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From: gts@wjh12.UUCP (G. T. Samson)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Re: Transporter
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Date: Sun, 12-May-85 20:17:38 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 12 20:17:38 1985
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> The transporter couldn't be a gift of the Organians' because the Federation
> had it long (?) before they even knew of the Organians.  Remember: Spock and
> Kirk had to beam down to Organia (on an "Errand of Mercy," which is the title
> of the episode with the Organians).
>                                 -Lautzy (Romulan)
>                               ...unmvax!nmtvax!guads

Yes, it could have been a gift.  Ever read the Lensman books by EESmith?
The entire inertialess drive idea is a "gift" from the Arisians, given by
the simple expedient of having an Arisian "energize" a human body and tell
it what to do...and they told the inventor of the drive, Bergenholm, what
to do to make the real drive out of the stumblings of Rodebush and Cleveland.

So what's to say the Organians don't do the same to the humans?  They just
"pop the idea" into the mind of some lucky inventor, and presto!  There's
the transporter.  Also, they won't be completely sure why it works, since
they just told the tech who built it HOW to build it and not WHY.

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