The TR-116 was a Starfleet rifle.

Development[]

The TR-116 was developed in the 2370s decade by Starfleet Security to operate in energy dampening fields or radiogenic environments, places where a phaser would not function. The rifle used tritanium bullets that were propelled chemically. Although design schematics were drawn up and replication patterns kept, the project was abandoned in favor of regenerative phasers. (DS9 episode: "Field of Fire")

History[]

In the year 2373, the USS Budapest was one of five test-bed starships that had TR-116 rifles aboard. When the Budapest engaged the Borg at the Battle of Sector 001, Sam Bowers and other crewmembers used the rifles against the Borg, killing many of them and stopping them from assimilating more members of the crew. Bowers had to also use the rifle to kill his assimilated crewmates, including Captain Sh'Raazn. (DS9 novel: Lesser Evil)

In 2375, Lieutenant Chu'lak, unstable due to the loss of his friends aboard the USS Grissom, replicated a TR-116 rifle on Deep Space 9. He also made modifications to it, adding a micro-transporter and an exographic targeting sensor device. He targeted several crewmembers who had photographs openly displaying emotions in their quarters, and murdered them with the rifle before being stopped by Ezri Dax, who also used a TR-116. (DS9 episode: "Field of Fire")

During a game of Clue with her mother on the USS Cerritos in 2381, Beckett Mariner guessed that the TR-116 was the murder weapon: "it was the chef, in the biolab, with the sniper rifle that can shoot through walls." (LD episode: "wej Duj")

TR-116 rifles were used by MACO soldiers from the USS Thunderchild against the Undine. Sergeant Paul Stiles was found of the weapon, which he and his fellow MACOS nicknamed “T-Rex”. (STO novel: The Needs of the Many)

By 2410, the TR-116 was renamed the TR-116A while a new version, the TR-116B, was fielded. With the advent of personal deflector shields, the TR-116B was designed to penetrate through them fully. (Star Trek Online)

First splinter timeline[]

The crew of the USS Enterprise used TR-116 rifles during their peacekeeping duties on Tezwa. The rifles were said to be able to shoot through walls, indicating that Chu'lak's modifications were later adopted and standardized for use in the field. They also used its sister weapon, the TR-120. (TNG - A Time to... novel: A Time to Heal)

In 2381, the crews of the USS Enterprise and Aventine used TR-116 rifles to defeat Hirogen boarders. TR-116 rifles were also used in a battle to seize control of a Borg interceptor . (ST - Destiny novels: Mere Mortals, Lost Souls)

Appendices[]

Appearances[]

• DS9 episode: "Field of Fire"
• ST novel: A Time to Heal
• ST novel: Mere Mortals
• ST novel: Lost Souls
• ST novel: The Poisoned Chalice

Connections[]

Federation Starfleet hand-held weapons
Directed energy weapons	type-1 phaser/hand phaser	Sestra phaser I • Atalskes phaser III • Sestra phaser IB • mark V personal phaser
	type-2 phaser/phaser pistol	Sestra phaser II • Atalskes phaser IV • Sestra phaser IIB • mark VI battle phaser • phaser (Kelvin timeline)
	type-3 phaser/phaser rifle	phaser rifle (23rd century) • mark VII phaser rifle • type III phaser rifle • compression phaser rifle • enhanced compression rifle • phaser rifle (Kelvin timeline)
	miscellaneous	assault rifle • infinity modulator • isomagnetic disintegrator • laser pistol • laser rifle • neural disruptor • phase pistol • sniper rifle
Projectile weapons		compound grenade launcher • photon burst • quantum burst • TR-116 • TR-120

External link[]

• TR-116 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.