Q; How come the transporters could work in the atmosphere of Daled IV?
A; If they had been going to transport me or thee, dear reader, then we might assume that they would indeed have failed. However, in her native form it was perfectly OK to 'sport Salia. The 'sporters work, I understand, by stripping you down to your molecules and then reassembling you. Salia's molecules, as we saw to some dramatic effect, were arguably already in a state of disassembly.
Something struck me as being overwhelmingly odd with this whole episode. Anya is repeatedly derisive of the ship's technology, and at the show's start she even has to enquire what species they are. If she has the authority which she does over Salia, and she's so dismissive of the whole shebang, then why was the Enterprise picked for this important mission in the first place?
And, perhaps most important, why didn't Salia ever turn into Flipper, the friendly Dauphin?
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