Federation Starbase & businesses
Hello all,
My gamers want to have our next campaign be based out of a Starbase and they want to pick up that DS9 vibe, but they want to be on a Federation starbase.
So here is the question.
Given that the Federation is supposed to be in a "post-scarcity" situation, given the many replicators around, would there actually be businesses on a Federation starbase?
Or, on a slightly different tack, if there were "local" businesses (e.g. something like Quark's or Garak's tailor shop), would they actually charge money? And if so, how would you see them competing with the use of replicators?
Just more mindwarps for the moment...