Bennett, is one of two people credited with re-vitalizing and perhaps saving the Star Trek franchise after the problems of the first film, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, almost caused Paramount Pictures to end the series. Paramount had been unhappy with the creative direction of the first film, as well as the cost overruns and production problems. Bennett, a reliable television producer was brought in to help get the films back on ...

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Nicholas Meyer, Nicholas Meyer - Star Trek Films, Nicholas Meyer - Non-Trek Work

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Sterling is, along with William Gibson, Tom Maddox, Rudy Rucker, John Shirley, Lewis Shiner and Pat Cadigan, one of the founders of the cyberpunk movement in science fiction, as well as its chief ideological promulgator, and one whose polemics on the topic earned him the nickname "Chairman Bruce". He is also one of the first organizers of Turkey City Writer's Workshop. He won Hugo Awards for the novelette "Bicy ...

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Bruce Sterling, Bruce Sterling - Writings, Bruce Sterling - Novels, Bruce Sterling - Short Story collections and stories they contain, Bruce Sterling - Non-fiction

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Tuvok was born on Stardate 3877.4 (mid 23rd century) at the Vulcanis lunar colony. The Star Trek: Voyager episode "Flashback" annotates his first Starfleet assignment in 2293, as an ensign — 29 year old junior science officer — aboard the USS Excelsior under the command of Hikaru Sulu (concurrently with the film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country) during the Khitomer Incident. Throughout his service he became increasingly disenchanted with non-Vulcans and resigned from Starfleet soon afterward to un ...

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Tuvok, Tuvok - Brief History, Tuvok - Other References, Tuvok - External link

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Borg - Early contacts with the Federation. Having gradually developed over thousands of centuries (see Origin of the Borg) in the Galaxy's Delta Quadrant, the Borg's first formal contact with Starfleet occurred in 2365 by interference from Q in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Q Who?". Q transported the Enterprise-D to System FGC-J25, in the deep Beta Quadrant, just long enough to expose them to the Borg (who had already established a presence in that part of space). The Enterp ...

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Borg, Borg - Overview, Borg - History, Borg - Early contacts with the Federation, Borg - The Enterprise-D and Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Borg - Encounters with the Enterprise-E and Voyager, Borg - Assimilation, Borg - Nanoprobes, Borg - Borg species identification, Borg - Origin of the Borg, Borg - Borg from V'ger theory, Borg - Nanobot theory, Borg - Famous maxim, Borg - Pronunciation variations, Borg - All Borg episodes to date, Borg - Star Trek: The Next Generation, Borg - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Borg - Star Trek: Voyager, Borg - Star Trek: Enterprise, Borg - The Borg in computer games, Borg - The Borg as a cultural allusion

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A real-world device comparable to the tricorder was developed by a Canadian company called the Vital Technologies Corporation in 1996. The scanner was called the TR-107 Mark 1; Vital Tech. sold 10,000 of them before going out of business. The TR-107 could scan EM radiation, temperature, and barometric pressure. Software exists to make hand-held devices simulate a tricorder. Examples include Jeff Jetton's Tricorder - 2.0 for the PalmPilot and the "genuine Trico ...

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Tricorder, Tricorder - 'Real' tricorders

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Following the events of Necromancer, humanity has colonized some 14 Younger Worlds. The inhabitants of these worlds have evolved culturally, and to some extent, genetically, into several specialized Splinter Cultures. This was done by the racial collective unconscious itself as an experiment to see what aspects of humanity are the most important. The inhabitants of Earth (now called Old Earth, since New Earth is one of the Younger Worlds) remain "full spectrum humans" as a control. The interstellar economy is based on the exchange of specialists, which puts Old Earth, t ...

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Childe Cycle, Childe Cycle - The Books of the Cycle, Childe Cycle - The Splinter Cultures, Childe Cycle - The Plot of the Cycle, Childe Cycle - Technology of the Cycle

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According to The Star Trek Encyclopedia, the term phaser stands for phased energy rectification and describes the general process involved in its energy release (see Mechanics). In the original scripts for Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS), the energy weapons first used by the crew were lasers. However, this was changed to phaser shortly after the first pilot episode, "The Cage", was filmed (and becoming a weapons innovation in the late 23rd century), on the grounds that a laser could not possibl ...

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Phaser fictional weapon, Phaser fictional weapon - Overview, Phaser fictional weapon - Mechanics, Phaser fictional weapon - Types

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The development of I-War was led by Particle Systems co-founders Glyn Williams (whose previous games include Warhead for Amiga and Atari ST) and Michael Powell (whose previous games include Subwar 2050 for PC/DOS). With Williams and Powell included, Independence War had a development team of six men, which was the full personel of Particle Systems at the time. The game had some naming troubles. I-War was originally signed to Philips Interactive Media, Inc., who were moving into PC-games. At the time ...

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I-War Independence War, I-War Independence War - Overview, I-War Independence War - Player ship, I-War Independence War - CGI and cutscenes, I-War Independence War - Characters factions and spaceships, I-War Independence War - Development, I-War Independence War - Defiance, I-War Independence War - Mods, I-War Independence War - Trivia, I-War Independence War - Credits, I-War Independence War - I-War, I-War Independence War - Defiance

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