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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: [QB] I think it's safe to assume that they were firing during the times they were offscreen - when we saw the E-C inching towards the rift, or when Geordi was bawling about his wee bairns. On the whole though, I think that Picard was playing a diversionary battle from the get-go, trying to maneuver so he can get into the most effective firing position - or at least to make it appear as though he were. As I recall, the shots we saw in order were: 1) A quint burst of torpedoes, all hitting one BoP; 2) A pair of phaser blasts on one BoP that was going towards the E-C - not likely the same one hit before; 3) The "continual fire" thing, hitting two targets, destroying one; 4) A single phaser blast towards the end, as the bridge was burning up. These could hardly be the ONLY shots fired; Picard did lots of maneuvering in the meantime, probably lining up for better torpedo shots. It's also possible that he fought such that the Klingons wouldn't realize that he WAS fighting to divert them... Had the Klingons realized that the E-C wasn't firing or was trying to save itself for some reason, they could have gone exclusively after her, at which point the E-C wouldn't have had a chance. So Picard may have deliberately fought conservatively to avoid this, baring his ship's teeth once to make sure they were doing what he wanted them to do. After all, he KNEW that success meant that none of this would have mattered, and that any casualties on his part would not make a difference in the grand scheme. It may not have succeeded the way that he wanted, but the job got done... The chatter in this episode ranks among the better examples IMO, with people being relatively constant in what they were reporting - Wesley was on tactical, reporting on where the ships were and piloting the E-D, Riker kept on top of ship damage control and reporting in addition to fire control, and Data was reporting damage on the enemy ships and filling in on tactical and damage reports. Picard did the proper commanding stuff too, giving orders to those critica; positions, and letting Geordi do his work downstairs. Commendable, I say. Mark [/QB][/QUOTE]
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