Flux, or a flux pattern was a mathematical concept describing an effect traveling through a substance or surface. It might also simply describe a state of ongoing change.
Chaotic space was an area of space in which the laws of nature were in a state of flux. (VOY: "The Fight")
A type of quantum beacon crewman Daniels taught Captain Jonathan Archer to build depended on on generating a stable flux between its positron conductors. (ENT: "Shockwave")
In a draft for his father's biography, Jonathan Archer started writing that creating a stable warp field mirrored the flux of emotions his father felt when he embarked on something specific, but he decided to delete the sentence before completing it. (ENT: "Singularity")
In pressuring Dolim to go through with attacking Humanity in 2154, a Sphere-Builder claimed that the timelines were in constant flux and that different species might prevail depending on his actions. (ENT: "Countdown")
During the funeral of Spock near the Genesis planet, gravitational fields on the planet were in flux, apparently allowing for a soft landing of the photon tube containing his body. (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock)
While exploring a cavern on Devidia II in 2368, doctor Beverly Crusher found biomagnetic strands with a variable flux. (TNG: "Time's Arrow")
The metaphasic radiation of the rings around Ba'ku was in a state of extreme flux. (Star Trek: First Contact)
Furthermore, flux was referenced in the title of the Star Trek: Voyager episode "State of Flux".
Types of flux[]
- Antimatter flux
- Cellular flux
- Chroniton flux
- Chromosomal flux
- Gamma ray flux
- Genetic flux
- Ribocyatic flux
- Energy flux
- EM flux
- Graviton flux / gravity flux
- Intercooler flux
- Interspatial flux
- Magnetic flux
- Metaphasic flux
- Neutrino flux
- Neutron flux
- Particle flux
- Quantum flux
- Molecular flux
- Radiation flux
- Spatial flux
- Structural flux
- Subspace flux
- Temporal flux
- Tetryon flux
- Theta flux distortion
Related technology[]
- Flux coupler
- Magnetic lux coupler
- Flux capacitor
- Flux coordinating sensor
- Flux generator
- Flux moderator
- Flux spectrometer
- Quantum flux regulator
- Subspace flux isolator
Furthermore, a retconned schematic also mentioned a particle flux detector.
See also[]
- Flux capacitance
- flux density
- Flux inhibitor
- Flux paradox
- Pre stage flux chiller and Main stage flux chiller