'From what I understand, your vessel could lay waste to the entire surface of the world.' In a conversation with Kirk, Marcus says : The leader, Marcus, captured a Federation ship's crew some six years earlier and convinced its commanding officer, Captain R.M. In 'Bread and Circuses', Kirk talks to the leader of a world whose civilisation has paralleled that of Earth, but with one important difference : on this world, the Roman Empire never fell. This is not the only time the Enterprise is claimed to be capable of this level of devastation. In one hour forty five minutes the entire inhabited surface of your planet will be destroyed.' 'All cities and installations on Eminiar VII have been located, identified and fed into our fire control system. Scotty issues the following ultimatum to the Eminian civilisation : Determined to stop the war, Kirk manages to get a message to Scotty in which he orders him to implement General Order 24. When the computers register a person as a casualty they are expected to report to one of numerous disintegration chambers and immolate themselves. Eminiar is fighting a computer-simulated war with its neighbouring planet, Vendikar. In 'A Taste of Armageddon', for example, Kirk is captured whilst on the surface of the planet Eminiar VII. This is because we were only ever given a very vague idea of how destructive these weapons could be. In the original Star Trek series there is, surprisingly, a near total lack of any data on how powerful photon torpedoes are. There's no way I could begin to remember the names of everybody with whom I have discussed this topic over the last few years, so I will just have to say a general thank you to all those involved who have helped make this article as (hopefully) useful as it is. I have discussed this subject many times with the residents of various newsgroups and with those of you who contact me via the website over these kinds of issues, and the following could be considered to be a summation of those discussions. Some of the thinking contained within is original to myself, but much is not. Different sources point to different figures, and the intent of this article is to list the evidence, outline the contradictions, and suggest a solution. Just how powerful are the weapons of Star Trek?Ī good question, and one without any easy answer.

Photon vs quantum torpedoes