Timo wrote:

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For that matter, why not aim the phasers "down its throat?"
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Decker might have decided that approaching the beast from the front would be an absolutely idiotic idea...
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Much less idiotic than thinking that the phasers would have any effect on a solid neutronium hull. Besides, with Decker in command of the Enterprise, they were already being pulled into the mouth of the DD. Of course, phasers were probably conveniently off line at that time.