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TRANSPORTER
EMITTERS
| Phased array emitters transmit and receive a transporter ACB (annular confinement beam) and matter-stream energy beams. The annular confinement beam is a cylindrical forcefield designed to ensure that the subject being transported remains within the beam. If there is a problem while a transport is in progress, the order is often given for the ACB to be narrowed. |  Transporter room interior |
Transporters cannot be used while defensive shields are raised.
On an Intrepid class starship (such as Bethel), the power of a transporter signal could be boosted by tying the transporter system directly into the navigational deflector [#22 Non Sequitur].
"Site-to-site transportation" is the process whereby a transport subject is
first beamed to the transporter from a remote location and, instead of being
materialised in the transporter chamber, is then directly transported to another
location. The procedure is also known as "direct transportation". It is often
used to transport critically ill patients directly to Sickbay. The process is
comparatively costly in terms of power supply usage and is therefore used mainly
for emergency situations. It is seen in several episodes including [#22 Non
Sequitur], and Paris seems to abuse the procedure in order to transport to
Torres' location with a bunch of flowers in his hand [#75 Scientific Method]. In
[Day of the Dove] this procedure, then called "intra-ship beaming",
was used for the first time, and was considered a risky matter, but it has
clearly been improved upon since then and made safe (or as safe as possible).
"Emergency transportation" is the term for short-range transporter use aboard a starship for evacuation purposes. Bethel's emergency transporters have a range of less than 10 kilometres [#50 Future's End, Part One].
