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Expert: Deran McKean - 11/5/2009
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QUESTION: Did you get my question about which humanoids Klingons might refuse to fight, such as Data, Armus, etc.?
Could a Cytherian defeat an Organian in 3-D chess or Strategema, assuming they both knew the rules?
Could a transporter accident kill an energy being? Suppose a Douwd or Organian were being beamed up, but the transport couldn't be completed. As a result, the energy being's
'molecules' were spread throughout space.
In "Genesis," early Worf tries to break through sickbay's doors while Picard and Data are inside, trying to figure out a cure for the virus.
To lure Worf away from sickbay, Picard carries a hypo full of Troi's 'scent'; this proves to be successful.
Why didn't Data simply open sickbay's doors, then knock out Worf with a few hits to his head? It seems very risky for the captain to go running around the ship while a predator tries to kill him.
ANSWER: Hi John -
My question queue doesn't' show any outstanding questions so it looks like I might not have received that one. Can you resend?
I think a Cytherian and an Organian would be pretty evenly matched playing 3D chess and that either could beat their opponent. The Cytherians showed very advanced knowledge of spatial dynamics which I think would put them on pretty even ground against an Organian in that type of contest.
Yes, the transporter works by breaking down the molecules of the subject, storing them in a pattern buffer, and then reassembling them at an alternative location. If even one enzyme or chemical within a humanoid being beamed is put back in the wrong place, the result could be death for the individual being transported.
I gotta assume that energy beings have equally sophisticated biological systems but in their case they are constructed of energy rather than matter. So, I'd assume that a transporter accident that put one of their molecules back in the wrong place would be as catastrophic to them as a transporter accident to a humanoid.
My guess is that Data didn't want to risk causing Worf some serious damage or harm that might have resulted from a physical struggle. It's possible Data might have had to really hurt the armored Worf in order to subdue him, and I don't think Picard wanted to risk that.
Thanks!
Deran
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QUESTION: In "True Q," while investigating the deaths of Amanda Rogers' parents, Picard said something on the order of "I doubt any Q could die in an accident."
Data responds, "It is not consistent with what we know of them."
So does this mean that Q could not die in a transporter accident? I have to believe, that Q has such great power over his own molecules (as he claims to have control over all matter), that even if one were misplaced due to operator error, I still think that he could somehow "pull himself together."
Did you also not get my Odo question? I asked an Odo "pushing" question, but I never received a reply.
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Hi John -
All good points. The exact nature of Q and the limitations on his abilities and the abilities of the Collective as a whole has never been set forth so far as I know.
I doubt the misplacement of one molecule would harm the essence of Q himself, but might cause the physical shell he was employing at the time to suffer some type of damage. The closest analogy I can come up with is when you or I lose a character in a video game. It doesn't actually harm us, we just hit the reset button.
I don't recall getting a question about Odo pushing anything can you resend?
Thanks!
Deran
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