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Federation Trading Post was a Star Trek and science fiction specialty retail store with two locations, one in Berkeley, California (opened May 11, 1975) and a second in New York City (opened October 11, 1975).
The Star Trek fictional universe contains a variety of weapons, ranging from missiles (photon torpedoes) to melee (primarily used by the Klingons, a race of aliens in the Star Trek universe). The Star Trek franchise consists mainly of several multi-season television shows and thirteen movies, as well as various video games and merchandise.
For instance, characters of the Lost in Space TV series (1965–1968) and of the Star Trek pilot episode "The Cage" (1964) carried handheld laser weapons. [ 7 ] By the late 1960s and 1970s, as the laser's limits as a weapon became evident, rayguns were dubbed " phasers " (for Star Trek ), " blasters " ( Star Wars ), "pulse rifles", " plasma ...
The description of the term "phaser" as related to maser is quite interesting. I thought I read in the 1999 (ish) edition of the Star Trek Encyclopedia that it was a play on the term LASER: Photon emission through the Stimulated Emission of Radiation - I'll have to check this later.
For instance, characters in the Star Trek pilot episode The Cage (1964) and in the Lost in Space TV series (1965–1968) carried handheld laser weapons. [ 5 ] By the late 1960s and 1970s, as the laser's limits as a weapon became evident, the raygun began to be replaced by similar weapons with names that better reflected the destructive ...
The Star Trek canon is the set of all material taking place within the Star Trek universe that is considered official. The definition and scope of the Star Trek canon has changed over time. Until late 2006, it was mainly composed of the live-action television series and films [ 1 ] before becoming a more vague and abstract concept. [ 2 ]
Among the items at auction are medical devices, engineering advances—and a photon pulse cannon capable of punching through a starship's shields with a single shot. Meanwhile, at the Academy, Wesley Crusher comes to the aid of his best friend—and finds himself kidnapped by outlaw Ferengi bent on controlling the universe through commerce.
In July 2014 it was revealed on the company's Facebook page, that the next product they would be releasing would be a Star Trek phaser replica. [5] Later that month the phaser replica was shown at San Diego Comic-Con by co-founder Chris Barnardo, The Wand Company stated that it used the same technology as the Sonic Screwdriver remotes and that ...