Tricobalt Device

Universe Name :	Prime Timeline
Weapon Name :	Tricobalt Device [1]

The tri-cobalt warhead is a high yield device used for destruction of large scale stationary targets such as space stations. [1] Several species have deployed this technology at some time; one notable example is the planets Eminiar VII and Vendikar, who used computer simulations of tri-cobalt devices as part of their simulated war. The USS Enterprise was declared a casualty of one of these devices when it failed to raise its shields during a simulated attack by Vendikar, a situation which brought a rather determined response from the commanding officer. [2]

Although the Federation is banned from using subspace weapons by the Khittomer accords [3], Starfleet vessels do carry tri-cobalt devices occasionally. In 2371 the USS Voyager used two of them to destroy the Caretaker's array in order to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Kazon. [1] The Starfleet weapon has a programmable yield which can reach 20,000 Teracochranes, more than enough to destroy even a large station like the Caretaker's array. [4]

Detonating tri-cobalt devices within high gravity fields such as those found near to dead stars can create pockets of interphase space. These can form gateways between parallel dimensions [5], though such gateways can be highly unstable and are easily disrupted by energy releases. [6]

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References

#	Series	Season	Source	Comment
1	VOY	1	Caretaker
2	TOS	1	A Taste of Armageddon
3			Star Trek : Insurrection
4	VOY	6	The Voyager Conspiracy
5	ENT	4	In A Mirror, Darkly
6	TOS	3	The Tholian Web

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Last updated : 12 Apr 2020

Series :	VOY Season 1
Episode :	Caretaker

Series :	TOS Season 1
Episode :	A Taste of Armageddon

Series :	VOY Season 6
Episode :	The Voyager Conspiracy

Series :	ENT Season 4
Episode :	In A Mirror, Darkly

Series :	TOS Season 3
Episode :	The Tholian Web