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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: [QB] Common facts skipped over when discussing this: -Riker dissed Shelby on seperating the saucer in "The Best of Both Worlds, Part I", saying they could use the maneuverability from the impulse engines in the saucer (or at least the power from them). Indeed, the various CG versions of the Galaxy class during the war usually see them lit. They're lit again in ENT "These Are the Voyages" while the E-D is in an asteroid field; both these cases are VFX gaffes, but they're easy to rationalize. -According to the TNG Tech Manual (whose information will become less commonly known now that the book isn't easy to find anymore) states that Galaxies typically have a significant volume of their saucers empty to allow for future expansion or modification. Layover-swappable modules are suggested, such that any given ship could be modified presumably in a matter of weeks at a suitable starbase. This is a step down, it seems, from the Nebula's module, which is doubtless just as internally pliable, or even entirely so to a good degree (though we've never seen any evidence that whole module replacement is commonly done). -Likewise, the DS9 TM posits the existence of "Sternbach Galaxies" (sic) that left spacedock with most of their volumes empty, putting in just the basics and additional weapons - without even bothering to put labeling on their hulls. This explains the "cobra neck" ships we see in DS9, without registries and a curiously dark grey neck compared to the usual ships we see (another VFX slip up). As for what "extra weapons" means, most think that it accounts for extra phaser capacitors and torpedo casings, since there were no apparent extra phaser mounts visible on the model. However, this never stopped phasers from erupting from all sorts of wierd places on ships like Defiant or Lakota, so that's not really saying much. Mark [/QB][/QUOTE]
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