Transwarp beaming

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Transwarp beaming was a use of the transporter to beam a living being from one planet to an adjacent planet, within the same star system, or even onto a starship traveling at high warp. It was postulated by Montgomery Scott.

In an alternate reality, Montgomery Scott debated with his instructor regarding relativistic physics in relation to subspace travel involved with the equation. According to his instructor, long-range transwarp beaming was impossible, but Scotty thought it was easy. His first attempt was to transport "Admiral Archer's prized beagle." When asked if transport had been successful by James T. Kirk and Spock, Scotty replied that he'd let them know "when it turns up." The whole notion of transwarp beaming was according to Scotty: "like trying to hit a bullet with a smaller bullet whilst wearing a blindfold, riding a horse."

On Delta Vega, Scotty made a second attempt, with help of a future Spock who already knew the completed equation. Upon viewing the formula, Scotty commented that he had never considered that it was "space" that was "moving." The second attempt was to beam Kirk and himself from Delta Vega to the USS Enterprise. It was mostly a success, although Scotty materialized in a fluid filled chamber and almost drowned. The third use of transwarp beaming was the transport of Kirk and younger Spock to the Narada, that was orbiting Earth, from the orbit of Titan. (Star Trek)

[edit] Apocrypha

According to the novelization of Star Trek, in the alternate reality, Scotty had been toying with the notion of transwarp beaming for years. Spock revealed that the only thing missing from the theory was the correct field equation for the continuous recrystallization of dilithium while transport was in progress. This allowed the steady usage of power during transport. It was the discovery made by Scott in the future of the prime reality.

After seeing Spock's complete theory, Scotty realized he could not resolve the central string as it had never occurred to him to look at the event from the perspective of the one who was beamed. Spock however stated it in fact did occur to Scott when he added the adjunct equations related to dilithium. The fact that a transport pad was not present at the receiving end made beaming on target possible only with a 4 meter margin of error, as the destination co-ordinates were completely theoretical.

Admiral Archer's beagle, after having traversed in subspace for over 6 months, was intercepted by the Enterprise while it was warping out of Earth orbit for the first mission under the command of Captain Kirk.

[edit] Also see

• Sub-quantum transporter
• Subspace transporter
• Transwarp, for other uses of the term.