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attempting to engineer new things doesn't always end well

Who: Ezri Dax and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Caprine
When: 6/5

[Awhile back, she'd toyed with the idea of building a replicator in the hopes of making clothes and more palatable food available to the fleet. And it had taken since about then for Ezri to find all the parts she would need. It might not be incredibly efficient at first but she could improve it gradually once she finished.

Off and on over a couple weeks, she worked at it in the cargo bay and, today, she turns on her communicator with a smile.]

I've been working on a little project lately and I should finish today, I thought I'd share my progress.

[She sets it down, tilted towards the device she's working on and gets back to work. About ten minutes later there's a loud BANG and the immediate area starts filling with smoke. She's quick to smother the cause and then mutters a curse.]

I've been a scientist and and engineer- that should have worked.

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That would have been really something.

[Nope. Nope. More questions. Sorry, Ezri, he can't wrap his eighteenth century brain around this one. You're gonna have to help him. ]

...Do you have to put the raw ingredients into it? To make it create the things? Or does it create things out of nothing?

Not at all.

[It's okay, Lumiere, she's got this.]

So long as the molecular makeup of something is programmed into it, it will convert matter right into the final product.

[IT'S MAGIC. ]

That sounds astounding. We have nothing like that where I am from. If we want to make food or clothes, we do it by hand.

[It seems like it!]

Everyone has been at that level of development once, eventually you'll all reach the same point we have.

Perhaps, though it will be very far in the future for me. I doubt I'll see it.

[All being well and he doesn't remain an immortal piece of furniture forever, anyway. ]

It is fascinating to learn about, all the same.

You get to see a lot of it now though. And I'm sure your world still has plenty of wonders in store for your lifetime.

[That would be unfortunate.]

I do! I am most fortunate. It is quite incredible to see, I am learning things I never thought possible before.

[He considers this. He hasn't seen outside for a decade, but still- ]

Versailles is exceptionally beautiful.

Let's hope we don't surprise you too much, I'd hate to see your heart give out or anything. I've never been a doctor.

[If you can even doctor at a candle?]

I never had a chance to see it last time I was on Earth.

Luckily for me, my heart is currently non-existent. [A pause. ] My literal one, anyway. My metaphorical one is working just fine.

Oh, does that mean it stands still, in the future? This is wonderful to hear.

[Vive la france. ]

[Still a little strange. At least he doesn't have to worry about being stabbed?] I'm glad at least one works.

It does, humanity thankfully tries to preserve historic and architecturally significant locations.

[No, he never has to worry about being stabbed \o/ ]

That is good to hear. It would be a shame for such an exquisite building to vanish into history. Though with it housing the royal family, I don't think it would really go anywhere.

[Who doesn't know about the French Revolution for 100 points. ]

[Oh. Oh dear Lumiere.]

I'm not sure it's housing much of anyone actually. There are no royal families on Earth anymore.

[He'll just remain in blissful ignorance. It's fiiiine. ]

...None at all? What happened to them all?

...Not even England? [Those snobby bastards are always around. ]

I'm sure descendants still carry on but United Earth doesn't need different countries and families vying for power. So after First Contact and the formation of United Earth, they're lead by the Prime Minister.

Oh, how...interesting. [So weird. SO WEIRD. ] So there is...one person? In charge of all of Earth?

More or less. Each country has a leader to handle politics there but the Prime Minister handles the affairs of Earth in general.

What an interesting way to run things. And there is no in-fighting because of this?

None. At least not anymore. Global unification is necessary for members of the Federation. And, I think, after World War Three, conflicts among the countries of Earth came to a halt.

...There were three world wars????

Unfortunately. [She won't mention the Eugenics Wars being tacked onto WW3.]

After that though, the only wars Earth was really involved with were with other species.

[Best not, his mind is blown enough as it is. ]

So...with other planets? [Earth, can you stop fighting all the damn time? Come on. ]

[She feels a little bad.]

A couple of them. Otherwise, conflicts that come up by my time are the Federation and Starfleet against other people. [Can't stop won't stop]

[At least he likes learning? There's that. ]

So your people are military as well? [He's trying, he really is. ]

[Definitely helps.]

Not really. We'll fight if we have to but we try to be... above that? If we can.

I understand. You mostly exist for peace, no? That is...a noble duty to have.

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