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Respirator

James T. Kirk, Spock and Leonard McCoy with respirators.

A respirator, life support mask or breathing apparatus was a device that allowed the user to breathe for a short period in unhealthy environments.

Respirators were used for some species to serve aboard Federation starships, and helped humans visit some alien planets.

It was also used as a medical technology, often in sickbay.

Specifics

Human field equipment

A life support mask filtered out harmful components from most atmospheric conditions. An associated power pack and fresh filter provided about 12 hours of service. (FASA RPG module: Spacelanes: The Magazine of Interstellar Trade)

It adjusted atmospheric pressurize and temperature to class M conditions for the wearer. Commercial variants were available to the public. (FASA RPG modules: Trader Captains and Merchant Princes, 1st edition, 2nd edition)

Federation masks did not augment the oxygen supply in the air, but were a convenient alternative when environmental suits were not required. (FASA RPG module: Cadet's Orientation Sourcebook)

Non-human variants

Aammazarans wore breathing masks that covered more than half of their faces. (TOS movies: The Voyage Home, The Undiscovered Country)

Barzans wore respirators outside of Barzan II. (TNG episode: "The Price", DSC episode: "Project Daedalus")

Benzites wore a type of respirator to prevent asphyxiation when outside of the Benar atmosphere, until 2372. (Decipher RPG modules: Worlds, Aliens) The change occurred from genetic engineering. (Star Trek Adventures RPG module: Beta Quadrant Sourcebook)

Klingon life support mask

A Klingon life support mask.

The Klingon life support mask was designed as a full helmet with a slot below the chin to insert replaceable oxygen cartridges. It could filter mild toxic gases. (FASA RPG module: Star Fleet Intelligence Manual)

Pacificans wore liquid-filled respirators. (ST - Destiny novel: Gods of Night)

Zaranites wore an environmental mask to supplement their oxygen intake with fluorine-rich microorganisms. (TOS movie: The Motion Picture, TOS novel: Ex Machina)

Examples

Regular uses

In 2020, James Kirk (whose mind was in Shaun Christopher's body), Alice Fontana, and Zoe Querez used respirators to breathe after Marcus O'Herlihy intentionally started a fire aboard the USS Lewis & Clark. (TOS novel: The Rings of Time)

In 2155, wearing a respirator would prevent one from contracting the Outlander Virus during a visit to Fosstarian II. (Star Trek Adventures RPG module: Strange New Worlds: Mission Compendium Vol. 2)

In 2257, while being manipulated by Control, Airiam temporarily disabled Nhan by tearing out her respirator. (DSC episode: "Project Daedalus")

In 2269, a landing party from the USS Enterprise wore respirators while exploring a planet that had been drained of life energy by the Hollow Planet entity, blocking two centuries of dust buildup in the air. (TOS - New Visions comic: "The Hunger")

In 2270, a shuttlecraft crew from the Enterprise wore life support masks while on the surface of Aleph III to visit Genetics Research Station 17. (FASA RPG - Adventure Book module: Again, Troublesome Tribbles)

Emergency uses

In 2266, Christine Chapel used a portable respirator on Joe Tormolen to supplement his reduced breathing rate in surgery, but it wasn't able to reverse his declining condition. (TOS episode: "The Naked Time")

In 2268, Chief Engineer Bersh glov Mog ordered everyone in engineering to don respirators during a Tholian attack that breached the hull of the USS Endeavour, unaware that he and his team were fatally exposed to radiation. (VAN novel: Storming Heaven)

After being caught in an explosion on the bridge, Montgomery Scott's mouth and nose were quickly covered with a portable respirator by Leonard McCoy, who then assessed his internal bleeding, fractured skull and electrical burns. (TOS novel: The Weight of Worlds)

In 2269, as Spock struggled with his choriocytosis infection, McCoy observed that the Vulcan would soon have to wear a respirator. (TAS episode: "The Pirates of Orion")

In 2270, following an attack by Georges Mordreaux in some alternate realities, James T. Kirk was connected to a respirator in an intensive care unit. (TOS novel: The Entropy Effect)

In 2285, Peter Preston, Montgomery Scott and other engineer crew quickly put on respirators following an unexpected attack on the Enterprise by the USS Reliant. (TOS movie & novelization: The Wrath of Khan)

In 2364, Ialona Daret fashioned a respirator for injured Weglash until Tasha Yar could replace it. (TNG - The Sky's the Limit short story: "Acts of Compassion")

In 2372, Harry Kim was placed in an emergency respirator unit and treated with impreferen after a shuttle mission. (VOY novel: Cybersong)

Medical use

After sustaining severe injuries during the Borg Invasion of 2381, Elias Vaughn was put on a respirator. In 2382, his daughter Prynn Tenmei authorised Julian Bashir to remove it and allow her father to die. (ST - Typhon Pact novels: Zero Sum Game, Rough Beasts of Empire, Plagues of Night)

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