Transtator

• Circuitry component
  • Potentially subspace-related
• Developed on Earth by mid-22nd century (ENT: "Dead Stop")
  • Key component of Starfleet technology by mid-23rd century (TOS: "A Piece of the Action"; SCE Short Story: "Foundations, Book Two"; DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations")
  • Still in use by 24th century (VOY: "Time and Again")
• In use by Cardassian Union by 23rd century (DS9: "In the Cards")
• In use by Dominion by 24th century (DS9: "By Inferno's Light")
• Vulnerable to EMP (SCE Short Story: "Foundations, Book Two")