Screen Rant

Star Trek's original chief engineer, Montgomery Scott, was known for working miracles. 1 / 7

This was because he always said a job could take longer than it really would. 2 / 7

Scotty revealed his secret to Geordi La Forge in The Next Generation. 3 / 7

Lower Decks has taken Scotty's trick to heart and given it a name. 4 / 7

They call it "buffer time" and treat Scotty's ploy as a time-honored tradition. 5 / 7

Obviously Geordi can't keep a secret... 6 / 7

But this is a nice way of honoring TOS' Scotty. 7 / 7