shipboard phasers
From Trekipedia
An energy weapon; according to Lieutenant Tyler in 2254, the phasers[1] aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 had "enough power to blast half a continent."[2]
Notes and References
- ↑ Although the script and dialogue for "The Cage" referred to the energy weapons as "lasers," this was changed retroactively to "phasers" when the series went into production, as the properties of lasers were already a known quantity in the real world, and the writers and production team did not want to restrict future stories. The design of the "lasers" from The Cage was echoed in Star Trek: Discovery, where the weapons were referred to as phasers, reinforcing this retcon.
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