If your Applied Phlebotinum is broken, you can usually fix it by increasing the power.
Can't outrun the bad guys? More power to the engines. The top speed of a space ship is totally independent of its design and mechanics, and is simply a function of how much raw power it has.
Shields failing? More power. Critical pieces burning out? You'd think the solution would be to ''reduce'' the strain on [...] [tvtropes.org]