"trigonometry1972@gmail.com |" wrote:
> On Apr 22, 11:40 pm, Tim Bruening <tsbru...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us>
> wrote:
> > In this episode, Trip is stranded on a moon with an alien named Zorgon.
> > It gets up to 170 Centigrade on that moon in the day, so Trip and Zorgon
> > must get themselves rescued before they bake. Even worse, the alien
> > doesn't sweat, so he's more vulnerable to the heat than Trip. When Trip
> > establishes contact with Voyager, why doesn't he ask Voyager to beam
> > down a lot of water containers?
>
> Voyager? Did forget your anti-alzhemier's meds?
> Enterprise. Conflation can be a sign of dementia.
>
> As to why, well it has been too long ago for this old man to
> remember the plot detail. Perhaps the transporter was
> out of operation?
I don't recall any dialogue about a busted transporter. Also, Archer wanted
to get Trip to safety fast. I assumed that he intended to have Trip
transported. Enterprise couldn't get another shuttlepod down, so Enterprise
would have had to transport Trip.