>Why not specialized replicator technology? After all, while
>practically unlikely, it would be theoretically possible to run out of
>ammo using the hyperdimensional ammo dispenser system, where as a
>replication system would have ammo as long as it had juice. I can think of two reasons why -not.-
(1) In-universe reason: energy costs. It takes a SPL of energy to integrate even a gram of true matter (or antimatter). Pocketspace lateral-dimension transfer is a much, much less power-consumptive device.
(2) Authorial reason: replicators are bad, bad, BAD plot holes waiting to happen. I for one don't want to repeat the mistakes NextGen/DS9/Voyager made by overplaying transporter technology.
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