Transporter room

A Transporter room is a fictional location featured in the Star Trek multimedia franchise. It has been used in most of the television programs associated with the franchise, including the original Star Trek as well as its spin-off projects, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager.

A transporter room was part of a starship or space station which was specially outfitted to transport lifeforms and small, inanimate objects. 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. The original USS Enterprise NCC-1701 only had a single transporter room, whereas its successor, the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D had three. This was common amongst Galaxy-class starships. The space station known as Deep Space Nine had five transporter rooms.