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The verteron array was powerful [[energy]]-producing device based on [[Mars]], designed to redirect comets in the [[Sol System]] via [[verteron]] pulses towards the polar ice caps on Mars, for the purpose of [[terraforming]] the [[planet]].

The array was hijacked by [[John Frederick Paxton]], leader of the xenophobic group [[Terra Prime]], who used it to further his cause of [[Human]] superiority. Using the array to fire on [[Earth]]'s [[moon]] [[Luna]] as a demonstration of its power, Paxton threatened to destroy [[Star Fleet Command]] unless all aliens evacuated the solar system. When the [[Enterprise, NX-01]] attempted to stop him, Paxton used the array to fire on Enterprise, critically damaging them.

Eventually, [[Captain]] [[https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Jonathan_Archer Jonathan Archer]] was successful in leading a team to infiltrate Paxton's base and stopping him.

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