He was right. The ship was getting soft.
In universe, they were preparing for the Borg.
Out universe, and the show was written to get Troi out of the spam leggings.
Had Jellico been in command of the Enterprise at the first encounter with the Borg he’d blown them out of space. Picard was soft and let the Borg download the database. He cost the Federation many lives.
Not sure what that last part means but it’s still funny.
Star Trek future history posits that warp drive will be invented in 2062.
Warp Drive was a science fiction in the 1960’s. then in the early 1990’s a mexican physicist showed that warp drive was mathmatically possible but physically impossible. About 10 years another physicist showed that warp drive was mathematically possible and physically possible.
What do you think of the idea of offering an annual prize for the person/company that advances warp drive technology?