One is that while a shield can stop a subspace shockwave on one frequency or phase state at any given time, the others would slip through and inflict damage. This is what makes the transphasic torpedo so deadly, and the effects are twofold. As for the rest of it, the best I can manage is that subspace, at least when disrupted, shifts and undulates on frequencies similar to how ripples in water have a frequency, except that subspace can be disrupted on multiple frequencies at the same time and in the same space. In that respect, it weaponizes what happened to Praxis, but on a much smaller scale.
It's described as creating a 'subspace compression pulse' that exists in 'an asymmetric superposition of phase states'.Īnd yes, I know this is technically non-canon, but I have literally nothing else to work with.Īs best as I can translate, transphasic torpedoes cause damage by creating a shockwave in subspace just as a conventional explosive creates a shockwave in air, or a burst of radiation in a vacuum. The best description I've ever been able to find of how Transphasic torpedoes work is from the Destiny novels. "Transphasic" doesn't really tell us anything about how the weapon works, any more than "Photon torpedo" tells us straight away it's an antimatter-based weapon. It also depends on if phasing through objects before detonating is what the transphasic torpedoes are actually doing - it's been a while since I watched "Endgame" but I don't recall anyone saying that's how they worked, just that they could one-shot Borg cubes. Of course it'd then just detonate on the hull and the Big G couldn't handle that anyway. It is possible that these pulse generators (and presumably the newer versions that would logically have been mounted on Pegasus) could interfere with whatever effect the fancy torpedo uses. Galactica, for instance, probably can't - but she was stated to have big electric pulse generators that could help disable missiles (either warheads or guidance) - they were removed by the start of the series and were aboard Colonial One, and Lee used them to stop their civvie fleet being wiped out by Cylon nukes, so they may have been re-installed.
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