Particle beam
A particle beam is a general term for a stream of particles, which can be configured for various purposes.

In 2365, when discussing options on how to rescue Doctor Katherine Pulaski from Professor , one of the options considered was to generate a particle beam based on wave guides. This beam would be fired from the matter-antimatter chamber and routed into a power conduit into the holodeck. If the beam had reached a sufficient velocity, it would be capable of erasing the holographic constructs. However, the beam, at that velocity, was capable of tearing apart Human flesh. ()

In 2368, the  used a particle beam created by the deflector dish to prevent an asteroid, that had a core composed of densely compressed nitrium and chrondite, from impacting into the atmosphere of Tessen III. When implemented, the particle beam produced a disruptive nuclear effect in the core, causing it to explode. Later, a similar beam, reconfigured to contain nitrium, was used to encourage several nitrium parasites to leave the hull of the ship and return to the Pelloris Field. ()

In 2369, a trio of Hunters used a modified particle beam to scan Deep Space 9 while hunting for a . ()

In early 2370, a highly energetic particle beam was created by reconfiguring the tractor beam emitters of the USS Enterprise-D, and firing into the surface of a star where the vessel had hidden from a rogue Borg ship. The beam produced a superfluid gas eruption that induced a solar flare, which engulfed and destroyed the Borg craft. ()

Later that year, Ro Laren fired a low-intensity particle beam from her Maquis raider into the Hugora Nebula, where a Federation task force was hiding. The polarizing effect created by the particle beam revealed the task force to Maquis, enabling them to elude capture. ()

In 2373, the Maquis rigged a Cardassian freighter with a focused particle beam that punched through the gyro-shielding of the , causing the ship to lose helm control. ()

In 2374, B'Elanna Torres fired a particle beam from the shuttlecraft  in an attempt to disrupt the tractor beam of a . However, the Caatati sent an antimatter pulse back along the beam, destroying the Cochrane. ()

See also
Disruptor beam
Phaser beam

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