I’d concocted a long-form concept wherein O’Brien’s penchant for buffering was for the sake of saving everyone from some galaxy wide catastrophe. He’d use a subspace channel to remotely activate any and all transporter buffers to house all nearby people.
It was a fun thought experiment, but without any meaningful comedic payoff. Had to let that one go.
I’d concocted a long-form concept wherein O’Brien’s penchant for buffering was for the sake of saving everyone from some galaxy wide catastrophe. He’d use a subspace channel to remotely activate any and all transporter buffers to house all nearby people.
It was a fun thought experiment, but without any meaningful comedic payoff. Had to let that one go.
I’ve pondered an O’Brien and Ghostbusters mashup with the Ghost trap being a Transporter buffer. Not sure what to do with it either.