Standard Weapons

Phaser Cannon. Phaser cannon is type of directed energy weapon, specifically modified and enhanced phaser, which could be utilized as a hand-held or starship mounted weapon. The phaser cannon, unlike a conventional phaser array, fired bolts of energy rather then a beam discharge. This points to a considerably different design. They were more powerful than a normal phaser, due to the destructive energy being delivered onto the target all at once, instead of a steady beam like a conventional phaser, yet seem to have shorter range than traditional, ship mounted phaser arrays. The weapon was substantially more effective than conventional phaser arrays at piercing shielded objects, and was originally designed to defend against a Borg attack. One of the first Starfleet ships to use such weapons was the Defiant-class. These arrays seem to be mounted in pairs on the port and starboard sides of the ship, and are fired in unison. In a pulse phaser, the energy emissions are instead stored in a magnetic field, allowing them to coalesce and agitate to higher energy states. The field is then redirected, forcing the burst of Phaser energy toward the target. This process is repeated rapidly using multiple magnetic field generators, and the result is a stream of phased energy projectiles. Although the range of such a weapon is much less than the standard Phaser due to rapid dissipation, from close range the pulse Phaser can do more damage than most Phaser types.
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Photon Torpedo. A photon torpedo is a tactical missile commonly deployed aboard starships and starbases by various organizations.
- The components of a torpedo were contained within an elongated elliptical casing. The weapon was armed with a warhead filled with magnetically constrained matter and antimatter. Upon the detonation requirements being met (such as impact with another object, timing, certain field, etc) the magnetic constraint collapsed, allowing the reactants to combine explosively.
- Care is to be taken by the launching ship when firing a torpedo against targets at short range. Like all explosives, the energy released from the detonation is indiscriminate and can cause damage to the torpedo's source as well as the intended target.
- A photon torpedo can be modified to follow a sensor path such as a trail of ionized gas from Chang's Bird-of-Prey.
- By refitting the equipment carried within the casing, a torpedo could be modified to become an instrumented probe (like a Class 8 probe) or even a high-speed single occupancy spacecraft.
- The warhead was loaded with 1.5 kg of antideuterium, and the torpedo had a dry mass of 247.5 kg. The torpedo was not capable of attaining Warp speeds if launched at sublight. It's warhead rating varied from .1 to 25 isotons. Effective tactical range is 3.5 million km.
- Modern topedoes have a dry mass of only 186.7 kg. The reactant capacity had increased 5 percent leading to a higher yield of 50 isotons. Effective tactical range was increased to 4 million km. Special High Yield Torpedo Launchers are requeired to use these torpedoes
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Photon_torpedo


Quantum Torpedo. The quantum torpedo was a weapon developed by Starfleet to replace the standard photon torpedo, deployed throughout the fleet in the beginning of 2371. Quantum torpedoes was first carried aboard Defiant and Sovereign class vessels. Quantum torpedoes rely on harnessing zero-point energy, an eleven-dimensional spacetime membrane suspended in an ultra-clean vacuum within the projectile. The membrane is then twisted into a string and isolated from the background vacuum, resulting in the creation of a new particle, which is accompanied by the release of a tremendous amount of energy, increasing their destructive power above the maximum capable with a photon torpedo. The zero-point initiator is activated by an uprated photon torpedo warhead at 19.5 isotons, producing a final explosive yield of 200 isotons. The pattern of energy release (duration, vector, etc.) makes the blast more difficult to disperse by starship shields, increasing the tactical effectiveness even more.
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Quantum_torpedo

Transphasic Torpedo. Transphasic are high-yield torpedoes that were designed specifically to fight the Borg. They appear to be among the most powerful weapons used; one torpedo is capable of destroying an entire Borg Cube. Designed specifically to counter the Borg threat, their devastating effectiveness is limited to that adversary. They are unstable, causing them to shift phases, prevents the Borg from being able to adapt to them even after repeated use. Other than to counteract the Borg, they are merely high-end Quantum Torpedoes.
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Transphasic_torpedo

Stratospheric Torpedo. The Stratospheric Torpedo is a torpedo projectile weapon designed to be fired from space into a planet's atmosphere. Used by Starfleet and, previously, by the Maquis. The stratospheric torpedo is a . In 2373, Maquis leader Michael Eddington used stratospheric torpedoes to spread the nerve agent cobalt diselenide into the atmospheres of several Cardassian planets.
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Stratospheric_torpedo

Gravimetric Torpedo. A gravimetric torpedo is a type of heavy torpedo projectile weapon with a gravimetric charge. In 2374, when the Omega Directive came into effect on the USS Voyager, the crew built a 80-isoton gravimetric torpedo by installing a gravimetric charge into a photon torpedo casing. The torpedo was used to detonate the harmonic resonance chamber, thereby eliminating the last remaining Omega molecules.
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Gravimetric_torpedo

Pulse Wave Torpedo. The pulse wave torpedo is a type of starship-mounted projectile weapon which is more efficient than standard weapons at sealing subspace ruptures. As a weapon, they are identical to photon torpeoes, but the explosion causes subspace interference with affects some technologies including sensors, transporters, and communications for up to a minute.
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Pulse_wave_torpedo

Antimatter Mines. An antimatter mine is a relatively small anti-starship device the size of a small probe that contains a large amount of antimatter. On board sensors detect close-range starships and the mine moves towards them. On impact, the containment fields within the mine collapse, dispersing antimatter onto the ship's hull causing a large number of instant annihilations, resulting in an explosion.
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Antimatter_mine


Gravitic Mines. A gravitic mine is a type of mine used during the late 23rd century and beyond. These devices were used during the Cardassian war of the 2350s. Consisting of explosive charges, they are left at a fixed point in space and detonate when a starship nears.
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Gravitic_mine

Pulse Mines. The pulse mine is a type of anti-starship mine, which can be equipped with variable geometry detonators. Pulse mines were considered when Starfleet planned to mine the entrance to the Bajoran wormhole in 2373. However, they were rejected because it was realized that the supply of mines would be exhausted before the supply of Dominion ships would be.
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Pulse_mine

Self-Replicating Mines. The self-replicating mine is a defensive explosive device invented by Miles O'Brien, Rom, and Jadzia Dax in 2374. The mines were deployed in a field around the entrance of the Bajoran wormhole, to prevent any further Dominion reinforcements from coming through. Each mine was cloaked and extremely small, no more than a meter across, which prevented advanced Dominion sensors from detecting them. More importantly, the mines were equipped with a replicator unit, such as that every mine that was detonated or deactivated would be immediately replaced by its neighbor, using debris from whatever was destroyed as replication mass. The mines were programmed to swarm-detonate, to compensate for their small size. It is never explained why the Federation's expressly illegal use of cloaking technology to create the minefield, in direct violation of established Romulan treaties, is never brought up. One can assume that due to the dire nature of the Dominion threat, the Romulans weren't exactly being picky about it. Due to the possibility of the mines' proximity sensors causing premature detonation, the entire minefield had to be put in place before the mines could be activated. The Dominion sent a fleet to prevent this from happening, but cover fire from Deep Space 9 and the IKS Rotarran allowed the USS Defiant to complete the task. The activated minefield proved an effective barrier to the Dominion even after Deep Space 9 was captured. This frustrating obstacle prevented the Dominion from overrunning the Alpha Quadrant. Eventually, Damar found a way to deactivate the mines without having them replicating themselves, by isolating them one at a time with an antigraviton beam projected from Deep Space 9's deflector array. Fortunately, through Morn, Kira Nerys gave Starfleet information on the deactivation of the minefield. Faced with the prospect of overwhelming Dominion reinforcements through the wormhole, Starfleet launched Operation Return, sending all its available ships to destroy the deflector before the deactivation process was completed. Unfortunately, the Defiant arrived too late to prevent Gul Dukat from detonating the minefield, forcing Sisko to send the Defiant into the wormhole to confront the Dominion reinforcements.
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Self-replicating_mine


Thermolyte Explosives. A thermolyte explosive is a type of powerful explosive. In 2378, Commander Nocona and his team used thermolyte explosive charges to break apart asteroids for mining purposes. He later also used them in an attempt to stop a Talaxian colony from erecting a defensive shield around their home asteroid, though the Baxial and the Delta Flyer II were able to intercept most of them before they reached their targets. The explosives proved ineffective once the shield became active.
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Thermolyte_explosive


Tricobalt Devices. Tricobalt devices are a type of high yield explosive sometimes utilized by the Federation. Under certain conditions, they are capable of producing disruptions in subspace. In 2155, Tholians of the mirror universe detonated a tricobalt device in a successful attempt to create an interphasic rift. A pair of tricobalt devices, with a yield of 20,000 teracochranes, were used by the USS Voyager in order to destroy the Caretaker's array in 2371. The explosion destroyed the station, leaving no debris. Tricobalt devices are relatively ineffective when used against shielded targets due to the slow expansion of energy from the explosion. It is primarily used as a demolition weapon, most notably against space stations and ground targets. However, when shields are weak, tricobalt devices can disable the shields. Although tricobalt explosives can cause subspace ruptures, they are not considered subspace weapons, as their effects are highly predictable and they are routinely carried by Federation vessels. Subspace weapons were banned by the second Khitomer Accords. Cobalt weapons have a 'slow burning nuclear yield' of immense radiation and toxicity, rendering an area lethal for five years or more.
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Tricobalt_device