An officer operating a hand-held phaser bore.
A phaser bore was a type of 23rd century phaser optimized for disintegrating rock.
Specifics[]
The phaser bore was crafted by the Starfleet Corps of Engineers. An adaptive material phase discriminator allowed it to be used for mining. For instance, it could disrupt one type of rock while leaving surrounding ores untouched. It could also be tied into a transporter buffer via a subspace transporter transceiver, using the transporter as a filter, so that it could dissolve a cache of material but leave the desired element, or a substance like dilithium, on the transporter pad. (Adventures RPG module: The Animated Series Supplemental Guide)
It drew power from a nearby fusion reactor or a spacecraft's engines. A version that could be mounted on a stand was four meters long and two meters tall. (FASA RPG module: Star Fleet Intelligence Manual)
A smaller unit, about the size of a phaser rifle, could be wielded by hand. (Adventures RPG module: The Animated Series Supplemental Guide, TAS episode: "Once Upon a Planet")
A three-kilogram model could be charged with a portable power cell, though it would exhaust its charge after drilling through 24 meters through solid rock. (Heritage Models RPG module: Adventure Gaming in the Final Frontier)
History[]
In 2264, an Andorian archeology team led by Rhenas Sherev explored ruins on Karabos II. With phaser bores and other equipment, USS Enterprise personnel aided the team in excavating a vault containing genetic records of Aulacri's heritage. (TOS novel: The Captain's Oath)
In 2270, Captain James T. Kirk requested a phaser bore to cut through metals on the Beta Omicron Delta III to rescue Nyota Uhura. Montgomery Scott and technicians Davis and Longey carried a cylindrical package from storage bay 6 to the transporter room and set it up on a tripod with a magnetic catch and electrical ground. Unfortunately, the planet's Master Computer blocked transportation. (TAS episode & Log Three novelization: Once Upon a Planet)
Appendices[]
Appearances and references[]
- TAS episode & Log Three novelization: Once Upon a Planet
- Heritage Models RPG module: Adventure Gaming in the Final Frontier
- FASA RPG module: Star Fleet Intelligence Manual
- TOS novel: The Captain's Oath
- Adventures RPG module: The Animated Series Supplemental Guide
External links[]
- Phaser bore article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.