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The Romulan prototype interphase generator

An interphase generator was an experimental cloaking technology. It was made by combining a molecular phase inverter with a cloaking device. Matter exposed to the interphase generator would both be phased and cloaked, making it both undetectable to sensors and out of phase with normal matter, allowing the subjected matter to pass through normal matter.

The Romulan Empire developed a prototype interphase generator in 2368 and tested it on a science vessel retrofitted with such a device. The test had mixed success - Romulan officer Parem was phased and cloaked but the generator failed (although Starfleet officers Geordi La Forge and Ro Laren would also be cloaked and phased), severely damaging the ship and releasing chroniton particles.

Using an anyon emitter would bring phased matter back in to phase with normal matter.

Several years prior to 2368, the Klingon Empire attempted to develop their own interphase generator technology. However, the development never got out of its preliminary stages due to several accidents. (TNG: "The Next Phase")

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