Originally posted by Alex Pryde
If your players bring it up, just tell them it was needed for part of the adventure and to just get on with the story.
As a side note. Never, EVER use those words to describe this situation, rather explain it as;
"The handwavium technobabble do-hickey is the cause of this event, and in actually the whole system did, does, and still works perectly. Its a testament to the production quality of the transporters systems that such a dampening device can be used and the individual survive rematerialisation intact. Now doesn't that make you feel more secure anout stepping onto a transporter pad in the future?"
That should drop the hint that its a plot hook, and not neccesarily something they could do anything about. Whilst also reminding them that as players they too are likely to uyilise plot holes in the Treknology availabe at some time...
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