Plasma field

A plasma field was an energetic plasma disruption located in the Badlands. These fields were quite extensive and made starship navigation very difficult. Sensors are also limited by plasma fields. 

The Denorios belt was a charged plasma field. 

The USS Defiant (2370) created a wake in the plasma fields of the Badlands, so much so that they were almost detectable, even under cloak. 

While on their way back to the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) in 2369, Geordi La Forge told Deanna Troi, Picard, and Data about his experience to touch a plasma field at the psychological conference they had just visited. He described this as an amazing experience and explained that the plasma moved up onto his arm and was very warm, like "taking a bath in pure energy". 

In 2369 Benjamin Sisko and Kira Nerys detected elevated thoron emissions in the plasma field of Deep Space 9, suggesting it came from the high traffic in the area. 

A plasma field generated by a band of Jem'Hadar pulled Julian Bashir and Miles O'Brien's runabout onto the surface of Bopak III in 2372. 

In 2373, Benjamin Sisko and Michael Eddington used the impulse exhaust of a runabout to detonate a plasma field aft of them, hoping to damage or destroy several pursuing Jem'Hadar attack ships. The plan worked and the detonation of the plasma field knocked the enemy ships off course. 

A Federation troop convoy used the plasma fields of the Badlands to hide their movements from the Dominion in 2374. 

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