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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kronos182" data-source="post: 7081791" data-attributes="member: 6668634">I assume the rules are different as there is such a wide range of tech.In my mind.. to get something like.. say a food replicator (Star Trek), in most areas would be difficult.. but go to a Federation owned area, would be fairly common.. so for purchasing, for common, non regulated material would be probably only +1 or +2 for each PL above, while restricted would easily be the +5, and no real limit to how many PLs you can go IF the tech is available. So again with the example of the Star Trek replicator, which are more advanced versions of the fabricators (PL7) and Biofabricators (PL8).. so possible PL9 for a star trek replicator.. but it's such COMMON technology.. so it could be sold to anyone of PL 5, unless it messes with the Prime Directive. So if I'm from Earth, and the federation owns the moon, and depending on how much it costs to get to the moon, getting a replicator for my home (will all the restrictions they put on them to prevent them from making dangerous materials, weapons, etc) could cost only +2 higher. MEANWHILE.. a humanitarian group could probably get industrial sized replicators to use for disaster relief work at cost or even -2 or -3 as a discount.But ultimately it comes down to what marco says.. but I think it's how restricted the tech is within the universe, and how hard it is to get for you (distance/difficulty getting to where that tech is available) and that pesky law thing within your own universe/area.</blockquote>

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