A cannon is a specialized type of heavy weapon, designed to launch a large projectile. In the era of the Federation, the term cannon has also been coined to refer to directed energy weapons that fire projectile-like charges of energy, despite not being true projectile cannons. In this sense, the term has been used to refer to both hand-held weapons and vehicle-mounted weapons.
In idiomatic language, a "loose cannon" is someone or something unpredictable, and likely to cause damage if uncontrolled. James T. Kirk once considered Montgomery Scott a loose cannon after he traveled through time to rescue him from the Nexus. Ironically, Kirk himself was a noted loose cannon, considered by many in Starfleet, including Jean-Luc Picard. (ST novel: Engines of Destiny)
Cannons
- accelerator cannon
- beam cannon
- blaster cannon
- disruptor cannon
- disruptor wave cannon
- dreadnought cannon
- electromagnetic pulse cannon
- gauss cannon
- gravitic harmonic resonator cannon
- ion cannon
- isokinetic cannon
- laser cannon
- Medevlan gauss cannon
- nadion pulse cannon
- neutron cannon
- ore cannon
- particle cannon
- particle beam cannon
- particle dispersal cannon
- phase cannon
- phased ion cannon
- phaser cannon
- photon cannon
- photonic cannon
- plasma cannon
- projectile cannon
- pulse cannon
- pulse phaser cannon
- EP pulse cannon
- nadion-pulse cannon
- photonic pulse cannon
- Vulcan pulse cannon
- radar cannon
- tetryon cannon
- wave cannon
- xeno cannon
Appendices
See also
External link
- Cannon article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Cannon article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.