> I find it interesting that the Warp speed option is the second lowest chosen as of this time. To me it seemed like the coolest one.
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> For example what good is a transporter if you can't get to another planet to use it? "Beaming" in to work doesn't seem to be a great option unless you have a long commute. It just means that you could be called on even more to do overtime etc because you can be at work instantaneously (although it would be very easy to go home for lunch) :-). Could you even be beamed in to work without being asked?
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> A holodeck would be nice but why when you could be exploring space by warp speed?
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> A universal translator would probably be a distant second on my list, simply because it would simplify communication around the world.

Until energy shields are invented, the transporter and warp drive will be humanity's worst enemies. Think about it: put a cannister of gas in a transporter and send it to your enemy's house. A grenade, a man armed with a knife, even. It would mean the end of security. If two world powers got control of these technologies at once, a war of assassination would begin and would continue until both sides were decimated. If only one power gained them, then they would have the whole world at their mercy. "Thought police" could appear anywhere, anytime to enforce their regime. If someone tried to take control and rise out of the chaos that ensued, they'd wake up one morning to see the air above their bed shimmer and a live grenade fall onto the sheets. Sub-warp and stationary targets would be easy marks for warp-capable craft. It's no accident that the Federation is a utopian goody-goody society.

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