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'''Verterons''' are subatomic [[particle]]s that are present in [[wormhole]]s. Verterons These particles can interfere with [[sensor]] scans , and only exist when artificially created. Verterons also can allow for the extrapolation of a wormhole's subspace bearing by detecting their exit vector, allowing one to pinpoint the terminus spacial spatial coordinate for any wormhole.

A In high enough concentrations, verterons can pose a hazard to spacecraft, with a pulse of verterons is being capable of obstructing sensors, or disabling the ship altogether by disabling a the field coils. * '''Example:''' In [[starship2370]]. The , the [[USS Enterprise-D]] was disabled by a [[Minor Species#Hekaran|Hekaran]] [[probe]] in [[2370]] when the probe emitted a 's verteron pulse, which immediately disabling disabled the ''Enterprise''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[warp drive|warp]] and , [[impulse driveengine]]s as well as the ship's , and [[shields]].

  ===Documented uses:===* The [[Bajoran wormhole]] was formed by self-sustaining verterons. Present in dense concentrations, the verterons pose a hazard to navigation, clumping together in large, spherical nodes.  * As of the mid-[[2150s]], a verteron-emission array was installed on [[Mars]] to redirect comets for [[terraforming]] purposes. :* The [[verteron array]] was briefly hijacked by [[Terra Prime]] supremacists seeking to rid [[Earth]] of [[alien]]s, but their plot was foiled by [[Captain]] [[Jonathan Archer]] of [[Enterprise (NX-01)|''Enterprise'']]. * In [[2373]], the {{[[USS|Voyager}} ]] bombarded a [[subspace instability]] instability near the [[Takarian]] [[planet]] with verterons to induce the [[Barzan wormhole]] to re-open at that location. <br> [[category:science]]