The USS Defiant firing its pulse phaser cannonsīy the late 24th century, Starfleet phasers were capable of "thwarting" the creation of Tholian webs, however, the Tholians improved the web technology in order to be effective again. By the 23rd century these had developed into phaser banks which were fitted on most Starfleet vessels and could fire pulses and beams of phaser fire.īy the 24th century Starfleet vessels were as standard, fitted with phaser arrays, arrangements of phaser emitters positioned in strips along starships hulls to fire beams of phaser fire from all over the ship. See also įollowing a similar lineage to hand held weapons, starship phasers date their ancestry back to the 22nd century when Earth Starfleet introduced phase cannons.
The FASA Star Trek RPG sourcebook The Four Years War postulated an invention-date of 2254 for the phaser, during the earlier sectional skirmish against the Klingons bearing that name, which is consistent with the notion of a mid- 2250s development-window. ( Last Unicorn RPG module: All Our Yesterdays: The Time Travel Sourcebook) The first weapons to actually be designated phasers were invented in 2256, introduced in the 2260s, and have continued to be used through various designs well into the 24th century. The exact relation to the earlier phase weapons or later phasers is unknown, however it seems clear that Lasers superseded Phase weapons and were quite probably some form of intermediate technology and the name laser may be some from of colloquialism rather than a step back technologically. By the 23rd century Starfleet had developed laser weapons. Phaser weapons have a heritage as far back as the 22nd century when Earth Starfleet began replacing its standard issue EM-33 plasma weapons with phase weapons ( ENT episode: Broken Bow). 1.5.1 Earth and Federation phaser types.
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