[Political Junkie Too]

And if replicators fixed the problem of scarcity, why is it that there is only one Enterprise?

There was a fleet of 12 starships, ands lots of smaller ships.

-PJ

[Vince Ferrer]

There was a fleet of 12 starships, ands lots of smaller ships.

Why not millions?

[Political Junkie Too]

Wouldn't you have to build a replicator big enough to fit a starship inside it before it could replicate one? It's one thing to replicate soup and sandwiches... If you're just replicating the raw materials or finished parts,you'll still need thousands of people to build millions of ships.

-PJ