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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SKyOdin" data-source="post: 5205874" data-attributes="member: 57939">The idea of a minifac sounds reasonable, but I think there are a number of things that it would be safe to say couldn't be fabricated by such a machine. While a machine like that would be useful for crafting simple objects of various shapes and functions, I can't see such a machine being able to manufacture stuff like complex electronics. Advanced devices of the Fusion Age may have machines that are engineered down to the molecular level, such as electronic devices made from vibrating atoms arranged in particular ways. Likewise, I don't see a machine designed to be used in a ships living quarters or in an apartment building able to fabricate anything that requires large quantities of energy, high temperatures, or extremely low temperatures to fabricate. Complex chemical reactions are also improbable. Likewise, such a device certainly can't be used to create anything with a living, biological component.I suggest that keep in mind what kind of technology you envision being used in everyday items in your setting. Are people carrying around cell-phones made with silicon computer chips, or are they carrying miniature quantum computers? How much bio-technology is used?I would limit the minifac to objects made out of molded plastic, artificial fiber, and maybe ceramics and metals. I would also limit to the macro scale, and be unable to affect anything on the molecular level. It still allows for a wide range of common everyday objects, but doesn't require the machine to surpass the boundaries of being a reasonable piece of technology for the Fusion age. If you go too far, it starts resembling a Star Trek replicator too much.</blockquote>

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