Transporters

[Enigma]

Do we want to have some sort of transporter or teleport system, or would we rather have ships or shuttles that land on planets?

[Potatrobot]

Ships and shuttles.

[G]

Yeah, I'd rather ships too - or if we're going to have teleportation, make it between two specific points, and has to be set up first physically, so you can't just teleport anywhere you want.

[Skipper]

Yeah, I'd rather ships too - or if we're going to have teleportation, make it between two specific points, and has to be set up first physically, so you can't just teleport anywhere you want.

This. And make transportation risky and only usable for small object and items.

The only reason Star Trek had the teleportation was the lack of budget for shuttle SFX.

[Enigma]

In a couple of my games, as part of the background, there was a confederation working on building an interstellar network of teleport stations when interstellar war broke out. Most of the teleport stations were destroyed, in fear the enemy would use it to send weapons or invading armies through, so it was eventually forgotten. However, much of the network survived, as did a few maintenance booths for use by repair crews. Someone has been using this forgotten network of maintenance booths to travel between worlds for unknown purposes.

However, we can decide that teleportation/transporters are not part of New Frontiers. Do we ban them?