I am afraid that I never did take to the concept of applying the torpedo's to the saucer section by carving a great wedge out of the front.
Looks a bit ugly compared to the smooth Starfleet lines and doesn't make any sense, after all, you are going to remove the need for a torpedo pod by removing some more of the space in the Saucer section?
Basically it reduces the internal capacity of the starship more significantly than if they just transplanted/retrofitted the torps into a standard saucer section. So what else was lost along the rim?
DanG/Darth Gurden
The Voice of Reason and Sith Lord
“Putting the FUNK! back into Dysfunctional!”
Coming soon. The USS Ganymede NCC-80107
"Ad astrae per scientia" (To the stars through knowledge)