I think yes? The matter/ energy he creates (including the body he creates for himself when he visits our planes) appears to be real, regular matter, and should be convertible into energy or data or whatever and back again.
I think the real question is how the other edge cases and stuff around transporters work in his case.
When Q visits, hes not fully here, afaict, more like hes created and is piloting the body in our dimension.
Normal beings are not conscious between de and rematerialization. I think we can assume this isnt the case with Q, as his consciousness is still on the Q plane. But does he retain his link with his created form throughout the process, Experiencing the atom by atom transfer to energy and back? If not, does the link automatically return when the body is rematerialised, or does he have to reconect himself ?
I think yes? The matter/ energy he creates (including the body he creates for himself when he visits our planes) appears to be real, regular matter, and should be convertible into energy or data or whatever and back again.
I think the real question is how the other edge cases and stuff around transporters work in his case.
When Q visits, hes not fully here, afaict, more like hes created and is piloting the body in our dimension.
Normal beings are not conscious between de and rematerialization. I think we can assume this isnt the case with Q, as his consciousness is still on the Q plane. But does he retain his link with his created form throughout the process, Experiencing the atom by atom transfer to energy and back? If not, does the link automatically return when the body is rematerialised, or does he have to reconect himself ?
The actual answer, of course, is it depends what is required by the plot.