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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ryan McReynolds: [QB] Yes, there were only two beams ever seen at a time, and they always fired from the region immediately around/above the lower sensor dome. Discrepancies there are probably due solely to primitive compositing techniques. The "proximity" phasers from "Balance of Terror" were often reused as photon torpedoes, but if I'm not mistaken, there was also a newer torpedo effect. In either case, it was again two apparent tubes, firing in either simultaneous bursts or alternating. That said, there were more phasers and torpedoes in dialogue than ever seen. Offhand, in "The Paradise Syndrome," they fire phasers one and two, and then phasers three and four. After each command, the same footage of two blue beams in two consecutive volleys is seen. This might suggest that "phaser one" is the first blast of both phasers, "phaser two" the second, and so on. Or it might be a low budget requiring stock footage. :) There is also a reference to aft phasers in the damage control stock sound loop, I think. I can't remember the title of the episode relevant to torpedoes, but there is one where they mention tubes "one through six." In any case, they always fired from the same place as the phasers, and there never seemed to be more than two actual tubes. The theory was that they were like revolvers, with three "tubes" per launcher that get preloaded for more rapid firing. I could get screencaps of most of the stock shots from the DVDs I have... [/QB][/QUOTE]
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