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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] The torpedo system might also have been intentionally "dumbed down" for training use - every man-serviceable part exposed to scrutiny, every manual override turned into a primary control system. The system seen in TMP could have been more extensively automated (although of course we only saw the user end of it, namely Chekov's console). As for phaser systems, the performance and reaction time of "phaser crews" was a concern to Kirk back in "The Corbomite Maneuver" already. Presumably there was a long cascade from Kirk's "Fire!" through Sulu's keypress through some unknown steps to the moment a phaser team leader says "Firing!" and presses the actual trigger. Why? Well, phasers appeared to be really finicky machines back in "Balance of Terror", breaking down after just a few shots. Perhaps a large repair team had to tend to the prissy thing, and a man-in-the-loop would wait until this team told the phaser was safely powered up before deciding whether to fire or abort. Phasers would grow more reliable by the movie era, yet they need not be completely automated at that time, either. We never saw the Enterprise fire phasers when she was rigged for "a monkey and two trainees"... Incidentally, where did that 300 crew figure for ST6 come from? Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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