hobbit@sunybcs.UUCP (Thomas Pellitieri) (02/09/84)
With regards to a recent comment about STTWOK Genesis probe being
beamed apart by the transporter...
Someone mentioned in a reply that in the series Redjac (Jack the Ripper)
was beamed apart at "widest angle of dispersion". If anyone remembers
the episode, they will recall that the body of the man who was possessed
by Redjac was placed on two (count 'em: TWO!) different transporter cells.
The widest angle of dispersion would therefore place half of the body in
one part of the cosmos, and the other half in another part. In order for
this to happen with the Genesis probe, one would have to first beam it
onto the Enterprise, and then lay it down in the transporter. I do not
believe this would be feasible due to the size of the probe (weight wise).
Besides, what would have become of "Star Trek III - Return to Genesis"??
8-)
-The Parker Hobbit
a.k.a. Thomas R. Pellitieri
UUCP: {allegra,seismo}!rochester!rocksvax!sunybcs!hobbitsteve@avsdS.UUCP (02/12/84)
why not state the obvious..... the transporter power is tied into the main engines which, if you will all recall, were severly damaged and inoperative until Spock makes his last effort to save his shipmates. remember ST1--the navigator and science officer who were "mixed-up" by a power fluxuation in the "main" engines? sameo-sameo...