Several configurations of the Slaver weapon.
The Slaver weapon was a technological device with several configurations that was hidden within a Slaver stasis box one billion years ago.
Specifics[]
The weapon was a green-colored, multi-purpose device with settings that reshaped its exterior to serve as a portable telescope, laser, energy absorber, and personal rocket-carrier. It also had a metaweapon that produced a total-conversion beam, an artificial intelligence interface, and an auto destruct setting. (TAS episode & Log Ten novelization: The Slaver Weapon)
- The unofficial Concordance observed its null setting to be about seven inches long, with script written alongside six toggle slots in the handle.
- In Larry Niven's original "The Soft Weapon" short story, from which "The Slaver Weapon" was based, the weapon overtly belonged to a spy, as its handle fit a rebel Tnucitpun hand, not a Slaver's. In that version of the story, the weapon was clear silver with a bronze-colored handle, and the handle was grooved for a hand of six fingers and opposing thumbs. Accenting that point, the stasis box in which it was found contained a severed, three-fingered Slaver hand.
History[]
One billion years ago, the device was sealed with a few other items within a Slaver stasis box, which eventually became buried on Gruyakin VI.
In the year 2270, a Federation archeological expedition unearthed the box. They were able to contact the USS Enterprise, which dispatched Spock, Nyota Uhura, and Hikaru Sulu aboard the Copernicus to retrieve it. (TAS - Log Ten novelization: The Slaver Weapon)
En route back to Starbase 25, the Federation shuttlecraft was lured into a trap on a planetoid in the Beta Lyrae system by a group of Kzinti. The Slaver weapon was first touched by Chuft-Captain as he examined the contents of their stolen box. Exuberantly hoping that it would contain a way for The Patriarchy to conquer the Federation, he studied it carefully, discovering a few of the settings with the help of his crewmates. Spock managed to grab the weapon during an escape attempt, and during the landing party's examination, they came across the total-conversion beam setting, inadvertently unleashing an atomic bomb blast that knocked them out, and the device reset to its null setting.
Once again in possession of the device, Chuft-Captain attempted to find the total-conversion beam, instead activating the weapon's internal computer. When the AI realized it was possessed by a non-ally, it provided instructions to self destruct. Chuft-Captain pulled the trigger, and the subsequent blast vaporized the surround 20 meters, killing the Kzinti crew and severely damaging the Traitor's Claw starship. (TAS episode & Log Ten novelization: The Slaver Weapon)
Alternate realities[]
In an alternate timeline beset by the temporal anomaly crisis, Chuft-Captain was pulled from 2270 into the late 24th century with the stolen Slaver stasis box and its Slaver weapon, which he could set it to its null setting, the micro-computer, self-destruct, and the total-conversion beam. (ST video game: Timelines)
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Appearances and references[]
Appearances[]
References[]
- The Complete Star Trek: Animated Adventures Trading Cards, No. 118
- TAS reference: The Official Guide to The Animated Series
External links[]
- Slaver weapon article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Slaver weapon article at The Known Space Concordance.