I don't know what the computer would do if not given a destination so maybe it would? I wouldn't think it would be a good idea to beam them back to an enemy vessel where they could be immediately beamed back. With the risk of personal transporters it'd be best just to beam them out in a wide dispersal pattern but I'm not sure Starfleet would be so cold. Maybe break them down into the components for their next replicator meal.Were the regulators really beamed in space and not in some place with air?
