17. "RE: GotW 46: Phaser Mk IV"
In response to message #16
>>There's also another factor in favor of the Type II that's rarely >>brought up in the literature, for the simple reason that most >>publicized materials focus on humanoid-crewed ships: >> >>The 'dustbuster' form factor is a lot friendlier to nonhumanoid >>manipulation apparatus. > >Well, yeah, but nobody on Star Trek has that, so the point is a >bit moot. :) >
And a number of the nonhumanoid species in Starfleet really don't need a phaser. I mean, can you see a Horta using one of those things?
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