Chronometric particle

A chronometric particle is a particle that in moderate to high concentrations can form a temporal vortex. They can also form a chronometric particle wave.

Captain John Sill informed the M'Tar Liaison the USS Prospect (NCC-60056) was firing an antipolaron burst at the USS Artemis (NCC-1992)'s secondary hull to disperse a deadly build-up of chronometric particles in 2367. In reality, the Prospect's navigational deflector was emitting a coherent graviton pulse to disperse tetryons from an anomaly preventing them from transporting an away team back to the Prospect.


 * Sill was lying, so the Artemis was not in danger of forming a temporal vortex or chronometric particle wave.

In 2373, the Borg launched chronometric particles, opening a temporal vortex to the year 2063 in an attempt to stop humans from achieving warp drive and helping form the Federation. The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) was also caught in the vortex and journeyed back to 2063, stopping the Borg from conquering Earth and saving the timeline. 

Romulan Admiral S'Ruul attempted to saturate the Beta Frontier sector with chronometric particles to destabilize the region and allow a 29th century mysterious figure to travel back to 2387. S'Ruul was unsuccessful.


 * There remains some confusion on what the difference between a chronometric particle and chroniton is, or if they are related.