EDIT: HAHAHA. something just occurred to me. Scottie was probably doing the same thing. Not enough redshirts? transporter “accident” makes more. It explains why Kirk is never bothered by them dying.
So what you are saying is… he stores them in the transporter buffer. In fact, this may be all that he needs for a person - you don’t need ALL of someone’s DNA, just a boogie (this only makes no sense if you think about it, therefore just don’t and it will all work out perfectly?:-).
This is why O’Brien is basically a god.
He’s reprogrammed the transporter to remove them.
Cold virus? Transporter.
Rumpled uniform? Transporter.
Annoying in-laws? Transporter accident.
EDIT: HAHAHA. something just occurred to me. Scottie was probably doing the same thing. Not enough redshirts? transporter “accident” makes more. It explains why Kirk is never bothered by them dying.
So what you are saying is… he stores them in the transporter buffer. In fact, this may be all that he needs for a person - you don’t need ALL of someone’s DNA, just a boogie (this only makes no sense if you think about it, therefore just don’t and it will all work out perfectly?:-).