Transphasic Torpedoes

[USS Triumphant]

I read the ideas for what transphasic torpedoes are in the other thread, and in this one, and I have an idea for them that I haven't seen yet:

The Borg seem to use neural interfaces that are very similar to Data's - which we know utilizes phasing. In addition to phasing through to the middle of a given cube, maybe the torpedoes explode with a wash of transphasic energy designed to disrupt the neural interfaces on every frequency at once - causing the cube and all of its parts to become unable to "talk" to one another for systems maintenance or anything else. Power regulation fails, cube goes boom.

Such a weapon wouldn't be remarkably effective against most other races - and would be effective against Soong-type androids, possibly the Binar, and maybe other Federation worlds. A good reason not to put them into broad general use.

 

[Praetor]

That's an intriguing notion. A sort of anti-Borg neural EMP weapon, then?

The very fact that it wouldn't be useful against anyone else much makes me like it, and I can easily see it coupled with a 'standard' torpedo warhead to make a weapon easily customized out of standard photorps.

 

[kent]

i'm sure it's been said in this post already, but i didn't have the time to read the whole post because i'm on somebody else's computer.

easy explanation. of course they'd be effective against any ship.

the name transphasic suggests that the torpedo itself has a component that "trans"itions into a different "phase". Simply put, they paritally phase out of the space time continuum enabling them to pass through solid objects or "solid" objects like shields. then, when they reach the intended target they phase back into the space time continuum activating the warhead which would probably be either a quantum warhead or a photon warhead.

To the detractors: yes you can see the explosion where the torpedo impacts a hull......to this i say that the torpedo itself only partially phases outside space time. Their shielding would most likely still interact with real space objects. not to mention the state the torpedo's exist in while phased probably has some kind of reaction with real space solid objects.

I had the same question as well...........thought this was a good answer based on my own thoughts and the posts to my question.

 

[JuanBolio]

I always thought that Transphasic ''torpedos'' were in some way related to Transwarp ''drive''? sort of like how Tranwarp was capable of ''Infinite'' velocity, the Transphasic torpedos were capable of ''Infinite'' destructive power? that still dosent explain that whole ''phasic'' part thou!?

"Phase" is they key part of the word, not "trans". "Phase" as is when Geordi and Ensign Ro were out of phase and could walk through walls. "Phase" as in the starship Pegasus' phasing cloak that could pass through asteroids. "Phase" as in what happens to a person's atoms when they're hit with a phaser beam set to disintegrate, so they don't irradiate and burn to death everyone else in the room, or blow up a sizable chunk of the planet.

 

[Praetor]

^Wot he said.

 

[USS Triumphant]

"Phase" is they key part of the word, not "trans". "Phase" as is when Geordo and Ensign Ro were out of phase and could walk through walls. "Phase" as in the starship Pegasus' phasing cloak that could pass through asteroids. "Phase" as in what happens to a person's atoms when they're hit with a phaser beam set to disintegrate, so they don't irradiate and burn to death everyone else in the room, or blow up a sizable chunk of the planet.

Also, please take note: this post demonstrates correct usage of quotation marks.

 

[Deks]

I'm basing this on the 50+ megaton yield a photon torpedo should have, not the piddly firecracker we usually see, even when set to "maximum yield". I cannot conceive of how such a blast from INSIDE wouldn't completely obliterate any Borg vessel even without overloading any power core or reactor.

Oh don't get me wrong ... I'm not denying the fact they are extremely powerful weapons ... but these ARE the Borg we are talking about here ... not to mention races in general that created materials in the future that would be far more resilient to what we are capable of creating today.
So there might be a possibility that all these materials could produce a dampening effect when photons and phasers are actually used, resulting (visually) in 'firecracker' analogy we all get on-screen.
It's a possible explanation that could fit universe-wise.

Also, transphasic torpedoes were weapons from 26 years into the future (at least at the time of Endgame).
You have to take into consideration that the warheads explosive yields would likely experience a large boost.
With the Borg, you want to ensure to being able to penetrate their defenses AND deliver as much damage as possible.

It would be practically insane NOT to increase their yields when fighting the Borg in the future.
Standard photons with some phasing modifications would likely NOT be enough.

 

[stunbmun]

Hi everyone. This is my first post so please go easy.

I'm not familiar with all of the canon on this ( and I certainly don't wish my imagination to be limited by something as constraining as 'canon')

BUT.... I always thought that these weapons worked by disrupting space-time mechanics over the area of their blast radius.

Such a detonation supposedly would result in an enormous effective yield while rendering shields of any known technology utterly useless.

I would estimate it's yield (as witnessed in "Endgame") to be on the order of 15-20 times that of a standard Q-Torp.....easily

I dunno!!! Maybe I just described a 'Trans-Spatial Torpedo' by accident.....

Such a weapon would be profoundly destructive against any threat the Federation would face as of c.2378.

I would also believe that the development of such weapons would be among Starfleet's most closely and carefully guarded secrets EVER!!!
---------------- Listening to: The Black Angels - Manipulation via FoxyTunes

 

[shipfisher]

If you've got a "multi-isoton yield" weapon that can phase in behind enemy shields while you sit behind/within your transphasic (A requisite re-branding of interphasics after that unfortunate Pegasus business?) shields, I tend to think you'd have most everyone, Borg included, by the short hairs. The nasty things would pop in and go bang before anyone could adapt defences to them - I've never seen the Borg or their gear hold up well against even hand weapons before that happens, and there'd be nothing left to transmit info to the rest of the collective on how to adapt, assuming at least some processing lag by the drones, cube, etc. under attack.