GALACTIC BARRIER
Mysterious energy field at the perimeter of the Milky Way Galaxy. First discovered around 2064 by the exploratory vessel S.S. Valiant, the barrier was later crossed by the Starship Enterprise in 2265. Certain members of both ships' crews became endowed with dramatically amplified ESP & Psychokinetic powers, and in both cases these mutated crewmembers became a threat to their ships. The Enterprise crossed the barrier a second time in 2268, when Kelvans attempting to return to their home in the Andromeda Galaxy hijacked the ship. The barrier had also been responsible for the earlier destruction of their ship when they entered our galaxy. The Enterprise again crossed the barrier later that year when designer Laurence Marvick, stricken by insanity, drove the ship across the barrier at warp 9.5.
