| 1968 R. Hamner & G.L. Coon Taste of Armageddon in J. Blish Star Trek 2 (1968) 22,
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I wanted to bounce a couple of dozen photon torpedoes off them for a starter.
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| 1968 S. E. Whitfield in S. E. Whitfield & G. Roddenberry Making of ‘Star Trek’ ii. ii. 194
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The Enterprise is equipped with a second type of offensive weapon, called photon torpedos, which are energy pods of matter and anti-matter contained and held temporarily separated in a magno-photon force field.
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| 1971 J. Blish Star Trek 4 62
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Set photon torpedoes two, four and six for widest possible scatter the three highest intercept probabilities.
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| 1984 D. Duane My Enemy, my Ally vi. 85
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What the hell are they doing here? Mr. Chekov, arm photon torpedoes, prepare to lock phasers on for firing. Mr. Sulu, prepare evasive action but do not execute.
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| 1985 M. Larson Pawns & Symbols vi. 82
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Wouldn't mind spending some time there collecting specimens—if I had a healthy supply of photon torpedoes and a reliable scanner alarm.
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| 1986 D. Carey Dreadnought iii.35
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Star Empire‥carries five dual-mount phaser banks, four banks of photon torpedoes.
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| 1989 D. Dvorkin & D. Dvorkin Star Trek: Next Generation: Captains' Honor viii. 157
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As soon as that area rotated back into view, photon torpedoes flashed out from beneath the Centurion 's saucer and into the area of weakened M'dok deflector shields.
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| 1989 D. Dvorkin & D. Dvorkin Star Trek: Next Generation: Captains' Honor i. 19
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Thermal radiation indicates that it came from the explosion of a starship by photon torpedo.
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| 1990 D. Kramer-Rolls Home is Hunter ii. 9
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And our ship's phaser banks, and the photon torpedoes.
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| 1992 Sci. Fiction Age Nov. 74/3
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This is where you learn how to‥fire the photon torpedoes and phasers.
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| 1992 P. David Imzadi viii. 58
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Half of them left to do something more fun than be near you—like shoot themselves out the photon torpedo tube.
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| 1994 L. A. Graf Traitor Winds i. 10
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But he's also been in photon-torpedo mode ever since he entered Security Academy.
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| 1994 L. A. Graf Firestorm xi. 98
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A direct hit with a photon torpedo might make an Elasian pass out.
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| 1996 W. Shatner Return ii. 14
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They were low-yield photon torpedoes.
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| 1996 J. Gunn Joy Machine ix. 131
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If we had a diversion from the Enterprise. Phasers. Photon torpedoes.
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| 1997 J. Sherman & S. Shwartz Vulcan's Forge xv. 187
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‘Releasing photon torpedoes.’ David muttered.
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| 1998 G. Cox Assignment: Eternity v. 66
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Photon torpedoes loaded and ready to go.
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| 1998 W. Shatner et al. Spectre i. 11
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Memlon, on the other hand, shot off toward Teilani like a photon torpedo. ‘ghojmoHwl'! ghojmoHwl'! he shouted.
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| 1999 M.J. Friedman My Brother's Keeper ii. v. 101
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Hirota was bearing down on him like a photon torpedo.
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| 1999 M.J. Friedman My Brother's Keeper i. v. 61
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Phasers, disruptors, photon torpedoes‥none of those technologies had been invented yet.
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