Why aren't slime ranchers rendered obsolete?

[SnailsAttack]

What I'd like to know is why slime ranchers are even necessary. Wouldn't it be easier to simply send someone to the Far, Far Range and have them teleport tons of slimes back to earth for optimized plort farming?

The only reasons I can think of for the 7Zee corp not to do this is that the slimes cannot survive long outside of the FFR's unique atmosphere (like the indigo quarry crystals) or that slimes (and probably most other sentient creatures) cannot be transported digitally across extremely far distances the same way that plorts can.

I think that the second one is most likely, because chances are that the FFR's atmosphere could easily be replicated in a controlled environment.

I also think that the 7Zee corp probably has "contests" to gather slime rancher volunteers, pick out the best ones, and send them to the far, far range. It's explained in casey's letters that beatrix is very well-suited for that sort of thing.

What do you guys think?

[TheGreciansHousehold]

Considering that The Slime Sea is the nursery, railway, nest and TV of the slime, I imagine it has something to do with this.

[z0mbiesrock]

There’s just one problem: slimes only thrive on the Far, Far Range. They need the open air, its sun shining down on them. No slime has ever produced a plort outside of the the Range’s atmosphere.

[SnailsAttack]

There’s just one problem: slimes only thrive on the Far, Far Range. They need the open air, its sun shining down on them. No slime has ever produced a plort outside of the the Range’s atmosphere.

I never knew that page existed but I guess it pretty much answers all those questions. Huh.

[SnailsAttack]

Considering that The Slime Sea is the nursery, railway, nest and TV of the slime, I imagine it has something to do with this.

what

[WOLRUS]

cannot survive long outside of the FFR's unique atmosphere (like the indigo quarry crystals)

*embarrased coughing* I believe that's the glass desert glass structures?

[z0mbiesrock]

Its not that. Slimes are fine on other planets; it's that the environment necessary for creating stable plorts only exists within the atmosphere of the Far Far Range.