Weapons array Weapons array was a term used to describe the interconnected series of starship - mounted offensive technologies used by a particular vessel . In 2151 , managed to disable the shields of an attacking Malurian starship by beaming an antimatter reactor into close proximity to the Malurian s and detonating it with a torpedo . Sub - Commander T ' Pol then ordered Lieutenant Malcolm Reed to disable the ship ' s weapons array . ( ) In 2368 , while investigating recovered wreckage of a Vulcan ship , Lieutenant Commander La Forge initially suspected that the debris in the possession of the was part of a weapons array , but the Vulcan s reported no stolen weapons . ( ) In 2370 , the powering - up of the weapons array of a rogue Borg vessel was detected by the crew of the " Enterprise " , allowing Doctor Beverly Crusher , who was in temporary command at the time , to raise the ship ' s shields in time to defend itself from an attack . ( ) Later that year , while the " Enterprise " was engaged in battle with a Ferengi starship , Captain Picard ordered Lieutenant Worf to target the Ferengi s ' weapons array only , in order to minimize the damage that would be inflicted on the rest of the ship . ( ) That same year , while testing a new photon torpedo guidance system , Lieutenant Worf performed thirteen separate tests of the " Enterprise " s weapons array to determine why a fired torpedo had veered off course , but was unable to find an explanation . ( ) Commander Benjamin Sisko , aboard the runabout , managed to disable the power coupling s to the weapons array of a Maquis vessel with which he was engaged in combat . This forced the pilot of the Maquis ship , former Starfleet officer , Lieutenant Commander Calvin Hudson , to make a strategic retreat . ( ) In 2371 , the ' s weapons array took a direct hit while engaged in battle with a number of Kazon vessels . Chakotay subsequently decided to beam his entire Maquis crew over to " Voyager " , and use his ship to ram one of the Kazon vessels , inflicting serious damage . ( ) Later that year , while trapped in a delusional state , The Doctor fantasized that he was the last person left on board " Voyager " after a Kazon attack . Upon asking the computer for a damage report , he learned that , amongst other problems , the ship ' s weapons array was offline . ( ) That same year , a Changeling infiltrator managed to bring the weapons array of the online and take control of the ship , with the intention of attacking a Tzenkethi outpost and starting a war between them and the Federation . The Changeling was eventually foiled by the crew of the " Defiant " . ( ) Following the emergence of the Dominion threat , Deep Space 9 underwent a massive overhaul of its weapons array in 2371 . It was first used in combat against the Klingon s in the First Battle of Deep Space 9 and a year later during the Second Battle of Deep Space 9 against the Dominion . ( ) In 2372 , while attempting to find a vulnerability in an alien vessel , Lieutenant Tuvok detected a slight phase retraction when auxiliary power was transferred to the aliens ' aft weapons systems , and that a covariant phaser pulse to their aft control systems might disable the vessels ' entire phaser array . When testing this theory in combat , however , it did not work . ( ) Later that year , while engaged in battle with Kazon ships , " Voyager " s weapons array was disabled , as were their shields . While " Voyager " was engaged in battle with the Botha , they managed to fire upon one of the enemy vessels ' weapons array , but not enough to severely damage it . It was later determined , however , that the enemy vessels were not actually real , and that the Botha were using their telepathic abilities to create illusory starships . ( ) A Vidiian starship was able to destroy the ' s weapons array via the use of a hyper - thermic charge . ( ) That same year , in a parallel universe , a Klingon officer reported to Regent that a new vessel was being constructed by Terran rebels that displayed " an impressive weapons array . " ( )