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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] I gather that what we are looking for are devices that can create the beams that sweep the path clear of larger debris. The devices that generate more generic, englobing shields (whether for navigation or combat) can be assumed to be invisible to the exterior, or only manifesting as that "shield grid" that has become inseparable of Sternbach-era starship design. If we accept the grey domes of the Constitution-refit and the Miranda as the actual sweep-beam emitters, then we could just as well accept the two rather large domes on the underside of the Constellation saucer as similar emitters. They look extremely well placed for such a function, and seem to have similarly flattened/angled forward surfaces. See [URL=http://w1.314.telia.com/~u31412328/bas/valkyrie.jpg] here[/URL]: there are two pairs of domes to choose from. And if we start believing in under-saucer domes, then we have a deflector for USS Centaur, too. That leaves only one TOS-movie era ship without an obvious domed deflector beam emitter - the Excelsior, which has the blue dish but not hte grey domes. OTOH, "Generations" also establishes canonically that the dish *is* called the navigational deflector... Timo Saloniemi P.S. "Exhibit C" in that trekbbs.com thread is the one that shows the single ventral aft phasers on the impulse engine assembly, the ones I've been ranting about now and then. Now what the heck happened to those phasers in later versions of the model? Who removed them? Or added them for this photo? Why? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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