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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.