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>>How did they just plot Scotty in a uniform and sit him in
>>engineering no questions asked?
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>I thought he was already Star Fleet. I think at that stage in
>the movie it would have just killed the pacing to show him
>going through all the questioning and briefing and all that
>shit to be in engineering. I imagined it happened off screen.
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Yes, he's already a Starfleet officer when we meet him.