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Scotty's true love.
Summary[]
When the USS Enterprise-A visits Deep Space Station K-12 engineer Scott is informed his former wife Glynnis has died. All he has left of her is a holophoto, her pendant and his memories.
Memorable quotes[]
"You'll have to forgive Mr. Scott. He hasn't been quite right for a few weeks, since he was hit by a lightning bolt from a Greek god."
"You've been in space how long?"
- - Kirk and Weiss
"That's my Glynnis. We met when we were little more than children."
"She looks familiar some— Wait a minute, about fifteen years ago, wasn't it? Wasn't she the one on Beta Nirobi II who—"
"Aye. That was her. You've a good memory for women, captain."
"Call it a knack."
- - Scott and Kirk
Background information[]
- It was reprinted in the The Best of Star Trek and Best of Peter David collections.
Creators[]
- Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
- Writer: Peter David
- Artists:
- Curt Swan (pencil art)
- Ricardo Villagran (inking)
- Michele Wolfman (color art)
- Janice Chiang (letter art)
- Gray Morrow (cover art)
- Editor: Robert Greenberger (credited as "admiral")
- Based on a concept by Harold Pinter
Characters[]
- Montgomery Scott
- USS Enterprise-A's chief engineer, formerly of USS Enterprise.
- Glynnis Campbell
- long time friend of Montgomery Scott's, married to Angus MacFarlane in the 2260s, married to Montgomery Scott in late 2270s
- James T. Kirk
- Enterprise-A captain, formerly of the original Enterprise.
- Leonard McCoy
- Enterprise-A CMO.
- Hikaru Sulu
- Enterprise-A helmsman, does some fencing training with Kirk in 2286.
- Spock
- Enterprise exec and science officer, visits Beta Nirobi II in 2267.
- Saavik
- Enterprise navigator and science officer, she attends Peter Preston's funeral in 2285.
- Peter Preston
- Montgomery Scott's nephew who died during a training cruise. In early 2270s his uncle tried to convince him to join Starfleet
- Dannan Preston
- Older sister of Peter's, in 2285 a Starfleet lieutenant who attends her brother's funeral.
- The novelization of Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan points out Dannan is 12 years older than Peter and already a commander in 2285; in the comic they appear to be the same age.
- Fran Preston
- Mother of Dannan and Peter, sister of Montgomery Scott. Furious her brother didn't take care of her son as promised.
- Angus MacFarlane
- Husband of Glynnis Campbell in 2260s, he and Scott had a fight on Beta Nirobi II in 2267
- Henri Picard
- Starfleet admiral who notifies Montgomery Scott he has been accepted into Starfleet Training School.
- Dorrie
- Girl Angus dates in 2237.
- Weiss
- Colonist on Beta Nirobi II who is amazed of Montgomery Scott's work.
References[]
- Beta Nirobi II
- Agricultural Federation colony visited by USS Enterprise in 2267.
- medals and awards
- Deep Space K-12
- Federation starbase visited by USS Enterprise-A in 2286
- fencing
- In 2286 Sulu and Kirk train the Enterprise-A's gym.
- Scotch whisky (alcohol)
- After learning about the death of his wife, Scotty empties at least three bottles.
- Mira Romaine
- Memory Alpha archivist.
- Carolyn Palamas
- Former Enterprise archaeology and anthropology officer.
- Tom Preston
- Husband of Fran and father of Dannan and Peter; he is at his workplace when his brother-in-law visits the family after arrival on Earth.
- Omicron Ceti II
- Agricultural Federation colony with which Federation had have lost contact.
- Star TreX
- Scotty and Glynn have an issue of this comic in their apartment in the 2240s.
Timeline[]
- 2222
- Scotty is born.
- 2224
- Glynnis Campbell is born.
- 2229
- Angus and his friends scare Glynnis, Scotty comes to her rescue.
- 2237
- Scotty goes to the dance, he is 15 years old.
- 2247
- Scotty is accepted into Starfleet Training School; he won't see Glynnis the next 20 years.
- 2267 (stardate 3171.4)
- A few weeks after their encounter at Pollux, Enterprise visits Beta Nirobi II. Scotty learns Glynnis married his old rival Angus.
- 2273
- Scotty visits his sister in Glasgow and projects he'll be spending more time refitting Enterprise. He also learns Glynnis and Angus divorced.
- 2285 (stardate 8140.1)
- Peter Preston's funeral; Glynnis and Montgomery are married for 4 years and 9 months.
- 2286
- Glynnis Campbell dies while her husband is exiled on Vulcan.
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