Star Trek: Lower Decks

Previously on Star Trek: Lower Decks...

Unknown vessel, you have drifted into Klingon space.

They are charging weapons.

- All systems are losing power. - That's impossible!

Command has new Intel on the attacks

from the last couple of months.

They've all been non-Federation ships.

What even is this thing?

Careful! That's a Genesis Device!

These are used to terraform planets.

You could have rearranged our molecules.

All those ships, they aren't being destroyed.

They're being stolen.

- Does anybody know who did this? - Someone fed lies

- to my lower officers. -

They mutinied and shut down our systems.

The same thing happened on my ship.

Now someone's targeting ex-Starfleet officers.

We have to find Locarno.

- - BOIMLER and TENDI: Mariner!

- She has been transported

- off planet. - Nick?

What the hell are you doing here?

We're gonna cause some trouble together.

And now, the conclusion.

Uh, I don't know, Nick.

The Starburst Maneuver's banned for a reason.

- We'd be flying too close... - Yeah, it's dangerous as hell

for anyone other than Nova Squadron.

We're the best pilots the Academy's seen in years.

Pulling it off would make us legends.

You're already a legend.

Not after we graduate.

We'll be assigned to different ships across the fleet.

Out there, we'll be nobodies.

Wes knows. He's lived it.

I wasn't a nobody.

And I don't know about this whole Starburst thing.

Josh, are you sure?

- - Oh, come on, Wes.

Just imagine how proud Captain Picard will be

when he hears what you pulled off.

Hey, hey, Sito. - Uh-oh, Jaxa,

- your fan club spotted us. - Sito.

Sito, Sito. Okay, I just got out

of my first xeno-history seminar--

that is hard to say, xeno-history.

Ah, we're gonna learn about the Preservers,

the Xindi-- do you know about them already?

They're so cool. Well, I think they are.

We're gonna learn about 'em. I don't know yet,

but I assume that they're very cool.

You were right, I love this.

- - Now I feel like I'm in class.

- - Other people are allowed to talk

every once in a while, Nick.

Don't listen to him.

You sound like just me when I was a first-year.

I-If we're gonna pull this off,

we need to log way more hours in the simulator.

Pull what off?

A surprise for the commencement.

Don't worry about it.

What kind of surprise?

Supposedly something that will make us all legends,

but I'll bet the only name anyone's gonna remember

- is Locarno. - No way.

- They'll remember Nova Squadron. - Whoo!

Nick?

Am I a prisoner here?

What? No. I saved you from those Romulans and Klingons.

Beamed you right up here to the Nova One.

I didn't need saving.

I can't even tell you how lucky I am.

You're exactly who I need right now.

The timing couldn't be better.

It's what we always wanted back at the Academy.

I barely knew you then.

Oh, come on.

You were practically a junior member of Nova Squadron.

We're back, but now we're Nova Fleet.

Nova what?

Captain Freeman, due to your reports,

we now have indisputable evidence that Nicholas Locarno

has been behind all the attacks on non-Federation ships.

And now he's taken one of my officers.

If we move fast,

we can still track his warp trajectory.

Unfortunately, there's no moving fast

in a situation like this.

What situation?

Locarno has coordinated mutinies on ships

from over a dozen non-Federation planets.

If we did something that injured

a Klingon or a Romulan...

They turned their backs on their worlds

when they moved against their captains.

In bloodless coups.

We can't be the first to open fire. Now,

we're already communicating with ambassadors

from the worlds that have been tangled in this.

I'm ordering both of you

to stand down. Until this is sorted,

we can't risk igniting a war.

Ugh! We're running out of time!

Uh, nice ship. Very... white and... uh...

nothing else.

Thanks. I designed it myself.

None of the Starfleet carpets or wood paneling in here.

I can't tell you how much of a game changer it is

to have a Starfleet officer

join our cause.

Imagine the looks on their faces when Command finds out

an admiral's daughter defected.

Hell yeah.

Let's stick it to those chumps.

And how exactly are we sticking it to those chumps, by the way?

Oh, don't worry. Everyone's about to find out.

Very cool. Not ominous at all.

- What up, Bynars? -

Open a subspace channel. All bands quadrant-wide.

How do I look?

Confident, but, you know, like in a creepy way.

Perfect. That's what I'm going for.

Captain, we're picking up a transmission.

- It's going out on all channels. - On screen.

Mariner.

Hello, Alpha Quadrant.

Independent Captain Nick Locarno here

with a message for anyone who feels like an afterthought.

- He looks like Tom Paris. - I don't see it.

You may have been told scary stories of ships

being destroyed these past few months, but that was a lie.

They weren't destroyed, they were liberated.

They're part of the first totally independent,

unaligned fleet in the Alpha Quadrant.

Um, the Maquis would like a word.

If you're tired of risking your life

for soulless bureaucratic captains

who don't even know your name,

if you fear following the orders

of incompetent commanders

who failed into seats of power,

if you're stuck on the lower decks,

then I invite you to join us in the Detrion system.

They have, like, the same face. They're identical.

No, I just don't see it.

Detrion, a forgotten system now protected

by my indestructible Trynar Shield.

Geesh, why is he so mad?

Locarno was kicked out of Starfleet.

He got one of his squad killed

performing a banned flight maneuver,

then tried to cover it up.

Clearly, his emotional behavior conflicts with his culpability.

Yeah, he's an asshole.

And in case anyone wants to try and force their way in,

I've acquired a little insurance,

a black market Ferengi Genesis Device.

Those can rewrite the atomic composition of entire worlds.

He could wipe out life on any planet he chooses.

The man has lost his mind.

The Federation, the Klingon Empire,

the Romulan Empire,

everyone has to respect Nova Fleet.

Speaking of, I have an officer here

who knows how to speak truth to power.

Beckett, care to tell them what Starfleet's really like?

Oh. Uh... Hey.

What up, everyone?

I have an important message for all you lower deckers out there.

- This guy sucks! - What?

He's an idiot and his plan is stupid.

He's gonna get you all killed 'cause he only cares

- about himself. -

- - Somebody stop her.

End that transmission!

Attagirl.

Cerritos crew, this is the captain.

I am about to disobey a direct order

and stage a rescue

of Lieutenant Junior Grade Mariner.

Now, I can't ask any of you

to join me. If we survive,

the court-martial is guarantee,

but I will be damned if I wait

for politicians to decide her fate.

- I'm with you, Captain. - We all are.

- Let me at 'em! - Let's fuck shit up.

You know I'm with you.

I believe the only response in this situation is

Cerritos strong.

All departments checking in. Everyone wants to help.

Thank you. Now we just have to figure out

how the hell we're getting past that damn shield.

I think I can help with that.

Beckett, you just made us look like a joke

in front of the quadrant.

Kind of my entire plan.

What? Stop her.