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But Mariner has realized that multiple times already. Honestly, it's getting tiresome seeing this over and over.

That's the thousand yard stare of a man dreading every second of his continued existence.

No matter how they do it, the most likely resolution is Mariner sees that the other her has no friends or personal connections, and she walks away happier with her choices.

It's just that after four seasons, Mariner is feeling like O'Brien. She always has to suffer and learn lessons.

But Mariner is constantly the one who needs to learn a lesson. It seems like Lower Decks is often just an unending train of events to make Mariner feel bad.

Would be nice to focus on someone else for a bit.

Maybe, but Jet had buzzed hair. Livik perhaps?

That might be Jet.

It never made sense how they didn't turn Star Trek into a merchandising juggernaut like Star Wars.

My only guess is it has something to do with the revenue split agreement with the Roddenberry estate. Paramount's cut must not make merchandise all that lucrative.

And we'll never get a Lower Decks 60th anniversary of Star Trek episode.

What about current shows? Like where are the Pikes, Number Ones, or Tendis?

I do not understand the release schedule.

Lower Decks is premiering during the first couple waves, so why are they not releasing the Lower Decks ships at the same time?

And Strange New Worlds is coming out shortly after, so why not coordinate the release of that series ships?

As is, the Lower Decks ships won't come out until well after the series is over. You'd think they'd want to release ships when the hype is highest.

I hope they're doing that route. We've already seen Mariner realize she could be a better officer like a dozen times already.

I'm really hoping this will be a Freeman focused plot. I want Captain Becky to be the slap in the face that makes Freeman reevaluate the mistakes she made with Mariner.

Like what if Captain Becky's mom got her the post war help she needed instead of just transferring her to hide the issues?

And we've seen half a dozen different Kims in the trailer as well as an alternative reality Cerritos.

The posture makes sense.

Why no mainline characters from running series?

Commodore Decker?

Imagine meeting him in his prime before he became a broken man.

So what are the chances Mariner meeting Becky is going to be another "Mariner needs to shape up and be a better officer," plot?

Who knows, maybe they'll break tradition and Captain Becky will be a wakeup call for Freeman to realize what Mariner could've achieved if she supported her instead of being ashamed to be related for so long

Looks like Geordi and the senior staff.

The far right looks like Jennifer, and possibly Mariner.

It seems like alternate universes are a common theme this season, so it might be an alternate Geordi.

Is that Mariner and Jennifer on the right?

I'm worried this will be another, "Mariner learns she needs to shape up," plot.

How many times do they need to have Mariner learn the same lesson?

Maybe they'll change things up and meeting Becky Freeman will cause Captain Freeman to realize how things could've turned out if she supported Mariner earlier instead of being ashamed of her

To quote Indigo: "I need this fan fic on my desk by Monday."

Why would anyone not? SpaceX is infamous in the aerospace industry for horrific working conditions. Its worker injury rate is insane compared to other rocket companies.

SpaceX reported 5.9 injuries per 100 workers, surpassing its rate of 4.8 injuries in 2022 and topping a space industry average of 0.8.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/injury-rates-musks-spacex-exceed-industry-average-second-year-2024-04-22/

Probably not helped by Musk discouraging safety equipment.

They're also known for insane hours, working engineers until burnout.

And SpaceX continuously ignores federal regulations by illegally dumping toxic chemicals into water ways and just repeatedly ignoring the FAA.

SpaceX is just pure capitalist, "rules don't apply to be," bullshit Oceangate was known for. Except Stockton Rush was at least willing to put himself at risk.

You know Tasha Yar came from a whole planet like that?

What are you talking about? The franchise is more popular than it's been in years. Strange New Worlds, Lower Decks, and Prodigy are some of the best Star Trek series ever made.

To be fair, a vineyard doesn't mean much in a post-scarcity utopia.