

One shot had 3 seconds, means we have 300 000 TW per shot, which is quite the same as a photon torpedo of 270 000 TW, which can oc course not be fully utilized. Thus 5³ = 125 beams, would be enough to desintegrate the whole cube. Seen in the image attatched, the holes have a diameter of 1/5 of the ende length. Lt.Cdr.White's likt als mentions the cube-phasering. That is quite a lot more than the TM says. Thus the beam would have a power of ~1million GigaWatts. It recalculates the galaxies phaser-power from the size of the holes the desintegration leaces in a borg cube.įinal result for the energy of one phaser beam, which lasted 3 seconds:Įnergy ~ 1,35*10^17 J ~ 135 PetaJoule (32,3 MT TNT) I recently found another number (I prefer recalculations from observations to just believing canon statemens): The masses of inconsistencies allow us to write any canon numbers into the FO-TechnicalManual we belive to be the most plausible.

Then the galaxy has the higher power per shot again. Quite right, this will get underlined in FO, by gibing the Romulans even more burstfire offense, and perhaps this info refers to a romulan pulse disruptor, which lasts for some µs, whereas a galaxy phaser lasts for some seconds. Also, I think Romulan Warbirds are indeed pretty powerful and those high power bursts could mean they're more easily able to drain shields than a Galaxy clas is. Lt.Cdr.White wrote:Talking about the Warbird vs Galaxy class:Ĭould be either the bad coordination mentioned above or the Warbird is only capable of firing short bursts of 20GW, will the Galaxy would be able of prolonged constant firing. On the second pic you clearly see that the desintegration does not affect the floor, but the dieconnected stone table in front, which is not hit at all. The most impressive thing is, that the desintegration always knows, where to stop. But there's no mechanism known, and it especially doesn't occur at normal conditions, but perhaps in the vicinity of black holes or some day in CERN. The best explanation for desintegration was a complete conversion into neutrinos. In open space this doesn't matter so much, so we may calculate with vapourization. Ripping is definitly and unfortunatly no equivalent to desintegration, but vapourization is not canon too. The reason i go my calculations for Vapourizing is that the TM uses the phrase vapourize in the list I cited, though desintegrate may mean anything else. Just for looking advanced, StarTrek again invented some eye candy, but it causes real troubles if one takes a closer look. And if energy is pumped into an object hat quick it certainly is much more likly to blow up. Rippin apart things would be much easier than vapourizing - you're quite right about that.
