Would a Transporter work for Clark Kent?

[Broccoli]

When I saw the title of this thread, my first thought was, "...but why would Clark need to hire Jason Statham?"

That could be the greatest movie ever made.

 

[broberfett]

Would a Transporter work for Clark Kent?

My opinion would be no.

If one is Invulnerable, one wouldn't be fundamentally torn apart by the amount of energy needed for transport. I think that even antimatter can't generate enough power to effect Clark.

I'd like to hear others views; It something strange to think about every once in a while

If it can transport him then he can easily be killed by anyone with a transporter.

 

[Christopher]

It's a good question applied to a story like The Changling in TOS. Nomad could withstand the full power of the ship's phasers, but the transporters could work on it.

Nomad's shields could withstand the full power of the ship's phasers, but the episode specifically stated that Nomad couldn't be transported until it lowered its shields.

 

[Photoman15]

"Transporters" in Trek disassemble at quantum level. I would guess the methods used in Superman et al are either small wormholes, gates or such or (in the case where there is a visual beam with the person being transported in it) controlled anti-gravity beams (up/down).

Bringing a Trek transporter into the show/comic, there would probably be some "interference" caused by the energy of Superman that he absorbs from the yellow sun that would prevent an annular confinement beam from locking on. If it could, Superman would be easy to kill, just don't re-assemble, disperse the matter stream at high angles.

 

[LaxScrutiny]

It's a good question applied to a story like The Changling in TOS. Nomad could withstand the full power of the ship's phasers, but the transporters could work on it.

Nomad's shields could withstand the full power of the ship's phasers, but the episode specifically stated that Nomad couldn't be transported until it lowered its shields.

Thanks, it's been a while.

 

[ngc7293]

This is no big issue. I read one comic where Superman was killed by magic in the past. He and the rest of the JLA were left for dead on the bottom of the ocean. Only Plastic man was able to 'pull himself together' and save the day.

Superman has one thing on his side though "Writer's Grace"

 

[bryce]

But can Wolverine be transported?

In X3, when Phoenix tried to disintegrate him, he just kept rebuilding, so...

Debate away...

 

[wamdue]

But can Wolverine be transported?

In X3, when Phoenix tried to disintegrate him, he just kept rebuilding, so...

Debate away...

which begs the question, Can Captain Jack be transported.

 

[Christopher]

^Jack doesn't heal instantly, so I'm sure the five seconds it would take a Federation transporter to dematerialize him wouldn't be enough time for him to resist the effects.

Similarly with Wolverine. The X3 climax exaggerated the speed of his healing for dramatic effect (or maybe some residual part of Jean was holding back her disintegration power a little bit), but normally his regeneration would be nowhere near instantaneous enough to resist a transporter beam.