Fun(?) fact regarding a *Defiant-*class ship landing on a planet.

Per Ex Astris Scientia, while the Defiant MSD had visible landing struts fairly early on (the revised MSD introduced in “Shattered Mirror”), it seems no one thought to inform the writers:

The real-world reason for the Defiant never landing is that the producers were not aware that there were landing struts visible in the MSD. Ron D. Moore said in an interview with LCARScom.net: “The Defiant has landing gear? You have to remember that things like CD-ROMs and the various “official” manuals put out by Paramount are not done in conjunction with the writing/producing staffs and that the authors are usually simply extrapolating information based on what’s actually been seen on screen.”