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Star Trek: S.C.E.: What's Past #2
The Future Begins (Star Trek: S.C.E., #62)
WHAT'S PAST A special six-part S.C.E. event that flashes back to previous adventures of the S.C.E. crew from the 23rd century to the height of the Dominion War, with special guests from all across the Star Trek universe
2375: After being rescued from the U.S.S. Jenolen by the crew of the Starship Enterprise(TM), Captain Montgomery Scott found himself seventy-five years removed from the time he knows, a twenty-third-century engineer now living in the twenty-fourth. Now he serves as the liaison between the Starfleet Corps of Engineers and the admiralty, supervising the S.C.E.'s mission assignments.
But Scott's transition into a new century is not an easy one. The horrors of the Dominion War in particular bring about a crisis of conscience that leads Scotty from the strife-torn world of Kropasar to the pleasure planet of Risa, where encounters with Admirals Alynna Nechayev and William Ross, Ensign Robin Lefler, and Lefler's mysterious mother lead Scotty to a momentous decision....
2375: After being rescued from the U.S.S. Jenolen by the crew of the Starship Enterprise(TM), Captain Montgomery Scott found himself seventy-five years removed from the time he knows, a twenty-third-century engineer now living in the twenty-fourth. Now he serves as the liaison between the Starfleet Corps of Engineers and the admiralty, supervising the S.C.E.'s mission assignments.
But Scott's transition into a new century is not an easy one. The horrors of the Dominion War in particular bring about a crisis of conscience that leads Scotty from the strife-torn world of Kropasar to the pleasure planet of Risa, where encounters with Admirals Alynna Nechayev and William Ross, Ensign Robin Lefler, and Lefler's mysterious mother lead Scotty to a momentous decision....
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First published January 1, 2006
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February 13, 2018
I was getting a little frustrated with reading New Frontier novels, and I'm trying to read through the post-DS9 Trek novels in order, so I figured, what the hell, I'll read this SCE novella for a palate cleanser. It's not like it'll spoil anything in NF!
And of course this book deals heavily with Robin & Morgan Lefler & what they were doing post-Excalibur explosion, pre-reassignment. Sigh.
Anyway, this book is ridiculously fun, as long as you HATE Scotty. Scotty is basically a constantly drunk, argumentative, cantankerous fool who can barely hold down a parody of his old job on either Risa or some other pleasure planet ... it is a laughable caricature of the character we've come to know and love, BUT it reads quickly & is amusing enough.
I highly recommend reading this if you hate Scotty & want to laugh evilly at being proved right for 175 pages straight or so.
And of course this book deals heavily with Robin & Morgan Lefler & what they were doing post-Excalibur explosion, pre-reassignment. Sigh.
Anyway, this book is ridiculously fun, as long as you HATE Scotty. Scotty is basically a constantly drunk, argumentative, cantankerous fool who can barely hold down a parody of his old job on either Risa or some other pleasure planet ... it is a laughable caricature of the character we've come to know and love, BUT it reads quickly & is amusing enough.
I highly recommend reading this if you hate Scotty & want to laugh evilly at being proved right for 175 pages straight or so.
September 8, 2019
Not my favourite of these stories, in fact it could very well be my least favourite. And since it is all about Scotty, that's saying something. Can't quite pinpoint why it isn't good, just wasn't for me.
November 2, 2016
This is a fun idea, tell the early tales of some of the characters from the series. Starting with Mr. Scott makes sense too. It includes some nice subtle touches about Scotty's drinking and the core of his character and sense of what is right and wrong. Interesting and fun.
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