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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Peregrinus: [qb]...and repeated on the TMP refit design, as well. Note their carryover onto the [i]Reliant[/i] in TWOK. That was Mike and Joe doing their homework. Ship needed navigational deflectors, but no big-ass long-range sensor dish in the now-eliminated secondary hull. I don't think the two systems got integrated into a single unit until the [i]Ambassador[/i] class. [/qb][/QUOTE]Unfortunately, no. Andrew Probert designed the dish on the refit as the nav-deflector and the three small modules as "space-energy field attraction sensors," which could still be a component of the deflector system and could serve the purpose for the [i]Miranda[/i], but the dish is the main element. And, needless to say, there are plenty of other instances (most notable in [i]First Contact[/i]) of the dish itself being explicitly called the deflector. I see no reason to claim that the obviously homologous feature on the E-nil is not the same thing, especially when---as I pointed out above---any conflicts with the designer's intent may be reconciled by simply saying that it serves a dual function. And while I am beginning to understand your beef with TMoST, it *is* the only "official" publication that includes details of starships' workings during the TOS period. Whatever doesn't conflict directly with what was seen on the actual show I tend to accept. -[b]MMoM[/b] :D [/QB][/QUOTE]
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