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Why isn't the doctor projected from the emitter in a way such that the emitter is inside his arm? Therefore it would be more difficult for an enemy to disable him. Also why didn't the Voyager crew concentrate on replicating the unknown alloy so that they could make multiple mobile emitters as spares or in case multiple holographic crew members are needed, for example during an emergency. --<unsigned>

I'm not sure about the first point (inside his arm), but if it was an "unknown alloy" the replicator wouldn't be able to replicate it. Besides the fact that there are other things, such as latinum, that are know and can be scanned that cannot be replicated. That's why the Ferengi and other species use latinum. However, I do agree with your first point. The Doctor would have been much more easily protected from enemies. Fair Haven comes to mind, when The Doctor was hipnotized. Mainphramephreak 09:09, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

The Doctor's Holonovel Emitter - possible.[]

The mobile emitter the Doctor used in his Holonovel (The backpack one)...presumably something like that is within the technological capability of the Federation (and it would be ironic if the Doctor wound up having to use one.) If that design was actually based by the doctor on 24th century technology and not just philosophical reasons like he claimed, then surely the possibility isn't a noncanon one. Now that they have the idea of a mobile emitter, and several examples of holograms who would qualify as sentient, the development of the Mobile Emitter surely can't be TOO far in the future, even if they can't duplicate the size and material yet. Redwood Elf 00:50, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

ok? --OuroborosCobra talk 16:58, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

reconstitution[]

I restructured the article, and re-wrote several passages to better discuss the mobile emitter (ME), as opposed to the stories in which the mobile emitter was instrumental. Thusly, I removed the bit about the Equinox's EMH since it wasn't special or unique with relation to the functionality of the ME; there are several times when the ME was used with different holoprograms (Eq's EMH, da Vinci, Barclay's hologram), but there wasn't anything specific or different learned or demonstrated about the ME in those instances. — THOR =/\= 21:27, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Interesting acronym?[]

Should a possible (and, um, interesting) acronym be cited, as observed by David McIntee: autonomous self-sustaining mobile holo-emitter?--Archer4real (talk) 15:04, October 26, 2019 (UTC)

With all due respect to McIntee (who has written some great Doctor Who novels), I don't think that particularly merits mention here — not least because in order to make that "interesting" acronym work, you have to omit the word "mobile," which is rather key to the concept. —Josiah Rowe (talk) 02:11, October 27, 2019 (UTC)

2401 Emitter[]

I rewrote the background information on the mobile emitter seen in PIC, since in my opinion, it contained too much speculation. Original text:

Use or reverse engineering of 29th Century Tech would be a violation of the Temporal Prime Directive. (VOY: "Timeless", "Endgame"). Timeless (episode) Endgame (episode) The 25th century mobile emitter seen in Picard is a low tech version of the Doctor's mobile emitter. It allows a living person to emit a holographic image of themselves remotely in another location. It is not like the Doctor's mobile emitter in that it cannot contain the program of a holographic character/person. It also does not allow the holographic image to physically interact as does the Doctor's mobile emitter. The ability to project a programmed interactive holographic character remotely is technology that belongs to the 29th century (VOY: "Future's End")

We've seen B'Elanna try to reverse engineer the emitter, and as far as I remember, the problem was that it was too complicated, not that it was forbidden. I don't think we can say with any certainty that Starfleet Intelligence or someone else didn't reverse engineer the emitter in the thirty years since Voyager returned. Holo-technology as a whole has certainly come a long way in that time.

I think it's reasonable to assume that Raffi's emitter is a more primitive version, but canon doesn't give confirmation either way. Without additional background info or canon elaboration, the 25th c. emitter's origin, function, and capabilities seem too speculative to me to be stated as fact in the article, even as bginfo. – MappingLaSirena (talk) 21:34, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

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