| rdfs:comment | - The Sphere Builders are a race of aliens that live in a plane of existence separate from our own dimension. They constructed a series of artificial spheres to create the Delphic Expanse, reconfiguring space to be more habitable for their own purposes. In an alternate timeline, in the 26th century, the Lethean's, out of spite against the Phoenix-X, claimed they were the ones to call upon the Sphere Builders to attempt to inhabit our universe. (Star Trek: Phoenix-X: "Temporal Doom! Part II")
- The Sphere Builders were a species of sentient humanoids native to a transdimensional realm. They were not ordinarily capable of surviving in normal space, but still desired to do so, and to that end began converting it to an environment that could support them; they started placing their spheres in a region that would become the Delphic Expanse in about the 12th century. By the 22nd century the Expanse had formed into a region of unusual spatial anomalies, with the first pockets of the Sphere Builders' modified space starting to form. (ENT episodes: "Harbinger", "Azati Prime")
- They are such named after the dozens of spherical objects they created in the area of the Milky Way Galaxy known as the Delphic Expanse. The spheres are actually highly advanced mechanisms capable of altering the properties of time and space, creating spatial anomalies that will slowly convert the Delphic Expanse into a realm which should be inhabitable by the Builders.
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| abstract | - The Sphere Builders are a race of aliens that live in a plane of existence separate from our own dimension. They constructed a series of artificial spheres to create the Delphic Expanse, reconfiguring space to be more habitable for their own purposes. In an alternate timeline, in the 26th century, the Lethean's, out of spite against the Phoenix-X, claimed they were the ones to call upon the Sphere Builders to attempt to inhabit our universe. (Star Trek: Phoenix-X: "Temporal Doom! Part II")
- They are such named after the dozens of spherical objects they created in the area of the Milky Way Galaxy known as the Delphic Expanse. The spheres are actually highly advanced mechanisms capable of altering the properties of time and space, creating spatial anomalies that will slowly convert the Delphic Expanse into a realm which should be inhabitable by the Builders. When exposed to our natural, unaltered space, the Builders' bodies quickly decay. Regardless, they are interested in colonizing our dimension using the spheres to make it suitable for them, and have organized a large hostile invasion by the time of the 26th century. The Sphere Builders either don't perceive time in a linear fashion; or have mastered technology that allows them not only to travel through time but to predict the multiple long-term effects of timeline alterations. They are one of the main faction of the conflict that became known as the Temporal Cold War, which is related in some way to the aforementioned 26th century invasion. In the distant future, many political forces have became capable of traveling to the past; including the Builders, the United Federation of Planets and the Na'kuhl; and all have traveled back in time to attempt to alter history in their benefit, in some cases creating alternative timelines altogether. The Sphere Builders were responsible for re-configuring the Delphic Expanse area into a zone of strange and unexplained phenomena; akin to a cosmic Bermuda Triangle; and have thus became worshiped as gods to many of the Expanse's native species. The Xindi refer to them as the Guardians. To the Triannons, they are the Makers. During the Temporal Cold War, one of the Sphere Builder's main plans to sabotage the formation of the Federation, was to incite the Xindi to attack Earth in the 22nd century, when Humans were just beginning to integrate themselves in the galactic community. They offered advanced weaponry to the Xindi and incited their anger by "revealing" to them that Humans were destined to destroy the Xindi race in the future, if the Xindi didn't attack first. That plan ultimately failed, though, and it is hinted that Humans and Xindi would even become allies by the time of the Builders' invasion; which was successfully repelled by the 26th century Federation, forcing the aliens back to their native dimension.
- The Sphere Builders were a species of sentient humanoids native to a transdimensional realm. They were not ordinarily capable of surviving in normal space, but still desired to do so, and to that end began converting it to an environment that could support them; they started placing their spheres in a region that would become the Delphic Expanse in about the 12th century. By the 22nd century the Expanse had formed into a region of unusual spatial anomalies, with the first pockets of the Sphere Builders' modified space starting to form. (ENT episodes: "Harbinger", "Azati Prime") Originally, the Sphere Builders were known as the Tuterians. At one time, the Tuterians existed within the Delta Quadrant and were close with the Krenim. One notable member was Clauda, who fell in love with and married a Krenim named Noye. As the Iconian War ravaged the known galaxy, the two worked with the Delta Alliance to build a weapon to help stop the Iconians. However, using the weapon caused the Borg to rise in power and the attempt to prevent this altered the Tuterians' history. Their experimentation with Solanae technology, which saved them from the Iconians and the Vaadwaur originally, nearly wiped out the race, but a number hide themselves within their transdimensional realm. (STO mission: "Butterfly", STO mission: "Time and Tide") The Sphere Builders had a technology which allowed them to examine alternate timelines, allowing them to discover the probable outcomes and consequences of their actions. Through this technology they learned that their ambition to invade the galaxy would be stopped by the Federation. To prevent this they plotted to destroy the Federation before it formed by wiping out Humanity in the 22nd century. They appeared to members of the Xindi following the Xindi Civil War in the 21st century and guided them to habitable planets and resources, saving the Xindi from extinction and establishing themselves as allies to the Xindi, earning themselves the title of Guardians. This position allowed the Sphere Builders to manipulate the Xindi in the 22nd century, making them believe Humans would be responsible for future destruction of the Xindi. (ENT episodes: "Azati Prime", "The Council") In 2410, Noye learned of Clauda and the fate of the Tuterians and vowed to free them from their space. (STO mission: "TIme and Tide")
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