The two decided to walk to the nearby Starfleet outpost, where they were first met by a short alien assistant, who introduced them to Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (Simon Pegg), a transporter expert who would soon ""discover"" the equation for trans-warp beaming (through Spock""s help).Trouble briefly arose when Joe was arrested by the FBI after being falsely reported to be a foreign agent (a Japanese spy) by a misinformed, gullible neighborhood boy.Rita Hayworth""s life was forever affected by her role, as she once reportedly said:"Every man I knew had fallen in love with Gilda and wakened with me.Brightly lit and animated, Alicia acts romantically footloose and flirts with him: "You know something? I like you.