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From: schuster@Shasta.ARPA
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Subject: Re: Why have a transporter room?
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Date: Wed, 17-Apr-85 01:12:48 EST
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> 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?

Even more importantly, something that was discussed in a Larry Niven
short story:

If a "bad" element got a hold of a transporter, what would prevent them
from stealing things from behind locked doors (since no transmitter is
needed) or from placing bombs behind said locked doors (since no
receiver is needed either)?  The premise in the short story was that if
it was not true that both a transmitter and a receiver were needed
society would decay to the point where transporters were no longer
possible (with the current technology).

Imagine a terrorist with a startrek type transporter.

Even in a couple episodes they have stolen people off of other people's
ships, and planted tribbles on a Klingon vessel (Klingons have vessels
not ships?)

-- Jay Schuster schuster@su-pescadero.arpa ...!decvax!decwrl!shasta!schuster