Assault phaser

The Assault phaser was a much stronger version of the Phaser weapons that were commonly seen among Federation starships. It was created because Disruptor weaponry bursts were much harder on the emitters and thus a large scale version of it was difficult to produce at best. It was only present among the largest battleships within the Alpha Quadrant and Beta Quadrant powers. It was difficult to use on ships as it was easier to hit stationery targets such as starbases rather then starships though the latter was probable.

(TOS game: Klingon Academy'')