Warning: SPOILERS For Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3Star Trek: Strange New Worlds boasts both Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and the future Captain James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley), but another Star Trek: The Original Series icon needs experience sitting in the USS Enterprise’s center seat.

The Starship Enterprise in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has no lack of command-level officers who can sit in the captain’s chair in place of Captain Pike. Lt. Commander Una Chin-Riley (Rebecca Romijn) is First Officer and more than capable of commanding the Enterprise.

Lieutenant Spock (Ethan Peck) has also commanded the Starship Enterprise when the need arose, such as in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ season 2 premiere when Captain Pike was off-ship and Number One was on trial by Starfleet.

However, as Star Trek: Strange New Worlds gradually assembles the USS Enterprise crew that will one day serve under Captain Kirk, one of those Starfleet Officers needs experience in the captain’s chair to set up one of their key functions in Star Trek: The Original Series.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Needs To Let Scotty Sit In The Starship Enterprise’s Captain’s Chair

Lieutenant Montgomery Scott (Martin Quinn) has only had a limited time on the bridge, but Star Trek: Strange New Worlds seasons 4 and 5 need to let Scotty command the USS Enterprise as he will in Star Trek: The Original Series.

Martin Quinn joined Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3’s cast as a series regular, and Scotty has seamlessly fit into the USS Enterprise’s crew. Although the genius engineer still has much to learn and is under the tutelage of Commander Pelia (Carol Kane), the Enterprise’s current Chief Engineer.

When Scotty becomes Chief Engineer in Star Trek: The Original Series, he is often tasked with sitting in the captain’s chair and commanding the Enterprise when Captain Kirk (William Shatner) and Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) are off-ship, which is often.

Just as Pelia is teaching Scotty how to be a “miracle worker,” Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ final two seasons should give Scotty the opportunity to command the Enterprise and set up this aspect of Mr. Scott’s duties in Star Trek: The Original Series.

Why Scotty Commanded The Enterprise In Star Trek: The Original Series

Scotty is Chief Engineer in Star Trek: The Original Series, so it may seem unusual that he often commanded the USS Enterprise when Captain Kirk and Commander Spock were away.

However, Scotty is ranked Lt. Commander in Star Trek: The Original Series. As a senior officer, Mr. Scott is authorized to sit in the Starship Enterprise’s captain’s chair.

Further, compared to Captain Pike’s crew, Captain Kirk’s USS Enterprise is short a command officer because Mr. Spock holds the dual position of First Officer and Science Officer.

Dr. Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley) and Communications Officer Lt. Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) aren’t trained for starship command. Thus, it routinely falls to Scotty to leave Engineering and take over the Enterprise’s bridge when Kirk and Spock aren’t available.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has 2 more seasons and 16 episodes still to come. Hopefully, Strange New Worlds will concoct a scenario to let Lieutenant Scott command the USS Enterprise and set up one of Scotty’s crucial jobs in Star Trek: The Original Series.

Release Date

May 5, 2022

Network

Paramount+

Showrunner

Henry Alonso Myers, Akiva Goldsman

Directors

Dan Liu, Amanda Row, Maja Vrvilo, Akiva Goldsman, Dermott Downs, Eduardo Sánchez, Jeffrey W. Byrd, Jonathan Frakes, Jordan Canning, Leslie Hope, Valerie Weiss, Sydney Freeland, Christopher J. Byrne, Rachel Leiterman

Writers

Onitra Johnson