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| - Actual explosions of these torpedoes were in the range of at most several 100 meters, much smaller than the starship USS Vengeance on which they detonated. (Star Trek Into Darkness) The long-range of the torpedoes made it possible, for example, for a starship to launch them from the edge of the Klingon Neutral Zone and impact on specific cities and locations on Qo'noS, the Klingon homeworld. A classified feature of the torpedoes was that they were designed to be untraceable and undetectable to Klingon sensors. While transporters could lock on to the torpedoes and transport them, the inner casing shielded the interior fuel compartment and warhead payloads from scanners. The warhead was active at all times and could not be accessed directly. To access it, the fuel compartment needed to be op
- The development of the advanced long-range torpedoes was one of the many weapon programs overseen by Admiral Alexander Marcus as part of his secret plan to militarize Starfleet. Section 31 and one of it's top agents, John Harrison over the development of these weapons. Harrison was to revolutionize their long-range strike capability. In 2263, one of the torpedoes was still aboard the Enterprise. When the ship was a boarded by Krall and Swarm drones, Scott placed himself inside the torpedo and landed on Altamid.(TOS movie: Star Trek Beyond)
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| - Actual explosions of these torpedoes were in the range of at most several 100 meters, much smaller than the starship USS Vengeance on which they detonated. (Star Trek Into Darkness) The long-range of the torpedoes made it possible, for example, for a starship to launch them from the edge of the Klingon Neutral Zone and impact on specific cities and locations on Qo'noS, the Klingon homeworld. A classified feature of the torpedoes was that they were designed to be untraceable and undetectable to Klingon sensors. While transporters could lock on to the torpedoes and transport them, the inner casing shielded the interior fuel compartment and warhead payloads from scanners. The warhead was active at all times and could not be accessed directly. To access it, the fuel compartment needed to be opened. To prevent unauthorized access and tampering, the torpedo was programmed to arm itself and automatically detonate in 30 seconds after unauthorized access was detected. The torpedo was protected against attempts to re-rout the detonator processor and against cutting the fiberoptic cables in its circuitry. The detonator processor could however be manually removed to disarm the warhead. (Star Trek Into Darkness)
- The development of the advanced long-range torpedoes was one of the many weapon programs overseen by Admiral Alexander Marcus as part of his secret plan to militarize Starfleet. Section 31 and one of it's top agents, John Harrison over the development of these weapons. Harrison was to revolutionize their long-range strike capability. In the computer simulations, the torpedoes function as they had intended. However unbeknownst to Marcus and Section 31, Harrison (who was in reality Khan Noonien Singh), modified 72 of the torpedoes to smuggle his crew of SS Botany Bay to safety in their Cryotube. However, Section 31 and Marcus discovered his plan.(TOS - Khan comics: "Issue 4", "Issue 5") A few of these torpedoes were at Section 31's London facility when it was bombed, though they were not the ones that Khan retrofitted. Following Khan's terrorist bombing of the Kelvin Memorial Archive in London, Admiral Marcus gave Captain James T. Kirk the 72 retrofitted torpedoes to elimante Khan with on Qo'noS. Following the capture of Khan, Kirk then had Doctors McCoy and Marcus examine one of the torpedoes. However, Dr. McCoy then got his hand stuck inside a torpedo when it armed itself. Luckily, Dr. Marcus was able to defuse and found one of Khan's people inside it. When Kirk was double-crossed by Khan when they boarded the USS Vengeance, Khan demanded the torpedoes. However, after a warning from Spock's future self, Spock then had the torpedoes armed and ready when he beamed them over. Before doing so, Spock had removed his crew from the torpedoes. Just as Khan was about to destroy the Enterpise, the torpedoes blew up and caused the Vengeance crash land into San Francisco. (TOS movie & novelization: Star Trek Into Darkness) In 2263, one of the torpedoes was still aboard the Enterprise. When the ship was a boarded by Krall and Swarm drones, Scott placed himself inside the torpedo and landed on Altamid.(TOS movie: Star Trek Beyond)
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