Compression phaser rifle

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Kathryn Janeway firing a compression phaser rifle.

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Kathryn Janeway holding a compression phaser rifle.

Ayala holding a compression phaser rifle.

Compression phaser rifles are one of the most powerful personnel-carried weapons in the Starfleet arsenal and are an alternative to the type-3 phaser rifle. These powerful weapons are assigned to starships that could possibly see intense close-quarters or surface combat.

The USS Voyager was equipped with compression phaser rifles as a standard part of its weapons inventory. They were first used by an away team which transported to the Caretaker's array in 2371. (VOY: "Caretaker")

When set to wide beam, they could fire over a large area potentially taking out a large group of individuals in one shot. (VOY: "Worst Case Scenario")

The USS Equinox was also equipped with them in 2371, as several were still used in 2375 shortly before the ship's destruction. (VOY: "Equinox", "Equinox, Part II")

Starfleet security personnel boarding the USS Prometheus in 2374 carried compression phaser rifles. (VOY: "Message in a Bottle")

Appendices

Appearances

• VOY:
  • "Caretaker"
  • "The 37's"
  • "The Chute"
  • "Warlord"
  • "Unity"
  • "Distant Origin"
  • "Worst Case Scenario"
  • "Scorpion, Part II"
  • "Concerning Flight"
  • "Message in a Bottle"
  • "Night"
  • "Drone"
  • "Bliss"
  • "Dark Frontier"
  • "Think Tank"
  • "Equinox"
  • "Equinox, Part II"
  • "Memorial"
  • "Tsunkatse"
  • "Fury"
  • "Unimatrix Zero"
  • "Imperfection"
  • "Repression"
  • "Flesh and Blood"
  • "Repentance"
  • "Friendship One"

Background

The new phaser rifles seen in Star Trek: First Contact and third, fourth, and fifth season Star Trek: Voyager episodes are variants of compression phaser rifles, they were identified as such in the Voyager season 4 episode waking moments.

Apocrypha

The rifles first seen in First Contact are useable weapons in Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force and Star Trek: Elite Force II as the "Phaser Compression Rifle" or just "Compression Rifle." It is unknown if this was a mistake by the developers or as noted above, they were intended to be the same type of weapons to begin with.

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