Photon Torpedo
The antimatter torpedo carried by almost every Federation ship.
Photon torpedoes are a standard ship-based weapon with an antimatter warhead. They appear in every Star Trek series and are carried by almost every Federation ship. They first appear on a Starfleet ship in the original series episode "Arena", as part of the Enterprise's armament.
Quick Facts
- Warhead
- Antimatter
- Variants
- Spatial torpedoes
- photonic torpedoes
- micro-torpedoes
Lore & Background
In Star Trek: Enterprise the NX-01 starts out with less powerful spatial torpedoes, guided rocket-propelled missiles, and first receives photonic torpedoes in the episode "The Expanse".
Small craft such as shuttles and runabouts can carry micro-torpedoes, a scaled-down version. When fired, photon torpedoes usually look like a spiky orb of energy in red, orange, yellow, blue or green.
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