Editing Weapons in Star Trek (section)

==Subspace weapons==
Subspace weapons are a class of directed energy weapons that directly affect [[subspace (Star Trek)|subspace]]. The weapons can produce actual tears in subspace, and are extremely unpredictable. These weapons were banned under [[Khitomer Accord|the second Khitomer Accord]]. The Son'a equipped their vessels with these types of weapons.

===Isolytic burst===
[[Son'a]] vessels carried and used isolytic burst weapons, a type of subspace weapon. They were seen using this weapon against the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)|''Enterprise''-E]] in ''Star Trek: Insurrection''. The ''Enterprise'' was only able to escape the weapon's effect by ejecting its warp core and detonating it to seal a subspace rift.

===Tricobalt devices===
The tricobalt warhead is a subspace weapon whose high-yield detonations can tear holes in subspace. Tricobalt devices are not a standard armament of Federation vessels and yields are calculated in Tera-Cochranes, indicating that its mechanism is somewhat similar to the general reaction in a warp field.

In ''TOS'': "[[A Taste of Armageddon]]", the Eminian Union classified the USS ''Enterprise'' as 'destroyed' when it was hit by virtual tricobalt satellites. In ''DS9'': "[[Trials and Tribble-ations]]", Arne Darvin plants a tricobalt explosive in a dead Tribble in an attempt to kill Kirk. [[USS Voyager (Star Trek)|USS ''Voyager'']] uses a pair of tricobalt devices to destroy the Caretaker array in the ''Star Trek: Voyager'' pilot episode, "[[Caretaker (Star Trek: Voyager)|Caretaker]]", and such a device was used against ''Voyager'' in the episode "[[Blink of an Eye (Star Trek: Voyager)|Blink of an Eye]]". A tricobalt warhead was also used by the [[Tholian]]s in the ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' episode "[[In a Mirror, Darkly]]". They detonated a tricobalt warhead inside the [[gravity well]] of a dead star. The explosion created an interphasic rift, which they used to lure the Federation starship USS ''Defiant'' from another universe.

The games ''[[Star Trek: Armada]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Armada II]]'' have ships armed with Tricobalt devices for artillery support. The [[Federation (Star Trek)|Federation]] ''Steamrunner''-class, the [[Klingon]] ''Chuq'Beh''-class Bird of Prey, the [[Romulan]] ''Raptor''-class Warbird, and the [[Borg (Star Trek)|Borg]] Harbinger are all capable of using them. The workings of the weapon is unknown but theorised is the use of [[Cobalt-60]].<ref>{{cite episode| episode-link=The Voyager Conspiracy| title=The Voyager Conspiracy| series=Star Trek: Voyager}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode| episode-link=In a Mirror, Darkly| title=In a Mirror, Darkly, Part 1| series=Star Trek: Enterprise}}</ref>

It is far more likely that tricobalt refers to the third periodical table analog for cobalt; similar to dilithium being the second periodic table equivalent of regular lithium. "trititanium" and most other in trek universe usage where a numeric prefix is appended to a regular real world periodic table element refers to additional periodic tables whose elements are composed of nucleons that are not protons or neutrons and maybe not even regular electrons yet can form atoms molecules and chemical compounds similar to normal matter.

Neutron radiation such as produced by a Cobalt 60 weapon is not very useful for destroying outposts, starships or anything else that is not a living creature.