Disruptor
- Common particle weapon
- Alternate technological development path to the phaser
- Nations known to use:
- Breen Confederacy (Star Trek: Generations; TNG Novel: A Time for War, A Time for Peace)
- Cardassian Union (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil)
- Dominion
- Jarada (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Twilight)
- Klingon Empire (Various)
- Orion
- Romulan Star Empire (Various)
- Tholian Assembly (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 2")
- Term commonly used as a catch-all name for multiple different weapon technologies also encompassing nadion-based weaponry, but this description is for the specific weapons technology shared by the above civilizations
- Stunning disruptor shot results in "disruptor hangover" (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil)
- Stabbing headache, soreness, difficulty forming thoughts (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil)
- Varying implementations classified by Starfleet into types
- Maximum effective range of 30 meters before particle dispersal drastically reduces effectiveness (TNG Novel: Death in Winter)
- Type 3
- Implementation in use by Breen Confederacy, Klingon Empire, Romulan Star Empire (Star Trek: Generations)
- No stun setting (Star Trek: Generations)
- Kills through burn-like effects (Star Trek: Generations)
- Breen implementation affects only living tissue, not inorganic objects (TNG Novel: A Time for War, A Time for Peace)
- Implementation in use by Breen Confederacy, Klingon Empire, Romulan Star Empire (Star Trek: Generations)
- Type 3