It’s not the first time either. Lower Decks had Riker swoop in to save the day in a finale after Picard did the same thing.

Half of all TNG episodes started with them being amazed looking at a relatively common phenomena. Those old scientists were just passionate about their job.

I have no more room for them and have a serious hole in my budget, but am I still going to try and get a D7 battlecruiser? Yup.