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I stood here for a while today; Nothing happened..... (Original Post)
USALiberal
Apr 2020
OP
My memory is that when standing on the transporter pad, the correct command is "energize."
TomSlick
Apr 2020
#12
SaveOurDemocracy
(4,400 posts)1. Did you say, "Beam me up, Scotty"?
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)2. Dammit! nt
TomSlick
(11,096 posts)12. My memory is that when standing on the transporter pad, the correct command is "energize."
The command to "beam up" is appropriate when on a planet which the star ship is orbiting. My assumption is that a star ship must maintain geosynchronous orbit with at least line of sight with the away team.
dameatball
(7,396 posts)3. Maybe you had already been sent here.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)4. You were standing on the wrong side. eom
underpants
(182,734 posts)5. Phones can fly?
Who knew?
The Magistrate
(95,244 posts)6. That's A Nice One, Sir
Thanks for the grin....
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)10. Your welcome Sir! nt
Fascist Breakfast
(25 posts)7. It
Must be turned off due to the quarantine.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,365 posts)8. How do you know?
Perhaps you teleported to an exact copy of where you started
jimlup
(7,968 posts)9. Or maybe you were transported to a different quantum reality and just didn't notice....
Hopefully, in this reality (that you now live in) on November 3rd we'll rejoin the sane realities in this multiverse where the Orange Clown isn't President.
DFW
(54,330 posts)11. Well, if you just stood there, of course not
You have to say where you want to go, or they can't send you there, can they?