STARFLEET DATABASE FILE: Torpedoes


Photon Torpedo
Dimensions: 2.1 x 0.76 x 0.45 metres
Mass: 247.5 KG
Effective Range: 3.5 Million KM

A very powerful explosive weapon which works by combining small amounts of matter and antimatter in an uncontrolled mixture. It's greatest advantage is that it is one of the few weapons that can be used efffectively while at Warp Speed. It does not have a warp drive engine, but is able to sustain it's warp speed by "coasting" within it's own warp field while at FTL speeds. If launched at a speed less than c it will continue to coast at a speed equal to that at which it was launched. The maximum explosive yield of a Photon Torpedo was found, by Federation scientists, to be 25 isotons, hence the need for a more powerful explosive device...