nglasser (01/27/83)
In reference to the transporter: There are several Star Trek episodes in which the transporter is used to transport to or from enclosed areas on planets, deep within planets, to or from other ships, and within the Enterprise. In all of these cases the transporting done is evidently not line-of-sight. Sounds in hanger bay: It is perfectly conceivable that within the ship near the hanger bay that one would be able to hear the motors operating the bay doors running, and as mentioned previously, that we are hearing Sulu's voice echoing throughout the ship. If you really want to talk about sounds in vacuums, there is the classic example in every episode: the Enterprise swishes by several times during the opening, making a noise like it is traveling throught air, when we are supposed to believe that it is traveling in the 'vacuum' of space. - Nathan Glasser ..decvax!yale-comix!nglasser
jj (02/01/83)
Hey, come on now. Of course there was a force field in the hangar bay that kept a full atmosphere in the hangar bay at all times. How else would you keep the viewers' interest during otherwise uninteresting scenes? P.S. Phil, how far would the motor's vibrations carry through the (undamped metal) framework of the Enterprise. Compressional vibration is damned hard to damp, after all. If anyone believes any of this, even in the context of Star Drek, I have a bridge for sale, and a Kiptin! to go along with it.