Retrospect (comic)
Scotty's true love.

Summary
When the  visits Deep Space Station K-12 engineer Scott is informed his former wife Glynnis has died. All he has left of her is a holophoto, her pendant and his memories.

Memorable quotes
"You'll have to forgive Mr. Scott. He hasn't been quite right for a few weeks, since he was hit by a lightning bolt from a Greek god."
"You've been in space how long?"
 - Kirk and Weiss

"That's my Glynnis. We met when we were little more than children."
"She looks familiar some— Wait a minute, about fifteen years ago, wasn't it? Wasn't she the one on Beta Nirobi II who—"
"Aye. That was her. You've a good memory for women, captain."
"Call it a knack."
 - Scott and Kirk

Background information
 It was reprinted in the  and Best of Peter David collections.

Creators
 Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
 Writer: Peter David
 Artists: 
 Curt Swan (pencil art)
 Ricardo Villagran (inking)
 Michele Wolfman (color art)
 Janice Chiang (letter art)
 Gray Morrow (cover art)
 Editor: Robert Greenberger (credited as "admiral")
 Based on a concept by 

Characters
Montgomery Scott  's chief engineer, formerly of .
Glynnis Campbell  long time friend of Montgomery Scott's, married to Angus MacFarlane in the 2260s, married to Montgomery Scott in late 2270s
 James T. Kirk  Enterprise-A captain, formerly of the original Enterprise.
 Leonard McCoy  Enterprise-A CMO.
Hikaru Sulu  Enterprise-A helmsman, does some fencing training with Kirk in 2286.
 Spock  Enterprise exec and science officer, visits Beta Nirobi II in 2267.
Saavik  Enterprise navigator and science officer, she attends Peter Preston's funeral in 2285.
Peter Preston  Montgomery Scott's nephew who died during a training cruise. In early 2270s his uncle tried to convince him to join Starfleet
Dannan Preston  Older sister of Peter's, in 2285 a Starfleet lieutenant who attends her brother's funeral. The ization of  points out Dannan is 12 years older than Peter and already a commander in 2285; in the comic they appear to be the same age.Fran Preston  Mother of Dannan and Peter, sister of Montgomery Scott. Furious her brother didn't take care of her son as promised.
Angus MacFarlane  Husband of Glynnis Campbell in 2260s, he and Scott had a fight on Beta Nirobi II in 2267
Henri Picard  Starfleet admiral who notifies Montgomery Scott he has been accepted into Starfleet Training School.
Dorrie  Girl Angus dates in 2237.
Weiss  Colonist on Beta Nirobi II who is amazed of Montgomery Scott's work.

References
Beta Nirobi II  Agricultural Federation colony visited by  in 2267.
medals and awards
Deep Space K-12  Federation starbase visited by  in 2286
fencing In 2286 Sulu and Kirk train the Enterprise-A's gym.
Scotch whisky (alcohol) After learning about the death of his wife, Scotty empties at least three bottles.
Mira Romaine  Memory Alpha archivist.
Carolyn Palamas  Former Enterprise archaeology and anthropology officer.
Tom Preston  Husband of Fran and father of Dannan and Peter; he is at his workplace when his brother-in-law visits the family after arrival on Earth.
Omicron Ceti II  Agricultural Federation colony with which Federation had have lost contact.
Star TreX  Scotty and Glynn have an issue of this comic in their apartment in the 2240s.

Timeline
2222  Scotty is born.
2224  Glynnis Campbell is born.
2229  Angus and his friends scare Glynnis, Scotty comes to her rescue.
2237  Scotty goes to the dance, he is 15 years old.
2247  Scotty is accepted into Starfleet Training School; he won't see Glynnis the next 20 years.
2267 (stardate 3171.4)  A few weeks after their encounter at , Enterprise visits Beta Nirobi II. Scotty learns Glynnis married his old rival Angus.
2273  Scotty visits his sister in Glasgow and projects he'll be spending more time refitting Enterprise''. He also learns Glynnis and Angus divorced.
2285 (stardate 8140.1)  Peter Preston's funeral; Glynnis and Montgomery are married for 4 years and 9 months.
2286  Glynnis Campbell dies while her husband is exiled on Vulcan.

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