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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] [QUOTE]I've heard all sorts of stories about the ship putting the wings down so the disruptors could be placed in "optimum firing position," but that doesn't make sense if the cannons were targetable anyway.[/QUOTE]Well, we could say that having both cannon below ship centerline allows them to be brought to bear on a proximity target simultaneously, while a horizontal wing position would create cones of blindness to the sides for one of the cannon. And since the captains of Trek can't be bothered to roll their ships anyway... But then we'd have to think up a reason for bringing the wings up to horizontal in the first place. Apparently, that's not the optimal atmospheric movement position or anything, because the ships attack planets wings down in ST5, "Once More Unto the Breach" and so forth. And the ship is perfectly capable of non-aerodynamic hover anyway, and has been since the introduction in ST3 - the only people who have bothered with wings-horizontal for atmospheric entry have been the Federation thieves who didn't know how to operate the ship properly... I don't think we have ever seen a BoP at warp with wings fully down or up, though. So perhaps the wings help manipulate the warp field somehow, while doing dual duty as weapons mounts? Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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