The Phaser Cannon is one of the most powerful directed energy weapons yet developed. It is an essential weapons platform for base defense. Mounted aboard a starship, this weapon system is unparalleled in scope and firepower!

The Phaser Cannon is an optronically targeted pulse energy weapon. A plasma conduits may be run through the primary phaser coupling to almost double the power of the Phaser Cannon. Some ships doing this have significantly reduced the warp drive efficiency. Phaser safeties are engaged before the weapon is brought online and the Phaser Cannon charged to full power. When the cannon is charged, fifteen-percent plasma is bled to the phaser matrix. There is also a separate phaser generator for each emitter. Phaser reserves can be emptied, such as to strengthen structural integrity.

The Phaser Cannon is designed for heavy combat when normal phaser arrays are insufficiently powerful. This vast improvement of phaser technology may be utilized for the more significant defensive and offensive operations. A Phaser Cannon is more then capable of ripping through the shields and hull of a targeted vessel.



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"The Pulse Phaser is an advanced heavy weapon designed for a high rate of fire and a high damage yield ... The Pulse Phaser was developed by Starfleet as a weapon to combat future Borg incursions and was first fitted onto the prototype U.S.S. Defiant. The device functions similarly to a standard Phaser, but without a continuous beam. The energy emissions are instead stored in a magnetic field, allowing them to coalesce and agitate to higher energy states. The field is then redirected, forcing the burst of Phaser energy toward the target. This process is repeated rapidly using multiple magnetic field generators, and the result is a stream of phased energy projectiles. Although the range of such a weapon is much less than the standard Phaser due to rapid dissipation, from close range the pulse Phaser can do more damage than most Phaser types. The weapon has since been adapted to function on most Federation ships." - Star Trek: Starfleet Command III, Manual