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Continuity between movies & Transporter Tech

Omega-Trekker

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Can someone please explain to me how they can "beam" two people from a planet to a starship at warp light years away... yet they cannot beam a person off a shuttle craft from orbit only a few hundred miles away?
 
This subforum is for questions about the board's operation, not questions in general. I'm sure a helpful mod will move this to Trek Tech shortly.

Also, some context would be helpful. I recognize your first example, but I'm not sure what you're referencing in the second one.
 
Can someone please explain to me how they can "beam" two people from a planet to a starship at warp light years away... yet they cannot beam a person off a shuttle craft from orbit only a few hundred miles away?
I'm guessing that's transwarp beaming from the 2009 movie? That was Scotty's formula from the future, introduced into the past of the Kelvin timeline. It's not how transporters work, although it's massively inconsistent.

Sadly, Picard, Discovery and SFA have ignored it. Maybe it was erased in the temporal wars or some shit:shrug:

If we took what transporters are shown to do seriously...
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