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Chekov: I didn't think Mister Scott would go for the brainy type.
Sulu: I don't think he's even noticed she has a brain.

Scotty: You're the sanest, the smartest, the nicest woman that has ever come aboard this ship!

Kirk: Don't lose yourself to them! Hold on!
Romaine: I am Mira Romaine. I will be who I choose to be!
Zetarians (through Romaine): We only want the girl.
Kirk (to Zetarians): You can't have her! You are entitled to your own life, but not another's!

In a story outline dated 12 September 1968, Mira was Scotty's new engineering assistant and shared his fascination for machinery. Final draft script 28 October 1968, filmed early November.

Star Trek Novel #42, 'Memory Prime' by Gar and Judith Reeves-Stevens, continues the story of Mira on Memory Prime, the successor to Memory Alpha. Other than her romance with Scotty and a very brief mention of the Zetarians, no other story elements are carried over from the episode.

The short story "Ancient History" in the Strange New Worlds VI anthology portrayed Scotty and Captain Morgan Bateson, both catapulted into the future by their respective mishaps, meeting and hashing out, physically and verbally, old rivalries, one of which was based on the fact that Mira Romaine married Bateson after her relationship with Scotty had ended.

cut scenes
KIRK
Dr. McCoy, is there anything else in
Starfleet’s psychological file?

McCoy repeats procedure.

McCOY
(reading)
Lt. Romaine has developed strong
defenses to guard against her extreme
competitiveness. Marked scientific and
mathematical abilities set up an early competition
with her distinguished father. Problem still not
completely resolved in Lt. Romaine.

CLOSEUP - MIRA
Tears come to her eyes.

MIRA
That’s not true. It was over long ago.
I’m not like that…Not any more.

BACK TO SCENE

KIRK
Everybody’s record has much worse
comments from the psychology majors.
Luckily for us, nobody ever reads ours.
Pretend you didn’t hear.

Mira is looking across to Scott.

MIRA
It just isn’t fair!

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