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[[Image:USS Odyssey firing phasers.jpg|thumb|The USS ''Odyssey'', a ''Galaxy''-class starship using its main phaser array on a Dominion Jem'Hadar attack vessel]]
A '''phaser array''' is an arrangement of [[phaser emitter]]s located in strategic areas of a [[starship]], [[space station]], or other [[vessel]]. In the [[23rd century]], phaser arrays had smaller numbers of emitters, and were commonly referred to as [[phaser bank]]s. By the [[24th century]], [[Starfleet]] began to fit its vessels and facilities with phaser arrays that contained much larger numbers of emitters.
{{ShipClass|Galaxy}} ships, in the docked configuration, generally exhibited eleven phaser arrays. Two large arrays encircled the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the [[saucer section|command module]]. The other nine arrays were on the [[stardrive section|engineering module]]: two upper aft arrays inward of the saucer [[impulse engine]]s, one on the ventral surface of the engineering section, two lateral arrays on the [[nacelle|warp nacelle]] pylons, and two aft arrays each on the dorsal and ventral pylon surfaces proximate to the aft [[photon torpedo]] launcher. An additional array, on the "cobra head" of the engineering module, was only exposed and usable when the [[saucer separation|ship was separated into its two components]].
The later {{ShipClass|Sovereign}} starships originally had twelve arrays, including seven dorsal arrays and five ventral arrays. <br>By [[2379]], four additional arrays were added to the [[nacelle pylon]]s of the ''Sovereign''-class {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E}}, bringing the total complement of arrays to sixteen.
[[Cardassian]] {{ShipClass|''Galor}} ''-class vessels were equipped with multiple phaser arrays which could cover 360 degrees. These were used during [[Operation Return]] primarily to destroy [[Federation]] attack fighters.
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