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What are the size limits of a Federation replicator?
Are there any size limits on the items that a replicator can produce? Has there been shown any different sizes of replicators capable of replicator large objects? What are the smallest and largest ...
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What are the chase lights under Star Trek viewscreens for?
Under the viewscreen on many Federation starships, there are a series of lights that constantly run through a chase or 'marching ants' pattern. What's the reason for these lights? Are they status ...
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Why were surgical gowns not used on Voyager?
In both TNG and DS9, surgical gowns were used. These gowns covered the wearer's entire body, with the exception of the face. They never go into why they wear the gowns, but it is assumed that it is ...
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Why do people step to positions to be transported, even if there isn't a transporter pad?
After watching (I'm sure quite too) many Star Trek episodes, I've noticed a number of occasions where the characters seem to step away or onto a more specific location to get transported, even if they ...
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Did any of TOS 5 year mission first contacts aliens show up in later Star Trek episodes as Borg?
Are there any examples of Star Trek TOS aliens being assimulated by the Borg in any of the following versions of the Star Trek TV/Movie franchise?
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What is the significance of the different styles of, and emblems on, Klingon baldrics?
I've been watching Star Trek: The Next Generation, and just recently transitioned into season two. Among several more significant changes, I've noticed that Worf's baldric has changed.
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What is the penalty for violating the "Prime Directive" without Federation sanctioned justification?
I previously asked about the circumstances that allowed forgoing the "Prime Directive". The answer stated "All these people have violated the Prime Directive more than once: Kirk, Picard, Riker, Worf, ...
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Did The Founders evolve from the race that seeded the Alpha Quadrant?
In Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 6, Episode 20 ("The Chase"), we find out some genetic components were seeded throughout the Alpha Quadrant by an ancient race of beings, known in ...
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Will I be able to follow the story if I skip The Next Generation & watch Deep Space 9 directly?
Star Trek: Enterprise is the last TV series, but I've watched it first because it shows initial story (2100s). I've just finished watching season 4 of Star Trek: Enterprise.
For 2200s, I've watched ...
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Why are Trill symbionts so rare?
Is there any information that would explain why there are so few symbionts when there are so many Trills? My only guess is that they have shorter reproduction seasons and longer gestation periods ...
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How to reconcile the cashless human/Federation society with human traders and merchants
From a variety of sources, including this great question, we know that the Federation (or at least the humans) don't use money. This raises the problem that humans frequently visit worlds where there ...
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Do Klingon Cranial Ridges Offer Sufficient Individualization like Fingerprints in Humans?
I was listening to the commentary on an episode of Star Trek Deep Space 9, and one of the writers mentioned that Bajorans' facial ridges are more-or-less the same on all Bajora, "unlike the Klingons." ...
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Why is it called a tricorder?
The device is square, the readout is square, maybe it should be called square-corder.
Did the original tricorder only have 3 functions?
I checked the Memory Alpha entry but it doesn't state the ...
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What are the emergency protocols to contain a warp core breach?
Are there established protocols in Star Trek to contain a warp core breach?
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What is the difference between photon torpedoes and quantum torpedoes?
It seems that quantum torpedeos are the next generation of photon torpedoes but I was wondering what made them better and what makes them 'quantum'.
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Was Roddenberry involved in the creation of Deep Space Nine or Voyager before he died?
I know that Roddenberry took a less and less active role in TNG as his health deteriorated. He died before the release of Deep Space Nine or Voyager.
Did he having anything to do with the creation ...
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