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"Scotty" was the nineteenth issue of IDW Publishing's ongoing series of Star Trek comics. The stand-alone issue was an original story focused on the character of Montgomery Scott. The story was written by Mike Johnson with art by Claudia Balboni and Erica Durante.

Description

In this issue we discover what led young Montgomery Scott to devote himself to engineering, as we witness his first steps on the journey that would take him across the galaxy!

Summary

On Delta Vega, Montgomery Scott tells Keenser about his family. In 1787, one of Scott's ancestors was an engineer on the HMS Enterprise. He rescued the ship, which was buffeted by a storm while on a mission to fight the French. In 2231, in Linlithgow, Scotland, just before moving to Aberdeen, the young Montgomery Scott heard the story from his mother. He tried unsuccessfully to repair some bagpipes. Later, a security officer caught Scott and his brother, Robbie, sneaking into a nearby shipyard, where Scott discovered a problem on a starship. Years later, when Scott applied to Starfleet, his application was denied. Scott got a job as an engineer on a freighter. He ended up fixing a starship's dilithium scrubbers, which is what finally got him into Starfleet. In 2257, while attending Starfleet Academy, Scott performed his experiment in transwarp beaming on Admiral Jonathan Archer's prized beagle, Porthos. The dog never came back, which is why Scott is on Delta Vega. Scott is considering resigning from Starfleet when Keenser begins playing the bagpipes, which he has repaired.

References

Characters

William Carnegie • Glenda • Keenser • Arlyne Jorgensen Scott • Montgomery Scott's grandfather • Montgomery Scott • Robbie Scott • trading freighter captain • unnamed Starfleet personnel (Kelvin timeline)
Referenced only: Archer • Alexander Marcus • Montgomery Scott, Sr.

Starships and vehicles

HMS Enterprise • USS Enterprise • NCC-0509 (Einstein-class survey vessel) • space shuttle • Supermarine Spitfire • train
Referenced only: sloop • trading freighter

Locations

Cydonia station • Delta Vega • Earth • Edinburgh • Linlithgow • Linlithgow shipyards • Mars • Presidio • Scotland • Starfleet Academy dormitory • Starfleet Recruiting office
Referenced only: Biscay • Gibraltar • shipyard

Races and cultures

Human (French) • Roylan

States and organizations

Starfleet • Starfleet Academy

Science and technology

active phase transfer • antimatter • antimatter fill port • blood • cargo conveyor • computer core • conduit • cosmic storm • crossjack • dilithium chamber • dilithium scrubber • field geometry sensor • impulse reaction system • navigational deflector • optic lead • phase transfer • photon torpedo launcher • sensor • subspace • subspace field coil • tractor beam emitter • transporter • warp nacelle • warp engine • warp reactor core

Ranks and titles

admiral • captain • chief engineer • commander • engineer • security guard

Other references

bagpipes • bastay • battle bridge • beagle • bed • bedsheet • broach • cargo bay • century • distress call • egg • French language • interview • junior officers quarters • maggot • main bridge • main engineering • main shuttlebay • main sickbay • minute • observation lounge • omelet • pillow • sail • squall • stardate

Timeline

Chronology

1787

HMS Enterprise ordered to push back the French fleet to Spain. (Year cited in story)

2231

Montgomery Scott and his brother Robert Scott are caught sneaking into the Linlithgow shipyards. (Year cited in story)

2240s or 2250s

Scott repairs the Einstein-class NCC-0509 while serving aboard a freighter.
While at Starfleet Academy, Scott loses Admiral Archer's prized beagle during a transwarp beaming test.

2257

Scott is assigned to an outpost on Delta Vega.

Production history

27 March 2013: First printed by IDW Publishing.
16 July 2013: Reprinted in Star Trek, Volume 5.
17 November 2015: Reprinted in The New Adventures, Volume 2.

Appendices

Background

The story's title was published in the omnibus The New Adventures, Volume 2.
This issue focuses mainly on Montgomery Scott.
This story features the first appearance or mention of Scott's brother, Robert Scott, since TOS comic: "Furlough to Fury", published by Gold Key Comics in 1976. This flashback takes place in 2231, prior to the divergent Kelvin timeline.
This story establishes Scott's full name as "Montgomery Christopher Jorgensen Scott". "Jorgensen" as a name in Scott's family derives from TOS - Strange New Worlds VI short story: "Bum Radish: Five Spins on a Turquoise Reindeer", in which Scott's mother is named Arlyne Jorgensen Scott.
Scott's unnamed grandfather in this story could be his maternal or paternal grandfather. It was possible but uncertain whether he was Clifford, a grandfather mentioned in TNG novelization: Relics.

Images

Cover gallery

Connections

Stories set in the Kelvin timeline
comics	When Worlds Collide: Spock Confronts the Ultimate Challenge • Nero (1 • 2 • 3 • 4) • Starfleet Academy (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5) • Star Trek Movie Adaptation (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6) • IDW Star Trek: Volume 1 (Where No Man Has Gone Before: 1, 2 • The Galileo Seven: 1, 2) • Volume 2 (Operation: Annihilate: 1, 2 • Vulcan's Vengeance: 1, 2) • Volume 3 (The Return of the Archons: 1, 2 • The Truth About Tribbles: 1, 2) • Volume 4 (13 • 14 • Mirrored: 1, 2) • Volume 5 (17 • 18 • 19 • 20) • Countdown to Darkness (1 • 2 • 3 • 4) • Volume 6 (After Darkness: 1, 2, 3 • 24) • Volume 7: The Khitomer Conflict (1 • 2 • 3 • 4) • Khan (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5) • Volume 8 (Parallel Lives: 1, 2 • I, Enterprise!: 1, 2 • Lost Apollo: 1, 2) • Volume 9: The Q Gambit (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6) • Volume 10 (Behemoth: 1, 2 • Eurydice: 1, 2, 3 • Volume 11 (The Tholian Webs: 1, 2 • Deity: 1 • 2 • Flesh & Stone) • The Spectrum War (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6) • Volume 12 (Live Evil: 1 • 2 • 3 • Reunion: 1 • 2) • Volume 13 (Legacy of Spock: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • Connection: 1 • 2) • Manifest Destiny (1 • 2 • 3 • 4) • Stranger Worlds (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6) • Boldly Go: Volume 1 (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6) • Volume 2 (7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12) • Volume 3: IDIC (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6)
novels	Star Trek • Starfleet Academy (The Delta Anomaly • The Edge • The Gemini Agent • The Assassination Game) • Into Darkness • The Unsettling Stars • More Beautiful Than Death
video games	Delta Vega: Meltdown on the Ice Planet • Academy Trainer • Cadet Training Facility • D-A-C • Race to Destiny • The Mobile Game • Star Trek • Rivals • Dark Remnant
board games	Expeditions	live-action shorts	Transporter Commercial • Brilliant Enterprise Commercial • Collision insurance commercial • Bold Explorers
websites	Starfleet Shipyard • Dossiers • Experience The Enterprise	apps	Star Trek App
prequels in original timeline	Countdown (1 • 2 • 3 • 4)

Published Order
Previous comic: The Voice of a Falling Star	TOS comics (IDW series)	Next comic: Red Level Down
Previous story: The Voice of a Falling Star	Stories by: Mike Johnson	Next story: Red Level Down
Chronological Order
Previous adventure: Keenser's Story Keenser's flashback	Memory Beta Chronology	Next adventure: Such Sweet Sorrow
The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2257. The Memory Beta Chronology places events from this story in 2 other timeframe(s):
Previous adventure: The Veil at Valcour	1787	Next adventure: Shield of the Gods
Previous adventure: Burning Dreams Chapters 4-8 & 12	2231	Next adventure: Bum Radish: Five Spins on a Turquoise Reindeer

External link

Scotty (comic) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.

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-"'''Scotty'''" was the nineteenth issue of [[IDW Publishing]]'s [[star Trek (IDW)|ongoing series of ''Star Trek'']] [[comic]]s. The stand-alone issue was an original story focused on the character of {{kt| Montgomery Scott}}. The story was written by [[Mike Johnson]] with art by [[Claudia Balboni]] and [[Erica Durante]].
+"'''Scotty'''" was the nineteenth issue of [[IDW Publishing]]'s [[star Trek (IDW)|ongoing series of ''Star Trek'']] [[comic]]s. The stand-alone issue was an original story focused on the character of {{kt|Montgomery Scott}}. The story was written by [[Mike Johnson]] with art by [[Claudia Balboni]] and [[Erica Durante]].
 ==Description==
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 ==References==
 ===Characters===
-:[[William Carnegie]] • [[Glenda]] • {{kt|Keenser}} • [[Arlyne Jorgensen Scott]] • [[Clifford Scott]] • {{kt|Montgomery Scott}} • [[Robert Scott|Robbie Scott]] • [[trading freighter captain]] • [[unnamed Starfleet personnel (Kelvin timeline)]]
+:[[William Carnegie]] • [[Glenda]] • {{kt|Keenser}} • [[Arlyne Jorgensen Scott]] • [[Montgomery Scott's grandfather]] • {{kt|Montgomery Scott}} • [[Robert Scott|Robbie Scott]] • [[trading freighter captain]] • [[unnamed Starfleet personnel (Kelvin timeline)]]
 {{ref}} {{dis|Archer|Admiral}} • {{kt|Alexander Marcus}} • [[Montgomery Scott, Sr.]]
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 ==Timeline==
 ===Chronology===
+;[[18th century|1787]] :
-;[[18th century|1787]] : {{pre|HMS|Enterprise|1787}} ordered to push back the [[French]] [[fleet]] to [[Spain]]. (Year cited in story)
-;[[2231]] : [[Montgomery Scott]] and his brother [[Robert Scott]] are caught sneaking into the [[Linlithgow shipyards]]. (Year cited in story)
+* {{pre|HMS|Enterprise|1787}} ordered to push back the [[French]] [[fleet]] to [[Spain]]. (Year cited in story)
+;[[2231]] :
-;[[2240s]] : While at [[Starfleet Academy]], Scott loses [[Admiral]] {{dis|Archer|Admiral}}'s prized beagle during a [[transwarp beaming]] test.
+* [[Montgomery Scott]] and his brother [[Robert Scott]] are caught sneaking into the [[Linlithgow shipyards]]. (Year cited in story)
-;[[2250s]] : Scott repairs the {{class|Einstein}} [[NCC-0509]] while serving aboard a [[freighter]].
+;[[2240s]] or [[2250s]] :
-;[[2257]] : Scott is assigned to an [[outpost]] on {{dis|Delta Vega|Vulcan system}}.
+* Scott repairs the {{class|Einstein}} [[NCC-0509]] while serving aboard a [[freighter]].
+* While at [[Starfleet Academy]], Scott loses [[Admiral]] {{dis|Archer|Admiral}}'s prized beagle during a [[transwarp beaming]] test.
+;[[2257]] :
+* Scott is assigned to an [[outpost]] on {{dis|Delta Vega|Vulcan system}}.
 ===Production history===
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 * This story features the first appearance or mention of Scott's brother, [[Robert Scott]], since {{clk|TOS|Furlough to Fury}}, published by [[Gold Key Comics]] in 1976. This flashback takes place in [[2231]], prior to the divergent [[Kelvin timeline]].
 * This story establishes Scott's full name as "Montgomery Christopher Jorgensen Scott". "Jorgensen" as a name in Scott's family derives from {{sslk|TOS|sub=Strange New Worlds VI|Bum Radish: Five Spins on a Turquoise Reindeer}}, in which Scott's mother is named [[Arlyne Jorgensen Scott]].
+* Scott's unnamed grandfather in this story could be his maternal or paternal grandfather. It was possible but uncertain whether he was [[Clifford]], a grandfather mentioned in {{n1lk|TNG|Relics}}.
 ===Related stories===
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 scottyY.jpg|Young [[Montgomery Scott|Monty]].
 Arlyne Scott.jpg|[[Arlyne Jorgensen Scott]].
-Clifford Scott.jpg|[[Clifford Scott]].
+Montgomery Scott's grandfather.jpg|Scott's grandfather.
 Robbie Scott.jpg|Young [[Robert Scott|Robbie Scott]].
 William Carnegie.jpg|[[Captain]] [[William Carnegie]].

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