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Powered down! That's it! I don't recall from TMP, but I don't think that the Big E's deflector dish was really glowing before they powered up and left drydock. It would make sense if that "container ship" were shut down or at least on minimal power mode.
And I would also like it to be a ship, since there is a severe shortage of (canon) dedicated freight vessels, especially Starfleet vessels. All we've seen are front-line starships and old transports that are really converted front-line starships. Have we ever seen a "real" Starfleet-designed freighter? (Aside from this one, anyway.)
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quote: Powered down! That's it! I don't recall from TMP, but I don't think that the Big E's deflector dish was really glowing before they powered up and left drydock. It would make sense if that "container ship" were shut down or at least on minimal power mode.
A possibility, then again the photo we always see has been airbrushed, as i recall the actual footage is alot lighter. Perhaps a an actual screen grab could be more enlightening?
quote: Have we ever seen a "real" Starfleet-designed freighter?
Possibly the Holoship from Insurrection, it seams more likely that it was a modified freighter with all that open internal volume than a purely custom built ship.
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