WEAPONS SYSTEMS - PHOTON TORPEDOES
THE ORIGINAL SERIES
System:
Racal Werft F.M.C. “Awalt” Photon Torpedo Launcher
Ships:
Coronado, Achernar, Endeavor, Surya, Coventry
Description:
The “Awalt” system was the first guided torpedo system, which resulted in a more effective weapon at extreme ranges.
System:
Selenia Sistemi S.P.A. Mk 10 Photon Torpedo Launcher
Ships:
Constitution
Description:
The Mk10 and Mk 12 were “indirect” systems, in that the weapons were unguided. The Mk 12 offered an improved weapon yield over that of the Mk 10.
System:
Selenia Sistemi S.P.A. Mk 12 Photon Torpedo Launcher
Ships:
Bonhomme Richard
Description:
The Mk10 and Mk 12 were “indirect” systems, in that the weapons were unguided. The Mk 12 offered an improved weapon yield over that of the Mk 10.
THE MOVIE GENERATION
System:
Keindoffer-Klaatsen “Zeus” Mk 4 Photon Torpedo Launcher
Ships:
Constitution (II)
Description:
The “Zeus” system is slower than the Mk 6, but packs a larger warhead yield.
System:
Skat-Rar Mk 6 Photon Torpedo Launcher
Ships:
Enterprise, Constitution (II), Ascension, Federation (II)
Description:
The primary torpedo system of the Fleet from the 2260’s onward, this Andorian design mated a powerful yield with a fast firing cycle.
System:
Skat-Rar Mk 7 Photon Torpedo Launcher
Ships:
Belknap
Description:
The Mk 7 offered improved range, tracking, and warhead yields to the Mk 6.
System:
Keindoffer-Klaatsen DSC “Thor” Photon Torpedo Launcher
Ships:
Tikopai
Description:
Though her range is shorter than the Skat-Rar entries, this torpedo packs the highest warhead yield of any of its contemporaries.
System:
Skat-Rar Mk 22 Photon Torpedo Launcher Avenger
Ships:
Avenger
Description:
The Mk 22 system was designed to fit in the weapons pod of the Avenger class and is equivalent in capabilities to the Mk 6.
System:
Skat-Rar Mk 25 Photon Torpedo Launcher
Ships:
Cyane
Description:
This brings the benefits of the Mk 7 to the Cyane class weapons pod.
System:
Skat-Rar Mk 70 Photon Torpedo Launcher
Ships:
Enterprise (II), Excelsior, Ingram, Constellation
Description:
The Mk 70 brings improved arming and cycle times to the basic Mk 7 system.
System:
Arvan Toy Conglessum Mk 9 “Boris” Photon Torpedo Launcher
Ships:
Akyazi, Akula
Description:
The Mk 9 is a slightly more powerful version of the Mk 5, and one unit is mounted in a rear-firing orientation.
System:
Arvan Toy Conglessum Mk 5 “Komati” Photon Torpedo Launcher
Ships:
Akyazi Akula
Description:
Designed especially for the Akyazi and Akula class PAs, the Mk 5 offers good punch and range with specialized dissipation systems that allow it to be mounted in the primary hull.
System:
Arvan Toy Conglessum Mk 20 “Teviot” Photon Torpedo Launcher
Ships:
Arbiter
Description:
A more powerful version of the Mk 9, carried aboard the Arbiter class PA.
THE NEXT GENERATION
System:
Skat-Rar Mk 75 Photon Torpedo Launcher
Ships:
Ambassador, Steamrunner, Saber, Cheyenne
Description:
The Mk 75 improved upon the Mk 70 with a heavier warhead yield and improved tracking system.
System:
Loraxial Mk 80 Photon Torpedo Launcher
Ships:
Flynt, Norway, New Orleans, Akira
Description:
Loraxial was founded through grants by the Andorian government to help provide competition to Skat-Rar when the latter threatened to move their manufacturing facilities off of Andor. Their first system offered faster firing and greater range than the Mk 75 and found itself the new weapon system of choice of the Star Fleet.
System:
Loraxial Mk 85 Photon Torpedo Launcher
Ships:
Galaxy, Nebula, Maxwell, Peacekeeper, Courageous
Description:
Designed for the Nebula and Galaxy classes, this system was the first that could “bulk-fire” a salvo of torpedoes which would then spread out and engage individual targets – or a single target from multiple vectors.
System:
Skat-Rar Mk 90 Photon Torpedo Launcher
Ships:
Griffon, Olympus
Description:
After losing considerable business to Loraxial, Skat-Rar used their most important asset – their long experience in designing photon torpedoes – to produce the Mk 90. Fitted to the Griffon class battleship and the Entente class dreadnought, it provided unparalleled yield as well as the salvo capability of the Mk 85.
System:
Skat-Rar Mk 95 Quantum Torpedo Launcher
Ships:
Galaxy (II), Sovereign, Prometheus, Defiant, Intrepid, Entente
Description:
Skat-Rar’s second most important asset was the brilliance of its engineers. Working with Star Fleet R&D, by 2355 they had helped create the quantum torpedo. Development continued for the next fifteen years and the system entered extremely limited production with the latest starships. While the launcher is a minor enhancement of the Mk 90, the quantum torpedo itself is extremely difficult to manufacture and stocks continue to remain tightly allocated.