this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2023
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Come on'n get your jamaharon on! There are no real rules—just don't break the weather control network.
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Scotty says he "bought" a boat at one point, but I've also seen long explanations that "bought" doesn't necessarily mean with money and it's just a common Human expression for when you get something.
I think it's clear that on Federation worlds you can just rock up to a replicator and get anything that isn't dangerous (and you can get the dangerous stuff with the right license/permit), but on the frontier/border areas (ie DS9) Federation citizens receive a stipend or a wage so that they can live "on the economy" along with the non-Federation citizens.