[Charles Martel]

Well, point out to your kids that a classic Star Trek communicator didn't have to be recharged daily, could talk to starships in orbit, and can produce a strong enough signal to cause rocks to slide off of a cliff. Let's see a flip phone do that.

That's transtator technology for you. Now you know why Kirk was so riled when McCoy left his communicator behind on Sigma Iota II.

[Question_Assumptions]

Too bad Next Generation never followed up on them coming back for a piece of the action...

[PeaceBeWithYou]

Sigma Iotia II.

McCoy: "In all the confusion, I think I left it.

Kirk: "Left what?"

McCoy: "My communicator, I think I left it in Bella's office."

Spock: "The communicator contains a transtator, the integral part found in all machinery found of the Enterprise, so it is very likely that the imitative Iotians will have made impressive technological progress the next time they are visited by the Federation."

Kirk: "Bones, do you realize what you've done? Someday the Iotians may demand a piece of our action."