Phaser array

Aphaser array was a weapon comprised of a linear arrangement of numerousphaser emitters located in strategic areas of astarship,space station, or othervessel. In the23rd century, phaser arrays had smaller numbers of emitters, and were commonly referred to asphaser banks often like gun turrets on 20th century warships (TOS: "The Corbomite Maneuver", "Balance of Terror") By the24th century,Starfleet began to fit its vessels and facilities with phaser arrays that spanned across the ship's hull and contained much larger numbers of emitters; these were often called "Phaser strips." The arrays aboard aGalaxy-class starship could channel vast energy in a short time frame, capable of cutting through a mile of solid granite in seconds. (TNG: "The Best of Both Worlds", "Legacy", "A Matter Of Time", "Inheritance")

During the firing sequence of some ship-mounted arrays, phaser energies would travel along the emitter strip and converge at the best position for targeting. (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

Galaxy-class ships, in the docked configuration, generally exhibited eleven phaser arrays. Two large arrays encircled thedorsal andventral surfaces of thesaucer section. The other nine arrays were on thestardrive section: two upper aft arrays inward of the saucerimpulse engines, one on the ventral surface of the engineering section, two lateral arrays on thewarp nacelle pylons, and two aft arrays each on the dorsal and ventral pylon surfaces proximate to the aftphoton torpedo launcher. An additional array, on the "cobra head" of the engineering module, was only exposed and usable when theship was separated into its two components. (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

Intrepid-class vessels were equipped with thirteen phaser arrays plus at least four separate phaser banks. On theprimary hull, there were two main arrays (one starboard, one port) on each of the dorsal and ventral surfaces, and two smaller aft arrays (also one starboard and one port) on each surface. One behind the bridge. The other five arrays were on the engineering section: one on the ventral surface, two lateral ventral arrays on the warp nacelle pylons, and two aft arrays on the underside of the lateral pylon. (Star Trek: Voyager;VOY: "Resolutions") Two separate phaser banks in the aft torpedo launchers (VOY: "Dragon's Teeth"), one aft phaser bank was located behind the second tractor beam emitter, in the aft section ofDeck 14 (VOY: "Think Tank"), and an embedded emitter was located on the ventral surface of the ships right nacelle. (VOY: "Unimatrix Zero")

The laterSovereign-class starships originally had twelve arrays, including seven dorsal arrays and five ventral arrays. (Star Trek: First Contact) By2379, four additional arrays were added to thenacelle pylons of theSovereign-classUSSEnterprise-E, bringing the total complement of arrays to sixteen. (Star Trek Nemesis)

In2371,Korinas askedBenjamin Sisko for information on theUSSDefiant's phaser array. (DS9: "Defiant") In the early months of theDominion War, the crew of theDefiant placed depleted phaser arraypower cells in themess hall as a sign they would not stop fighting. (DS9: "Behind the Lines")

CardassianGalor-class vessels were equipped with multiple phaser arrays which could cover 360 degrees. These were used duringOperation Return primarily to destroyFederation attack fighters. (DS9: "Sacrifice of Angels")

The USSVoyager employing its phaser array strips against a Borg probe

ACardassian ship using two of its phaser arrays

The USSEnterprise-D powers up its dorsal phaser array

The USSEnterprise-D releasing a phaser blast from its ventral phaser array.

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