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[Star Trek] What did Scotty get for the transparent aluminum formula?

It would have been really suspicious to give something so valuable to Plexicorp for only enough plexiglass to make a tank.  Did Scotty and Mc Coy get something else in the trade or did Plexicorp get the deal of a lifetime?
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Scotty and McCoy didn't care about anything but the mission. They needed the sheets to bring back a whale in order to save Earth. Nothing else mattered.

Plexicorp would have gotten a good deal if the higher ups had been there. The reality is that Plexicorp didn't buy the formula. Dr. Nichols did. He later patented the formula and was able to buy the company.

Before you vilify him, you should know that history shows that Dr. Nichols had always invented transparent aluminum. This leads me to believe that he was already working on something similar. After all, he was able to quickly understand the formula and create it for Scotty.