| Issues | Regulation and enforcement often cause as many problems as they solve |
| Effects | Visiting other eras • Manipulating history • Potentially altering reality |
| Developed | End of the 20th century |
| Discovered | 1980s |
| Technology | Exotic matter • wormholes • quantum tunneling |
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| Function of the commission | Regulating the technology and maintaining the 'timeline' |