Transporter room The transporter room was part of a starship or space station which was specially outfitted to transport lifeform s and small , inanimate objects . This room included a with a transporter platform . The number of transporter rooms varied per ship or station , the main criteria being the ability to evacuate all personnel within a specified time . All key components which were needed for transport were fitted in this room and the one just below . Some starships , such as the , did not have a transporter room . The area surrounding the transporter was instead situated between two corridor s to which the transporter alcove was directly adjoined , on either side . ( ) A transporter room was usually manned by a transporter chief . Miles O ' Brien was the senior transporter chief for much of the ' s service . Transporter Room three was O ' Brien ' s preferred room . Before he left ( to take up his post on Deep Space 9 ) , Jean - Luc Picard told him it would not be the same without him . ( ; ) Although Deep Space 9 did possess at least five transporter rooms , Ops had its own transporter . ( ) The DS9 Ops transporter was also used , several times , to effect a door way to the mirror universe . ( ) Captain Benjamin Sisko referred to the transporter room of the as the " transporter bay " . ( ) Rooms and uses . USS " Enterprise " NCC - 1701 - D . " Galaxy " - class starships , such as the " Enterprise " - D , had at least twenty transporter rooms . ( ) Transporter room 1 was located on deck 6 , room 1654 . ( ) It served as a mass evacuation transporter for decks 5 to 10 . ( ) For decks 1 to 4 , mass evacuation occurred via the cargo transporters . ( ) In 2364 , Lieutenant Natasha Yar requested Commander William T . Riker ' s presence in transporter room 1 . His presence was needed for an inspection of an unidentified item being beamed in from a surface station on Haven . With Riker present , a Betazoid gift box materialized on the transporter pad . Later , Counselor Deanna Troi , when entering the room , expressed dismay at the sight of the gift box . ( ) In 2366 , this transporter room was used in an attempt to transport Roga Danar from the brig to an Angosian police shuttle . He managed to escape the transport attempt while making himself appear to have been lost in an explosion . ( ) Transporter room 2 was located on deck 6 . It also served as a mass evacuation transporter for decks 5 to 10 . ( ) Transporter room 3 was located on deck 6 , room 2054 . It also served as a mass evacuation transporter for decks 5 to 10 . This was Chief O ' Brien ' s favorite transporter room on the ship . ( ; ) Propulsion expert Kosinski and his companion , The Traveler , were beamed aboard the " Enterprise " - D from the into this room . Greeting the visitors were Commander Riker , Counselor Troi , and Chief Engineer Argyle . ( ) After speaking with Doctor Beverly Crusher and Counselor Troi about a brain graph of Captain Jean - Luc Picard in 2364 , Commander Riker requested the computer for a location of the captain . The computer located the captain ' s last position as transporter room 3 . Before Riker could order a shutdown of transporter controls , Picard , under the influence of the thought maker , had beamed to his prior command , the . ( ) After a rescue - and - recovery team led by Commander Riker and consisting of Lieutenant Commander Data and Lieutenant Geordi La Forge had located survivors , led by the Klingon officer Korris , aboard the freighter " Batris " , Captain Picard ordered Lieutenant Yar to this room to greet the away team . For the retrieval of the away team , plus three Klingons , she operated the transporter controls . ( ) After Commander Riker was encased in a force field on Minos , Captain Picard asked the transporter chief of this room if he had a lock on the away team . He replied that he had a lock on two members of the team , but not Riker . After conferring with his senior officers , the captain and Doctor Crusher beamed down to the planet ' s surface from this room . ( ) In early 2365 , Data authorized the transporter chief , Miles O ' Brien , to transport samples of plasma plague from ' aucdet IX into cargo deck 5 , a cargo bay situated in the stardrive section of the " Enterprise " - D . Later in this room , in orbit of Science Station Tango Sierra , O ' Brien transported the samples from the bay into a contained area on the space station . ( ) After a terrorist bombing at the Lumar Cafe on Rutia IV in 2366 , Captain Picard ordered the transporter chief to target Dr . Crusher , Lt . Cmdr . Data , and Lt . Worf , and prepare for an immediate beam - up . However , before the transportation could take effect , Crusher was kidnapped by the Ansata . A few days later , in a brazen attack on the " Enterprise " - D , the Ansata planted a bomb on the main reactor chamber . Captain Picard ordered the transporter chief to lock onto the explosive device and beam it out into space . As the bomb had sensor jamming technology , the chief couldn ' t complete the order . It was only when Lt . Cmdr . Geordi La Forge removed the bomb from the chamber with a laser cutter and placed his communicator on the bomb that the transportation could take effect . As per the chief engineer ' s instructions , the bomb materialized five kilometer s off the starboard nacelle , where it exploded harmlessly . ( ) Upon the chance discovery of an one - man spaceship crashed on a planet in the Zeta Gelis star cluster , a medical triage team led by Riker , and consisting of Dr . Crusher , Lt . Cmdr . Data , and La Forge , were beamed near to the crash site by the transporter chief in this room . ( ) While trapped in a temporal fragment in 2369 , the " Enterprise " - D beamed several Romulan s on board . The away team , including Captain Picard , Deanna Troi , Data , and Geordi La Forge tried to find out what happened and beamed on board the " Enterprise " - D . Picard ordered Troi to go to sickbay , Data to main engineering , and himself to transporter room 3 , where he found Worf and two security officer s who beamed three Romulans on board . ( ) Transporter room 4 also served as a mass evacuation transporter for decks 5 to 10 . ( ) In late 2364 , a rescue - and - recovery team led by Commander Riker and consisting of Dr . Crusher , Data , and Yar beamed from this room to Vagra II in an effort to rescue survivors of a shuttle crash . ( ) In 2366 , this room was also used to beam Roga Danar on board from an escape pod . ( ) Transporter room 5 served as a mass evacuation transporter for decks 6 to 16 . ( ) In 2365 , Chief Miles O ' Brien was assigned to this room . He transported Jean - Luc Picard , Deanna Troi , and Worf to Ramatis III . ( ) Transporter room 6 also served as a mass evacuation transporter for decks 6 to 16 . ( ) In 2364 , the transporter chief for this room reported a transporter console malfunction to the bridge . The malfunction was later attributed to an entity found in the Beta Renner cloud . ( ) Transorter room 7 also served as a mass evacuation transporter for decks 6 to 16 . ( ) Transporter room 8 was located on deck 12 . ( ) It was used for mass evacuation of decks 6 to 16 . ( ) In 2364 , Wesley Crusher , on his way to the Starfleet Academy entrance exam s , was beamed to Relva VII from this room . Captain Picard , Commander Riker , and Lieutenant Yar wished him well , and his mother , Dr . Crusher , gave him a hug expressing her pride and love . Later , the four officers greeted Admiral Gregory Quinn and Lieutenant Commander Dexter Remmick of the Judge Advocate General as they beamed in from the planet . ( ) Transporter room 9 was also used as a mass evacuation transporter for decks 6 to 16 . ( ) Transporter room 10 was also used as a mass evacuation transporter for decks 6 to 16 . ( ) Transporter rooms 11 - 14 were used as mass evacuation transporters for decks 17 to 28 . ( ) Transporter rooms 15 - 20 were used as mass evacuation transporters for decks 29 to 42 . ( ) USS " Enterprise " NCC - 1701 - E . In 2373 , transporter room 3 beamed the crew of the aboard when the ship ' s life support system failed . Later , the away team including Captain Picard , Data , and Beverly Crusher was beamed from this transporter room to Bozeman , Montana . ( ) USS " Voyager " . The USS " Voyager " had at least two transporter rooms . In 2372 , transporter room 2 was used to retrieve samples of an irregular comet , only to beam aboard Quinn , a member of the Q Continuum . ( ) Later that year , Kathryn Janeway requested that engineering shunt available power to transporter room 2 in order to retrieve Tom Paris . ( ) In 2371 , two Vidiian s were beamed to transporter room 3 , where Captain Janeway met them . ( ) Appendices . Background information . The script for , the first " Star Trek " pilot episode ; described the transporter room by stating , " " Completely unlike any other station on the " Enterprise " , the Transporter Room is heavily shielded . " " The script then continued by describing several of the room ' s contents , which were generally far different from those seen in the episode ' s final version . These included a strange device dominating the room ; a " glassed - in " transporter chamber hovering over the device . Also , a hooded viewing screen where the transporter operator could peer to determine where the transporter subject was beamed to . The first scenes ever shot for " Star Trek " were originally set to be in the " Enterprise " s transporter room . The set was on Stage 16 of Desilu ' s Culver City lot . However , the filming schedule was changed and the very first scene shot was actually in Captain Pike ' s quarters . ( " " , pp . 43 - 46 ) The TOS transporter room set was situated on Desilu Stage 9 . ( ) According to ) , the set was never redressed , during production on the series , and Robert Justman noted , " " Common sense mandated leaving this one alone . " " According to " The Star Trek Compendium " ( 4th ed . , p . 40 ) , however , the set was redressed to serve as the " Enterprise " s chapel in the episode . The " Enterprise " transporter room was featured in a stock animation cell often used in , with Mr . Scott operating the transporter . ( " The Best of Trek " , p . 100 ) The transporter room underwent a slight redesign for the ultimately abandoned series " " . In August 1977 , while the updated set was due to be constructed on Paramount Stage 9 , Joe Jennings began work on re - envisioning the room . ( " " , p . 37 ) Some conceptual illustrations of the revised transporter room were created by Mike Minor . ( " The Art of Star Trek " , p . 63 ) On , producer Robert Goodwin sent a memo to Gene Roddenberry which included the statement , " " The shell for the transporter room is being built . Soon Mike Minor will have sketches ready for you to approve on the look of the new transporter room . " " ( " " , pp . 43 - 44 ) In a interview , Susan Sackett reported the transporter room as having an " orange motif . " ( " " # 12 ) The writers / directors guide for " Phase II " included the statement , " " We assume there are various Transporter Rooms through the vessel , " " and suggested the " Enterprise " s chapel be a redress of the transporter room set . ( " " , pp . 93 & 94 ) Similarly , the first - draft script of " In Thy Image " proposed " Phase II " s regular transporter room be redressed to serve as the transporter room of another starship for the story , the light cruiser " Delphi " . ( " " , pp . 210 & 214 ) A wall section of the " Enterprise " s transporter room was built for " Star Trek : Phase II " went on to be used as part of both the starship ' s sickbay in , and the ship ' s transporter room in . ( text commentary , DVD ; " " , p . 33 ) Following its reuse in the latter film , the same set piece additionally appeared in the transporter room of as well as the transporter room of . ( text commentary , DVD ) More than any other set in " Star Trek : The Motion Picture " , the " Enterprise " transporter room fascinated the film ' s production designer , Harold Michelson . ( " " , p . 91 ) He designed the revamped appearance of the room for the film , situating the transporter operators in a shielded control compartment in an attempt to convey the extraordinary energies involved in the transporter ' s operation . ( " The Art of Star Trek " , p . 164 ; " " , pp . 91 - 92 ) The set for " The Motion Picture " s transporter room was built on Stage 9 . ( " " , p . 95 ) The floor of transporter room included a segment consisted of many complex conduits , which was actually a sheet of vacuum - formed plastic , the shape of which was reused as wall panels in the Mark IV bridge simulator in " Star Trek II : The Wrath of Kahn " . ( text commentary , DVD ) For " The Motion Picture " , the appearance of the transporter room ' s complex of machinery was enhanced by cinematographer Richard Kline , using some eerie - looking lighting . ( " " , p . 92 ) Following production on " The Motion Picture " , the set for the film ' s transporter room was planned to be stored " indefinitely . " ( " " , p . 214 ) The set for the " Regula I " transporter room used part of the Klingon bridge set from " Star Trek : The Motion Picture " . ( " " # 60 ) The " Galaxy " - class transporter room was designed by illustrator Andrew Probert and production designer Herman Zimmerman , who deliberately echoed the layout of the TOS transporter room to appease hardcore fans of the original series . ( ) In and , the transporter room was a redress of the " Enterprise " - D ' s transporter room from TNG . ( text commentary , DVD ) The fact no transporter rooms were aboard runabout s used on was one of multiple factors led to the conceptual invention of the . At a point when no transporter room had yet been designed for the ship , Herman Zimmerman foresaw that , as storylines warranted them and the producers budgeted for them , transporter facilities would be added to the set for the vessel . ( " Cinefantastique " , pp . 108 & 97 ) A " Defiant " - class transporter bay was thereafter introduced in . The " " states the " Intrepid " - class USS " Voyager " has only two transporter rooms , as opposed to the three such rooms established in canon . Star Trek : Voyager ' s transporter room was built on virtually the same space previously occupied by the equivalent room for TNG ' s " Enterprise " ; both were on Paramount Stage 9 . ( ) Production Designer Richard James kept the floor and ceiling , though he redesigned everything else to conform with the other Voyager interior sets , almost entirely changing the " look " of the transporter room . Commented Michael Okuda , " " You can still see the bloodlines . . . same nose , same ears . . . the same family genes . " " A set of construction blueprints for Voyager ' s transporter room set was illustrated , initially dated but revised on four subsequent occasions in that month . The wood had been recycled through usage in sets for various earlier starships . ( " " , pp . 244 & 245 ) The set was repainted and redressed to represent a transporter room in . ( " " , 3rd ed . , p . 341 ) Star Trek : Enterprise , NX - 01 , transporter alcove was situated on Paramount Stage 18 . ( ) J . J . Abrams ' Star Trek , the " Enterprise " transporter room was specifically designed to elicit a sense of exit from the ship . " " The transporter room has an airlock feeling , it ' s physically separated in case something goes wrong , " " concept artist Ryan Church commented . " " It felt functional that way . " " ( " Star Trek - The Art of the Film " , p . 104 ) For the film , the transporter room set was built on Paramount Stage 15 . ( ) The set was one of several which , after production on the " Star Trek " film wrapped , were disassembled into segments were stored away until entered production , when the set pieces were polished , rebuilt and tweaked . " " In the transporter bay , we changed the effect of the glass pieces which ring that bay , " " said Production Designer Scott Chambliss . " " I wasn ' t terribly happy with how it looked on film in the original one . " " ( ) For " Star Trek Into Darkness " , the transporter room set was built on Sony Stage 15 . Apocrypha . In " The Worlds of the Federation " ( p . 16 ) , the USS " Moscow " s transporter room is said to have been the site of the first transporting of a Human . The book also describes that transporter room as being located at the UFP Aerospace Museum - Smithsonian Annex and a " recent acquisition " there .