Scotty’s Enterprise Record: 1 Star Trek Engineer May Beat His Mark

A long career among Enterprises

Scotty joined the USS Enterprise crew in 2260, when Christopher Pike was in command. James T. Kirk took over in 2265, by which time Scotty had become Chief Engineer.

The original Enterprise received a major refit in the early 2270s, but remained the same ship. Scotty later served aboard the Enterprise-A, which appeared at the end of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

Four ships, one missed opportunity

Scotty also joined the shakedown cruise of the Enterprise-B, shown in Star Trek Generations. His fourth Enterprise was Jean-Luc Picard’s Enterprise-D, which he visited in Star Trek: The Next Generation’s “Relics.” The Enterprise-C was destroyed in 2344 while Scotty remained in the Jenolan’s transporter pattern buffer. That timing kept him from visiting all five Enterprises known to exist during his lifetime.

Could Geordi match the record?

Geordi La Forge served as Chief Engineer aboard the Enterprise-D and later its replacement, the Enterprise-E. After leaving the Enterprise, he joined the effort to build a fleet intended to rescue the Romulan people from their sun’s impending supernova.

By 2401, Geordi was running the Fleet Museum on Athan Prime. It housed the refitted Enterprise NX-01 and the Enterprise-A, and Geordi may have boarded both, though neither visit has been shown.

The count remains uncertain

Scotty’s four Enterprise visits are on-screen, while Geordi’s possible visits to museum ships are not. The article also raises whether Geordi’s arrival aboard the USS Titan-A could count, but the available text ends before explaining that point.

Geordi was initially unwelcoming toward Scotty in “Relics,” but the two engineers eventually worked together. Whether Geordi has beaten Scotty’s record therefore remains uncertain.