Reveal: New transporter design!

[Balok's Decoy]

More reveals from Entertainment Weekly. New transporter design.

Thats....interesting. Definitely different. But different is okay! Change is an essential part of life and so on.

Apparently this is aboard the Shenzhou, not the Discovery, so no confirmation on what the DSC transporter will look like.

 

[Long Syntax]

hmmm - not sure I like it (for what it's worth)

 

[Balok's Decoy]

hmmm - not sure I like it (for what it's worth)

I'm on the fence. I think I'll have stronger feelings either way once I see how the thing works.

 

[Long Syntax]

I'm on the fence. I think I'll have stronger feelings either way once I see how the thing works.

I know the article makes a point of telling us that it's not the Discovery transporter but the Shenzhou. Not my favorite design element, but I'm still watching.

 

[F. King Daniel]

I like it! Weird and thus awesome.

Plus - body armour!

 

[Balok's Decoy]

I like it! Weird and thus awesome.

Plus - body armour!

Oh yes, I am so down for that body armor. That I love.

The new transporters definitely are different. Kinda look like giant speakers. I dunno. Gonna withhold final judgment on this one until I see it in action. I feel like it'll go hard one way or the other for me. I'll either be like, "WTF? NO THANK YOU" or "Wow, how did I ever doubt them? YES PLEASE."

Remembering how I felt watching the Beyond trailer for the first time and balking at the use of Sabotage. Then actually saw the movie and it was one of my favorite scenes. So, you never know! Context is EVERYTHING.

 

[F. King Daniel]

The new transporters definitely are different. Kinda look like giant speakers.

My first thought was, "Willy Wonka's mixing room"

 

[Kevin Wolff]

Prepare to enter the Stargate! Eh, points for being extremely different at least. Body armor is good because it covers all that gold.

 

[Mad Jack Wolfe]

A transporter platform as designed by a Bond villain?

 

[Captain of the USS Averof]

At first I was like "WTF is that"? But then I looked at it a little more and I thought "WTF is that"?

 

[jaime]

Am hoping it's an alien tech piece....how would you stop it beaming the whole room out? Previous transporters always made a kind of sense.

 

[Tuskin38]

While this isn't Discovery's transporter room, it will probably have a similar aesthetic since it is the same technology.

 

[Balok's Decoy]

Also just noticed: Phaser holster on the leg rather than the hip.

Minor detail but WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE? lol

 

[Kevin Wolff]

Communicator or tricorder on the hip?

 

[KirkusOveractus]

I like this one. It has the feel of being an early transporter that's approved to transport beings and not just cargo, quite a functional and industrial look, and I notice an echo of the TOS transporter background in the gold rectangular panels between the transporters.

The article does say that if you don't like this, that the Discovery's looks different.

 

[Mage]

I like it. New and bold. I love how this show is daring to be new and unique instead of just doing what's been done.

 

[uniderth]

More reveals from Entertainment Weekly. New transporter design.

What transporter? I see two clocks in a discotech.

 

[Balok's Decoy]

It has the feel of being an early transporter that's approved to transport beings and not just cargo, quite a functional and industrial look,

Agree -- it does look functional and...scientific? Like, in addition to giant speakers, the other thing it reminded me of was the Large Hadron Collider.

 

[dahj]

Is that Robau?

 

[Long Syntax]

Am hoping it's an alien tech piece....how would you stop it beaming the whole room out? Previous transporters always made a kind of sense.

That's what got me too. I mean, it's all fantasy and you have to suspend disbelief, but I also question why their boots aren't left on the floor after transport. Of course we can come up with any in-universe explanation, but a top and bottom construction made some intuitive sense.