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From: ry@brunix.UUCP (Rich Yampell)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: A new transporter question
Message-ID: <10561@brunix.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 8-May-85 07:19:33 EDT
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Posted: Wed May  8 07:19:33 1985
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In article <257@petfe.UUCP> evan@petfe.UUCP (Evan Marcus) writes:
>OK, I just recently was watching a clip from STII where Chekov and his
>black captain (whose name escapes me) beam down to Ceti Alpha V into a
>duststorm.  My question is what if they materialize inside a dustcloud,
>or worse, if one materializes inside them.  Why would that be so different
>than materializing in a rock or bulkhead?

Well, actually, I've never understood that whole issue.  When someone beams
down normally, there is air where they materialize, and I don't suspect that
it would be real healthy to have your body fused with air any more than dust
or whatever.  So it must be the case that the transporter sets up a vacuum
at the destination location before it starts reassembling the transportee.

		rich yampell