I’m watching S7E20 right now and the entire scene before the Defiant undocked from DS9 had that cinematic vibe you only get from a bonafide Hollywood movie.
I’m watching S7E20 right now and the entire scene before the Defiant undocked from DS9 had that cinematic vibe you only get from a bonafide Hollywood movie.
Self-sealing stem bolts. A bunch of them.
Only in something that looked like latnium. Holodecks are a derivative of replicator technology, so it wouldn’t actually be latnium. (And it’s not a store of wealth since it would only exist on the holodeck.)
There was an entire space station that could replicate itself as well as replace parts on other ships. (At the cost of biomaterial…) Also, they build entire space stations, so yeah, automation is a thing but it still takes an energy source.
It wasn’t my favorite series and the ferangi weren’t my favorite species either. Regardless, trade was still active across the galaxy and many cultures didn’t have replicators. The reasoning behind what and how the ferangi traded was still extremely viable.
Got it, it’s self sealing stem bolts all the way down.
Basically. The root of your question was about what gives any item value.
If I have 10M stem bolts and you need them and don’t have access to a replicator, those bolts now have value to you. If I can trade those bolts for latnium with the expectation of trading that latnium for something else, that latnium has value to me.
We now have the makings for a society based on trade.
Did you mean 10mm stem bolts, 10 million, or perhaps it’s Roman and you mean 1000?
Pick one. It was an arbitrary value.