The Plasma Torpedo is a Covenant starship-launched, super-heated bolt of plasma. They are launched by plasma turrets mounted on almost all of their starships.
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| - The Plasma Torpedo is a Covenant starship-launched, super-heated bolt of plasma. They are launched by plasma turrets mounted on almost all of their starships.
- Plasma torpedoes, also known among pilots as shieldbuster torpedo or rotten eggs, were a special type of weapon specifically configured to overwhelm a vehicle's shields. They were plasma-based and upon impact they released a burst of radiation that was designed to interfere with shields. They were considerably less effective against armor and other protection.
- [[Datei:Plasma torpedoes fired.jpg|thumb|Zwei auf die UNSC Savannah abgefeuerte Plasma Torpedos.]]Plasma Torpedos sind Kugeln aus Plasma, welche mit Hilfe eines Magnetfeldes in Form gehalten werden.
- A plasma torpedo was a weapon consisting of a torpedo armed with a charge of plasma, generally used as a shipboard weapon. Klingons, Gorns, Romulans and Cardassians used these weapons.
- The most common torpedo, the plasma torpedo is powered by a plasma reactor, which also functions as a warhead. On impact, the energies release causing a major explosion.
- Many Romulan, Gorn and Klingon starships are equipped with types of this plasma weapon. The Cardassians use them in their orbital weapon platforms. (TOS episode: "Balance of Terror", DS9 episodes: "Tears of the Prophets", "Image in the Sand", "Shadows and Symbols") The Wellington-class Federation light cruiser starship mounted the "long lance" variant plasma torpedo, which was designed to disrupt sensors and computers at long distances. (FASA RPG module: Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual)
- This type of high-energy plasma weapon was first encountered by Starfleet when a Romulan Bird-of-Prey destroyed several of the Federation's outposts near the Romulan Neutral Zone. The weapon expended large amounts of energy, forcing the vessel to decloak in order to fire, and limiting the vessel's operational range. Upon detonation, the torpedo would unleash an enveloping energy plasma, forcing an implosion in the target. The weapon had a limited range, the plasma effect would dissipate after a few minutes of faster-than-light travel. (TOS: "Balance of Terror" ) The Romulans assaulted the USS Enterprise in 2267 with plasma weapons, scoring several direct hits. (TOS: "The Deadly Years" )
- A plasma torpedo is a weapon consisting of a torpedo armed with a charge of plasma, most often used as a starship mounted weapon. Many Romulan, Gorn and Klingon starships are equipped with types of this plasma weapon. The Cardassians use them in their orbital weapon platforms. The Wellington-class Federation light cruiser starship mounted the "long lance" variant plasma torpedo, which was designed to disrupt sensors and computers at long distances. Today the plasma torpedo is still in service with the Romulan Warbird as a heavy weapon for use against fixed installations.
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| - The Plasma Torpedo is a Covenant starship-launched, super-heated bolt of plasma. They are launched by plasma turrets mounted on almost all of their starships.
- Plasma torpedoes, also known among pilots as shieldbuster torpedo or rotten eggs, were a special type of weapon specifically configured to overwhelm a vehicle's shields. They were plasma-based and upon impact they released a burst of radiation that was designed to interfere with shields. They were considerably less effective against armor and other protection.
- [[Datei:Plasma torpedoes fired.jpg|thumb|Zwei auf die UNSC Savannah abgefeuerte Plasma Torpedos.]]Plasma Torpedos sind Kugeln aus Plasma, welche mit Hilfe eines Magnetfeldes in Form gehalten werden.
- A plasma torpedo was a weapon consisting of a torpedo armed with a charge of plasma, generally used as a shipboard weapon. Klingons, Gorns, Romulans and Cardassians used these weapons.
- The most common torpedo, the plasma torpedo is powered by a plasma reactor, which also functions as a warhead. On impact, the energies release causing a major explosion.
- Many Romulan, Gorn and Klingon starships are equipped with types of this plasma weapon. The Cardassians use them in their orbital weapon platforms. (TOS episode: "Balance of Terror", DS9 episodes: "Tears of the Prophets", "Image in the Sand", "Shadows and Symbols") The Wellington-class Federation light cruiser starship mounted the "long lance" variant plasma torpedo, which was designed to disrupt sensors and computers at long distances. (FASA RPG module: Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual)
- A plasma torpedo is a weapon consisting of a torpedo armed with a charge of plasma, most often used as a starship mounted weapon. Many Romulan, Gorn and Klingon starships are equipped with types of this plasma weapon. The Cardassians use them in their orbital weapon platforms. The Wellington-class Federation light cruiser starship mounted the "long lance" variant plasma torpedo, which was designed to disrupt sensors and computers at long distances. Weapon first employed by the Romulan bird of prey in 2266 against a string of Federation outposts along the Romulan Neutral Zone.2 The plasma torpedo consisted of a small but powerful force field generator which fired from a standard torpedo tube. The generator would then establish a very powerful force field around itself and a much larger concentric field with a radius of about one hundred metres. The parent vessel established a field bridge through this outer layer and vented its plasma conduit system into the empty shell between the two fields. The breach was then sealed, and the vessel would break away and let the torpedo continue on its way. A high power sensor on the central body was capable of locking onto the target, and by venting part of the plasma in a specific direction some degree of control could be established over the course of the plasma torpedo. This was a very complex and cumbersome weapons system with many disadvantages - venting the main plasma system of the starship causes an almost total loss of power while firing. The ship must therefore drop to sublight speed, and whilst firing the cloaking device must be disengaged. The guidance system is extremely limited by the difficulties inherent in operating any sensor system through a high energy plasma field, and any degree of manoeuvring causes a significant drop in eventual yield. Because of these difficulties the plasma torpedo has therefore not been very successful when used against mobile targets such as Starships. Fixed installations, on the other hand, are a different matter. The plasma torpedo essentially focuses the entire energy output of a starship into one colossal discharge; when used against a Federation asteroid based outpost a single plasma torpedo collapsed the shields and caused near total destruction of the installation even through several kilometres of solid rock. This level of destructiveness was not available with any other weapons system of the time. Today the plasma torpedo is still in service with the Romulan Warbird as a heavy weapon for use against fixed installations.
- This type of high-energy plasma weapon was first encountered by Starfleet when a Romulan Bird-of-Prey destroyed several of the Federation's outposts near the Romulan Neutral Zone. The weapon expended large amounts of energy, forcing the vessel to decloak in order to fire, and limiting the vessel's operational range. Upon detonation, the torpedo would unleash an enveloping energy plasma, forcing an implosion in the target. The weapon had a limited range, the plasma effect would dissipate after a few minutes of faster-than-light travel. (TOS: "Balance of Terror" ) The Romulans assaulted the USS Enterprise in 2267 with plasma weapons, scoring several direct hits. (TOS: "The Deadly Years" ) Describing the first time the plasma torpedo is used in "Balance of Terror", the revised final draft script of that episode described it as "a torpedo-like bolt of blinding energy." The plasma effect was shown in its later appearance as stock footage from "Balance of Terror", combined with footage of weapons fire striking the Enterprise from other TOS Season 1 episodes. In 2375, the Romulan Star Empire constructed a hospital for its wounded on the Bajoran moon Derna. In addition to the hospital, the Romulans also deployed 7,000 plasma torpedoes on Derna, for which Senator Cretak claimed were for defense purposes only. (DS9: "Image in the Sand") The Romulans were, however, unable to bring the weapons on line due to a Bajoran blockade of the moon and the threatened intervention by the Federation. (DS9: "Shadows and Symbols") These weapons gave off high concentrations of trilithium isotopes. (DS9: "Image in the Sand") During the 24th century, Kazon Predator-class warships were equipped with plasma torpedoes. (VOY: "Projections") Additionally, plasma torpedoes were standard armament aboard Cardassian orbital weapons platforms. (DS9: "Tears of the Prophets") The plasma cannons and discharges fired by Enterprise NX-01 in ENT: "Broken Bow" were called launch turrets and torpedoes in the script of the episode. [1]
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