Transport inhibitor
From Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference.
A transport inhibitor was a device that blocked transporters attempting to dematerialize objects in a specific area.
In 2375, Lieutenant Commander Data used a transport inhibitor aboard the Federation mission scoutship to prevent himself from being beamed away by an USS Enterprise-E shuttlecraft. Several portable transport inhibitors were later deployed by Enterprise-E personnel on the surface of Ba'ku to prevent the Son'a from forcibly removing the inhabitants of the Ba'ku village. (Star Trek: Insurrection)
[edit] See also
[edit] Apocrypha
In the Tenth UK Story Arc, the Eldorians possessed transport inhibitors as early as 2268. These were used in their war against the Norusians, who used long-range transporters to kidnap enemy personnel.
