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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Phelps: [QB] Photon torpedoes do most of their damage with high-energy photons, or gamma-rays, which are the result of matter-antimatter annihilation. The plasma in Romulan torpedoes might be travelling inside a warp-sustainer field of some kind; phasers, for example, are fired at warp by jacketing them inside the annular confinement beams, like those used in transporters (DS9TM). I doubt the glow in regular torpedoes is the exhaust -- I believe we've never seen a torpedo accelerate to a target, only travel there at constant speed. So you'd need thrust only for course changes. To me, it looks like some sort of gas accumulating inside a forcefield, possibly some exhaust gases. The real reason is, of course, that viewers really need to see more than just a black dot with two tiny exhaust ports. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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