Cadet Leonard McCoy is an uncommon science officer in the Another Time Crew. This is one of the first crews you’ll get in Star Trek Fleet Command and a really good multipurpose crew for newer players in the game. While it is one that you’ll eventually outgrow, learning to use this crew effectively will aid in your quick advancement.
Captain’s Maneuver
Doctor – Increases the Health of all Officers on the ship by 10%.
He’s a common officer, so you shouldn’t expect his captain’s maneuver to be all that great, and it isn’t. But still, health is a good stat to have in your officers, and will help you survive battles.
Cadet Leonard McCoy Officer Ability
Psychologist – Increases the effectiveness of the Captain Maneuver by (4%, 6%, 8%, 10%, 12%)
This is, for my money, one of the most underrated and underused officer abilities in the early parts of the game. And you can combine this with the synergy he’ll provide to his fellow Another Time officers.
So it’s great to bolster Cadet Kirk‘s bonus to crew stats, or Cadet Uhura’s reduction in enemy weapon damage, for example.
Keep in mind that this boost only works with combat abilities, so he’s not going to work with officers like Stonn to increase mining speeds.
Karl Urban Trivia
Karl-Heinz Urban was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1972. He attended St. Mark’s Church School in Wellington. He later attended Victoria University in Wellington but dropped out to pursue his career in acting.
His first exposure outside of New Zealand came in guest appearances in two 90s syndicated series shot in New Zealand, Xena: Warrior Princess, and Hercules.
In case you missed it, here’s Karl guest-starring on Xena.
Outside of Star Trek, he’s probably best known for playing Éomer in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
He was rumored to be considered to be the next James Bond before Daniel Craig got the role. However, due to a scheduling conflict, he never got to audition for 007.
Star Trek and New Zealand
Probably the most famous Trek reference to New Zealand is a non-reference. In Star Trek: First Contact, New Zealand is completely missing from the Earth. It’s just gone.
Onscreen, it’s where the New Zealand Penal settlement is. That colony is famous for two residents. Tom Paris, and Richard Bashir.
I’m sure I’ll write about Tom Paris when Voyager comes to STFC, but for now, we’ll talk about Richard Bashir. Yep, Dr. Julian Bashir’s father, who was sent to there for crimes involving genetic engineering. But that’s not what is most interesting to me.
Dr. Richard Bashir was played by actor Brian George. Fans of Seinfeld will remember Brian George as Babu Bhatt, And yes, I admit that this was a really convoluted way of getting to Seinfeld, but here we are. I have a feeling we’ll talk more about this when we get back to Bashir when Deep Space Nine comes to Star Trek Fleet Command.