mnw@trwrba.UUCP (Michael N. Washington) (11/14/84)
I saw the episode, "The City on the Edge of Forever" last night. I paid
particular attention to the end after they were returned to the planet.
All did beam up at once. I will hazard a guess that the transporter
beam picked up all, but only materialized six, then the seventh person.
The episode did not show their return to the ship, just showing when
the Enterprise left the planet.
One person on the net mentioned something about scrambling the signal
with another person. I would say that this is impossible when the
transporter is functioning without any damage. A case in point being
during the episode (I believe it is titled "The Enterprise Incident",
but I am not sure) when Kirk and Spock receive orders to capture a
cloaking device from the Romulans (after their treaty with the Klingons).
Chekov was searching for Spock with the sensors. When he found him,
the transporter locked onto him and beamed him back to the Enterprise.
The Romulan commander realized this and threw her arms around Spock
and was transported also. They did not get "mixed" during the
transportation, so I would say that the transporter is very precise
in materializing whatever is caught in it's beams!
"Live Long and Prosper!"
Michael N. Washington
TRW E&DS Redondo Beach, Ca. 90278
{ucbvax,decvax,hplabs}!trwrb!trwrba!mnwrcook@uiucuxc.UUCP (11/30/84)
I don't know why you people are making such a big deal out of
this. More than one person can be beamed in a single transporter
chamber. For example in "A Private Little War", Jim is holding
Spock after he was shot be the Hill people. They both were in the
same chamber.