• Disgustoid@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    I don’t want to think about that poor Ferengi who has to clean DS9’s holodecks. Best case, cleaning is fully automated; worst case, Quark can get it done cheaper by lowballing his staff.

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      1 year ago

      I always figured the forcefield system would handle everything 🤷🏻‍♂️ either vaporizing it or repulsing it all down a drain.

      Actually, IIRC they made a joke about being the holodeck jizzmopper on Lower Decks. 🤔

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          On screen is alpha canon. LD is on screen. LD is alpha canon.

          Plus it fits the broader universe way better than TOS, TAS, or Disco do; so it mages sense that it’s just as (if not more) canonical than those.

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      Given that transporters exist, and can be used to target specific materials, I would think that it would indeed be an automated process.

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        I think the holodeck actually uses modified transporter and replicator technology. That’s how you can get food and drink that last outside the holodeck. It’s not a huge extension to use it to purge the room of organic residue between uses.

        Whether that is cheaper than sending in someone with a mop and bucket however, is unknown.

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          Given that replicator themselves are resource efficient enough for everyday use, I would think the resource requirements for that would be low enough.

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            It’s not whether it’s low enough, it’s whether it’s lower than a minimum wage janitor. On a starship, it’s obvious it would be self cleaning. With Ferengi involved, I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s some poor sod pushing a mop.

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              I suppose it then comes down to whether or not the electricity is free. On a federeration base, I would assume it would be free given that the federation isn’t too big on money.

              Though the for the duration of the dominion war I would think there would have been limits.