Transportation

The Transporter was Gene Roddenberry’s solution to the TV production problem of how to get his characters from the Starship down to the planet’s surface.



Transporter operations consist of four major stages: Target Scan and Coordinate Lock: Programming of destination coordinates, range and relative motion scanning, confirmation of suitable environmental conditions, and diagnostic procedures.



Energize and Dematerialize: Molecular imaging scanners derive a real-time quantum-resolution pattern image, while energizing and phase transition coils convert the subject into a de-bonded matter stream.



Pattern Buffer Doppler Compensation: The matter stream is held in a pattern buffer, compensating for Doppler shift.





The above details and picture extracted from the "Star Trek Deep Space Nine Technical Manual"

Matter Stream Transmission: Point of departure from ship through one of multiple pad arrays to transport destination.



View of Enterprise NX-01 Early Transporter System.





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