Transporter Systems Operation Starfleet Standard Personnel Transporter Starfleet Security Clearance UM-1 Required, Directive 110938714-38134

Problem Statement Personnel transporter systems are used to transport crew and guests up to a distance of 40,000 km. This is accomplished via molecular phase transition (matter converted to a subatomically debonded matter stream) at a quantum precision level.

Problem Statement Transporter operations can be broken into five stages: Target scan and coordinate lock Energize Dematerialize Pattern buffer Doppler compensation Matter stream transmission (and implied reconstitution)

Problem Statement Major components of the transporter system: Transport chamber Operator’s console—Allows Transporter Chief to monitor, control, and override all transporter functions Transporter controller (computer subprocessor) Primary energizing coils (create Annular Confinement Beam—ACB) Phase transition coils—Wideband quark manipulation field devices Molecular imaging scanners—Total of 4 per pad; offset 3.5 arc seconds from the ACB axis

Problem Statement Major components of the transporter system (continued): Pattern buffer—Superconducting tokamak device; delays transmission of the matter stream Biofilter—Excises biohazards from the matter stream Emitter pad array—Exterior to ship; includes phase transition matrix and primary energizing coils; contains 3 redundant clusters of long-range virtual-focus molecular imaging scanners used during beam-up. Targeting scanners—Determine transporter coordinates and monitor environment at remote site

Problem Statement During a “beam up” sequence, the emitter array serves as the primary energizing coil. Incoming signals are processed through the transporter biofilter. The biofilter scans incoming transporter signals and detects patterns of known bacteriological and viral forms. Detection of pathogens prompts quantum matrix manipulation to render them inert.

Problem Statement Site-to-site transport is possible, although normally restricted to emergency use (such as an extravehicular transport directly to sick bay). It involves a double-beaming procedure in which a subject is dematerialized at a remote site, routed to a transporter chamber, shunted between pattern buffers, and reemitted via a second emitter array to the final destination.

Problem Statement Depending on payload mass, a transport subject may be held in the pattern buffer without image degradation for up to 420 seconds, if the subject has not yet begun materialization. Facilitates correcting for changing conditions at the transport site Allows weapons or hazmat deactivation/ dispersal, or security intervention

Problem Statement Living subjects are always transported at quantum resolution. Heisenberg compensators allow measurement and storage of quantum states without affecting such state. Transport can occur at near-warp and at warp speeds, although the ship and target site must be traveling at the same warp velocity.

Problem Statement The annular confinement beam (ACB) can be disengaged, causing the materializing matter stream to have no reference matrix against which to form. This is double-interlocked to prevent accidental disengagement. The ACB cannot operate through deflector shields, prohibiting transport when shields are in a defensive configuration.

Actors and Use Cases Transporter Chief Scans and selects optimal transport site Initiates transport Monitors and controls all transporter functions Can override transporter functions, including overriding safety settings Deactivates or immobilizes weapons and other hazmats

Actors and Use Cases Transport Subject Ship’s Computer “Beamed” from a transporter pad to a single location, or vice-versa May be site-to-site transported May request transport to ship via communicator Ship’s Computer Can replace Transporter Chief for routine transport operations (requires command-level overrides)

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Chief Engineer Douglas Wilcox, USS Reliant Thank you Chief Engineer Douglas Wilcox, USS Reliant MET CS 770, Stardate 2006.1106