Poll Which Engineer Would You NOT Want Fixing Your Replicator/Warp Drive/Etc?

[Bry_Sinclair]

Seeing as how there is already a poll for the Doctor you'd want to avoid in sickbay, I thought I'd try out the Chief Engineer's.

Which one of the main cast engineer's would you NOT want to fix something (no matter the size or complexity)?

 

[BillJ]

LaForge, gets too hung up in the technobabble. Probably a competent engineer because of Data more than anything else.

Though as long as he has Data with him, I'd be okay with him on the job.

 

[JoeCabby]

Hard to say, I thought they were all great. My favorite is probably LaForge. But after thinking about it, he' s the one I wouldn't want. It seems that the systems on the Enterprise caused as many Issues as LaForge solved. Holodeck's running wild, Safeties turning off all the time, always having to come up with some whacky technobabble solution to just about every problem. Testing new systems on the Enterprise while in the middle of nowhere with no form of backup. I can't remember the episode, but there was one episode where he let Wesley test out some new warp field which caused the Enterprise to be dead in space.

 

[1001001]

They are all thoroughly competent, talented, and professional.

Why would you exclude any of them?

I vote "None of the Above"

 

[F. King Daniel]

If Geordi was my engineer I'd be worried that he was off making out with a hologram when the ship was having a major crisis.

 

[Stevil2001]

The one who self-trained as an engineer by building boat motors. Sounds just like the kind of guy who should recalibrate a warp coil.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

I'd have my doubts about Torres and La Forge. One couldn't figure out how to get her ship home for seven years, the other one didn't seem to have much passion for his job. I get the feeling that La Forge could've worked anywhere else on the Enterprise and have been just as happy.

Scotty and O'Brien didn't waste much time with any nonsense. They both just shut up and did their jobs. Hell, Scotty was back on the job minutes after he watched his nephew die!

 

[Balok's Decoy]

Yeah, as with the doctor question, I like all the engineers. There should be a "which would you prefer" post instead of "which would you not prefer." That would be easier to answer.

In any case, Barclay is not a chief engineer, but...

 

[Tracy Trek]

They are all thoroughly competent, talented, and professional.

Why would you exclude any of them?

I vote "None of the Above"

I agree with "None of the Above", they were all good at their job for the situations they were in.

 

[Kor]

I would go with Trip. He lacks the formal education that I would expect of a chief engineer of a starship. I would be very skeptical of having someone in charge of the engine room whose background is basically tinkering around with boat engines, which have nothing to do with warp-capable starships. That's like being a self-taught nuclear physicist.

Of course, if he was so good that he was able to formally "test out" of advanced engineering courses at the Academy, then to me that would demonstrate his competence.

Kor

 

[Cyke101]

Lt. Carey, on account of his being dead and all.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I would go with Trip. He lacks the formal education that I would expect of a chief engineer of a starship.

And how do you figure that? Hope it's not because of his accent...

Me, I'd have to say B'Elanna, simply because I don't trust Maquis.

 

[Kor]

And how do you figure that? His accent? You think that people with Southern accents aren't educated?

No, it's because in the series itself, it was stated that he was entirely self-taught in engineering, developing his skills by working on boat engines (which have nothing to do with warp theory or space travel), and never finished college. That means he was seriously lacking in formal education about starship engineering.

Kor

 

[The Wormhole]

And how do you figure that? Hope it's not because of his accent...

Because they actually said so in TATV:

RIKER: Did you ever find yourself attracted to him?
HOSHI: Maybe a little. I never really thought he was my type. Didn't even graduate college, he learned about engineering working on boat engines, I think. Never cared much about languages, could barely speak English. But he did have his moments. I still find him kind of cute. Keep that to yourself.

And that represents what's in the actual official historical files on him in the 24th century.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ It seems to be in general agreement that TATV is fake, because of its hologrammatic status, so I'm not inclined to believe anything it says.

 

[The Wormhole]

^ Since most of us know by now that TATV is fake, because of its hologrammatic status, I'm not inclined to believe anything it says.

The novels say it's fake, that has no bearing on TV show discussions. Regardless, even if we're going to accept the novels' take on things, all they say is that the actual events depicted in TATV, namely Trip's death, are false. Actual details about their backstories are presumably based on historical fact, and indeed we see the program has correct details regarding T'Pol's mother and Shran's involvement in defending Earth from the Xindi. If they say Trip didn't go to college and trained on boat engines, than that's the truth.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

I guess B'elana because she is most likely to hit me for asking her to fix it.

 

[BJ Wagner]

Didn't La Forge loose his ship more than any other Chief Engneer? The D blew-up an awful lot.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ I wouldn't say an "awful lot". There was the time loop in "Cause and Effect" but that was undone. So that leaves Generations.

 

[The Wormhole]

Didn't La Forge loose his ship more than any other Chief Engneer? The D blew-up an awful lot.

Only three times could be qualified as an engineering issue. Although, The other engineers only have one destruction each, so maybe that is something.