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The Sphere Builders are a fictional species from Star Trek.
They are a trans-dimensional species bent on reconfiguring the galaxy with their specially designed spheres that would make it more habitable for them. They were first seen in Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Harbinger" and that was presumably where they began experimenting with their spheres.
By approximately the year 2550, the Sphere Builders were on the verge of accomplishing their goal when they created a habitable sphere about 50,000 light years in all directions. However, as Daniels showed Jonathan Archer on board the Enterprise-J, the United Federation of Planets engaged the Sphere Builders at the Battle of Procyon Five and ultimately pushed them back to their trans-dimensional realm, preventing a galactic holocaust.
The Sphere Builders have the technology to examine multiple timelines. Since they saw the future with the Federation, the Sphere Builders tried to change history in their favor by informing the Xindi in 2152 that humanity would ultimately destroy them, so as to panic them into attacking and ultimately destroying Earth. The Xindi Council's Sphere Builder contact was first seen in "Damage".
When Archer tried to tell the Xindi Council that the Sphere Builders were the enemy, Degra told him that the Council may not believe him. After Xindus, the Xindi homeworld, was destroyed, the Sphere Builders helped guide the five species toward habitable planets and precious resources. The Xindi then called them the "Guardians". Like the Triannons, the Xindi referred to the "Guardians" with reverence. Degra was taught and taught his children to thank the "Guardians" at the end of each day for helping them.
Sphere 41
Sphere 41 was the "Control Sphere" for the network of spheres built by the trans-dimensional Sphere Builders in the Delphic Expanse. It was destroyed in the episode "Zero Hour." This resulted in the entire network of spheres collapsing via a chain reaction and the spatial anomalies that they had created disappearing.
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