Starfleet Records. Transporter technology. Transporter accident: Numerous independent technological and or environmental influences can cause a transporter malfunction. Defective technological components, such as bio-filters, pattern buffers, and molecular imaging scanners, and likewise, anomalies, power overloads, malfunctions are often investigated. One high officer can lock the transporters to function with the correct codes. Scans of a planet's surface or atmosphere are also conducted, as we