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Well, that "phaser cannon" thing is a bit iffy, since there's no indication that the phasers on the Reliant's "roll bar" were any different from the phasers on her saucer hull. It's true that Khan used the roll bar phasers exclusively, but perhaps this was just because those were the only ones he'd figured out the triggers for? Or because those had the best firing arcs the way the ships were facing each other?
In DS9 battles, Mirandas always used their saucer-mounted phasers instead of the roll-bar ones.
Cruisers don't always have secondary hulls, btw. The four-nacelled Constellation class is established as a cruiser design in TNG "Peak Performance", even though she only has this one thick saucer hull.
Also, if one compares ships by numbers of visible weapon installations...
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Trek does have a bit of a tendancy to label everything as a "cruiser" though...
And unless the refit-constitution had more phaser and photon banks than we saw, I'd definetly say that the Reliant out-gunned the Enterprise (which, as far as can be determinded, didn't even have a rear photon torpedo launcher).
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I think I will remain with medium cruiser for the Miranda because I think that designation cruiser doesn't refer to its military strength. Medium cruiser just mean the range or duration a ship can go before resupply.
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