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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

something implied about transporter buffers seems to indicate they can hold incredible amounts of data that starts to degrade very quickly

Exactly. I always understood the difference between replicators and transporters to be the level of detail in the scan. The replicators don't need as much detail to make a convincing steak or a cup of tea. So they can store those scans at a much lower resolution and have a full, permanent library.

The transporters need an immense amount of detail to perfectly store your pattern, to avoid messing with your brain chemistry and causing transporter psychosis. It's too much data to keep on hand for every crew member.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Voyager kept a whole group of pilgrims in their buffer for weeks on end.