An opportunity to link this!!
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Disgustoid@startrek.website 1 year agoI 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.
instamat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Crackhappy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Rom. Rom cleans the holosuite. And somehow he’s still happy.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 year ago
“Uhh… I don’t mind. Besides, I get all the frosting I can eat. Uhh… Just don’t tell my brother… He’d start charging me for it.”
Olgratin_Magmatoe@startrek.website 1 year ago
Given that transporters exist, and can be used to target specific materials, I would think that it would indeed be an automated process.
cynar@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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.
Olgratin_Magmatoe@startrek.website 1 year ago
Given that replicator themselves are resource efficient enough for everyday use, I would think the resource requirements for that would be low enough.
cynar@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 year ago
I always figured the forcefield system would handle everything 🤷🏻♂️
cheery_coffee@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Don’t be ridiculous. Think of the smell. You haven’t thought of the smell!
SlikPikker@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
L.D is only semi canon though.
Telodzrum@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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.
SlikPikker@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
The Black Mountain isn’t alpha canon