I have redesigned this page to accomodate this. However! It's been many, many years since then, and over time the popular opinion has the original Type-3b to be the FIRST model, making the Type-3a now the 3b. 'Empok Nor ' and in Star Trek: Insurrection.
The designations �Type-IIIa� and 'Type-IIIb'Īre ones I chose to differentiate between them, and was initially based on the fact that one version, with its slim, rounded, almost phallic barrel hasīeen seen more often since: on Voyager carried by Nog in DS9's There were originally two versions, which are almost identical.
Introduced for Star Trek: First Contact - mercifully I couldn�tīear the thought of Picard and co. Type-IIIc was introduced as a further upgrade of the Type-III, with improved That fired by pulse phaser cannons on the Defiant-class starship. Plasma acceleration to provide a powerful bolt of energy similar to Assault rifles, the Type-IIIa and its successor the Type-IIIb utilise
