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Is the idea that replicators operate on the same fundamental principles as transporters? They seem very similar. Theoretically one could identically create any food, perhaps the fidelity of the replication is energetically/computationally limited.
not really. transporters need much higher resolution and move things from place to place in a matter stream, while replicators can't make living stuff and are an energy to matter conversion.
i really wish there would be a technobabble reboot with transporter operation to either a personal wormhole through subspace or a perfect matter to energy conversion and back again
instead of being deconstructed and reconstructed you are just transformed into an energy ghost for a nanosecond and all the M-theory strings are combed back to being matter again and you materialize
are you familiar with lieutenant broccoli? Realm Of Fear from TNG is one of the more "what's going on with the transporter" episodes
yeah that one made me think they subtly changed it to the "energy ghost" method instead of the old Trek deconstruction thing. TNG tried to hint that the Federation had basically totally mastered energy to matter conversion and back again.
i guess to the point where all these weird particles with silly names could just be conjured up from space-time itself because you've basically tapped into the earliest stage of the universe
Yes. There's an episode of DS9 where some Klingons rig a replicator as a transporter to place a small surveillance device.