When the laser had reached its upper limits of power, a new weapon was invented at Jupiter Station for the newly designed NX-class. The Rakuten Americas marketplace closed on September 15, 2020 and is no longer taking new orders. ""I think it's the universal greeting when you don't like someone.William T. Riker and Geordi La Forge, Photon torpedoes were warp-capable tactical matter/antimatter weapons commonly deployed aboard starships and starbases by various organizations. This weapon delivers a taser-like jolt to whatever it strikes in combat. In the DS9 episode "Paradise Lost", the USS Lakota was also stated to be carrying quantum torpedoes, although they were never used.[29]. Though the weapon was never known to have been removed from Voyager, it was never seen in use or referred to again. (TNG: "The Arsenal of Freedom", etc. A team of terrorists attempted to steal Trilithium resin from the warp core of the Enterprise-D when it was docked at Arkaria Station to receive a baryon sweep. Neutron radiation such as produced by a Cobalt 60 weapon is not very useful for destroying outposts, starships or anything else that is not a living creature. The KaBar combat knife is the Federation's standard-issue combat and survival knife. In the TOS episode "The Cloud Minders", mortaes and thongs are mining tools used as martial weapons by the "troglyte" (a corruption of "troglodyte") miners, and apparently the ruling class is also trained with these weapons, as Plasus challenges Kirk to hand-to-hand combat, asking, "Are you as brave with a mortae as with a phaser?" If the the submarine is there, you hit it and it sinks. Worf is the most commonly seen user of the mek'leth, owning one and using it several times, including in hand-to-hand combat against Borg drones in First Contact. The only major difference compared to the old sword of today is that the Star Trek version is foldable, thus occupying a minimum space when carried and stored. It is a large glove with a recurved claw at the end, and covered with dozens of spines. These weapons were banned under the second Khitomer Accord. The Isokinetic cannon was seen in only one episode of Star Trek: Voyager, "Retrospect". [38] After forging the weapon, he used it to defeat the tyrant Molor, and in doing so united the Klingon homeworld. Six could be simultaneously loaded into a launcher. When the ship was destroyed in 2371, the shield frequency was at … (VOY: "Dreadnought", "Scorpion, Part II", "Living Witness", "Human Error", "The Voyager Conspiracy"), Voyager's torpedoes were also said to possess a class 6 warhead. However I think its important to point out that while the loss does not depend on the distribution between the incorrect classes (only the distribution between the correct class and the rest), the gradient of this loss function does effect the incorrect classes differently depending on how wrong they are. Warp plasma is highly unstable and can be easily detonated. In the real world, the KA-BAR is an official combat knife of the United States Marine Corps. The TR-116 projectile rifle is a prototype weapon developed by the Federation for situations where conventional energy weapons might be rendered useless by damping fields or other countermeasures. These torpedoes had an effective range of approximately eight million kilometers. Torpedoes are often depicted as being easy to modify to suit specific situations. To solve this problem, Starfleet scientists devised a way to fire the weapon in short pulsed burst streams to help regulate the temperatures of the emitters in a state of constant fire. (Star Trek), A year later, the Enterprise was retrofitted with additional larger torpedo tubes along the secondary hull for prototype advanced long-range torpedoes. The use of the weapons caused stars to go supernova as a side effect in normal reality. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. in the original glyphs. It is introduced in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Field of Fire", where it is used in conjunction with a micro-transporter and a visual scanner headpiece to create an extremely potent sniper rifle. Tetryon cannons are unique in that they are designed primarily to damage energy and force fields such as starship shields. You must sink this enemy sub - devise a strategy that is guaranteed to eventually hit the enemy sub. A similar weapon, resembling an axe was also used by a member of Nero's crew. Only after the launch were they mixed during flight in the combiner tank, while still separated from each other in magnetic packets. Klingons call their disruptors nISwI'. They were used by both Starfleet officers and Jem'Hadar in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "To the Death". A mek'leth is the Klingon short sword that appears in several episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and in the film Star Trek: First Contact. Its massive destructive potential leads the Federation to consider it a biogenic weapon, and an extremely illegal one at that. Usage permission: See fair use. In some models, these side blades are spring-loaded and can pop out into position and close up for storage. This “longsword” (the literal translation) is one of the more Terran-like Klingon weapons, by most standards. Several episodes seem to suggest this (TNG: "Suspicions"). BACHELOR'S DILEMMA M: willywutang is lonely and … But avoid …. When both were matched torpedoes could penetrate the shields of the target starship. Star Trek: Discovery is the sixth live-action Star Trek television series. 129 & 68) By using standard physics calculations, a payload of 1.5 kilograms was equal to about 64.4 megatons. Spatial torpedoes are the ship's most powerful and primary ship-to-ship weapon before the installation of phase cannons. In the story, the Enterprise crew attempt to destroy the dikironium cloud creature by exploding photon torpedoes inside it, when that had no effect, they turn to the most powerful weapon available at that time: an ounce of antimatter to produce a matter-antimatter blast to destroy the creature. A "Valdris" blade was used in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in two 7-Eleven armed-robberies in 2009.[39]. ; ENT: "Sleeping Dogs"), Starfleet vessels, operated by the United Federation of Planets, began using photon torpedoes by at least 2233. These torpedoes were designed to be undetectable to sensors. The application of tying action and wrapping, as with a garrote, can restrict the breathing of the target, asphyxiating the victim. Photon torpedoes, often abbreviated as "photons", were called Pu'DaH dak cha in Klingonese. In the Countdown comic, Nero's weapon is revealed to be the "Debrune teral'n", an ancient Romulan artifact that symbolized the empire's power; it is traditionally held by the presiding Praetor. The NX-class was initially armed with plasma cannons. It also features a pommel studded with blunt spikes. When launched in warp flight, a torpedo would continue to travel at warp; when launched at sublight, a torpedo would travel at a high sublight speed, but would not cross the warp threshold. The Star Trek franchise consists primarily of several multi-season television shows and a dozen movies, as well as various video games … The phasers that appeared in the 2009 reboot Star Trek appear similar in shape to the classic phasers, but fire singular energy pulses instead of a sustained stream of them, in a fashion similar to semi-automatic weapons. Only the first three species are known to have type-3 disruptors, the most advanced type developed so far, by the 24th Century. As a result, disruptors inflict more damage to matter, but less damage to shields, than phasers. The torpedo had a dry mass of 247.5 kilograms. In battle, the handholds are used to twirl and spin the blade rapidly. The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual states that quantum torpedoes derive their destructive power from vacuum energy. [31] It later features prominently in the plot of "Homecoming", the Star Trek: New Frontier short story in the 2008 Mirror Universe anthology Shards and Shadows, in which the rebels manage to steal a Romulan thalaron bomb intended for use by the Alliance, to strike a balance of power against them. Directed by Les Landau. While photon torpedoes made their first appearance in "Arena", set in the year 2267, the earliest on-screen use of photon torpedoes by a Starfleet vessel was depicted in the 2009 film, Star Trek, when the USS Kelvin defended itself from torpedoes fired by the Narada with phasers and a rapid-fire barrage of photon torpedoes, in a scene set in the year 2233. In TOS: "A Taste of Armageddon", the Eminian Union classified the USS Enterprise as 'destroyed' when it was hit by virtual tricobalt satellites. An ahn'woon is a Vulcan catch-strangle weapon, similar in principle to the Earth Roman gladiator's cast net. Usually, a warrior who carries both a mek’leth and an iw'taj is from a Qvav’mar background...and/or is a personal combatant of high caliber.[41]. An explosion powerful enough to disrupt a soliton wave could be created with five torpedoes set to level 16. Due to the premixed reactants, the released energy per unit time was greater than in a rupture of a storage pod containing 100 cubic meters of antideuterium. The first on-screen connection between photon torpedoes and antimatter came in 1989, in the second season episode "Samaritan Snare" of Star Trek: The Next Generation and it was not established until 1991, in the fourth season episode "Half a Life", that photon torpedoes had in fact deflector shields of their own. The bat'leth is the Klingon double-sided scimitar/hook sword/deer horn knives hybrid-edge weapon, designed by martial arts enthusiast and Star Trek: The Next Generation effects producer Dan Curry. [4] It was also established in the 2002 episode "Sleeping Dogs" of Star Trek: Enterprise that the photon torpedo was in fact not an original Federation invention, but had in fact been used before by such races as the Klingons as far back as the 22nd century. Further, the antimatter within the warhead had a destabilizing effect on the phasing coil. Lasers are a sidearm in the original Star Trek pilot "The Cage", and laser pistols appear in several Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) episodes, although later episodes in Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) seemed to indicate that the laser's use as a weapon was outdated. However, reducing the size of the phasing coils used to accomplish an intangible state proved difficult. A lirpa is a Vulcan weapon consisting of a wooden staff a little over a meter in length, with a semicircular blade at one end and a metal bludgeon on the other. The knife has three blades: a main blade with a cutout in the center, and two smaller blades on either side. Designed by Dan Curry, it consists of a short, thick, curved blade with a metal guard extending back parallel with the grip to protect the hand. It is composed of selenium and rhodium nitrates. They were the one and only thing Starfleet knew the Borg had not yet adapted to and for that reason wanted to keep this ace in the hole for as long as possible. The Jem'Hadar often have bayonets attached to their plasma (AKA polaron-pulse) rifles. Smaller Starfleet craft such as shuttlecraft and runabouts can be armed with "micro-torpedoes", a scaled-down version of photon torpedoes designed for use on craft too small to accommodate the full-sized weapon. Until recently, it was considered an undeliverable medium that could not be controlled. A psionic resonator was a weapon that functioned by amplifying telepathic energy and focusing it into kinetic form. In 2365, Geordi La Forge increased the size of the charges on the Pakled ship Mondor and turned the Pakled weapons into photon torpedoes. Click once to play a sound. Photon torpedoes first appear on a Starfleet ship in the original series' episode "Arena" as part of the USS Enterprise's armament—in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "The Expanse", the Enterprise (NX-01) first receives photonic torpedoes. On Starfleet vessels, they were the precursors to phase cannons. Directed by Chip Chalmers. (VOY: "Living Witness"), When fired by a Galaxy-class starship without shields at a target in close range, a single photon detonation had a high probability of destroying the firing ship as well. It also appears in Star Trek: Armada and Star Trek: Armada II, as a researchable weapon for the Klingon Empire exclusive to the Vor'cha-class cruiser which takes out one of the targeted ship's systems at random. It is considered the oldest Vulcan weapon. Red matter was thus used to destroy an alternate Vulcan ("alternate" due to temporal disruption, from Nero's haphazard method of time travel), then ultimately destroyed Nero's ship, the Narada, along with all remaining technology from his ship, and all of the remaining red matter. It appears in the 2009 Star Trek reboot and is used by the renegade miner Nero. Gravimetric torpedoes are torpedoes used by the Borg. The weapons can produce actual tears in subspace, and are extremely unpredictable. [citation needed] When first introduced, Dominion polaron cannons easily penetrate the shielding systems of most Alpha Quadrant races. Thalaron radiation, even in small amounts, petrifies living tissue almost instantly. If you have sound files you would like us to add, please submit them. USS Voyager uses a pair of tricobalt devices to destroy the Caretaker array in the Star Trek: Voyager pilot episode, "Caretaker", and such a device was used against Voyager in the episode "Blink of an Eye". The launcher appears on the 1701-E in Star Trek: Insurrection but is never fired. The tricobalt warhead is a subspace weapon whose high-yield detonations can tear holes in subspace. The Beltesha Missile Systems Mark VI photon torpedo replaced the Morris Magtronics Model FP-4 torpedo during the. However, using a nanite-controlled trigger for reactant release now allows vessels to deliver a high-energy plasma warhead payload within a Mark IV torpedo casing. It is not to be confused with, "Cobalt diselenide" redirects here. The iw'taj is often carried by traditionalists, and by discerning martial artists. Directly descended from the weapon which inspired the Klingon tIq'ghob emblem, this dagger (literal translation: "blood-knife") is longer and heavier than the d’k tahg (which was derived from it). A smaller version of this "belly-spear" (the literal Klingon translation) is used in the children's game of qa'vak...which incorporates spinning hoops, and hones assorted skills needed for hunting. [13] This version of the phaser seems to only have two settings, stun and kill, which fire blue and red colored pulses respectively. Captain James T. Kirk and Spock used lirpas when they fought for possession of T'Pring during Spock's Pon farr ritual in "Amok Time". They are arguably the most powerful weapons ever wielded by any humanoid species, as indicated by their ability to injure the otherwise-invulnerable Q. [16][17] The Borg cutter weapon is a laser, as mentioned in the TNG episode "Q Who" and is capable of quickly disintegrating the hull of a Federation starship, as seen in the pilot episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "Emissary". With Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn. The kut'luch is featured in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Sins of the Father", when Worf's brother, Kurn, is stabbed; and in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Real Life", where the Doctor's simulated "son" prepares for the Kut'luch ceremony. In several episodes, Worf is seen displaying one in his quarters, most likely the same one used by Lt. Tasha Yar. The Alpha Quadrant races eventually learn to modify their shields to resist polaron weaponry, evoking surprise from the Vorta advisor Weyoun ("Call to Arms"). Since the shields can block only one subcomponent of the pulse the remaining majority is delivered to the target. (TNG: "Genesis"; DS9: "Tribunal"), USS Voyager was equipped with type 6 photon torpedoes. A Romulan polearm, similar to a trident with retractable blades. The USS Enterprise-D remained at a distance of forty kilometers. Chroniton torpedoes are a unique form of weapon employed by the Krenim. Plasma torpedoes are used by the Romulans, Cardassians, and (according to Star Fleet Battles, Klingon Academy and Starfleet Command) the Gorn. (VOY: "Future's End, Part II") Federation photon torpedoes had a subspace detonator. Dreadnought was equipped with an exceptionally sophisticated artificial intelligence, capable of "paranoia" to a certain degree, as when reprogrammer B'Elanna Torres attempted to prevent it from destroying the innocent planet, it came to the conclusion that she had been captured by her Cardassian enemies and forced to make up a story to prevent the attack; it then pretended to follow her commands and shut down, only to re-activate and continue its mission once she was no longer aboard. They are depicted as muzzle-loading muskets, to fit with the American Civil War-theme used by the Q Continuum as a concession to the human characters' limited perceptions. It was dragged into the Delta Quadrant in much the same manner as Voyager, and when unable to resolve the unforeseen situation it locked on to a planet that was similar to the one it was programmed to target, but which was inhabited by innocents. Photon torpedoes can be fired directly at a target, laid out as a minefield, or scattered in an attacker's path as depth charges." Eventually, the situation became dire enough that the specifications were released to Federation and Klingon ships; the Borg eventually learned to adapt to them. A similar change was seen in the starship-mounted phaser banks, which also fire single energy pulse instead of continuous streams. Dreadnought was a Cardassian self-guided missile, containing one thousand kilograms of matter, and another thousand of antimatter. Kirk responds, "Both will kill.". This allows the Hirogen hunters to collect items that they would consider to be hunting trophies. However, it is much more versatile. In the TOS episode, "Balance of Terror", photon torpedoes apparently replaced nuclear warheads as the primary wartime weapons on Federation starships. It is 32.5 cm (12.8 in) and is standard equipment in survival gear and in emergency weapons caches aboard starships. (pp. It is wide enough to be used as a sling. When fired, photon torpedoes usually appear as a spiky orb of energy of varying colours, such as red,[25] orange,[26] yellow, blue, or green,[27] or in the case of Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS), red bolts. [18] Spatial torpedoes are themselves superseded by more powerful photonic torpedoes. The workings of the weapon is unknown but theorised is the use of Cobalt-60.[42][43]. Those not killed or vaporized in the initial blast suffered terrible radiation poisoning and death in the aftermath. (DS9: "The Maquis, Part I", "The Maquis, Part II"), In 2370, Galaxy-class ships received a weapons upgrade that increased the explosive yield of photon torpedoes by eleven percent. [18][19] Phase cannons are generally more powerful than spatial torpedoes. They later became obsolete. The pulse cannon is a rather simple particle beam weapon and Starfleet Command ultimately decided on using the more powerful plasma cannon on the NX-class Enterprise. A small amount of red matter was then activated at the bottom of the drilling site, creating a black hole in the heart of the planet that would tear it apart from within. Unlike the d’k tahg, which was conceived as a general-purpose combat-knife intended for mass production, the iw'taj is a dedicated dueling weapon. This is not reconciled with established canon because the events of ENT take place prior to the "Romulan Wars" during which, to quote Spock in "Balance of Terror", "This conflict was fought by our standards today with primitive atomic weapons". [40] Although the d'k tahg appeared in Star Trek III, it was not referred to by its name until Star Trek: The Next Generation. This "pain-stick" (the literal translation), capable of killing a 2-ton Rectyne Monopod, is used as part of the Klingon Age of Ascension ritual. Klingon oral history holds that the first bat'leth was forged around 625 A.D. by Kahless, who dropped a lock of his hair into the lava from the Kri'stak Volcano, then plunged the fiery lock into the lake of Lursor and twisted it to form a blade. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual, Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual, Photon torpedoes could also be used for illumination. The knife was designed by Gil Hibben. Quantum torpedoes are normally shown in a shade of blue. The explosive yield (of the type-6 torpedo) could be set to ten different levels. Typically, it is wielded as a combination knuckleduster/boomerang. Photon torpedoes were warp-capable tactical matter/antimatter weapons commonly deployed aboard starships and starbases by various organizations. [38] The name bat'leth itself is a slight corruption of batlh 'etlh, which means "Sword of Honor" in Klingon. 1e9 W/cm 2 for a microsecond will vaporize the surface, and 1e11 W/cm 2 for a microsecond will cause enough vaporization to create impulsive shock damage (i.e., the surface layer of the material is vaporized at a rate … The upward-pointing blade is designed to catch an opponent's weapon and, with a twisting motion, disarm him. Using the transporter attached to the barrel, the slug can then be transported during motion at full velocity, thus capable of traveling through walls and materializing within point-blank range of the target. Janeway later instructs them to increase its yield even further, to 80 isotons. The Federation and Cardassian Union are the only known users of quantum torpedoes. Like spears, tik'leths are traditional weapons of the rank-and-file...although many nobles prefer a tik'leth's offensive functionality to that of a bat'leth, while many soldiers carry mass-produced bat’leths as a status symbol.[41]. (VOY: "Scorpion, Part II"), Voyager also carried class 9 and class 10 photon torpedoes. Similar to the d'k tahg, the kut'luch is "the ceremonial weapon of an assassin". Depending on the skill of the user, it can be used several ways. Q firearms were used in the Q Civil War by the Voyager crew to compensate against the infinite power of the Q in "The Q and the Grey". In the TNG episode "Code of Honor", the Ligonians have deep traditions of fighting with a poison-tipped hand weapon called a Glavin. Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! In 2369 one type of Vulcan psionic resonator, known as the Stone of Gol was discovered to still exist, though in pieces, long after it was thought destroyed. The demonstration of the weapon destroyed a target buoy composed of 10 m thick solid monotanium with a chromoelectric forcefield in one shot, coring it cleanly through. (TNG: "Samaritan Snare"), With thoron fields and duranium shadows, false sensor readings of photon torpedoes could be created to fool enemy ships. Varon-T disruptors were featured in the Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) episode "The Most Toys", and were mentioned to be a rare type of disruptor made illegal in the Federation because of their slow, excruciating method of killing, with the weapons tearing the body apart from the inside. In the Enterprise episode "United", Andorian commander Thy'lek Shran and the NX-01's captain Jonathan Archer, as a second for a Tellarite officer who kills Tallas, Shran's chief tactical officer and lover, engage in an Andorian "ushaan" duel. In Star Trek: Voyager, Tuvok and Kim modify a normal photon torpedo with a gravimetric charge, a piece of Borg technology, to increase its destructive yield to 54 isotons. As an unknown force drags the Enterprise, Deanna Troi struggles with the loss of her powers. ... TOS Photon Torpedo 1 TOS Photon Torpedo 2 TOS Photon Torpedo From Bridge TOS Ship Phaser 1 Plasma cannons are a form of directed energy weaponry used by both Earth Starfleet and the early Romulan Star Empire. Getting file paths for image and video type content but for document type content unable to fetch absolute file path only for Android 10 Onwards, Pre Android 10 its working fine. Nonetheless, photons continued to be utilized along with the new quantum torpedoes by such starships as the USS Enterprise-E. (DS9: "Defiant"; Star Trek Nemesis), In 2367, the range of Federation photon torpedoes was slightly below three hundred thousand kilometers. All files are free to download and use, although a donation is always appreciated. The So'jan military command and the Romulan defector Commander Telek L'mar developed a weapon that created a highly charged disruptor-style beam, which they called a pulse cannon. In Star Trek: Nemesis, nine of the Enterprise-E's quantum torpedoes disabled Scimitar's cloaking function. When Megatron ordered the Decepticons to fall back until more information was gathered, Soundwave … It was co-created by Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman, with creative contributions by Nicholas Meyer; Kurtzman is the current co-showrunner with Michelle Paradise.Developed … A class-6 warhead in this type of torpedo had the explosive yield of 200 isotons. Holding the shock blade's trigger discharges a beam of neuro-electrical energy, with an effective range of 15 feet.[37]. It is presumed that the diplomatic fallout that resulted from the circumstances surrounding Kovin's death led to the demo version being removed from Voyager and the deal to have it permanently installed being cancelled. It possesses shields, phasers, a complement of quantum torpedoes, a Thoron shock emitter, a plasma wave weapon, engines capable of reaching at least Warp 9, and a sophisticated computer AI. Although described as a self-guided missile, in practice Dreadnought functions much like an autonomous starship, and it even had life support capability on board. Each one possesses shielding, warp drive of indeterminate speed, and a sentient, genius-level artificial intelligence programmed to do whatever is necessary to reach their targets and detonate. Romulan plasma torpedoes use trilithium isotopes in their warheads. To download, right-click the link to the file you want, then select "Save Link As..." (or whatever wording your browser uses). Phase pistols are hand-carried phase cannons, and are also the 22nd century precursor to phaser technology. In Starfleet Command III, it is one of the Klingon's three heavy weapon options, the others being the photon torpedo and the ion cannon. Son'a vessels carried and used isolytic burst weapons, a type of subspace weapon.