Gauss gun

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  • Starfleet away team materiel in use by early 2379 (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
  • Intended for use in aiding the scaling of rocky surfaces (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
  • Electromagnetically propels a piton with microthin duranium cable into a rocky surface, providing a line to aid in climbing (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
    • Additionally capable of retracting with sufficient strength to carry an adult Human male at slow velocity (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)