A Protostar phaser beam array was a weapon technology, a directed energy weapons emitter first installed on Protostar- and Dauntless II-class starships in the 24th century. Such a beam array fired phaser energy at a target, dealing an average amount of damage. As a phaser beam array, it had a 250° firing arc. Compared to other energy weapon types, Protostar phaser space particle weapons incorporated regenerative phaser emitters that fuelled a small amount of energy into weapon, shield, engine or auxiliary power. These phasers usually fired screeching, red beams. (STO - Incursion missions: "Welcome to Earth Spacedock", "The Hunt is On", "Explore the Flotilla", "Ceremony")
History and specifics
The USS Protostar firing a phaser beam array.
These phaser beam arrays were installed aboard the Protostar-class experimental starship USS Protostar and the Dauntless II-class vessel USS Dauntless in the 2380s decade. (PRD episode: "Supernova")
The Khitomer Alliance operated 24th century Starfleet ships and technology, including the phaser weapons of the Protostar class. The tier 6-rated Protostar-class temporal science spearhead was equipped with five Protostar phaser beam arrays. Its projectile weapon counterpart were standard issue quantum torpedo launchers. (STO website: Incursion: Command the Protostar Temporal Science Spearhead)
In 2411, a Dauntless II-class command science dreadnought carried four Protostar beam arrays, two quantum torpedo launchers and one photon torpedo launcher. (STO website: Incursion: Command the Dauntless II!)
In the 2410s, phasers fired screeching, red-colored beams and were available with different ratings of advancement, ranging from mark I to mark XV, plus unrated variants. These beam arrays could be modified by personnel to improve accuracy, critical severity, critical chance and damage output. Aboard starships, Protostar phaser beam arrays could be slotted in fore and aft weapon emplacements. The variant Protostar phaser dual beam bank could only be placed in a fore weapon slot, however. (STO - Incursion missions: "Welcome to Earth Spacedock", "The Hunt is On", "Explore the Flotilla", "Ceremony")
Protostar phaser beam array types
- phaser beam array:
- Protostar phaser beam array
- phaser dual beam banks:
- Protostar phaser dual beam bank
- omni-directional phaser beam arrays:
- Protostar omni-directional phaser beam array