Re: Fighter!

> That's why they have forward AND aft torpedoes, and phaser banks in different
> locations around the ship.  They can hit multiple ships around them.  However
> there is usually only one person doing the firing, hince he could only lock
> on one target at a time.

It seems to me there are places around the E-D a ship could be and not get
hit, like under the engines (away from the aft torp tubes).

Star Trek does seem to be going to smaller ships, like the Defiant and the
Jem Hadar ships (which also seem to be the most powerful on the show).

The problem with Fighters on Star Trek is balancing shields and firepower
with manueverability.  The shuttles and other small ships have shields and
phasers, but seems really unmanueverable and slow.