Crater
From Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference
- For other meanings of "Crater", please see Crater (disambiguation).
In planetary science, a crater is a bowl-shaped depression found on the surface of planetary bodies created by impacts from stellar debris. Craters can also be created by weapons fire, such as Klingon artillery shells. (DS9: "Nor the Battle to the Strong")
The impact of a Druoda series 5 long-range tactical armor unit on a planetary surface can create a crater four hundred kilometers across. (VOY: "Warhead")
In 2152, Trip Tucker recalled standing on an asteroid crater twice as high as Mount Everest to Zho'Kaan while they were stranded on a moon together. (ENT: "Dawn")
In 2355, a Ferengi starship hid within a deep lunar crater in the Maxia Zeta system, prior to ambushing the USS Stargazer in an event later known as the Battle of Maxia. (TNG: "The Battle")
In 2377, The Doctor took the damaged and severely undermanned USS Voyager into a crater on a moon with a paramagnetic core to hide from Quarren patrol ships. (VOY: "Workforce")
