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A Tricobalt device also known as a tricobalt charge or tricobalt warhead was a type of tricobalt explosive device utilized as a missile. At extremely high yields, they were capable of producing disruptions or even ruptures in subspace. (VOY: "The Voyager Conspiracy").

While according to "The Voyager Conspiracy", the high yield tricobalt explosives can cause subspace ruptures to form, they are presumably not considered to be subspace weapons, as such weapons were banned by the second Khitomer Accords according to Star Trek: Insurrection.

Uses

In the year 2155, in the mirror universe, the Tholians detonated a tricobalt warhead inside the gravity well of a dead star and successfully created an interphasic rift to the Parallel prime universe of 2268. (TOS: "The Tholian Web"; ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly")

Tricobalt devices were not standard issue weapons on Starfleet starships, but were sometimes carried in addition to photon torpedoes. A pair of tricobalt devices, with a yield of 20,000 teracochranes, twice the necessary yield, were used by the USS Voyager in order to destroy the Caretaker's array in 2371. The explosion destroyed the station, leaving only particulate dust, vapours and metallic fragments. The double yield, coupled with the unusual nature of Voyager carrying the weapons, led a malfunctioning Seven of Nine to reason in 2376, that Voyager expected to find the Caretaker's array and destroyed it to establish a Federation military presence in the Delta Quadrant. (VOY: "Caretaker", "The Voyager Conspiracy")

By 2373, the Maquis had been able to procure tricobalt explosives. In that year, Captain Benjamin Sisko theorized that they could be used in cloaked missiles that were supposedly on their way to Cardassia Prime. (DS9: "Blaze of Glory")

In 2376, inhabitants of the Kelemane's planet utilized a tricobalt device to disable the weakened shields of the USS Voyager. (VOY: "Blink of an Eye")

Appendices

Apocrypha

In Star Trek Online, tricobalt devices are a purchasable weapon for starships. They do the most kinetic damage of any torpedo in the game out-damaging quantum torpedoes several times (if used with the correct skills), but at the cost of a very long recharge and being destructible in flight.

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-'''Tricobalt devices''' are a type of high yield explosive sometimes utilized by the [[Federation]].  Under certain conditions, they are capable of producing disruptions in [[subspace]].
+A '''Tricobalt device''' also known as a '''tricobalt charge''' or '''tricobalt warhead''' was a type of [[tricobalt]] explosive device utilized as a [[missile]]. At extremely high yields, they were capable of producing disruptions or even ruptures in [[subspace]]. ({{VOY|The Voyager Conspiracy}}).
+{{bginfo|While according to "The Voyager Conspiracy", the high yield tricobalt explosives can cause [[subspace rupture]]s to form, they are presumably not considered to be [[subspace weapon]]s, as such weapons were banned by the second [[Khitomer Accords]] according to {{film|9}}.}}
-In [[2154]], [[Tholian]]s of the [[mirror universe]] detonated a [[tricobalt]] device in a successful attempt to create an interphasic rift.  Unwilling to explore the rift themselves, the Tholians sent a [[distress call]] through the rift.  This attracted the [[USS Defiant (NCC-1764)|USS ''Defiant'']] of [[2268]] into the rift.  The vessel subsequently became trapped and her crew was driven insane by the harmful effects of exposure to [[interphase]]d space.  The ''Defiant'' was eventually ejected from the rift into the mirror universe of [[2155]], where she was recovered for study by the Tholians. ({{ENT|In a Mirror, Darkly}})
+==Uses==
-In [[2268]], [[Arne Darvin]], having traveled back in [[time]] from the year [[2373]], planted a tricobalt device in a [[tribble]], which he hoped would explode near [[James T. Kirk]], and kill him. The bomb was beamed into space by the [[USS Defiant (NX-74205)|USS ''Defiant'']], where it exploded harmlessly. ({{DS9|Trials and Tribble-ations}})
+In the year [[2155]], in the [[mirror universe]], the [[Tholian]]s  detonated a tricobalt warhead inside the gravity well of a dead star and successfully created an [[interphasic rift]] to the [[parallel universe|Parallel]] prime universe of [[2268]]. ({{TOS|The Tholian Web}}; {{ENT|In a Mirror, Darkly}})
-A pair of tricobalt devices, with a yield of 20,000 [[cochrane (unit)|teracochrane]]s, were used by the [[USS Voyager|USS ''Voyager'']] in order to destroy the [[Caretaker's array]] in [[2371]]. The explosion destroyed the station, leaving no debris. ({{VOY|Caretaker}})
+Tricobalt devices were not standard issue weapons on [[Starfleet]] [[starship]]s, but were sometimes carried in addition to [[photon torpedo]]es. A pair of tricobalt devices, with a yield of 20,000 [[teracochrane]]s, twice the necessary yield, were used by the {{USS|Voyager}} in order to destroy the [[Caretaker's array]] in [[2371]]. The explosion destroyed the station, leaving only particulate dust, vapours and metallic fragments. The double yield, coupled with the unusual nature of ''Voyager'' carrying the weapons, led a malfunctioning [[Seven of Nine]] to reason in [[2376]], that ''Voyager'' expected to find the Caretaker's array and destroyed it to establish a [[Federation]] military presence in the [[Delta Quadrant]]. ({{VOY|Caretaker|The Voyager Conspiracy}})
-By [[2373]], the [[Maquis]] had been able to procure tricobalt weapons. In that year, [[Captain]] [[Benjamin Sisko]] theorized that they could be used in [[cloaking device|cloaked]] [[missile]]s that were supposedly on their way to [[Cardassia Prime]]. ({{DS9|Blaze of Glory}})
+By [[2373]], the [[Maquis]] had been able to procure tricobalt explosives. In that year, [[Captain]] [[Benjamin Sisko]] theorized that they could be used in [[cloaking device|cloaked]] missiles that were supposedly on their way to [[Cardassia Prime]]. ({{DS9|Blaze of Glory}})
+In [[2376]], [[Kelemane's species|inhabitants]] of the [[Kelemane's planet]] utilized a tricobalt device to disable the weakened shields of the USS ''Voyager''. ({{VOY|Blink of an Eye}})
-Tricobalt devices are relatively ineffective when used against [[shield]]ed targets due to the slow expansion of energy from the explosion. It is primarily used as a demolition weapon, most notably  against [[space station]]s and ground targets. ({{VOY|The Voyager Conspiracy}}) However, when shields are weak, tricobalt devices can disable the shields. ({{VOY|Blink of an Eye}})
+==Appendices==
-:''It is of note that when used under certain conditions, tricobalt explosives can cause [[subspace rupture]]s.  They are however, probably not considered [[subspace weapon]]s, as their effects are highly predictable and they are routinely carried by [[Federation]] vessels.  Subspace weapons were banned by the second [[Khitomer Accords]].'' ({{film|9}})
+===See also===
+* [[Romulan mine]]
+* [[Tricobalt satellite]]
+===Apocrypha===
-[[de:Trikobalt-Torpedo]]
+In ''[[Star Trek Online]]'', tricobalt devices are a purchasable weapon for starships. They do the most kinetic damage of any [[torpedo]] in the game out-damaging [[quantum torpedo]]es several times (if used with the correct skills), but at the cost of a very long recharge and being destructible in flight.
+[[cs:Tri-kobaltové torpédo]]
+[[de:Trikobalttorpedo]]
 [[Category:Weapons]]
+[[Category:Mirror universe]]