Voyager's repeated replacement of shuttles raises a question about manufacturing capacity aboard an isolated ship. One proposed explanation is an industrial-scale replicator capable of making them. This is an inference about the fictional ship, since the mechanism is not explained in the example being discussed.
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Voyager's replacement shuttles and industrial capacity
An industrial replicator is proposed as an explanation for Voyager's ability to replace lost shuttles.