"Always. I've reprogrammed a replicator or two in my day. Who you really need is my wife. She's the chief engineer of Voyager." Tom looked around. "But I don't see her. You'll have to do with just me. We can give it a shot, it might be built into the safety protocols though."

He glanced at Gaila for a moment. It had been a while since he'd seen an Orion. At least 7 years. And he realized he hadn't introduced himself to her. "I'm Tom Paris. And I think a lot of people here would be in your debt if this gets pulled off. But honestly, you get used to the synthehol. But with synthehol you can't get drunk of rum raison ice cream. And where's the fun in that if it doesn't actually have rum?" Tom quipped.