Can the Enterprise reverse?

[stitch626]

Off the top of my head, the Miranda, Constellation, and every alien ship we've seen.

If you look at any of the Okudagrahms in the Reliant, you can see an internal deflector.

[Captain Seafort]

If you look at any of the Okudagrahms in the Reliant, you can see an internal deflector.

Have you got a screenshot? I don't remember any Okudagrams of the Reliant, and the only MSD Memory Alpha has is a low-resolution external diagram of the Brattain.

[stitch626]

I'll try to find it... maybe they have TWOK on youtube.

[Sionnach Glic]

While I don't think we've ever seen canon evidence for it, I'd always assumed ships could have an internal deflector dish. For whatever reason, the UFP seems to prefer external dishes, while most other races prefer internal dishes. It's possible that an external dish is more effecient, and thus possibly gives the ship a speed boost, while being obviously a lot more vulnerable to enemy fire.

[Lighthawk]

While I don't think we've ever seen canon evidence for it, I'd always assumed ships could have an internal deflector dish. For whatever reason, the UFP seems to prefer external dishes, while most other races prefer internal dishes. It's possible that an external dish is more effecient, and thus possibly gives the ship a speed boost, while being obviously a lot more vulnerable to enemy fire.

I always assumed starfleet had exterior deflectors because of all the fancy things their engineers know how to turn one into or use in amazing new ways.

[Mikey]

Right, judging by the horrible doom that seems to be precipitated by having no nav deflector, it was always an easy presumption that the ships that didn't have one outside, had one inside.

[LaughingCheese]

While I don't think we've ever seen canon evidence for it, I'd always assumed ships could have an internal deflector dish. For whatever reason, the UFP seems to prefer external dishes, while most other races prefer internal dishes. It's possible that an external dish is more effecient, and thus possibly gives the ship a speed boost, while being obviously a lot more vulnerable to enemy fire.

I always assumed starfleet had exterior deflectors because of all the fancy things their engineers know how to turn one into or use in amazing new ways.

Not sure why that would preclude them from being internal as well?

I figured it was like radar, many radar dishes are enclosed, especially on jet fighters, or those hexagonal domes you see.

[Vic]

Aren't deflector dishes made by Victorinox? Hence their many uses.

[Lighthawk]

While I don't think we've ever seen canon evidence for it, I'd always assumed ships could have an internal deflector dish. For whatever reason, the UFP seems to prefer external dishes, while most other races prefer internal dishes. It's possible that an external dish is more effecient, and thus possibly gives the ship a speed boost, while being obviously a lot more vulnerable to enemy fire.

I always assumed starfleet had exterior deflectors because of all the fancy things their engineers know how to turn one into or use in amazing new ways.

Not sure why that would preclude them from being internal as well?

So when they turn it into a giant directional energy weapon it doesn't have to blast it's way through several bulkheads of course.

[shran]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCARADb9asE - "Only going forward because we can't find reverse."

[Mikey]

Aren't deflector dishes made by Victorinox? Hence their many uses.