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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Shik: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by David Templar: [qb]You can't have the same type of phaser coming both in array and bank form.[/qb][/QUOTE] Um..yes you can. Remember: a strip is simply a shitload of slaved emitter segments with software & a little hardware) to work in concert with each other in order to achieve maximum efficiency. It's analogous to the "Aegis" SPY-1D phased-array radar system. Put simply, SPY-1D has a giant block of lots of little radar transceivers that turn on & off very quickly at random rates & order. Alone, none of the segments are getign enough signal bounceback to really be effective; together, they form a powerful system. Phaser strips variate from this in that each individual emitter segment COULD in theory handle the full feed. It just DOESN'T, or rather, doesn't until the energy's been collimated from all segments & shunted to the one that is best positioned for release at the target. That's why when the ship moves, the beam "walks" along the ship, & why we have shots like in "SoA" where we see a [i]Galaxy[/i] firing twin beams from the same emitter array. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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