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Originally Posted by Flyndaran
That is an issue I think many viewers had with the transporters in canon. They were overtly more dangerous and no more useful than shuttles.
The only real benefit I can see is instant travel vs. a few hours which was never much of an issue in any episode I can recall.
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It's very useful for medical emergencies (when it's working), or indeed many other sorts of emergencies.
Maybe I should edit the post to note that it's optional? (EDIT: OK, done; was sort of implied already, so not a big change.) Some GMs and player groups would want to have it because it's something that you just
have in Star Trek, just as Psi Wars has (last I checked) psychic knights with force swords. Others would rather do without it, or prefer one of the more limited options, for one of more of the reasons that have already been suggested. It helps that I haven't put any dates on them, and don't see much need to.