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[QUOTE]Originally posted by David Templar: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Vogon Poet: [qb]This is the kind of discussion I point to whenever someone asks me why I don't have ship-mounted phasers on my site. . .[/qb][/QUOTE] LOL, you still haven't made that addition about the type 2 phaser being used as some sort of forcefield generator in that episode of TNG when Picard falls in love with that science officer, just like how B'Elanna used a phaser in that Voyager episode. Anyhoo, here's my two cents on one of the major disagreements of the previous phaser thread: array vs bank. Defination of "bank": http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=bank Let's start with phaser banks, because they predated the array, being featured on every Starfleet ship before the Ambassador, and since then, the Defiant. I define phaser banks as a set of phaser emitters whose operational capacity does not directly depend on the capacity of its neighbouring emitters. The emitters of a phaser bank contains its own independent prefire chambers, rather than using the coupling effect of phaser arrays. Since this means that the individual emitters of a phaser bank has a lot fewer prefire chambers to work with, I believe that they rely on much larger sets of prefire chambers. This would probably mean that they cut a lot more into the internal volume of a starship, compared to phaser arrays. Also, their localized natural would make them more vulnerable to enemy fire, not to mention they'd have less redundancy and firing arc coverage due to their small numbers. I also believe that older "bank" form emitters uses only a single emitter crystal, which has to be mechanically aimed, decreasing the phaser's accuracy and reliability. However, I think that phaser banks packs a heavier punch in some ways. A single emitter from a phaser bank can generate the same output as several dozen emitters of a phaser array, but you can fit hundreds of array emitters on a starship. The biggest type of starship phaser banks is probably found on the Excelsior, the smallest on shuttlepods. Defination of "array": http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=array I define phaser arrays as a set of phaser emitters which operates in concert with each other. Each emitter contains only a relatively small prefire chamber, but is able to pass on its phaser energy to the next emitter, which adds that energy and passes it on to the next emitter over, through "force coupling". As a penalty, the individual emitters are almost ineffective on their own, since their small prefire chamber limits their individual output dramatically. However, when working with its sister emitters, the biggest limitation to their output becomes the length of the phaser "strip". Benefits to using phaser strips includes their relatively low use of a vessel's internal volume, excellent firing arcs, flexibility (the ability for the same array to fire multiple beams) and redundancy to battle damage due to the number of emitters in a strip. Their major limitation is that you have to fit a large number of them onto a starship inorder for them to be effective. They're also much more visible than bank-type emitters, which might cause some concern with the more civil Starfleet types. The biggest type of starship arrays in found on the Sovereign (and Prometheus?), the smallest on Runabouts. Note: I really don't care about the words "bank" and "array", they're just words to convey meanings. No point in arguing over words rather than meaning. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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