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So they can store people in the buffer like in the new Star Trek or can they make copies of people
TNG s6e4 "Relics" demonstrated the ability to sustain a buffer pattern almost indefinitely.
Voyager did it too when they were smuggling the telepaths through devore space
And SNW with the
spoiler
doctor's sick daughter
The latter is connected with my favorite s1 episode. It requires the build-up of episodes past, but the payoff hits so hard. Not to mention, it's the silliest damn episode this side of TOS.
it’s the silliest damn episode
That's a hard competition with the next few ones on the series.
It was always my understanding, that people are stored digitally in the transporter buffer, so of course they could be stored there for extended periods of time. That's also why I was surprised when people argued that you cant copy people with the teleporter. For me it always was a remote replicator