>The idea comes to mind though of somehow taking a tap off a
>starship's plasma conduits and plugging that into a PPG. I imagine
>that immediately afterward someone would be having a Very Bad Day

Indubitably, if by "immediately afterward" you mean "about five milliseconds later", and by "someone" you mean "the person who thought that would work". That's like trying to charge an iPod with one of those giant high-tension transmission lines you see up on antenna-like pylons by the sides of major highways in the Midwest. All you're going to do is blow it, and probably yourself, up. :)

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