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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Stingray: [QB] There has always been a transporter operator whenever possible behind controls. No matter how easy it looks, it simply can't be as simple as sliding a few bars. Can't. Musn't. And we're talking about incredible bandwith/energy/power issues. Consider that the average Terran home doesn't have a dedicated antimatter reactor working for it. We know there are power grid(s) that power many places like power plants today. Most homes are not likely to be given an infinite amount of energy to use. Also consider the sheer logistics of people beaming [i]everywhere[/i] [b]all[/b] the time. The smoothest and most logical way for things to run is to consider planetside transporter systems like a planetwide subway system. There are stops at every significant enough location (and there would be a lot of them) and it would be possible to beam manually, away team style to anywhere on the planet as a special case. Obviously, Starfleet would receive a special ability in the use of transporters as far as would be needed. This would be regulated by the Terran Local Government and the Federation Government. Reason for the Terran Local is that it seems to me that we often confuse the Federation Council as the ruling body for the UFP with whoever runs Earth. The Whitehouse runs the Federal Government, not the District of Columbia. Deciding on whether to use a transporter or not seems to be a matter of time. Would it be simpler to go to a transporter facility (would there be lines to wait in in the utopian future?) or go to a shuttle facility (probably more shuttles than transporter pads on Earth) and fly it to Fiji or orbit or wherever. Or take a subway from San Fran to NYC or Tokyo, etc. Or a hovercar across town. Finally, I'd think there would be transporter enhancer satellites in orbit and at Lagrange points so that it would be possible to beam from Earth to Mars or other places in the inner solar system or even whole solar system. The beaming might be twice (or more) as long, but hell, seems like an easy think to do. Does that make sense? (edit: written after a long night of drinking) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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