Stamets@startrek.website to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · 1 year agoWhen engineering is done with your shitstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up11.39Karrow-down117
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minus-squareZuzak [fae/faer, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoI figure the engineers just inflate their estimates in anticipation of the captain telling them to cut it down, and then the captain expects the engineers to do that and it’s a vicious cycle.
minus-squareshottymcb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoI think Scotty told LaForge to do that in a TNG episode
minus-squareRoabeArt [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoScotty also does this in Star Trek III… Scotty: “If you don’t have eight weeks, I can do it for you in two.” Kirk: “Mr. Scott, have you always multiplied your repair estimates by a factor of four?” Scotty: “Certainly, sir. How else can I keep my reputation as a miracle worker?”
minus-squarePreviouslyAmused@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIt was Kirk’s reply of : “understood” that always makes me laugh. …. just the image of Kirk realizing Mr. Scott has been lying to him for decades.
I figure the engineers just inflate their estimates in anticipation of the captain telling them to cut it down, and then the captain expects the engineers to do that and it’s a vicious cycle.
I think Scotty told LaForge to do that in a TNG episode
Scotty also does this in Star Trek III…
It was Kirk’s reply of : “understood” that always makes me laugh.
…. just the image of Kirk realizing Mr. Scott has been lying to him for decades.