Armory The armory , arsenal , weapons room , or weapons bay of a starship or other facility was a secured location in which weapon s and other offensive or defensive devices were stored to prevent unauthorized personnel from gaining access . A starship usually had only one armory . On some vessels , armories held photon torpedo es and other ship - based weapons . Starfleet armories . In Starfleet , armories existed from as early as the mid - 22nd century , when they were typically manned by an armory officer . ( ) Starfleet ship designs that incorporated an armory included the , , , , and . ( ; ; ; ; ) History of an NX - class armory . Aboard the NX - class starship , the armory was upgraded with steps between the deck and a new platform for the armory station . A third launch tube , extending under the platform , was added in 2153 . ( ) The armory was also used for phase - pistol efficiency tests and was equipped with several phase rifle weapons locker s . ( ) " Constitution " - class . In the 23rd century , " Constitution " - class starships had an entire weapons department on one of the vessel ' s decks . This department could solely maintain battle stations , while all other decks were not operating under alert conditions . In 2267 , slightly over an hour after the USS " Enterprise " rendezvoused with the adrift , Captain Kirk contacted the weapons department and ordered them to remain at battle stations , although the " Enterprise " s other decks were to change to alert standby . Upon the " Enterprise " s senior officer s forcibly retaking command from Augment s who had boarded the ship from the " Botany Bay " and were led by Khan Noonien Singh , the armory was one of the first places with which Khan lost communication from the " Enterprise " s briefing room . Shortly afterwards , Spock arranged to rendezvous with Montgomery Scott in the armory , as Spock unleashed anesthesia gas on almost every deck . Spock gave priority to securing the armory . ( ) While the Beta XII - A entity was attempting to pit the " Enterprise " s crew against the crew of under the command of Kang in 2268 , Scott checked the armory in compliance with instructions from Captain Kirk , shortly after the Klingon s broke free from detainment aboard the " Enterprise " . Much to Scott ' s surprise , he found that the armory ' s collection of phaser s were among several weapons that had somehow been transformed into antique swords , one of which was a claymore . Unbeknown to Scott at that time , this was due to the entity ' s interference . Upon learning that there were no phasers in the armory , Kirk instructed Scott to talk to Ordnance about manufacturing phaser replacements . ( ) Alternate reality . " In the alternate reality , there was at least one armory located on board the . It was accessible from a standard corridor . This area provided access to numerous phasers and phaser rifles of varying configurations , attached to the bulkhead for access by security personnel . " ( ) " Galaxy " - class . " Galaxy " - class starships had at least one weapons room , which was located on Deck 36 and required voice authorization to enter . Captain Jean - Luc Picard and First Officer William T . Riker accessed such a weapons room in 2364 , to arm themselves after learning the " Enterprise " - D had been commandeered by Bynar computer technicians . Picard alone gave voice authentication to access the weapons room , from which he and Riker took one phaser each . ( ) " Intrepid " - class . The " Intrepid " - class possessed multiple armories , one of which was on Deck 6 . ( ) Explosive charges were typically available from these armories . ( ) In 2373 , when Commander Chakotay became wary that Nyrian newcomers who had arrived on board the via mysterious exchanges of personnel and who easily outnumbered the vessel ' s crew members , the armories were among a few sensitive parts of the ship that Chakotay ordered Ensign – who was acting as the ship ' s security chief , in lieu of Lieutenant Tuvok – to place security force field s around . ( ) In 2374 , Seven of Nine visited the armory on Deck 6 of " Voyager " after she began reverting back to her Borg mindset because several of her nanoprobe s were reactivated . This armory was one of the last places she went to before forcing her way off " Voyager " , taking a phaser rifle from the armory . ( ) During a Hirogen incursion of " Voyager " later the same year , the Hirogen invaders took control of the craft ' s armories and used most of " Voyager " s crew essentially as pawns in a range of holoprograms that the Hirogen operated on board the ship , deactivating the holodeck s ' safety protocol s . While Captain Janeway planned to use charges in order to disable neural interface s that duped the crew members into believing the simulations were real , The Doctor notified her that the armories had been taken over , though Janeway opted to instead use holographic explosives from the programs themselves . ( ) " Sovereign " - class . The " Sovereign " - class had at least one area where weapons were securely stored . After the " Sovereign " - class traveled back in time from 2373 to 2063 , a security team prepared to counter a Borg invasion of the ship in such an area , taking phaser rifles from wall - mounted racks and being briefed by Captain Picard . ( ) Weapon areas on Klingon ships . Some Klingon Birds - of - Prey had an area reserved for weapons , such as a weapons room on a deck below the bridge . ( ; ) In 2154 , the Augment Lokesh spent at least a day and a half in the weapons bay of an Augment - commandeered Klingon Bird - of - Prey , modifying a torpedo so it could be used to pollute the Klingon Qu ' Vat Colony with virus es stolen from Cold Station 12 . In response to Persis implying to Malik that Lokesh may have discreetly allowed Arik Soong to leave the Bird - of - Prey – an act Persis herself had carried out – Malik cited Lokesh ' s presence in the weapons bay as an alibi for him . ( ) Puzzled by an interval in firing at the Cardassian freighter " Groumall " in 2372 , K ' Temang – the captain of another particular Bird - of - Prey – furiously ordered one of his Klingon subordinates on the bridge to get down to the weapons room and determine why the Bird - of - Prey ' s disruptors were taking so long to continue firing . ( ) Other armories . Captain Kirk was able to obtain a grenade launcher from the arsenal on the Cestus III outpost to ward off the Gorn who were on the outpost ' s perimeter . ( ) The Pakled transport " Mondor " had a weapons bay . While kidnapped by the craft ' s Pakled crew in 2365 , Geordi La Forge visited this area , where he was forced to increase antimatter charge s stored within to create highly powerful photon torpedoes that he then secretly disabled . ( ) A ground - based armory was included in the Albino ' s compound on Secarus IV . In 2370 , Jadzia Dax assisted a trio of Klingons – specifically comprised of Kor , Kang , and Koloth – to plot an attack at the compound . Dax intended to create a diversion at the armory by sabotaging the weapons facility , causing a massive explosion inside the building . Though she succeeded in this goal ( which influenced the Albino ' s head guard to temporarily divert patrols to that section of the compound ) , the Albino was wise to Dax ' s plan , ignoring the detonation . ( ) The originally - Cardassian layout of DS9 additionally incorporated an armory . In 2374 , amid a joint Dominion / Cardassian takeover of the station , Odo arranged to have his Bajoran Militia officer s report there within an hour after he managed to persuade Weyoun to allow them to carry weapons . ( ) Appendices . Background information . The term " weapons room " is from the episodes and . A similar area is called a " weapons bay " in , in addition to the area commonly described as such in the script for . As director of , Jonathan Frakes contributed to the look of the " Sovereign " - class armory . He later recalled , " " Early on I suggested some ideas for the armoury set before it was even built , and [ Production Designer ] Herman [ Zimmerman ] was able to incorporate them . " " ( ) The same armory was actually a redress of the set for the ' s cargo bay from . ( " Star Trek : First Contact " text commentary , DVD ) The design of the NX - class armory was influenced by a tour of a fast - attack submarine that Herman Zimmerman took , prior to the launch of . In fact , illustrator Doug Drexler once characterized the armory as a mixture of the strong impression this tour left on Zimmerman combined with " the best of Trek , " while also being " a departure for TV " Trek " . " In the script for , the armory set is described thus ; " " Racks of sleek torpedoes line the walls and run down of this high - tech tactical nerve center . " " The armory was also scripted to include " a work station surrounded by monitors and weapon lockers , " the room also featuring " a nearby console " and a companel . Even though the set for the NX - class " Enterprise " s armory was first represented in the second episode of " Star Trek : Enterprise " – namely , " Fight or Flight " – the set was built for the pilot episode , because the producers knew it would be needed later in the series . ( " Broken Bow " text commentary , ENT Season 1 DVD ) The set was built on Paramount Stage 18 . ( ; ) Its central " control " area contained work by Michael Okuda . For " Broken Bow " , the NX - class armory set was redressed as both Starfleet Medical as well as the observation deck of the Orbital Drydock Facility . ( " Broken Bow " text commentary , ENT Season 1 DVD ) The set was also redressed as " Enterprise " s cargo bay for later installments . ( text commentary , ENT Season 1 DVD ) The armory set was considered , by some reporters , as being possibly the most - like of the NX - class standing sets . ( ) For instance , in the August 11th issue of the Canadian " TV Guide " , Senior Writer Brian Hartigan described the armory set as the " most " Original Star Trek " - ish . " When Abbie Bernstein was given a tour of the armory set , she found that one wall had been replaced by a wooden panel , because that portion of the set had been temporarily struck . ( ) A full - size mock - up of the set was included in the exhibition " " . Apocrypha . In the novelization of " " , the area for weapons that features into that story is called a " security bay . "