Verteron
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Verterons are subatomic particles capable of traveling faster than the speed of light, and are present in wormholes.
These particles can interfere with sensor scans, and can allow for the extrapolation of a wormhole's subspace bearing by detecting their exit vector, allowing one to pinpoint the terminus spatial coordinate for any wormhole.
In high enough concentrations, verterons can pose a hazard to spacecraft, with a pulse of verterons being capable of obstructing sensors, or disabling the ship altogether by disabling the field coils.
- Example: In 2370, the USS Enterprise-D was disabled by a Hekaran probe's verteron pulse, which immediately disabled the warp drive, impulse engine, 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 aliens, but their plot was foiled by Captain Jonathan Archer of Enterprise.
- In 2373, the USS Voyager bombarded a subspace instability near the Takarian planet with verterons to induce the Barzan wormhole to re-open at that location.