In 2396, Starfleet survived a series of Borg attacks, consisting of Tactical and two standard Cubes.In response to disastrous results of three battles,and repeated sightnings of Azdeli vessels, Starfleet's R&D started a development of new weapons against Borg.
After some time, it has been suggested that new torpedo weapon must be able to create chaos in Borg subspace network and overload subspace taps. Initial design was using 12-kilogram M/AM mix to initiate enchanced ZPE actuator, and of shells of tricobalt-tungsten-magnesium and verterium cochrenide to create randomly-variating multiband subspace field. However, even that wasn't enough to guarantee 100% destruction of Borg or Azdeli vessel. Shortly thereafter, idea of using transporter primary energizers embedded in casing, and linked to shield scanner pallet, was used. But the resulting device was just too big to mount even in quantum torpedo casing. Following design of quantum torpedo, transphasic warhead was fitted in even larger probe casing-Type IX. Even then, warhead was so big that resulting torpedo was almost unable of going at warp, and having limited impulse range.
Testings opened extreme efficiency of new torpedo against even conventional enemy ships, not only suspace-powered. Resulting effective yields, in comparsion to standard photon torpedo effective yields, appeared to be of next values: against subspace-powered vessels: 2800, against conventional vessels- 25.
Such extremely successful results allowed Starfleet to began production of transphasic torpedoes immediately. However, transphasic warheads apeared to be very hard to manufacture , so even the most powerful Starfleet battlecruisers now aren't carrying more than 60 torpedoes.
It's a bit non-canon, made just for fun...
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i can understand it fine, but i pretend that voyager didn't exist so the genesis of the transphasic torp doesn't matter to me . one question: who are the azdeli?
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You imply that the Quantum Torpedo is larger than the Photon Torpedo when their basic dimensions are pretty much the same. If I were to venture a guess, the Photon Torpedo has more volume. Don't hold me to that though, I've never done the mass.
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This reminds me of Monty Python's "Theory of the Brontosaurus" sketch.
"This theory, in its entirety, is mine. What it is, this theory of mine, is mine. My theory is as follows and begins now. The next thing you hear will be my theory. All brontosauruses are very thin at one end, very thick in the middle, and thin again at the other end. The End."
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very apt, First of Two, very apt. i still want to know who the azdeli are, though.
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Andre Bormanis and Rick Sternbach pack you bags.. here comes Nevod .
Transphasic.... sounds like subspace weapons.. Was that Romulan supercloak also called 'transphasic'? Pretty useless for a torp to go right through everything .
"12-kilogram M/AM mix to initiate enchanced ZPE actuator"
Do you need anything to start ZPE!? I tought you only needed those plate-things really close together... but I don't know that much about ZPE.
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Actually, a torpedo that could go right through everything would be very useful. As long as it can turn that feature off. Shoot the torpedo, wait 'til it's passed halfway through the ship, make it solid again, kablammo.
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Bunnies are soft. Unlike Nevod's theory, I can prove mine.
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we did have a little trouble with the math on quantum bunny softness though. i think that by feeling the bunnies we were changing the feel of them by feeling them .. were they soft while we werent touching them?
Are transphasic bunnies soft? You can't touch them.
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. one question: who are the azdeli? ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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