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OTHER TRANSPORTER FUNCTIONS
ÑBeam up. This process is very much as described above except that the
emitter array serves as the primary energizing coil and that the signal is
usually processed through the transporter biofilter.
ÑSite-to-site transport. This refers to a double-beaming procedure in which a
subject is dematerialized at a remote site and routed to a transporter
chamber. Instead of being materialized in the normal beam-up process,
however, the matter stream is then shunted to a second pattern buffer and
then to a second emitter array, which directs the subject to the final
destination. Such direct transport consumes nearly twice the energy of
normal transport and is not generally employed except during emergency
situations. Site-to-site transport is not employed during emergency situations
that require the transport of large numbers of individuals because this
procedure effectively halves the total system capacity due to minimum duty
cycle requirements.
ÑHold in pattern buffer. A transport subject that has not yet begun the
materialization cycle can be held in the pattern buffer without image
degradation for up to 420 seconds, depending on payload mass. Although it
is normal procedure to direct the matter stream immediately to the emitter
array once Doppler compensation has been synchronized, this ╥hold╙ option
can be exercised in the event that any problems are detected with the
emitter array or waveguide conduits. This option is also available at operator
discretion for security situations when it is desired to detain a transport
subject for a brief time until security officers are available.
ÑMolecular resolution transport. Living objects are always transported at
quantum resolution. In the interests of power conservation, many cargo
objects are transported at the lesser molecular resolution. Although
personnel transporters are optimized for the higher quantum resolution level,
they can be set to operate for cargo transport if desired.
ÑDispersal. Disengaging the annular confinement beam will cause the
materializing matter stream to have no reference matrix against which to
form. In such a case, the transport subject will form in a random fashion,
usually taking the form of randomly dissociated gases and microscopic
particulates. Operator override of the transport autosequence can cause the
ACB to be deactivated in order to allow the harmless dispersal of a highly
dangerous transport subject such as an explosive device. Two safety
interlocks prevent this option from being accidentally activated. Such
dispersal is usually accomplished by transporting the subject into space.
ÑNear-warp transport. Transporting through a low-level subspace field (less
than 1,000 millicochranes) requires a series of adjustments to the transport
sequence including a 57 MHz upshifting of the ACB frequency to
compensate for subspace distortion.
ÑTransport at warp. Transporting through a warp field requires a similar 57
MHz ACB frequency upshift; it also requires the ship and the remote site to
be contained within warp fields of the same integral value. Failure to
maintain warp field equivalence will result in severe loss of ACB and pattern
integrity. Such loss of pattern integrity is fatal to living transport subjects.
ÑBiofilter scan. Incoming transporter signals are automatically scanned for
patterns corresponding to a wide variety of known hazardous bacteriological
and viral forms. When such patterns are detected, limited quantum matrix
manipulation is employed to render the offending forms inert. ╞