#Lieutenant Commander Montgomery “Scotty” Scott

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Well, we didn't get the Sanctuary District, but I think the writers were only off by a year or two, unfortunately.

Still mad that we didn't get the Irish Reunification.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine "Past Tense, Pt. 1"

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Sulu: What superlatives did you all get in the Enterprise annual yearbook?

Uhura: Prettiest smile.

Kirk: Nicest personality.

Scotty: Most likely to start a bar fight.

Spock: Least likely to start a bar fight but most likely to win one.

source: @adventures-in-teyvat

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Just hit me in the damn feels!

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODE OF MONDAY NIGHT FRESH

TEAM STAR TREK ASSESSES THEIR LOSS TO TEAM STAR WARS

Previously, Team Star Trek (Kirk, Spock, Sisko, Worf, Scotty) suffered their biggest loss to date when they were defeated by Team Star Wars (Ezra, Anakin, Obi-Wan, Cal, Cody) in the Star War-Games match. Obi-Wan Kenobi managed to get the win for his team.

After months of feuding with Team Star Wars, Team Star Trek now has to regroup and assess their losses. Either they try to get revenge and keep this feud going, or they try to make peace…

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Star Trek: Day of Blood pt 2, P-P-Poker Face! 🃏

Lore: Brother, don’t I deserve a hello? A greeting? Even a micro expression would be pleasant. I assume you’ve gained at least that much wherewithal. Or is that your poker face? I hear that you’re quite the card shark. Data: I am processing the fact that you have been reassembled, Lore, and are alive. And apparently not — Lore: Bent on conquest? I know, I’m as shocked as you, but it turns out you’re not the only son of Soong with lasting value.

Data: Worf? Worf: Reactivating Lore was a…tactical decision. Difficult, but necessary.

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Unnamed Romulan Commander my beloved 💞

these r fun :)

[Description: A Tiered meme, titled “if I was a worm, would you still love me?” Below is a table with two columns; the first column listing different answers to the question, and the second holding characters from the classic era of Star Trek who fit the response. They are as follows:

“Absolutely fucking not,” with pictures of Lieutenant Kevin Riley, Yeoman Janice Rand, and Mirror!Marlena Moreau

“You are not a worm shut up,” with pictures of Dr McCoy, Spock, Sarek, and T’Pring

“I would eat you like the fish,” with Scotty.

“depends what type of worm??” with pictures of Uhura and Nurse Chapel

“yes :) <3″ with pictures of Captain Kirk and Amanda Grayson

“I would build you a home in a jar. with a little house. talk to you every day,” with pictures of Sulu, Sybok, and The Romulan Commander

“what if we were both worms… and we kissed…” with a picture of Pavel Chekov

/End Description]

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Explanation of Cuff Bands in Star Trek (The Original Series and Strange New Worlds)

Pips TNG onward explained + details of what each rank does

In TOS, they hadn’t figured out the pip system yet, so they did wrist bands to signify rank instead. It’s not nearly as straightforward as the pips, but once you get a hang of it, it helps tons. Plus they rarely call anyone by their rank in TOS, often going by mister or miss. This will mostly have close ups of TOS characters.

Now, Starfleet is based upon the U.S. Navy, so the names used are those. I’ve broken down the ranks in greater detail in the post linked above, so this one is just for knowing the ranking of each band and a brief explanation.

If you just want to know the look, there is a guide at the end for you. :)

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Description of the line looks for anyone who needs it: Dashed lines are long gold dashes perpendicular to the cuff, curving slightly upwards on one side and downwards on the other for each dash, like the shape of an eraser on its side. Solid lines are a straight gold band perpendicular to the cuff with another solid gold line wrapped around it. It almost looks like the two are intertwined. Bars are explained briefly later for Admirals, but they look like one straight gold band with two of the previously mentioned solid lines pressed against each side on the top and bottom with no space between.

For Strange New Worlds, replace any mention of a dashed line a thin straight line and any mention of a solid line as a thick straight line. I have not found any actual explanation for Admirals in SNW, but they have different Starfleet badges.

Cadet - Uniform Distinction

As far as I know we don’t actually meet any in TOS, but we do in SNW. In basically all Star Trek media, cadets wear red/all red uniforms. Cadets are people still in the Academy, not yet graduated. They can still serve on ships for training, however. Cadet Uhura is a lovely example of this.

Petty Officer - Insufficient Information

I am not sure if Petty Officers exist in TOS or appear in SNW, I searched for a while to find solid proof. The closest I could find for TOS was that maybe in The Motion Picture there was a Petty Officer with a triangle insignia, and that there was a character named Samno in Star Trek VI who was a PO and a Yeoman. If anyone can confirm/deny/offer anything, I will add it to this.

Yeoman

Yeoman are assistants in Starfleet. They’re only used in TOS, and their system is kind of strange. You can hold a ranked position while still being a Yeoman, shown through an unnamed character who had Junior Lieutenant markings on her sleeve while being addressed as a Yeoman. They generally are Ensigns, however.

Ensign - Blank sleeve

Ensigns have blank sleeves. I think this is probably for practicality for budget reasons in TOS, but most background actors are ensigns. Ensigns are graduates from the Academy and just anyone who hasn’t climbed the chain yet.

Lieutenants

Junior Lieutenant - Single dashed [•]

The only example I could find was a man named Joe Tormolen from the episode “The Naked Time” as the guy who dies at the start. Junior Lieutenants feature a singular dotted line on the cuffs.

Lieutenant - Single solid [~]

Most crew members we see are Lieutenants. Lieutenants are working consoles, navigating, going on away teams. Hikaru Sulu and Nyota Uhura in TOS.

Lieutenant Commander - Single dashed, single solid [•~]

Lieutenant Commanders are integral to running the ship. Heads of departments and the ones who run day to day activities aboard the ship. Chief Engineer Montgomery “Scotty” Scott was one of these.

Commander - Two solid [~~]

The First Officer on the ship. This is second in command, the right hand to the Captain. In TOS, our Commander Spock is also the head of the science department.

Captain - Single solid, single dashed, single solid [~•~]

Captains we all know. They are the head of the ship, the man who has to keep it level and realistic at all times, though our lovely Captain Kirk isn’t exactly known for level-headedness. He also has the green wraparound shirt that has the V shaped gold detailing by the neckline with a small gold line between.

Admirals

Admirals have an extra silly thing. They have a bar. It looks like if you smushed two of the solid bars together with a straight gold piece between. Admirals usually have different uniforms but they honestly change rather frequently. We meet Admirals few and far between in any ST show, but I’ve put them below nonetheless.

Here is a complete guide to each wrist cuff design in Starfleet’s early days, excluding Cadets, Petty Officers, and Ensigns.

A dot • indicates a dash line, a squiggle ~ indicates a solid line, and a hyphen - indicates a bar.

Junior Lieutenant - [•]

Lieutenant - [~]

Lieutenant Commander - [•~]

Commander - [~~]

Captain - [~•~]

Commodore/Rear Admiral (lower half) - [-]

Rear Admiral (upper half) - [~-]

Vice Admiral - [-~-]

Admiral - [~~-~]

Fleet Admiral - [~~-~~]

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Hopefully this helps you understand as much as it did me when I first figured it all out. Took a minute to get some research done. Let me know if anything is worded strangely or if the descriptions aren’t clear enough. I tried to be detailed with it at the start. If anyone has extra information or needs more, please comment or message me! I will answer/clarify to the best of my ability.

I love putting together this kind of thing so if anyone wants more lists like this, let me know. Enjoy.

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Some Enchanting Linguist

Note: Just a lil SNW Scott/Uhura with a small side of Spirk because the mood struck me! Takes place after Hegemony but Gorn have been vanquished everything's fine now.

Summary: Uhura introduced Jim Kirk to the love of his life and Jim Kirk returns the favor.

Montgomery Scott had run out of things to do in engineering and only a few quiet gamma shifters were left, the lights dimmed as he sat on one leg, staring bleary eyed at his PADD. It was nearly time for alpha shift. Soon the lights would get bright again. He had already spent the better part of the last five hours hunched in a Jeffries tube rewiring a turbolift just to see if it could run a little more smoothly and swiftly, not that anyone had asked him. But it was something to do and in taking the lift with Captain Pike down to engineering the day before it had seemed slightly off kilter to him. And even if it was more likely his own edginess making him feel off kilter, well, he’d already finished everything Pelia had given him to do and then lied and said he’d go to bed.

Now all he had left were his old equations, a hobby since his last year at the academy and occasionally the reason his grades had sometimes suffered. The point right now was to keep busy. This didn’t quite fit the bill. It was too open ended. Tedious work was better. Tedious mindless work kept him from thinking about the Stardiver and how now the worst words in the world would forever be on his Starfleet record: sole survivor.

Still his little hobby was comforting even if he was fairly certain it was completely unsolvable.

A shrill whistle startled him and he frowned, scratching his stubbled chin.

“Y’ello!” A voice echoed in the shadows of the dark and dingy corner of engineering where Montgomery had holed up. “Anybody in here answer to Mr. Scott?”

“Aye!” Scotty leaned back in his chair, frowning in the direction of the shout. “That’s me!” He craned his head, squinting into the shadows as a figure stepped out in command gold. Scotty spotted the stripes and hopped to his feet. “Commander?”

“Kirk!” Kirk nodded, smiling easily, and stuck out his hand. “James T. I’m on the Farragut, but Captain Pike keeps luring me back over to the flagship and I’m not complaining. And you’re Scott.”

“Yes. Eh, Scott, sir.” He smiled tightly, shaking Kirk’s hand. Kirk’s eyes flicked down to his greasy fingers and Scott winced. “Montgomery. Lieutenant junior grade. Sorry about that, Commander. I’ve been at it a bit down here.”

“No worries, Mr. Scott,” Kirk said, winking. “Killer work ethic, huh? When’s the last time you slept?”

“Aye, well…” He scratched his head, pulling a face. “Dinnae think that’s goin’ to happen anytime soon.”

“Yes, I heard about the Stardiver,” Kirk said. He reached out and clutched Scott’s shoulder, squeezing gently, and there was something genuinely comforting about it. Scott had experienced just about enough pitying looks from some of the crew on the Enterprise. Not that it was their fault. But Kirk was matter of fact about it in a way he appreciated. “Been there. Trust me. Hey, could you eat? It’s about breakfast time already. I’ll be honest. Pelia sent me down to check on you and I was curious to meet you.”

“Me, sir?” Scott haphazardly wiped his hands on his pants as he followed Kirk out to the corridor. “And why’s that?”

“Haven’t you heard what they’re calling you, Scott?” Kirk said.

“Eh…no?”

“Montgomery Scott, Lieutenant genius grade.”

Scotty’s eyebrows jumped and he smiled genuinely for the first time all day. “Oh, aye? Cannae say I mind it then.”

“Can I ask what you were working on over there?” Kirk said, gesturing behind them. “Looked pretty wild.”

“Eh, last time I told anyone about it I got laughed outta the room, sir.” Yet Scotty suspected Kirk wouldn’t laugh.

“Try me.”

“Transwarp beaming,” Scotty said, half-whispering as if conveying a great secret. “Just a little project of mine since academy days.”

“Well, I’m not laughing,” Kirk said. “But that is certainly ambitious.”

In the turbolift Kirk grabbed the lever and said, “Deck five.” Then as it began to move, he frowned. “Hey! Lift’s movin’ extra smoothly today. Feels good.”

“Thank you, Commander.” Scott puffed his chest out a little. “I was workin’ on it all night.”

“Wow. Nicely done.”

The corridor to the mess was bustling as alpha shift was beginning shortly. He’d stayed up all night and he could feel it in his bones and behind his eyes a bit, but still he did not want to be in his quiet quarters and crawl into a bed alone. It was much better to be around people. Alive people. People. Not gorn.

“Commander, can I ask ye somethin’?” Scott said.”A bit…personal?”

“Sure, but if it’s personal, why don’t you call me Jim?”

“Aye. Jim. About the Stardiver. You said you’ve been there yourself.”

Kirk’s expression darkened and his hands were tightly clasped behind his back. “Yes. More than once. In a matter of speaking.”

“Does it get get any better then?”

“Yes,” Kirk said, nodding firmly. “But it will always be hard and I won’t lie, it follows you forever. Good news is, if you need a friend, this ship seems to be a good place to find one. So I hope you stick around, Mr. Scott.”

“I can think a’ worse fates,” Scotty muttered. 

In fact, having gotten a good look at the Enterprises’s engines, Scott had already declared his undying love. They would have to tear him away with the jaws of life, he supposed.

The mess was crowded and Scott felt like a cloud of unwashed filth next to all the bright eyed and well rested and squeaky clean crew carrying trays to their usual tables, all of them smiling and amongst co-workers they’d worked with likely for years. 

Scott stuck close to Kirk and loaded up his tray with two muffins, scrambled eggs, a pile of bacon, fruit, and a massive cup of coffee. When he turned around again, Kirk was gone, and he mildly panicked a moment before spotting Jim waving at him from an empty table.

Scott dove into his breakfast without preamble and was halfway finished before muttering to himself, “I am hungry.” It was a bit of a relief to realize it and to enjoy what he was eating, replicated or no.

Across from him Jim chuckled and lifted his coffee as if in a toast. “Good.”

Scott was swallowing the last of his bacon when he glanced up and breathed in sharply, feeling as if someone might have just brained him with a hyperspanner.

“Commander Kirk. Eh…who’s…who’s that?” He nodded vaguely at a figure across the mess, his gaze fixed on beautiful dark skinned young ensign in ops red whose incandescent smile was fixed on Mr. Spock as she carried her tray.

Jim followed his gaze and a slow and drunk looking smile crossed his face. “Oh yeah. That’s Mr. Spock.”

“Not the Vulcan,” Scott said. “The ensign. She’s so…” He shook his head, unable to think of an appropriately effusive descriptor.

“Oh! Nyota?” Jim took a swig of coffee. “I’ll introduce you.”

“No no nono wait!” Scott sputtered, but Jim was already standing and waving the ensign and Mr. Spock over to the table. Mr. Spock he’d already met. The Enterprise’s science officer. Whether Spock even remembered him or not, Scott had no idea. Spock’s eyes were fixed on Kirk as he sat at the table across from him. Eventually, he spared Scott a polite nod.

“Nyota!” Kirk said. “This is Mr. Scott. Scott, this is Ensign Nyota Uhura. She’s to linguistics what you are to engineering.” Jim clapped him on the back and said, “This is the guy who built the transponder and all those gorn traps out of nothin’.”

“Really?” Nyota said. “You’re that guy?”

Scott reflexively stood as the others were sitting down, blushed, and sat down again. He cleared his throat, dazed by Uhura’s glimmering brown eyes and the friendly smile now fixed on him. “Yes. That’s me. Scott. Montgomery. Lieutenant. Junior grade. Very nice to meet you. Ma’am. Er. Ensign, that is.”

Uhura’s lips parted and her eyes widened. “Your brogue is magnificent!”

Scotty blushed from the tips of his toes all the way up to his grease scuffed forehead. “Oh! Ah. Thank ye.”

She pointed at him and said, “You’re not from Aberdeen, but you spent some time there, didn't you? How long?”

“How did you know that?” Scott said. “I spent about seven years there as a lad.”

Uhura tapped her ears. “That’s what I do, Mr. Scott!”

“Oh!” He leaned on his hand, his breakfast forgotten. “That’s so fascinatin’. So how many languages do you speak anyway?”

“Thirty-seven Earth languages,” Uhura said, and Scott was entranced by the way she slightly batted her eyes. “But now I’m mainly studying as many non-Terran languages as I can get my head around. Vulcan, Andorian, Denobulan-”

“Crivens,” Scott murmured. “That’s amazin’.”

“You know, I was close to our former Chief Engineer. Hemmer?” Uhura swallowed, and Scott felt a pang of sympathy immediately recognizing the subtlest expression of grief. “He always said engineering was really quite similar to linguistics. Seemingly unrelated systems communicating?”

“That makes a lot of sense!” Scott said.

“Well, Mr. Spock,” Kirk said next to him. “Seems our presence here has quickly become redundant.”

“It would appear so,” Spock agreed. “I am not certain they are aware of our presence at all.”

“I’m sure they aren’t,” Kirk said, and smirked at Spock, leaning forward over the table. “I am certainly aware of yours however.”

“I am seated right in front of you, Commander,” Spock said, raising an amused eyebrow. “It would be odd if you were not aware of me.”

“Is it odd that I’m always aware of you even when you are not seated right in front of me?” Jim said smoothly, and Spock lowered his eyes, his lips curving up a little.

“You talked to aliens with music?” Scott said. He slapped the table. “Did ye ever hear the like?”

“Hey Scott- Scotty!” Jim had to wave to get his attention again. “I bet you’d enjoy hearing Ensign Uhura here sing, wouldn’t you?”

“Jim!” Uhura hissed and punched him in the shoulder.

“You sing too!” Scott’s eyes lit up. 

“Sometimes,” Uhura said, sitting up straight. “Mr. Spock accompanies me on the lyre.”

“If you would be amenable to singing tonight, Ensign,” Spock said. “I am available to play.”

“Ooh!” Kirk rubbed his hands together. “Now I’m excited. Scott, you and I are in for a treat.”

“I just bet we are, Jim,” Scott murmured, sitting back as he and Jim gazed on Mr. Spock and Uhura. “I’ll bet we are.”

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"Scotty."

"Professor."

"You two know each other?"

"One of my best students who sadly received some of my worst grades!" - Commander Pelia, Lieutenant Montgomery "Scotty" Scott and Captain Christopher Pike (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Episode 2.10)

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After the Grateful Dead concert everyone suspected Spock was too stoned to drive the van.

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Star Trek: The Animted Series 50th Anniversary Episode Review

Episode: The Survivor

Season: 1 Episode: 6 Stardate: 5143.3 Original airdate: October 13, 1973 Written by: James Schermer Directed by: Hal Sutherland Music by: Yvette Blais and Jeff Michaels Executive producers: Lou Scheimer and Norm Prescott Studio: Filmation Associates Network: NBC Series created by: Gene Roddenberry

Cast: Captain James T. Kirk (voice by William Shatner) Mr. Spock (voice by Leonard Nimoy) Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy (voice by DeForest Kelly) Lt. Uhura, Lt. Anne Nored (voices by Nichelle Nichols) Lt. Hikaru Sulu (voice by George Takei) Eng. Montgomery Scott, Gabler, Romulan Commander (voices by James Doohan) Nurse Christine Chapel, Enterprise Computer, M'Ress (voices by Majel Barrett)

Guest star: Ted Knight as Carter Winston/Vendorian

Synopsis:

During a patrol across the Romulan Neutral Zone, Captain Kirk gives orders to set a course to the encounter a small private ship to the rescue of its passenger. The ship is registed under Carter Winston, a social prominent figure who uses his fortune to help others. Winston has been lost for five years.

At the transporter room, Kirk, Dr. McCoy and Spock received Winston. McCoy gives thanks to him because he helped McCoy's daughter as one of many who survived of a famine due a crop faliure on Cerberus.Spock tells Winston that his fiancée, Security Officer, Lieutenant Anne Nored after verifying his identity tapes and a physical exam.

McCoy protest Spock's treatment to Winston but Kirk approves it telling it is a required procedure.

As Bones perform the medical examination, he notes his instruments are gaving strange readings. Like if Carter Winston is not human at all. McCoy resolves that it has to be an instruments' malfunction.

Lt. Nored makes her appearence at the medical room and had a conversation with Winston. He confesses to his former lover that he had an accidental crash on planet Vendor and he had suffered many surgeries, that he experienced many changes, so they would not going to marry her.

Then, Winston moves to Kirk's office and while the captain is busy trying to find the reports on the small starship, the Vendorian deguised as Carter Winston reveals his true self. The Vendorians are are a shape-shifter's race whose presence is forbidden in the Federation's territories.

He puts Kirk unconsious and assumes the captain's persona. Then he moves to the bridge and orders Sulu to set a course to Rator III no matter the helmsman's advice about crossing the Romulan Neutral Zone.

As he leaves the bridge, he moves to the doctor's office and does the same the he had done with Kirk. He assumes the identity of McCoy after putting the real one to sleep.

The real Captain Kirk wakes up and moves to the bridge realizing a time has passed since he get unconsious. He asks why they are crossing the Neutral Zone of the Romulans.

Spock presents the video recording of his orders and realizes this is all a trap from the Romulans. Then Kirk orders a turn away from the Netral Zone.

Kirk and Spock moves faster to the medical office guessing that the Vendorian is right there. As soon as the captain notice the presence of the spy, he ran away fast. He was intercepted by the Lt. Nored and he assumes the Carter Winston persona again and explain Anne whatever really happened to Winston and how the Vendorians absorb the memory and feelings of the subjects they stole their identity. Nored felt uncapable of firing to him with the phaser.

The Romulans make their appearence to rightfully claim the ownership of the Enterprise. Captain Kirk refuses to give the starship because he knows the presence of the Vendoiran spy is part of the Romulan's ploy to capture the his starship.

Meanwhile, the spy assumes the identity of one of the engineering perssonel and makes damage to the starship's shields. Scotty reports that the damage could take two hours to be repaired.

The Romulan Commander orders an attack to the Enterprise, but in a miraculous way, the shields are activated and stand the Romulans' attack. Spock asserts the spy has turned into the shield itself. Then the Vendoiran appears on his form to explain why he has done this mission. Kirk told him he is going to be judged by the Federation, but he is going to speak on his behalf.

Then, the captain put Anne Nored in charge of the Vendoiran spy.

Fascinating Facts:

The characterization of the Vendoiran spy who passed as Carter Winston was performed by actor Ted Knight. He was better known for his roles on TV shows like Ted Baxter in the Mary Tyler Moore Show and Henry Rush in Too Close for Comfort. Knight also was a regular voice actor for many other animated shows from Filmation Associates.

This is the first time Dr. McCoy's daughter is mentioned. Her name is Joanna and it was planned to introduce the character in The Original Series' episode “The Way to Eden”, but it was discarded.

The character of Uhura appeared briefly on this episode but without any dialogue. Nichelle Nichols made the voice characterization of Carter Winston's fiancée, Security Officer, Lieutenant Anne Nored.

The first time of the appearence of the Catian race character Lt. M'Ress voiced by Majel Barrett.

The voice of the Romulan Commander was performed by James Doohan.

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Ad Astra News - 8/20 - 8/26

State of the Archive Still pretty chill!  Not a lot of stories added this week, but for a lot of people -- students, parents, etc. -- we're heading into the season where things start to get more hectic with school.  Which, speaking of:

Weekly Challenge #18: Back to School So, in honor (or lament) of returning to classes, this challenge is all about that theme.  Continuing education for your faves?  Or maybe we step back to when they were wee and see what they were like in primary or secondary?  Whatever you do with the prompt, it's between 100 and 700 words.

Post it to the archive under Weekly Challenge: Back to School and don't forget to add it to the collection!

Challenge ends on September 1st at 11:59PM Eastern.

Stories Archived

★ denotes Weekly Challenge Entry

Star Trek: Discovery

by lah_mrh Rewritten - G - Ash Tyler| Voq/Christopher Pike The First Day of the Rest of Your Life - G - Ash Tyler| Voq/Christopher Pike A Sky Full of Stars - T - Ash Tyler | Voq/Christopher Pike One Day at a Time - T - Ash Tyler| Voq/Christopher Pike

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

by LadyEmma Lieutenant Commander - E - Montgomery "Scotty" Scott/Nyota Uhura

Star Trek: The Original Series

by Beatrice_Otter All the Difference - G - Leonard "Bones" McCoy & Spock by lah_mrh Blood Red - T - Original Characters by h3llaanja Scraps of Untainted Sky - T - Spock/OFC, Montgomery "Scotty" Scott

Star Trek: Alternate Original Series

by daraoakwise ★ The Going - G - Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (AOS) by lah_mrh A Stolen Moment - G - James T. Kirk (AOS)/Spock (AOS), Nyota Uhura (AOS)

Alternate Universes

by LordRobertBruceScott Star Beagle Adventures Episode 3: Yours Is No Disgrace - T - Ensemble

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Sorting "Star Trek: The Original Series" Characters into Their Hogwarts Houses

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Sorting "Star Trek: The Original Series" Characters into Their Hogwarts Houses

As Starfleet’s flagship, the Enterprise represents the best the galaxy has to offer. Her crew are competent and capable people: explorers, warriors, diplomats, and scholars of the highest caliber. They face terrifying foes unflinchingly, solve impossible problems daily, act as a loyal and harmonious crew, and do whatever it takes to make things right. And they’re all so darn sassy. Sorting Star Trek: The Original Series characters into Hogwarts Houses is a tall order, but let’s try our best.

  Captain James T. Kirk – Gryffindor

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  Captain Kirk represents the 1960s ideal of a leader, a classic “don’t let them see you sweat” boss. He stands for truth and justice no matter the cost. There are certainly times when Kirk could have thought ahead before recklessly taking the plunge, but his decisive courage always works out for him in the end. Kirk is Gryffindor personified, boldly leading his crew where no man has gone before.

  Commander Spock – Slytherin

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  Hear me out. Spock seems like an obvious Ravenclaw, right? But while Vulcan culture prizes knowledge, intelligence, and learning, Spock is too ambitious to stay on his home planet. In a move that his Vulcan acquaintances find reckless, selfish, and illogical, Spock joins Starfleet to forge his own path. Though Commander Spock cares deeply for his crewmates, he can also make sacrifices for the greater good. He’s not above using lies and manipulation to succeed. Spock plays by his own rules in a calculating way that’s occasionally upsetting to his friends and alarming to his acquaintances. Admit it: this man is, logically, a Slytherin.

  Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy – Hufflepuff

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  It would be easy to put him in Ravenclaw, but prickly Doctor McCoy was built for Hufflepuff. One of the greatest character dynamics of all time is that of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy – Kirk acts as the fearless leader, second-in-command Spock advocates for logic, and chief medical officer McCoy advocates for kindness. As McCoy himself often exclaims, he is a doctor – one who aggressively defends the helpless and saves every life he can. He’s unwaveringly faithful to his captain, his crew, and his ideals. He may be rough, but any man with enough compassion for everyone in the galaxy would be a good fit in the House of loyalty, hard work, and heart.

  Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery “Scotty” Scott – Gryffindor

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  What of our chief engineer? Facing the toughest situations with unwavering bravado, mouthing off to superior officers, and consistently refusing orders from anyone but his captain… Where else would he go but Gryffindor? Scotty owns up to his mistakes, says what he means, and doesn’t mince words. This is the man who punched a Klingon for calling the Enterprise garbage. I’d certainly call that “brave at heart.”

  Lt. Nyota Uhura – Ravenclaw

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  Who doesn’t adore Lieutenant Uhura? She’s the ideal of a “strong female character” – a hyper-competent, high-achieving woman who is bold and intelligent, but not afraid to be soft and kind. Uhura is one of Starfleet’s top linguists, a skilled musician, a romantic, and a feminist. She knows what she’s doing, and she knows she’s good at it. She always asks the right questions and solves every mystery that’s put in front of her with Ravenclaw-worthy wit.

  Lt. Hikaru Sulu – Gryffindor

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  Lieutenant Sulu is an immovable object – the Enterprise helmsman and combat tactician who fearlessly makes the most of dire situations and cares for a carnivorous plant in his free time. How often does Sulu insult enemies, crewmates, and even commanding officers without blinking? Remember when he terrorized the ship with a fencing foil? Spock said it best: Hikaru Sulu is, “at heart, a swashbuckler out of the 18th century.” He would have a blast wielding the sword of Gryffindor.

  Ensign Pavel Chekov – Gryffindor

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  Pavel Chekov is a simple man. He loves four things: Russia, the Enterprise and her crew, causing mischief, and having a good time. This insolent little punk is willing to start a fight over anything, and we love him for it. When a Klingon insults Kirk, Chekov has to be held back from throwing the first punch – and once the fight starts, he’s right in the middle of it. This kid never backs down. That kind of reckless courage belongs in Gryffindor.

  Nurse Christine Chapel – Hufflepuff

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  Yes, she’s intelligent and capable, but compassion is Christine Chapel’s defining characteristic. Chapel may show some spunk from time to time, but ultimately, she cares deeply for other people, working diligently to treat every patient with care and respect. Everything she does is for the good of others; keeping her crew happy and healthy is always her top priority.

  Yeoman Janice Rand – Hufflepuff

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  Yeoman Rand was intended as Captain Kirk’s love interest and the soft feminine element of the crew. Unfortunately, issues off-screen had the character written out of season two, but her personality still shines through in season one. Most notably, when a young guest on the Enterprise becomes infatuated with her, Janice bears his attention with gentle patience that would make Helga proud.

  What do you think? Be on the lookout; we’re plotting a course for more Star Trek Sortings!

[the99thfanboy]

He’s carrying the Enterprise on his shoulders

[star-trek-shallot]

Kirk: Good morning.

Spock: Good morning.

Scotty: Good morning.

Uhura: You all sound like robots. Why don't you spice it up a bit?

McCoy, dramatically entering through the turbolift: MORNIN' MOTHERTRUCKERS!