Planting a bomb is absurdly easy if you can simply beam in and beam out. But old pumping stations, bridge caisons, and other less well-protected (but no less important) infrastructure elements are rapidly compromised by the terrorists. At first, they try electrical power stations, but those are pretty well guarded. More sophisticated criminals beam into offices and hide, sometimes staying there for days, stealing plans, access codes, and product information. Over time, some of the more upscale homes and offices are actually built with Faraday grids in the walls.īut most people, businesses, and even government agencies don't have Faraday cages to protect against transporting marauders. Faraday cages block the transporter signals, but they're not cheap or easy to set up. Some people would protect their homes, erecting Faraday cages around their homes. More and more people would be sitting on their couches, cooking in their kitchens, or standing in their showers, minding their own business - as thieves beam in, steal valuables, and beam out. Worse, bad guys start picking up on the opportunities offered by instantly beaming in and beaming out. Some of our friends just wouldn't respect our requests that they call first. And we'd beam into each others' houses, mostly just to say "Hi".Īfter a few years, though, the dropping in to say "Hi" thing would get old.
We'd beam down to Cancun for a dip in the ocean. We'd beam across the country for really good Hungarian food. Now, imagine Walmart got into the act, and you could buy one of these transporters for three hundred bucks or so. Using it, you can beam from one spot on the planet to another in just a few seconds. In 3074, Quarren incorrectly identified B'Elanna Torres as chief transporter operator on USS Voyager, prompting the EMH backup module to clarify that she was in fact their chief engineer, adding that they might want to correct that error in their history books.I want you to imagine for a moment that some bright young thing actually managed to invent a working transporter - like the ones they have in Star Trek. Later that year, Voyager, having lost its transporter chief in the events surrounding its stranding in the Delta Quadrant, required a replacement, which was ultimately found among the surviving members. In 2371, with the plan to remain on the Val Jean until the last moment, Chakotay told Tom Paris to tell one of USS Voyager's " crackerjack Starfleet transporter chiefs" to maintain a transporter lock on him so he could be beamed out at the last second. In 2365, O'Brien teased Doctor Katherine Pulaski about the transporter, commenting, " I hope these are the right coordinates." When he explained that he was kidding and knew of her "love" of transporters, she replied, " About as much as I love comical transporter chiefs." ( TNG: " Shades of Gray") Chief Petty Officer Miles O'Brien, a transporter chief on board the USS Enterprise, was often stationed in transporter room 3. On Starfleet vessels, this operator was usually a petty officer, ensign, or lieutenant in the operations division. The transporter chief, often shortened as " chief", also called a transporter operator, chief transporter operator, transporter technician, or transporter expert' was a crewmember stationed in one of the several transporter areas on a starship. – Miles O'Brien and Reginald Barclay, 2369 (" Realm of Fear")
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