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* Metallic element | * Metallic element | ||
** Rare ore found in planetary bodies (TOS: "Obsession") | ** Rare ore found in planetary bodies (TOS: "Obsession"; TNG Novel: ''The Buried Age'') | ||
** Known in [[Sol]]-local space as early as 22nd century (ENT: "Fight or Flight") | ** Known in [[Sol]]-local space as early as 22nd century (ENT: "Fight or Flight") | ||
* Extremely dense element, 21.4 times harder than diamond (TOS: "Obsession") | * Extremely dense element, 21.4 times harder than diamond (TOS: "Obsession") | ||
Revision as of 17:39, 6 May 2018
- Metallic element
- Rare ore found in planetary bodies (TOS: "Obsession"; TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
- Known in Sol-local space as early as 22nd century (ENT: "Fight or Flight")
- Extremely dense element, 21.4 times harder than diamond (TOS: "Obsession")
- Often used in starship hulls (ENT: "Fight or Flight", "Dead Stop"; TNG: "Where Silence Has Lease", "Rascals"; VOY: "Threshold", "Year of Hell, Part I")
- Strikes careful balance between durability and weight; hardest element commonly used on a wide scale in starship construction as a result
- Starfleet weapons insufficient to melt tritanium by 24th century, specialized equipment required to work the metal (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours; TNG: "The Arsenal of Freedom")