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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] I don't think "hoser" phasers would have made any difference in the case of the [i]Odyssey[/i]. The Jem'Hadar vessels repeatedly took direct hits from the main battery of the Starfleet vessel and seemed none the worse for the wear. Imagine how much a Phalanx or a Goalkeeper would do to an opponent that just shrugged off the 16-inchers of your [i]Iowa[/i]... It can be argued that the main battery beams "pushed" the Jem'Hadar to some degree, and that further fire might have slightly altered the course of the ramming vessel as well. It can equally well be said that the Jem'Hadar simply veered off by themselves when hit by the main guns, and would not have done that during the suicide run. If shooting down of torpedoes were both feasible AND worthwhile, we might see more CIWS in Trek. But we can easily postulate that CIWS is more trouble than worth: shields would more efficiently stop the sort of opponents that can even theoretically BE stopped. And if you have enough power for both shields AND CIWS, you dismiss the CIWS and route the power to stronger shields, as this is the better defense. At least this seems to be how it goes in Trek. The other possibility of course is that Starfleet consists of a bunch of idiots. But there's no dramatic need for that, really. Mind you, Kirk does try to shoot down an incoming torp in ST2 - but only because his shields are down. And the attempt is futile to begin with. The Japanese in WWII sometimes tried to use the main guns of their warships to hit incoming low-level aircraft, even though originally there was no proximity-fuzed or even shrapnel ammunition for those guns. Desperation breeds innovation, but innovation doesn't necessarily dispel desperation... Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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