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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: [QB] Placeholder as usual. I'm posting now because the preview, which I just watched, contains a MAJOR tech point we'll be having fun with: In the preview, we see Enterprise... ENTERING THE ATMOSPHERE AND DOGFIGHTING OVER NEW YORK. Now, there's absolutely nothing that says that starships CAN'T do atmospheric operations like this - it's the LANDING that's been the problem for the most part. Plus of course, we've seen Voyager do it plenty, Defiant fly in the uber-pressure of a gas giant, and the TOS Enterprise has been in the atmosphere too (albeit under considerable stress). However, we've been led to believe for years that unless designed to do so, starships generally aren't meant for significant atmospheric maneuvering. I'm looking forward to figuring THIS one out. Also, the preview shows the forward ventral phase cannons deploying not from the usual hatches just above the torpedo ports, but from the identical hatches closer to the deflector. This lends credence to my pet theory that while Enterprise only has so many phase cannons, they are able to travel around the ship on rails or something, and quickly deploy from the most convenient hatch for firing. This explains lots of the often confusing emission points we've seen over the years. [On the flip side, another shot shows the phase cannons firing from apparently a window and the main deflector. You got me on those - same as when we saw Enterprise fire from the dorsal power transfer junction greeblies in "Shockwave Part II".] Mark [/QB][/QUOTE]
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