Star Trek Lower Decks
Warning : SPOILERS For Star Trek : Lower Decks ' Season 5 Finale - " The New Next Generation"Star Trek : Lower Decks ' thrilling and resonant finale close this chapter of the USS Cerritos ' low-down Dekker ' Starfleet careers , but not before the California Class starship savesStar Trek ’s Prime timeline . Written by serial creator and showrunner Mike McMahan , Star Trek : Lower Decksseason 5 , episode 10 , " The New Next Generation " picks up from the cliffhanger ofStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 5 , episode 9 , " Fissure Quest . "
Lieutenant Harry Kim(Garrett Wang ) piloting theQuantum world - jump starship Beagleinto a dimensional rift not only defeat Kim , but it released soliton tachyon burst that could destroy the entireStar Trekmultiverse . Captain William Boimler ( Jack Quaid ) send out the solitary wave beam into the Prime Universe with education to his Prime Universe counterpart , Lt . Brad Boimler , have it off the USS Cerritos could detect a agency to end it . With the USS Enterprise - tocopherol unable to arrive in fourth dimension , and give the connective between the Boimlers , it was up to the USS Cerritos to close down the precarious rift .
The Cerritos ' commission was complicated by Klingons head by Relga ( Roxana Ortega ) , who want to drink down Ma’ah ( Jon Curry ) and his brother Malor ( Sam Witwer ) . ally ofLt . Beckett Mariner ( Tawny Newsome ) , the Klingon crony were grant asylum by Starfleet aboard the Cerritos . Captain Carol Freeman ( Dawnn Lewis ) lead the Cerritos into the Schrödinger opening field surrounding the rift as the Klingons chased and attacked them .
The USS Cerritos Saves Star Trek’s Multiverse
The Cerritos Crew Did It By Working Together
The USS Cerritos and Relga ’s Klingon Bird - of - Prey had change buckler that protect the crew from the transmuting effects of the Schrödinger field , but the balance of Relga ’s armada was n’t so lucky . The Schrödinger force field warp the exterior of the Cerritos , transforming it into alternate Starfleet classes found inStar Trek ’s multiverse , like aMirror Universe Terran EmpireCalifornia Class , Sovereign Class , and Galaxy Class . Relga ’s ship was demolish when she and her crew were turned into unmindful proto - Klingons .
Meet the Lower Deckers and bridge bunch of the USS Cerritos as Star Trek : Lower deck distort into its fifth and final time of year on Paramount+ .
forge together , the USS Cerritos ' crew figured out a direction to stop the Schrödinger field . eschew his implant and confide his love for the California Class USS Cerritos , Lt . Sam Rutherford change the ship ’s deflector array . When the Schrödinger Field split the Cerritos in two , co - Chief Science Officers Lt . D’Vana Tendi ( Noel Wells ) and Lt . T’Lyn ( Gabrielle Ruiz ) recombined their spaceship . When the Cerritos was unable to end the rift , Malor ’s Klingon husbandry simile gave Mariner the idea of how to castrate the Cerritos ' subspace gluonic beam to stop the Schrödinger Field .
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This win was the biggest success of Captain Carol Freeman ’s tenure as commander of the Cerritos .
Not only did the USS Cerritos crew"save the universe,“but they also manage tostabilize the quantum world rift , turn it into a safe gateway into other timeline and substitute realities . This win was the biggest achiever of Captain Carol Freeman ’s incumbency as commandant of the Cerritos , and it go on because her gang worked as one to remove the crisis .
Starbase 80 Guards A New Multiverse Wormhole
Star Trek: Lower Decks Gets Their Own Deep Space Nine Mission
Star Trek : low Decks’finale set upa steel - new delegation for Starfleet resonant of the original delegacy ofStar Trek : Deep Space Nine . Starfleet take ascendancy of the multiversal portal and assigned a permanent mission to defend the wormhole and explore the multiverse . Starbase 80 , which has systems old enough not to be affected by the portal ’s tachyon discharge , is now permanently docked at the hepatic portal vein . WhileCommander Kassia Nox(Nicole Byer ) runs Starbase 80 , Captain Carol Freeman was assigned as the drawing card of the multiverse ’s exploratory mission , with her hubby , Admiral Alonzo Freeman ( Phil LaMarr ) , overseeing it for Starfleet .
Starbase 80 Multiverse Portal Mission Crew
Position
Admiral Alonzo Freeman
Admiral , Starfleet Oversight
Captain Carol Freeman
Captain , Multiverse Mission Commander
Captain William Boimler
police captain of Starship Anaximander
Captain Lily Sloane
Former Captain Of Starship Beagle
Commander Kassia Nox
Starbase 80 Station Commander
T’Pol
First Officer , Anaximander
Dr. Julian Bashir
Chief Medical Officer , Anaximander
Dr. Elim Garak
Ensign Harry Kims
Anaximander Crew
Section 31 ’s Defiant Class starship Anaximander was reassign as Starfleet ’s multiverse geographic expedition vas . Under the command of Captain William Boimler , the Anaximander ’s bunch ofStar Treklegacy character , including T’Pol ( Jolene ) , Dr. Julian Bashir ( Alexander Siddig ) , Dr. Elim Garak ( Andrew Robinson ) , Captain Lily Sloane ( Alfre Woodard ) , and multiple Ensign Harry Kims will permanently chart the Multiverse . With " The New Next Generation,“Star Trek : Lower Decksinherits the mantles of bothStar Trek : The Next GenerationandStar Trek : Deep Space Nine .
Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Has 2 New Captains
Captain Ransom & Captain Ma’ah Take The Center Seats
Captain Carol Freeman ’s reassignment to Starbase 80 means her First Officer , Commander Jack Ransom ( Jerry O’Connell ) , rises up to become the fresh Captain of the USS Cerritos . ab initio portrayed as unlikable , Ransom ’s virtues and accomplishment as First Officer became more apparent , especially inStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 5 . Ransom ’s promotion to Captain is essentiallyStar Trek : Lower Deckstelling the story thatStar Trek : The Next Generationnever did with Jack ’s inspiration , Commander Will Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ) , who never became Captain of the enterprisingness .
Becoming Captain Ransom also means Jerry O’Connell’sStar Trek : Lower DecksFirst Officer got promoted before his married woman , Rebecca Romijn , who encounter the USS Enterprise ’s First Officer , Lt . Commander Una Chin - Riley AKA Number One onStar Trek : Strange New Worlds .
Regla ’s dishonest actions prompt the Klingon High Council topromote Ma’ah to Captain of Relga ’s armada , with Malor as his First Officer . Ma’ah was introduced as a low-pitched Thomas Decker inStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 2 who was a dupe of Klingon politics . Ma’ah befriend Mariner inStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 4 , but he was relegated to being a farmer on the Klingon homeworld , Q’onoS. Ma’ah get over his enemies reinforce him with the captainship he merit , and it gives Starfleet and the USS Cerritos a raw ally in the Klingon Empire .
The USS Cerritos’ Lower Deckers Get Promoted
The Cerritos' Lieutenants Move On Up
Star Trek : Lower deck ' title remains relevant even as the USS Cerritos ' next-to-last grade Lieutenants rise up to new assignments on the bridge work party . Against their will , Captain Ransom adjudicate to make Lieutenants Brad Boimler and Beckett Mariner his provisional co - First Officers . Ransom is pitting the best protagonist against each other for his own amusement and for their career advancement , to see if either Beckett or Bradward distinguishes themselves for the job of Cerritos Number One . As Ransom noted , Boimler and Mariner may be lower Thomas Decker , but they ’re not also"in kick of the depleted Thomas Decker . "
USS Cerritos Crew
Captain Jack Ransom
Captain of USS Cerritos
Lt . Beckett Mariner
Provisional Co - First Officer
Lt . Bradward Boimler
Lt . T’Lyn
Co - Chief Science Officer
Lt . D’Vana Tendi
Lt . Commander Andy Billups
Chief Engineer
Dr. T’Ana
Chief Medical Officer
Lt . Shax
Chief of surety
Lt . Samanthan Rutherford
Engineer
Dr. Migleemo
Ship ’s Counselor
Lt . Kayshon
Security Officer
After competing amongst themselves sinceStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 5 , sequence 7 , " Filly Dilated , " Lieutenants Tendi and T’Lyn are now merrily in sync as Co - Chief Science Officers . Lieutenant Rutherford also actualise he still loves the USS Cerritos and no longer ask his implant to be the good young engineer in Starfleet . Rutherford also get a line the dopamine from his implant suppressed his quixotic smell toward Tendi . The residue of the USS Cerritos ' senior faculty stays in place after Captain Freeman ’s departure , andCaptain Ransom ’s spaceship extend its foreign mission to execute Second Contacts and serve as the Enterprise of the California Class .
The USS Enterprise - E , the USS Titan , and other starships get together the Cerritos at Starbase 80 , but , unfortunately , their crew were n’t seen inStar Trek : Lower Decks ' finale .
Lt . Beckett Mariner ’s climactic speech at the last ofStar Trek : Lower Decks ' finale add up up the dead on target purpose and missionary work of the USS Cerritos . The California Class spaceship is filled with great Starfleet Officers who would be misfits aboard other ship , but they have a nursing home and a room to establish themselves on the Cerritos . Lower Deckers also have the chance to glint on the Cerritos , asStar Trek : Lower Deckscements itself as the true successor toStar Trek : The Next Generation .
Will Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 6 Happen?
The USS Cerritos Will Hopefully Return Some Day
Sadly , Star Trek : Lower Decksseason 5 ’s finale marks the oddment of Mike McMahan ’s dear animated clowning on Paramount+.There are no plan forStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 6 on Paramount+.Nor is there any movement known towardsStar Trek : Lower Decksbeing picked up by another streaming service , the wayNetflix importedStar Trek : Prodigy . For now , Star Trek : Lower Decksis over , and so is the modern renaissance of animatedStar Trek . However , the USS Cerritos may give back .
Tawny Newsome is germinate a live - actionStar Trekcomedy solidification in the early 25th century that could potentially admit herStar Trek : Lower Deckscast mates come along if the show is greenlit by Paramount+ . Newsome is also a author onStar Trek : Starfleet Academy .
Star Trekfans can serve potentially resurrectStar Trek : Lower Decksbyrepeat satiate the 50 episodes on Paramount+ and inviting others to watch the serial . Demonstrably gamy streaming numbers will makeStar Trek : Lower Decksmore attractive to other cyclosis Robert William Service and , possibly , to Paramount+ for a phase II .
Mike McMahan has plenty of ideas about what could occur next to the USS Cerritos , and he has also mused about doingStar Trek : Lower Decksin alive - action . Star Trek : Lower Deckshas proven itself to be interminably innovative and essentialStar Trek , and hopefully , it ’s only a issue of meter until the USS Cerritos warps back onto our screens .
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