Editing Star Trek: Enterprise (section)

===Temporal Cold War<span class="anchor" id="Temporal cold war"></span>===
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The addition of a futuristic Temporal Cold War element was seen as a "nod to mystery" by [[Rick Berman]], who sought to add an element of ''[[The X-Files]]'' to the series. Berman decided that the full story of the war would be revealed over the course of several years.<ref name=longtrek/> At the start of the second season, Braga said that the Temporal Cold War storyline would continue to be included if viewers were still interested,<ref>{{cite journal|title=Being Human|journal=Star Trek Monthly|date=October 2002|volume=1|issue=97|page=10}}</ref> but later described it as "strangulating."<ref name=boybands/> Initially featured in the pilot episode, "Broken Bow," it featured the Cabal, an organization composed of members of the alien race known as the [[Suliban]], being manipulated by an unknown humanoid figure from the future, nicknamed "Future Guy" by viewers—a moniker later adopted by the series's writers.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wilkins|first1=Alasdair|title=Enterprise was forever torn between our future and Star Trek's past|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/enterprise-was-forever-torn-between-our-future-and-207632|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|publisher=[[Univision Communications]]|access-date=September 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502153005/http://www.avclub.com/article/enterprise-was-forever-torn-between-our-future-and-207632|archive-date=May 2, 2015|date=August 6, 2014}}</ref> At the start of the series, Braga said that they did not have a plan for who the character would turn out to be.<ref>[[#carey2001|Carey & Ruditis (2001)]]: p. 258</ref> Ten years after the end of the series, Braga stated that Future Guy was Archer manipulating his own timeline;<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=BrannonBraga|number=597587988743213056|date = May 10, 2015 |title=Archer was Future Guy. He was manipulating his own destiny from the future. But why&nbsp;... ?}}</ref> he and Berman had previously stated that the character was intended to be a Romulan.<ref name=vegascon09>{{cite web|last1=Pascale|first1=Anthony|title=VegasCon09: Braga & Coto Talk Enterprise Season 5 + Star Trek 2009 & more|url=http://trekmovie.com/2009/08/10/vegascon09-braga-coto-talk-enterprise-season-5-star-trek-2009-more/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425180848/http://trekmovie.com/2009/08/10/vegascon09-braga-coto-talk-enterprise-season-5-star-trek-2009-more/|archive-date=April 25, 2015|publisher=TrekMovie.com|access-date=September 6, 2015|date=August 10, 2009}}</ref>

Crewman Daniels ([[Matt Winston]]), introduced in the episode "[[Cold Front (Star Trek: Enterprise)|Cold Front]]," was revealed as an operative from 900 years in the future who was fighting against the forces which included the Suliban.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cold Front|url=http://www.startrek.com/database_article/cold-front|website=StarTrek.com|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=September 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213081811/http://www.startrek.com/database_article/cold-front|archive-date=December 13, 2013}}</ref> Archer found that he was being manipulated by those forces, as ''Enterprise'' was blamed for the destruction of a mining colony in "[[Shockwave (Star Trek: Enterprise)|Shockwave]]."<ref>{{cite web|title=Shockwave, Part I|url=http://www.startrek.com/database_article/shockwave-part-i|website=StarTrek.com|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715195055/http://www.startrek.com/database_article/shockwave-part-i|archive-date=July 15, 2014}}</ref>

In the third season, an escalation of the Temporal Cold War introduced the [[Xindi (Star Trek)|Xindi]] and dealt with the repercussions of their attack on Earth. Daniels explained Archer's importance in history during a trip to the future in "[[Azati Prime]]" to witness the final battle against the Sphere Builders—aliens who were also manipulating the Xindi into attacking Earth during Archer's time period.<ref>{{cite web|title=Azati Prime|url=http://www.startrek.com/database_article/azati-prime|website=StarTrek.com|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=September 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211124620/http://www.startrek.com/database_article/azati-prime|archive-date=February 11, 2015}}</ref> In the closing phase of the Temporal Cold War, Daniels sent the ''Enterprise'' back to the 1940s, following a temporal incursion by aliens who had altered the outcome of [[World War II]], permitting [[Nazi Germany]] to invade the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=Storm Front|url=http://www.startrek.com/database_article/storm-front|website=StarTrek.com|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=September 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201035428/http://www.startrek.com/database_article/storm-front|archive-date=February 1, 2014}}</ref> Once Vosk, the leader of the aliens, was killed, the timeline corrected itself. Vosk's actions had turned the Cold War into an actual war raging through time, but the ''Enterprise'' killed Vosk before he could initiate the wars and all of the damage done throughout history was undone. Afterwards, Daniels believed that the Temporal Cold War was finally coming to an end as a result.<ref>{{cite web|title=Storm Front, Part II|url=http://www.startrek.com/database_article/storm-front-part-ii|website=StarTrek.com|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=September 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715145839/http://www.startrek.com/database_article/storm-front-part-ii|archive-date=July 15, 2014}}</ref>

In ''Star Trek: Discovery'' [[Star Trek: Discovery season 3|Season 3]], it is mentioned that after the Temporal Wars all time travel was outlawed and all existing time travel devices were destroyed. The [[Guardian of Forever]] states in "[[Terra Firma (Star Trek: Discovery)|Terra Firma]]" that the various factions used him to alter his own history and to kill people, so he moved to another planet and went into hiding.