Well, all I can go by is the shows and movies, and I don't remember them ever firing anything but the main strips on the saucer section and the rear torpedo launcher (which is why I said behind and below the ship). Of course, the reason they only ever fired those weapons is the same reason that every planet in the galaxy looks the same, Stock Footage is Your Friend. Also, except for the movies, nobody ever really bothered dodging attacks... how often did Worf ever say "They're firing... they've missed Sir."
Although, I wonder... they have to make a small gap in there sheilds to let Photon torpedo's out right? If you were extremly lucky, and had a good targeting computer, could you put a beam through that gap and explode the torpedo on it's way out, probably cooking off the magazine? Probably not a good tactic to try, since you'll either miss and get pasted by the torpedo or hit and get pasted by the ensuing explosion, but certain death isn't gonna stop the Jem'Hadar or the Klingons.--
"Ah, so now we know who the donkey is in the family. And where the donkey pulls the cart, the ass is sure to follow."
Jack Russell, Radiata Stories
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If you become a monster to put down a monster you've still got a monster running around at the end of the day and have as such not really solved the whole monster problem at all.
Although, I wonder... they have to make a small gap in there sheilds to let Photon torpedo's out right? If you were extremly lucky, and had a good targeting computer, could you put a beam through that gap and explode the torpedo on it's way out, probably cooking off the magazine? Probably not a good tactic to try, since you'll either miss and get pasted by the torpedo or hit and get pasted by the ensuing explosion, but certain death isn't gonna stop the Jem'Hadar or the Klingons.--
"Ah, so now we know who the donkey is in the family. And where the donkey pulls the cart, the ass is sure to follow."
Jack Russell, Radiata Stories
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If you become a monster to put down a monster you've still got a monster running around at the end of the day and have as such not really solved the whole monster problem at all.