Summary

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Scotty has expose the bittersweet final fate ofStar Trek’soriginal Hero of Alexandria . Scotty , alongside Captain Kirk , Spock and the rest of theEnterprisecrew , redeem the galaxy countless times , and are justly consider as hoagie . Scotty recently joined Captain Sisko on board the USSTheseus , and inStar Trek#13 , during a instant of downtime , he makes a stunning confession about his relationship with his dwelling satellite and how it relates to his former work party mates .

Star Trek#13 is compose by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly and pull in by Marcus To . As theTheseusprepares to head to the Tzenkethi homeworld , the crew reflect on their life . Scotty bring out he skipped the ceremonies in the crew ’s honor , going straight back to work on the ship . Then , he drops a thunderbolt : he has not been to Earth in over 70 years , and has no literal desire to go back .

Picard and Riker in season 1

Scotty believes his life of service to Starfleet , and peculiarly his adventures aboard theEnterprise , have given him this view .

Scotty is aStar TrekHero on Par With Spock and Kirk

Scotty is well known as the Chief Engineer of theEnterprise , serving under Captain Kirk . Scotty save the ship on many occasions , acquire the reputation as “ the Miracle Worker . ” Retiring from the service shortly after Kirk ’s seeming death , Scotty ended up spend several decades in a transporter buffer . The ship extend him to his retirement destination clangor - set ashore on a Dyson Sphere , and Scotty inserted himself into the transporter as a mean value of write his aliveness . Scotty yield in the previous twenty-fourth century , and Starfleet right away put him back to study , and he helped plan theTheseus .

Scotty having not returned to Earth for 70 - plus years is a arresting revealing , but one that makes sense for his character . In numerousStar Trekepisodes , Scotty was portrayed as devoted to both Starfleet and theEnterprise . While he had romantic relationships , Scotty never verbalize interest in settling down . What is rightfully remarkable about Scotty ’s access is that he did not return to Earth , even after drop decades maroon on a upstage world . Scotty has no real root , and it is thanks to a lifetime spent in space . Scotty , and others like him , have drop their lives move from world to world , and have no connectedness to home .

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Robin Curtis and Kirstie Alley as Lt. Saavik in Star Trek.

Scotty Reveals a New Aspect of Life inStar Trek’s24th Century

Many of Scotty’sEnterprisecrewmates met with like fates . Most far-famed isCaptain Kirk , who diedon Viridian III inStar Trek : Generations , G of calorie-free years from home . moreover , Spock dies stuck in an substitute timeline where his home planet was destroyed . The last lot of Doctor McCoy , Sulu , Chekov and Uhura have yet to be revealed , but it is open that life Starfleet military officer all have a unequaled gumption of station , cultivated by years spend serving on starship and starbases . Many of them , like Scotty , have no connection to their home , having not visited them in almost 70 years .

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Collage of Captain Sisko, Captain Picard, Captain Kirk, and Captain Janeway from the Star Trek franchise.

James Doohan as Scotty in Star Trek and the Enterprise transporters

Star Trek Scotty Earth

Scotty in Star Trek.

Captain Kirk dies in Star Trek Generations