Would You expect them to replicate real machine guns?
“We are an advanced race of super-intelligent networked computers. We have solved the problem of your primitive laser pistols by creating a deflection shield that can be tuned to the frequency of the beam within a few minutes of its use.”
“Okay, but I’ve got a high velocity shard of metal that I can launch through a long tube.”
“Does not computer! Does not computer! We are defeated!”
“We are an advanced race of super-intelligent networked computers. We have solved the problem of your primitive laser pistols by creating a deflection shield that can be tuned to the frequency of the beam within a few minutes of its use.”
“Okay, but I’ve got a high velocity shard of metal that I can launch through a long tube.”
“Does not computer! Does not computer! We are defeated!”
It’s the Stargate’s replicators logic… That I’m sure is a joke about the Borg.