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Why is Worf in Engineering anyway?

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[–] tallricefarmer@sopuli.xyz 28 points 1 month ago (3 children)

But radiation would damage electronics too, and Data is irreplaceable

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Possibly, but you know who has a history of surviving things that would kill any other crew member and has exhibited at least incredible radiation resistance even in that very same episode?

Also, it's very un-starfleet to consider one member of the crew more irreplaceable or valuable than any other, even if it is true.

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago

Picard made the best use of his crew and their abilities, but he values them all equally.

One of my favorite retorts of his:

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

Everyone on the crew is irreplaceable. Data wouldn't want special treatment

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Nah, he'd just lose his memory for a while, then cause a radiation poisoning epidemic. Then be speared to death when he tries to fix it.