if the replicator can take stuff and turn it into energy (see that rant after… year of hell? with the stopwatch.) why the fuck did they never just find an empty system somewhere with some rocks floating around and scoop them up for the replicators to “recylcle”?
He did save them from starvation.
one thing I never understood.
if the replicator can take stuff and turn it into energy (see that rant after… year of hell? with the stopwatch.) why the fuck did they never just find an empty system somewhere with some rocks floating around and scoop them up for the replicators to “recylcle”?
Because plot contrivance is a Star Trek writer’s prime directive