Transporter room

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A transporter room aboard a Constitution-class starship

A Galaxy-class transporter room

A transporter room is part of an starship or space station which is specially outfitted to transport lifeforms and small inanimate objects.

The number of transporter rooms varies per ship or station, the main criteria being the ability to evacuate all personnel within a specified time. All key components which are needed for transport are fitted in this room and the one just below.

A transporter room is usually manned by a transporter operator. Miles O'Brien was the senior transporter chief for much of the USS Enterprise-D's service. Transporter Room Three was O'Brien's preferred room. Before he left to take up his post on Deep Space 9, Jean-Luc Picard told him it would not be the same without him. (Star Trek: The Next Generation; DS9: "Emissary")

Although Deep Space 9 did possess at least five transporter rooms, Ops had its own transporter. (DS9: "Dramatis Personae", "Things Past") The DS9 Ops transporter was also used several times to effect a doorway to the mirror universe. (DS9: "Through the Looking Glass", "Resurrection")

Captain Benjamin Sisko called the transporter room of the USS Defiant "transporter bay". (DS9: "The Way of the Warrior")

[edit] Rooms and uses

[edit] USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)

[edit] Transporter Room 1

Transporter Room 1 was located on deck 6, in room 1654. (TNG: "Brothers") Mass evacuation transporter for decks 5 to 10. (TNG: "11001001")

For decks 1 to 4, mass evacuation occurred via the cargo transporters. (TNG: "11001001")

In 2364, Lieutenant Natasha Yar requested Commander William Riker's presence in this room. His presence was needed for an inspection of an unidentified item being beamed in from a surface station on Haven. With Riker present, a Betazoid gift box materialized on the transporter pad. Later, Counselor Deanna Troi, when entering the room, would express dismay at the sight of the gift box. (TNG: "Haven")

This episode is the first time we see this room. Michael Rider portrayed the transporter chief.

[edit] Transporter Room 2

Transporter Room 2 was located on deck 6. Mass evacuation transporter for decks 5 to 10. (TNG: "11001001")

[edit] Transporter Room 3

Transporter Room 3 was located on deck 6, in room 2054. Mass evacuation transporter for decks 5 to 10. This was Chief O'Brien's favorite transporter room on the ship. (TNG: "11001001"; DS9: "Emissary")

[edit] 2364

Propulsion expert Kosinski and his companion, The Traveler, are beamed aboard the Enterprise from the starship Fearless into this room. Greeting the visitors were Commander Riker, Counselor Troi, and Chief Engineer Argyle. (TNG: "Where No One Has Gone Before")

This is the first episode where Transporter Room 3 is seen. The door leading into this room is seen briefly wherein the location is given as 6|2054. The transporter chief, seen very briefly, is played by an unknown actor.

After speaking with Doctor Beverly Crusher and Counselor Troi about a brain graph of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Commander Riker requested the computer for a location of the captain. The computer located the captain's last position as this room. Before Riker could order a shutdown of transporter controls, Picard, under the influence of the thought maker, had beamed to his prior command, the USS Stargazer. (TNG: "The Battle")

After a rescue-and-recovery team led by Commander Riker and consisting of Lieutenant Commander Data and Lieutenant Geordi La Forge had located survivors, led by the Klingon officer Korris, aboard the freighter Batris, Captain Picard ordered Lieutenant Yar to this room to greet the away team. For the retrieval of the away team, plus three Klingons, she operated the transporter controls.(TNG: "Heart of Glory")

Though it is not known for sure, there is a strong probability that the away team beamed to the Batris from this room.

After Commander Riker was encased in a force field on Minos, Captain Picard asked the transporter chief for this room if he had a lock on the away team. He replied that he had a lock on two members of the team, but not Riker. After conferring with his senior officers, the captain and Dr. Crusher beamed down to the planet's surface from this room. (TNG: "The Arsenal of Freedom")

It is probable that before the Enterprise was ambushed by a space borne version of the Echo Papa 607 that he requested the transporter chief for this room to get a fix on the away team after Data freed Riker from a force field. The chief, seen briefly, is played by an unknown actor.

[edit] 2365

In early 2365, Data authorized the transporter chief, Miles O'Brien, to transport samples of plasma plague from 'aucdet IX into Cargo Deck 5, a cargo bay situated in the stardrive section of the Enterprise-D. Later in this room, in orbit about Science Station Tango Sierra, O'Brien transported the samples from the bay into a contained area on the space station. (TNG: "The Child")

Cargo Deck 5 is assumed as being located in the stardrive section for it had no transporter. The only bays equipped with these devices were located in the saucer section. (TNG: "11001001")

[edit] 2366

After a terrorist bombing at the Lumar Cafe on Rutia IV in 2366, Captain Picard ordered the transporter chief to target Dr. Crusher, Lt. Cmdr. Data, and Lt. Worf, and prepare for an immediate beam up. However, before the transportation could take effect, Crusher was kidnapped by the Ansata.

It may be assumed that Data and Worf were beamed into this room following the kidnapping.

A few days later, in a brazen attack on the Enterprise, the Ansata planted a bomb on the main reactor chamber. Captain Picard ordered the transporter chief to lock onto the explosive device and beam it out into space. As the bomb had sensor jamming technology, the chief couldn't complete the order. It was only when Lt. Cmdr. La Forge removed the bomb from the chamber with a laser cutter and placed his communicator on the bomb that the transportation could take effect. As per the chief engineer's instructions, the bomb materialized five kilometers off the starboard nacelle where it exploded harmlessly. (TNG: "The High Ground")

Upon the chance discovery of an one-man spaceship crashed on a planet in the Zeta Gelis Cluster, a medical triage team led by Riker, and consisting of Dr. Crusher, Lt. Cmdr. Data, and Lt. Cmdr. La Forge, were beamed near to the crash site by the transporter chief in this room. (TNG: "Transfigurations")

Though not stated, it can be speculated that this team and their patient, John Doe, were returned to the starship via this room.

[edit] 2369

While trapped in a temporal fragment, the Enterprise-D beamed Romulans on board. The away team, including Captain Picard, Deanna Troi, Data, and Geordi La Forge tried to find out what happened and beamed on board the Enterprise-D. Picard ordered Troi to go to sickbay, Data to main engineering, and himself to transporter room 3, where he found Worf and two security officers who beamed three Romulans on board. (TNG: "Timescape")

[edit] Transporter Room 4

Mass evacuation transporter for decks 5 to 10. (TNG: "11001001")

In late 2364, a rescue-and-recovery team led by Commander Riker and consisting of Dr. Crusher, Lieutenant Commander Data, and Lieutenant Yar beamed from this room to Vagra II in an effort to rescue survivors of a shuttle crash. (TNG: "Skin of Evil")

It is probable that this transporter is used later for the recovery of Yar's body and for other actions associated with the transporter in that episode.

[edit] Transporter Room 5

Mass evacuation transporter for decks 6 to 16. (TNG: "11001001")

[edit] Transporter Room 6

Mass evacuation transporter for decks 6 to 16. (TNG: "11001001")

In 2364, the transporter chief for this room reported a transporter console malfunction to the bridge. The malfunction was later attributed to an entity found in the Beta Renner cloud. (TNG: "Lonely Among Us")

[edit] Transporter Room 7

Mass evacuation transporter for decks 6 to 16. (TNG: "11001001")

[edit] Transporter Room 8

Transporter room 8 was located on deck 12. (TNG: "Coming of Age") It was used for mass evacuation of decks 6 to 16. (TNG: "11001001")

In 2364, Wesley Crusher, on his way to the Starfleet Academy entrance exams, is beamed to Relva VII from this room. Captain Picard, Commander Riker, and Lieutenant Yar wished him well, and his mother, Dr. Crusher, gave him a hug expressing her pride and love. Later, the four officers greeted Admiral Gregory Quinn and Lieutenant Commander Dexter Remmick of the Judge Advocate General as they beamed in from the planet. (TNG: "Coming of Age")

This room is first seen in "Coming of Age". Yar operated the transporter controls.

[edit] Transporter Room 9

Mass evacuation transporter for decks 6 to 16. (TNG: "11001001")

This transporter room, or Transporter Room 10, were seen in TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint" when Security Officer Natasha Yar beamed Riker to the Enterprise.

[edit] Transporter Room 10

Mass evacuation transporter for decks 6 to 16. (TNG: "11001001")

[edit] Transporter Room 11

Mass evacuation transporter for decks 17 to 28. (TNG: "11001001")

[edit] Transporter Room 12

Mass evacuation transporter for decks 17 to 28. (TNG: "11001001")

[edit] Transporter Room 13

Mass evacuation transporter for decks 17 to 28. (TNG: "11001001")