What sort of goods or resources does a Federation Star Ship require to operate?

Asked Jul 20 '19 at 10:22

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I am making a game that is inspired heavily by Star Trek. The nature of the game requires that you are going about the Galaxy but are limited in some way, hopefully by resources.

But aside from the need for Dilithium Crystals, I can't think of any other resource in Star Trek that is required for a vessel to operate. Surely they must have some limitations on range and time away from a starbase?

asked Jul 20 '19 at 10:22

NeomerArcana

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Off the top of my head; antimatter, feedstock for replicators (or food if pre-TNG) and replacement crew. Also, presumably parts that are to bulky or complex to replicate with ease plus luxury items and living samples of things for the medical and arboriculture depts – Valorum Jul 20 '19 at 11:00
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Fresh pornographic holoprograms for Riker and the crew. – Valorum Jul 20 '19 at 11:02
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Refshirts! With enough redshirts, everything else is trivial. – Hans Olo Jul 20 '19 at 11:08
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On a more serious note, in Voyager it was always an issue how to get warp plasma, which I think is different from antimatter. – Hans Olo Jul 20 '19 at 11:11
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Semi-dupe of How long can a galaxy class starship last before it needs servicing? – Valorum Jul 20 '19 at 12:22
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Electro-plasma and https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Warp_core Warp Plasma is "created" by the matter/anti-matter reaction of the warp core, and the plasma is how energy is transported to the nacelles and other systems. I say "created" because I'm unclear if the warp core is actually creating plasma, or if the plasma already exists and is only being energized by the reaction. If they were constantly looking for it on Voyager, then it's probably the latter. – Kai Jul 20 '19 at 12:36
Also besides anti-matter (in the form of anti-deutronium), they'd also need deutronium, for the matter part of the matter/anti-matter reaction. – Kai Jul 20 '19 at 12:46
Thanks all for the info. Seems like I might need to rethink my approach. – NeomerArcana Jul 20 '19 at 22:31
A deck of playing cards, of course! – Ham Sandwich Jul 20 '19 at 23:24
Magnesite and Anjoran bio-mimetic gel (TNG 7x21, "Firstborn". – Gaultheria Jul 21 '19 at 04:43
Whisky. The real stuff. – Jul 22 '19 at 20:38

What sort of goods or resources does a Federation Star Ship require to operate?

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