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 cackled so hard when she first said that. Tig is a treasure and I was ecstatic seeing her on Discovery. She’s really been a joy. Just not nearly enough of her. Hopefully we’ll get a larger dose in this final Season 5.
Torres definitely says something like that to Janeway shortly after she became chief engineer. Bashir reminded them how long it would take to get back after their warp drive was destroyed in the Dominion fighter they were in. Gomez tells LaForge that she can’t divert power because the system she was working on was damaged during their first encounter with the Borg.
The best part of my job is answering like this when some rich asshole has his friend with a cad subscription submit a plan about building a septic system for a 2000 Sq ft house on a 3000 Sq ft island.
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