TR-116 Rifle

• Projectile weapon developed by Starfleet Security c.late 2373 (DS9: "Field of Fire"; DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil)
• Propels a 10mm monotanium bullet via chemical reaction (DS9: "Field of Fire"; DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil; Destiny Novel: Lost Souls)
  • Intended for deployment in scenarios where energy-based weapons are ineffective
    • Environmental difficulties such as dampening fields, radiogenic environments, duonetic fields (DS9: "Field of Fire")
    • Targets resistant to energy weapons such as Borg drones, Hirogen (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil; Destiny Novel: Lost Souls)
• Initially provided to five starships as testbed vehicles for field deployment (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil)
  • USS Budapest
  • USS Grissom
• First noted application within USS Budapest repelling attempted Borg invasion during Battle of Sector 001 (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil)
• Development initially not pursued following initial testing upon development of regenerative phaser technology (DS9: "Field of Fire")
• Development resumed following Dominion War (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal; Destiny Novel: Lost Souls)