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SECURITY ORDNANCE PHOTON CANNON Photon Cannon To protect members of an Away Team from hostile indige- ‘nous populations orto abort a close assault on aground installa tion, Secunty can use one of several Photon Cannons stored. aboard ship. The Photon Cannon isa short-range, but incredibly ostructive, weapon descended from laser and phaser projec tors. Oncethe cannonisbeameddown,itcan maneuver onaselt- propelled platform. It has access to virtually iiss power from the command ship's microwave relay projectors to accelerate high-energy anti-photons ina magnotic chamber. When tho cannon is fired, the stream of charged particles Is powerful enough to perietrate the heaviest armor or energy-screen de- fenses. Bacause ofthe short halflife ofthe rapidly decaying ant Photons, the Photon Cannon's range is limited to two kilometers, This is sutficiont to meet most ground threats Portable Security Computer ‘Similar tothe standard Battle Computer used by Star Fleet ‘Marines, this portable device provides specially trained Security ‘teams with up-to-the minute tactical and strategic information via microwave links to a ship's main computer. The portable com: puter can report enemy positions, movement, and disposition ‘obtained from shipboard sensor relays, and also has control inks. to portable motion detectors that canbe spread over a widerange ‘of terran, In addition, the Security Computer can reliably predict ‘enemy tactical options based on stored dala about dozens of warlike races previously encountered by Allance forces. The

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