The dossier
The person keeping the ship alive
Simon Pegg plays the Kelvin-timeline engineer as a restless problem-solver whose humour accelerates under pressure. Martin Quinn’s younger Scotty in Strange New Worlds brings fresh energy to the same practical brilliance.
The character makes engineering dramatic because every solution has a human consequence. Scotty does not simply repair machinery; he buys time for everyone elsewhere on the ship, often while explaining exactly why the request should be impossible.