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Tetryon radiation is one of the seven classes of
subspace radiation (the others are
hyperonic,
nadion,
amnion,
metreon,
verteron
and SEM). Tetryons are
phased particles created from the coupling of
nadions
(or metreons)
and phased
baryons. Tetryon particles are generally low energy and have a half-life
of about 30 minutes outside of subspace; as such, the presence of tetryon
radiation is often an indicator of a subspace intrusion into realspace (a
rift or other anomaly).
Dense tetryon fields react with subspace
fields, siphoning off energy and re-emitting it as
SEM
gamma rays,
making them potentially hazardous to warp driven starships. This effect is
used in reverse on Romulan cloaking devices to absorb
SEM and
electromagnetic radiation, preventing the particles from escaping from
the cloaking field, where they may be detected. As such, tetryon particles
can sometimes be detected near the perimeter of a Romulan vessel's cloaking
field. Tetryons can be neutralized by a coherent
graviton
pulse. |
