Reverse engineering

Reverse engineering was the process of studying a technology for the purpose of recreating it without the original design.
In the mirror universe in 2155, advised Commander that the logical course of action upon capturing the was to return it to for study, so they could reverse engineer its systems. ()
In 2259, Una Chin-Riley told Captain Christopher Pike that the pre-warp Kiley had collected enough from the 2258 Battle near Xahea, which was less than one light year away rom Kiley 279 and must have had a hundred warp signs between Kelpien and Klingon ships, to reverse engineer a matter-antimatter reactor. This collected data led to the Kiley developing a warp bomb which was mistaken by the Federation for the development of warp drive. () 
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