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[[Image:Multi-kinetic neutronic mine.jpg|right|thumb|A graphic of a multi-kinetic neutronic mine]] |
[[Image:Multi-kinetic neutronic mine.jpg|right|thumb|A graphic of a multi-kinetic neutronic mine]] |
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The '''multi-kinetic neutronic mine''' was a weapon of mass destruction utilized by the [[Borg]]. The mine had a yield of five million [[isoton]]s, enough to affect an entire [[star system]]. Shockwaves from the mine would spread over a radius of five [[light year]]s. In [[2374]], [[Seven of Nine]] proposed the neutronic mine as a means of delivering modified [[nanoprobe]]s to [[Species 8472]], noting that it would be "efficient". However, the fifty trillion nanoprobes necessary to arm even a single mine were well beyond [[USS Voyager|''Voyager'']]'s production capabilities given the time constraints, not to mention [[Captain]] [[Kathryn Janeway]]'s ethical reservations about such a device. ({{VOY|Scorpion, Part II}}) |
The '''multi-kinetic neutronic mine''' was a weapon of mass destruction utilized by the [[Borg]]. The mine had a yield of five million [[isoton]]s, enough to affect an entire [[star system]]. Shockwaves from the mine would spread over a radius of five [[light year]]s. In [[2374]], [[Seven of Nine]] proposed the neutronic mine as a means of delivering modified [[nanoprobe]]s to [[Species 8472]], noting that it would be "efficient". However, the fifty trillion nanoprobes necessary to arm even a single mine were well beyond [[USS Voyager|''Voyager'']]'s production capabilities given the time constraints, not to mention [[Captain]] [[Kathryn Janeway]]'s ethical reservations about such a device. ({{VOY|Scorpion, Part II}}) |
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| − | :''Curiously, the shape of the mines resembled that of the [[rogue Borg ship]] from {{TNG|Descent}} and {{e|Descent, Part II}}. The size of the mine could be considerably smaller, however; taking the size of a nanoprobe to be approximately equal to the size of a red blood cell, 50 trillion nanoprobes take up considerably less than 1m<sup>3</sup>.'' |
+ | :''Curiously, the shape of the mines resembled that of the [[Borg Type 03|rogue Borg ship]] from {{TNG|Descent}} and {{e|Descent, Part II}}. The size of the mine could be considerably smaller, however; taking the size of a nanoprobe to be approximately equal to the size of a red blood cell, 50 trillion nanoprobes take up considerably less than 1m<sup>3</sup>.'' |
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A graphic of a multi-kinetic neutronic mine
The multi-kinetic neutronic mine was a weapon of mass destruction utilized by the Borg. The mine had a yield of five million isotons, enough to affect an entire star system. Shockwaves from the mine would spread over a radius of five light years. In 2374, Seven of Nine proposed the neutronic mine as a means of delivering modified nanoprobes to Species 8472, noting that it would be "efficient". However, the fifty trillion nanoprobes necessary to arm even a single mine were well beyond Voyager's production capabilities given the time constraints, not to mention Captain Kathryn Janeway's ethical reservations about such a device. (VOY: "Scorpion, Part II")
- Curiously, the shape of the mines resembled that of the rogue Borg ship from TNG: "Descent" and "Descent, Part II". The size of the mine could be considerably smaller, however; taking the size of a nanoprobe to be approximately equal to the size of a red blood cell, 50 trillion nanoprobes take up considerably less than 1m3.