Scott Baird
| Scott Baird | |
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| Species | Human |
| Alignment | Starfleet |
| Born | Earth |
| Appearances | |
| Features in | TRK (31) |
| First Appearance | Star Traks 1 |
| Last Appearance | The Star Traks Reunion Special |
| Created by | Alan Decker |
| Career | |
| Position | Engineer |
| Assigned to | USS Denton |
| Till | 2370 |
| Position | Chief Engineer |
| Assigned to | USS Secondprize |
| From | 2370 |
| Till | 2377 |
| Position | Supervising Refit and Repair Officer |
| Assigned to | Deneria Dry Dock |
| From | 2377 |
| Till | Unknown |
Childhood
Scott Baird was born to a mild-mannered British couple who moved to America soon after his birth. No one was more surprised than they were when it became apparent that that their little boy was developing the foulest mouth the 24th century had ever seen. The source of Baird's vocabulary is a subject of some debate among Baird's family. Some blamed his older sister Cathy, who had displayed a rebellious nature throughout her childhood and teen years. Others blamed the Bairds' decision to move to America. Whatever the reason, Scott Baird quickly became almost a legend in his elementary school and the bane of teachers everywhere. Despite this, he early one showed a predilection towards engineering. He would often accompany his father to his job at the Smithsonian Institute, where Scott would tinker with the various broken antique devices cluttering the workshops. Several of these, he was able to return to working order. Of course, he also insisted on setting every clock he could find to 444. Where the 4 obsession came from is, again, a mystery.
Early Starfleet Career
Baird decided to enter Starfleet Academy, since that was the only place he'd really be able to do some serious engineering work. He managed to control his attitude enough to get through the Academy and for several years thereafter, but the Chief Engineer of the USS Denton, where Baird was posted as a lieutenant commander in the engineering section, pushed Baird to the breaking point. The man, Commander Majors, was a complete incompetent, and, after Majors almost caused a warp core breech, Baird let him have it, first with flurry of profanity unrivaled in the annals of Starfleet, then with his fists. Normally, Baird would have been court-martialed, and that would be the end of it. But the inquest revealed that Majors was indeed a moron and that Baird had saved the ship. Unfortunately, the genie was now out of the bottle, and Baird had become incredibly surly.
On the USS Secondprize
Rather than lose a good engineer, Starfleet promoted Baird to commander and made him the Chief Engineer of the USS Secondprize in hopes that Baird would calm down enough to be transferred elsewhere. Until that time, Captain Alexander Rydell was under orders never to leave Baird in command. He was considered too dangerous. Baird's first two years on the Secondprize were quiet, and he took the opportunity to recalibrate the ship's warp signature to read all fours. His job jot a lot busier when the ship was plagued with several malfunctions during the mission to Ugilious. Baird eventually identified and helped capture the saboteur. (Star Traks 1 [TRK]) After this ordeal, Baird had hoped to relax on Kilma Omega IV by riding his beloved bicycle through the countryside. Emily Sullivan ended up joining him. The two began a romance and narrowly avoided a pair of thieves. (Belch-O-Rama [TRK])
An accident on board ship a couple of weeks later resulted in Baird getting temporary amnesia. Sullivan, Lisa Beck, and Counselor Claire Webber used the opportunity to see if they could reprogram Baird into being the sensitive, profanity-free boyfriend Sullivan had always wanted. Once his old personality returned, Baird escaped and set up a revenge prank against the trio. This resulted in a huge fight between Baird and Sullivan that destroyed Rydell's ready room, but they did reconcile. (Star Traks 3 [TRK]) The detente didn't last long. Tensions between the two reached the breaking point when Myna, masquerading as Ambassador Fuil Baradda, came on board. Sullivan was immediately attracted to Myna, something Baird didn't fail to notice. He attacked Myna and was sent off on a sabotaged shuttle with Rydell, Lieutenant Commander Jaroch, and Ensign Andrea Carr for his trouble. The shuttle landed on Mandicor, the atmosphere of which gave the Secondprize crew members odd abilities. Baird discovered that his profanity now caused explosions, smoke clouds and a variety of other effects. The Secondprize officers used their powers to defeat Logash, a warlord terrorizing the city of Felsten. When they returned to the ship, Baird and Sullivan officially ended their relationship. (Star Traks 4 [TRK]) Baird was ordered to attend a sensitivity conference with Captain Rydell soon after this incident. On the way back from the conference, Rydell's mind was swapped with one of his 20th century ancestors. Baird was able to build a holographic projection system that allowed him to contact Rydell and assist him in fixing the timeline and returning to the 24th century. (Sensitivity 101 [TRK])
After the Secondprize's discovery of the Multeks, Baird supervised the Secondprize's refit at Starbase 219. During this refit, Baird learned that Lt. James Terris was a Romulan spy, rescued Rydell and Beck from a hostile world, and beat the living hell out of Terris. It was a full day. (Star Traks 5 [TRK]) When the ship's computer attempted to join with Emily Sullivan, Baird and Dr. Elizabeth Aldridge were forced to attempt to rescue her. Baird was successful but ended up in sickbay for his efforts. The crisis did cool relations between Sullivan and Baird from homicidal hostility to friendly hostility, though. (Optimum Interface [TRK])
Baird pulled off an engineering miracle when the USS Secondprize was attacked by the USS Defiant, which had been stolen by Rebecca Singer. He managed to send the ship in reverse at warp one, which got them away from the Defiant long enough to get their shields and weapons on line. He also kept the ship together through a slingshot maneuver and another, much more punishing attack from the Defiant. During this second attack, Sullivan was in command of the Secondprize, and Baird took great pleasure in criticizing her command ability as the ship blew up around them. After the attack, Baird and Sullivan finally had it out in Rydell's ready room. The confrontation ended in sex, then marriage. (Star Traks 6 [TRK])
Baird accompanied Rydell and the other Secondprize officers down to the Forever moon where they narrowly averted the destruction of the universe. As it was, they only delayed it for ten years (Please Hold For Oblivion [TRK]) Two weeks prior to Stardate 53304, Baird was kidnapped by the Romulan Ardek during a bar crawl on Golhunda Three and forced to participate in Ardek's reality show while also working on Ardek's attempt to replicate the android Kristen Larkin. Baird was able to escape with the help of the other participants Ardek had kidnapped. (Show Me The Way To Go Home [TRK]) The following year, Baird was asked to interview for the job of Supervising Refit and Repair Officer at the Deneria Dry Dock facility. He was not intially selected for the position, but after the unfortunate demise of the officer who had originally been offered the job, Baird was given the post on the condition that he consent to being fitted with a profanity filter.
Later Career
While his wife moved up the ranks to a captaincy of her own, Baird maintained shared quarters for the couple at Deneria. They also adopted a dog, which they named Compromise. Baird had never been a fan of dogs, especially Andrea Carr's Morgaine Le Fur. But he liked children even less, and Sullivan was insisting on one or the other, hence Compromise. On Deneria, Baird supervised the refits of many vessels, including his wife's first command, the USS Orleans and the USS Silverado. (Service With A Smile [SIL])
Ten years after the Secondprize's initial encounter with Forever, Baird went back to Forever with Rydell and the others to try to stop the destruction of the universe. Before they could successfully give Forever their access code, though, they had to deactivate Baird's profanity filter. A boot to the head from Hawkins and several stun blasts from Dillon left Baird unconscious through most of the Forever incident. With the crisis over, Baird returned to Deneria on Sullivan's ship, the USS Inevitable. He surprised her with the information that he'd bought a house for them on Altair Four. (Please Hold For Oblivion [TRK]) By the time of the Secondprize reunion, Baird had changed his mind on the idea of children, and the couple was expecting its first child. (The Star Traks Reunion Special [TRK])
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Alexander Rydell - Travis Dillon - Jaroch - Scott Baird - Patricia Hawkins - Emily Sullivan - Monica Vaughn - Rebecca Singer - Lisa Beck - Claire Webber - Andrea Carr - Elizabeth Aldridge - Trinian |
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