transporter
| First Appearance | TOS 05 (8 Sep 1966) |
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The transporter, sometimes called a "materializer,"[1] was a device that allowed near-instantaneous travel from one point to another.[2] On Stardate 1329.8, Doctor McCoy admitted that he "never trusted" the device.[3]
The cycle of the transporter aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 under Captain Pike took approximately 30 seconds from the beginning of the dematerialization process to the end of the rematerialization process at the destination,[2] a dramatic improvement over the original transporter created by Emory Erickson in the 22nd century. According to Erickson, the transporter took 90 seconds, during which time he claimed he could feel himself being dematerialized.[4]
During the Battle of the Binary Stars, the U.S.S. Shenzhou NCC-1227 was unable to fire weapons, but used the transporter to beam the warhead of a photon torpedo into the body of a Klingon corpse before it was retrieved and brought aboard the Sarcophagus ship, where it detonated, crippling the Klingon vessel.[5]
Image Gallery
Walker class transporter (DSC 02)
Crossfield class transporter (DSC 08)
Notes and References
- ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Cage". Star Trek, season 0, episode 0 (Production number 01). Directed by Robert Butler. Written by Gene Roddenberry. Released 1986. Desilu Productions. 1965.
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- ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Corbomite Maneuver". Star Trek, season 1, episode 10 (Production number 03). Directed by Joseph Sargent. Written by Jerry Sohl. Desilu Productions. 10 November 1966.
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- ↑ Fuller, Bryan et al (Executive Producers). "Battle at the Binary Stars". Star Trek: Discovery, season 1, episode 2 (Production number 02). Directed by Adam Kane. Story by Bryan Fuller. Teleplay by Gretchen J. Berg & Aaron Harberts. CBS Entertainment. 24 September 2017.
