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Does everyone forget that the transporters still work during the climax?

posted 5 years ago by TMC-4 (19417)
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Since the film clearly shows that the Genesis unit can be transported, why not beam it out of the Reliant and into space without reintergrating it?

[–] prometheus1816 (1051) 5 years ago

The Reliant was not functional. While The Enterprise was able to beam it out onto the Reliant, Khan wasn't able to do it so he decided due to The Enterprise being wounded having been inside the nebula, he would detonate the Genesis weapon believing it would blow The Enterprise and Kirk up. He didn't live to see what Spock did.

[–] ebhaynz (3531) 5 years ago

The Genesis was being used by Khan to destroy his arch nemesis Capt. James Tiberius Kirk. Khan was going to die before he gave her up: "to the last, I grapple with thee"

[–] TMC-4 (19417) 5 years ago

While we're at it, Khan specifically demands that he receive all of the information regarding Project Genesis. He never receives it, but he later steals it by transporting off the moon where it's hidden. Despite having the device for only a few hours, and spending much of that time hunting Kirk, he is somehow able set it into an overload sequence that cannot be stopped. Again, he's never seen the device before, and he needs information about it that he believes that the Enterprise has.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Remember, Khan is very intelligent. IIRC, in the TV episode he was in, he was messing around with the ship's functions after only having been there a day or two. Perhaps he read some documentation on the Genesis device and learned its operation quickly. And maybe pressing Kirk for information was his way of making sure he got the right device.

[–] strntz (10843) 4 years ago

Despite having the device for only a few hours, and spending much of that time hunting Kirk, he is somehow able set it into an overload sequence that cannot be stopped.

Unlike most consumers who NEVER read the three pages of warnings on any item bought at Walmart, Khan saw the part that said not to turn the four chromium rings 30 degrees clockwise and push the Kaboom button in sequence. Took him two minutes to see that.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Indeed.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

I don't think it's particularly far fetched that he figured out how to activate the thing.

[–] Hans-Wilhelm (1320) 5 years ago

Do you mean when it was building up to detonate and they didn't have warp speed to flee, why not beam it into deep space?

I guess it could work if they were in transporter range and could fix on its coordinates.

[–] Hans-Wilhelm (1320) 4 years ago

It probably could have worked.
Someone would have just had to think of that in the couple of minutes they had while under high stress.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

This was before Abrams's version of Star Trek. Transporters didn't have nearly unlimited range in this version of the Trek universe.