phasers
Hand Phasers
Type 1
On Stardate 1512.1, during a tense First Contact with the First Federation, Yeoman Janice Rand used a hand phaser to heat a pot of coffee. The boarding party sent to the Fesarius also carried Type 1 hand phasers.[1]
Type 2
The crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 used hand phasers[2] during an attempt to rescue Captain Christopher Pike from the Talosians in 2254.[3] On Stardate 1672.1, Lieutenant Sulu used a phaser to heat rocks in order to provide warmth in the subzero temperatures of planet Alfa 177.[4]
Type 3
The Type 3 phaser rifle was a more robust and powerful version of the phaser for individual use. When Lieutenant Commander Gary Mitchell was mutating after exposure to the Galactic Barrier, Lieutenant Commander Spock had a phaser rifle beamed down to his location; Captain Kirk ultimately used the weapon against Mitchell, but by that point he had grown too powerful, and it had little effect.[5]
Phaser Cannons
See: phaser cannon
Shipboard Phasers
According to Lieutenant Tyler in 2254, the phasers[2] aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 had "enough power to blast half a continent."[3]
Notes and References
- ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Where No Man Has Gone Before". Star Trek, season 1, episode 3 (Production number 02). Directed by James Goldstone. Written by Samuel A. Peeples. Desilu Productions. 22 September 1966.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Template:RefTOS00
- ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Mudd's Women". Star Trek, season 1, episode 6 (Production number 04). Directed by Harvey Hart. Written by Stephen Kandel. Desilu Productions. 13 October 1966.
- ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Cage". Star Trek, season 0, episode 0 (Production number 01). Directed by Robert Butler. Written by Gene Roddenberry. Released 1986. Desilu Productions. 1965.
