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STII:
There are gravitic mines. STIII: Two salvos from a Bird of Prey will take out a merchantman; one suffices for the surprised USS Grissom. Two photon torpedos from the Enterprise cause severe damage to an uncloaking Bird of Prey. A photon tube is made of triminium. STIV: Strangely, a hand phaser malfunctions on 20th century Earth. Chekov guesses it must be the result of exposure to radiation. He had just drained an aircraft carrier's nuclear power plant of high energy photons. STVI: Two photon torpedos by surprise (i.e., without shields) are sufficient to cause some damage to a Klingon battlecruiser, although not a significant amount. An unshielded Bird of Prey may be destroyed by a handful of shots from the Enterprise and Excelsior. It could take hours to manually check that all the photon torpedos on the Enterprise are physically present, in the presence of doctored computer records:  STVII: Photon torpedos are explicitly referred to as antimatter discharges - and may disrupt a gravimetric field. Type three disruptors are used by Romulans, Klingons, and Breen. If the harmonics of a shield are known, both torpedos and phasers may be adjusted to the same frequency in order to penetrate. Presumably this means adjusting the operating frequency of the phasers and the operating frequency of the torpedos' shields. A D12 warbird may open up five decks' worth of GCS hull with one beam weapon hit, if the shields do not defend against it. If a deck is 3-4m overall in height, this means at least a 10-15m strip of hull has been cut through. |
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