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[–] 17 points 3 weeks ago* (1 child)

The ring can only be destroyed by the fires of Mount Doom. Teleporters completely disassemble what it's transporting and reassemble it at the destination. Technically using a transporter kills you and makes perfect copy on the other side so it wouldn't work on the one ring.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago

    They couldn't stabilise the wormhole between the universes, leading to a catastrophic collapse, and killing the forward team in the process. Political concerns forced the project to shut down, and removed it from canon

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

    Because they had flying dragons that you can connect to with your jombilical chord hair that's why.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago

    Why use the transporter when there are perfectly good redshirts to utilize?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago

    Because that would be illogical as it was Bones turn to run the tractor beam.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago

    He found the Ring to be "Fascinating, but illogically attractive." and spent the rest of the episode wrestling with his dual nature.

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