Spatial torpedoes were a weapons load carried aboard Starfleet ships during the 22nd century. Prior to the development of the phase cannon, these torpedoes were the most powerful weapon in a standard ship's armament.

Unlike later photon and quantum torpedoes, the loading and firing of spatial torpedoes was partly manual. Inactive torpedoes were stored on racks in the armory. When a ship engaged in combat, the torpedo was removed from its holding rack and placed on a launching rail, which inserted the torpedo into its firing tube. The torpedo could then be fired, either from the tactical console on the bridge or the firing console in the armory. (ENT: "Fight or Flight")

Spatial torpedoes were a somewhat ineffective weapon against an opponent with deflector shields, as the torpedoes would bounce off the shields at impact and detonation. Also the torpedo engine made the weapon so slow, that it could be shot down with point-defense particle weapons prior to impact. (ENT: "Fight or Flight")

Spatial torpedoes were part of the original armament inventory of the Enterprise NX-01, and could be launched from six points on the ship's hull: four forward tubes, attached to the armory, and two aft. The ship was equipped with experimental photonic torpedoes prior to the starship's mission to the Delphic Expanse, but Enterprise kept its complement of spatial torpedoes. (ENT: "The Expanse")

One type of spatial torpedo were triton-class. These torpedoes share similar detonation layouts to the cloaked Romulan mines that Enterprise encountered in 2152, deployed in a system annexed by the Romulan Star Empire. (ENT: "Minefield")

See alsoEdit

• Spatial charge