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Deflector Dish
The Defector Dish is a large outboard structure on most Federation starships, the source of navigational and combat deflector shields. Usually located below the saucer, in the forward secondary hull.
The deflector dish is capable of channelling more energy through it than any other part of the ship. In 2366, the Starship Enterprise-D used it's deflector dish to create an intense blast of high frequency energy designed to destroy a Borg cube headed to Earth. The blast burnt out the ship's engines, and rendered the entire forward half of the star-drive section and the lower half of the saucer uninhabitable.
The next year, the Enterprise-D attempted a similar blast to allow them to escape from a Tyken's Rift, but did not have enough power. In 2372 the Starship Voyager channelled energy through it's deflector dish in an attempt to escape from a subspace divergence field that was duplicating their ship. In 2373, the starship Enterprise-E, while trapped in the past, was forced to jettison it's deflector dish in order to prevent Borg operatives from contacting reinforcements from that era. ("The Best of Both Worlds" [TNG #74&75]; "Night Terrors" [TNG #91; "Deadlock" [VOY #37]; "First Contact" [MOV #8]).
Last edited by Adge - May 2004
The Defector Dish is a large outboard structure on most Federation starships, the source of navigational and combat deflector shields. Usually located below the saucer, in the forward secondary hull.
The deflector dish is capable of channelling more energy through it than any other part of the ship. In 2366, the Starship Enterprise-D used it's deflector dish to create an intense blast of high frequency energy designed to destroy a Borg cube headed to Earth. The blast burnt out the ship's engines, and rendered the entire forward half of the star-drive section and the lower half of the saucer uninhabitable.
The next year, the Enterprise-D attempted a similar blast to allow them to escape from a Tyken's Rift, but did not have enough power. In 2372 the Starship Voyager channelled energy through it's deflector dish in an attempt to escape from a subspace divergence field that was duplicating their ship. In 2373, the starship Enterprise-E, while trapped in the past, was forced to jettison it's deflector dish in order to prevent Borg operatives from contacting reinforcements from that era. ("The Best of Both Worlds" [TNG #74&75]; "Night Terrors" [TNG #91; "Deadlock" [VOY #37]; "First Contact" [MOV #8]).
Last edited by Adge - May 2004