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[[Image:Xindi superweapon.jpg|thumb|The Xindi superweapon is launched]]
The '''Xindi superweapon''' was a massive, mobile [[particle beam weapon]] designed to destroy entire [[planet]]splanets. There were actually three weapons built.
The weapons were built by the five [[Xindi]] species in cooperation, at the instigation of the [[Sphere Builder|Guardians]], who had informed the Xindi that [[Human]]s would be responsible for the destruction of the future Xindi homeworld in the [[26th century]]. The weapon's primary goal was the destruction of [[Earth]].
Certain steps were taken to prevent any one species from controlling the weapon. It required activation codes from at least three of the five species in order to function. However, it could be fired instantly if all five codes were used. It could not be armed while the propulsion system was online.
==Building the weapons==
The weapon was designed primarily by [[Degra]], a [[Xindi-Primate]] [[scientist]] and member of the [[Xindi Council]], and constructed by the [[Xindi-Aquatic|Aquatics]]. Most of the weapon's components were built by the Xindi, but at least one came from [[26th century|2573]]. Another key component of the weapon was the mineral [[kemocite]], which was provided by [[Gralik Durr]]'s refining facility.
Research on the superweapon was very dangerous. In September [[2153]] there was an accident in Degra's laboratory. Nearly all of his laboratory was destroyed, and three of his researchers were killed. The loss of the data caused the weapon's development to be set back by months, which induced the Council to consider developing a [[Xindi bioweapon|bioweapon]].
==Probe==
[[Image:Xindi probe.jpg|thumb|The Xindi superweapon prototype]]
The first manifestation of the superweapon was a small, one-man [[prototype]]. It was launched against Earth in March 2153 as a test, arriving in Earth orbit through the use of a [[subspace vortex]], allowing it to bypass [[Star Fleet]] and the defense grid. It wiped out seven million people, carving a swath of destruction from Florida through Cuba to Venezuela; as it did so it transmitted telemetry back to the Council. Afterward its [[Xindi-Reptilian]] pilot set it to self-destruct; the debris landed in Central Asia where it was recovered by a [[Vulcan transport]] and then analyzed by Star Fleet.
The pilot of the probe was a soldier in [[Commander]] [[Dolim]]'s regiment, handpicked by Dolim himself.
==Second prototype==
[[Image:Calindra_System.jpg|thumb|The second prototype in the Calindra System]]
The second superweapon prototype was unmanned and test-fired in a "proving ground" in the [[Calindra system]] inside the [[Delphic Expanse]], under the supervision of Degra himself in December 2153. The tests did not go as planned, as the weapon's materials had been sabotaged by [[Gralik]] on behalf of [[https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Jonathan_Archer Jonathan Archer]] of [[Enterprise (NX-01)|''Enterprise'']]. The weapon was subsequently stolen by the [[Andorian]] warship ''[[Kumari]]''. The Andorians had hoped to take it home to use as a deterrent against the Vulcans. It was destroyed when [[T'Pol]] entered the activation codes and issued an overload command. The ''Kumari'' jettisoned the prototype before it exploded, but the shockwave caused significant damage to the power and engine systems.
[[V'Las]] would later use recorded footage of this test to justify preparations for a pre-emptive strike on [[Andoria]] to the rest of the [[Vulcan High Command]].
