Quote:It's semi-canon (from Mr Scott's Guide to the Enterprise, rather than on screen or a tech manual) that the pre-refit Constitution did have a minor blind spot there. So did the post-refit Enterprise. New-build Constitutions after that (Such as the Enterprise-A) had a photon torpedo launcher back there, which doubtless came as a nasty surprise to someone when the previous blind spot started s**ting torpedos.
Constitution... well, actually, check the fire arcs on the saucer ventral mounts (one to either side)... you'd have to be pretty damn carefully positioned to be out of arc completely, and then you're in WAY too close to want to be shooting at a warp core that big.
I think Aya Nakajime noticed the fault in the connies in UF, although her solution was less than popular with Starfleet Command (she mounted a wave motion cannon in her shuttlebay). The 'full' story is in Redneck: Wilderness.
It is canon that the Galaxy class has a rear-firing torpedo launcher right at the back, so probably the Ambassador and Excelsior class do as well. I don't know about the Sovereign, but it seems likely since it's really well placed for when you're running away - the pursuer can either take the hit or dodge, the latter slowing them down.
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