So R2D2 is La Forge? He seems to get everything fixed just in time.
Absolutely. He can even interface with ship computers like R2.
Actual screenshot from Interface (TNG S7E03):
That visor is some under-appreciated technology.
Is Data an astromech droid or a protocol droid or a pleasure unit?
He’s fully functional.
I bet his robot love nacelle works like this:
Yes
Star wars tech gives me a lot of anxiety. Sort of reminds me of going out on a boat with my friend who buys used boats and then does all of his repair work. You could be stuck out in space and rely on nothing unfixable with a toolbox going wrong. That on top of new information that suggests that ships traveling in hyperspace and popping out into a planet could destroy whole cities makes those junk heaps flying around even more dangerous.
If the enterprise goes Kaput, at least you have replicators and an AI that can pretty much fix itself. If the computers go down they are dead in the water though. No amount of shifting around pieces of colored plexiglass will fix anything without the AI holding your hand.
I hate this website.
May La Forge be with you.
Focus you must this pattern you shall enhance.
