Star Trek
Starfleet Corps of Engineers #23: Wildfire Book 1
Chapter One
1.01 Causing Localized Seismic Disruptions with Tricorder and/or Combadge
Signals
Although creating controlled seismic events is extremely dangerous, they can be
an effective deterrent if executed properly - blocking the path of a pursuer
or group of pursuers in a wilderness setting by causing the collapse of a large
volume of earth, rock, snow, or other material.
This effect is sometimes easy to create with well-placed phaser blasts, but if
phasers are not available or have malfunctioned, a variety of terrains might
prove susceptible to disruption through the use of ultrasonic and hypersonic
signals from a combadge or tricorder. Regions with great quantities of loose
rock, muddy earth, or heavy accumulations of snow or similar frozen
precipitation can be induced to collapse by using focused sonic waves to reduce
their overall strength and cohesion.
For maximum effect, such controlled events should be directed into gullies,
narrow canyon passages, or other close areas, providing the greatest degree of
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