Plasma injector A plasma injector was a component of a starship ' s warp drive system , the EPS , which propelled drive plasma into the warp coil s . ( ) Throttles regulated the flow of this plasma into the injectors . ( , " display graphic " ) If the antimatter reaction rate on an vessel dropped to nine percent , the plasma injectors would lock up and the nacelle s would not reinitialize . ( ) The starboard plasma injector on the " Delta Flyer " tended to get somewhat hot at full impulse . ( ) In 2063 , Geordi La Forge reported to Zefram Cochrane that the " Phoenix " s plasma injectors were online , shortly before the ship began its historic warp flight . ( ) In 2152 , Zobral complimented Commander Charles Tucker III ' s repairs on his damaged vessel . Tucker shrugged it off , telling him it was only a couple of clogged plasma injectors . ( ) Later that year , Rianna Mayweather aligned the plasma injectors of the . ( ) In 2153 , Skalaar contacted Gaavrin , his brother , and told him he had captured Jonathan Archer . He planned to hand Archer over to the Klingon Empire for 9 , 000 darsek s , which he thought was enough to get his ship , the " Tezra " back . Gaavrin told him that the reward wouldn ' t change his decision to help his brother , to which Skalaar asked him if he wanted to scrub plasma injectors for the rest of his life . ( ) " In 2165 of an alternate timeline , Jonathan Archer , T ' Pol , and Dr . Phlox destroyed " Enterprise " by overloading three plasma injectors , which sent a feedback pulse through the warp reactor to create a subspace implosion within the ship , eliminating the interspatial parasite s located in Archer ' s brain . " ( ) In 2154 , an Illyrian captain offered the damaged " Enterprise " a few plasma injectors or some antimatter , but not a needed primary warp coil . ( ) Later that year , Lorian , Charles Tucker III ' s son from an alternate timeline , stole all five of " Enterprise " s plasma injectors from the injector assembly for use on his " Enterprise " so he could meet with Degra in Jonathan Archer ' s place . Lorian did this to reduce the chance of " Enterprise " being thrown again to the year 2037 in the Kovaalan nebula . Earlier , " Enterprise " had gained upgrades from Haradin traders for the plasma injectors to allow " Enterprise " to travel at warp 6 . 9 for brief periods . Lorian ' s " Enterprise " could not reach this speed as the plasma injectors were too old . ( ) In 2370 , Geordi La Forge was unable to shut down the plasma injectors of the " Enterprise " - D because Lieutenant Daniel Kwan had locked them out so he could commit suicide by jumping through the plasma stream in one of the " Enterprise " s nacelles . ( ) Later that year , a plasma injector leak aboard the runabout " " caused the vessel to enter the Bajoran wormhole with an only partially - collapsed warp field . This had the effect of transporting the runabout , along with its two crewmembers , Major Kira Nerys and Doctor Julian Bashir , to a parallel universe . Kira and Bashir were later able to return to their own universe by recreating the accident and going back through the wormhole . ( ) In 2371 , Neelix fretted about having a child with Kes while she was undergoing the " elogium " and warned her that their child might start playing with the ' s plasma injectors . ( ) In 2372 , while running a shuttle simulation with Kes on " Voyager " s holodeck , Tom Paris clogged up the plasma injectors on the shuttlecraft to make the simulation more difficult . Kes referred to it as a " " dirty trick " " . ( ) In 2373 , Chief Miles O ' Brien was unable to bring the plasma injectors of a crashed Jem ' Hadar warship online due to the ion regulator being damaged . ( ) The same year , Tieran occupying Kes ' body remodulated the plasma injector of his shuttle to suppress its warp signature . ( ) Later , the plasma injectors on " Voyager " were malfunctioning as a result of the plasma flow in the manifold being constricted . Neelix suggested to B ' Elanna Torres that she phase lock them to the dilithium matrix , which she ' d already done . ( ) A little later , an attack by the " Nerada " took the plasma injectors of the USS " Voyager " off - line so the ship couldn ' t engage warp drive . ( ) In 2374 , a plasma injector conduit was among many items stolen from the " Voyager " by and his pirate s . ( ) In 2375 , The Doctor had a holographic image of Torres ' foot stuck in a plasma injector . ( ) Later that year , Torres tried to shut down " Voyager " s plasma injectors and the warp core in an effort to avoid detection from the Devore Imperium in the Tehara system . It was ultimately unsuccessful . ( ) In 2376 , a Borg cube damaged the " Delta Flyer " s plasma injectors so the warp drive couldn ' t be engaged , despite Harry Kim ' s attempts to clear the injectors . ( )