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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] Re: "Balance of Terror": Perhaps there was a good reason for three men-in-the-loop there? I mean, the phasers fritzed out after just a few shots. Perhaps multiple specialists have to give green lights before one of those suckers can be fired safely? Especially on that weird proximity blast mode. Generally, "BoT" had Kirk macromanaging the battle, which is a Good Thing. Few course commands, except for relevant "Let's turn back, NOW" ones. The single instance in Trek where micromanaging of weapons ("Phasers at proximity blast") was sensible and necessary. Sulu and Stiles were given a lot of freedom to perform the necessary maneuvers. And everybody relevant was kept up to date on developments - sometimes Trek makes me wonder whether most of the people aboard a ship have the faintest idea of where they are and what they are supposed to be doing. (Then again, McCoy was always going "Huh?" when coming to the bridge, whereas Crusher always was on top of things even when she didn't as much as peek out of her office. Presumably the E-D had some sort of an automated PA system to relay relevant bridge dialogue to the right people.) Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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