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Cyrania de Bergerac wrote: RWBY X Star Trek: Original Series

Dust would only work on the surface of planets. But wait. Dust loses energy the closer it is to Space. And apparently, does not recover it when it falls back into the planet. So any Dust obtained would only work on the planet it is found.

Internally, it works to an extent, as all the Dust is focused on the colonies in it's planet. But at a macro level, it means Dust trade between colonies would be impossible, and that a government can't really take advantage of the Dust on planets unless they plan on making a colony there.

And IIRC, Star Trek was all about "the exploration of space, discovery of worlds, to pave the road to what humanity reaches in every other sci-fy work", to set itself appart from other space-focused futuristic works.