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Between shapeshifters and the holodeck, my libido would probably actually be able to be tamed.
I don't want to think about that poor Ferengi who has to clean DS9's holodecks. Best case, cleaning is fully automated; worst case, Quark can get it done cheaper by lowballing his staff.
An opportunity to link this!!
Life of a holodeck janitor
I always figured the forcefield system would handle everything 🤷🏻♂️ either vaporizing it or repulsing it all down a drain.
Actually, IIRC they made a joke about being the holodeck jizzmopper on Lower Decks. 🤔
L.D is only semi canon though.
On screen is alpha canon. LD is on screen. LD is alpha canon.
Plus it fits the broader universe way better than TOS, TAS, or Disco do; so it mages sense that it’s just as (if not more) canonical than those.
The Black Mountain isn't alpha canon
Not quite correct, Shaxs’s claims that it is real are in fact alpha canon.
I’d give up on this if I were you.
Rom. Rom cleans the holosuite. And somehow he's still happy.
"Uhh... I don't mind. Besides, I get all the frosting I can eat. Uhh... Just don't tell my brother... He'd start charging me for it."
Given that transporters exist, and can be used to target specific materials, I would think that it would indeed be an automated process.
I think the holodeck actually uses modified transporter and replicator technology. That's how you can get food and drink that last outside the holodeck. It's not a huge extension to use it to purge the room of organic residue between uses.
Whether that is cheaper than sending in someone with a mop and bucket however, is unknown.
Given that replicator themselves are resource efficient enough for everyday use, I would think the resource requirements for that would be low enough.
It's not whether it's low enough, it's whether it's lower than a minimum wage janitor. On a starship, it's obvious it would be self cleaning. With Ferengi involved, I wouldn't be surprised if it's some poor sod pushing a mop.
I suppose it then comes down to whether or not the electricity is free. On a federeration base, I would assume it would be free given that the federation isn't too big on money.
Though the for the duration of the dominion war I would think there would have been limits.