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I don't think one of my original questions was ever answered:
quote: This is possibly seen in films II-VI as two columns of light that spread before the person appears, and also in Voyager with the balls of light moving vertically.
(my reply) Yes, but those are seen in the beam-out, too...how do you account for that? And, what is the official definition of "annular confinement beam"?
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"A cylindrical force field used to ensure that a person being transported remains within the beam. ("Power Play"[TNG]). Failure to remain within the confinement beam can cause a dangerous release of beam energy, possibly fatally injuring the transport subject and those nearby."
As for making someone's ears pop, I did a couple of quick ballpark calculations of density, assuming a 180 pound man beamed into a 4,000 cubic foot room. Shoving the air displaced by his body into the remaining room would increase the air pressure by only 0.0759 percent. I don't know if any of us would even notice that much of a change.
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