A mace was a type of cudgel, a hand-held mêlée weapon in which a heavy object was connected to a handle by a staff.

Specifics

A mace was useful for disabling or warding off an attacker. (Star Trek Adventures RPG module: Core Rulebook)

It caused similar amounts of damage to a flail or axe. (FASA RPG module: Game Operations Manual)

Leverage allowed it to impact with more striking power than a club, but its range was more limited than a lirpa. (Heritage Models RPG module: Adventure Gaming in the Final Frontier)

On advanced worlds, maces were collectible antiques acquired for 225 credits. (FASA RPG modules: Spacelanes: The Magazine of Interstellar Trade, Trader Captains and Merchant Princes (2nd edition))

History

The mace was developed on Earth during the Middle Ages. (TNG novel: A Call to Darkness)

The Klingon warlord Y'Beq utilised a spiked mace during her battle with Kahless the Unforgettable, though her weapon proved to be an inferior weapon against the first bat'leth. (ST comic: "Klingons")

In 2254, a Kaylar on Rigel VII swung a mace at Christopher Pike, who parried the strike with a shield. The impact nearly tore the shield from his arm. (TOS episode & novelization: The Menagerie)

In 2269, the Messiah personality of Spock carried a mace-like weapon on the right side of his belt. (TOS novel: Spock, Messiah!)

In 2277, a Manarkite terrorist struck biologist Lieutenant T'Yee with a mace before being subdued with a phaser on Manark V. (TOS comic: "Taking Shape")

In 2365, Lieutenant Worf's Klingon calisthenics program on the USS Enterprise-D holodeck included defending against a mace-wielding alien. (TNG episode: "Where Silence Has Lease")

In 2369, Wesley Crusher bought an old mace for Worf from Anit on Megara, hoping it would prompt the shopkeeper to talk about the local wars. Worf later used the weapon in combat. (TNG novel: Debtors' Planet)

In 2374 on USS Voyager's holodeck, Captain Kathryn Janeway defended herself from a holographic Klingon with a mace. (VOY episode: "The Killing Game")

Types

• Morningstar
• Nausicaan razor club ^[1]

Mace-wielding cultures

• A'klahn ^[2]
• Human ^{[2] [3]}
• Impriman ^[4]
• Kalar ^[5]
• Klingon ^[6]
• Pandrilite ^[7]

Skilled mace users

• Kenoth vestai-Rejac ^[8]
• Worf, son of Mogh ^[9]

Appendices

Appearances and references

Appearances

• TOS episode & novelization: The Menagerie
• TOS novel: Spock, Messiah!
• TOS novel: Trek to Madworld
• TNG episode: "Where Silence Has Lease"
• TNG novel: Reunion
• TNG novel: Q-Strike
• TNG novel: Diplomatic Implausibility
• TNG novel: A Call to Darkness
• DS9 novel: The Siege
• VOY episode: "The Killing Game"

References

• Heritage Models RPG module: Adventure Gaming in the Final Frontier
• FASA RPG module: Game Operations Manual
• FASA RPG module: Spacelanes: The Magazine of Interstellar Trade
• FASA RPG module: Trader Captains and Merchant Princes (2nd edition)
• Star Trek Adventures RPG module: Core Rulebook

External links

• Mace article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Mace (bludgeon) article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.