

New information was discovered that suggested a timeline of when the DMA would transport itself to another location, leading to Book having a change of heart and standing down. When it was discovered that boronite was missing in all areas the DMA had been at, they realized that the DMA was actually 10-C's "mining equipment." ( DIS: " All In") On a hunch, Burnham asked Zora to scan for missing elements, such as boronite. But to Connect")įollowing a failure by Captain Michael Burnham to capture the renegade Book and Tarka, Commander Paul Stamets and Captain Saru revealed that the location of Unknown Species 10-C is blanketed by a mysterious field 220 million kilometers in radius. Tarka, undeterred, confronted Book and persuaded him to join him in destroying the DMA as the device powering it was possibly powerful enough to allow one to cross to an alternate universe and the hope of an intact Kwejian. However, the risk of damaging subspace and rendering warp travel inaccessable there, as well as the risk of inviting retaliation from Unknown Species 10-C, proved too risky and the summit ultimately voted for a more peaceful First contact with the species. ( DIS: " The Examples")ĭuring a summit between the Federation members and allies, Ruon Tarka, a scientist claiming to be from Risa, revealed a special weapon that he wanted to use on the anomaly that would use an Isolytic burst to destroy the DMA.

The colony was successfully evacuated by Discovery before its destruction, with the exception of Felix, a prisoner who declined to leave. The DMA's change in locale put it on a course to fly by the Radvek chain. This behavior, which seemed to defy all physical laws, revealed the existence of an artificial device at its heart, proving that the anomaly was not a natural phenomenon but rather a construct under the control of a party Starfleet designated "Unknown Species 10-C". Later that year, the DMA – while under observation by the USS Janeway and NSS T'Pau – exhibited an unusual spike in X-ray radiation before it abruptly disappeared from the Venari sector and re-appeared 1,000 light years away. ( DIS: " Anomaly (DIS)", " Choose to Live") Based on this data, preliminary hypotheses of the DMA being binary black holes in the process of merging, or a primordial wormhole, were discarded. President T'Rina offered the services of the Ni'Var Science Institute in analyzing the anomaly. The USS Discovery subsequently collected detailed sensor readings on the anomaly with the assistance of Cleveland Booker and his ship. ( DIS: " Kobayashi Maru", " Anomaly (DIS)") It was projected to enter the Riscot system next, though it soon changed course. The anomaly was discovered by the United Federation of Planets in 3190 after it struck Deep Space Repair Beta Six and the Kwejian system, where it destroyed Kwejian and its moon. The DMA presumably traveled significantly faster than light, as evidenced by it affecting Deep Space Repair Beta Six and the Kwejian system in quick succession despite the two being light-years apart.
