Plasma phaser

The plasma phaser was a proposed Starfleet weapon for use against the Borg.

The plasma phaser was still on the drawing board in late 2366. It was projected that this, and other weapons designed to defend against the Borg, would take eighteen to twenty-four months to be ready.

While preparing to face an imminent Borg invasion in that year, Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Shelby attempted to suggest modifying the plasma phaser design to adapt it to the existing technologies aboard the USS Enterprise-D. She was stopped by Commander William T. Riker, who ended discussion for that night. (TNG: "The Best of Both Worlds")

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Phaser technology
Tools: phaser borephaser drill
Weapons: Automatic bridge defense systemBajoran phaserBajoran phaser riflecompression phaser rifleFerengi hand phaserGalor-class phaser bankhand phaserKzinti phaserparticle phaserphaser arrayphaser bankphaser cannonphaser emitterphaser pulsephaser type-1phaser type-2phaser type-3phaser type-4phaser type-8plasma phaserRegalian phaser rifleregenerative phaser
Other: phaser adapterphaser coilphaser coolantphaser couplingphaser rangephaser relayphaser roomphaser stationphaser sweep