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From: gts@wjh12.UUCP (G. T. Samson)
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Subject: Re: Why have a transporter room?
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Date: Mon, 15-Apr-85 22:19:08 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 15 22:19:08 1985
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> *** BEAM THIS LINE UP SCOTTY ***
> If Mr. Scott can beam someone from one place on a planet to another
> place, why can't Kirk and Spock (or anyone for that matter) be beamed
> directly from the bridge to their destination?

I think it has something to do with the fact that to beam someone from
one place to another, this someone has to first be beamed to the transporter
room, and thence to his/her destination.  In "Day of the Dove" (I *think*
that's the title), Kirk uses intraship beaming to get himself sent to a
part of the Enterprise that they can't reach because Klingons control
the turbolifts and some very inconveniently-placed bulkheads have closed;
he mentions that it's very dangerous...

The danger involved may be because transporters are better at beaming things
from their "starting point" to a fixed destination; therefore, it would
be dangerous to try to pluck Kirk and Spock off the Bridge, beam them to
the transporter room, and then to their destination.

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