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Dax
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Does the Miranda-class have a navigational deflector? It should. Anyway, I was thinking it might have a deflector array in the front of deck 10. This would make it a part of the main sensor array. The deflector and sensor arrays are combined on other ships.

This would also mean that the Constitution refit and Excelsior have a dedicated saucer deflector (like the Galaxy and Sovereign).

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Hobbes
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I asked the same question a while back. It's supposed to be those things on top the saucer. I know someone has a pic showing what I'm talking about.

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Dax
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I know what you mean. Those things that look the same as the ones from the outside of the Refit deflector dish. I'm curious, where did that theory originate from?

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Sol System
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From before ye were even thought up, laddie!

Seriously, it goes back to Avenger-era speculation, I believe.

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The359
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But where is it at on the Constellation? Or the Oberth? There is nothing external similar to what the Miranda has.

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Nim
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Keep asking questions like that and you may have a little accident on your way to work tomorrow...

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Sol System
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The Constellation has a whole host of doodads and whatsits and thingamajigs. Pick a couple.

As for the Oberth, and a few others, not every ship needs a big swiss army deflector. Navigational shields work fine in most conceivable situations anyway.

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grb
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Isn't the Miranda's deflector array is on the underside of it saucer. It is the same type of deflector array as the constitution class' secondary array.

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Sol System
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A reference photo.

I presume you're talking about the object in the center of the saucer there? That's the main navigational sensor array, IIRC.

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Michael Dracon
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That thing is probably also on the constellation class, I think that's the deflector.

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Sol System
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Well, not according to over a decade of fandom. But hey, if you want to strike out on your own uncharted path, feel free.

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Michael Dracon
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So what are these (bottom of the picture):

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Dax
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Grb, Sol, Altair: That's the thing I was talking about (the front of deck 10). It is the sensor array but that supports my/our theory, rather than disproving it. Most ships have their main sensor embedded into the deflector array. The Defiant and Ent-D especially come to mind.

The Constellation-class has that thing on the bottom as well. The Refit and Excelsior would use it as a secondary deflector (for when the saucer is separated).

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Dax
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So it's either those two deck 5 knobs or the deck 10 sensor array. Or, could it be both?

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The359
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Well, what purpose do those things serve on the Constitution's deflector dish, since there are 3 of them around it. Since they don't seem to 'glow' or anything, I think they are just sensors, and the Deck 10 think is where the deflector dish is located

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