Scotty Set An Enterprise Record Only 1 Other Star Trek Engineer Can Beat

Image via Paramount Published Nov 13, 2026, 2:30 PM EST John Orquiola is a TV Editor, Senior Writer, and Interviewer with a special focus on Star Trek. John has over 5,000 published articles at SR, and he has interviewed the biggest names in Star Trek on the red carpet and VIP events, among other beloved shows, movies, and franchises. Sign in to your ScreenRant account Scotty (James Doohan) set a USS Enterprise record but another Star Trek engineer may have surpassed it off-screen. Montgomery Scott is best known as the Chief Engineer of the USS Enterprise commanded by Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) in Star Trek: The Original Series and seven Star Trek movies. The younger Scotty's (Martin Quinn) exploits are chronicled in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Scotty has lived an extraordinarily long time, thanks to his own engineering genius. Star Trek: The Next Generation season 6, episode 4, "Relics," brought Captain Scott to the 24th century after the engineer preserved himself for 70 years in the USS Jenolan's transporter pattern buffer. Born in 2222, Scotty's last appearance was in "Relics," which took place in 2369. Of course, Scotty's Starfleet career is synonymous with the USS Enterprise, the starship he served aboard as an engineer, and later as Chief Engineer, for three decades. After Admiral Kirk self-destructed the Enterprise in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Scotty became Chief Engineer of its replacement, the USS Enterprise-A, his second and final Enterprise that he served aboard. Scotty Has Visited 4 Of 5 Versions Of The USS Enterprise That Existed In His Lifetime In Star Trek: The Next Generation's "Relics," a drunken Scotty demanded that the holodeck recreate the bridge of the USS Enterprise, specifying when prompted that he wanted the Constitution-class NCC 1701, and "No bloody A, B, C, or D." Amazingly, by that point in his life, Captain Scott had come aboard four of the five Starship Enterprises that were known to exist at that point, which is a record for Star Trek characters seen on-screen. Lieutenant Montgomery Scott joined the crew of the USS Enterprise in 2260, which is when Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' "Hegemony" two-parter take place. At the time, Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) commanded the Enterprise, and Captain James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley) took over in 2265. By that point, Scotty was Chief Engineer, replacing Commander Pelia (Carol Kane). The USS Enterprise NCC-1701 underwent a full refit in the early 2270s, as seen in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, but it was still the same starship that Pike and Kirk commanded. Scotty's second official Enterprise was the USS Enterprise-A, first seen at the end of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Captain Scott then joined the shakedown cruise of the Excelsior-class USS Enterprise-B, as seen in the prologue of Star Trek Generations. The fourth and final Enterprise Scotty set foot on was Captain Jean-Luc Picard's (Patrick Stewart) Galaxy-class USS Enterprise-D in Star Trek: The Next Generation. The Ambassador-class USS Enterprise-C was destroyed in 2344 while Scotty was in the USS Jenolan's pattern buffer, which, unfortunately, means the former Chief Engineer just missed a clean sweep. Geordi La Forge Probably Beat Scotty's Enterprise Record (Off-Screen) Image via Paramount+ Scotty has the distinction of audiences seeing him come aboard four versions of the USS Enterprise, but his fellow ex-Chief Engineer, Commodore Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton) may ultimately have the Scotsman beat in terms of number of Enterprises, although fans haven't and may never actually see Geordi step inside all of those potential starships. Geordi was initially curt and not welcoming to Scotty in Star Trek: The Next Generation's "Relics," but the two Chief Engineers eventually worked together and got along. Geordi was Chief Engineer of the USS Enterprise-D for six of Star Trek: The Next Generation's seven seasons. After the Enterprise-D was destroyed in Star Trek Generations, Geordi resumed as Chief Engineer of its replacement, the Sovereign-class USS Enterprise-E. After 2380, La Forge exited the Enterprise to join Admiral Picard's mission to build a fleet to rescue the Romulan people from their sun going supernova. Star Trek: Picard season 3 established that Commodore La Forge ran the Fleet Museum on Athan Prime in 2401. Not only did Geordi rebuild the USS Enterprise-D, but his museum also housed the USS Enterprise NX-01 refit from Star Trek: Enterprise and the USS Enterprise-A. Theoretically, Commodore La Forge stepped aboard those two Enterprises off-screen, which ties Scotty's four Enterprises visited. If Geordi beaming aboard the USS Titan-A in Star Trek: Picard season 3 counts, because that Constitution III-class starship was renamed the USS Enterprise-G, then Commodore La Forge beats Scotty's record, 5 Enterprises visited to 4. However, audiences actually saw Scotty step aboard all four of his Enterprises in various Star Trek TV shows and movies, and that record likely won't ever be beaten. 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