A transport inhibitor (or transport scrambler or pattern scrambler) was a type of technology adaptation designed as a countermeasure to prevent the usage of transporter devices. By the disruption of a transporter beam, this could prevent someone from leaving or entering an area covered by the scrambler.
History and specifics[]
The USS Talon scoutship was modified to allow Data to operate a transport inhibitor in the year 2374. (TNG movie & novelization: Insurrection)
In the year 2268 the Gorn shipyards on Seudath had transporter scramblers as part of the defense system. A scrambler was also activated in the Klingon Imperial Intelligence safe house in Tzoryp when the intruder alert alarm was activated. (VAN - Declassified novella: The Stars Look Down)
In 2367 the Drang also used transporter scramblers. Zin Dezavrim and Jake Sisko attempted to take out the scramblers so they could escape. (DS9 novel: Rising Son)
During the Klingon siege of Gornar of 2402-2403 the Gorn erected a network of transport inhibitors to prevent the KDF from landing troops. This network failed on Stardate 80344.81, and the royal palace fell to General Klag twenty-eight hours later. (ST website: The Path to 2409)
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References[]
- TNG movie & novelization: Insurrection
- VOY video game: Elite Force
- DS9 episode: "Change of Heart"
- DS9 episode: "Nor the Battle to the Strong"
- DS9 episode: "The Darkness and the Light"
- DS9 episode: "Empok Nor"
- PIC episode: "Disengage"
- PIC episode: "Imposters"
- PIC episode: "The Bounty"
- ST - Prey novel: Hell's Heart
- VAN - Declassified novella: The Stars Look Down
- DS9 novel: Rising Son
- ST website: The Path to 2409
- TOS comic: "Menace of the Moloth"
- In the Name of Honor
- Fearful Symmetry
- The Price of Freedom (RPG)
- Paths of Disharmony
- Frozen
- Plagues of Night
- A Ceremony of Losses
- The Poisoned Chalice
- Takedown
- DS9 novel: Original Sin
- Hide and Seek (episode)
- Bringing Down the House
- The Price of Neutrality
- Out in the Cold
- Defiant, Issue 2
- The Son
- Iron and Sacrifice
- The Oppressor's Wrong
- Indistinguishable from Magic
- What Judgments Come
- ST - The Fall novel: Revelation and Dust
- Absent Enemies
- Sacraments of Fire
- The Jackal's Trick
- The Operations Division
- Ends and Means
- Starfleet Ships 2294 - The Future
- The Sorrows of Empire
- Andor: Paradigm
- Command Decisions
- Capture the Flag (STO)
- Live by the Code
- Desperate Hours
- Sky's the Limit
External link[]
- Transport inhibitor article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.