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Yeah, but that was back when the nacelles and rollbar were in opposite positions.
Enterpriise has automatic loaders for torpedos: else, how did they fire in STIII with the entire crew on the bridge?
Seems neglegent to leave them armed and loaded in STIII otherwise.
I think the Reliant's crew had to have been either beamed into the pod (the pod's larger than the entire rear third of the Enterprie after all- total automation would'nt account for all that space) or they are assigned there for a few days at a stretch untill relieved via shuttle or something: The rollbar might be thick enough to accomidate a crawlspace but it'd be really tricky to get around the bend where the phasers are mounted.
Fuck if I know.
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quote:Originally posted by MarianLH: Originally posted by Lee:
quote:Then again, would they have a front-line ship doing tedious surveys for the Genesis Project (even given its secrecy and possible military applications) either?
FWIW, the shooting script described Reliant as "older" and "somewhat battered." But then, it also described her as "of the ENTERPRISE class, with a slightly different configuration,� so who knows.
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Don't know about the "Older, more battered" part but, at first, Reliant was supposed to be a Conny class...but to avoid confusing the movie audience, they instead made the Miranda Class....which, BTW was supposed be nassels up but when Gene saw and gave his thumbs up on it, it was presented to him UPSIDE DOWN, or so the story goes...think i read it in one of the mags recently...
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And it wasn't Gene, it was Harve Bennet. Roddenberry had already been "kicked upstairs" to his non-position of executive consultant at that point.
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I thought I recalled a scene of a guy in an Enterprise-esque torpedo room when Chekov torpedoes the Reliant's launcher, but instead the interior scene is that of a curved corridor in the special edition.
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It was a torpedo, and the curved corridor blast does take place immediately thereafter.
As for the corridor itself, I wasn't suggesting that it was in the pod, though I suppose there could be one for no apparent reason. I was simply making the statement to inquire about the misremembered scene. Thanks.
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No. It's probably a malfunction or just the pod running "hot" during combat.
Mabye it's the 23rd century version of ground effects.
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Whoa . . . the Mirandas from Sacrifice of Angels have glowy lower domes, a la the NX and TOS Connie. This is most easily noticed in the shots just prior to the destruction of the Sitak and the Majestic, when the nacelles are casting a shadow on the ventral saucer. However, upon noticing the glow, I also found it in the shots of the Federation fleet headed toward the Dominion fleet (where our perspective puts us behind the onrushing Federation ships). It's also visible just before Garak's "they're angry!" bit.
It's not bright, and looks kinda blue-green, but it is a bit off from the norm. These are not the four-engine Mirandas . . . might be worth a look to see if they have it, if one's trying to distinguish sub-classes.
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Are you sure it's not just the normal illumination that emanate from the sensor-cluser/running lights centered around the lower dome on both the Miranda and refit-Constitution?
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