Lead
From Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference.
| Name: | Lead |
| Symbol: | Pb |
| Atomic Number: | 82 |
Lead is an element, number 82 on the periodic table.
Old 23rd century type impulse packs (part of the impulse engines) were insulated with lead points. When a ship had been through trauma it was best to check the points of the packs, because if they had decayed, when activated they could take out the entire impulse deck.
After encountering the galactic barrier, Lee Kelso checked the impulse engines and did not notice that the points were decayed. (TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before")
Crewman Mariah Henley remarked that her legs felt "like lead pipes" even before Tuvok made her and other Maquis members of the USS Voyager crew run 10 kilometers. (VOY: "Learning Curve")
