Phaser Upgrades
This list is merely a guide to the maximum power output of various
Phaser types,
and the Structural cost for each to be upgraded/downgraded on a vessel.
If you want information on hand-phasers, how they work, etc...
please visit the 6th Fleet Security Department or another information
source on the internet.
Before getting to the chart you
may note that the outputs are in GigaJoules rather than KiloJoules
which are used by many other sources. It is NOT an error, but
rather a calculated fact.
In an Episode of TNG it was stated that a Type II hand-Phaser could
vaporize a quantity of rock in .28 Sec.
Calculating that out we get a Max. Output of 108.784 GJ just to reach
the MELTING point of 'normal' rock (naturally denser rock would have a
higher melting point). Thus we estimate that the output to
Vaporize would be 120 GJ - thus that is the Maximum Output used.
All others phaser types are estimated from that amount.
Type
|
Max
Output
|
Location
|
I
|
55 GJ
|
Hand Phaser
(Palm size)
|
II
|
120 GJ
|
Hand Phaser
(Pistol)
|
III
|
245 GJ
|
Hand Phaser
(Rifle)
|
IV
|
500 GJ |
Mounted
(Shoulder / Tripod, Vehicle or vessel size 1+)
|
V
|
1,000 GJ |
Mounted
(Tripod, Vehicle or vessel size 2+)
|
VI
|
2,000 GJ |
Mounted
(vessel size 3+)
|
VII
|
3,000 GJ |
Mounted
(vessel size 4+)
|
VIII
|
4,000 GJ |
Mounted
(vessel size 5+)
|
IX
|
5,000 GJ |
Mounted
(vessel size 6+) |
X
|
6,000 GJ |
Mounted
(vessel size 7+) |
XI
|
7,000 GJ |
Mounted
(vessel size 8+) |
XII
|
8,000 GJ |
Mounted
(vessel size 9+) |
XIII
|
10,000 GJ |
Mounted
(vessel size 10+) |
XIV
|
12,000 GJ |
Mounted
(vessel size 11+) |
XV
|
14,000 GJ |
Mounted
(vessel size 12+) |
XVI
|
16,000 GJ |
Mounted
(vessel size 13+) |
XVII
|
18,000 GJ |
Mounted
(vessel size 14+) |
XVIII
|
20,000 GJ |
Mounted
(vessel size 15+) |
XIX
|
22,000 GJ |
Mounted
(Moon,
Planet or Lg. Asteroid) |
XX
|
24,000 GJ |
Mounted
(Moon, Planet or Lg. Asteroid) |
Some vessels have Phaser Strips of various lengths. Every 20
meters of strip would be equal to one single array.
Example: 100 m Type XII
strip would have an output of 40,000 (100 / 20 = 5. 5 x 8,000 =
40,000)
Any 'single' Phaser array (not a strip) may be converted into a Pulse
Phaser.
A Pulse Phaser increases the output of the Phaser by 10%, but the
firing arc is reduced to 45 degrees.
To increase the firing arc a Pulse Phaser may be installed as a Turret.
Disruptor
Upgrades
Disruptors are a technology very similar to
the Phaser. It is the primary beam weapon used by the Klingons,
Romulans, Breen, Orions and several other races; the Cardassians use a
similar variant the
spiral wave
disruptor.
Disruptors created highly-charged beams of plasma which makes the
more powerful than a Phaser, but
less versatile.
The effect is thermal blunt force - there is no 'stun' setting on a
Disruptor.
Type
|
Max
Output
|
Location
|
1
|
80 GJ
|
Pistol
|
2
|
150 GJ |
Rifle
|
3
|
300 GJ |
Mounted
(Shoulder / Tripod, Vehicle or vessel size 1+) |
4
|
650 GJ |
Mounted
(Tripod, Vehicle or vessel size 2+) |
5
|
1,300 GJ |
Mounted
(vessel size 3+) |
6
|
2,500 GJ |
Mounted
(vessel size 4+) |
7
|
4,000 GJ |
Mounted
(vessel size 5+) |
8
|
5,500 GJ |
Mounted
(vessel size 6+) |
9
|
7,000 GJ |
Mounted
(vessel size 7+) |
10
|
8,500 GJ |
Mounted
(vessel size 8+) |
11
|
10,000 GJ |
Mounted
(vessel size 9+) |
12
|
11,500 GJ |
Mounted
(vessel size 10+) |
13
|
13,000 GJ |
Mounted
(vessel size 11+) |
14
|
14,500 GJ
|
Mounted
(vessel size 12+) |
15
|
16,000 GJ
|
Mounted
(vessel size 13+) |