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What is the use of a trade embargo in a society with replicators?
For new years eve, a few friends and I had some Romulan Ale and the scene with Worf mentioning that it should be illegal and Geordi replying that it is was quoted the whole evening. We started to ...
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Why are there cargo ships in the Star Trek universe when they have replicators?
Why are there cargo ships in the Star Trek stories?
With replicator technology and FTL communication, there is no need for cargo ships. You can just transmit the computer files on how to replicate ...