A sword was a mêlée weapon, a hand-held blade weapon used by many humanoid races and cultures. Because of the effectiveness compared to other hand-held weapons, sword weapons are usually common in cultures that have developed the ability to work metal, and often remain in use even after projectile weapons are developed.

James T. Kirk was offered a sword to fight gladiators on Bavarya. (TOS novel: Mission to Horatius)

Types of swords[]

• bastard sword
• bat'leth
• chaka
• Claymore
• gladius
• hrisal
• mek'leth
• katana
• rapier
• S'harien sword
• saber
• Tegolar
• wakizashi

Famous swords[]

• Excalibur sword
• Sword of Kahless
• Sword of Kahless (mirror)
• Sword of Mar'na F'ullhy
• Sword of S'task

Appendices[]

References[]

• FASA RPG module: Trader Captains and Merchant Princes, 1st edition

External links[]

• Sword article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Sword article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.