04-26-2024, 05:25 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-26-2024, 05:35 AM by Kalli Thorn.)
Contrary to the expectations of Mister Hoekstra, Thorn was intrigued by his comments on the replication process. She grinned and nodded to him, "You're quite right. A replicator can only handle fabrication on the molecular level for assembly, but does form at the atomic resolution. It can fabricate individual atoms and form them as complete molecules on demand, based on the pattern it is following. A medical grade one is capable of doing so on a subatomic level, for more precise applications that involve the creation of active neural pathways and living tissue, but it takes a complete transporter system with all the memory active to fabricate on the quantum level for conscious beings like ourselves. The key there being the active energy patterns in process at the time of disassembly and reconstruction."
Kalli took another sip and then continued, "With the replicators being so active right now, it would be impolite to slow the system down for our own selfish needs. If it were not so busy, or if it were for private use, there is an enhanced subroutine that takes as long as a minute or two, depending on the menu selection, but it is well worth the short wait. It removes all systemic imperfections normally encountered with common replication and verifies against the original reference scan. Thus, if you take the time to make a strong and detailed high resolution scan of the original item, it does in fact turn out as an exact replica. I can't claim credit for it though. I have managed to use it to create a personal menu of my own, but the actual process is one that I was introduced to by Commander Talion when we first served on the Copernicus together, a few years back."
Kalli suddenly became more quiet, her memories coming back in a flood. She took a deep breath and looked over at where Talion stood, leaning on the bar, "I knew his wife, before she was killed fighting the Borg. That was the day he got that scar on his temple. He went to try and stop the Borg at the ship's main computer core while I managed to manually switch the ship over to the Secondary Core, disconnecting the main core and getting control of our ship back."
Realizing she was staring into her drink as she had been speaking, she finally looked up and tried to smile, but it only came out as a grin, "Those were different times. I learned a great deal back then. My understanding of the difference between what we we can do, and what we should do, became much clearer as a result." Her expression became more serious, "For example, did you know that you can attach a file to your medical records as a treatment option? They don't tell people about it, because it makes people uneasy, but it is a high resolution scan of you, performed using a transporter. It obviously doesn't contain the quantum data, but it is a reference standard. It can also be used, should you ever have the misfortune of being seriously injured. Sometimes limbs or organs are damaged beyond repair or recovery and with that file, they don't need to grow you one, they can actually fabricate your own from the reference file. Naturally, it still requires a surgeon to do the real work, but I've seen it done. I imagine that in another 20 years, Sickbay will have a surgical transporter technician that will be able to do such things without even needing a single incision. Naturally, it still requires physical therapy after and because it is done manually and not automated yet, the pathways are not entirely 100%, but that's a lacking of the surgeon, not the science. So next time you get a physical, you might ask to have a file added to your records, just as an insurance policy. You never know when a mission might suddenly get dangerous."
== Tags Aanil and Niels ==
Kalli took another sip and then continued, "With the replicators being so active right now, it would be impolite to slow the system down for our own selfish needs. If it were not so busy, or if it were for private use, there is an enhanced subroutine that takes as long as a minute or two, depending on the menu selection, but it is well worth the short wait. It removes all systemic imperfections normally encountered with common replication and verifies against the original reference scan. Thus, if you take the time to make a strong and detailed high resolution scan of the original item, it does in fact turn out as an exact replica. I can't claim credit for it though. I have managed to use it to create a personal menu of my own, but the actual process is one that I was introduced to by Commander Talion when we first served on the Copernicus together, a few years back."
Kalli suddenly became more quiet, her memories coming back in a flood. She took a deep breath and looked over at where Talion stood, leaning on the bar, "I knew his wife, before she was killed fighting the Borg. That was the day he got that scar on his temple. He went to try and stop the Borg at the ship's main computer core while I managed to manually switch the ship over to the Secondary Core, disconnecting the main core and getting control of our ship back."
Realizing she was staring into her drink as she had been speaking, she finally looked up and tried to smile, but it only came out as a grin, "Those were different times. I learned a great deal back then. My understanding of the difference between what we we can do, and what we should do, became much clearer as a result." Her expression became more serious, "For example, did you know that you can attach a file to your medical records as a treatment option? They don't tell people about it, because it makes people uneasy, but it is a high resolution scan of you, performed using a transporter. It obviously doesn't contain the quantum data, but it is a reference standard. It can also be used, should you ever have the misfortune of being seriously injured. Sometimes limbs or organs are damaged beyond repair or recovery and with that file, they don't need to grow you one, they can actually fabricate your own from the reference file. Naturally, it still requires a surgeon to do the real work, but I've seen it done. I imagine that in another 20 years, Sickbay will have a surgical transporter technician that will be able to do such things without even needing a single incision. Naturally, it still requires physical therapy after and because it is done manually and not automated yet, the pathways are not entirely 100%, but that's a lacking of the surgeon, not the science. So next time you get a physical, you might ask to have a file added to your records, just as an insurance policy. You never know when a mission might suddenly get dangerous."
== Tags Aanil and Niels ==