A leak occurs when something escapes from a structure designed to contain it.
Air leak
- (ENT:"Shuttlepod One")
Plasma leak
- A faked plasma leak. (ENT: "Stratagem")
- In 2368, a plasma leak aboard the USS Enterprise caused a warp core breach after a collision with the USS Bozeman. (TNG: "Cause and Effect")
- A Skrreea starship suffered a plasma leak in it's engine core. 2370. (DS9: "Sanctuary")
- Deep Space 9's Lower Pylon One suffered a leak in 2370. (DS9: "Blood Oath")
- A leak in a plasma injector causes a runabout to cross over into the mirror universe. (DS9: "Crossover")
- Harry Kim is fixing a plasma leak on deck five when he begins having a panic attack. (VOY: "Memorial")
- The IKS Rotarran suffered a plasma leak on deck five after the primary plasma injector was damaged in a Jem'Hadar attack. (DS9: "Sons and Daughters")
- (DS9: "Rejoined")
Coolant leak
- In 2153, a coolant leak was part of a simulated shuttle flight. (ENT:"Stratagem")
- Shuttlepod 2 leaked plasma coolant when its thruster was damaged after it grazed a rock face. (ENT:"Strange New World")
- In 2266, the toxic fumes from a coolant leak in the phaser system killed USS Enterprise crewman Robert Tomlinson during an engagement with a Romulan Bird of Prey. (TOS: "Balance of Terror")
- A coolant leak caused by collsion with a quantum filament. (TNG:"Disaster")
- Coolant leak during an alternate timeline battle with Klingons. (TNG: "Yesterday's Enterprise")
- In 2371, a coolant leak caused by battle damage led to the warp core breach that destroyed the USS Enterprise for the final time. (Star Trek: Generations)
Radiation leak
- In 2366, radiation that had leaked from Doctor Nel Apgars station in orbit of Tanuga IV threatened the USS Enterprise's antimatter pod. If the radiation had surged in or near them, it would have destroyed the ship. (TNG: "A Matter of Perspective")
- In 2367, the USS Enterprise-D discovered a small Talarian observation craft adrift in Sector 21947. The craft had developed a serious radiation leak in its propulsion system. (TNG: "Suddenly Human")
- In 2367, a massive radiation leak from a waste barge threatened to exterminate all life on Gamelan V. (TNG: "Final Mission")
- In 2370, a high-energy radiation leak was ignited by phaser fire, destroying a Skrreean ship. (DS9:"Sanctuary")
- A radiation leak from a loose plasma coil on an Antares class transport prevented the beam-off of an injured Vedek Bareil Antos. ( citation needed, see Antares class (carrier) for the incident )
- A antimatter radiation leak from Earth probe Friendship 1 caused radiation sickness to occur on a planet in the Delta Quadrant. (VOY:"Friendship One")
- Malon wast export vessels could jettison thier Theta storage tanks if a radiation leak occured. (VOY: "Juggernaut")
Other leaks
- A small gas leak. (ENT:"Doctor's Orders")
- (ENT:"The Breach")
- A Chlorinide leak. (TNG: "Ethics")
- A beer leak occured when the glass holding it was contaminated with invidium. (TNG: "Hollow Pursuits")
- A Thorium leak. (DS9: "Crossover")
- Tamal became concerned about a neutrino leak in the port nacelle when Thomas Riker and the Maquis stole the USS Defiant. (DS9: "Defiant")
- (VOY:"Learning Curve")
- A fuel converter leaking veridium isotopes could cause a warp core breach. (VOY:"Drive")
- In 21st Century Earth slang, to "take a leak" means to urinate. (DS9: "Past Tense, Part I")
See Also
- Warp core breach. A very bad leak.