There’s literally an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise where humans discover alien replicator technology for the very first time
Which is also the episode that they blow up the alien space dock station because it abducted a main cast member… Well it’s less offensive to your intelligence (or otherwise) than the actual red alert origin episode (why they say “go to tactical alert” rather than red or yellow alert…), seriously why did we need an episode’s B plot (that later invades the A plot) dedicated to the phrase “go to red alert”?
Which is also the episode that they blow up the alien space dock station because it abducted a main cast member… Well it’s less offensive to your intelligence (or otherwise) than the actual red alert origin episode (why they say “go to tactical alert” rather than red or yellow alert…), seriously why did we need an episode’s B plot (that later invades the A plot) dedicated to the phrase “go to red alert”?