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==Energy weapons==

:Phasers are common [[directed-energy weapon]]s first seen in the [[Star Trek: The Original Series|original ''Star Trek'']] and later seen or referenced in almost all subsequent films and TV spin-offs.

:Phasers come in a wide range of sizes, ranging from [[small arms|hand-held versions]] to [[starship]]-mounted ones. Personal phasers can be made small enough to fit in the user's palm and still be very deadly. Larger and more powerful phaser rifles are commonly issued to security personnel. Phaser beams can be adjusted in both width and output. A typical hand phaser can merely stun living organisms, or completely disintegrate them, and the beam can be adjusted to strike multiple targets at once or evenly destroy large amounts of material. A starship's phasers can be used as an 'anti-missile' defense to destroy incoming projectiles.<ref name="Cathexis">{{cite episode| episodelink=Cathexis (Star Trek: Voyager)| title=Cathexis| series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]]}}</ref> Also witnessed in the TOS episode "For The World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky". They can be used as welding torches or cutting tools, and can create heat sources by firing at a large, solid object (like a rock). Phasers can be set to overload, whereby they build up a force-chamber explosion by continuously generating energy without releasing it; the resulting blast can destroy most natural objects within a 50 meter radius. The overload process is marked by a distinctive sound that increases in volume and frequency until it is deactivated or it detonates. Ship-mounted phasers have a similar range of functions on a larger scale: The phasers on the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'']] could stun entire city blocks full of people<ref name="A Piece of the Action">{{cite episode| episodelink=A Piece of the Action (Star Trek: The Original Series)| title=A Piece of the Action| series=[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]}}</ref> destroy cities<ref name="Mirror, Mirror">{{cite episode| episodelink=Mirror, Mirror (Star Trek: The Original Series)| title=Mirror, Mirror| series=[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]}}</ref> and even destroy entire asteroids up to a given size, it is also said to be capable of destroying continents.<ref name="The Cage">{{cite episode| episodelink=The Cage (Star Trek: The Original Series)| title=The Cage| series=[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]}}</ref>

:Originally (from the production notes to [[Star Trek: The Original Series|TOS]]), the Phaser was a [[Photon|'''PH'''oton]] [[Maser|m'''ASER''']], since at the time of writing the Laser was a relative unknown, and powers were not expected to be very great. [[Maser]]s, on the other hand, were already very powerful machines which produce very destructive radiation pulses. The term "phaser" has since been revised as a [[backronym]] for '''PHAS'''ed '''E'''nergy '''R'''ectification, though from a physics standpoint even this is of equal semantic content—ordinary incoherent light is not "rectified", or synchronous, whereas Lasing and Masing emissions are rectified, or synchronous. Phasers release a beam of fictional subatomic particles called "rapid [[memoryalpha:nadion|nadions]]", which are then refracted ('rectified') through superconducting crystals. Given the nature of [[Photon|photons]] the first acronym seems more accurate. The ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual]]'' indicates that the superconducting crystals used in phasers are called ''fushigi no umi''. This was an homage to the 1990 anime series ''Fushigi no Umi no Nadia'', known in North America as ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]''. The phasers that appeared in the 2009 [[reboot (fiction)|reboot]] ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'' appear similar to classic phasers, but fire 'bolts' of energy instead of sustained beams, and seem to only have two settings, stun and kill. The barrel of the weapon is two-sided, and the user must literally rotate to a different output in order to use a different setting. It is not known whether or not that type of phaser has adjustable power output. A similar change was seen in the starship-mounted phaser banks, which also fire bolts instead of beams.

 

:When the laser had reached its upper limits of power, a new weapon was invented at Jupiter Station for the newly designed NX-class. This new weapon could fire much greater energies at longer range but the draw back was that continuous fire would cause damage to the emitter. 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. The pulse cannon is a rather simple particle beam weapon.

 

:Phase cannons are 22nd century weapons, several of which first appear mounted to the ''[[Enterprise (NX-01)|Enterprise]]'' in the ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' episode "[[Silent Enemy (Star Trek: Enterprise)|Silent Enemy]]". Phase cannons have a variable yield, with the cannons on the ''Enterprise'' being rated for a maximum output of 500 gigajoules.<ref name="Silent Enemy">{{cite episode| episodelink=Silent Enemy (Star Trek: Enterprise)| title=Silent Enemy| series=[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]}}</ref> Phase cannons are generally more powerful than [[#Spatial Torpedoes|spatial torpedoes]].<ref name="Fallen Hero">{{cite episode| episodelink=Fallen Hero| title=Fallen Hero| series=[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]}}</ref> They are the 22nd century precursor to phaser technology.

 

:Phase pistols are hand-carried Phase cannons, and are also the 22nd century precursor to phaser technology. However, unlike phasers, they do not have the normal sixteen power settings or a variable beam width—only stun and kill.

:Phased polaron cannons are the primary armament of the [[Dominion (Star Trek)|Dominion]], the main antagonist faction in the later seasons of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''. The cannon emits a beam of polaron particles, the antimatter counterpart of the [[muon]] (not to be confused with the actual [[polaron]]). When first introduced, Dominion polaron cannons easily penetrate the shielding systems of most Alpha Quadrant races. The Alpha Quadrant races eventually learn to modify their shields to resist polaron weaponry, evoking surprise from the Vorta advisor Weyoun ("[[Call to Arms (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Call to Arms]]").

 

:Disruptors are employed by several alien species in this series, including [[Romulan]]s, [[Klingon]]s, [[Breen (Star Trek)|Breen]], [[Cardassian]]s, Iridians and [[Orion (Star Trek)|Orions]] in their personal and military small arms as well as being mounted as cannon, emitters, turrets, and banks. Only the first three are known to have type-3 disruptors, the most advanced developed so far, by the [[24th century]]. Disruptors cause damage by exciting the molecular bonds of targets. According to Last Unicorn's ''Star Trek: The Next Generation Roleplaying Game'', disruptors are considered less 'elegant' than phaser-based weapons; their effects there are described as thermal shock and blunt force, as opposed to the 'rapid nadion effect.'

 

:Varon-T disruptors were featured in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "[[The Most Toys]]", and were mentioned to be a rare type of disruptor made illegal in the [[United Federation of Planets|Federation]] because of their slow, excruciating method of killing. The weapons tear the body apart from the inside. Kivas Fajo, a Zibalian trader in that episode, owned four of the five Varon-T disruptors ever manufactured (he slept with one under his pillow) and even used one on his own crew before his collection of rare items was confiscated subsequent to his capture and arrest for kidnapping and theft (among other crimes).<ref>{{cite episode| title = The Most Toys| episodelink = The Most Toys| series = TNG| serieslink = Star Trek: The Next Generation| airdate = 1990-05-05| season = 3| number = 70}}</ref>

 

:Lasers are a sidearm in the original ''Star Trek'' pilot "[[The Cage (Star Trek: The Original Series)|The Cage]]", and laser pistols appear in several ''Original Series'' episodes, although later episodes in ''The Next Generation'' seemed to indicate that the laser's use as a weapon was outdated. In one instance, the ship-mounted lasers of two spacecraft were incapable of overcoming even the navigational shields of the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|USS ''Enterprise''-D]],<ref name="The Outrageous Okona">{{cite episode| episodelink=The Outrageous Okona (TNG episode)| title=The Outrageous Okona| series=[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]}}</ref> though on at least two other occasions it was threatened with destruction by laser-armed spacecraft.<ref name="Loud as a Whisper">{{cite episode| episodelink=Loud as a Whisper| title=Loud as a Whisper| series=[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]}}</ref><ref name="Suddenly Human">{{cite episode| episodelink=Suddenly_Human (TNG episode)| title=Suddenly Human| series=[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]}}</ref> Interestingly, the Borg cutter weapon is a laser, as mentioned in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode ''Q-Who?'' and is apparently incapable of directly penetrating Federation shielding. (Although it is very effective at making 'surgical' incisions into a ship's hull.)

 

:According to ''The Making of Star Trek'', [[Gene Roddenberry]] claimed that production staff realized that using laser technology would cause problems in the future as people figured what they could and could not do; this resulted in the move to phasers on-screen, while letting lasers be known as a more primitive weapon style.

 

:The [[Ferengi]] energy whip, as seen in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|TNG]]'' episode "[[The Last Outpost (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|The Last Outpost]]," looks and handles like a typical Earth [[bullwhip]] and discharges a powerful phaser-like energy pulse.

 

==Projectile weapons==

[[File:Star Trek - Photon torpedoes.jpg|thumb|250px|An [[Akira class starship|''Akira''-class starship]] fires photon torpedoes.]]

:Photon torpedoes are a standard ship-based weapon armed with an [[Antimatter weapon|antimatter warhead]]. They are present in every version of the ''Star Trek'' series and are a standard weapon on almost every Federation ship, though in ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' the titular ship uses less powerful spatial torpedoes (guided, rocket propelled missiles) until receiving the more powerful "photonic" (as the characters describe them) variant. Photon torpedoes first appear on a [[Starfleet]] ship in the original series' episode "[[Arena (Star Trek: The Original Series)|Arena]]" as part of the USS ''Enterprise''{{'}}s armament—in the ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' episode "[[The Expanse (Star Trek: Enterprise)|The Expanse]]", the ''[[Enterprise (NX-01)|Enterprise NX-01]]'' first receives photonic torpedoes. 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.

:Photon torpedo launchers aboard ships are shown to be versatile enough to fire probes, which in-universe are designed with this functionality in mind. In ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]'', a torpedo casing is used as a makeshift coffin for [[burial at sea|burial in space]] and as scientific probes as in the Next Generation episode "[[In Theory (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|In Theory]]" and [[Star Trek Generations]].

 

:Chroniton torpedoes are a unique form of weapon employed by the [[List of Star Trek races#Krenim|Krenim]]. The weapons phase in and out of normal time, allowing them to pass through ordinary shields and directly damage a vessel's hull.<ref name="Year of Hell">{{cite episode|episodelink=Year of Hell| title=Year of Hell| series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]]}}</ref> Though quite dangerous, their reliability is not absolute, as [[Seven of Nine]] and [[Tuvok]] find an undetonated chroniton torpedo lodged in ''[[USS Voyager (Star Trek)|Voyager]]''{{'}}s hull, which in turn allowed the crew to adapt the shields to withstand further attacks.<ref name="Year of Hell" />

 

:Polaron torpedoes, like the Dominion weapon, are capable of penetrating normal shielding with ease. They appear in various ''Star Trek'' games. In ''[[Star Trek: Starfleet Command III|Starfleet Command III]]'', it is one of the Klingon's three heavy weapon options, the others being the photon torpedo and the [[ion cannon]]. It also appears in ''[[Star Trek: Armada|Star Trek Armada]]'', and ''[[Star Trek: Armada II|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.

 

:Gravimetric torpedoes are torpedoes used by the Borg. The weapon emits a complex phase variance of gravitons to create a gravimetric distortion capable of tearing starships apart.

 

:Plasma torpedoes are used by the Romulans, Cardassians, and (according to ''[[Star Fleet Battles]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Starfleet Command|Star Fleet Command]]'') the [[Gorn (Star Trek)|Gorn]]. The damage of a plasma torpedo spreads out over several ship systems at once, but the torpedo loses its effectiveness after only a few minutes of travel. Romulan plasma torpedoes use trilithium isotopes in their warheads.

:Quantum torpedoes first appear in the ''Deep Space Nine'' episode "[[Defiant (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Defiant]]" as a weapon aboard the [[USS Defiant|USS ''Defiant'']]. Additionally, the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)|USS ''Enterprise''-E]] is equipped with quantum torpedoes in ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]'' and ''[[Star Trek Nemesis]]''. The ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual]]'' states that quantum torpedoes derive their destructive power from [[zero-point energy]].<ref>{{cite book|title=[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual]]|last=Zimmerman|first=Herman|coauthors=Rick Sternbach and Doug Drexler}}</ref>

:It should also be noted that during the DS9 Episode 'Paradise Lost' the [[USS Lakota|USS ''Lakota'']] was also stated to be carrying Quantum Torpedoes, although they were never used.<ref name="Paradise Lost">{{cite episode| episodelink=Paradise Lost (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|title=Paradise Lost| series=[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]}}</ref>

:Quantum torpedoes are normally shown in a shade of blue. As of ''Nemesis'' the Enterprise, the Lakota, the Valiant, and the Defiant were the only ships known to be equipped with quantum torpedoes.

 

:<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Star Trek - Spatial torpedo.jpg|thumb|250px|A spatial torpedo.]] -->

:Spatial torpedoes are 22nd century weapons used by ''[[Enterprise (NX-01)|Enterprise]]''. Spatial torpedoes are the ship's most powerful and primary ship-to-ship weapon prior to the installation of phase cannons.<ref name="Silent Enemy" /> Spatial torpedoes are themselves superseded by more powerful photonic torpedoes.<ref name="The Expanse">{{cite episode| episodelink=The Expanse (Star Trek: Enterprise)| title=The Expanse| series=[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]}}</ref> Unlike photonic torpedoes or any of the warhead's successors, spatial torpedoes are launched at sub-light velocity and can be used much in the manner of a missile, having the warhead on a [[Aircraft flight control system#Fly-by-wire control systems|fly-by-wire]].<ref name="Fight or Flight">{{cite episode|episodelink=Fight or Flight (Star Trek: Enterprise)| title=Fight or Flight| series=[[Star Trek:Enterprise]]}}</ref>

 

:Transphasic torpedoes appear only once, in the ''Voyager'' series finale, "Endgame". They are high-yield torpedoes that are designed specifically to fight the Borg. The future Admiral Janeway brought them back in time in a Federation shuttlecraft and had them installed onboard ''Voyager'' in 2378. They are among the most powerful weapons used in the ''Star Trek'' universe; just one is capable of obliterating an entire Borg cube, a feat normally requiring an almost impossible amount of punishment using standard Federation weapons. They work by phasing out of normal space and traveling "through" a target and then re-phases back into normal space. Although they did not appear in the film ''Nemesis'', according to the non-canon ''Destiny'' book trilogy these were in fact kept by Starfleet as the weapon of last resort to be deployed to starships only when all else had failed against the Borg. 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. Eventually the situation became dire enough that the specifications were released to Federation and Klingon ships; the Borg eventually learned to adapt to them.

 

:Phased plasma torpedoes can phase out of normal space-time to bypass shields, then phase back in to detonate on a ship's hull, thus making shields worthless against them. They only appeared in the PC game ''[[Star Trek: Bridge Commander]]''. Shortly after the recovery of the Pegasus device, the phasing properties used in the design were seen as a delivery system for torpedoes. Since Borg ships are almost impossible to destroy by Starfleet's current technology, it made sense to their engineers, if a torpedo could phase itself and enter the body of a Borg cube, it could then materialize and detonate, causing devastating damage. However, reducing the phasing coils used to accomplish an intangible state to torpedo size proved difficult. Also, the antimatter within the warhead had a destabilizing effect on the phasing coil. A new kind of explosive material was needed, and it was found using the principles behind the first observed Romulan plasma weapons. The installation of high-energy plasma infuser would allow a torpedo casing to be filled with a warhead tube charged with high-energy plasma from the ship's warp nacelles. Warp plasma is considered highly unstable and can be easily detonated. Until recently, it was considered an undeliverable medium that could not be controlled. However, filling the detonation tube with warp plasma, and 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.

 

:The Kessok are a highly intelligent race that allied themselves with the Cardassians, albeit through deceit, in the video game ''[[Star Trek: Bridge Commander]]''. They utilize positron torpedoes: powerful, slow-moving projectiles able to inflict nearly twice as much damage as quantum torpedoes.

 

:The Isokinetic Cannon was seen in only one episode of ''Star Trek: Voyager'', "[[Retrospect (Star Trek: Voyager)|Retrospect]]". Voyager met with a weapons trader and designer known as Kovin. It destroyed a target buoy composed of 10&nbsp;m thick solid monotanium with a chromoelectric forcefield in one shot, coring it cleanly through. However, Kovin was killed prior to the installation of the weapon. Though the weapon was never known to have been removed from Voyager, it was never seen in use nor referred to again.

 

:The TR-116 Projectile Rifle is a prototype weapon developed by the Federation for situations where conventional energy weapons might be rendered useless by dampening fields or other countermeasures. It is essentially a conventional rifle, but with a rather futuristic visual style. 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 a very potent sniper rifle. With the scanner, the shooter can precisely target people hundreds of meters away and through solid matter with no difficulty. Using the transporter attached to the barrel, the slug can then be transported at full velocity, materializing at point-blank range. It can be theorized that the weapon was designed with some thought put into combat with Borg drones, whose adaptive ablative shielding renders particle weapons useless after a few shots, due to the Borg absorbing the energy into their shields, something that they cannot do with projectile weapons.

 

==Biological, radioactive, and chemical weapons==

 

:Thalaron radiation was first used in the feature film ''[[Star Trek Nemesis]]'' by the villain [[List of Star Trek characters (N–S)#S|Shinzon]] to assassinate the entire [[Romulan]] senate. Later in the movie, Shinzon attempts to kill the crew of the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)|USS ''Enterprise''-E]] using a ship-mounted version. Thalaron radiation, even in small amounts, petrifies living tissue almost instantly. Its properties also allow its range and area of effect to be precisely controlled, from encompassing a single room to engulfing an entire planet. Its massive destructive potential leads the [[United Federation of Planets|Federation]] to consider it a biogenic weapon.<ref name="StarTrekNemesis">{{cite episode|title=[[Star Trek Nemesis]]}}</ref> It later features prominently in the plot of "Homecoming", the ''[[Star Trek: New Frontier]]'' short story in the 2008 [[Mirror Universe (Star Trek)|Mirror Universe]] anthology ''Star Trek Mirror Universe: Shards and Shadows'', in which the rebels manage to steal a Romulan thalaron bomb intended for use by the Alliance, in order to strike a balance of power against them.<ref>Peter David. "Homecoming" ''Star Trek Mirror Universe: Shards and Shadows'' 2009; [[Pocket Books]]; Pages 271–310.</ref>

 

:The metreon cascade was designed by Dr. Ma'Bor Jetrel of the Haakonian Order. Unstable metreon isotopes were used to create a devastating explosion, with radiation effects similar to those of the 20th-century atomic bomb. Those not killed or vaporized in the initial blast suffered terrible radiation poisoning and death in the aftermath. It was used only once, on the [[Talaxian]] [[natural satellite|moon]] Rinax in 2355.<ref name="Jetrel">{{cite episode| episodelink=Jetrel| title=Jetrel| series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]]}}</ref>

 

:Trilithium resin is a byproduct of a starship's warp engines that is lethal to humans, but harmless to Cardassians. 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.<ref name="Starship Mine">{{cite episode| episodelink=Starship Mine| title=Starship Mine| series=[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]}}</ref>

:Captain Benjamin Sisko would later use a Trilithium resin torpedo to render a Maquis planet uninhabitable to all human life for fifty years by detonating it in the atmosphere.<ref name="For the Uniform">{{cite episode| episodelink=For the Uniform| title=For the Uniform| series=[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]}}</ref>

 

:Cobalt diselenide is a biogenic weapon that affects the nervous system. It is composed of selenium and rhodium nitrates. It is the counterpart to trilithium resin, being lethal to Cardassians but harmless to most other humanoids.<ref name="For the Uniform"/>

 

==Melee weapons==

===Federation===

:The KaBar combat knife is the Federation's standard-issue combat and survival knife. It is 32.5&nbsp;cm (12.8&nbsp;in) and is standard equipment in survival gear and in emergency weapons caches aboard starships. Captain Kathryn Janeway uses one in the ''Star Trek: Voyager'' episode "[[Macrocosm (Star Trek: Voyager)|Macrocosm]]".

 

: In the [[Reality|real world]], the [[KA-BAR]] is an official combat knife of the [[United States Marine Corps]].

:A [[katana]] is a Federation sword of Japanese origin. 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. In the 2009 [[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]] film, Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu produces a folding katana with which to cut the lines of his parachute, having stated just prior to this that his hand-to-hand combat expertise is in fencing.

 

===Jem'Hadar===

 

:The [[Jem'Hadar]] often have [[bayonets]] attached to their plasma rifles. They employ these in close combat or to execute prisoners.

 

:These straight bladed polearms are used by the Jem'Hadar in close combat. They were used by both Starfleet crewmen and Jem'Hadar in the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "To The Death".

 

===Klingon===

 

:[[File:Bat'leth.jpg|150px|thumb|A bat'leth]]The bat'leth is the [[Klingon]] longsword, designed by martial arts enthusiast and ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' effects producer [[Dan Curry]].<ref name="Encyc">{{cite book|title=[[The Star Trek Encyclopedia]]|author=[[Michael Okuda|Okuda, Mike]] and Denise Okuda, with Debbie Mirek|publisher=Pocket Books|isbn=0-671-53609-5|year=1999}}</ref> The bat'leth is a curved blade with spiked protrusions and handholds along the middle of the blade's back. In battle, the handholds are used to twirl and spin the blade rapidly.

: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.<ref name="Encyc" /> After forging the weapon, he used it to defeat the tyrant Molor, and in doing so united the [[Klingon#Homeworld|Klingon homeworld]].<ref name="Encyc" /> This first bat'leth was known as the Sword of Kahless' and was stolen by the invading [[List of Star Trek races#Hur'q|Hur'q]]; [[The Sword of Kahless|an episode of ''Deep Space Nine'']] revolves around an effort to recover the Sword of Kahless.<ref name="Encyc" /> The name bat'leth itself means "Sword of Honor" in Klingon.

:A replica bat'leth was among the blades surrendered to British police as part of the 2006 [[Knife legislation|knife amnesty]].<ref>{{cite news | title = Lethal Star Trek blade seized in knives amnesty | publisher = The Daily Mail | url = http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-387680/Lethal-Star-Trek-blade-seized-knives-amnesty.html | accessdate = 2008-07-31 | location=London | date=2006-05-25}}</ref> A "replica bat'leth" was used in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in two [[7-Eleven]] armed-robberies in 2009.<ref name="7-11">{{cite web | url=http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/18637190/detail.html | title=Masked Man Robs Convenience Stores With Klingon Sword | accessdate = 2009-02-04 | publisher = ABC News, Denver}}</ref> This sword is sometimes reported by the media to be a double-pointed Klingon crescent-shaped sword.<ref name="7-11" />

 

:[[File:D'k tahg.jpg|150px|thumb|A d'k tahg]]

:A d'k tahg is a Klingon [[dagger]]. The knife has three blades: a main blade with a cutout in the center, and two smaller blades on either side. In some models, these side blades are spring-loaded and can pop out into position and close up for storage. In other models, the blades are fixed. It also features a [[Hilt#Pommel|pommel]] studded with blunt spikes. The D'k tahg first appeared in ''[[Star Trek III: The Search for Spock]]'', and appeared occasionally throughout the following films and TV series. The knife was designed by [[Gil Hibben]].<ref name ="hartink">{{cite book | last = Hartink| first = A.E.| authorlink = | title = Complete Encyclopedia of Knives| publisher =Chartwell Books| date = September 30, 2005| location = Lisse, The Netherlands| pages = 168–169| isbn =978-1-85409-168-0 }}</ref>

:Similar to the d'k tahg, the qutluch is "the ceremonial weapon of an assassin." A qutluch is designed to do considerable damage to internal organs, by Klingon standards thus making it a very lethal weapon. The qutluch 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 Qutluch ceremony. It is known in the real world as the "Phoenix" type knife.

: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]]''. 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. [[Worf]] is the most commonly seen user of the mek'leth, owning one and using it several times, including in melee combat against [[Borg (Star Trek)|Borg]] drones in ''First Contact''.

 

===Romulan===

 

:A [[Romulan]] [[polearm]], similar to a [[trident]] with retractable blades. It appears in the 2009 [[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]] film and is used by the renegade miner Nero. In the [[Star Trek: Countdown|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]].

:A similar weapon, resembling an [[axe]] was also used by a member of Nero's crew. While widely considered to also be a Teral'n, the weapon has yet to be confirmed as one by an official source.

===Vulcan===

 

:A lirpa is a [[Vulcan (Star Trek)|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. It is similar to the [[monk's spade]] and the [[pugil stick]]. Captain [[James T. Kirk]] and [[Spock]] used lirpas when they fought for possession of [[Amok Time|T'Pring]] during Spock's [[Pon farr]] ritual in "[[Amok Time]]". Soldiers sent after [[Jonathan Archer]] and [[T'Pol]] fought with lirpas because Vulcan's "Forge" region makes conventional energy weapons useless.

 

:An ahn'woon is a Vulcan catch-strangle weapon, similar in principle to the Earth Roman gladiator's [[cast net]]. The multi-strapped weapon (approximately 1.1 meters long) uses weights on the ends of the straps, like [[bolas]], to entangle, stun, or cut the target, and the application of tying action and wrapping can restrict the breathing of the target, asphyxiating the victim.

 

===Other===

 

:In ENT: "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. The weapon used is the '''ushaan-tor''', an Andorian ice mining blade. The handheld blade of the ''ushaan-tor'' is about 20 cm from end-to end, and resembles an Inupiat [[Ulu]] blade from Alaska, but in a one-piece all metal design instead of having a separate wooden handle.

 

:In TOS: "The Cloud Minders", mortaes and thongs are mining tools used as martial weapons by the troglodyte miners, and apparently the ruling class is also trained with these weapons as well, Plasus challenges Kirk to hand-to-hand combat, asking "Are you as brave with mortae as with a phaser?"

 

:In TNG: "Code of Honor", the Ligonians have deep traditions of fighting with a poison-tipped hand weapon called a Glavin, It is a large glove with a recurved claw at the end, and covered with dozens of spines, strongly resembling (and most likely based on, in the real world) a scorpion's tail sting. In several episodes Worf is seen displaying one in his quarters, most likely the same one used by Lt. Yar.

 

Subspace weapons are a class of directed energy weapons that directly affect [[subspace (Star Trek)|subspace]]. The weapons can produce actual tears in subspace, and are extremely unpredictable. These weapons were banned under [[List_of_treaties_in_Star_Trek#Khitomer_Accords|the second Khitomer Accord]]. The Son'a equipped their vessels with these types of weapons.

 

:[[Son'a]] vessels carried and used isolytic burst weapons, a type of subspace weapon. They were seen using this weapon against the ''[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)|Enterprise-E]]'' in ''Star Trek: Insurrection''. The ''Enterprise'' was only able to escape the weapon's effect by ejecting its warp core and detonating it to seal a subspace rift.

 

:The tricobalt warhead is a subspace weapon whose high-yield detonations can tear holes in subspace. Tricobalt devices are not a standard armament of Federation vessels and yields are calculated in Tera-Cochranes, indicating that its mechanism is somewhat similar to the general reaction in a warp field.

:[[USS Voyager (Star Trek)|USS ''Voyager'']] uses a pair of tricobalt devices to destroy the Caretaker array in the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' pilot episode, "[[Caretaker (Star Trek: Voyager)|Caretaker]]" and was also used against Voyager in the episode "[[Blink of an Eye (Star Trek: Voyager)|Blink of an Eye]]". A tricobalt warhead was also used by the [[Tholian]]s in the ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' episode "[[In a Mirror, Darkly]]". They detonated a tricobalt warhead inside the gravity well of a dead star. The explosion created an interphasic rift, which they used to lure the Federation starship [[List of Starfleet starships ordered by class#Constitution class|USS Defiant]] from another universe. In TOS: "A Taste of Armageddon, the Eminian Union classified the USS Enterprise as 'destroyed' when it was hit by virtual tricobalt satellites. In DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations", Arne Darvin plants a tricobalt explosive in a dead Tribble in an attempt to kill Kirk.

 

== Other weapons ==

:Around Stardate 43995, the Borg used this weapon to drive the USS ''Enterprise'', NCC-1701-D, from the Paulson Nebula. This shortly leads to the abduction of Captain Jean Luc Picard.

 

:During Season 4, Episode 1 of ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'', [[Kathryn Janeway|Captain Janeway]] consults with Borg representative Seven of Nine on how to destroy [[Species 8472]]. Janeway calls Seven of Nine's "multikinetic neutronic mine" a "weapon of mass destruction," following up on a statement from [[Tuvok]] that it would affect an entire starsystem, destroying innocent worlds. The mine's five-million isoton yield can disperse Borg nanoprobes across a five-light year range.

 

:Dreadnought was a Cardassian self-guided missile, containing one thousand kilograms of matter, and another thousand of antimatter. Tuvok describes this as enough to destroy a small moon. Although described as a self-guided missile, in practice Dreadnought functions much like an autonomous starship, and it even had life support capability onboard. 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. It appears in the ''Voyager'' [[Dreadnought (Star Trek: Voyager)|episode of the same name]]. It had been captured by the [[Maquis (Star Trek)|Maquis]] and reprogrammed to attack its original creators. 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. Dreadnought was equipped with an exceptionally sophisticated artificial intelligence, capable of "paranoia" to a certain degree, as when re-programmer Be'Lanna 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 in order 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.

 

:Similar in purpose to the Cardassian Dreadnought, the Tactical Armor Units are self-guided missiles with sophisticated artificial intelligence. They are much smaller than Dreadnought, being only a few feet in length, and while nowhere near as powerful, they are nonetheless classified as weapons of mass destruction, capable of destroying everything in a 200-kilometer radius with a highly focused antimatter explosion. Their coordination and control is done through a "Strategic Command Matrix", analogous to a nuclear control network of the type used by the United States. 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. They can detect and prevent tampering, are intelligent enough to find a way past almost any obstacle, and can win engagements even when outnumbered. They were created by a Delta Quadrant race called the Druoda, and the devices were greatly feared for their endurance and tenacity.<ref name="Warhead">{{cite episode| episodelink=Warhead (Voyager episode)| title=Warhead| series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]]}}</ref>

 

: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]]". They are depicted as front-loading muskets, to fit with the American Civil War-theme used by the Q Continuum as a concession to the human characters' limited perceptions. Presumably, their actual form would be as incomprehensible to non-Q as the Continuum itself. The use of the weapons caused supernovae as a side effect in normal reality. They are arguably the most powerful weapons ever wielded by any humanoid species, as indicated by their ability to injure the otherwise-invulnerable Q.

 

:Red matter was developed on [[Vulcan (Star Trek planet)#Homeworld|Vulcan]] prior to 2387. When even a droplet is ignited an unstable [[Gravitational singularity|singularity]] is formed, as a result it had to be stored in a protective chamber. The red matter was originally to be used to save the Romulan homeworld from a volatile [[supernova]], but the design was finished too late to prevent Romulus' destruction. Upon capture in the "past" (2258) by the Romulan Nero, it was used as a planet-destroying [[doomsday weapon]]; used in conjunction with a laser drill which bored a hole almost to the core of a planet, a small amount of red matter would be 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. 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.