"Sir, I posit the existence of a 'Level 4' diagnostic, though it may only exist in a higher dimension."
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I mean, we are talking about the Chief of engineering.
Level 1-2 diagnostics should already have been done by lower ranks.
He's probably the only one allowed to run level 3.
It's a TNG joke that Geordi only runs level 1 and 3 diagnostics.
He does run level 2, but it's rare.
If I had to guess (and I am) they probably look something like:
Level 1 diagnostic: reboot it
Level 2 diagnostic: persussive maintenance (looked down upon by Starfleet)
Level 3 diagnostic: actually check logs and reference documentation for any error messages present
Not always. Sometimes it's:
Level 3 diagnostic: 3
If something is worth doing, it is worth doing well.
Unless you can half-ass it, in which case definitely do that!:-)
or in this case, either do it well or third-ass it if you can.
(we need to stop talking about asses here though... Riker could be nearby!)
I think my favorite part about the TNG universe is not having to hear AI propaganda from every direction.
Just one Data, trying to be more human.
Why even bother with the diagnostics? Just reverse the polarity. 7/11 times that fixes the damn problem, and when it doesn’t, then run the diagnostics and then go crawl in some Jeffries tubes for the rest of the episode.