The Mark VI Photon Torpedo is a Rare Chaos Tech artifact that slots onto the U.S.S. Reliant and turns it into a sharper hostile grinder. Its headline effect is a round-start chance to apply Hull Breach to Wrath of Khan hostiles, backed by a large boost to base Hull Health and extra Champion Trophy rewards from hostile chests. If you run the Reliant against WOK targets, it earns its slot.
What Mark VI Photon Torpedo does
Every buff on the Mark VI Photon Torpedo keys off the U.S.S. Reliant, so it only pays out when the Reliant is the ship you send in. The primary effect fires at the start of a combat round and has a chance to apply Hull Breach to [WOK] hostiles for three rounds, a debuff that wears down enemy hull while it lasts. That chance opens at 10% and rises to 100% at max tier and level, so a fully invested torpedo lands the breach almost every round.
Values below are current as of the latest game data.
| Buff | Unlocks at tier | Unlock value | Max value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chance to apply Hull Breach to [WOK] hostiles for 3 rounds (U.S.S. Reliant) | 1 | 10% | 100% |
| Champion Trophy rewards from hostile chests (U.S.S. Reliant) | 1 | 0.5% | 50% |
| Base Hull Health | 2 | 25% | 2,000% |
In play the Hull Breach chance shortens WOK fights, the Hull Health line keeps the Reliant standing through them, and the Champion Trophy bonus means each of those kills returns more from its chest.
How to get Mark VI Photon Torpedo
The Mark VI Photon Torpedo is Chaos Tech, so it runs on the Chaos Tech economy rather than standard Forbidden Tech fragments. You open a Chaos Tech slot, or clear a piece off a ship, with Chaos Tech Fusion Rods, which you earn in the Continuum refinery or buy from the Store. The artifact itself comes together from Chaos Tech Fragments, which you exchange into Chaos Tech materials in the Continuum refinery once you have collected excess Chaos Tech shards. Most of the work routes through the Continuum refinery, so that is where you spend your time.
Upgrading Mark VI Photon Torpedo
Upgrading splits into two tracks. Tiering up raises the level cap and switches on later buffs; the Hull Health boost, for instance, stays dark until tier 2. Leveling up then scales the values you have already unlocked. The Mark VI Photon Torpedo runs to tier 12 and level 60.
| Ebene | Level cap | Kosten |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Starting tier, no cost |
| 7 | 35 | 27,000 Chaos Tech Tier-Up Catalyst |
| 12 | 60 | 30,000 Chaos Tech Tier-Up Catalyst |
Reaching max tier costs 272,000 Chaos Tech Tier-Up Catalyst in total. Leveling from 2 to 60 runs 155,825 Chaos Tech Reactor and 366,000 Chaosmatter. You farm the Reactor and Chaosmatter by defeating Assimilated El-Aurian hostiles and exchanging their loot in the Continuum refinery.
Best ships and uses for Mark VI Photon Torpedo
Every buff names the U.S.S. Reliant, so this piece has exactly one home. Put it on the Reliant and point that ship at [WOK] hostiles, where both the Hull Breach chance and the Champion Trophy bonus apply. This is a grinding tool first: faster WOK kills and richer chests make it a strong pick for players farming that hostile set. If you are working through hostile farming more broadly, our hostile guide covers the crew and target choices that pair with it. Away from the Reliant against WOK targets the torpedo does nothing, so there is no reason to shuffle it between ships.
Mark VI Photon Torpedo in Star Trek
The Mark VI photon torpedo comes straight from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. It was the torpedo standard to Starfleet ships of that era, including Constitution- and Intrepid-class vessels, and the U.S.S. Reliant carried them into the battle at the Mutara Nebula against Khan. The weapon’s most famous moment is not an attack at all. After Spock gives his life to save the Enterprise, his crewmates lay him to rest in a photon torpedo casing and fire it toward the newly formed Genesis planet. The game leans on that Reliant connection, which is why the artifact only works aboard that ship.
Is Mark VI Photon Torpedo worth it?
As a Rare piece tied to one ship and one hostile type, the Mark VI Photon Torpedo is worth chasing only if you actually farm WOK hostiles on the Reliant. For those players it is a clear yes: quicker kills, a sturdier ship, and better chest rewards all stack on a single slot. If the Reliant is not part of your grinding plan, spend your Chaos Tech materials elsewhere. Take it as far as your WOK farming justifies rather than maxing it on principle.