Essay Assignments
- Assignment #1: Create a temporal incursion scenario involving two of the concepts and two temporal phenomena listed on the “Important Terms” page. Thoroughly explain the progression of events and their effects.
- Assignment #2: Choose one of the incidents from The End of Eternity listed below. Describe what type of temporal incursion the incident represents, and postulate a theory as to how the situation began.
- The origins of Eternity
- Harlan’s encounter with himself (Chapters 9 & 10)
- The possibility of reversing a change in the timeline (Chapter 15)
- The concept that time possesses a quality of “inertia”
- Assignment #3: By this time, you should be familiar with an officer’s obligations when encountering temporal phenomena. Select a temporal incursion from the Captain’s Logs, and discuss one of the following:
- How the incursion could have been avoided. Consider the captain’s position at that time, and avoid hindsight. Interpret the situation based on the information available when the incursion began.
- How the captain could have better minimized the damage to the timeline. Do not simply agree with the officer’s handling of the incident.