[GL of Sector 2814]

Might take a while to replicate the components and I'm sure that there would be other rules to prevent such a thing (after all, I'm sure they would have gotten away with primitive concepts like the Second Amendment), but I would imagine that material scarcity would not be the limiting factor.

Which brings up the question of why the Federation doesn't simply expand Star Fleet by a factor of 100 (or more). It's not like it would cost anything, after all. The next time the Borg show up, just throw 10,000 starships at each cube.

As Stalin said, quantity has a quality all its own.

[markomalley]

Which brings up the question of why the Federation doesn't simply expand Star Fleet by a factor of 100 (or more).

So would you then be an advocate of replicating trained Star Fleet crews?