Editing D'deridex Class (section)

==Physical arrangement== 
The outboard plan of the Warbird's design incorporated a unique horizontally split-"shell" hull design, with a prominent forward section. The bulk of the ships overall size was incorporated in the open-shell, which resemble two separate "wings" that meet at either side at the warp nacelles, at the "tail" and off the "neck", which was connected to the "head" or primary forward hull section. The "head" featured the bridge, main engineering and a majority of the primary weapon systems of the vessel. (TNG: "The Neutral Zone", etc.) 

[edit] Tactical systems 
The primary directed energy weapons array of a Warbird was located in its "head", and consisted of a disruptor array, capable of firing both beams and pulses, which also appears to have been shared with a torpedo launcher. (DS9: "The Die is Cast"; TNG: "Face of the Enemy", "Timescape"; VOY: "Message in a Bottle") Some Warbirds have also been known to be equipped with phasers. (TNG: "Contagion") 

Three additional weapon arrays were located, one each, along the top of the upper "neck" support, along the bottom of the lower "neck" support, and at the tip of the "nose". (TNG: "Contagion", "Unification II"; DS9: "What You Leave Behind") 

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Image:IRW TMet firing disruptors.jpg|Firing forward disruptor beams 
Image:D'deridex class firing disruptor pulses.jpg|Firing forward disruptor pulses 
Image:Cardassian and Romulan fleet open fire.jpg|Firing forward torpedoes 
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Image:Haakona vs probe.jpg|Firing phasers (inner upper array) 
Image:WarbirdVulcanTransport.jpg|Firing disruptors(outer upper array) 
Image:D'deridex class nose-mounted disruptor.jpg|Firing disruptors(nose array) 
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:'''''Although not mentioned on screen, the original Probert design of the Warbird was to have a single torpedo launcher positioned at the upper "nape" of the ship, at the top foremost position of the upper "shell". In addition, the Warbird was to have a total of ten disruptor emitters, positioned in various locations on the model. These positions included: one pair on the "head" (one on either "cheek"), one pair on the vertical structure at the aft end of the ship (one on either side), two pair on the aft edges of the port and starboard dorsal and ventral wings (one emitter each location, total of 4), and one pair at the dorsal apex of the ship.'''''