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== Technology == | == Technology == | ||
Although they are an ancient race, Hirogen technology is not superior to Starfleet's, although their "tetryon"-based weapons were unfamiliar. | Hirogen technology was not made for comfort. It, like its makers, was focused on the hunt. The Hirogen body armor had internal life support, with a breathing apparatus over the mouth and nose, and it can protect a Hirogen hunter while seeking prey in most hostile environments, including the surface of a collapsed star. (VOY: "Prey") | ||
The Hirogen have an arsenal of various formidable weapons, including a tetryon rifle with a sensor display that helps a hunter to track his prey. (VOY: "Hunters", "Flesh and Blood") They also have a device that seems to function much like a tricorder, which reveals bio-data on the captured prey. A Hirogen hunter learned from scanning Seven of Nine that she had a long coiled intestine, which he believed would make an unusual relic. (VOY: "Hunters") | |||
Hirogen ships made use of various technologies including torpedo launchers, shield emitters and sensors. (VOY: "Flesh and Blood") Hirogen vessels were also equipped with a subnucleonic beam that could perform rapid scans of other vessels and could severely disable another ship, disrupting its propulsion and its navigational sensors. Once a targeted ship was disabled, the Hirogen can use their tractor beam technology to tractor in their prey. Their ships also have monotanium armor plating. This plating offers extra protection and it had the added effect of scattering targeting beams. (VOY: "Hunters") Hirogen vessels were also able to mask their engines by operating in stealth mode, when they wish to track a vessel without alerting it to their presence. (VOY: "Flesh and Blood") The command center of the Hirogen vessel had a large metallic sphere with deep intersecting grooves. Manipulating the rods set into the unit can alter the vessel's speed and attitude. Information about incoming fire, the stability of the Hirogen ship's hull armor and navigational sensors were also relayed through this station. (VOY: "Hunters", "Prey", "Flesh and Blood") | |||
They communicated over a subspace relay network. (VOY: "Message in a Bottle") This alien network was over 100,000 years old and extends to within communication range of the Alpha Quadrant. The relays were powered by artificial quantum singularities, similar to Romulan warp drives. Each of these relays produced an intense gravitational field. Voyager destroyed one of the relays and the energy from the quantum singularity created a massive discharge that disabled the stations on the relay network. (VOY: "Hunters") | |||
This didn't seem to upset their long range communication, as information about Federation holographic technology seems to have traveled great distances, passing Voyager on its way home. Perhaps the unidentified arrays of antennae on top of the holofacility were responsible. | |||
Hirogen Station Flesh and BloodHirogen holodeck outpost | |||
The Hirogen started making use of holographic technology in the form of holographic training facilities after being given an optronic data core by Captain Janeway in 2374. (VOY: "The Killing Game, Part II") These training facilities combined Hirogen technology with Federation technology, as components such as LCARS-style controls were present. (VOY: "Flesh and Blood") | |||
The ketric was a distance measurement used by the Hirogen. (VOY: "Hunters") Although they are an ancient race, Hirogen technology is not superior to Starfleet's, although their "tetryon"-based weapons were unfamiliar. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||