Crazy Idea but..... In ST Voyager Dilithium was expendable and they had to keep the tanks filled..... Making Dilithium expendable would make the value of dare I say it Zen go up.... so that extra 10 bucks I have in my account would be more attractive to me and others.... Making it expendable would be relatively easy to do and could also make it more realistic (in the ST world) not having enough could *prevent warp capabilities or *reduce shield strength..... you want the value of Zen to go up? well here it is
Dilithium Crystals are used as a catalyst in warp cores, and would rarely need replacing as in voyager they described how their warp core had a re-crystalisation process.
Deuterium was the fuel used to mix with anti-matter (anti-deuterium I believe) in the warp core. This reacted to form plasma which was fed through to the warp nacelles to create the warp field.
So a ship would have very little Dilithium on board, but would have tanks of anti-matter and deuterium. Deuterium of course being very common in the galaxy with it been a stable version of hydrogen.
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erm.. I do not like the OP idea...
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Dilithium Crystals are used as a catalyst in warp cores, and would rarely need replacing as in voyager they described how their warp core had a re-crystalisation process.
Deuterium was the fuel used to mix with anti-matter (anti-deuterium I believe) in the warp core. This reacted to form plasma which was fed through to the warp nacelles to create the warp field.
So a ship would have very little Dilithium on board, but would have tanks of anti-matter and deuterium. Deuterium of course being very common in the galaxy with it been a stable version of hydrogen.
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As to the OP, I'm a little confused why you think dilithium is undervalued as it's used in almost everything outside of standard play.