| rdfs:comment | - In the mid 22nd century, Tholian ships were equipped with an energy-dampening weapon. In 2152, they disabled the Earth starship Enterprise with such weapons, rendering it completely powerless. (ENT: "Future Tense") Klingon ships could easily be made immune to the weapon by modifying their tritium intermix. This was discovered by accident after the engineer of a Bird-of-Prey, the IKS Ki'tang, performed the procedure to correct a containment problem in the ship's warp core.
- The weapon was first encountered by allied forces at the Second Battle of Chin'toka. The weapon worked by interacting with a ship's shields in such a way that it produces an electro-magnetic pulse within the shields, overloading the ship's electronics and causing the engines, weapons, and shields to be rendered useless. The weapon devastated the alliance ships, resulting in a total Dominion victory. (USS Baldwin: "Resolution", DS9: "The Changing Face of Evil")
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| abstract | - In the mid 22nd century, Tholian ships were equipped with an energy-dampening weapon. In 2152, they disabled the Earth starship Enterprise with such weapons, rendering it completely powerless. (ENT: "Future Tense") The weapon was encountered by Federation forces when the Breen entered the Dominion War as allies of the Dominion in 2375, at the Second Battle of Chin'toka. Since allied ships had never encountered the weapon before, it was especially effective against them. The weapon worked by draining the energy of targeted ships, disabling their engines, weapons, and shields, thus making them easy targets for conventional weapons. Among the vessels lost to the weapon was the USS Defiant. (DS9: "The Changing Face of Evil") The Dominion had been in the process of retrofitting all Jem'Hadar vessels with the weapon. (DS9: "Tacking Into the Wind") Klingon ships could easily be made immune to the weapon by modifying their tritium intermix. This was discovered by accident after the engineer of a Bird-of-Prey, the IKS Ki'tang, performed the procedure to correct a containment problem in the ship's warp core. Unfortunately, Federation and Romulan ships could not be as easily modified. However, this problem was solved when Kira Nerys captured a Jem'Hadar fighter with the weapon installed, allowing Allied engineers to study the dampening weapon in detail. (DS9: "When It Rains...", "Tacking Into the Wind") By the war's end, the Federation Alliance succeeded in developing a countermeasure to the Breen weapon, forcing the Dominion to discontinue its use. (DS9: "Extreme Measures", "The Dogs of War") The Breen energy dissipator was a result of the DS9 writing staff wanting to demonstrate that the Breen were formidable warriors. "We came up with the idea of this special weapon," René Echevarria noted. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion, p. 693) According to the games Star Trek: Armada and Star Trek: Armada II, the Breen energy dissipator was also later adapted for use by Starfleet as the shield disruptor. The Starfleet version was designed only to disable the shields of enemy starships. Some Nebula-class starships were armed with the device.
- The weapon was first encountered by allied forces at the Second Battle of Chin'toka. The weapon worked by interacting with a ship's shields in such a way that it produces an electro-magnetic pulse within the shields, overloading the ship's electronics and causing the engines, weapons, and shields to be rendered useless. The weapon devastated the alliance ships, resulting in a total Dominion victory. (USS Baldwin: "Resolution", DS9: "The Changing Face of Evil") The Dominion was retrofitting all Jem'Hadar vessels with the weapon, and Kira Nerys was able to capture a Jem'Hadar attack ship with the weapon installed. (DS9: "Tacking Into the Wind") The energy weapon was transferred to Earth by the USS Ellsworth. It was installed on the USS Wildfire and tested in the asteroid belt of sector 001. Karen Merrill came up with a modified sheild matrix that does not produce an EMP. After testing, they were put to the test with the 10th Wing of the Fifth Fleet against Dominion forces in the Badlands. (USS Baldwin: "Resolution")
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