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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: [QB] Transporting antimatter -- we've seen Starfleet ships beam photon torpedoes on at least a couple of occasions, like "Dark Frontier." There's also the time that Wesley beamed his antimatter-powered experiment over to the Hathaway in "Peak Performance." And a third example (might) be when the Cardassians framed O'Brien for smuggling torpedoes to the Maquis aboard a runabout in "Tribunal." As for the shuttle itself, I guess it depends on how much antimatter a shuttle has on board. Given their small size and limited range, my guess would be, "not much." To address Masao's question, he's probably thinking about the potential scenario of beaming down some kind of assault vehicle. Other than the bird-of-prey example, I really can't think of an example of massive transporting. (Well, there is one -- the Voth beamed Voyager in its entirety in "Distant Origin," but that's obviously well beyond any Federation capability.) Masao, I'm assuming you're asking this for some Starfleet Museum article... in that case, I'd say that beaming the equivalent of those hundreds of tons of water would be possible for Federation ships in the pre-TOS era. In your background, the Klingons are a whole lot less advanced technologically, compared to the Federation. I'd guess that the bird-of-prey's transporters might have been up to fifty years behind the Federation's, considering how long it took for them to get M/AM reactors right... ;) Even more speculation -- if you're thinking of some kind of planetary assault scenario using your Belleau Wood transports and accompanying ships, I'd say go for it. But if you want a compromise, you could emphasize a large power drain, or a limit of one vehicle at a time, or something like that. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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