• FlatFootFox@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 day ago

    If your replicated coffee goes cold while you read reports on your PADD, do you have to breakdown and re-replicated the coffee and mug just to get it hot again? (Assuming Kes isn’t nearby to freshen it up for you.)

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      The Doctor is a projection of the electromagnetic and force fields. Microwaves are projections of electromagnetic fields.

      Why couldn’t B’Elanna rig up some projector to localize a microwave beam and follow your coffee cup? You could call it the ECH (Everyday Coffee Heater) since it was based off the Doctor.

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        I was going to say that this idea doesn’t fit in with the lore at all. But when I think about how a lot of Trek tech has hilariously bad failure modes built in (e.g. transporter malfunctions, rogue holodeck programs, consoles that double as fireworks storage lockers, flame-throwers on the bridge), accidentally cooking crew-members insides for want of perpetually hot coffee is weirdly on brand here.

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        this sounds like a great way to get stale coffee.

        Also wouldn’t it be easier to just get the doctor to stick his finger in it or something?

        This is probably his reply… but I’d bet he’d do it if kess asked.