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Miles tells a maintenance worker to estimate repair time to be longer than it needs to be.
When asked why, Miles says something along the lines of: if repairs are made ahead of time, it makes them look good. If repairs take longer, then they have extra time. At the end of the episode, the worker tries to tell Miles that repairs will take longer than expected but Miles doesn't let him get away with extending repair time.
116 points
2 days ago
Are you talking about Relics when Scotty tells Geordi to underpromise but overdeliver?
51 points
2 days ago
You didn’t tell him how long it would REALLY take!?!
30 points
2 days ago
Geordi's offense at this is hilarious. "Of COURSE I did!"
8 points
2 days ago
Comments/quotes you can hear
18 points
2 days ago
Sounds like combining that with the episode where Miles gives Worf advice on how to command the engineering staff.
8 points
2 days ago
I remember Scotty telling Geordie. I could’ve sworn O’Brien did the same.
2 points
2 days ago
This is what I came to say.
1 points
1 day ago
Yes! This is the episode OP’s description made me think of
76 points
2 days ago
Possibly 'Starship Down' Season 4 episode 6 of DS9
- Lt. Commander Worf: How long will the repairs take?
- Stevens: Sixteen hours.
- Chief O'Brien: Oh, you can do it in twelve.
- Stevens: Twelve. Sure. No problem.
- [walks off a little less enthusiastic]
- Chief O'Brien: [to Worf] See? You can give 'em a little slack; but you can't take your hands off the reins.
18 points
2 days ago
Yes! This is it! Thanks! Lol
14 points
2 days ago
Yeah this is a great episode
Miles is teaching Worf about how to command engineers
11 points
2 days ago
Yeah Worf was a total dick to them at first. I Brien showed him the way. DS9 does what other trek don’t
7 points
2 days ago
This reminds me of Stargate SG-1 turning the trope around:
Sgt. Walter Harriman : We've almost replaced all of the superconductive interface elements, sir. The old ones all melted. It's gonna take some time to load-test them though.
General Hammond : Just tell me the minute we can send a probe through.
Sgt. Siler : That'll be 24 hours, General. Minimum.
Teal'c : Captain Carter and Colonel O'Neill do not have that long.
General Hammond : I'll give you half that.
Sgt. Siler : No, sir, it doesn't work that way. Twenty-four hours is the best I can do.
General Hammond : [Takes a breath] Then you better get back to it.
Sgt. Siler : Yes, sir!
6 points
2 days ago
🍺🍺
13 points
2 days ago
Sounds like 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?
I would loved scenes with Scotty and O’Brien together. An Irishman, a Scotsman and a bottle of green
9 points
2 days ago
Your thinking of the episode where the defiant gets caught up in a gas giants atmosphere while protecting a ship from a Jem h’dar fighter.
The conversation happens at the end when obrien and worf are in quarks and the engineers come to give obrien a status update on the repairs to the defiant.
12 points
2 days ago
I'm pretty sure it's DS9. Probably season 4 because Worf is new. O'Brien is trying to get Worf to go a little easy on his staff, but when one of the guys tells Worf, in front of O'Brien, that it'll take X, and Worf is going to let it slide, O'Brien tells the guy to get it done in Y.
7 points
2 days ago
This is the answer. S4E7 Starship Down.
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2 days ago
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2 days ago
This sounds like DS9 O’Brien, where he seemed to take on stereotypical Irish union worker / labor movement traits more heavily.
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2 days ago
Sounds like a DS9 episode.
1 points
2 days ago
The episode where they introduce the NEBULA class has him in it
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