Message:I recall the phasors firing not just from the front but also the rear shell. I think the emitters were in several places.
"Belay that phasor order." The Motion Picture
By the design you'd not have a four hundred member crew, unless much of the quarters as shown were bunks like a submarine.
I pictured the enterprise as a survey vessel with attack capability. The focus was science; those sections would be far more than a few random rooms.
Yours,
IronRed
19-Oct-2021