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Replicator (Star Trek)

In Star Trek a replicator is a machine that can create (and recycle ) things. Replicators were originally seen to simply synthesize meals on demand, but in later series much larger non-food items appear. The technical aspects of replicated versus "real" things is sometimes a plot element.

Origins and limitations

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Although previous sci-fi writers had speculated about the development of "replicating" or "duplicating" technology, [1] the term "replicator" was not itself used until Star Trek: The Next Generation . In simple terms, it was described as a 24th century advancement from the 23rd century "food synthesizer" seen in Star Trek: The Original Series . In Star Trek: The Original Series , food was created in various colored cubes. In Star Trek: The Animated Series (1974), various types of realistic-looking food could be requested, as in the episode entitled " The Practical Joker ". The mechanics of these devices were never clearly explained on that show. The subsequent prequel series, Star Trek: Enterprise , set in the 22nd century, featured a "protein resequencer" that could only replicate certain foods, so an actual chef served on board who used a hydroponic greenhouse where fruits and vegetables were grown. Additionally, that ship had a "bio-matter resequencer" which was used to recycle waste product into usable material. [2]

According to an academic thesis: "The so-called 'replicators' can reconstitute matter and produce everything that is needed out of pure energy, no matter whether food, medicaments, or spare parts are required." [3] A replicator can create any inanimate matter , as long as the desired molecular structure is on file , but it cannot create antimatter , dilithium , latinum, and (in the case of at least federation replicators) living things of any kind; for the last case, non-canon works such as the Star Trek: the Next Generation Technical Manual state that, though the replicators share the same technology with transporters , the resolution used is too low to create living tissue. However, other replicators, such as the ones used by the aliens in the TNG episode " Allegiance ", could create living things, including the brain's many trillions of dendritic connections where memory is stored.

One of the most important pieces of technology in the Star Trek universe, the replicator is used primarily to provide food and water on board starships , thus eliminating the need to stock most provisions (though starships, starbases, and other installations still stock some provisions for emergencies, such as in cases of replicator failure or an energy crisis.) On Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , it was established that as long as there is an energy source to power life support, replication is used to provide breathable air on ships and starbases (and to disassemble the carbon dioxide exhaled by the crew ), thus providing a seemingly endless supply of oxygen and eliminating the need to carry air tanks.

The technology is also used for producing spare parts , which makes it possible to repair most ship damage without having to return to a starbase. Other applications include replication of Starfleet uniforms and everyday objects such as toys and souvenirs. Replication is also used by the Holodeck program to allow food , clothes , and other objects belonging within a simulation to be used or consumed by the participants.

Starfleet 's safety protocols prevent unauthorized replication of dangerous objects, such as weapons and poisonous substances. [4]

Replicators can also convert matter into energy. Following that principle, the device can dismantle any object into subatomic particles. The ensuing energy can then be stored for future use or immediately applied in a subsequent replication. This process is referred to as "recycling", and is applied to everything from dirty dishes [5] to outgrown children's clothes.

Replicator technology, even if produced on a larger scale, had not been able to be used to create complex objects such as shuttlecraft or starships (the production staff felt that being able to replicate entire starships "at the push of a button" would severely impact dramatic potential). However, in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "For the Cause" , industrial replicators are used to replicate large components of ships, shuttlecraft , and other pieces of this sort, which are later used in shipyards to construct such vessels. In this manner, as few as 15 industrial replicators are enough to replicate the components needed to build a fleet of starships or to help a civilization recover from a planet-wide natural disaster.

This ability to reproduce complex machines is furthered during the first season of Star Trek: Prodigy . A replicator is shown to have the capacity to replicate an entire starship in the second episode, "Lost & Found", when Gwyn is attempting to escape the Protostar. When she reaches the shuttle bay, she finds a replicator with the technology to manufacture a complete ship. The process by which it is replicated takes minutes rather than seconds though, and behaves more similarly to a 3D printer than a traditional replicator. [6]

By virtually eliminating material scarcity, replicator technology plays an important role in the moneyless human economy within the Star Trek universe.

When the USS Voyager was pulled to the Delta Quadrant , it became clear that replicator technology was unknown to some of the indigenous peoples of that region. Throughout the first seasons, the Kazon and other races tried repeatedly to obtain the technology.

In the Voyager episode " State of Flux ", how the Kazon aliens obtain the technology from the USS Voyager, is a major plot point in the episode. [7]

Captain Janeway feared that if this technology were acquired by a civilization before they were ready, disastrous consequences could ensue. For this reason, and because of the Prime Directive , Janeway refused to give away the technology at any price.

Also on Voyager , the ship's energy constraints on the journey back to the Alpha Quadrant meant that replicator supplies had to be strictly controlled, leading to "replicator rations" becoming an unofficial ship currency. This is also the reason Neelix (aside from providing the crew with a morale boost through the preparation of fresh food) became employed as the ship's chef. Some ingredients came from the ship's hydroponics laboratory.

In 2014, researchers at Nestlé were reported as working on technology comparable to the replicator, with the goal of providing food tailored to an individual's nutritional requirements. [8]

Imperial College London physicists have discovered how to create matter from light — a feat thought impossible when the idea was first hypothesized in the 1930s. In just one day in Imperial's Blackett Physics Laboratory, three physicists worked out a relatively simple way to physically prove a theory first devised by scientists Breit and Wheeler in 1934. [9]

BeeHex, an Ohio startup company, received a grant in 2013 from NASA intended for developing long-spaceflight food 3D printing technology. They now build food printing robots for eventual public use. [10]

Cemvita Factory Inc., a biotech startup based in Houston, TX, is also developing a photobioreactor that converts carbon dioxide that's captured from air along with hydrogen from hydrolyzing water to nutrients and pharmaceutics. [11] [12] [13]

A 2016 article in The New Yorker noted that replicators may be a "metaphor for the distant endpoint of the Industrial Revolution". [14] They point out that technology as presented in Star Trek: The Next Generation changes the moral equation of being human, because nearly anything you want can be created with a request. [14]

They note that Captain Picard's favorite beverage, Earl Grey tea , is created by the replicator, and the character often states "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot" during the television show. [14] The beverage is then seen being produced in the replicator with a special visual and sound effect. [14]

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How Are The Replicators Supposed To Work On Star Trek?

Coffee, black, or Earl Grey, hot? If you're a "Star Trek" fan, you've probably heard a character or two say these words. You might think of Captain Kathryn Janeway of "Star Trek: Voyager" and Captain Jean-Luc Picard from "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and "Picard" are just big breakfast drink fans, and they are, but they're also busy leaders of working space starships. They needed a way to get their favored drinks fast. So they turn to their replicators.

Replicators are essential machines in the "Star Trek" universe. This device can reproduce food, tools, and sometimes even random viruses. Depending on the writer's imagination, it can make almost anything. In times of need, the replicator is the only thing that can feed the crew. And being so far from Federation ports and basses, replicators were their best bet in getting that one part they need to fix their warp core containment.

While the replicator has made many appearances on the shows — Janeway even took hers apart in one episode — it's remains a tool of mystery to many. It acts a lot like a transporter, because it kind of beams food. So how are these things imagined to work in the first place? Of course, this is a starship, and the explanation is very sci-fi.

It's kinda gross, really

According to the "Star Trek" website , the reason some people see replicators as mini-transporters is because, well, it technically is one. In "Star Trek," transporters "beam" people and items to different places. They dematerialize matter and reconstitute it somewhere else. The replicator essentially acts the same way. So what matter does it work with? Comic Book reported the not exactly appetizing news. An episode of "Star Trek: Discovery" explained the material comes from fecal matter.

Replicators cannot make new matter because physics simply doesn't allow for that. In the "Trek" universe, scientists had developed a mixture of different materials specifically for food replicators, but it was a finite resource. And so the resource-poor Federation of Planets used something humanity never runs out of: Its own waste. The episode suggests that this sacrifice doesn't come at a human cost, which means the Federation can still claim the moral high ground against their enemies.

Replicators have been in use since the 24th century in the "Trek" universe , though very little has changed around the technology. No matter how advanced, a replicator will only make food programmed into its system. Even so, it beats having to sacrifice a lot of cargo space just to bring thousands of boxes of popcorn. Replicated food will taste mostly the same as the food it mimicked and will also have the same nutritional density. However, that has never stopped intrepid starship captains from bringing the real thing.

Real-life version

Having a replicator certainly means an ability to reproduce just about anything you can think of, provided it's programmed into the machine. So it's very easy to fall into the trap of featuring it in every episode. Bleeding Cool wrote that "Star Trek" writer and producer Ron D. Moore hated the replicator, and so did most people in the writer's room.

Moore said the replicators made everything too easy. If they were stuck somewhere, a character could just replicate something to get them out of a jam. So the writers sometimes avoided using replicators altogether in their episodes.

Fine, in a narrative sense, replicators may make things too easy. But imagine if there was a real-life replicator available. Then, we'd maybe get rid of food deserts once and for all. Fortunately for us, scientists have been working on recreating replicator technology. Per SyFy , researchers at the University of California, Berkeley invented a machine that projects light onto resin to produce an object in minutes. It doesn't re-materialize matter from subatomic particles, but it sure beats waiting hours watching a 3D printer squeeze out plastic.

The technology is based on computed technology, the kind of thing used in medical 3D imaging. The scientists call their new process computed axial lithography. It's not yet fully commercially available, so until then, we're stuck watching our favorite characters eat food replicated from poop.

In Star Trek, You Eat Your Own Poop: Or, Replicators Explained

It took a long time for the writers of "Star Trek" to codify the technology on screen, so food replicators have been known by many names over the years. Sometimes it was called a molecular synthesizer, or a food synthesizer. Sometimes it would merely be referred to as a "food slot," which sounds less like a marvel of technology and more like an old-timey coin-operated automat . By the days of "Star Trek: The Next Generation," however, the name "replicator" finally stuck, and viewers could rest assured that a starship populated by over a thousand people has efficient means of feeding its denizens.

On-screen, replicators are perhaps one of the more magical technologies in "Star Trek." Replicators are small alcoves on the wall, equipped with a giant computer, usually located inside crew quarters. A crew member can walk up to the alcove, speak the name of a food or a beverage, and said object will instantaneously materialize. Provided the food or drink in question is programmed into the ship's database, anyone can have whatever meal they want at any time. Hunger is a thing of the past. All the replicator needs is information about cells and proteins, and the raw energy to make something. Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) regularly ordered cups of Earl Grey tea during his shifts.

It turns out, though, that Picard might technically be drinking his own bodily waste. The dark secret of replicators is that they convert energy into matter, very much the same way the Enterprise's transporters do. That means, of course, that spare matter needs to be transformed into energy first. And where do you think that matter comes from? Longtime "Star Trek" technical advisor Michael Okuda confirmed that at least some of the replicators' energy store comes from matter salvaged from the ship's toilets.

The ship's galley

Of course, replicators weren't standard equipment on "Star Trek" until the days of "Next Generation." Prior to that, Federation starships seemed to have a few replicators that provided a few meals here and there, but most foods were still prepared in a galley, largely kept off-screen until "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country." In that film, several senior officers had a conversation in the Enterprise's galley, and one of them even vaporized a steel cooking pot with a phaser. Comedically, the gluey porridge-like substance inside the pot was not vaporized and even kept its shape.

In the original series, however, it was always a little canonically hazy as to how widespread the replicator technology was. Generally accepted among Trekkies — but not necessarily canonical — is that chefs on the Enterprise could replicate small dishes or specific ingredients, but tended to use ingredients stored in an outsize pantry. If the Enterprise seems large, consider how much of its volume may be stocked with provisions. Doubtless, every space-saving measure is in play, but still, that's a lot of food. The original Enterprise's complement was over 400.

Replicators weren't yet invented in the days of "Star Trek: Enterprise," as that show saw humans encountering the technology for the first time. There was also a lot of talk on "Enterprise" about a character called Cookie, the show's unseen galley chef. Cookie would eventually be play-acted by Commander Riker (Jonathan Frakes) on the holodeck, and the character became strangely important in the show's final episode. Given the limitations of technology, one can imagine that the food on "Enterprise" wasn't very good. Luckily, Cookie only had to cook for 83 people.

But, yeah, you eat your poop

In the pages of the invaluable "Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual," co-author Okuda noted how the Enterprise's replicators are tied directly into the ship's sewage system. Toilets aren't really seen much on "Star Trek," but Trekkies who have ogled blueprints all know where they are located. Okuda wrote that the crew's organic waste is "pumped to treatment and recycling units located in the environmental support complexes on Decks 6, 13, and 24." Via the ship's filtration process, "resulting water is superheated to 150°C for biological sterilization." Once sterilized, the urine is "returned to one of several freshwater storage tanks for reuse." Yes, there is a store of fresh water on the Enterprise-D. Yes, it's made from pee.

As for the solid waste — or, in Okuda's words, "various waste sludges" — it is "electrolytically reprocessed into an organic particulate suspension that serves as the raw material for the food synthesizer systems." Then all of the "remaining byproducts are conveyed to the solid waste processing system for matter replication recycling." Matter replication recycling. They recycle poop into food.

Yes, it's mere energy by the time it makes its way to the replicator's energy systems, and naturally, the bacteria have all been removed, but the people on "Star Trek" are such efficient recyclers that they do indeed eat their own poop. Also, all their other trash. All waste matter — old clothes, dated tech, or mere trinkets you don't want anymore — can be placed on a replicator and de-materialized back into energy at a moment's notice. It's then reused to make new foods and objects. However, the dematerialization process wouldn't be demonstrated on-screen until an episode of "Star Trek: Voyager."

The limits of replicators

Of course, "Star Trek" technology requires limitations, otherwise a lot of dramatic tension would be broken. It's been implied many times over various Trek series that replicators require a lot of energy to operate. Hence, a prankster can't program a replicator to keep making food until the ship's hallways fill with SpaghettiOs and the hull begins to buckle. This notion was reinforced by the events of "Star Trek: Voyager," which saw its title ship stranded 70 years from home. To save energy, replicator access was rationed, a hydroponics bay was erected, and a galley was built. The ship needed a sustainable food source, and replicators weren't it. This became an issue when Captain Janeway's beloved coffee beans were nowhere to be found.

It's also repeated throughout Trek that replicated food ... isn't that good. Several characters note that they can taste when food is synthesized, leading to many amateur chefs trying their hand at cooking in their quarters. It seems some galley equipment is always on hand, just in case. Replicators, though, seem to leave little room for culinary alteration of its programs.

As previously noted in the pages of /Film, alcohol cannot be produced by a replicator. Ancillary technical manuals also explain that poisons can't be replicated. Although whether or not benign ingredients for one species may be poisonous to another hasn't yet been addressed in canon. Perhaps the replicators make foods that are acceptable to every digestive system on the ship.

Replicators are also only capable of replicating smaller objects. No one on "Star Trek" has ever been seen replicating anything larger than a coffee table book. One cannot replicate, for instance, an entire starship.

Of course, if you can replicate a starship, you'd likely be so powerful that you wouldn't need to.

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The replicator’s superfast lasers convert incoming matter into energy. Then, they change it back into matter . “On a fundamental level, there is nothing that prevents you from building a replicator-like machine,” says Gianluca Sarri. He’s a quantum physicist who works with lasers at Queen’s University Belfast in the United Kingdom.

But a replicator is just not a top priority at the moment, he says. All that conversion of matter to energy back to matter again would require a lot of energy. Plus, there’s no way to currently make an object appear within seconds. What’s more: Right now food can be generated in a much simpler way — by cooking.

Let’s print a meal

For now, astronauts eat food sent up from Earth. To make sure they get the food they need, future space tourists and crews might rely on hydroponics — growing plants without soil. Cooking that food in space like you do at home might be an option. But it might not always be practical inside the tight fit of a spaceship. So spacefarers might instead print that meal with a 3-D printer.

Today’s 3-D printers are similar to regular printers, notes Jonathan Blutinger. Just as normal printers must be fed cartridges of ink, 3-D printers must be fed cartridges of printing material. Blutinger is a design engineer.

While at the Creative Machines Lab at Columbia University in New York City, he helped create a 3-D printer that acts like a digital chef. “The printer will not allow you to make something from nothing,” he says. “You need to start with the right base ingredients.”

Blutinger’s group recently started with ingredients for a “cake.” They put graham-cracker paste, strawberry jam, peanut butter, Nutella, cherry drizzle, banana puree and frosting into the food printer. The printer assembled and cooked the ingredients with lasers to make a slice of cake.

The cake tasted great, Blutinger says, but it was definitely a unique experience because the flavors came in “waves.” The group’s paper about the cake appeared March 21 in npj Science of Food .

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Appetizing or off-putting?

The 3-D printing robot chef can only assemble the ingredients it’s given and then add heat to cook the food. It cannot create foods from pure energy made from biowaste, like the fictional Star Wars replicator does. But people may not yet be comfortable eating even this relatively simple version of machine-made meals, Blutinger says.

Most people are comfortable with items like flour and peanut butter because we know where they come from. As science moves food away from the source, though, people could get grossed out. That 3-D printed cake might be easier for some to eat than 3-D printed meat, for instance. And people who did not grow up with 3-D printers in the kitchen might prefer food from the grocery store, Blutinger says.

“But pretty soon…kids will be growing up with these kinds of food robots in their kitchen,” he predicts. “Then that’s all they’re going to know.”

Macdonald agrees. “It’s just one of those things that people will have to come to terms with.”

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Food printers might be on our kitchen counters within the next 10 to 20 years, Sarri says. These printers could be like “having a personal chef and nutritionist all in one,” Blutinger adds. The machine could someday recommend and create healthier food that’s customized to your diet.

A Star Trek replicator might be possible, but not nearly as soon, says Sarri — maybe 100 years down the line. Those replicators of the future could be useful in areas in beyond outer space. They could provide food in places where putting a chef might be dangerous, such as a war zone.

“There’s a feedback loop,” Macdonald says, “of scientists being inspired by Star Trek and then making that science. And then that continues to feed into the science fiction of, ‘Well this is what we can do now, so what’s next?’”

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In Star Trek a replicator is a machine capable of creating (and recycling) objects. Replicators were originally seen used to synthesize meals on demand, but in later series they took on many other uses.

1 Origins and limitations
6 References
7 External links

Origins and limitations [ ]

The term "replicator" originated on Star Trek: The Next Generation , portrayed as a 24th century advancement from the 23rd century "food synthesizer" seen in Star Trek: The Original Series . The mechanics of these devices were never clearly explained on that show, but the subsequent prequel series, Star Trek: Enterprise , featured a 22nd century version referred to as a "protein resequencer." Additionally, that ship had a "bio-matter resequencer" which was used to recycle waste product into usable material. [1]

A replicator can create any inanimate matter , as long as the desired molecular structure is on file , but it cannot create antimatter , dilithium , latinum , or a living organism of any kind; in the case of living organisms, non-canon works such as the Star Trek: the Next Generation Technical Manual state that, though the replicators use a form of transporter technology, it's at such a low resolution that creating living tissue is a physical impossibility.

In its theory it seems to work similarly to a universal assembler .

A replicator works by rearranging subatomic particles , which are abundant everywhere in the universe , to form molecules and arrange those molecules to form the object. For example, to create a pork chop , the replicator would first form atoms of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, etc., then arrange them into amino acids, proteins, and cells, and assemble the particles into the form of a pork chop.

This process requires the destructive conversion of bulk matter into energy and its subsequent reformation into a pre-scanned matter pattern. In principle, this is similar to the transporter , but on a smaller scale. However, unlike transporters, which duplicate matter at the quantum level, replicators must be capable of a large number of different materials on demand. If patterns were to be stored at the quantum level, an impossible amount of data storage (or a set of original copies of the materials) would be required. To resolve this, patterns are stored in memory at the molecular level.

The drawback of doing so is that it is impossible to replicate objects with complicated quantum structures, such as living beings, dilithium , gold , or latinum . (However, in the TNG episode " Allegiance ", aliens used their version of replicators to create a Picard impostor.) Additionally, read/write errors cause a number of single- bit errors to occur in replicated materials. Though usually undetectable to human senses, computer scanning can be used to reveal these discrepancies, and they may explain the frequent complaint (by some gourmets and connoisseurs ) that replicated food and beverages suffer from substandard taste. These errors also may cause a nontoxic material to become toxic when replicated, or create strains of deadly viruses and bacteria from previously harmless ones.

One of the most important pieces of technology in the Star Trek universe, the replicator is used primarily to provide food and water onboard starships , thus eliminating the need to stock most provisions. (Starships, starbases, and other installations stock some provisions for emergency use, in case of replicator failure or an energy crisis.) On Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , it was established that replication is also used to provide breathable air on ships and starbases (and to disassemble the carbon dioxide exhaled by the crew ), thus providing an endless supply of oxygen and eliminating the need to carry air tanks.

The technology is also used for producing spare parts, which makes it possible to repair most ship damage without having to return to a starbase. Other applications include replication of Starfleet uniforms, as well as everyday objects such as toys and souvenirs. Replication is also used by the Holodeck program to allow food , clothes and other objects belonging within a simulation to be used or consumed by the participants.

Starfleet 's safety protocols prevent unauthorized replication of dangerous objects, such as weapons and poisonous substances. Replication of any medicine is restricted to medical personnel bearing a valid identification code. [2]

Replicator technology, even if produced on a larger scale, cannot be used to create complex objects such as shuttlecraft or starships (production staff felt that being able to replicate entire starships "at the push of a button" would severely impact dramatic potential). However, in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , industrial replicators are used to replicate large components of ships, shuttlecraft, and other pieces of this sort, which are later used in shipyards to construct such vessels. In this manner, as few as 15 industrial replicators are enough to replicate the components needed to build a fleet of starships or to help a civilization recover from a planet-wide natural disaster.

By virtually eliminating material scarcity, replicator technology plays an important role in the moneyless human economy within the Star Trek universe.

Voyager [ ]

When the USS Voyager was pulled to the Delta Quadrant , it became clear that replicator technology was unknown to the indigenous peoples of that region. Throughout the first seasons, the Kazon and other races tried repeatedly to obtain the technology. Captain Janeway feared that if this technology were acquired by a civilization before they were ready, disastrous consequences could ensue (on one occasion a Kazon ship was severely damaged when its crew tried to construct a replicator; instead the deck was flooded with nucleon radiation and extremely high levels of Neosorin particles). For this reason, and because of the Prime Directive , Janeway refused to give away the technology at any price.

References [ ]

↑ Star Trek: Enterprise : " Breaking the Ice "
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External links [ ]

Replicator at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki )
"Transporters, Replicators and Phasing FAQ" by Joshua Bell

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The replicator is a part of the player's personal inventory. It can be used while either in space or on the ground. The replicator can be used to create items in exchange for Energy Credits . It can create Frequency Remodulators , ground consumables, food , beverages , standard-issue shield and phaser, Commodities , and holographic Duty officers .

Players can recycle unwanted items through the replicator and will receive 40% of the item's base Energy Credit value.

It is accessible from the inventory, via a button in the lower right corner.

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2 Locations
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3.2 Commodities
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3.4 Consumables
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Background [ | ]

A bank of Tholian-built food replicators

A replicator is a device that uses matter-energy conversion technology to dematerialize quantities of matter and then rematerialize that matter in another form. To that end, it is able to use energy to create nearly any object on-demand. This is, however, limited by whether it has the patterns for said object on file, and the complexity of the object. Certain resources such as dilithium or latinum are impossible to replicate. In Star Trek Online , usage is limited to a set number of patterns.

Replicators are common-place for most of the Alliance, particularly for the services of powers such as the Federation, although some more remote areas sometimes like the convenience, such as Nimbus III .

Locations [ | ]

In addition to the player's personal replicator, there are a number of other replicators with unique patterns that act as vendors. These include those at the replimat on Deep Space 9 and the Fleet Starbase . In addition, the replicator on the bridge of the U.S.S. Yorktown issues a one-time [ Slusho Mix ] .

Default Replicatable Items [ | ]

Fleet provisions [ | ].

[ Embassy Provisions ]
[ Research Lab Provisions ]
[ Spire Provisions ]
[ Dilithium Mine Provisions ]
[ K-13 Provisions ]

Commodities [ | ]

[ Medical Supplies ]
[ Provisions ]
[ Shield Generators ]
[ Communications Arrays ]
[ Industrial Energy Cells ]
[ Antigens ]
[ Astrometric Probes ]
[ Water Purification Systems ]
[ Weather Control Systems ]
[ Industrial Replicators ]
[ Warp Coils ]
[ Self Sealing Stem Bolts ]
[ Entertainment Provisions ]
[ Seismic Stabilizers ]
[ Terraforming Systems ]

Food Items [ | ]

Items marked with an asterisk appear for all characters *except* Klingon Defense Force faction characters; Klingon Empire-aligned Romulan Republic and Dominion characters will still have them available. Additionally, and also for KDF characters only, Field Rations, Klingon Raktajino and Klingon Targ Milk appear at the top of the list.

[ Andorian Tuber Root ]
[ Bajoran Deka Tea ]
[ Bajoran Hasperat ]
[ Bajoran Kava Juice ]
[ Bajoran Mapa Bread ]
[ Banana Pancakes ] *
[ Catfish Sandwich ]
[ Croissant ] *
[ Earl Grey Tea ] *
[ Feline Supplement 74 ] *
[ Ferengi Snail Juice ]
[ Field Rations ]
[ Hot Chocolate ] *
[ Jambalaya ]
[ Klingon Raktajino ]
[ Klingon Targ Milk ]
[ Prune Juice ]
[ Root Beer ] *
[ Spring Wine ]
[ Synthale ]
[ Cream Soda ]

Consumables [ | ]

[ Small Hypo ]
[ Small Power Cell ]
[ Small Shield Charge ]

Duty Officer Replication Patterns [ | ]

A number of Bartender and Chef Duty Officers add replicator food items. The specific species listed in the tables below add these items in addition to the default.

Bartender Replicator Patterns [ | ]

Chef replicator patterns [ | ].

All non- Klingon Rare and Very Rare Chefs add a disabled Klingon Rokeg Blood Pie to the replicator menu. It is possible to enable it by getting a Klingon Chef. Even KDF chefs seem to work for Federation players.

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Players can recycle unwanted items through the replicator and will receive 40% of the item's base Energy Credit value.

It is accessible from the inventory, via a button in the lower right corner.

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[ Self Sealing Stem Bolts ]
[ Entertainment Provisions ]
[ Seismic Stabilizers ]
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[ Andorian Tuber Root ]
[ Bajoran Deka Tea ]
[ Bajoran Hasperat ]
[ Bajoran Kava Juice ]
[ Bajoran Mapa Bread ]
[ Banana Pancakes ] *
[ Catfish Sandwich ]
[ Croissant ] *
[ Earl Grey Tea ] *
[ Feline Supplement 74 ] *
[ Ferengi Snail Juice ]
[ Field Rations ]
[ Hot Chocolate ] *
[ Jambalaya ]
[ Klingon Raktajino ]
[ Klingon Targ Milk ]
[ Prune Juice ]
[ Root Beer ] *
[ Spring Wine ]
[ Synthale ]
[ Cream Soda ]

Consumables

[ Small Hypo ]
[ Small Power Cell ]
[ Small Shield Charge ]

Duty Officer Replication Patterns

A number of Bartender and Chef Duty Officers add replicator food items. The specific species listed in the tables below add these items in addition to the default.

Bartender Replicator Patterns

Chef replicator patterns.

Duty Officer-linked Patterns

Replicator Permissions
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Star Trek: How Do Replicators Work?

What makes this interesting sci-fi tech so revolutionary, and what are its limitations?

The Star Trek universe is arguably one of the most interesting sci-fi creations of our time. It cleverly combines human social commentary with a broadening spectrum of possibilities for the future. Star Trek contains many possible answers to everyday problems that exist in modern society, but also paves the way for technology that is theoretically feasible to be created in the future. These technologies are based on principles already being discussed and trialed within the world today. One example is the transporter, which allows matter to be deconstructed and then reconstructed in a different place, essentially allowing teleportation. Another is the Warp Drive, allowing ships like every iteration of USS the Enterprise to bend time and space. This allows them to to travel from one end of the galaxy to another, faster than the speed of light.

But one of the most incredible pieces of technology in the Star Trek Universe are replicators. These gadgets can recreate matter of all kinds, from substances like wood and metals, to material objects, to food fit for human consumption. Although this may seem at first like it would create an absolute utopia where no one ever has to go without, there are several things that get in the way of solving world hunger, one replicator at a time . These include societal constraints of access to the replicators as a monetary commodity which are unaffordable. There are also limits to the functions of replicators themselves, which have their own list of rules that their technology must adhere to. Knowing this, how does this miracle technology work?

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When replicators were introduced as a staple use for the Federation in The Next Generation , they were explained as being able to reconstitute inanimate matter, by essentially cloning the original material that is placed into the scanner. The computer would ingest all the individual components or cells of the object, and then produce an exact copy of them cell by cell. It then reproduces those to create an artificial version of the original item.

Unfortunately, as this is a complicated process, the output of the replicator is never as good as the original version. Often, the food doesn’t taste the same, or the clothing doesn’t retain the same color or feeling as the original. It is important to remember that the replicators may be recreating an original that was scanned several decades ago. As such, it may have produced a diluted version of that original object. This is just one reason why the Federation are against using replicators to recreate organic or living material. For example, they would not allow replicators to recreate organs, or entire human bodies, despite it being theoretically possible.

Replicators do not work like Star Trek’s transporter technology . Transporters essentially take all the components of the original things and simply reconstruct it elsewhere. It's like building a structure out of Lego bricks in the living room, taking it apart to its individual pieces, and then rebuilding it in the garden. On the other hand, replicators do not retain the original material. Rather, they recreate a separate version of it, a version that is often considered lesser in some ways. In using replicators to try to recreate life or living matter, the Federation would be going against the fundamental moral and ethical guidelines of their organization. So although it is demonstrated to be possible by other races in the series, it is strictly prohibited by the Federation.

Beyond the ethical limitations placed on replicators by the Federation, there are technological limitations to how they work as well. The replicators work primarily by converting energy into matter. While the specifics of this are not officially canon, the general consensus is that they use the energy they are fed to rearrange an array of easily accessible atoms into whatever they are asked to create. Things like food and clothing are fairly simple (at least for a futuristic sci-fi supercomputer), because they are made of accessible molecules that are simple to create molecules. A t-shirt, for example, is most likely made from 100% cotton. Cotton is composed of pure cellulose, a polymer that is made up of hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen atoms. These are all easily accessible and creatable for the computer.

The more complex the creation, the more power the replicator needs. This concept is explored in the Voyager series, where power is limited and each member of the crew has replicator rations to help save energy. Tom Paris, argumentative ship pilot, uses a replicator to create a gold locket. This is suggested to have taken up a lot of his rations, as it was much harder for the machine to create. On other ships not restricted by power, this is still an issue. No ship in the Star Trek universe possesses enough power to create things like lithium, antimatter, or dilithium (a rare substance not found on Earth) . These are far more complicated, relying on multiple fusions of atoms and complex molecule strains. It’s why the notion of industrial replicators are so pivotal to the infrastructure of the Federation. These devices are created specifically and given ridiculous amounts of power; thus they are able to cope with far more complex replications.

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Atmosphere replicator

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An atmosphere replicator (or air replicator ) is a technology , a life support device used on space stations to create breathable atmospheric gases mixed in the proper proportions, using a replicator . ( DS9 comics : " Stowaway ", " Stowaway, Part II ")

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The Replicator [1] is a feature that allows to craft Components and Equipment for your crew without having to directly obtain them from missions or shuttle runs. Instead, Components , Equipment , and Schematics in a player's inventory are sacrificed as fuel to replicate a more desired item.

This feature is available for all players once a day; however players increase their maximum daily Replicator uses by one at VIP levels 4, 8, 12, and 14, for a maximum of five available daily uses at VIP 14. Players who are part of a fleet may have up to three extra replicator uses depending on the level of the Industrial Replicator in their fleet's Starbase. This makes the maximum number of replicator uses per day eight, for a VIP 14 player in a fleet with a level 3 Industrial Replicator. Replicator uses reset along with the Daily Missions at 0500 UTC.

The Replicator was released [2] in update 1.4.0, on 2016/08/30. In server update 1.9.0 on 2017/04/19, Training Programs were added as a possible fuel source.

1.1 Fuel efficiency
1.2 Crafting cost

The Replicator can be found next to the "Build" button. When checking the drop locations of an object, the first link is to the Replicator.

Fuel efficiency

Components, Equipment, Replicator Rations, and Schematics can be used as fuel, and each will provide a certain amount of fuel points depending on its rank and type:

In general, Equipments are better fuel than Components, but are usually more difficult to obtain and arguably more precious. Schematics are worth small amounts individually, but are often obtained in bulk, potentially making them an excellent fuel source, especially for players who already have fully-levelled ships.

Crafting cost

The cost of an object depends on its rarity and on whether it is a component or an equipment. A player must provide sufficient fuel points (until it reaches 100%) and credits .

The cost does not depend on the nature of the object: replicating a very common drop has the same cost of replicating a very uncommon drop. In keeping with the Trek canon , Gold-Pressed Latinum can't be replicated.

You cannot overfuel the Replicator: if you pick 100 Components to fuel the crafting of a Basic Item, the Replicator will only accept 60 and the remaining 40 will be returned to your inventory.

However, you can slightly overfuel it when using more valuable fuel: you can craft one Common Component (25 fuel points) using two Super Rare Components (20 fuel points each), wasting 15 fuel points. In this example it is wiser to use a single Super Rare Component and fill the rest with lower-level items.

Deciding whether it's best to craft a Component or an Equipment depends on the final object.

For example, Legendary Kirk's Communicator ★★★★★ requires:

1 Super Rare Kirk's Communicator ★★★★
1 Super Rare First Contact Protocol ★★★★
4 Super Rare Casing ★★★★

When deciding whether to replicate the finished object or its components, the recipe is extremely important. For some items with simple crafting recipes, patterns can be found. Considering for example the crafting of a Legendary Equipment ★★★★★ that uses two of its more common versions to build at each level, let's compare the investment of replicating the equipment versus the investment of replicating its components:

In this example, replicating lower tier items costs less fuel and credits but requires more time: a player could for instance decide that replicating 4 Rare Equipment ★★★ is a good compromise.

Replicating is extremely credit-intensive, especially with higher-quality items. For items with complicated build paths, the most efficient replication options may not be readily apparent: careful players should always do the math and consider all options before committing.

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I ’d love to read about the early days of the Star Trek replicator. It’s a sometimes-useful macguffin in the context of Star Trek: The Next Generation and later shows: a device that can recreate virtually any object on command, from food to electronics.

By the time ST:TNG was set, it had become a major engine that transformed Star Trek into a post-scarcity, post-money society. But there had to have been an earlier, more transitional state, which is more interesting to me: a time when replicators could recreate virtually anything but society hadn’t quite transitioned to post-money rules.

An artist, musician, or artisan during those times might have found that their work could suddenly be replicated infinitely, but they still needed money to survive. How did Federation culture adapt? Were these people taken care of? Or were they seen as necessary collateral? Did they themselves support the idea of a post-scarcity, post-money society (which I agree would be a good thing!) or did they protest?

And if they did protest, how would we feel about that, knowing their immediate context and where the technology led to?

Were there riots? Should there have been?

Protein resequencer

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A protein resequencer used on the Augment colony on Trialas IV

A protein resequencer was a technology utilized by Humans which could be programmed to replicate certain foods . ( ENT : " Breaking the Ice ")

Arik Soong used a protein resequencer in the 2130s , along with a water purifier , to sustain a small colony of Augments he was raising on a planet in the Trialas system . ( ENT : " Cold Station 12 ")

A protein resequencer was installed aboard Enterprise NX-01 , launched in 2151 , supplementing the ship's galley and hydroponic greenhouse . The resequencer was capable of replicating a variety of foods, including potatoes , scrambled eggs , chicken sandwiches , and meatloaf , although crewmembers often claimed they couldn't taste the difference. ( ENT : " Fight or Flight ", " Unexpected ", " Breaking the Ice ", " Fortunate Son ", " Shadows of P'Jem ")

When Coridanite dissidents interrogated Captain Archer about Enterprise in October 2151 , the ship's protein resequencer was the only part of the ship Archer was willing to talk about, stating that it made chicken sandwiches. ( ENT : " Shadows of P'Jem ")

In 2152 , Commander Tucker presented a protein resequencer to Liana , a Kantare woman he had met, programmed to replicate various Human foods, including five flavors of ice cream . ( ENT : " Oasis ")

After a brand new command chair was fitted on the bridge of Enterprise , Commander Tucker wryly told Captain Archer that a protein resequencer was the only component missing from the chair and that installing one into it would take another day . ( ENT : " Borderland ")

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Sci-fi. Star Trek. A replicator, replicator system, replication system, or molecular synthesizer was a device that used matter-energy conversion technology similar to a transporter to produce almost anything from a ship's replicator reserves. (TNG: "Lonely Among Us", "Deja Q"; DS9: "Visionary"; VOY: "Virtuoso...
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An industrial replicator was a large-scale replicator that was typically used for construction purposes. The United Federation of Planets gave Bajor several industrial replicators following the end of the Occupation. (DS9: "For the Cause") In 2372, the Federation of Planets intended to provide Cardassia with twelve industrial replicators with the intention of the Cardassians using them to ...
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