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Montgomery "Scotty" Scott was a a Human Starfleet officer serving in the 23rd century. He was recruited by James T. Kirk to replace Olson as chief engineer of the USS Enterprise before the battle of Earth in 2258.

Biography

Scott was born in 2222 in Scotland. (TNG: "Relics")

This predates Nero's arrival in 2233 and does not differ from the prime timeline. According to his dossier at the official Star Trek movie website, Scotty was the former Academy aide for Admiral Archer's Advanced Relativistic Mechanics course and first in his class at Starfleet Academy, but his status was later revoked due to disciplinary action.

Scott was sent to the Federation outpost on Delta Vega with his assistant, Keenser, in late 2257, six months before the destruction of Vulcan. He believed it to be punishment for using Admiral Archer's prized beagle as a test subject for transwarp beaming, and being unable to locate the beagle afterward. In 2258, Spock Prime helped fix this transport problem by giving Scott the finished version of the governing equation the other Scotty had completed in the future. The final detail Scott needed was to construct the equations from the perspective that outer space, not the ships, was moving. Using the new calculations, James T. Kirk and Scott were able to beam aboard the Enterprise while it was moving at warp.

Despite his technical knowledge and engineering specialty, Scotty suffered an initial run of bad luck when it came to transporter targets. When beaming himself and Kirk to the Enterprise he ended up in a water conduit labeled Inert Reactant in Engineering, nearly drowning before Kirk was able to evacuate him through an emergency hatch. The first time he used the Enterprise transporter he aimed for the cargo bay of the Narada where he believed Kirk and Spock would be able to materialize unobserved; the area turned out to be crawling with Romulans. His second use of the Enterprise transporter, however, was a tremendous technical success: beaming three people from two different locations onto one pad, something he had never done before.

After Spock's ship, the Jellyfish, was destroyed, the Enterprise began to be sucked into the black hole created by the simultaneous detonation of its entire store of red matter. However, Scotty was able to eject and detonate the ship's warp core, creating a large enough shock wave that the Enterprise could ride to safety. Because Olson, the ship's Chief Engineer, had been killed in action, Scott eventually took his place. (Star Trek)

Chronology

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Memorable quotes

"You are Montgomery Scott!"
"You know him?"
"Aye, that's me. You're in the right place, unless there's another hard-working equally starved Starfleet officer around."
"Me!"
"Get aff--Shut up! You don't eat anything. You can eat like a bean and you're done!"

- Spock Prime, James Kirk, Montgomery Scott and Keenser


"Are you from the future?"
"He is. I'm not."
"Well, that's brilliant. Do they still have sandwiches there?!"

- Montgomery Scott and James Kirk


"So, the Enterprise has had its maiden voyage, has it? She is one well-endowed lady! I'd like to get my hands on her ample nacelles if you'll pardon the engineering parlance."

- Montgomery Scott


"Get aff! Shut up!"

- Montgomery Scott rebuking Keenser


"The notion of transwarp beaming is like trying to hit a bullet with a smaller bullet, whilst wearing a blindfold, riding a horse."

- Montgomery Scott


"I like this ship! You know, it's exciting!"

- Montgomery Scott, after Spock leaves the bridge following a fistfight between Spock and James Kirk.


"I've never beamed three people from two targets onto one pad before!"

- Montgomery Scott


"Are you a member of Starfleet?"
"Uh... yes. Can I get a towel, please?"

- Spock and Scotty


"Kirk to Engineering. Get us outta here Scotty."
"You bet your ass Captain!"

- James Kirk and Montgomery Scott


"I'm giving her all she's got, captain!"

- Montgomery Scott, when escaping the black hole

Background

Simon Pegg modeled his Scottish accent on the Glaswegian one of his wife and her family. Pegg concocted a backstory for Scotty on his MySpace page to reconcile his performance's accent with the traditional belief Scotty was born from Aberdeen or Linlithgow.[1]

Roberto Orci stated Scotty's backstory, like Spock's, was intended to overlap with events in the prime reality, unlike Kirk, whose life is altered from the day he is born. [2]

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