Superb

I don’t understand what you’re getting at? Clearly book one is meant to give a foundation to every the other books in the series. Now you’re getting all huffy because you don’t understand this book without that foundation.

I’m not saying that you’re wrong or stupid. I’m saying if you read the first book then you might actually get something out of the rest. You also might not! It’s equally possible that this series just isn’t helpful for you.

Right, volumes 2-3 are independent. Volume 1 isn’t.

I don’t think your opinion is necessarily wrong, but you should give the books another try starting from 1.

Assuming you had access to the energy and raw materials, I believe you’d also be limited by the size and type of replicators you have access too. Not everything can be replicated, and I believe lower tier replicators have limits on what they can make.

I wonder if you’d be able to replicate a higher tier replicator with a low tier replicator?

There aren’t even any standard in this field. If someone wants to hire a good developer, how to do they know who to pick? Its a clusterfuck at every level