As the U.S.S. da Vinci and its S.C.E. crew, led by Commnder Sonya Gomez, take on task of rescuing a runaway vessel, Captain Montgomery Scott recalls his years as chief engineer of the Enterprise under Captain Kirk, and his own efforts to transform the Starfleet Corps of Engineers into the efficient, effective, and high-tech team of the future. Original. As the U.S.S. da Vinci and its S.C.E. crew take on the task of rescuing a runaway vessel, Captain Montgomery Scott recalls his years as chief engineer of the Enterprise under Captain Kirk. The first full-length novel starring the Starfleet Corps of Engineers! Now it can be told: The origin of the S.C.E.! In the twenty-fourth century, the U.S.S. da Vinci and its S.C.E. team led by Commander Sonya Gomez roam the galaxy, solving the technical problems of the universe in a state-of-the-art ship. But the road to the da Vinci was a difficult one, as the S.C.E. had to go through its share of growing pains back in the twenty-third century.... Even as the da Vinci spearheads a dramatic rescue of a runaway vessel, Captain Montgomery Scott recalls his younger days as the chief engineer of the U.S.S. Enterprise? under Captain Kirk -- and his own encounters with a much different Corps of Engineers. From the edge of the Romulan Neutral Zone, to the planet Beta III in the wake of the Landru computer, to the uncharted regions of deep space, Scotty joins forces with the battered old U.S.S. Lovell to bring the S.C.E. into the future!
