Replicator: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:39, 25 March 2018

Essentially identical concept as with the transporter
Permanently-stored molecular-resolution patterns for devices to be replicated
- One isolinear chip sufficient to store a pattern for a single meal, suggesting home units fairly limited in selection (DS9 Novel: Gamma: Original Sin)
  - Central server? Global network for trading recipes/etc?
Stored matter tank used as source material for materialization
- Specific organic mix statistically similar to most food items available for food replication; other items require other base compounds of course (Reference: TNG Technical Manual)
  - Default dishes and other such items possibly organic plastic or polymer in home units to reduce base stock needs?
- Replicators can dematerialize items to restock stored matter as needed
Limitations
- Certain substances cannot be replicated
  - Latinum, dilithium, other exotic materials
    - Possibly due to hyper-molecular structure, fourth-dimensional configuration?
- Living tissue unable to be replicated due to molecular-level resolution of stored patterns, materialization hardware (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
- Home units locked from replicating certain dangerous devices by hardware safeties (DS9 Novel: Gamma: Original Sin)
  - Pharmaceuticals, weapons, illegal items, etc.

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 *** [[Latinum]], [[dilithium]], other exotic materials
 **** Possibly due to hyper-molecular structure, fourth-dimensional configuration?
+** Living tissue unable to be replicated due to molecular-level resolution of stored patterns, materialization hardware (ENT Novel: ''Live by the Code'')
 ** Home units locked from replicating certain dangerous devices by hardware safeties (DS9 Novel: ''Gamma: Original Sin'')
 *** Pharmaceuticals, weapons, illegal items, etc.
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