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From: ccs020@ucdavis.UUCP (Kevin Chu)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Shields & Transporter Q
Message-ID: <370@ucdavis.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 21-Nov-85 18:07:42 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 21 18:07:42 1985
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> 
> Recently I watched the Armageddon episode.  In it, Scotty refused
> to bring down the shields as the hoodwinked ambassador had demanded.
> This was justisfied since the bad guys were ready to make noise
> all over the ship if Scotty did.  Later, though, the ambassador
> and his sidekick beam down to the planet.  My question: I thought
> the shields had to be down in order to beam someone down.  Thus
> it seems that either Scotty backed off for a moment and got lucky
> (pretty dangerous), or that I am misinformed, or that this is 
> another example of something we aren't supposed to worry about.
> After all, it is only a tv show.
> 
> Any comments?

In the game Star Fleet Battles, the shields do have to be down to
use the transporter.  However, it doesn't take very long to drop
a shield, transport, then raise the shield again.

In Dagger of the Mind, the Enterprise must wait for the penal colony to
lower its shields before they can transport anything.  Of course, they
could be different kinds of shields.
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	--Kevin Chu
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