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A '''torpedo launch bay''' houses a torpedo launcher aboard a ship or station, along with accompanying equipment.  This includes torpedo fuel and warhead reactant tankage, elevator/conveyors from the [[Torpedo Magazine]], piping for gas injectors, trunking for tactical sensor inputs, and spare parts. As with most space-based weaponry, it is heavily automated.  Since the torpedos are armed here, the bay is surrounded by a reinforced mesh of foamed vac-whisker silicon-copper-duranite insulation sandwiched between heavy sheets of duranuim.  This, coupled with containment fields, is designed to reduce damage to the rest of the ship in case of an accident or malfunction involving the tube or its torpedos.
'''Veloz Prime''' is a [[Class M]] planet inside the [[Demilitarized Zone]] and the former site of a [[Cardassian]] colony. It shares a small blue star with two uninhabitable [[Class N]] planets called Veloz Dos and Veloz Trike.  Its economy centered around agricultural goods, herd animals, and the spice trade.  


The bay is manned by [[Tactical]] personnel, and on [[Starfleet]] vessels is overseen by a [[Gunner's Mate]].   Sufficient room to allow maintenance and servicing is designed into the bays, but on some classes of ship this can only be done using [[Jefferies tube]]s. There is also a small monitoring room which allows constant watch over the system. It is tied into the ship/station's tactical sensor grid, allowing the torpedomen to see the same information that is relayed to and from the [[Bridge]] Tactical station.
In 2373, the [[Maquis]], led by Michael Eddington, detonated three stratospheric torpedoes laden with a biogenic toxin in Veloz Prime's atmosphere. The nerve agent spread across the planet, forcing the Cardassians to evacuate. The Maquis settled the planet shortly after. (''DS9'': "For the Uniform")


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In an agreement with the Cardassians in 2376, the settlers were allowed to stay and self-govern themselves.  The [[Bajoran]]s acted as mediators during the negotiations, although the accord was very unpopular among the citizens of neighboring planets.  Four years later, the ultranationalist Gul Arrod invaded the planet and arrested several former Maquis to be tried as criminals.  After months of negotiations, the [[Federation]] was able to secure their release---after threatening to scale back recovery supplies for the war-torn [[Cardassia Prime]].
 
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Veloz Prime is a Class M planet inside the Demilitarized Zone and the former site of a Cardassian colony. It shares a small blue star with two uninhabitable Class N planets called Veloz Dos and Veloz Trike. Its economy centered around agricultural goods, herd animals, and the spice trade.

In 2373, the Maquis, led by Michael Eddington, detonated three stratospheric torpedoes laden with a biogenic toxin in Veloz Prime's atmosphere. The nerve agent spread across the planet, forcing the Cardassians to evacuate. The Maquis settled the planet shortly after. (DS9: "For the Uniform")

In an agreement with the Cardassians in 2376, the settlers were allowed to stay and self-govern themselves. The Bajorans acted as mediators during the negotiations, although the accord was very unpopular among the citizens of neighboring planets. Four years later, the ultranationalist Gul Arrod invaded the planet and arrested several former Maquis to be tried as criminals. After months of negotiations, the Federation was able to secure their release---after threatening to scale back recovery supplies for the war-torn Cardassia Prime.

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