- For other uses, see Titan.
Galileo's titanite hull plates.
Titanite is a metal used by the Federation Starfleet in the 23rd century.
Specifics[]
The hull plates of Starfleet's class F shuttlecraft were made of titanite. (TOS - Star Trek 10 novelization: The Galileo Seven)
The shuttle's fuel lock was also made of titanite. This metal could be disintegrated by phaser fire. (TOS novel: Double, Double)
One source of titanite was the planet Wall in the Triangle sector, which mined and sold titanite ore for processing on other worlds. (FASA RPG module: Spacelanes: The Magazine of Interstellar Trade)
History[]
In 2267, Spock reassured Samuel Boma that because Galileo's hull was constructed from titanite that it could withstand attacks from the Taurean anthropoids on Taurus II. (TOS - Star Trek 10 novelization: The Galileo Seven)
In the 2280s, the cargo ship Alisa ferried 60,000 metric tons of titanite from Wall to Freeloader. In 2289, Spacelanes magazine published an article by Captain Anson Robertson describing the voyage. (FASA RPG module: Spacelanes: The Magazine of Interstellar Trade)