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According to an interview about Gene Roddenberry (with one of the writers who had worked with him), this is the problem that deflectors (which are separate from
by dmoney 16y ago
According to an interview about Gene Roddenberry (with one of the writers who had worked with him), this is the problem that deflectors (which are separate from defensive shields) are designed to solve. The dish on the front of the Enterprise's drive section projects a cone of force in front of the ship, moving dust and other small things out of the way.
I believe this was on one of the TNG seasons' DVD's special features.
- CrLf 16y agoYeah, but the idea that a single atom of hydrogen was a threat hadn't occurred to me, and this was the real eye opener. Even though I've seen Star Trek and understood that deflector dishes were supposed to move "tiny bits" of matter from the ship's path.