Editing Gorn (section)

=='''Technology'''==
[[Image:gornfleet.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A Gorn task force]]

Gorn technology is at a similar level to the Federation. Their ships are about as fast as Starfleet vessels thanks to shared technology. Gorn ships use disruptors. Gorn infantry units possess powerful disruptors, capable of completely disintegrating targets at ranges of around a kilometer. Sensor technology is slightly less effective than that of the Federation. They have recently begun developing their own cloaking devices. Until this point they had only the cloaking devices that they took off captured or destroyed Romulan ships.

They have had Warp Drive for as long as humans, but have been using particle weapons for only about half that time. They still use melee weapons and have a fondness for explosives and projectiles.


Gorn technology is on par with that of the Federation, though the Gorn are less worried about how Technology is achieved. Many Gorn advances are the result of capture of early Federation, Klingon, or Romulan vessels. In the case of the Federation, though, the vessels and crew are almost always returned unharmed. Most believe Gorn engineering to use a 'push hard till it moves' style. While this is more or less accurate, the Gorn have made this method into an artform. It's not unusual for a Gorn vessel to be equipped with multiple warp cores (2 is the most common), but the extra power created is always used in reasonable manners to prevent the ships from tearing themselves apart.

Gorn vessels are equipped with phasers similar to Federation vessels, but instead of Photon Torpedos, Gorn ships come equipped with Plasma Torpedos.

==='''Plasma Torpedos'''===
The Plasma torpedo begins life as a large slug of duranium alloy, though it can be dopped with intentional impurities to achieve a desired effect. The slug is fitted with a high power shield generator and homing warhead to direct the weapon at its desired target. When loaded, the slug is super-heated until the point that it explodes into pure energy. The plasma is contained with the warhead containment shield, holding it in a sort of ball shape. Activating a plasma torpedo is costly and energy intensive, making them a low-use weapon, but the results are well worth the trouble, as a Type-R Plasma torpedo can do devastating damage to an enemy vessel.
Plasma Torpedos have a short range, and lose power as they travel. At close range, they seek out and home in on their targets.

==='''Enveloping Plasma Torpedo'''===
A Plasma Torpedo that has been properly doped and the energy level altered can be set to envelope the enemy vessel and cause damage to all shields simultaneously. Due to the nature of shield harmonics, though, the plasma energy travels along the enemy shields and gathers at the weakest one, causing the most damage there. Should a shield be down, the energy will leak through and cause internal damage to the vessel.

==='''Experimental Type-20 Plasma Torpedo'''===
Designed as one of the most destructive Plasma Torpedos in the Gorn navy, the Type-20 has all the abilities of other plasma torpedos, but highly amplified. In addition, they can cause sensor blindness and high levels of Delta radiation on their intended targets. Originally the project had been scrapped due to the Delta radiation causing illness in workers handling the weapons, the weakness has thus been fixed. Intended for use on Starbases and battlestations, the Type-20 has found use in Starships due to the miniaturization of Gorn technology and improvements in ship's systems. The Type-20 is currently in extremely limited testing.

==='''Plasma Beam'''===
In extreme circumstances, a Plasma Torpedo can be further charged and used as a direct fire weapon. The warhead is absorbed into the plasma stream, then the plasma is concentrated down into a tight beam. The beam is shot from the launcher at the opposing ship, concentrating immense amounts of damage at a very small point, allowing the beam to puncture shields and affect the target directly. This has a downside, though, as the launcher is destroyed in the process of supercharging the Torpedo and emitting the beam.

==='''Cloaking Device'''===
A limited amount of Gorn vessels are equipped with a cloaking device. The majority of these were salvaged from Klingon or Romulan vessels, but recently, the Gorn have begun to develop their own cloaking technology based upon the Romulan standards. While primitive at this stage, the Gorn cloak is showing great promise.