Honestly after watching DS9 I think O’Brien is the best engineer in the entire series.
Almost every other engineer we see works on some flagship federation starship. O’Brien has had to deal with:
DS9, a hodgepodge of three different alien technologies and the occasional booby trap
The Defiant, which was half baked to such an extent he had to design and implement a complete overhaul of major systems
The dominion war alliance fleet, where he had to oversee repairs for the ships of three major alien races. Even if he didn’t do the repairs himself, he probably had to have significant working knowledge.
I feel like the only person you could compares is Scotty, and that’s mostly based on his feats in that one TNG episode and SNW.
Honestly after watching DS9 I think O’Brien is the best engineer in the entire series.
Almost every other engineer we see works on some flagship federation starship. O’Brien has had to deal with:
I feel like the only person you could compares is Scotty, and that’s mostly based on his feats in that one TNG episode and SNW.