( TNG: " The Outcast", " Lessons", " Gambit, Part II" DS9: " Rivals", " Melora", " Destiny" VOY: " Fury", " The Voyager Conspiracy", " Once Upon a Time") Elim Garak would program replicator patterns for clothing as he designed it. Worf programmed an approximation of bloodwine into the USS Enterprise-D's replicators. Users could program their own replication patterns into the replicator, such as a particular recipe for soup, a larger duplicate of a complex item, or an unusual device such as a wheelchair. Industrial replicators could even be used to replicate heavier machine parts, to help build factories, power plants etc. Complex devices ( TNG: " The Game", " The Child" DS9: " Rivals", " Captive Pursuit" VOY: " Phage", " The Killing Game", " Dark Frontier", " Tsunkatse"), weapons ( DS9: " Civil Defense", " Inquisition", " Call to Arms" VOY: " Counterpoint", " Flesh and Blood"), machine components ( DS9: " Distant Voices", " Image in the Sand" VOY: " Extreme Risk", " One Small Step", " Latent Image"), clothing ( TNG: " The Survivors" DS9: " Distant Voices", " Paradise" VOY: " Caretaker", " Vis à Vis", " Someone to Watch Over Me", " Flesh and Blood"), medication ( VOY: " Latent Image", " Fury", " Body and Soul"), coins ( TNG: " The Game", " The Perfect Mate"), musical instruments ( TNG: " The Neutral Zone", " Inheritance"), antique furniture ( VOY: " Lineage"), photographs ( VOY: " Human Error"), and a wide range of other items.
In addition to foodstuffs, replicators could be used for replicating an almost limitless range of other objects. Once a meal was finished, the used dishes, utensils, and uneaten/inedible portions could be placed back inside the replicator to be automatically recycled.
( TNG: " Family", " In Theory", " The Wounded" VOY: " Human Error") Some smaller ships didn't bother to carry food or water, preferring to rely on their replicators to synthsize what they needed, which saved on space but caused problems if the replicator was damaged. ( TNG: " The Price", " Sins of the Father", " The Wounded", " Relics" DS9: " In the Pale Moonlight", " You Are Cordially Invited") Some people didn't learn to cook without a replicator. Furthermore, Federation replicators could be programmed to produce foodstuffs of acceptable "nutritional value" despite resembling more indulgent items. ( TNG: " Lonely Among Us") Most people found replicated foods and drinks to taste exactly the same as "real" food, although some people claimed to be able to tell the difference. Replicators were capable of producing food as fresh and tasty as non-replicated foodstuffs, inorganically materialized out of patterns used by the transporters. ( VOY: " False Profits", " State of Flux", " Caretaker", " Think Tank")
( VOY: " The Cloud", " Twisted", " Dark Frontier", " Pathfinder", " Human Error" TNG: " The Quality of Life" DS9: " Call to Arms") They were commonplace among advanced Alpha Quadrant cultures like the United Federation of Planets, the Cardassian Union, and the Ferengi Alliance, but were largely unheard of in the Delta Quadrant, although a few species did possess them. Replicators were one of the technologies used in holodecks and holosuites, as well as in exocomps and self-replicating mines. ( VOY: " Year of Hell") A replicator that was installed primarily for the purpose of replicating food was referred to as a food replicator, food synthesizer, food dispenser, or food slot, while one installed for replicating beverages was referred to as a drink replicator. ( DS9: " Hard Time", " The Assignment", " The Ascent", " Prophet Motive", " Nor the Battle to the Strong" VOY: " Memorial", " Fair Haven", " Mortal Coil") Items thus disposed of served to fuel the replicator and could potentially become other items in turn.
( TNG: " Lonely Among Us", " Deja Q" DS9: " Visionary" VOY: " Virtuoso" ENT: " Dead Stop") It was also capable of inverting its function, thus recycling the item. Food slot and food service redirects here for the similar technology prevalent in the 23rd century on Starfleet starships, please see food synthesizer.Ī replicator, replicator system, replication system, or molecular synthesizer was a device that used matter-energy conversion technology similar to a transporter to produce almost anything from a ship's replicator reserves.
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