She once balanced a phaser between two random shuttle components to rig up an ad-hoc force field that saved her and the shuttle crew from being blown out into space. And she managed to save the shuttle, a shuttle she had just finished to help design and build in a matter of weeks. The best chief engineer in starfleet.
I’m deep into a long overdue Voyager rewatch, and forgot how awesome she was.
Wasn't there an episode where they said it would take like 24 hours and they were told you have 12 so the tech replied with "that's now how it works sir it will take 24 hours"
LaForge is the kind of guy that always ends up putting his team on crunch time, because he fails both to manage up, and to create buffers for estimation errors or unpredicted issues.
Tbh I don't get these kind of memes, as far as I remember picard never really gives a deadline, just asks for it as quick as possible, with geordi busting his ass every time to try to get it done, regardless of whether or not it's actually possible.
And, in those situations, I really don't think picard is being unreasonable. When your options are "do the tech thing" or "have long odds at pulling something else off", asking for the tech thing as quickly as possible sounds pretty reasonable to me
Every worker needs some time for themselves. Nobody is capable of doing a single job for multiple hours without at least some slacking off. It is human nature.
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BertramDitore@lemmy.world · 55 pts · 2y
“No, Captain. When I say tomorrow, I mean tomorrow. I don’t exaggerate.” - B'Elanna Torres, such a fucking badass.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
You have 4 seconds.
Ok.
SARGEx117@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 2y
BertramDitore@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y
She once balanced a phaser between two random shuttle components to rig up an ad-hoc force field that saved her and the shuttle crew from being blown out into space. And she managed to save the shuttle, a shuttle she had just finished to help design and build in a matter of weeks. The best chief engineer in starfleet.
I’m deep into a long overdue Voyager rewatch, and forgot how awesome she was.
SARGEx117@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 2y
"You didn't tell him how long it will really take?" Scotty
xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink · 10 pts · 2y
Of course he didn't! He already did it yesterday
VelvetStorm@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 2y
Wasn't there an episode where they said it would take like 24 hours and they were told you have 12 so the tech replied with "that's now how it works sir it will take 24 hours"
AlolanYoda@mander.xyz · 14 pts · 2y
I remember that at the beginning of Voyager. Janeway tries that on B'elana and she responds with something similar.
jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de · 13 pts · 2y
That's what happens when you don't listen to Scotty.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 2y
I love the difference between the 2 styles of engineering.
LaForge knows how to game the system.
Scotty knows how to play the people.
jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de · 10 pts · 2y
LaForge is the kind of guy that always ends up putting his team on crunch time, because he fails both to manage up, and to create buffers for estimation errors or unpredicted issues.
JWBananas@startrek.website · 5 pts · 2y
That's from Stargate SG-1. The conversation is between Hammond and Siler.
1x17, Solitudes
https://youtube.com/watch?v=omD4UhEB230
ElBarto@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
Siler had the best lines.
JWBananas@startrek.website · 1 pts · 2y
The actor who portrayed him was also RDA's stunt man in both SG-1 and MacGyver.
It became a lot more obvious when RDA greyed and Dan Shea didn't.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
If you want to skip the validation cycle, we can have it done in 18, but we'll have a high chance of blowing up.
pixeltree@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y
Tbh I don't get these kind of memes, as far as I remember picard never really gives a deadline, just asks for it as quick as possible, with geordi busting his ass every time to try to get it done, regardless of whether or not it's actually possible.
And, in those situations, I really don't think picard is being unreasonable. When your options are "do the tech thing" or "have long odds at pulling something else off", asking for the tech thing as quickly as possible sounds pretty reasonable to me
Idk I'm overthinking a meme
Honytawk@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 2y
Honestly, that is why Picard is such a great captain.
He trusts the capability of his crew, and let them do their jobs instead of micromanage. They know what is at stake and what deadline is possible.
xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink · 9 pts · 2y
we all overthink memes sometimes lol
you're not wrong tho lol
bappity@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y
buffer time, baby
CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
I've been watching Lower Decks thanks to all the memes here. I'm loving it.
Fades@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
It’s even more enjoyable when you’ve seen all the episodes and trek moments they reference along the way
xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink · 7 pts · 2y
Picard knows about the 27 days of buffer time in that statement and just cuts it out lol
bappity@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
he knows that sneaky mf is just gonna spend all the time with holo Brahms
xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink · 4 pts · 2y
holo Brahms doesn't make him solve the heat death of the universe in 3 days
Fades@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
As an actual engineer, that shits real
Honytawk@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 2y
That isn't just an engineer thing.
Every worker needs some time for themselves. Nobody is capable of doing a single job for multiple hours without at least some slacking off. It is human nature.
bappity@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
hell yeah
eddietrax@dmv.social · 16 pts · 2y
Under promise, over deliver. A true engineer.
Sabre363@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 2y
Stargate was so notorious for this that it became a running joke in Atlantis.
SARGEx117@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 2y
I guess we'll have to time travel again
xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink · 7 pts · 2y
Time-travelling to get your job done in time? The Enterprise sounds stressful...
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Spaghetti_Hitchens@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y
Will Riker?! Is that you?! It's me! Ned Ryerson!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOfPF5GoCqI
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
That just made me realize how to tackle a post I've been mulling over. Thanks!
Zorque@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y
Bing!
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 7 pts · 2y
Picard isn't an idiot and knows it doesn't take long to rotate a crystal.
xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink · 5 pts · 2y
All you gotta do is poke it with a stick and it'll be "repositioned"
aeronmelon@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y
"Kelvin Kirk crawled inside the warp core and kicked the emitter back into position. Show some initiative, Mr. LaForge!"