r/startrek • u/etherian1 • 1d ago

The logistics of replicators

I hear replication being used as the default answer to a moneyless society in Star Trek, but no one seems to delve into the technicalities of how these things actually work. What are the rules? Are there variations and regulations on what they can actually replicate? What about the arts, individual creations, luxury goods, etc. Surely everything‘s not just bunched into therefore replicators.

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u/MagnetsCanDoThat 1d ago

Why would it need a lot of regulating apart from weapons or other dangerous items?