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>> 3> There are certain things that Replicators can't make.  One of these
>    is a delicate computer chips with molecule sized devices on it.

>     You can probably think of a few other things.

>Latinum, for some reason.

Here's the question.  What exactly is latinum?  It's not an element since
i= t isn't on the periodic
table.  Any element above 114 (which is as high as I think they are now)
wo= uld be very radioactive
and not very stable.  It's not (in Steve-Trek anyway) a form of hypermatter=
 like dilithium.  Therefore,
what is it?

In Steve-Trek, latinum is actually neon octaflouride, a compound of one
neo= n atom and eight
flourine atoms.  This would make it a clear liquid (remember, latinum is
ac= tually the liquid that
Morn "drank" in "Who Mourns for Morn," and is not the
gold-brick stuff).  I= t could be replicated,
but perhaps commerically-available replicators might be blocked from
produc= ing it.  Maybe the
replicated version is unstable and would break up into other compounds
(neo= n, obviously, is not
known for its zeal in forming compounds), but somehow, naturally-occurring
= latinum would be
stable.  Something intrinsic in the replication process would made the
comp= ound unstable, and
nobody has been able to devise a way around that.  The only problem with
th= is analysis is that
latinum could not be transported, because if it cannot be replicated, it
ca= nnot be transported either.

Therefore, I would add latinum to the list of Steve-Trek items that cannot
= be transported and remain
intact (Bajoran Orbs are the only other thing I can think of that would be
= on this list, but the "Next
Gen" prohibition against transporting antimatter is not on the list).

Steve
The Universe Unbounded.

Visit "Star Trek: Athena" at http://ussathena.iwarp.com
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>> 3> There are certain things that
Replicators can't make. 
One of these>    is a delicate
computer chips with molecule sized devices on
it.>     You
can probably think of a few other
things.>Latinum, for some reason.
 
Here's the question. 
What exactly is
latinum?  It's not an element since it isn't on the
periodic
table.  Any element above
114 (which is as
high as I think they are now) would be very radioactive
and not very stable. 
It's not (in Steve-Trek
anyway) a form of hypermatter like dilithium. 
Therefore,
what is it?
 
In Steve-Trek, latinum is actually neon
octaflouride, a compound of one neon atom and eight
flourine atoms.  This
would make it a clear
liquid (remember, latinum is actually the liquid that
Morn "drank" in
"Who Mourns for Morn," and is not
the gold-brick stuff).  It could be replicated,
but perhaps commerically-available
replicators
might be blocked from producing it.  Maybe the
replicated version is unstable and
would break up
into other compounds (neon, obviously, is not
known for its zeal in forming
compounds), but
somehow, naturally-occurring latinum would be
stable.  Something intrinsic in the
replication process would made the compound unstable, and
nobody has been able to devise a way around
that.  The only problem with this analysis is that
latinum could not be transported,
because if it
cannot be replicated, it cannot be transported either.
 
Therefore, I would add latinum to
the list of
Steve-Trek items that cannot be transported and remain
intact (Bajoran Orbs are the only
other thing I
can
think of that would be on this list, but the "Next
Gen" prohibition against
transporting antimatter
is
not on the list).
 
Steve
The Universe
Unbounded.
 
Visit "Star Trek: Athena" at http://ussathena.iwarp.com;">http://ussathena.iwarp.comhttp://ussathena.iwarp.com">http://ussathena.iwarp.com;
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