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Well, at least we know they will return. Imagine the transporter was full of uncredited redshirts...
Tasha Yarr would like a word.
She'd already had the peak of what a human being can experience getting plowed by Data so it would all have been downhill from there anyway.
And the word is "Fully functional?"
The Transporter has a pattern buffer. Why didn't they just keep copying one Redshirt guy to save lives. Like Mickey 17.
"Time for an away mission Redshirt."
But they don't tell him where, and then put him in the buffer. He will just, always be ready.
This is how you get Tom Rikers.
One Riker is plenty, what we need are more William Boimlers.
The universe can't handle that much raw sexual energy
When you think about it, it's weird that that asshole dude wanted to disassemble and possibly destroy Data to copy him when they could have just copied him using a transporter.
I feel like there has to be some laws regarding using a transporter as a replicator.
Data is a robot though. They make tools all the time. Why not more datas?
Maybe Star Trek Captains have a sort of Meta knowledge?
They know when they send important characters, they will most likely all come back.
So by not sending redshirts, the captain is just looking out for the crew!
There's one redshirt, Riker.
Maybe it's a diplomatic mission and someone needs tromboned.
Unless one of their contracts is up for renegotiation.