(well, duh...how do you think replicator patterns are made in the first place? by making something the old fashioned way first, then having it analyzed down to the atomic level to replicate its exact molecular structure and that data is then stored as a pattern for future replication)
dreadnought is not a modern naval ship type either...despite so many instances of sci-fi using it as one while also following naval classification otherwise perfectly it stopped being used after WW1
(matt will basically eat anything edible...except salad - 'e's not a bleedin' rabbit and you're going to need WAY more than 4 - that's like a light snack to him)
“Maxim 20: If you’re not willing to shell your own position, you’re not willing to win. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries” ― Howard Tayler
*shrav is...still missing* (and shouldn't one of them realize he isn't nearby anymore and he vanished about the time oculus started talking about shopping?)
shrav: i knew it...that level of technology just doesn't exist here, even in the imperium - and you'd better make sure it never exists here; the amount of chaos and trouble holographic masking of that level could cause...