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I always wondered this as well. It seems like with the transporter accidents that occasionally happen where someone's pattern is lost, they could even just dema
by tom9729 15y ago
I always wondered this as well. It seems like with the transporter accidents that occasionally happen where someone's pattern is lost, they could even just dematerialize the enemy and then memset(0) the transporter buffer.
My theory is that there are some rules of war that most people with transporter technology follow. We've already seen examples of similar conventions in Trek; for example those banning thalaron & subspace weapons (Nemesis & Insurrection movies respectively).
- moe 15y agoMy theory is I think a more realistic theory is that the script writers simply had to draw a line somewhere and ignore the obvious inconsistencies from that point, or they would have never finished an episode. It was an entertainment TV series after all, not a scientific paper... I do agree anyway that many episodes were real turds. Personally I hated every single one with "Q" in it. Often those were not even internally consistent.