Your opinion of Tucker as an engineer

[Middleman]

There is no disputing that he was the franchise's best engineer

Oh come on dude, you can't run around saying stuff like that before having seen all of Trek first, especially DS9. In the end, Miles O'Brien may not have been as brilliant as Trip (though I think he was, actually), but you need to see that guy in action first, before making any conclusions.

Well, that coul be true. I do have 5 seasons of DS9 I have to get through yet. Its just that I have my biases.

 

[Guardian Bob]

He couldn't figure out simple time/distance/velocity equations (Shuttlepod One), so I don't know how he graduated engineering school. He was a fine technician though.

Honestly, who wants/likes to do those?

 

[TheGodBen]

Honestly, who wants/likes to do those?

Who doesn't? I loved Applied Mathematics, and those were simplest form of the velocity/acceleration/distance/time equations which are the basis of that subject.

But I am certifiably weird.

 

[Mach5]

But I am certifiably weird.

Aren't we all? I mean, we are Trekkies after all... Anyway, I don't think you can finish second grade without figuring out basic mechanics, let alone college...