Transporter Systems Operation

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Transporter Systems Operation

• Starfleet Standard Personnel Transporter

Starfleet Security Clearance UM-1 Required,
Directive 110938714-38134
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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.

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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)

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Problem Statement

• Major components of the transporter system
• Transport chamber
• Operators consoleAllows Transporter Chief to
  monitor, control, and override all transporter
  functions
• Transporter controller (computer subprocessor)
• Primary energizing coils (create Annular
  Confinement BeamACB)
• Phase transition coilsWideband quark
  manipulation field devices
• Molecular imaging scannersTotal of 4 per pad
  offset 3.5 arc seconds from the ACB axis

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Problem Statement

• Major components of the transporter system
  (continued)
• Pattern bufferSuperconducting tokamak device
  delays transmission of the matter stream
• BiofilterExcises biohazards from the matter
  stream
• Emitter pad arrayExterior 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 scannersDetermine transporter
  coordinates and monitor environment at remote
  site

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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Actors and Use Cases

• Transport Subject
• 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
• Ships Computer
• Can replace Transporter Chief for routine
  transport operations (requires command-level
  overrides)

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