#replicator

RepliCarter at it again :O

How would you react if someone invented a real "replicator", a device from the Star-Trek series that can produce anything instantly?

Maybe you'd be excited that you could finally get that guitar... or just having healthy food instantly without the cost of buying and cooking.... Then you realize that you could cut your work hours dramatically since any physical things you need you can just create instantly. But even more, this would be true for everyone! And not just here, in our affluent region, but anywhere. World hunger would be over. Lack of medicines would be over. Physical scarcity would essentially be over. As long as you have access to power, you can run this device. (And the device can help make things like solar panels and even more replicators!) In short, everyone will have all their physical needs met. It's a dawn of a new age. Perhaps still not a utopia, but much closer to one.

Seems pretty great. Some people are already cheering and popping the replicator-made champagne... however, others aren't so happy.

"But what about my pizza business?!" asks one guy. "This device will put me out of business! And you know what else, I don't like the implication that this machine can conjure a pizza that's as good as mine! But it won't matter, bc if people can get pizza for free, they're not going to pay me for my pizza! So this stupid device will put me out of a job!"

So the dude starts complaining: "Its products aren't as good as the real thing." And "you know, it uses a ton of energy to run." "What will this do to the moral foundation of work ethics and people's self-esteem?!" "You know, I hear our enemies are using this technology, so it can't be good!" And so the dude builds up a following of people who are anti-replicator. This movement grows and takes hold and manages to end the production of replicators. Everyone goes back to work the next day. The pizza maker is still in business - and lots of people still lack pizza, guitars, medicines, and the rest.

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Pizza Replicator Broke

Looks like these are the last of my Destiny art that I have, they were drawn a good while ago. Definitely 2020 if not 2019. They were just early concepts but regardless even today they still apply to Nova, Azazel, and Adam-17.

Warlock: Initially called Duskblade (now Willstealer), this Darkness subclass commands the power of the Taken. The Super acts like a dark version of Daybreak, with the ability to fire out slashes from the sword, but also allows the ability to fire Axion Bolts from the free hand an even slam into the ground to deal heavy damage.

Hunter: Initially called Venomstrafer (now Venomstalker, or Wraith), this Darkness subclass harnesses the power of Hive soulfire and its toxic effects. The Super involves wielding corrosive blades that can be thrown and will boomerang back to you, or can be used to slash away at combatants, spreading noxious poison through the enemy.

Titan: Lazily initially called SIVA (now more appropriately renamed to Replicator), this Darkness subclass combines the power of SIVA with Guardians' paracausality. The Super involves wielding a nanite-forged battle axe, which can then be used to spread more nanites across the field to aid you in battle.