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The book "Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise" (the best Refit reference I've seen) calls those 3 things "space-energy field attraction sensors". I'm not sure what that means. It labels the Bussard collectors as "space-energy/matter sink (acquisition)". I doubt if those 3 knobs are deflectors in themselves.
So if deck 10 houses the Miranda deflector, just what do those knobs actually do??? Theories most welcome.
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The TNGTM says the deflector dish actually performs four tasks: 1. a focussed beam to push away larger objects 2. a wide field to deflect small particles 3. long range sensor emitter/receiver 3. a multi-purpose omnipotent plot device (well, this is not in the TNGTM, but in several episodes).
What if the four above devices are available, but not combined in one dish in Miranda and Constellation class ships?
The small things on the Miranda saucer could create the focussed beam, and could do the same on Constitution class ships. The (weak) field could be created by the sensor array underneath the saucer. The Constellation has a cannon-like thing underneath the saucer, maybe this could be the deflector beam emitter.
As for the Oberth, doesn't the ship have a small opening in the engineering hull front end? I have to check the schematic.
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The Oberth-class appears to have a deflector dish facing aft from the engineering hull. Don't ask me why. Mr Carson or ILM probably don't know why, either
I can't help but think that those knobs serve some purpose other than deflection. The book does call them sensors. Why couldn't that deck 10 dome serve all the deflection needs? We already know it is the primary sensor array.
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Mr. Scott's Guide isn't generally accepted as a semi-canon reference.
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The thing on the bottom of the Miranda's saucer is a phaser (see "Emissary").
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Sol: Mr Scott's Guide is a much better Refit source than the DS9TM (supposedly canon) is for the Defiant. No Refit fan should be without Mr Scott's Guide. Defiant fans are better off avoiding the Tech Manual.
The359: Thanks, I didn't notice that before. So, both the Miranda and Refit have 3 knobs - fascinating
Wouldn't the two surface knobs damage the Miranda hull if they were deflectors? The top of deck 6 would be torn up.
Black Knight: I reckon the VFX guys stuffed up here. Anyway, there is a phaser emitter just fore of the sensor array.
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What? Shane Johnson literally altered existing information to suit his own vision of what the Enterprise should be. Misplacing a torpedo tube is a FAR lesser crime than adding transwarp to the Enterprise A. At least we know where all the Defiant errors came from.
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I'll admit, alot of the book is absolute rubbish. The deck chart and the deck descriptions are excellent, though. The ship schematics and labels are fare enough.
Regardless, those 3 knobs are still a bit of a mystery.
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