Phaser drill

From Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference

A phaser drill is a device employing phaser technology to drill holes into rock formations or a planet's mantle.

The ship's phasers of the USS Enterprise-D were used as a phaser drill to bore holes into the mantle of Penthara IV to release carbon dioxide located in subterranean pockets. The tectonic stability of the planet was overestimated, however, and the drilling caused massive earthquakes and volcanic outbreaks. (TNG: "A Matter of Time")

Commander Chakotay employed phaser drills to free the Delta Flyer from a rock face. (VOY: "Once Upon a Time")

[edit] See also

• Laser drill

Phaser technology
Tools: phaser bore • phaser drill
Weapons: Bajoran phaser • compression phaser rifle • Galor-class phaser bank • hand phaser • Kzinti phaser • particle phaser • phaser array • phaser bank • phaser cannon • phaser emitter • phaser type-1 • phaser type-2 • phaser type-3 • phaser type-4 • phaser type-8 • Regalian phaser rifle • regenerative phaser
Other: phaser coil • phaser range • phaser relay • phaser room • phaser sweep