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  • $\begingroup$ The high energy cost was something I thought would pose a problem. But in my story the energy problem is not that much of a problem. They can literally turn matter into energy with almost 100% efficiency. But if you have a more effective way of going about this I would like to hear out your idea $\endgroup$
    – Mattias Constantin
    Commented Mar 15, 2018 at 16:38
  • $\begingroup$ The other limiting factor here is time. It takes a while to scan so many atoms (read: eons). FTL travel using quantum entanglement is really hard unless you have some handwavium in place to bring scanning times down. $\endgroup$
    – Budhaditya Ghosh
    Commented Mar 15, 2018 at 16:52
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    $\begingroup$ The computer that does this is actually composed of billions of tiny little robot like entities that can function independently or as one to perform tasks. The power of just one such entity is on pair with a quantum computer and can easily perform such mappings. The concept is not very well defined yet, I'm still working on details. These entities are the ones that can perform transmutation of matter to energy and every human possesses them in their blood due to past events. They build themselves and aid the humans in various ways. $\endgroup$
    – Mattias Constantin
    Commented Mar 15, 2018 at 16:58
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    $\begingroup$ OP didn't tag this with science based or hard science so we can assume K2 level tech to solve some of these problems. $\endgroup$
    – Len
    Commented Mar 15, 2018 at 18:49