Temporal Reconciliations

The so-called temporal reconciliations are a series of treaties, agreements, contracts, and legal definitions that separately are fairly innocuous. However, they form a legal and political mesh and framework. This framework builds upon interstellar laws, existing peace treaties, legal contracts between corporations and governments, as well as political powers within known space. This forms the basis of the legal authority of Solas Tempus to respond to temporal events within foreign spaces.

Origin

The reconciliations came out of early conflicts between between Solas Tempus are various governments. Most notably as a conflict between Solas Tempus and the Romulan Star Empire where temporal incursion was detected deep within Romulan space and resulted in the Romulan Senate becoming concerned that Solas Tempus might be representing the interested of the United Federation of Planets or Starfleet Command. This conflict came to a head rather quickly and nearly resulted in war.

After that the primary Alpha and Beta Quadrant powers came together, in secret. The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) was originally planned to host this secret meeting, being the Federation flagship, however, orders from Starfleet Intelligence filtered through Starfleet Operations and instead assigned the ship to participate in the Officer Exchange Program with the Klingons at the last minute, before the orders were to be sent. Instead, the meeting was hosted by the United Federation of Planets in the Dramen Star System.

Provisions

The reconciliations have several provisions, but they are primarily aimed at providing a framework for the sharing of temporal information between governments while simultaneous allowing Solas Tempus to react to temporal incursions and threats throughout known space. It was understood early on that the protection of timeline integrity was a primary goal for all species, not just an individual one. It was also understood that such protection was too important to allow political machinations to put in jeopardy. This realization lead to the formation of a mesh framework.

Provisions include:

• Solas Tempus shall execute investigations and operations to cope with any temporal threats, activities, or incursions that are detected.
• Authorities will allow Solas Tempus to perform investigations and operations to deal with temporal threats, activities, or incursions.
• Solas Tempus is to share information freely with a political authority about temporal activity, investigation, incursion, or responses within their space. In the same vein, such information should also be shared with political entities that are impacted by the temporal activity in question.
• Solas Tempus shall be provided with any requested support by any authority for the express purpose of defending the integrity of the timeline.
• Solas Tempus shall provide aid and support to deal with ramifications of temporal activity, even if an incursion or anomaly is repaired, Solas Tempus shall offer support.
• Training shall be provided by Solas Tempus to government agencies requesting such training in the area of practical temporal operations.
• No information deemed secret by an authority prior to a temporal event can be shared beyond Solas Tempus without express permission of that authority.
  • The only exception to this, is in the event that a temporal event impacts multiple authorities and information must be shared due to an earlier provision.
• Time travel is seen as entirely too dangerous and no group, authority, or commercial entity shall engage in the development of time travel. Doing so shall be considered an act of aggression against the whole and Solas Tempus will be authorized to remove such research, equipment, and knowledge from such an entity.
  • No entity is permitted to engage in time travel activity, doing so gives Solas Tempus the authority to perform unilateral investigation and action, even if such an act as accidental in nature.
  • Governments and other authorities shall provide protections against accidental use or development of time travel capabilities within their boarders.
• In times of extreme temporal threat, Solas Tempus is authorized to use whatever resources are deemed necessary to avert temporal catastrophe, this is known as invoking Theta Protocol.

Protection

The mesh framework provides protection from any government or political power pulling out of the agreements. While most governments have a select few who know of the reconciliations, they are kept secret by most governments.

Civilian Advisory

The reconciliations set up a civilian advisory board, made up from members of each government part of the reconciliations. They advise the command structure of Solas Tempus on temporal activities throughout known space along with communicating concerns. The group does not have direct authority over Solas Tempus, however, and instead acts to ensure that governments have a path to communicate with Solas Tempus on temporal matters as well as each other. This group is kept secret, it is only known as the Prometheus Association, its membership is kept secret except from governmental leaders and Solas Tempus itself.

Information Protection

Since temporal activity can alter history and change information on a wide scale. Each government is provided a protected data core at a location of their choosing. This data core is operated and protected by Solas Tempus Temporal Operatives. The Operatives report not only to Solas Tempus but to the political or commercial authority for which the data core is provided. Each data core acts as a BlueNet and HAL 9000 communications hub. It is directly linked into the data and communications network of the authority.

Theta Protocol

In times of extreme threat from temporal incursion or activity, the combined forces of authorities participating in the reconciliations shall be put at the automatic disposal of Solas Tempus. Governments shall issue orders to allow required resources transferred to the authority of Solas Tempus and for personnel to provide full cooperation to Solas Tempus during the temporal crisis. During Theta Protocol each government is also issued instructions from Solas Tempus and shall be provided resources to defend themselves against temporal incursion by protecting key installations from temporal threats.

The Infinity Wave

In the event that an Infinity Wave is detected, Theta Protocol will automatically be initiated.