A Serious Question for a Serious Planet:

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A Serious Question for a Serious Planet:

Nov05

by admin on November 5, 2011 at 10:14 AM

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From io9: Could the Enterprise beam a vampire into a house he didn’t have permission to enter?

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November 7, 2011, 10:04 AM | #

Probably not. The supernatural rules binding the vampire most likely are based on the notion of “possession of area,” and therefore bypassing the border would not undo the restriction. I mean, it probably could beam him down there, but he’d explode or something.
admin

November 7, 2011, 10:18 AM | #

A friend and I had the following back-and-forth about it:

Him: Great question! I think the vampire would fail to materialize.

Me: I think it depends on if the anti-vampire ward is a “barrier” or if it “infuses” the entire house.

I believe it would be the latter. Besides, if it were a barrier, transporters can’t beam through shields, either!

What if Geordi used a tachyon beam to create a non-warded bubble inside the house to beam the vampire into?

I still think the house would be “infused.” Couldn’t get a lock. Closest parallel in Star Trek to magic involved is the Q. If Q made a house impregnable, no technobabble could get in.

But Q’d never make it impregnable, he’d always make it a test. He’s kinda like the Riddler that way.

I’m just using Q as an example of “magic.”

Magic is just science you don’t understand yet. If Wesley Crusher became a vampire, could he enter any house he wanted to?

Wesley as the Traveler’s apprentice? Probably.

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