Gauss gun
- Starfleet away team materiel in use by early 2379 (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Intended for use in aiding the scaling of rocky surfaces (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Electromagnetically propels a piton with microthin duranium cable into a rocky surface, providing a line to aid in climbing (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Additionally capable of retracting with sufficient strength to carry an adult Human male at slow velocity (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)