I thought this was an interesting read. You can see that the seeds of what would become Star Trek were already growing.
Also, despite the name “Transporter” sounding familiar, his description of it is closer to a holodeck. It “transports” the user to different scenarios. Wild.
They did. It was called Enterprise.
WE DON’T TALK ABOUT THAT EPISODE.
Even the creators agree that it sucks tremendously and suggest that the second to last episode is the supposed season finale (the one ending with archer pulling a Picard, giving an epic speech)