O’Brien Overload: The Secret Double Life of the World’s Tiredest Engineer
One name. Two centuries. An unreasonable workload. A satirical investigation into science journalist Miles O’Brien and Star Trek’s permanently exhausted chief engineer.
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One name. Two centuries. An unreasonable workload. A satirical investigation into science journalist Miles O’Brien and Star Trek’s permanently exhausted chief engineer.

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