Atoz 77
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Post by Atoz 77 on Oct 12, 2009 7:53:09 GMT -6
The transporter is such a common technology that we sometimes take it too much for granted.
How does it work? How does a person get from the transporter pad to the surface of a planet without coming undone in the atmosphere? We know that the beam can penetrate solid objects, even a certain amount of rock, but how does it do that? How does kelbonite interfere with the beam?
How long does it take, from the point of view of the person being transported? Do you feel anything while being transported, or is your consciousness interrupted so that it feels instantaneous? When Trills use the transporter, aren't their symbiotes detected by the biofilters? What causes transporter psychosis?
We've seen some pinpoint accuracy over the years, but in the TOS episode "The Enterprise Incident", Spock was doing an emergency transport back to the ship and the Romulan commander came with him, because she was standing too close. In the TNG episode "Second Chances", Riker was duplicated by a reflection layer in the planet's atmosphere! How did that happen? Speculation anyone?
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Post by andrewlee on Oct 12, 2009 8:45:22 GMT -6
With the duplication of Riker being beamed up , it had something to do with the dynamics of the planets atmosphere and safety protocols. I'm not sure how the transporter would beam a person with another who are very close to one another. I know Barclay from STNG was afraid to use the transporter. Dr McCoy always complained about having his molecules scattered. I have seen some shows about Star Trek Tech and the least plausible was the transporter.
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Post by Atoz 77 on Oct 15, 2009 8:07:30 GMT -6
Actually I regard the bit about McCoy's "transporter phobia" as another myth. Sure he joked about it once or twice, but the only time he even hesitated was in "Return to Tomorrow", when Kirk proposed they beam something like 120 MILES below a planet's surface, which he knew was ordinarily beyond the transporter's capability. Under those circumstances, I would have hesitated too. But he went with them anyway.
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Dax123
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Post by Dax123 on Oct 15, 2009 10:39:24 GMT -6
This transporter stuff puzzles me. I wish there was an episode that explained some of this stuff!
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Post by andrewlee on Oct 15, 2009 11:19:56 GMT -6
This transporter stuff puzzles me. I wish there was an episode that explained some of this stuff! Transporters are explained, but it's spread out in a lot of episodes a little at a time. Try memory alpha web site.
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Post by Arkroyal on Oct 15, 2009 13:22:08 GMT -6
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Post by edify on Dec 31, 2009 2:22:18 GMT -6
Yes. The greatest part about the transporters is the Heisenberg Compensators. The biggest problem with the transporters is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, which states that the position of molecules and their movement cannot be known at the same time (only one or the other). So the Heisenberg Compensators are basically a magical item that literally compensates for Heisenberg's principle. It's one of my favorite Star Trek in-jokes.
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Post by kynan101 on Feb 27, 2010 13:57:24 GMT -6
in the episode tuvix how did that accident happen because it is very inventive
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Post by Dax123 on Feb 27, 2010 15:07:38 GMT -6
I believe it had to do with the way the plant they were beaming up "merges" with other species of plants but this time it merged with both tuvok and neelix. I havent seen it for ages though so im not too sure
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Post by kynan101 on May 14, 2010 12:23:28 GMT -6
ah got it now and i like the way they merged there uniforms
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Luke
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Post by Luke on May 25, 2010 11:53:44 GMT -6
How do you think transporters are set up on a planet? Like airports, one in every major city?
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Post by Atoz 77 on May 28, 2010 7:53:26 GMT -6
I expect every city or town would have at least one transport terminal. Large cities like New York or London would have several. All linked into a worldwide satellite grid to ensure smooth operation.
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Post by Luke on Jun 2, 2010 10:37:52 GMT -6
Hers another question. I was watching Best of Both Worlds this weekend and I was wondering how you think Emergency Escape Transporters work.
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Post by Atoz 77 on Jun 7, 2010 7:33:47 GMT -6
I expect it's just a short range transporter for small craft, used when the craft is in danger of crashing. Activating it would trigger a pre-programmed transport cycle, beaming the operator to a pre-programmed safe destination, like the "Emergency Evac station" in "The First Duty". But I see what you're getting at. What if the craft explodes before the cycle is complete? You'd be out of luck.
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Post by Luke on Jun 9, 2010 10:31:51 GMT -6
Exactly. Even if the power fluctuated your signal would be lost. I thinkI'd almost rather take my chances going down with the ship.
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