blssdwlf wrote:

I doubt that it was a mistake unless they rendered the phaser beams as a separate render pass and composited it incorrectly.
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I wish I had your optimism.

If I remember correctly the
Defiant's phaser shots from the lower sensor dome at the
Avenger in "In A Mirror, Darkly" would have penetrated the saucer itself, judging by the aft phaser beam angle (no Trekcore screencap available of the forward phasers firing).
Bob