[kevin]

There's a thought!

[dhess68]

Jeez, don't ya think they have Roombas in the future? Perhaps that was the beginning of the Borg?

"Power down your weapons, we will assimilate your dirt....."

[That Metal Beastie]

Originally Posted by Roysten

I reckon that there's a transporter or tractor beam like device that moves all the dirt from the corridors and surfaces and takes it to the waste depository, which we know to exist as there's been many references to waste extraction of the crews waste before it gets recycled.

Originally Posted by Odradek

like the Baryon sweep for example:

That's a little like my friend who hoses his jeep down, inside and out, after off-roading. But seriously.....that would be a lot like hosing a jeep down, inside and out.... after off-worlding.

I do wonder what a Starfleet Custodial Engineering Badge would look like.

Anybody?

[Botany Bay]

Nanotechnology, robotics, artificial intelligence, batteries with capacaties high enough to make a toy fire a deadly burst of energy, nowadays computer technology for the price of a sheet of paper... come on folks! You really think we would need guys with mobs in twohundred years?

"Commander, I have a complaint. We have to stop by at a Class M Planet, so that my washerwoman can clean my laundry in a river. And while we ar at it, the ships kitchen needs new supplies of firewood for the updraft kiln, and the ships surgeon would like to hire a knife grinder for his bone saws too. Oh, and did I mention that we are out of codliver oil and moustache wax?"

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[Samuel]

Ah technology. Always the usual answer for how day to day chores are solved. How boring.

[Commodore]

Personally, I prefer to take a little bit of everything. I do think Federation starships have onboard systems that help keep the vessels clean, but I still believe that ships have general maintenance staff among their crews and they work generally during the night watch. With Federation technology at hand, a Galaxy-class starship probably has only a small fraction of the general maintenance staff that a Nimitz-class carrier might require...

[Nekronus]

Most dirt comes from outdoors, I would expect when the crew return from away missions the transporters would remove all of the dirt from their shoes ect, almost as if it were running the bio-filter.

[Samuel]

Awww you are taking the fun out of all of this.

[Zardoz]

Originally Posted by Commodore

Personally, I prefer to take a little bit of everything. I do think Federation starships have onboard systems that help keep the vessels clean, but I still believe that ships have general maintenance staff among their crews and they work generally during the night watch. With Federation technology at hand, a Galaxy-class starship probably has only a small fraction of the general maintenance staff that a Nimitz-class carrier might require...

I agree, I think an exterior buildup, radiations, ect. Are dealt with at a Starbase that can do that, as well as paint, and other cosmetic touch ups.

[Samuel]

Well we have seen that at least one space station has rats. So why not dirt? Also, dem rats have gots to get their cheese somewheres.