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1 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 06 June 2013 02:05PM

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Comment author: ThisSpaceAvailable 07 June 2013 01:45:01AM 1 point [-]

How does all available mass get turned into Sam Clado, unless there is some physical replicator? And if there's a physical replicator, is it really all that important whether it's replicating to create hardware for Sam Clado, or replicating just to replicate?

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 09 June 2013 11:57:12AM 0 points [-]

Sam's the one who ordered it to replicate without bound. Others may have different ideas of how much ought to be mined, so it's not a given that that is how things will end up.