Everyone always points out the incidental and accidental transporter incidents that happen from time to time in many of the Star Trek storylines.
What I am most interested in is … the story behind the development of the first transporter technologies. Think about the number of people that were vapourized, unmaterialized, dematerialized, transported into solid objects, transported into space, transported into alternate universes, materialized inside out, materialized with missing body parts, materialized without life for some reason, cloned, cloned and materialized within their clone, materialized with EXTRA body parts, materialized as a baby, materialized as a 90 year old, materialized with toaster embedded inside them, partially materialized, materialized in the wrong order, materialized with terrible life long side effects like cancers, memory loss or some exotic health condition that is only caused by transporter malfunctions.
Imagine the number of people that would have had to suffer so many ‘incidents’ before they were even able to safely say that transporters were a normal part of transporting people across distances.
I’ve long thought that the years just after First Contact would be fascinating to watch unfold. All the advanced tech (besides the warp drive) came from the Vulcans/Romulans (Transporter, replicator, etc). We see none of how Star Fleet came to be, how the Federation came to be, now the Vulcans helped humanity progress for YEARS. After First Contact, the next thing we see is a fully developed Enterprise, with all the tech in place and understood. A lot happened between that’s I’d love to see a show/movie explore.
The issue is how difficult it is to invent realistic technology without having to invent actual technology.
The more they explore the area they where formed the more they owe it to the audience to explain how it works, which of course is what all the nerds want to know…
I am a bit tired whimsical science/space magic and tried my own hand at conceptualizing how alien technology could form. It is a lot of fun but it takes pages on pages just to have your logical principles make sense.
I would be down for a bunch more stories on that theme.
The closest I’m aware of is a subplot in Enterprise where NX-01 has working transporter technology, but no one feels comfortable enough to use it outside of a live threatening emergency.
Star Trek ENT season 4 episode 10 “Daedalus” has the transporter inventor on board for an experiment. I’d like to see more about initial development too.
Everyone always points out the incidental and accidental transporter incidents that happen from time to time in many of the Star Trek storylines.
What I am most interested in is … the story behind the development of the first transporter technologies. Think about the number of people that were vapourized, unmaterialized, dematerialized, transported into solid objects, transported into space, transported into alternate universes, materialized inside out, materialized with missing body parts, materialized without life for some reason, cloned, cloned and materialized within their clone, materialized with EXTRA body parts, materialized as a baby, materialized as a 90 year old, materialized with toaster embedded inside them, partially materialized, materialized in the wrong order, materialized with terrible life long side effects like cancers, memory loss or some exotic health condition that is only caused by transporter malfunctions.
Imagine the number of people that would have had to suffer so many ‘incidents’ before they were even able to safely say that transporters were a normal part of transporting people across distances.
I’ve long thought that the years just after First Contact would be fascinating to watch unfold. All the advanced tech (besides the warp drive) came from the Vulcans/Romulans (Transporter, replicator, etc). We see none of how Star Fleet came to be, how the Federation came to be, now the Vulcans helped humanity progress for YEARS. After First Contact, the next thing we see is a fully developed Enterprise, with all the tech in place and understood. A lot happened between that’s I’d love to see a show/movie explore.
The issue is how difficult it is to invent realistic technology without having to invent actual technology.
The more they explore the area they where formed the more they owe it to the audience to explain how it works, which of course is what all the nerds want to know…
I am a bit tired whimsical science/space magic and tried my own hand at conceptualizing how alien technology could form. It is a lot of fun but it takes pages on pages just to have your logical principles make sense.
I would be down for a bunch more stories on that theme.
The closest I’m aware of is a subplot in Enterprise where NX-01 has working transporter technology, but no one feels comfortable enough to use it outside of a live threatening emergency.
Star Trek ENT season 4 episode 10 “Daedalus” has the transporter inventor on board for an experiment. I’d like to see more about initial development too.