Damn, while I made the meme it wondered why it was "savings", because I was sure it is. Since English isn't my first language I concluded there must be some arcane reason for it.
Transporters ar le weird. The way Dr. M'Benga keeps people in the transport buffer until there is a cure for their disease (Rukiya) or until medical facilities are no longer overrun (Battle of J'Gal) is presented as a hack. How is it not standard procedure?
Also he has to materialize them from time to time because their pattern degrades. So is it not a digital image of sorts? How can it degrade?
Schick. Bin did Strecke dieses Jahr zweimal gefahren mit den alten IC Garnituren. Geht auch, aber macht bei weitem nicht so viel Spaß