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Torpedoes
There are two types of photon torpedoes, the first type contains six slugs of deuterium which are fired at corresponding slugs of antideuterium at detonation, the explosive energies then created are briefly held by a containment field, and then released. Although the torpedo could coast indefinitely after launch, it has a maximum range of 750,000 km due to stability limits of the anti-matter containment unit.
The second type of torpedo is the one which Starfleet currently use. This torpedo has a maximum range of 3,500,000 km. In this torpedo thousands of tiny packets of matter and antimatter are held in suspension by powerful magnetic fields. This device also has a variable yield.
Until launch these packets are held in separate regions of the torpedo, as a safety precaution. Upon launch the packets are mixed, although they don't come into contact. At detonation the fields holding the matter/antimatter apart collapse, and the torpedo explodes. The maximum payload in a standard torpedo is 1.5 kg of antimatter and 1.5 kg of deuterium. This payload would cause an explosion of 18.5 isotons. The standard torpedo casing used by Starfleet is 2.1 x 0.76 x 0.45 m and weighs 247.5 kg (before loading)
Torpedo Propulsion
The torpedo can sustain warp velocities due to it's internal multi-mode warp-field sustainer system. This system is not a true warp-engine due it's small size. It is only intended as a matter/antimatter fuel cell, which uses the field sustainer coils to 'grab' and hold a 'hand-off' field from the torpedo launcher in order to maintain the torpedo's velocity if launched at warp. Due to the small size of the matter/antimatter cell the torpedo can only travel 0.75c faster than the launch velocity. The torpedo steers by differentially constricting the sustainer exhaust grills.
Quantum Torpedo
The quantum torpedo is the first Starfleet follow-on weapon to replace the standard photon torpedo first developed in 2268. During upgrade testing of the Mark-IX warhead, it was determined that the theoretical maximum explosive yield of 25 isotons had finally been reached for a matter-antimatter reaction. Existing and future threat force conflicts drove the development of a new defensive standoff weapon that could be deployed on specially equipped Starships, star bases, and planetary-surface fortifications.
Advances in rapid energy extraction from the space-time domain known as the zero-point vacuum eventually led the Starfleet R&D facility on Groombridge 273-2A to test a prototype continuum-twist device with a calculated potential of 52.3 isotons.
The quantum torpedo consists of a pressure-moulded shell of densified tritanium and duranium foam, trapzoidal in cross section and tapered at the forward end for atmospheric applications. A 7 millimeter layer of plasma-bonded terminium ceramic forms an ablative armour skin for the foam hull, over which is bonded a 0.12 mil limiter coating of silicon-copper-yttrium rigid polymer as an antiradiation coating.
The Micro Quantum Torpedo was introduced to help arm the relatively small and undefended Starfleet Runabouts. Although Runabouts were equipped with Phaser arrays, a more powerful weapon was required to help defend the Runabouts against larger, more powerful opponents such as the Dominion fighters they were frequently encountering. Measuring just 13 cm in length, the Micro Quantum Torpedo is the most powerful weapon of it's size. When fired from a Runabout, the torpedo incorporates a mini guidance system which will home in on the nearest enemy target, but this guidance system does not kick in until 3.7 seconds after it is launched in order to let it clear the vicinity of the Runabout. As with all torpedoes, the Micro Quantum Torpedo can be fired while the ship is at Warp.
Storage and Other uses
Space burial such as that of Spock, Starfleet uses torpedoes to bury fallen comrades based on the tradition of the Navy, such as in Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan. An example of the 'Spock' torpedo for space burial is shown here
Ship storage is in the main armory in the stacked locked bays
Last edited by Adge - May 2004
There are two types of photon torpedoes, the first type contains six slugs of deuterium which are fired at corresponding slugs of antideuterium at detonation, the explosive energies then created are briefly held by a containment field, and then released. Although the torpedo could coast indefinitely after launch, it has a maximum range of 750,000 km due to stability limits of the anti-matter containment unit.
The second type of torpedo is the one which Starfleet currently use. This torpedo has a maximum range of 3,500,000 km. In this torpedo thousands of tiny packets of matter and antimatter are held in suspension by powerful magnetic fields. This device also has a variable yield.
Until launch these packets are held in separate regions of the torpedo, as a safety precaution. Upon launch the packets are mixed, although they don't come into contact. At detonation the fields holding the matter/antimatter apart collapse, and the torpedo explodes. The maximum payload in a standard torpedo is 1.5 kg of antimatter and 1.5 kg of deuterium. This payload would cause an explosion of 18.5 isotons. The standard torpedo casing used by Starfleet is 2.1 x 0.76 x 0.45 m and weighs 247.5 kg (before loading)
Torpedo Propulsion
The torpedo can sustain warp velocities due to it's internal multi-mode warp-field sustainer system. This system is not a true warp-engine due it's small size. It is only intended as a matter/antimatter fuel cell, which uses the field sustainer coils to 'grab' and hold a 'hand-off' field from the torpedo launcher in order to maintain the torpedo's velocity if launched at warp. Due to the small size of the matter/antimatter cell the torpedo can only travel 0.75c faster than the launch velocity. The torpedo steers by differentially constricting the sustainer exhaust grills.
Quantum Torpedo
The quantum torpedo is the first Starfleet follow-on weapon to replace the standard photon torpedo first developed in 2268. During upgrade testing of the Mark-IX warhead, it was determined that the theoretical maximum explosive yield of 25 isotons had finally been reached for a matter-antimatter reaction. Existing and future threat force conflicts drove the development of a new defensive standoff weapon that could be deployed on specially equipped Starships, star bases, and planetary-surface fortifications.
Advances in rapid energy extraction from the space-time domain known as the zero-point vacuum eventually led the Starfleet R&D facility on Groombridge 273-2A to test a prototype continuum-twist device with a calculated potential of 52.3 isotons.
The quantum torpedo consists of a pressure-moulded shell of densified tritanium and duranium foam, trapzoidal in cross section and tapered at the forward end for atmospheric applications. A 7 millimeter layer of plasma-bonded terminium ceramic forms an ablative armour skin for the foam hull, over which is bonded a 0.12 mil limiter coating of silicon-copper-yttrium rigid polymer as an antiradiation coating.
The Micro Quantum Torpedo was introduced to help arm the relatively small and undefended Starfleet Runabouts. Although Runabouts were equipped with Phaser arrays, a more powerful weapon was required to help defend the Runabouts against larger, more powerful opponents such as the Dominion fighters they were frequently encountering. Measuring just 13 cm in length, the Micro Quantum Torpedo is the most powerful weapon of it's size. When fired from a Runabout, the torpedo incorporates a mini guidance system which will home in on the nearest enemy target, but this guidance system does not kick in until 3.7 seconds after it is launched in order to let it clear the vicinity of the Runabout. As with all torpedoes, the Micro Quantum Torpedo can be fired while the ship is at Warp.
Storage and Other uses
Space burial such as that of Spock, Starfleet uses torpedoes to bury fallen comrades based on the tradition of the Navy, such as in Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan. An example of the 'Spock' torpedo for space burial is shown here
Ship storage is in the main armory in the stacked locked bays
Last edited by Adge - May 2004