[Ship Communication to Scotty {Either Scotty}]

[kirktastic]

Scotty! As of five minutes ago, I need to know how the hell someone managed to transport onto this ship if the transporter is broken! I need more information! Get on it, stat!

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[allmhadadh.livejournal.com]

From: Lt. Cmdr. Scott, USS Enterprise - Displaced
To: Captain Kirk, USS Enterprise - Native

Sir,

Yours transporter doesn't need to be working in order for someone to beam aboard your ship; so long as their transporter is working, whoever it is can beam wherever they want, unless you have your shields up and provided they're in range.

On top of that, though: I'm not sure about the tech your transporter system runs on, given that your Enterprise and my own have some fairly large technological differences, but I'll venture a guess that not all of your transporter systems are offline (meaning, no power to them at all) and if they didn't initiate transport from their own vessel, and the Enterprise really was the one to bring them aboard, then chances are they triggered one of the safety sub-routines designed to keep people from just materializing in space.

Think of it a bit like a hook, sir. Or a life preserver. Someone initiates a transport to your ship, but your transporters are offline; the system, though, reads that they're in transit and can't return to their own vessel, in which case it would override and bring the person aboard regardless. Dicey stuff, since they might show up in a less than... 'together' state, but by that point a better chance than the alternative. That's about the only theory I've got, being here.

Your own Scott probably knows that system back to front, though; I'd take any theories I have with a grain of salt and consult him about it.

-Lieutenant Commander Scott

[kirktastic.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the prompt response, Sco...Mr. Scott. Is there any way for this 'life preserver' sub-routine to be checked to see if it activated?

Also, I'm fairly sure if you go down to Engineering sub-deck C, you'll find the still Engineering's cooked up.

[allmhadadh.livejournal.com]

Sir,

Aye, sir, there is. Like I said, I don't know your systems, but you can pull up all of the transporter logs fairly easily, and you should be able to recognize the entry that would have been made if the Enterprise had pulled someone in via emergency protocols. It'd be close to the top of the list, at any rate.

Your Chief should also be able to disable them fairly handily if that's the case, too.

-Lieutenant Commander Scott