Weapon
The USS Enterprise getting struck by a plasma weapon
A weapon, arm, or armament was any implement or device designed or used to inflict bodily harm or physical damage. Weapons had many uses, including hunting, law enforcement, crime, self-defense, and warfare. Those who sold arms professionally were known to be arms merchants.
When Trip Tucker presented Doctor Phlox with a Xindi biorifle for analysis, Phlox told Tucker that he was "flattered you requested my assistance, [..] but weaponry isn't exactly my area of expertise." (ENT: "The Shipment")
Carol Marcus had a doctorate in applied physics with a specialty in advanced weaponry. (Star Trek Into Darkness)
Offensive and defensive systems
By type
- Antimatter weapon
- Biogenic weapon
- Disruptor
- Explosive
- Laser weapon
- Metagenic weapon
- Particle weapon
- Phase weapon
- Phaser
- Plasma weapon
- Projectile weapon
- Sonic weapon
- Subspace weapon
- Trilithium weapon
Automated/remote weapons
Directed energy weapons
Ship-mounted
See: Ship-mounted
Planetary
Hand-held
See: Hand-held
Other
See: Other
Projectile weapons
See: Projectile weapon
Hand-held
See: Hand-held
Torpedoes
See: Torpedo
Explosives
See: List of explosives
Mines
See: Mine
Bombs
See: Bomb
Hardware
- Forced neutrino inverter
- Gravity switch
- Kinetic detonator
- Molecular decay detonator
- Pheromonic sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Variable geometry detonator
Passive defenses
Shield systems
See: Shields
Hull enhancements
See: Hull
Stealth devices
See: Stealth
Unconventional weapons
Biogenic agents
- Biogenic charge
- Biogenic weapon
- Cobalt diselenide
- Metagenic weapon
- Microvirus (genetic virus)
- Mutagenic retrovirus
- Nano-biogenic weapon
- Neurolytic pathogen
- Prion
- Teplan blight
- Thalaron radiation
- Transgenic weapon
- Trilithium resin
- Varaxian LM-7
Computer-based warfare
Other
Melee weapons
- See also