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  • When we pass energy through the chroniton particles it generates chronotron radiation, and its temporal spectrum—

    Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011

  • When we pass energy through the chroniton particles it generates chronotron radiation, and its temporal spectrum—

    Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011

  • It was recommended that he have minimal exposure to chroniton radiation, but the union filed a grievance because that prevented him from working overtime.

    365 tomorrows » 2007 » October : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2007

  • Remote probing indicates that this distortion has caused an open-ended chroniton-well indenture.

    Darth Vader's Day Off 2005

  • Starships using hyperspace travel in the Richie Maze region should adjust course headings by .682 towards galactic core, to prevent ship chronometers being affected by the chroniton well.

    Darth Vader's Day Off 2005

  • This is so whether or not the science is real or imaginary: if you write a time travel paradox story, perhaps you need not explain how terrawatt lasers split apart quarks to release chroniton particle-waves, but you must have some explanation of what might happen if you strangle your grandfather at birth.

    Explain Me This 2005

  • These collect into strong, localized chroniton fields that should draw the attention of standard internal sensors.

    The Starfleet Survival Guide David Mack 2002

  • Aggravating factors that can increase the size and severity of a quantum fissure include chroniton particles, anti-time anomalies and concentrated subspace field pulses.

    The Starfleet Survival Guide David Mack 2002

  • Overloading a timephase-shifted phaser or disruptor to detonation will create a massive chroniton field and should draw a large response from personnel seeking to disperse it swiftly.

    The Starfleet Survival Guide David Mack 2002

  • In most cases, anyon emitters will be deployed to negate the chroniton buildups.

    The Starfleet Survival Guide David Mack 2002

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