Talk:Weapons in Star Trek

Star Trek weapons

Do they need to be reloaded? Or do they automatically recharge their ammo? The Unbeholden (talk) 04:04, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Depends on the weapon and the series. The TOS episode "The Omega Glory" contains several mentions of "power packs" for hand phasers, and one character's phaser apparently runs out of energy as it is fired at Captain Kirk (presumably saving Kirk from certain death in the context of the episode). I'm not aware of similar explicit mentions in TNG, but I seem to recall some oblique references to it. 72.0.15.8 (talk) 14:41, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

RE Balance of Terror and Photon Torpedoes

There is a major error in this article. Photon torpedoes were not used in the Balance of Terror, the weapon used by USS Enterprise in that episode was a Phaser set to a Proximity fuse explosion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.4.107.124 (talk) 00:12, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Where's the Gorn Cannon? Wehberf (talk) 03:29, 14 January 2015 (UTC)wehberf

Glavin

The claim that the spike on a glavin is likely inspired by a scorpion seems speculative at best and original research at worst. Added a "citation needed" tag. I think it's far more likely that the glavin's precursor was a cestus or other spiked glove weapon. I'll be happy to see a citation to the contrary, of course!

*Septegram*Talk*Contributions* 14:30, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Hand Phasers

Hand Phasers have a lot more settings than kill and stun (unlike the Stun Gun in Space: 1999). They have a variety of energy output settings, and can also be set to overload, effectively making it into a bomb. If I recall, in The Cage, Number One describes overload as a forced chamber explosion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jcordone (talk • contribs) 00:34, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

particle-beam weapons?

As someone who attended Caltech, I'm bothered by the description of the phaser as a "particle-beam weapon". Inasmuch as photons are particles, any EM-based weapon could be called a particle beam, rendering the distinction meaningless. Similarly, one might inquire as to the wavelength of an artillery shell.

Memory Alpha states "A nadion is an artificially-generated particle. Among other uses, phasers and disruptors produced nadions when they were fired. The Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual describes nadions as unique particles capable of liberating atomic nuclei, disrupting nuclear forces." Yup, this really clarifies things... not!

I was born in 1947, and watched the series in its original run. I'm a fan, but hardly a rabid Trekker. But -- just for fun wrote a short story in which a transporter malfunction swaps Spock and Festus Haggen. Spock explains his phaser thus-wise:

He showed them the phaser pistol taken from Lieutenant Kapoor. Matt and Doc were startled at the alien technology.

“It is a phaser. It emits a beam of electromagnetic energy – which appears as light to the eye – that can stun people, or kill them outright. At its highest setting, it neutralizes the strong force between subatomic particles.”

Doc had lost Spock at “electromagnetic”. “Come again?”

“It disintegrates matter. Is there an object you no longer have use for?”

Matt picked up the iconic coffee pot. “I bought this when I came to Dodge, and never got one really good cup of coffee out of it.”

Doc nodded. “Chester fatally injured it.”

“Where should I hold it, Spock?”

“It would be wise not to hold it at all.” Matt put it on the work table. Spock set the phaser’s output, and aimed.

“You might wish to step back a bit.” Matt did so. “A bit farther, please.” [This is a subtle reference to This Island Earth.] Spock pulled the trigger, and the vessel was put out of its misery.

WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 12:58, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Mortar from ToS epsode, "Arena?"

Kirk, Spock, and a few redshirts are pinned down by enemy fire in the ruins of a federation outpost at the start of the ToS episode, "Arena." They find a weapon in the outpost armory that resembles an infantry mortar (i.e., a man-portable tube, that launches a small missile on a high, ballistic trajectory.) The missiles in this case, are spheres, about the size of tennis balls, and with a featureless, lusterous, metallic surface. Maybe they glow too, I forget. But, whatever they are, they pack quite a wallop: One of the redshirts, questions whether it's safe to use "one of these little jewels" on a target that is only a few kilometers away. Of course, Kirk & Co. have no other choice but to risk it, and with a single shot, the enemy is defeated.

They don't ever say the name of the thing in the episode, and I'm not enough of a fan-boy to know where to search for more information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.75.33.51 (talk) 17:10, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Fan-fiction stuff in Klingon weapons

I noticed several of the listed Klingon weapons are total fan creations and were never in the shows. The source for the Iw'taj information is a fan blog post. There is no such thing as a "haf'leth", that's a mislabel 'aqleH (half a bat'leth blade on a pole). The jejtaj is in the same boat, another completely made up weapon with no ties back to the shows. These fan creations should be removed in my opinion. Qurgh (talk) 15:41, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

@Prince of EreborPlease explain why you are undoing updates that provide context on how the weapons listed are not "Weapons in Star Trek". This article should only contain weapons that are in Star Trek, the TV shows, movies, and cartoons, and not fan made things. If we start including all fan creations, this list would be massive and not of any use to people trying to research such things. The current article is misleading. Thank you. Qurgh (talk) 15:55, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

@Qurgh: Hi Qurgh, I have reverted three of your edits in Weapons in Star Trek. The first one is because you claimed it was a fan creation without providing any sources. If you have doubts about the authenticity of the content and need a source, please use the "Citation needed" template instead of adding a statement to the paragraph. As for the second edit, I am not a speaker of Klingon, but I am familiar with what Klingon words typically look like, and the names you typed are in capital letters and do not sound pronounceable. I assume it is further vandalism, considering I have already reverted your unsourced edit once. As for the third edit, I reverted it because you did not provide any sources to prove your claim and used the term "maybe", which is original research/assumption and should not be included on Wikipedia. I hope this clears up any doubts you may have.—Prince of Erebor（The Book of Mazarbul） 17:02, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

if you add 'sections' for it i will be very surprised! you add a 'section' of fan-fiction weapons the problem will be solved! @Prince of Erebor 112.202.62.176 (talk) 09:28, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Page issues

I've skimmed this article, and it seems to be in very rough shape. I've tagged it with the big issues (scarcity of sources, tone, and excessive detail), but as far as I can tell, the biggest issue is that is hasn't had a serious going-over since it was created, so it's accrued a lot of problems, mostly small ones like minor variations in tone. I don't think that it needs to be draftified, nor do I have the time to dedicate to working on it significantly, so I intend to go through the page and create a list of recommended changes (this does not preclude me from editing this page). Ships & Space_(Edits) 20:30, 1 November 2024 (UTC)