What are your top 4 live action Engineering officers from among this list?
What are your top 4 live action Engineering officers?
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Tilly's not the Engineer, that would be Reno.
But, nevertheless, my #1 choice is going to be controversial:
1. Torres - She's who I'd have to design something innovative.
2. Scotty - He's who I'd have to fix my car.
3. LaForge - He's who I'd have to fix my computer.
4. O'Brien - He's the guy who'd get into a shouting match with my computer.
(not on the list)
5. Trip - He's who I'd have Moonshine with.
6. Reno - She's who I'd have fix my car if Scotty's unavailable.
But, nevertheless, my #1 choice is going to be controversial:
1. Torres - She's who I'd have to design something innovative.
2. Scotty - He's who I'd have to fix my car.
3. LaForge - He's who I'd have to fix my computer.
4. O'Brien - He's the guy who'd get into a shouting match with my computer.
(not on the list)
5. Trip - He's who I'd have Moonshine with.
6. Reno - She's who I'd have fix my car if Scotty's unavailable.
I wouldn't know since I don't watched Discovery, but for some reason Reno was not listed on the engineers page of Memory Alpha. Tilly is listed on the Discovery page as a "theoretical engineer" (whatever that means).
I have added Reno, so you can update your vote.
She's in there. You have to scroll down, it's under the "List of Chief Engineers" section. Ninth from the bottom of the list. She's listed as Chief Engineer of the USS Hiawatha. If she was a Chief Engineer on her previous assignment, it's reasonable to figure she's the Chief Engineer of the USS Discovery. They never explicitly say it in the dialogue that Reno is Chief Engineer, but Stamets' focus is on the Spore Drive. Tilly is a theoretician. So is Adira. Reno is an engineer, straight-up. She deals with theory when she wants to, but she'd rather just go for the duct tape. So process of elimination.
Tilly's more of a science officer (in fact, she might be *the* science officer now). While Stamets once was erroneously referred to as "Chief Engineer" once (on a computer display), the actual Chief Engineer of Discovery, like most of its senior staff, was never revealed. Now that they're in the 32nd century, Commander Reno (who was rescued by the Discovery early in S2 and never left and went with them to the future) might possibly be serving as Chief Engineer. But we still don't know for certain, given she barely appeared in S3.
Scotty, Geordie, Miles and B'Elanna. Honourable mention to Jett Reno.
Scotty, because I'm of Scottish descent (if I ever got a kilt, my last name has an official plaid) and because he's a miracle worker.
Geordi because he's awesome, and he's unlucky in love. I know what that's like.
Miles, because who else could turn that creaky old Cardassian turd and turn it into a badazz torpedo-spitting starbase?
And Trip because I grew up down south and I still miss the catfish.
B'Elanna is passed over because it never sat well with me that she was promoted for assaulting her superior.
The others are passed over because of my limited familiarity with the series. Fixing that is on my to-do list when that PS5 Paramount app becomes a thing (I just can't binge watch on a smartphone).
Geordi because he's awesome, and he's unlucky in love. I know what that's like.
Miles, because who else could turn that creaky old Cardassian turd and turn it into a badazz torpedo-spitting starbase?
And Trip because I grew up down south and I still miss the catfish.
B'Elanna is passed over because it never sat well with me that she was promoted for assaulting her superior.
The others are passed over because of my limited familiarity with the series. Fixing that is on my to-do list when that PS5 Paramount app becomes a thing (I just can't binge watch on a smartphone).
La Forge
O’Brien
Torres
Trip
Scotty’s a legend, but knowing that he’s stalling for time after admitting as much in “Relics”…I’m not sure I’d want a chief engineer that knowingly stalls in a crisis situation.
O’Brien
Torres
Trip
Scotty’s a legend, but knowing that he’s stalling for time after admitting as much in “Relics”…I’m not sure I’d want a chief engineer that knowingly stalls in a crisis situation.
The line didn't mean that Scotty stalled for time. That would be ridiculous.
It meant that there's more that's also important to do than that one job the captain has asked for as well as that it's unwise to run the engineering team constantly at maximum throughput. In the context of Star Trek III, it meant that to operate at maximum throughput sometimes it was necessary to cut corners, which could be bad, and was bad in that case, corners that wouldn't get cut, if more time could be devoted to do a thorough job. Instead of focusing on only that one task, sometimes it was also necessary to handle the multitude of other duties they have, including dealing with the unexpected. In the case of Star Trek III, getting reassigned to Excelsior before starting to work on Enterprise was very much unexpected.
It also meant that Scotty thought it was wise to facilitate a relationship with the captain wherein the captain didn't place inessential demands on engineering. Having unreasonable expectations that maxed engineering out for extended periods would actually endanger the ship.
And Scotty stalling in a crisis situation? Literally stalling at any time? Never. See "The Doomsday Machine." Scotty had phasers on the Constellation charged before Kirk even thought to ask for it.
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Exactly. OS Scotty was not just an engineering whiz but was time and again shown to be a level-headed, canny and highly effective temporary captain. This aspect was lost in the movie era when the supporting cast became more caricaturized.
Same.
You'd bring a tear to James Doohan's eye.
That's an interesting interpretation. Scotty was shown to be a competent and effective officer, especially during a crisis. He still stands out in my mind when in command and trying to deal with the Klingons deceptions.
May he doesn’t stall. Maybe he embellishes. My pointy being that Scotty, while being very skilled at his job, also delibratly plays a double role, being the miracle worker as well.
Telling Kirk he needs 30 minutes to start up the engines has the help of Spock to start it faster and telling Kirk that a cold start was theoretical vs Trip taking 2 minutes for the same task by himself and proving a cold start can be done in practice a century earlier. The laws of physics did not seem to matter to Trip. He just did it.
Never said he wasn’t. But not telling the captain how long it really takes to accomplish a task can be interpreted in many ways.
