@scottyland asked: â how lang hae i been asleep? â Â
The android operated at high computational speeds to provide the Chief Engineer with an appropriate answer to his query.
  â1 century, 6 years, 3 months, 2 week, 5 days, 18 hours, 47 minutes, andâŚâ
   ââ Data!â Captain Picard interpolated tersely.
  Promptly, the Commander discontinued issuing his answer and comically closed his mouth, resembling an osteichthyes gasping at the surface for oxygen.
   âA very long time, Sir,â Data corrected himself, realising that his estimation could be radically devastating to someone who had been residing in a cryogenic tube for such an extensive period of time.
  The Enterprise crew had transported the cryo tube on board during a routine survey mission of the Orion Nebula. The shipâs long range sensors had detected anomalous readings, and when they succeeded in converting the obtained figures to an intelligible code that corresponded to a 23rd century stasis pod, the Captain had given the orders to secure the object and examine it. Although they had anticipated that it would accommodate a humanoid, they did not expect the passenger to be Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott, Captain Kirkâs Chief Engineer.
   âMister Scott, I am Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the starship Enterprise-D,â the Captain introduced himself, having regained his composure. âThese are my First Officer, Commander William T. Riker, my Chief Operations officer, Lieutenant Commander Data, and my Chief Medical officer, Doctor Beverly Crusher,â he continued with equanimity, gesturing to the senior officers respectively. âTo capsulise your situation; you were found in a cryogenic tube in the Orion Nebula, and as Commander Data already mentioned, youâve been asleep for quite some time.â
  The servomechanisms in Dataâs neck canting his head mechanically to the right while his yellow eyes analysed the 23rd century Engineerâs facial expression with great inquisitiveness. How would he respond to this announcement?