Cannibalization

Cannibalization was a means of removing functional technology or other salvage from one mechanism to use in repairing or replacing comparable parts in another mechanism. The term "strip it", as in "strip it down" or "strip it bare" was colloquial terms used to describe these actions. (; )
Henry Starling built his business empire upon cannibalizing the timeship Aeon. By 1996, he claimed that "[t]here's nothing left to base a commercial product on." ()
After crashing on Gamma Canaris N, Zefram Cochrane cannibalized his ship. ()
In 2152, Commander , while stuck on an Arkonian moon, managed to cannibalize the power supply from an Arkonian patrol ship's transceiver to repair his own transceiver. ()
The Tellarite ship Tezra was seized by the Klingon Empire. Believing the vessel had been impounded, its owner, Skalaar, turned to bounty hunting in order to pay the impound fee. It was not until his last mission, in 2153, that he learned the Klingons cannibalized the ship several years earlier. Specifically, they stripped "[e]very power relay, every conduit." The ship's engines were also gone. ()
In 2401, Geordi La Forge revealed that he had spent twenty years restoring the . The Enterprises secondary hull had been destroyed in 2371, so La Forge cannibalized the for a replacement warp drive and nacelles. (; )
Following the infection of the Borg by a neurolytic pathogen in 2378, the Borg Queen cannibalized the remnants of her own Collective in order to sustain herself until she could assimilate Starfleet from within. ()
== See also ==
* Cannibalism
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