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Mariner entered Starfleet Academy in 2367 . She idolized Sito Jaxa for not letting her mistakes as a cadet define her and succeeding in spite of having to repeat a year, and was devastated to hear that Sito was presumed killed in action. Compounded with the horrors she experienced during the Dominion Wars, this fostered her self-destructive habit of rebelling against any promotion with insubordination, never wanting to be put in a position of authority where she'd have to decide on sending Starfleet members to their deaths. ( LDs episode : " The Inner Fight ")

By the year 2380 , Mariner had served on five Federation starships or starbases , including Deep Space 9 and the USS Quito and USS Cerritos , under command of Mariner's mother, Captain Carol Freeman .

During a viral outbreak stardate 57436.2, Mariner worked with the senior staff to secure the Cerritos . Later, she befriended the newly arrived Ensign D'Vana Tendi , and declared herself mentor of the command-track Ensign Brad Boimler . ( LDs episode : " Second Contact ")

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In 2411 , Mariner and three other Cerritos crewmen were available as duty officers to Khitomer Alliance starships.. ( STO - Season 20: House Divided mission : " Free Lower Decks Duty Officers! ")

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Beckett Mariner

Beckett Mariner is the main protagonist of the Paramount+ animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks and a guest character in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds .

She was a female Human Starfleet officer who lived during the late 24th century. Both of her parents served in positions of command in Starfleet: her mother Captain Carol Freeman, attempted to keep a close eye on her activities aboard the USS Cerritos , while her father, Alonzo Freeman, was a Starfleet admiral.

An Ensign and later Junior Lieutenant, Mariner is known to be a real hothead who acts more on instinct than respect for Starfleet rules, despite having great potential as a Starfleet officer buried within her. She would eventually recognize that all her years of bad behavior and consistent insubordination came from a deep insecurity brought on by the loss of a dear friend and the realization that Starfleet is not what she thought it was.

She is voiced by Tawny Newsome .

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Beckett Mariner attended the Starfleet Academy in her youth and knew a little about Nova Squadron while being a good friend of the Bajoran Sito Jaxa whom she idolized to the point of trying to follow in her footsteps after Sito graduated before her. Around the time Mariner finally graduated, she learned of Sito's death during an undercover mission and subsequently, the Dominion War had broken out. Both events would leave Mariner no longer seeing Starfleet the way she once believed.

Mariner prided her ability to think for herself in critical situations, as she had served aboard five different Starfleet vessels, including the USS Quito , and had "seen stuff". There was a time when she was interested in advancing in rank, though her views regarding promotion and the importance of the senior staff had become somewhat jaded by 2380. (LD: "Second Contact", "Cupid's Errant Arrow")

On one harrowing occasion, she was trapped in a sentient cave for weeks, describing it as "a dark place that knows things." She also noted that she had almost been decapitated by a singing crystal, and held in a Klingon prison where she had to fight a yeti for her shoes merely because the yeti wanted to be antagonistic. (LD: "Envoys")

She kept additional battle scars from a fight with a tentacled man that stabbed her with a barnacle blade in the chest, a fight on Magus III that left a scar on her right shoulder, a scar on her left bicep from Nanibia Prime, and a scar on her hip from a fight in Scottsdale. (LD: "Temporal Edict")

At some point, she befriended and blood bonded with General K'orin. The two had worked together on Jaxxa Prime, Vulcan, and Earth. Years later, she recalled that she and K'orin had done some " off-the-books grey-ops stuff back in the day. " (LD: "Envoys")

In 2381, Mariner overhears a conversation implying that her mother will have a promotion that will result in her transferring from Cerritos, something that Mariner takes both badly and as a betrayal since she thought their mother-daughter relationship was improving. While Mariner would come to seriously argue with his mother over this while the crew of the Cerritos tried to save the damaged USS Archimedes from crashing on Lapeeria, his friends convinced him to reconcile with Freeman shortly before that Archimedes is finally saved. Unfortunately Freeman was arrested by Starfleet Security on charges of blowing up the Pakled Planet, much to Mariner's dismay.

On temporary leave during Freeman's trial, a Mariner who doesn't trust the Starfleet system to do what's right recruits her friends in a rogue attempt to exonerate her mother by stealing the Cerritos, only for it to end in fiasco following Freeman being cleared of all charges. Tired of her daughter's rebellious behavior once too often, Freeman places her under the supervision of Commander Jack Ransom. During the weeks following the Cerritos' return to service, Mariner endured Ransom's sometimes excessive authority while trying to build a romantic relationship with her former rival, Jennifer Sh'reyan.

On the planet Krulmuth-B, Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford and Tendi investigated a mysterious portal discovered by Christopher Pike in 2259 and Boimler found himself sucked into it. Mariner jumps without hesitation in turn and collides with a Boimler who was going to make the opposite journey. Recovering herself, she realizes from the presence of Pike, Spock and La'an that she had just traveled in time but her arrival exhausted the energy of the portal, blocking Mariner and Boimler in 2259. Taking advantage of the situation, Mariner meets Nyota Uhura for whom she has deep admiration. Much like Boimler previously, she makes Una Chin-Riley uncomfortable about her future image but later makes up for it by revealing that Una is the face of Starfleet recruiting in their time. Eventually with the help of the Enterprise crew and the Orions, Mariner and Boimler are able to use the time portal to return to the 24th century.

During a visit from journalist Victoria Nuzé of Federation News Network, Mariner secretly participates in an interview, confessing many good things about the crew and life aboard the Cerritos despite the recent negative setbacks she has experienced. Unfortunately, the bad reputation that Nuzé gave the Cerritos following all the glimpses led the majority of the crew to blame Mariner for this while ultimately being kicked off the ship by Freeman at Starbase 80 while also being disowned by her own mother and Jennifer rejecting her. Freeman would later discover to her horror that Mariner had said nothing wrong and that it was all the fault of the interviewing officers who stupidly and without realizing it blurted out every single thing about the Cerritos. Wanting to right her terrible mistake, Freeman contacts Starbase 80, only to learn that Mariner has resigned from Starfleet.

Mariner joins Petra Aberdeen in the Independent Archaeologists Guild, living a life of adventure and research for ancient artifacts, yet missing a bit of her former life in Starfleet. Upon learning that the fleet's Texas-class ships had gone rogue due to their faulty AI and were beginning to attack the Cerritos, Mariner came to the aid of his former crew with the help of other California ships and finally destroyed the Texas vessels. Afterwards, Mariner is welcomed with open arms aboard the Cerritos, reconciling with her mother and reconnecting with her three best friends who never let her down.

Some time later, Mariner, Boimler and Rutherford helped bring the USS Voyager to Earth to become a museum, but the situation escalated when a dormant Tak Takian parasite awoke after having been on the ship for years. years and it's multiplied. Things got worse with the arrival of the holograms The Clown and Doctor Chaotica who quickly took possession of the ship and Mariner found herself trapped in the viscous substance of the Tak Takian. A successfully hiding Boimler attempts to free Mariner but to no avail, so Mariner encourages Boimler to save the day on his own despite his doubts about his judgment since she was fired from the Cerritos and he did nothing to help her. Eventually, Boimler and Rutherford neutralized the holograms by screwing up Voyager's systems with cheese. At the end of the day, Boimler is promoted to Lieutenant Junior and against all odds, Mariner is also promoted to the same rank. Dismayed, she goes to see Ransom to refuse her promotion but Ransom reveals that he knows that she helped Boimler regain confidence in himself and that that's why she was promoted, especially since he didn't doesn't trust the judgment of the former "small-minded" commanders that Mariner had in her career.

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Mariner is a confident, outspoken, rebellious, reckless, arrogant and energetic woman. She doesn't like following the rules, judging them as bad and preferring to act according to her common sense, which most often gets her into big trouble. She sometimes exhibits obnoxious behavior, saying bad words when she is frustrated and most often gets angry when someone disagrees with her. Despite her negative traits, Mariner is capable of realizing her own mistakes and then trying to repair them, as when she crumbled her friendly relationship with Tendi by dint of making cliché remarks about the Orion species and apologizing for it.

Deep down, Mariner suffers from a deep insecurity born from the loss of Sito Jaxa and the sudden Dominion War that made her see a bad side of being a Starfleet Captain, equating it with sending people towards death. She then forced herself to remain an Ensign in order to simply explore and solve mysteries as she believed Starfleet was meant to be.

Mariner was highly proficient at hand-to-hand combat, and was a master of anbo-jyutsu. She was well-practiced at martial arts because it could be done alone and she often lacked friends at her postings. Her physical condition is optimal, allowing him to easily perforate Commander Ransom's teeth and hurt his face without much effort as well as being able to fight on equal terms against a Klingon, such as Ma'ah for example, despite their difference in strength.

• In developing the characters for Lower Decks , Mike McMahan described all four leads in an 10 August 2020 TrekMovie.com interview as a combination of other Star Trek characters, parts of himself, and people in his life.
• Tawny Newsome also portrayed Beckett Mariner in live-action in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds .
• Beckett does not have the same last name as her parents.

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Beckett Mariner served aboard the U.S.S. Quito as a Lieutenant, junior grade during a First Contact mission with the Galardonians in 2379 . Shortly afterward, she was demoted to ensign and reassigned to the U.S.S. Cerritos NCC-75567 . During the course of her career, she served aboard five ships, including the Quito and the Cerritos. At one point, she was trapped "for weeks" in a sentient cave; she almost had her head taken off by a singing crystal; and she spent some time in a Klingon prison, where she had to fight a "yeti" for her shoes. By Stardate 57436.2 , she had been aboard the Cerritos for a year, and had served alongside Ensign Brad Boimler . Unknown to the rest of the crew, Mariner's parents were Cerritos Captain Carol Freeman and a Starfleet admiral. [1]

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• ↑ McMahan, Mike et al (Executive Producers). "Second Contact" . Star Trek: Lower Decks , season 1, episode 1 (Production number 01). Directed by Barry J. Kelly . Written by Mike McMahan . Based upon Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry . Created by Mike McMahan . CBS Entertainment . 6 August 2020 .
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Star Trek: Lower Decks | Who is Beckett Mariner?

Everything you need to know about the Ensign aboard the U.S.S. Cerritos!

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Beckett Mariner

As we head into the Season 3 premiere of Star Trek: Lower Decks on August 25, we’ll be looking at those serving aboard the U.S.S. Cerritos , a California-class starship.

The Lower Deck of the Cerritos is comprised of the “cool, scrappy underdogs of the ship” — Ensigns Beckett Mariner, Bradward Boimler, D’Vana Tendi, and Samanthan Rutherford. Through their adventures, we get a look at a side of Starfleet we’ve rarely seen before.

Kicking things off is Ensign Beckett Mariner (voiced by Tawny Newsome)!

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Much to Mariner’s chagrin, she’s the daughter of two prominent Starfleet officials. Her mother Carol Freeman captains the Cerritos while her father is an Admiral.

Mariner has no interest in following in her parents’ footsteps stuck in the shadows of their legacies, determined to pave her own way. The entire crew would have been none the wiser except Boimler left his communicator on revealing her secretive parentage to the bridge crew.

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According to Captain Amilia Ramsey, her best friend at the Academy, Mariner was the best in her class; they all expected her to make captain first.

However, Mariner has made it absolutely clear she wants to “fly under the radar” because “senior officers are overrated” since they’re always “stressed out and yelling about directives.” After all, “it’s better down here where the real action is.”

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You know what? I do get off on breaking protocol. I'm good at exploring strange new worlds, solving space mysteries, and kicking asses. Protocol is for people who need to be told what to do, which I don't.

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All this to say, don’t underestimate Mariner. Her investigative and combat skills, cleverness, and loyalty are top-notched. She’s served on five different starships, including the Quito while it made first contact with the Galadorans, as well as the starbase Deep Space 9 .

As discovered in “No Small Parts,” following the Titan ’s rescue of the Cerritos from a fleet of Pakleds, Captain William T. Riker was Mariner’s cha’DIch (AKA mentor).

With more experience than her rank signals, Mariner has done plenty of “some off-the-books gray ops stuff back in the day,” proudly brandishing her scars as trophies.

She has absolutely no interest in climbing the ranks like her friend Boimler.

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I didn't want anyone to know the most demerited officer in the fleet was my daughter.

Captain Carol Freeman

Mariner LOVES the Brig

Much to Capt. Freeman’s dismay, Mariner’s insubordinations include beaming down to planets without authorization, contraband, off-the-books side missions — that’s only counting all the things she’s aware of.

Following Boimler’s transfer to the Titan , Mariner loses her mind as she works more closely with the captain. Not jeopardizing Freeman’s command and utilizing Mariner’s love and ability to sidestep protocol, the mom and daughter duo find a solution to their working styles and develop a mutual understanding of one another. Mariner goes as far to even state Freeman her “best friend” since the role was vacated by Boimler.

In her Holo-therapy session in “Crisis Point,” she realizes that she would have been done with Starfleet if Freeman kicked her off the Cerritos , endearing her to her mom’s “overbearing, mom ways.”

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Look at us! Lower decks, breaching protocol together. Friendship!

Character-Building Chaos with Friends

The rebellious and intelligent Mariner often uses her quick wit and sarcasm to shield her feelings. Following Boimler’s transfer and his slight by leaving in the middle of a shift without a goodbye to her following the Season 1 finale, she reveals to Tendi, “Every time I open up, people get promoted and take off. It's better to just keep it surface level and never have friends instead of always losing them.”

She takes great pride in inspiring her fellow Lower Decks, especially Boimler, with her “character-building chaos” teachings. Make no mistake, despite her disdain with protocol, she doesn’t hate the ship or the crew. After all, she gets to “work with [her] best friends.”

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Beckett Mariner was a Human Starfleet officer aboard the USS Cerritos . Both of her parents served in positions of command in Starfleet: her father was a Starfleet Admiral, and ordered that she be assigned to the USS Cerritos so that her mother, Captain Carol Freeman , could monitor her career more closely.

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Star Trek Lower Decks is one of the best animated series, and the best modern series in the franchise. Here's our complete guide to Ensign Beckett Mariner.

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Published: Jul 31, 2023

Here’s everything you need to know about Star Trek’s Ensign Beckett Mariner from Lower Decks. We all love crossovers, and thanks to Strange New Worlds, we all just got a pretty big one.

Recently, Star Trek Strange New Worlds just fans the much anticipated crossover with Lower Decks which saw Star Trek characters from the animated series come aboard the USS Enterprise for a brilliant time travel adventure. This means two distinct parts of the Star Trek timeline just collided, and we loved it.

From the USS Cerritos , Ensign Boimler and Ensign Beckett Mariner were sent back in time and caused mayhem along the way. The pair are best frenemies, with Boimler loving rules and Mariner embracing chaos. Ahead of the Star Trek Lower Decks season 4 release date , and in the aftermath of the crossover, here’s everything you need to know about Star Trek’s Ensign Mariner .

Who is Ensign Beckett Mariner?

Ensign Mariner is a Starfleet officer who serves aboard the USS Cerritos in the late 24th century under the command of her mother Captain Carol Freeman. While extremely intelligent and capable, Ensign Mariner’s career progression through the ranks of Starfleet has been impeded by her insubordination, stubbornness, arrogance, and her unwillingness to take on extra responsibilities.

In fact, Mariner’s freewheeling spirit has brought her to the brink of court martial on more than one occasion, despite the fact that both her mother and father hold senior positions within Starfleet. This has meant that Mariner has a complicated relationship with her parents, as well as the rest of her crew.

Despite being a natural leader, Mariner rejected her status as a role model and would often attempt to pick fights with other members of the crew, namely her nemesis Jennifer. However, this relationship soon developed from one of competitiveness to one of romance as the two began dating.

Mariner resigned her commission from Starfleet, before quickly changing her mind, after being assigned to Starbase 80 as a punishment.

Ensign Mariner’s backstory explained

Beckett Mariner’s childhood was disrupted by her parents’ positions in Starfleet, though she lived for a period of time on Starbase 25. Mariner joined Starfleet Academy when eligible, and was able to cruise through her courses at the top of her class. Her classmates predicted that she would be the first of them to become a Starfleet captain.

Prior to serving aboard the USS Cerritos Ensign Mariner was assigned to an unusually high number of postings because she struggled to settle. In addition to a stint on Deep Space Nine, Mariner was also assigned to the USS Quito, USS Atlantis, and more starships. Though this didn’t help her career, it did mean that she gained lots of experience while meeting lots of new people and gaining a reputation across the galaxy and Starfleet for better and worse.

That’s everything you need to know on Ensign Beckett Mariner. For more on Strange New Worlds’ characters, take a look at our guides to  Sam Kirk ,  Pelia  and  Amanda Grayson . Or, read our  Star Trek Strange New Worlds season 2 review  as well as  our interview with Anson Mount and Rebecca Romijn .

You can also see our ranking of the  Star Trek captains  and  Star Trek movies  and keep up with the status of the  Star Trek 4 release date  before seeing what’s  new on Paramount Plus  this month, and checking out our picks for the  best TV series  of all time.

James Osborne After graduating from the University of York with a degree in archaeology (inspired by Captain Picard), James worked with the news team at Screen Rant while contributing features to Vulture, The AV Club, Digital Spy, FANDOM, and the official Star Trek website. Now, he writes about all things sci-fi and fantasy at The Digital Fix with an 'Enterprise-D ambiance' playlist on loop. He's a seasoned expert on all things Star Trek , Lord of the Rings , Star Wars , and Yellowstone , and is more than willing to share his hot takes on TNG which he believes is the greatest series ever made.

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• Tawny Newsome has become a fan favorite due to her portrayal of a scrappy underdog devoted to bettering the universe.
• Newsome is a multi-talented individual, excelling as an actor, musician, comedian, and presenter. She has added writing to her repertoire and is a valuable addition to the Star Trek: Starfleet Academy series.
• With her impressive knowledge of Star Trek, Newsome's involvement in Star Trek projects brings talent and flair to the franchise.

Tawny Newsome is a fast-growing name in Star Trek . Initially joining the franchise as a voice actor for Star Trek: Lower Decks as the USS Cerritos' warm-hearted, irreverent, and chaotically capable Lieutenant Beckett Mariner, formerly an Ensign, the actor-musician-comedian has also crossed into the realm of live-action Star Trek in a crossover with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds . Newsome has since added a role to her portfolio as a writer for Paramount+'s upcoming Star Trek: Starfleet Academy series.

Star Trek: Lower Decks ' Mariner, a messy frenzy of energy, loyalty, and emotion, is the scrappy underdog who fights the evil and mundane and quietly wants to spend time with the people she cares about as she devotes herself to bettering the universe. Along with her follow Lower Deckers, Mariner quickly established herself as a fan favorite. As a co-host on The Pod Directive , Star Trek's o fficial podcast, alongside comedian and fellow Star Trek: Lower Decks voice actor Paul F. Tompkins, Newsome is a knowledgeable, considered, innovative, and approachable resource for all things Star Trek, regularly delivering witty and high-level investigatory, thematic discussion. Newsome creates consistently interesting, accessible, and layered characters, injecting passion, energy, and enthusiasm into her varied and creative roles.

Star Trek: Lower Decks features an incredibly talented and prolific voice cast of actors. Here's who's who aboard the USS Cerritos.

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Mariner serves on the USS Cerritos under the command of Captain Carol Freeman (Dawnn Lewis), her mother. Dedicating herself to Starfleet’s mission of peace, aid, and exploration, impressively embodying its ideals, Mariner graduated top of her class at Starfleet Academy. Beckett later served on several space stations, including Deep Space Nine . Fiery and rebellious, with her parental connections to roles of authority, Mariner’s dedicated to not being promoted herself. She’s vulnerable, and disillusioned, but comfortable with the status quo and tending the Cerritos’ lower decks with her friends. Though later deciding to advance her rank, Mariner is promoted to Lieutenant against her will in Star Trek: Lower Deck’s season 4. She’s steadfastly loyal, fast-talking, kind-hearted, and still learning despite a wealth of experience.

Tawny Newsome has crafted a space as an actor, musician, comedian, and presenter, recently adding writer to her list of talents. Alongside her role as Mariner in the animated Star Trek: Lower Decks , Newsome is known for roles on Pluto’s Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ , Netflix’s Space Force , and IFC’s Brockmire . She co-hosts Star Trek: The Pod Directive , Star Trek o fficial podcast, and sings with Four Lost Souls, who released their self-titled Americana debut album in 2017. In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' crossover with Lower Decks , Newsome played the live-action version of Mariner after she and Ensign Brad Boimer (Jack Quaid) time-traveled to the 23rd century and visited Captain Christopher Pike’s (Anson Mount) USS Enterprise.

Tawny Newsome Is Also A Writer On Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

In March, Tawny Newsome confirmed in a Twitter post that she joined the writers' room for Paramount+'s Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. With filming planned for 2024, Starfleet Academy is a YA-focused series about cadets hoping to become Starfleet Officers. Starfleet Academy co-showrunner Alex Kurtzman called Newsome "a genius" and both he and Star Trek: Lower Decks creator Mike McMahan are avid fans of Tawny's work.

Tawny Newsome grew up a Star Trek fan, especially of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and she has become an indelible force within the franchise, widely liked and respected by her fellow Star Trek actors and series producers. Tawny lends her talent and flair to Star Trek: Starfleet Academy , and no doubt, her influence will add copious jolts of humor just as she makes Lt. Beckett Mariner a funny and endearing main character of Star Trek: Lower Decks.

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Why T'Lyn Is Star Trek: Lower Decks' Most Important Addition To Season 4

The second-season "Star Trek: Lower Decks" episode "wej Duj" (October 7, 2021) had a high concept. Rather than merely follow the usual lower-ranking officers on board the U.S.S. Cerritos, it split its time three ways, looking at ensigns on the Cerritos, on the Klingon ship the IKS Che'Ta', and on the Vulcan ship, the Sh'val. The Vulcan ensign (or the Vulcan military's equivalent) was T'Lyn (Gabrielle Ruiz), an officer considered by her superiors to be feisty and emotional. The joke of "wej Duj," of course, is that T'Lyn is just as stone-faced and stoic as her Vulcan counterparts, she merely reacts to crises using instinct sometimes, rather than logic all of the time. 

Fast-forward to the current fourth season of "Lower Decks," and T'Lyn is now serving on board the Cerritos as a provisional officer. She now spends most of her time with Lieutenants Mariner (Tawny Newsome), Boimler (Jack Quaid), Rutherford (Eugene Cordero), and Tendi (Noël Wells). Fans of "Lower Decks" know that the four core characters are raucous, crass, emotional, and given to fits of illogic. T'Lyn doesn't appear to be happy. Well, she's a Vulcan, so maybe "happy" isn't the right word. But she's certainly not content and often uncomfortable. Indeed, in the most recent episode of "Lower Decks," called "Empathological Fallacies," T'Lyn reveals to Mariner that she was assigned to the Cerritos as punishment for her actions in "wej Duj." Regardless, Mariner, Tendi, Rutherford, and Boimler have all accepted T'Lyn as a new friend that they josh with and care about. 

Ultimately, "Lower Decks" is about workplace friendships, and T'Lyn has proven to be a valuable addition to the show, balancing the characters' usual rowdiness. In a recent interview with the website TrekMovie , supervising director Barry Kelly got specific about T'Lyn's additions to the show.

What T'Lyn adds

In terms of mere comedic function, Kelly noted, T'Lyn is a perfect addition to a series like "Lower Decks." Each one of the main characters is broad or over-the-top in some way. Mariner is a party kid, Boimler is an ambitious wannabe, Rutherford is a gleeful honor student, and Tendi is a wide-eyed, kitten-loving innocent. The dynamic between the four of them is well-established, but they do lack something vital: a straight man. And who better to be a straight man than a Vulcan? Kelly said: 

"Once we started doing scenes with her amongst the lower decks crew I was like, 'Oh, this is why you have a Vulcan on board because it immediately makes everything like 10% funnier.' Having them crack jokes and then having this one person in the room not laughing, not reacting, it makes it so much funnier. She doesn't get it or she gets it and she doesn't think it's funny."

Indeed, when someone cracks wise in front of T'Lyn, her reaction is to analyze the joke and inevitably express distaste for their jocularity. Luckily, because the other characters are so good-natured, they take her annoyance in stride. As such, T'Lyn never comes across as a pill or a cynic. She's just the less jokey member of the gang. At the end of "Empathological Fallacies," Mariner joins T'Lyn at a table in the mess hall, sitting with a cocktail. She offers T'Lyn her favorite drink, a room-temperature glass of water. T'Lyn's taste may be comedically bland, but Mariner doesn't make light of it. There is, even in a small moment like that, an element of respect. 

Logic vs. camaraderie

Kelly noted that T'Lyn offers a miniature crash course in joke writing. It's one thing to write a joke, it's another to write a joke and then write various reactions to it. Not everyone has the same sense of humor, and T'Lyn has none whatsoever. In a jokey environment like the Cerritos, that's invaluable. Kelly said: 

"What I have learned from comedy writers and actors I've worked with is that you want to see everybody in a shot because when a joke lands you want to see how everybody reacts to it. And just adding that one element of a Vulcan just not laughing is so funny. She's a wonderful addition and adds that one little degree of texture that makes every joke funnier and makes every interaction a little better between the crew."

The hope is that T'Lyn will encourage her fellow cremates to be more emotionally strong, logical, and cool under pressure, while Mariner and Co. teach T'Lyn a little bit about the value of living passionately, operating by instinct, and weathering crises through warm camaraderie. 

And camaraderie may be the code word to understand all of "Lower Decks." This is a show about mutual respect achieved via one's tenacity in working a really crappy job. T'Lyn kind of hates being on the Cerritos and isn't amused by the constant incompetence and tomfoolery. But ... well, after a while she actually begins to come around. She finds that she has been accepted. Her mind opens a little. T'Lyn will never laugh or overeat or do anything illogical, but she understands.

And that's so "Star Trek." 

Crisis Point (episode)

• 1.2 Act One
• 1.3 Act Two
• 1.4 Act Three
• 2 Memorable quotes
• 3.1 Production history
• 3.2 Production
• 3.4 Continuity
• 4.1 Starring
• 4.2 Guest cast
• 4.3 Background characters
• 4.4.1 Meta references
• 4.5 External links

Summary [ ]

On the surface of a planet, a huge statue of a rat alien is toppled by a group of lizard aliens with the help of Ensign Beckett Mariner , who proudly exclaims that they will no longer be subject to "rat oppression". The leader, who is in shackles , protests, saying that the lizard aliens are not oppressed as Mariner claims, and that they're only raised for food. Mariner says that the lizard aliens should be free to do what they want and tells the rat alien leader that once Captain Carol Freeman arrives, she will only support what Mariner has done, despite her normally being disappointed in Mariner. Freeman beams down and tells Mariner to stand down. She says that due to the Prime Directive , Starfleet is forbidden to interfere in the politics of the planet, and that they are free to determine their future without their help. Mariner is angered by this and begins to criticize Freeman's decision. Freeman takes her aside and tells her that she should have brought the issue of the rats eating the lizards to her attention, rather than act on her own accord. Mariner gets even more frustrated with this response, and Freeman warns her that if she weren't her daughter, she would have been kicked off the USS Cerritos . Mariner just continues to argue that because she's her daughter, she treats her like a "bitch" all the time.

Fed up, Freeman tells her that when she gets back to the ship, she will be reporting for therapy . Mariner, who had assumed she'd be going to the brig , is shocked at the order, and angrily says she doesn't need it. Freeman disagrees, saying that Mariner is a loose cannon , and needs professional help. Mariner dreads visiting the ship's counselor , Dr. Migleemo , noting that he's not very good as a counselor and is prone to endless metaphors with food. Freeman ignores her protests and has Mariner beamed back to the Cerritos . As she's beamed away, Mariner angrily shouts out once more that she doesn't need therapy, and Freeman goes to negotiate with the rat alien. She asks if leaving them some food replicators will prevent them from relying on the lizard aliens as food, and the rat alien sarcastically asks if it can replicate nutrient pellets , to which Freeman answers in an annoyed tone that they can.

Act One [ ]

On the Cerritos , Mariner sits in Dr. Migleemo's office, visibly repressing her irritation with his food metaphors. Migleemo notes that Mariner's file is full of insubordination , and Mariner expresses frustration at being in counseling, preferring to be in the brig. Migleemo says that Freeman wants them to meet weekly, and that he hopes they can find a way to make her into the better officer that Freeman knows Mariner can be. Mariner once more protests that she'd rather be in the brig, and Migleemo says that Mariner needs an outlet for her rage and suggests attempting to make paella .

Boimler's holographic simulation of the Cerritos bridge and crew

On the holodeck , Ensigns D'Vana Tendi and Sam Rutherford are doing some target practice with a hologram of Leonardo da Vinci , while a disgruntled Mariner sits off to the side, when Ensign Brad Boimler walks in and asks if he can use the holodeck to help him prepare for an interview that he has with Freeman later to potentially be selected for a workshop in advanced diplomacy . He loads a program he made, which simulates the entire bridge crew to interview Freeman early so he doesn't make any mistakes for his actual interview. He notes that he loaded seven years' worth of the entire crew's personal logs to get the most accurate portrayal of the crew he could, despite those logs being private. All he has to do now is feed the program a scenario for them to react to. Realizing the portrayal of the crew is near perfect, Mariner gets an idea, and accesses the holodeck's program controls in the arch . Boimler begins to protest as Mariner puts in her own parameters for the program, making the entire program play out more like a movie than the tool that Boimler had initially hoped to use. Mariner plans to use this in regards to her own therapy.

The revised program begins to play out as Crisis Point: The Rise of Vindicta , and opening credits dazzle Rutherford and Tendi, who immediately get excited for Mariner's idea. Boimler once again protests that he doesn't want to do the movie, but is outvoted as Mariner, Tendi, and Rutherford walk off to get in costume.

The movie starts, and Boimler falls from a sky into Kabba Lake , where Freeman is hydroscooting with her senior staff . They enjoy their time together as Boimler approaches on his own hydroscoot, asking to borrow Freeman for his interview. He asks if she prefers her bridge officers arriving early or staying late, and Freeman says he's asking the wrong questions, to which he notes down on his PADD . At that moment, they get a transmission from Admiral Vassery , and Freeman notes that her vacation is over.

On Douglas Station , Vassery apologizes for bringing Freeman in on such short notice, but Freeman is undeterred and asks how they can help. Vassery briefs them on an odd message they picked up from the leaders of Idlocana VI in which they were thanked for a wonderful second contact with the crew of the USS San Clemente . What is strange about this, however, is that Starfleet does not have a ship registered with that name, noting that whoever made second contact with the planet wasn't with Starfleet. Boimler is intrigued with the mystery, though he notes that the USS Enterprise-E would actually be sent were it not for artistic license . Vassery orders Freeman and the Cerritos to get him some intel on this contact, then get out, and orders Freeman not to divert from the plan. Freeman notes that the recent upgrades to the Cerritos will make them more than up for the task.

The Cerritos in spacedock

Boimler pilots a shuttlecraft taking Freeman and the rest of the senior staff to the Cerritos and are all mesmerized by the beauty of the ship. Freeman notes that seeing the ship like this never fails to take her breath away, and Boimler compares her to a handsome lady, a comparison that Freeman agrees with. The sight even moves Chief Engineer Andy Billups to tears.

Freeman enters the bridge and takes her seat. Commander Jack Ransom notes that the Cerritos is ready for warp , and Freeman gives the order, starting their mission.

Act Two [ ]

" I am Vindicta: vengeance personified. "

The Cerritos arrives at Idlocana VI, and Boimler informs Freeman that the planet's selenium rings are disrupting the ship's sensors . Shaxs then detects a hostile ship decloaking and Freeman orders for the shields to be raised. At that time, a vessel which appears to be a an advanced Klingon Bird-of-Prey decloaks, and hails the Cerritos . On-screen, Mariner is seen in the attire of a space marauder . She introduces herself to the bridge crew as " Vindicta : vengeance personified", playing her role in an over-the-top maniacal persona. She also introduces her henchmen, played by Tendi and Rutherford: Tendi is playing herself as a stereotypical Orion warrior queen with a deep heritage of piracy , and Rutherford is playing a cyborg named Bionic 5 . What would have been Boimler's role is instead being played by someone named Shempo , who is little more than a submissive version of Boimler (as Boimler's program did not need himself to be portrayed).

Freeman asks why Vindicta is posing as Starfleet, and Mariner angrily replies that Freeman is nothing but a propped-up errand girl for Starfleet. Freeman attempts to negotiate, but as she does, Shempo brings Mariner some tea , only for Mariner to spit it out since he actually brought her coffee , and she vaporizes him, to the shock of the bridge crew. Freeman realizes that Vindicta is insane, and Vindicta begins to quote The Tempest , which confuses the bridge crew until they realize that they are actually watching a recorded message.

Tendi, Vindicta, and Bionic 5 board the Cerritos .

Mariner, Tendi, and Rutherford have actually boarded a small craft, which lands on the Cerritos ' hull and cuts through it to inject a turbolift car into the corridor below, coincidentally crushing Lieutenant Lemonts and Lieutenant Winger Bingston, Jr. After getting rid of her long cape (having gotten caught in the closing turbolift door), Mariner begins to kill every member she can see in an excited bloodlust. She demands for someone to bring her Freeman and vaporizes anyone who refuses. While she goes about this, Tendi and Rutherford take further fascination in the amount of detail that Boimler put into the crew of the Cerritos . Rutherford then realizes that Billups is likely in the program. Realizing that anything he says to Billups won't have any future consequences here, he eagerly runs off to go find him. Mariner tries to get Tendi to have a little fun in her role and to take some slaves , but Tendi appears uncomfortable with the stereotype . Before she can voice this protest, though, Mariner continues to vaporize multiple crew members.

Ransom appears to confront her. Mariner taunts him, and Ransom asks if she can live up to her talk, before he is shot by her phaser and mortally wounded. As he lays dying, Boimler asks Ransom what Freeman's favorite cookie is, hoping to earn favor with Freeman by baking her some. Ransom notes the approach as being smart, as the captain has a sweet tooth and having done so himself but warns Boimler that Freeman has an allergy . However, before he can say what ingredient Freeman is allergic to, Mariner vaporizes him to Boimler's dismay.

In engineering , Billups rallies his crew just as Rutherford enters the room. The crew fires at him and a phaser shot ruptures a hydron line, forcing the engineering crew to evacuate. Billups and Rutherford are trapped in the room and Rutherford approaches Billups, telling him that he's been meaning to say something for a long time. His threatening tone, however, is suddenly replaced by one of reverence, and he calls Billups the best engineer in Starfleet. As hydron levels reach critical, Billups and Rutherford begin to work together to bypass the indacontrols and suppress the satievents, in order to create a makeshift rudimentary plasma filter . Billups is surprised at Rutherford's expertise, and comments that for a space marauder, he's very good with a starship.

Shaxs prepares to defend the Cerritos .

Tendi and Mariner confront Shaxs in the mess hall , and Mariner uses a severed Borg drone 's head to create a force field , which blocks Shaxs's phaser fire. She then throws the head at Shaxs, and it explodes, killing Shaxs. Tendi is mortified by the scene, and as Mariner tries to give her Shaxs' earring , she begins to question Mariner's actions. Mariner once more says that Tendi's role is of a stereotypical Orion pirate, and Tendi angrily downplays the stereotype, saying that many Orions have moved away from piracy. Mariner sarcastically apologizes and invites her to go help torture the "cat doctor", which Tendi angrily says she won't do. Tendi believes that Mariner is enjoying this whole scenario way too much and that despite the holodeck being fantasy, this is not healthy for Mariner. She asks if they can stop, but Mariner refuses, saying it feels good, inviting Tendi to help her kill Freeman, and then grab some tacos afterwards. Tendi finally puts her foot down and summons the arch and saying that Mariner is not herself, walks out of the holodeck. Once the door closes, Mariner yells out in frustration and rage.

The Cerritos hurtles towards Idlocana VI.

Mariner enters the bridge and kills the remaining bridge crew, confronting Freeman. Freeman says that she won't take her ship, and Mariner simply says that she doesn't want the Cerritos , she just wants Freeman to stop treating her like the bad guy (despite the fact that she is playing the bad guy in the movie). Mariner asks why Freeman never sides with her, to which Freeman says that she doesn't even know 'Vindicta'. Freeman calls her crazy, only for Mariner to blow up her own ship in response. The explosion knocks the Cerritos out of orbit, and it plummets into the atmosphere of Idlocana VI, crashing into the surface of the planet. Both nacelles and the secondary hull are torn off as it skids through snow-covered mountains, while the saucer section is sent rolling on its edge until it gets jammed, bowside down, between two rocky protrusions.

Act Three [ ]

Recovering from the crash, Freeman wakes up lying face down on the viewscreen and orders a complete evacuation of any surviving crew on the Cerritos , saying that she will keep ship functions online for as long as possible. As she wishes the crew well, Mariner confronts her and taunts her for faking her loving captain role, to which Freeman angrily says she is not faking.

In engineering, Rutherford checks on Billups, and Billups expresses worry about the crew. Rutherford assures him that the rest of the crew survived, since before the ship crashed, Rutherford managed to initiate a rapidly repeating emergency transport sequence which beamed the entire crew from the ship. Billups is astonished by this, since it shouldn't be possible, but Rutherford simply says that since they're in a movie, anything is possible.

Vindicta vs. Mariner

Mariner and Freeman fight in the bridge wreckage, and while Freeman (still only seeing Mariner as her Vindicta role), tries to reason with her, Mariner begins to pour her frustration on Freeman for how she's treated her since she was a child. Noticing the rear starboard turbolift is open, Freeman begins to scale the bridge in an attempt to escape Mariner but finds herself stymied on top of the security console as she's unsure where 'Vindicta' will climb up. Having swung hand-over-hand using the command chairs now beneath the console, Mariner surprises her by coming up the other side and knocks her down. Mariner grabs a severed pipe nearby and prepares to stab Freeman, when Mariner's hologram enters from the starboard turbolift and saves Freeman, knocking away Mariner with a flying kick. While Mariner expresses frustration that Boimler used her personal logs as well, hologram Mariner beams Freeman away, and confronts Mariner. As they begin to fight, the hologram appears surprised that Mariner knows all her fighting techniques. Mariner begins to let even more frustration out as she says that she knows that the hologram used to dress up as Toby Targ every Halloween , and that she actually secretly loves the warp core . Mariner also accuses the hologram that she only breaks rules because she knows that is what the crew expects her to do, saying that if she really were a badass, that she'd do the hard thing and be a good officer, saying that she has only herself to blame for the crew seeing her as a villain. Grabbing her by the hair, she tosses her from the security console; the hologram strikes the back of the ops console chair before a bundle of cables breaks her fall, and she lands hard on her back on the viewscreen far below.

On the surface of Idlocana VI, the crew of the Cerritos is recovering from the crash, and Billups approaches Rutherford. He notes that despite being a psychotic space marauder, he's a friend in Billups' eyes. They embrace, and Rutherford confesses that Billups is the only one who can see past his mask, knowing that deep down, he just wants to do his job in engineering. Billups then asks if he wants to run off with him to get their own ship where they could do repair work and maintenance on their own time, to which Rutherford accepts. He and Billups walk off together, and T'Ana wishes them the best.

Boimler approaches Freeman with a platter of chocolate chip cookies , hoping he'd know if she'd like them before giving them to her in real life. Ensign Jet Manhaver sees this and subdues Boimler, thinking him to be an assassin , revealing that Freeman is allergic to chocolate . Freeman commends Manhaver, and while Boimler tries to interview Freeman more, Manhaver just accuses him of playing mind games with the captain. Freeman orders for Manhaver to get rid of Boimler, as Boimler asks desperately how he can find favor like Manhaver as well.

Back on the Cerritos , Mariner continues to fight her hologram before her hologram mocks her, telling her that despite knowing so much about her, she missed one important thing: While Mariner hates protocol, she doesn't hate the Cerritos , or her crew. She works with her best friends, and she would do anything for her mother. Mariner disagrees with this and argues that she complains about Freeman nonstop. The hologram notes that while Freeman is hard on her as the captain and Mariner is a "pain in the ass", but if Freeman kicked her off the Cerritos , she would recognize that with her attitude, she wouldn't be able to maintain a position elsewhere in Starfleet. The hologram further states that Freeman looks out for her the only way she knows, as an overbearing mother. Mariner angrily rebukes that Mariner only cares about herself, and the hologram laughs in her face that if that were true, she wouldn't have allowed Vindicta to kick the crap out of her to distract her, long enough for the crew to evacuate in time before the ship self-destructs . Mariner is taken aback by this as the timer runs out, and the Cerritos explodes.

Boimler is thrown off a cliff by Manhaver as the program ends and leaves the three ensigns in the holodeck. Mariner is flustered by what happened, realizing that she lost to herself. But as she thinks about it, she realizes that she really does enjoy working on the ship, and that therapy actually works.

Later, sitting at the bar , Mariner admits to Rutherford that the program was more therapeutic for her than she thought it would be, realizing that she worked through a lot of personal problems in the program. Rutherford admits that he feels good too, and only wishes he could admit what he said to Billups in the program to the real Billups. Mariner encourages him to, since he is also in the lounge, but Rutherford declines, saying that Billups is too much of a "stone-cold badass". Tendi approaches them, and Mariner offers her a sincere apology for how she treated her. Tendi accepts the apology and admits that while there are many Orions who take to piracy, she is happy she's not among them and that she chose a career in Starfleet. Tendi then invites Mariner to go and stare at the warp core with her, to which Mariner calls lame, but happily accepts immediately, and Rutherford joins them.

Mariner and Freeman fist bump .

Freeman sees the three of them in the corridor and approaches them. Mariner approaches her, and offers a sincere apology to her, saying that she was out of line on the planet, and thanks Freeman for looking out for her while giving her a fist bump . This dumbfounds Freeman to the point of going to Migleemo's office to ask him what she said to him, as she thinks that Mariner is up to something. Migleemo however reminds her that he can't reveal anything as sessions are confidential. Freeman expresses frustration that she has a right to know, but Migleemo simply says she's being a pineapple , to which Freeman angrily kicks over Migleemo's table to his intimidation and demands he stop using food metaphors.

Boimler returns to the holodeck and resumes the program, hoping to get the last bit of info on what to wear for his evaluation. The program resumes, in the middle of an eulogy being given by Freeman about Mariner. She reveals that Mariner was her daughter, and that she was privileged to be her mother. This revelation astonishes Boimler. Freeman continues that they kept the relationship between Freeman and Mariner a secret, and that had anyone found out, she likely would have made sure they would have faced a court martial and expulsion from Starfleet. Boimler is shocked and ends the program in a panic just before Mariner, Tendi, and Rutherford stop by to invite him to join them at the warp core. Mariner sees that he's very flustered, but he says that everything is fine. Mariner then wishes him luck with his interview and walks off with the others.

In Freeman's ready room , Boimler begins his interview. Freeman asks where he sees himself negotiating peace in five years, and Boimler struggles to give an answer. Freeman tells him to relax and say the first thing that comes to mind, causing him to blurt out Mariner's name. Freeman asks what about Mariner, and Boimler tries to recover, saying that she's hot, before changing that he finds her nasty. Unable to recover, he runs out of the ready room shrieking in fear. Freeman simply looks at her PADD and notes that Boimler obviously didn't prepare for the interview.

On the holodeck, Mariner's movie reaches the closing scene with Vindicta rising out of the casing of a photon torpedo , vowing revenge. However, she is immediately shot dead by Leonardo da Vinci, who winks to the audience.

The closing credits start with the signatures of Rutherford, Tendi, Mariner, and Boimler being written onscreen.

Memorable quotes [ ]

" Screw the Prime Directive! "

" You think I need therapy? What? That's-- No! It's the '80s, dude. We don't have psychiatric problems. "

" Nice shot, da Vinci! " " Grazie. "

" They'll respond exactly the way they would in real life. " " Ah. Hey buddy, how's it going? " " Don't talk to me, I'm pissed off! " " Whoa! Amazing! We had that exact same conversation an hour ago. "

" Ooh, nice font. "

" I don't wanna do a movie! " " That's okay. You were kind of a Xon , to be honest. You probably weren't gonna make the final cut. " " Who's Xon? " " Exactly. "

" If this was actually happening, they'd send the Enterprise . But you know. Artistic license. "

" She never fails to take my breath away. " " I wish I could kiss her and squeeze her. " " Excuse me?! " " Uh, uh, the Cerritos is a handsome lady. " " You're damn right about that, Boimler. "

" Captain, we're ready for your command. " " Mmm, time to take this puppy off its leash. Warp me! "

" I am Vindicta, vengeance personified. At last, Freeman, I will bathe in your blood. "

" I'm Shempo! I was supposed to be played by Boimler! " " Okay, come on. I don't sound like that. " " I love my captain and I don't want to be doing this! " " All right, that's not too far off. "

" When you get to Hell, tell the Pah-wraiths that Shaxs sent you! Special delivery straight from Bajor ! "

" Oh, when are you going to give up the 'loving captain' act? " " It's not an act! I'm overflowing with love and affection! " " Oh, shut up! " "You shut up! "

" I initiated a rapid repeating emergency transport sequence and beamed the entire crew before we crashed. " " What? But that's not possible! " " No, it's a movie. You can beam whatever you want. You can do all sorts of beaming stuff in a movie. "

" Get off my mom, you bitch! "

" Godspeed, you crazy *bleep*s . "

" Um, so do you wanna go maybe sit and look at the warp core with me? " " Wow, so lame! Yes, let's do it. " " We talking warp core? Ooh baby, I'm in! "

" What did she tell you? " " Captain, you know I can't share what your crew tells me. That would be a real ethical pickle. " " What?! If she's planning something, I have a right to know! " " Carol, you're being a pineapple, right now. " " Ugh! Stop referencing foods! "

" Mariner." " Mariner what?" " Uh...Is hot? " " Excuse me?! " " Uh, I don't know! She's not hot! She's nasty! "

Background information [ ]

Production history [ ].

• 25 September 2020 : Title publicly revealed [1]

Production [ ]

• The flyby that the bridge crew does with the Cerritos nearly replicates the flyby that James T. Kirk and Montgomery Scott do with the USS Enterprise in Star Trek: The Motion Picture .
• The musical score during the flyby evokes the main theme of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan .
• The lens flare, the ship breaking frame and "all sorts of beaming stuff" from Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness .
• The signatures of the participants of the program appearing at the end is similar to the signatures of the cast of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country appearing at the end of that film.
• The photon tube in the middle of a forest is similar to after Spock 's burial tube soft landed on Genesis at the end of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan .
• The crash landing of the Cerritos recreates those of the Enterprise -D in Star Trek Generations and of the Enterprise in Star Trek Beyond .
• Mariner quoting The Tempest as "Vindicta" is similar to General Chang frequently quoting Shakespeare in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and Khan Noonien Singh quoting Moby Dick in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan .

The warp effect TNG title

• Mariner compares Boimler's role in her movie to Xon , noting that his role likely wouldn't make the final cut. The character of Xon was originally supposed to have a significant role in the canceled project, Star Trek: Phase II but did not survive its transformation to Star Trek: The Motion Picture ; Xon was eventually referenced in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan .
• When Crisis Point: The Rise of Vindicta starts, the aspect ratio of the episode changes to reflect that often seen in a movie. The aspect ratio is limited to the holodeck itself, as seen when Tendi exits the program later on. There is also a "film grain" effect added to the scenes in the holodeck.
• This episode is about a minute longer than other episodes of the show. Mike McMahan requested an additional minute of animation for the scene in which the crew inspects the Cerritos in space dock as a reference to a similar scene in Star Trek: The Motion Picture . The network agreed but refused another request by McMahan to release a movie-length version of the episode where the said scene would be stretched to a two-hour duration ( Mission Log Supplemental 62 , Time Index 13:15).
• Artwork of a beach landscape hanging in Admiral Vassery's office within the Crisis Point holoprogram is a reuse of the Hawaii beach program Mariner called up in " Second Contact ".
• Although Lt. Commander Andy Billups does appear in the episode, he does not have any dialogue. Paul Scheer does voice the holographic duplicate of Billups.
• Jack Ransom , Shaxs , and T'Ana do not appear in the episode, but their holographic duplicates are featured within Crisis Point: The Rise of Vindicta .

Continuity [ ]

• This episode confirms that Carol Freeman and Beckett Mariner's status as mother and daughter is kept a secret from the rest of the crew.

Links and references [ ]

Starring [ ].

Poster for the episode

• Beckett Mariner
• Beckett Mariner (hologram)
• Vindicta (hologram)
• Jack Quaid as Brad Boimler
• D'Vana Tendi
• Cerritos holodeck computer
• Sam Rutherford
• Winger Bingston, Jr. (hologram)
• Holographic Cerritos crewmember (off-screen voiceover)
• Carol Freeman
• Carol Freeman (hologram)
• Jerry O'Connell as Jack Ransom (hologram)
• Shaxs (hologram)
• Vassery (hologram)
• Gillian Vigman as T'Ana (hologram)

Guest cast [ ]

• Paul Scheer as Andy Billups (hologram)
• Paul F. Tompkins as Migleemo
• Ben Rodgers as Shempo
• Gabrielle Ruiz as Lemonts (hologram)
• Gary Cole as Leonardo da Vinci
• Lars Lundy (hologram)
• Marcus Henderson as Jet Manhaver (hologram)
• Cerritos cmd ens 6 (hologram)
• Cerritos ops lt 2 (hologram)
• Cerritos ops ofc 5 (hologram)
• Lizard man 1

Background characters [ ]

• Barnes (hologram)
• Andy Billups
• Casey (hologram)
• Steve Stevens (hologram)
• Human bar staff 1
• Human bar staff 2
• Human cmd ens 2 / Human cmd ens 2 (hologram)
• Human cmd ens 3 (hologram)
• Human cmd lt jg 1 (hologram)
• Human cmd lt jg 2
• Human cmd lt 4 / Human cmd lt 4 (hologram)
• Human cmd lt cmdr 3 (hologram)
• Human ops ens 3 (hologram)
• Human ops ens 9 (hologram)
• Human ops lt jg 2 / Human ops lt jg 2 (hologram)
• Human ops lt jg 3 / Human ops lt jg 3 (hologram)
• Human ops lt 4 / Human ops lt 4 (hologram)
• Human ops cmdr (hologram)
• Cerritos ops ofc 1 (hologram)
• Human sci ens 1 (hologram)
• Human sci ens 2 (hologram)
• Human sci ens 3
• Human sci ens 10 (hologram)
• Human sci lt jg 1 / Human sci lt jg 1 (hologram)
• Human sci lt jg 2 / Human sci lt jg 2 (hologram)
• Human sci lt jg 5 (hologram)
• Human sci lt 1 (hologram)
• Human sci lt 3 (hologram)
• Human sci lt cmdr 2
• Napean ops lt
• Lizard man 2
• Vassery's aide (hologram)

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External links [ ].

• " Crisis Point " at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• " Crisis Point " at the Internet Movie Database
• 2 Daniels (Crewman)
• 3 USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-G)