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From: donald@utcsrgv.UUCP (Don Chan)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: startrek error
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Date: Sun, 19-Jun-83 12:58:20 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun 19 12:58:20 1983
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The episode where a landing party is caught in a blizzard is the
same one where the transporter malfunctions and Kirk is split into
two.  Of course they can't beam the party up because of this.  One
might argue that a shuttle wouldn't be able to make it through
violent atmospheric storms without damage.

However, why couldn't they beam DOWN supplies (blankets, tents,
phasers, etc.), since presumably inanimate objects would not be altered
significantly?  Or if the transported wouldn't work at all, they could
use the ship's phasers to heat up a spot near the landing party (we
know the ship's phasers have that precision: cf. the episode with
Apollo, or "A Piece of the Action").


				Don Chan