Why do people on Star Trek bother going to the transporter room

>>82899570
>60s sci-fi

Because TOS was more of an introduction of transporter tech in a TV series format, and the best way to show viewers.
In Star Trek Voyager site to site transports were done more frequently.

>>82899570
Why do you go to the bathroom if you can just shit anywhere you like?

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>>82899570
You cannae beam about the ship captain, the warp engines are interferring with the signal

>>82899570
Wouldn't they have to beam them to the transporter room first and then to their destination? Waste of resources I guess?

>>82899570
Because then they'd have to be disintegrated and recreated twice instead of once. I'm sure the actual moment of death isn't pleasant each time it happens

>>82900984
No, by TNG era you can do "site to site" beaming, e.g. they can beam directly from a planet to sick bay.

>>82901013
>>82900984
Why would they beam them twice?
They beam them in the buffers and beam them out from there

>>82900931
hmmm

remidner that everytime they teleport they died

>>82901095
Reminder that every time you sleep you die

>>82901038
>>82901064
Oh. Then I guess another excuse would be that the transporter room is clear of any other people or objects so you don't accidentally beam something with you. Also they can beam the entire party down in one go, picking every crewmember from different locations of the ship would most likely use more resources right?

>>82901143
reminder that every time I sleep with your mom, inside you die a little

>>82901095
Heisenberg compensators mean that transporters in Star Trek don't kill people.

Reposting from other trek thread:

Is McCoy written to just contradict Spock and Kirk for drama? Most of the time he's very intelligent but sometimes he gets extremely emotional and reeees against them for wanting to make a very good but uncomfortable decision. Then at any time it seems like the decision might have been a mistake he goes "I told you so, do you still think it was a good decision dipshit?" when he should realise that they have to make some difficult decisions with no clear right ways to handle it.

I like him most of the time but it seems like the writers just used him to create drama when they were unable to write good scenarios where it would seem more natural for his character. Maybe I just misunderstand him or am just the kind of person to agree with Kirk and Spock more.

What's your opinion on this?

Why do you go all the way to the bathroom when you could just pee in a bottle in your bedroom?

>>82901194
no
a person gets destroyed and then rebuilt with the memories of the last
same dna but it's a different person

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>>82901236
>implying

>>82901165
They could just say that "Stand by for transport" so they wouldn't touch anything before transporting
As for energy efficiency I don't know, I don't think that that's a factor

>>82901237
They were fine with alternate reality Kim in Voyager so I guess dying isn't that big of a deal for them

>>82901237
No.
In Star Trek, Heisenberg Compensators mean that transporters don't kill people.
It's not just the exact same DNA that materializes, it's the exact same atoms that materialize at a new location.

>>82901237
Then why use transportation for not living things? If it's not the same they could just use the replicator

>>82901203

Spock: logic
McCoy: emotion

Kirk falls in the between

>>82901344
>It's not just the exact same DNA that materializes, it's the exact same atoms that materialize at a new location.
same atoms could be replicated but not their conection
the synapsis would end then you'd die

>Heisenberg Compensators mean that transporters don't kill people.
that's what they want you to believe

>>82901533
>same atoms could be replicated but not their conection
The atoms aren't replicated, they are transported. Connections included.

Other things can make copies. Thomas Riker, for example, was created by an anomalous energy field in a planet's atmosphere. It's called an "anomaly" because it's unlike anything else they know, because it's beyond the capabilities of their transporter (which can only transport, not copy).

>that's what they want you to believe
Yes, I believe that the canon of Star Trek is canon inside Star Trek. Do you have autism? Star Trek is fiction, not real life. Unless you have autism, you should be able to tell the difference. Maybe transporters would work differently in real life, but in the fictional world of Star Trek, they work without killing.

>>82899570
>Why do people on Star Trek bother going to the transporter room if they can just beam out from the bridge or anywhere on the ship?
If memory serves it's because there are pattern enhancers in the transporter bay, theoretically making transporting from/to there safer. (yes, I know there were literally millions of stories involving transporter accidents)


I also think site-to-site involved beaming from somewhere to the transporter room then to the other site (you just don't rematerialize in the transporter bay) cause the transporter equipment/transporter buffers are in the transporter room.

>>82901778
the thing is that star trek is the most fictional fiction thing ever and it shows that's so popular
I mean, post scarcity really?

>>82901165
>Also they can beam the entire party down in one go, picking every crewmember from different locations of the ship would most likely use more resources right?
The transporter engineer would have to locate each member, lock on, dematerialize then materialize. Thereby taking longer to transport.

It's easier if they're all on the same pad.

>>82902173
>the thing is that star trek is the most fictional fiction thing ever and it shows that's so popular
It's because people grew up with it and it's been a staple their entire lives.

>I mean, post scarcity really?
Roddenberry was a socialist atheist what else would you expect from the guy?

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I'm not sure crewman, I'll go and ask the Captain!

>>82902603
>read it in his voice
DAMMIT!

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Watched this last night, I'm such a sucker for that smile. Exactly the same thing with smugfu Natalie Dormer.

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>>82902646
The replicators are offline, would you care for a bowl of my leola-root stew crewman?
It's famous throughout the delta quadrant!

>>82902942
>The replicators are offline, would you care for a bowl of my leola-root stew crewman?
>It's famous throughout the delta quadrant!
STAAAAAAPH!

seriously though...it's amazing how I can exactly hear his tone of voice and accent even though i haven't watched an episode of Voyager in years.

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>>82903007
Sounds like you could use a cup of my even-better-than-coffee, coffee substitute.
You'll never go back to regular coffee again crewman!