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2	''[[Characters/StarTrekLowerDecksUSSCerritos U.S.S. Cerritos]]'' ([[Characters/StarTrekLowerDecksMainCrewmates Main Characters]], [[Characters/StarTrekLowerDecksBeckettMariner Beckett Mariner]], [[Characters/StarTrekLowerDecksOtherCerritosStaff Other Crewmates]]) \| '''Other Starfleet Crews''' \| [[Characters/StarTrekLowerDecksOtherCharacters Independent Characters]]-]]]]]
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4	[[foldercontrol]]
5
6	!Crew of the U.S.S. ''Titan'' (NCC-80102)
7	[[folder:U.S.S. ''Titan'']]
8	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stld_titan.png]]
9
10	A ''Luna''-class starship, named after UsefulNotes/{{Saturn}}'s [[UsefulNotes/TheMoonsOfSaturn largest moon]]. She was first mentioned in ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'', one year prior to ''Lower Decks'' (chronologically).
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12	* AllThereInTheManual: Sadly, this ''Titan'' didn't get a happy ending. According to the Instagram logs of ''Series/StarTrekPicard'', she was heavily damaged in combat and forced into retirement in 2398. However, many of her components were then transferred to a new ''Constitution III'' (or ''Neo-Constitution'') class starship under construction, which was subsequently deemed the ''Titan''-A in her honor. While the ''Titan''-A has since gone on to [[spoiler:become the ''Enterprise''-G]], the ''Luna'' class ''Titan'''s final disposition remains currently unknown, with no information as to whether she was placed in the Fleet Museum (which she wasn't seen in when ''Picard'' traveled there in "The Bounty", unless she was inside like [[spoiler:the ''Enterprise''-D]]), is in mothballs somewhere, or was scrapped.
13	* CanonImmigrant: While the ''Titan'' had been mentioned in ''Nemesis'', the design was only seen in the ''Literature/StarTrekTitan'' book series and in the video game ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' prior to its onscreen appearance in "No Small Parts".
14	* CoolStarship: Though she's no ''Enterprise'', the ''Titan'' is a magnificent ship, giving the Pakleds all sorts of hell. She also contrasts nicely with the ''Cerritos'', taking out three Pakled ships with ease when the ''Cerritos'' barely survived against ''one'' (though it's obvious Riker is impressed they managed even ''that''). As of Season 2, she's still kicking Pakled ass. She's considerably larger and more powerful than in her non-canon novel appearances, having been upgraded from a medium-sized science ship around the size of the U.S.S. ''Excelsior'' to a capital ship rivaling the ''Sovereign''-class ''Enterprise''-E in size and firepower.
15	* GunshipRescue: How she makes her arrival in "No Small Parts".
16	* ThemeMusicPowerUp: The ''Next Generation'' theme starts blasting on the soundtrack while she saves the ''Cerritos'' and kicks Pakled ass.
17	* WalkingSpoiler: Any mentions of the ship and her crew spoils the last few minutes of "No Small Parts" as they were not expected to show up at all!
18	[[/folder]]
19
20	[[folder:Captain William T. Riker]]
21	!!Captain William T. Riker
22	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/william_t_riker.png]]
23	[[caption-width-right:350:''"I LOVE MY JOOOOOOOOB!"'']]
24	!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/JonathanFrakes
25
26	The former first officer of the ''Enterprise''-D and E, now captain of the U.S.S. ''Titan''. It has been about a year since he took up the ship and shows no signs of slowing down.
27
28	For tropes related to his appearances on some of the other shows, see his entries on:
29
30	* ''[[Characters/StarTrekTheNextGenerationMainCharacters The Next Generation]]''
31	* ''[[Characters/StarTrekPicard Picard]]''
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33	* TheAce: He's competent, confident, is always on a mission to do something heroic, and his ship is one of the most admired in the fleet.
34	* BigDamnHeroes: The ''Titan'' caught wind of the U.S.S. ''Solvang''[='s=] distress signal and arrived in time to save the ''Cerritos'' from certain doom. Complete with Star Trek: The Next Generation cinematic theme.
35	* {{Catchphrase}}: "Give me warp in the factor of 5, 6, 7, 8..."
36	* ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject: Mariner blurts out that he gives her contraband from time to time, forcing him to quickly turn off the comms. When Troi asks what she was talking about, he tries to pivot to the battle at hand, but she says they'll be talking about it.
37	* CoolUncle: Hooks Mariner up with contraband behind her mother's back. With the reveal of Riker being an old family friend, it's reasonable to assume Beckett knew and looked up to him since she was young.
38	* {{Flanderization}}: He's a very exaggerated version of his [=TNG=] self, portrayed as a supremely confident ace and jazz nut who warps into danger laughing all the way.
39	* HeroOfAnotherStory: This show may be about the ''Cerritos'', but Riker has his own plotline in which he takes point in the war against the Pakleds.
40	* LargeHam: Much hammier here than in any previous appearances, giving Captain Kirk a run for his money. Jonathan Frakes is clearly having a blast.
41	* MentorArchetype: He shared a similar dynamic with Freeman as Mariner does with Boimler.
42	-->'''Riker:''' You were sort of my [=ch'DIch=]! We used to get in so much trouble!\
43	'''Freeman:''' We?
44	* SickeninglySweethearts: Troi is serving with him as ship's counselor on the ''Titan'' and they're just as in love as ever.
45	* SitcomArchNemesis: He's serving on the frontlines of the new war against the Pakleds, and considering what they've put him through before, he has every right to want vengeance on them.
46	-->"A Pakled party and ''I'' wasn't invited?!"
47	* SophisticatedAsHell: "Let's see how these Pakleds do with ''their afts hanging out!''"
48	[[/folder]]
49
50	[[folder:Commander Deanna Troi]]
51	!!Commander Deanna Troi
52	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/deanna_troi_6.png]]
53	[[caption-width-right:350:]]
54	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MarinaSirtis
55
56	The former Counselor onboard the ''Enterprise''-D and -E and Captain Riker's wife. She joined him onboard the ''Titan'' and has stayed on ever since.
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58	* DeadpanSnarker: This Troi is a ''far'' snarkier incarnation of the character than previously seen; everything from flirting with her husband to her deflection of Ransom drips with it.
59	* InsultBackfire: She tries to tell Ransom that he hides his insecurities with his bravado. He thinks he can make that work for him.
60	* PutOnABus: She does not appear in Season 2, despite Boimler being on the ''Titan'' initially.
61	* SickeninglySweethearts: A year after their wedding and she is still flirtatious with her husband.
62	[[/folder]]
63
64	[[folder:Lieutenant William Boimler]]
65	!!Lieutenant (j.g.) Bradward "William" Boimler
66	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/william_boimler.png]]
67	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JackQuaid
68
69	A transporter clone of Brad Boimler.
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71	* EvilTwin: Not so much "evil" as just more conniving than the original Boimler. He knew Brad would think they would both volunteer to be demoted together and held his piece in order to remain on the ''Titan''. He ends up [[EvilLaugh embracing]] this when he joins Section 31.
72	* FakingTheDead: Supposedly died in a gas leak; in reality, he's still alive and now part of Section 31.
73	* ProfessionalButtKisser: His choosing the name "William" is clearly his way of sucking up to Riker.
74	[[/folder]]
75
76	!Crew of the U.S.S. ''Oakland'' (NCC-75012)
77	[[folder:Captain Amina Ramsey]]
78	!!Captain Amina Ramsey
79	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/amina_ramsey.png]]
80	!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/ToksOlagundoye
81
82	Captain of the U.S.S. ''Oakland''. Serves as temporary command for the ''Cerritos'' in "Much Ado About Boimler". She and Mariner were very close in their Academy days.
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84	* TheAce: Already made Captain and has her own command at a rather young age, and effortlessly keeps up with Mariner when saving the crew of the ''Rubidoux''.
85	* AmicableExes: It's not stated explicitly that she and Mariner dated in her first appearance, but WordOfGod confirms they're meant to have this dynamic.
86	* CoolTeacher: According to her, "Nobody likes a babysitter captain," so she tries to be amenable while temporarily commanding the ''Cerritos''.
87	* DareToBeBadass: Assigns Mariner as her temporary First Officer and offers to help her "rank up" whenever she decides she's ready to.
88	* DeadpanSnarker: She can be, easily.
89	-->'''Lt. Durga:''' [[CaptainObvious There's some sort of alien entity inside the ship!]]\
90	'''Ramsey:''' Oh, [[SarcasmMode ya think??]]
91	* {{Foil}}: She's what Mariner could be if she took her career in Starfleet more seriously. Even their accents are different, with Mariner having a ValleyGirl American accent and Ramsey having a posh British accent.
92	* FormerTeenRebel: She and Mariner used to be this in their Academy days, even stealing a beloved professor's antique car. Mariner still thinks it's hilarious, but she views it as [[invoked]]OldShame after her senior staff give her some dirty looks.
93	* NotSoAboveItAll: She takes captaining and managing her crew very seriously, but still gets a giggle out of Mariner's antics.
94	* WhatTheHellHero: She's very troubled that Mariner is now kind of a screw-up and not the badass space adventurer she remembers from their youth.
95	* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: She believes Mariner still has what it takes to make Captain one day, and says she'll be happy to help her.
96	[[/folder]]
97
98	[[folder:Lt. Durga]]
99	!!Lt. Durga
100	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/durga_6.png]]
101	!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/JenniferHale
102
103	Captain Ramsey's Vulcan Science Officer aboard the U.S.S. ''Oakland''.
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105	* HolierThanThou: Doesn't have a lot of patience for Mariner's goofy antics, and looks down on her for still being an Ensign.
106	* JerkassHasAPoint: She looks down on Mariner from minute one, but considering Mariner's history of insubordination, her screwball personality, and still being an Ensign while her former classmate has already made Captain, it's hard to blame her.
107	* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: According to an anecdote of Ramsey's, Durga once fought off four Borg drones using Vulcan jujitsu.
108	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: She powers the ''Rubidoux'' back on when they discover it adrift. Only problem was the ship had been invaded by an unknown alien entity that was ''feeding'' on the ship’s power.
109	-->'''Lt. Durga:''' There's some sort of alien entity inside the ship!\
110	'''Ramsey:''' Oh, ya think?
111	[[/folder]]
112
113	!Crew of the U.S.S. ''Solvang'' (NCC-12101)
114	[[folder:Captain Dayton]]
115	!!Captain Dayton
116	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cap_dayton.png]]
117	[[caption-width-right:250:''"I don't want to die in space!"'']]
118	!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/GillianVigman
119
120	The ill-fated Captain of the U.S.S. ''Rubidoux'' and, briefly, the U.S.S. ''Solvang''.
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122	* ButtMonkey: Two starships under her command get destroyed over the course of a single ten episode season, the second time killing her and her crew. The other captains who came to her rescue made snarky comments about going to her rescue.
123	* CryingWolf: This is the reason why her distress calls are treated lightly by Freeman and Ramsey, because she's known to be nervous and incompetent. Freeman thinks her partial distress call was because "somebody sat on a button."
124	* DroppedABridgeOnHer: The Pakleds wipe her and her new ship out in her second appearance.
125	* KilledOffForReal: Just days after she takes command of the ''Solvang'', she and her crew are wiped out by the Pakleds.
126	* TheLoad: Both Captain Freeman and Ramsey have implied they've had to bail her out of a jam more than once.
127	* MadnessMantra: "I don't wanna die in space! I don't wanna die in space!" Maybe she should have retired, because when she gets her next ship that's exactly what happens.
128	* NeatFreak: After taking command of the ''Solvang'', she gets annoyed when people take the plastic covers off of the comm panels and insists her bridge crew not wear shoes so they don't get the carpet dirty.
129	* NervousWreck: Being at the mercy of an alien entity feeding on her ship’s power has turned her into this, to the point that [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan Mariner has to knock her out and carry her to rescue]]. She's not much better during the Pakled attack, reflexively ordering the ship to warp and getting the entire crew killed because the Pakleds had managed to grapple one of the ''Solvang's'' nacelles.
130	* ShooOutTheClowns: Dayton is one of the more ridiculous personalities encountered by the ''Cerritos'' crew (and by extension, the audience) in Season 1. "No Small Parts" quickly establishes its more serious raised stakes by brutally killing her and her entire crew.
131	* TemptingFate: She insists on keeping the bridge of the ''Solvang'' new and clean for as long as possible. She and her crew are brutally killed less than a minute after expressing this.
132	* UndignifiedDeath: She, and her entire crew, are killed by Pakleds, the most famously stupid (though clearly [[NotSoHarmlessVillain not harmless]]) species in the franchise. They don't even get a chance to fight back.
133	* WrongLineOfWork: It's a little unclear how someone so neurotic and incompetent ever made Captain in the first place.
134	[[/folder]]
135
136	!Crew of the U.S.S. ''Archimedes'' (NCC-83002)
137	[[folder:Captain Sonya Gomez]]
138	!!Captain Sonya Gomez
139	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sonya_gomez.jpg]]
140	[[caption-width-right:350:]]
141	!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/LyciaNaff
142
143	The Captain of the U.S.S. ''Archimedes'', an ''Obena''-class starship. Briefly served as an engineer on the ''Enterprise''-D [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration a long time ago]].
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145	* AllLovingHero: The members of her bridge crew adore her, and she's very supportive of her lower decks crew. They remind her of when she first started out.
146	* TheBusCameBack: She's been gone sixteen years in-universe, and over thirty years out-of-universe. Turns out she's come a long way since we last saw her.
147	* CharacterDevelopment: On TNG, she was clumsy and nervous around the command crew. Sixteen years later, she's a self-assured Captain with her own vessel.
148	* {{Determinator}}: She works herself to near exhaustion trying to find a way to save her ship, to the point that her crew need to remind her to rest.
149	* HeroicSacrifice: She's prepared to make one, insisting that her crew evacuate to the back of the ship so they have a better chance of survival before they collide with a planet. Nobody budges. They refuse to abandon their captain.
150	* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: For a long time, she was just known -- both in- and out-of-universe -- as that ensign who spilled hot chocolate on Captain Picard. She seems to have taken it in stride, and is very supportive to nervous young crew-members who feel in over their head.
151	-->'''Gomez:''' Don't worry about it. I've done way worse in front of much more intimidating captains!
152	* ThePollyanna: It's not that she doesn't acknowledge bad things happening, more that she tries her best regardless. Very little gets her down, [[ApocalypseHow even the impending doom of both her ship and a neighboring planet]].
153	-->'''Gomez:''' Alright, that's enough existential dread! Let's get to work!
154	* ThisIsGonnaSuck: After her ship is sent flying towards a sovereign planet and the power is knocked out, so they can't stop it.
155	-->'''Gomez:''' Alright, [[DeadpanSnarker gimme the bad news]].
156	* {{Tuckerization}}: Not her, but her ship; fans initially mistook the ''Archimedes'' for an ''Excelsior''-class ship, but WordOfGod confirmed it's ''Obena''-class, which is inspired by the original ''Excelsior'' design. The name comes from Nollan Obena, the Art Director for Season 2.
157	** Among other things, the saucer section has a more oval shape like the ''Enterprise''-E and the nacelles look closer to TNG than TOS. The "neck" of the Engineering section is also longer.
158	[[/folder]]
159
160	!Crew of the U.S.S. ''Inglewood''
161	[[folder:Captain Vendome]]
162
163	Originally a crewmember of the ''Cerritos'', Vendome lucks out and gains a rapid promotion to captain, much to Boimler's irritation.
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165	* TheBusCameBack: Promoted and transferred off-screen, he reappears with the ''Inglewood'' in the Season 3 finale to help save his old ship.
166	* ButtMonkey: Manages to get speared by angry Gelrakians after upsetting them. Boimler, himself no stranger to humiliation, describes Vendome as "the guy who gets hit with a spear".
167	* ExhaustionInducedIdiocy: It's Vendome's tiredness from the absence of "buffer time" that causes the Gelrakian rampage against Starfleet to begin with; he was too frazzled to make sure he picked the right thing, and instead manages to chose the exact thing that enrages them most.
168	* RankUp: Manages to go from an ensign to full-blown captain, if only of another ''Cali''-class ship, in a very short time, though Tendi states it was a BattlefieldPromotion helped by simply being in the right place at the right time.
169
170	[[/folder]]
171
172	!Crew of ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Station Nine]]''
173	[[folder:Colonel Kira Nerys]]
174	!!Colonel Kira Nerys
175	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NanaVisitor
176
177	A former freedom fighter in the Bajoran Resistance, who was made the official liaison of the Bajoran Government following the withdrawal of the Cardassian Occupation and the subsequent arrival of Starfleet to Bajoran space. Despite her initial misgivings about Starfleet, her time working with Benjamin Sisko helped her to become one of the most staunch supporters for The Federation, and became a pivotal member of the Dominion War. She is currently in charge of the station, awaiting the return of The Emissary.
178
179	For tropes relating to her prior appearances, see [[Characters/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineFederationAndBajor here]].
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181	* CallBack: She still has Sisko's baseball in her office, awaiting the day he returns.
182	* ConnectedAllAlong: She and Shaxs were comrades in the Bajoran Resistance.
183	* VocalEvolution: Given that it's been over 20 years since Kira was last seen, Nana Visitor's voice is audibly older.
184	* YouOweMe: PlayedForLaughs. She and Shaxs argue about who saved whose skin during the Occupation, which she wins.
185	[[/folder]]
186
187	[[folder:Quark]]
188	!!Quark
189	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ArminShimerman
190
191	The owner of Quark's Bar, Grill, Gaming House, and Holosuite Arcade, the brother of Grand Nagus Rom, the uncle of Nog, and the representative of the Promenade Merchant's Association, who's since expanded his humble bar into one of the largest franchises across the Alpha Quadrant.
192
193	For tropes relating to his prior appearances, see [[Characters/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineQuarksBar here]].
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195	* ButtMonkey: Even in a guest spot, things don't go his way. He manages to franchise out his bar into a very successful business venture, but when he's caught conning the Karemma by using their technology in his bar, he gets kidnapped and narrowly rescued by the ''Cerritos'' crew. Much to his dismay, he's forced to pay them 76% of all the merchandising profits.
196	* CallBack: He panics when Mariner tells him she has a copy of [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS03E08Meridian that copy of Kira's body with his head on it.]] She only agrees to hand it over if he clears her tab, which he promptly does and then eats the copy.
197	* EvenEvilHasStandards: As much as he's a greedy merchandiser (and proud of it), he refuses to do business with the Karemma on the grounds that they were Dominion allies during the war. {{Subverted}} when it turns out he was just trying to hide the fact he stole their technology. Kira isn't surprised by this.
198	--> '''Quark:''' I have ''principles!''
199	--> '''Kira:''' No, you don't!
200	* LaserGuidedKarma: His Quark 2000 Replicator was made using stolen Karemma technology. He's promptly arrested, and then forced to pay them over three quarters of his profits to stay out of jail.
201	* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Same old Quark, same old reaction to danger. Shax later mocks him about it in an interview a few episodes later.
202	* SkewedPriorities: He's less happy about the fact he's losing most of his profits to the Karemma than being in jail.
203	* VocalEvolution: On account of 20 years passing since he last played Quark, Armin Shimerman sounds a bit raspier in his delivery.
204	[[/folder]]
205
206	[[folder:Morn]]
207	!!Morn
208
209	Quark's Bar's resident barfly.
210
211	For tropes relating to his prior appearances, see [[Characters/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineQuarksBar here]].
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213	* TheCameo: He's still sitting at his favorite stool after all these years.
214	[[/folder]]
215
216	[[folder:Mesk]]
217	!!Mesk
218	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AdamPally
219
220	An Orion security officer stationed at Deep Space Nine.
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222	* {{Expy}}: Of Worf. Both of them are aliens from non-Federation races who were raised by humans and became exaggerated caricatures of their people to compensate. The main difference is that Worf was able to properly study his people's culture from legitimate sources, while Mesk only had works of fiction filled with offensive stereotypes to work with.
223	* HaveIMentionedIAmADwarfToday: He constantly plays up his Orion heritage despite have a very loose understanding of it simply because it's what everyone else expects from him.
224	* OrcRaisedByElves: He was adopted by humans and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. As a result, he has a very skewed understanding of his native culture thanks to his only source of knowledge being trashy holonovels.
225	[[/folder]]
226
227	!Crew of the [[Series/StarTrekVoyager U.S.S. ''Voyager'' (NCC-74656)]]
228	[[folder:''U.S.S. Voyager'' NCC-74656]]
229	!!''U.S.S. Voyager''
230
231	An ''Intrepid'' class starship under the command of Admiral Kathryn Janeway from 2371-2378, the ship was famously lost in the Delta Quadrant for seven years before it was able to return to Federation Space. Starfleet has spent the last two years archiving everything from the ship, and is converting it to become an exhibit at the Fleet Museum.
232
233	For tropes relating to her original appearance, see [[Characters/StarTrekVoyager here]]. To see tropes from when she's a museum exhibit, see [[Characters/StarTrekPicardTheFederation here]].
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235	* CallForward: ''Voyager'' is being prepped to join the collection at the Fleet Museum, which ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' has her at via a FreezeFrameBonus in Season 2, before she's fully shown in Season 3.
236	* CoolStarship: Next to the ''Enterprise'' and the ''Defiant'', ''Voyager'' is one of Starfleet's biggest legends due to having survived an entire sector of space, 70,000 lightyears from home, with no support from Starfleet. Mariner is squealing with delight upon seeing the ''Intrepid'' class in person.
237	* ContinuityCavalcade: Her guest appearance sees practically every reference and deep cut to her home series made, from the salamander catfish, Neelix's alien cheese, the nightmare clown, and even Chaotica. The biggest one though is the flower that caused the transporter fusion on "Tuvix", which results in Billups and Dr. T'ana being merged into one being when a petal from that flower gets into the transporter pad while the two are coming back to the ''Cerritos''.
238	* FamedInStory: Naturally, seeing as her former Captain is now one of Starfleet's most revered admirals and the ship herself was stranded on the other side of the galaxy for seven years, she's become a living legend amongst the ranks. Mariner has a massive geek out upon learning the ''Cerritos'' crew is going to be given the honor of escorting the ship to Earth.
239	* ForegoneConclusion: Fortunately for ''Trek'' fans fearing that the ''Voyager'' would wind up in pieces thanks to the ''Cerritos'' crew, the ship is already resting comfortably in the Fleet Museum by 2402, fully intact. Her story here is just how much havoc Mariner and company cause on her before she gets there.
240	* InSpiteOfANail: "Endgame" showed she was displayed at San Fransisco in the alternate future. She still goes there, if only temporarily, so people could get a chance to see her in public before she's sent to the Fleet Museum.
241	* MadeOfIron: She took a lot of punishment in the Delta Quadrant, but managed to make it home completely intact. Despite the ''Cerritos'' crew being placed in charge of escorting her to Earth and causing havoc along the way, they're able to bring here there in one piece.
242	[[/folder]]
243
244	[[folder:Commander Tuvok]]
245	!!Tuvok
246
247	''Voyager'''s former tactical officer and chief of security, and a veteran member of Starfleet who first served under Captain Sulu of the ''Excelsior'', Tuvok has continued his efforts in Starfleet Security since returning from the Delta Quadrant.
248
249	To see tropes from his original appearance, see [[Characters/StarTrekVoyager here]]. [[spoiler:For tropes relating to his appearance on ''Series/StarTrekPicard'', see [[Characters/StarTrekPicardTheFederation here]].]]
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251	* TheCameo: He's seen alongside Captain Bateson in the Season 3 premier, where Captain Freeman reveals the two exposed the Pakleds' scheme.
252	* CallBack: [[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS4E01Twovix "Twovix"]] brings up his unfortunate TeleporterAccident that merged him and Neelix into Tuvix when Dr. T'ana and Chief Billups are merged into T'illups because of the very same orchid while the ''Cerritos'' crew was preparing ''Voyager'' for exhibition on Earth. Naturally, things go sideways when the crew investigates the original incident to determine how to fix it.
253	* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: He and Captain Bateson had managed to expose the entire Pakled plan to destroy their own homeworld and frame Captain Freeman for it within a matter of days, all entirely away from the usual antics of the ''Cerritos'' crew's day-to-day lives.
254	* RankUp: He was promoted to a full commander. [[spoiler:''Series/StarTrekPicard'' would make him a Captain by 2401.]]
255	* TheVoiceless: He doesn't speak in his cameo appearance.
256	[[/folder]]
257
258	[[folder:Commander Tom Paris]]
259	!!Commander Tom Paris
260	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RobertDuncanMcNeill
261
262	''Voyager'''s former helmsman and a Maquis prisoner turned genuine Starfleet hero, Tom's hailed as a living legend since he got back from the Delta Quadrant, especially to Ensign Boimler.
263
264	To see tropes from his original appearance, see [[Characters/StarTrekVoyager here]].
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266	* ContinuityNod: He brings up that [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS2E15Threshold one time he traveled to warp 10 and got turned into a salamander]].
267	* DivergentCharacterEvolution: In Season 4, Nick Locarno (who was meant to be in Tom's place on ''Voyager'' before Paris was created instead, with both characters being played by the same guy) is revealed as the main antagonist. While both looked very similar, Tom is kept as he appeared on ''Voyager'', while Nick is shown with a scar, a five-o'clock-shadow, and a little bit of grey to highlight how far he's fallen.
268	* FamedInStory: On account of him being one of ''Voyager'''s original crew members, he's a bit of a celebrity. Boimler is eager to get his autograph on his collection of ''Voyager'' plates, and manages to secure it at the end of the episode.
269	* LivingLegend: He and the entire compliment onboard ''Voyager'' are legends to the Starfleet crews on other ships.
270	* MirrorCharacter: Nick Locarno is presented as one to him in Season 4. Both were pilots that got someone killed in an accident and tried to cover it up, but Tom got a guilty conscious about it and confessed, while Nick was exposed by Wesley Crusher and made to leave Starfleet over it. But while Tom got a chance to redeem himself and grow to become a better man, a friend, a husband, and a father, Nick just fell off the deep end and refused to accept responsibility for his actions, forming his own Nova Fleet to try and prop up his fragile ego. Tom is still alive because of his growth, while Nick dies as a victim of his own hubris.
271	* RankUp: He's been promoted to a commander.
272	* VocalEvolution: Since it's been over two decades since Robert Duncan [=McNeill=] played the character on screen, he naturally sounds a bit older despite it being two years since the character was last seen chronologically.
273	[[/folder]]
274	!Starfleet Command
275
276	[[folder:Admiral Freeman]]
277	!!Admiral Alonzo Freeman
278	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alonzo_freeman.png]]
279	[[caption-width-right:350:]]
280	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PhilLaMarr
281
282	An Admiral in Starfleet Command, Captain Freeman's husband and Mariner's father.
283	----
284	* HandsOffParenting: Evidently seems to have been much less of a presence in Mariner's life one way or another, given the majority of her resentment is aimed toward Carol.
285	* INeedToGoIronMyDog: When hanging up on Carol, he claims he's doing so because he's got "admiral stuff" to do.
286	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: That rarest of Starfleet admirals, he's neither insane nor obstructive in any way.
287
288	[[/folder]]
289
290	[[folder:Admiral Les Buenamigo]]
291	!!Vice Admiral Les Buenamigo
292	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/buenamigo.jpg]]
293	[[caption-width-right:250:''"The good of the many, Carol!"'']]
294	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CarlosAlazraqui
295
296	A member of Starfleet Command and an old family friend of the Freemans. Not as upstanding as he seems.
297	----
298	* BigBad: Of Season 3, though this isn't revealed till near the end.
299	* CutLexLuthorACheck: The ''Texas''-class really was a well designed starship; with mass fabrication facilities, large scale transporters, and enough firepower to easily overwhelm even Starfleet capital ships, such a vessel could easily have replaced the ''California''-class, as well as fulfilled any number of other auxiliary roles for Starfleet. Unfortunately, the focus was never really on the ship, just on the "replacing living crews with AI" part, which ultimately left the admiral's plans doomed to failure.
300	* DidntThinkThisThrough: His grand plan involved constructing an entire class of powerful warships controlled by AI systems programmed by a young, inexperienced and hotheaded engineer (that being pre-implant Rutherford), all to perform mundane tasks currently handled by the bottom rung of Starfleet's armada (at least at first, to prove their worth). The second he lets one be autonomous--Rutherford having warned him that the ships are AxCrazy and that giving them permission to do what they want will have ''deadly consequences''--AIIsACrapshoot ensues.
301	* EngineeredHeroics: Knew about the Breen incursion of Brekka, but allowed the ''Cerritos'' to run into them so he could pull a faux BigDamnHeroes with the ''Aledo'' and convince Starfleet to adopt the ''Texas''-class.
302	* EvilAllAlong: Turns out he was the shady officer who ordered Rutherford's memory wiped after he was seriously injured working on his secret project -- the prototype for the ''Texas''-class. He had also purposely set up Freeman and the ''Cerritos'' to fail in "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS3E06HearAllTrustNothing Hear All, Trust Nothing]]", expecting her to botch the negotiations with the Karemma if she had no time to prepare, which didn't pan out. In "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS3E09TrustedSources Trusted Sources]]", he ''knew'' that the Breen were on Brekka, risking the lives of everyone on the ''Cerritos'' and all those killed by the Breen in the interim just so he could make the ''Aledo'' look good. When he's finally exposed in "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS3E10TheStarsAtNight The Stars at Night]]", he decides to straight-up ''murder'' Freeman and her crew just to protect his own career.
303	* FalseFriend: His genteel attitude belies the fact that he's dumping extra work with no prep time on Freeman in "Hear All, Trust Nothing", and it later turns out he's using her as a stepping stone for his drone ship project.
304	* FanOfThePast: A lot of Starfleet senior staff have this trope. Buenamigo's particular fascination is, obviously, Texas, because his office is ''covered'' in 19th-century Texas historical artifacts. There's the flag, a manual typewriter, an old revolver, a Texas Rangers star and other such things. He even [[GoodSmokingEvilSmoking smokes cigars]], a habit all but eliminated by the [=TNG=] era.
305	* FauxAffablyEvil: He acts like he's a big, generous Santa Claus doing you a favor no matter the situation, even if that situation is "we're taking away your crew and giving you a desk job with a bunch of epaulets." It's all a mask for how much of a ruthless careerist he really is, and tries to murder his supposed friend Freeman and her entire crew with no remorse.
306	* GloryHound: He wanted to be remembered for his ''Texas''-class ships being Starfleet's best tool for Second Contact, and he was willing to eliminate anyone who could jeopardize that. After the carnage that his ships wrought against Starfleet assets, he'll probably be remembered as one of the worst admirals ever.
307	* GoneHorriblyWrong: Supposedly, his reason for developing the ''Texas''-class ships was to save Starfleet lives on dangerous missions (and ensure his career advancement in the process). However, when he lets the ''Aledo'''s AI off the leash, it ends up killing him and many other Starfleet officers when it goes on a homicidal rampage.
308	* GreaterScopeVillain: It turns out, he was the cause of many of the ''Cerritos''' crew's problems throughout Season 3, and even earlier:
309	** Before the show began, he recruited the pre-implant Rutherford out of the Academy to design the engines and AI for his ''Texas''-class ships, then had his memory erased during his [[UnwillingRoboticization emergency cyborg surgery]] when one of his prototypes exploded. And, it turns out the amnesiac Rutherford would later resurrect the unstable AI code when he programmed Badgey.
310	** He arranged for Capt. Freeman to run the trade negotiations on Deep Space 9 in "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS3E06HearAllTrustNothing Hear All, Trust Nothing]]", giving her no warning or prep time in the hopes she'd botch the negotiations.
311	** He sent a reporter to the ''Cerritos'' without warning in "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS3E09TrustedSources Trusted Sources]]", then sent them to a Breen-occupied world as part of an EngineeredHeroics situation, putting the ship and crew in jeopardy so the U.S.S. ''Aledo'' could swoop in and save them as a demonstration of the ''Texas''-class's combat capabilities. Afterward, the reporter writes an exposé painting Freeman as a paranoid tyrant, and the ''Cali''-class ships as a toxic work environment after the crew inadvertently trash themselves and Freeman completely mishandles the situation by [[ReassignedToAntarctica transferring Mariner to Starbase 80]] for [[MisplacedRetribution what turns out to be no reason]], setting the stage for the whole class to be retired in favor of his new autonomous ships.
312	** Then in "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS3E10TheStarsAtNight The Stars at Night]]" he finally abandons all pretense and orders the ''Aledo'' to destroy the ''Cerritos'' when they find a critical flaw in the new ships' AI.
313	* HistoryRepeats: He makes the exact same mistake Dr. Richard Daystrom made over 120 years earlier: developing an unstable autonomous starship AI that goes berserk and opens fire on other Starfleet ships.
314	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He gets killed after giving the ''Aledo'' autonomy and ordering it to fire on the ''Cerritos'', not heeding that its flawed programming will make it go rogue and fire on him first.
315	* InsaneAdmiral: He was responsible for the accident that almost killed Rutherford, and he then had Rutherford's memory erased. He was also responsible for the ''Cerritos'' being attacked by the Breen, and he tried to have her destroyed when Rutherford discovered the truth. Given that the negotiations on Deep Space 9 were part of his attempts to sabotage Freeman's career, and Freeman herself noted that brown holes aren't even a thing, he may have fabricated the brown hole emergency that forced Captain Nguyen to abandon the negotiations; if this is the case, he forced '''an entire colony''' out of their homes under false pretenses just to screw with a friend's career. When Freeman protests that he's better than the other "bad-faith admirals", he just says that he's really not and decides to outright ''murder'' her and her crew.
316	* IronicName: His surname means "Good friend" in Spanish, which he [[EvilAllAlong most certainly isn't.]]
317	* KarmicDeath: He orders the ''Aledo'' to destroy the ''Cerritos'' to [[HeKnowsTooMuch keep the crew from exposing his plan]]. He gets a dose of [[LaserGuidedKarma phaser-guided karma]] when the ''Aledo'' vaporizes him instead.
318	* KnightOfCerebus: Downplayed, especially in comparison to his much more serious creation [[AIIsACrapshoot the]] ''[[AIIsACrapshoot Aledo]]'''. The fact all his machinations are designed to get him promoted and his inane justifications for it are PlayedForLaughs, but Buenamigo is a much darker villain than the LaughablyEvil bunglers the ''Cerritos'' usually faces. In particular, both [[LaserGuidedAmnesia what he did]] [[DeathOfPersonality to Rutherford]] and his attempt to murder everyone onboard the ''Cerritos'' are played entirely seriously.
319	* LimitedAdvancementOpportunities: Apparently, this is ''why'' admirals in Starfleet [[InsaneAdmiral turn evil all the time]] -- they hit flag rank, their career has nowhere else to go, and they turn to ill-advised vanity projects in an effort to not fade into obscurity. Buenamigo may be justifying his own ambitions however, as he's ''already'' a Vice Admiral -- the second highest rank in Starfleet (and if Starfleet is similar to modern navies in scope of promotion, the highest rank he can reach without confirmation to the post by the Federation Council) -- and had been working on his pet project back when he was a Lieutenant Commander, evidently expecting he would need it.
320	* LongGame: Rutherford's recovered memory shows that Bueanamigo started the ''Texas''-class project while he was still a Lieutenant Commander, ''at least three or four ranks'' below the position where he would be able to push the program onto Starfleet.
321	* MeaningfulName: His last name translates to "Good Friend" and he is an old friend of the Freemans, to the point that Beckett calls him 'Uncle Les'. Unfortunately, it appears to be an IronicName when it turns out that he set up Freeman to fail so he can prove the superiority of the ''Texas''-class, but his actions prove that he's "'''les'''s" of a good friend than the Freemans thought he was.
322	* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: He thinly tries to justify designing the ''Texas''-class ships as an attempt to save Starfleet lives, but his MotiveRant makes it obvious he's more concerned with getting a promotion and [[GloryHound the fame he'll earn from it]].
323	* ShadowArchetype: To Captain Freeman -- both want to get ahead in their Starfleet careers and get recognition for their hard work. However, he's basically stuck at the top where flag officers are a dime a dozen, which ends up leading him to create a vanity project that ultimately ends up being far more trouble than it was worth and causes Buenamigo himself to [[InsaneAdmiral go full-tilt evil in the process]] -- whereas Captain Freeman, despite the personality flaws Buenamigo exploited to get the ''Texas''-class project off the ground, knows where to draw the line (and her vanity project by comparison was a lot less grand and more to try and address an existing problem in Starfleet).
324	* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: He ends up being killed by a ''ship-mounted phaser beam'', which are thousands of times more powerful than handheld units.
325	* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: He claims that destroying the ''Cerritos'' will allow him to save ''more'' lives by replacing the ''California''-class with automated, uncrewed ships that don't have a crew to die when they get in over their heads.
326	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: He definitely invokes the "good publicity" bit by having a reporter on the ''Cerritos'' when the ''Aledo'' saves them from the Breen, thus ensuring that the entire Federation can see how awesome his new ''Texas''-class ships are.
327	* WalkingSpoiler: It's rather difficult to discuss him without giving away his role as the BigBad of Season 3.
328	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The second Rutherford was injured during an accident while designing the ''Texas''-class ships, Buenamigo has [[LaserGuidedAmnesia his memories of the project erased]] despite being warned it will [[DeathOfPersonality destroy his current personality]].
329	[[/folder]]
330
331	[[folder:Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]]
332	!!Admiral Jean-Luc Picard
333
334	The former commanding officer of the U.S.S. ''Enterprise''s NCC-1701-D and 1701-E. Following the ''Enterprise''-E's historic mission to Romulus, and the discovery of the pending Hobus supernova event, Picard has been promoted to Admiral and placed in command of the operation to evacute Romulus and Remus and the surrounding stars systems while Ambassador Spock works with the Romulans to try and avert the disaster.
335
336	For tropes related to his appearances on some of the other shows, see [[Characters/StarTrekTheNextGenerationJeanLucPicard his character page]].
337
338	----
339	* AllThereInTheManual: According to the comics and other beta canon materials, Admiral Picard is currently commanding the Romulan evacuation flotilla with his new XO Commander Raffaela Musiker from the newly-launched flagship, the Odyssey-class U.S.S. ''Verity'' NCC-97000.
340	* BigGood: He turns out to be the one backing Petra Aberdeen (and, by extention Mariner)'s efforts to steal back stolen artifacts and return them to their proper archival owners.
341	* ContinuityCameo: The original background information for ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' stated that Picard was promoted to Admiral in 2381, the year Season 3 of ''Lower Decks'' takes place in. When Mariner uncovers the identity of Petra's [[TheManBehindTheCurtain Man Behind The Curtain]], the LCARS display lists an "Admiral Picard" rather than a "Captain Picard".
342	* DoomedByCanon: Unfortunately, his efforts to evacuate the Romulans will fail in a few years because of the Zhat Vash reprogramming the synths building the evacuation fleet to attack the shipyards, resulting in the subsequent ban on artificial lifeforms and Starfleet calling off the evacuation efforts in favor of sending Spock to fix it, which in turn will lead to his resignation and retirement for the next 14 years. He'll be powerless to stop a rise of [[FantasticRacism prejudice and hatred of artificial life forms]], and his withdrawal from public life will let him disconnect with his friends and loved ones. His former flagship, the ''Enterprise''-E, won't be so lucky either, because of [[NoodleIncident something Worf did]] that will take her out of service in 2386 and result in the ''Enterprise''-F taking up the mantle.
343	* FamedInStory: On account of his exploits as the Captain of two starships named ''Enterprise'', he's very well known throughout Starfleet and other worlds. Ma'ah notes that the exploits of such a ship are widely told throughout the galaxy.
344	* FourStarBadass: One of Starfleet's most decorated and accomplished line officers, now one of its most badass flag officer alongside folks like William Ross, Owen Paris, and Kathryn Janeway.
345	* TheGhost: Unseen in the show itself but referenced constantly by other characters.
346	* SavedByCanon: Is somehow both this and DoomedByCanon at the same time. Despite his withdrawal from everyone he loves and failure to aid the Romulans, he eventually rallies for a new series of adventures, including helping lift the restriction on synthetic lifeforms, traveling through time to save The Federation, reconnecting with his beloved crew, [[spoiler: meeting with his long-lost son Jack, and extermining the Borg once and for all. And while the ''Enterprise''-E might suffer a grim fate, the ''Enterprise''-D winds up perfectly restored just to save the day one last time.]]
347	[[/folder]]
348
349	[[folder:Admiral Vassery]]
350	!!Admiral Vassery
351	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FredTatasciore
352
353	An admiral at Starfleet Command. He is assigned to open Federation membership negotiations with the Ferengi.
354	----
355	* AssInAmbassador: He comes across as this, ironically while trying his hardest to be accomodating. When dealing with the Ferengi, he comes into the negotiation underestimating their bargaining skills and assuming they just want the treaty signed as written, which the ProudMerchantRace finds as a ''massive'' insult. It's only Captain Freeman's quick thinking and genuine understanding of the Ferengi that saves the negotiations.
356	* NotNowKiddo: Freeman immediately sees through everything Grand Nagus Rom and Leeta are doing, but Vassery ignores her.
357	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He tries to be this with Rom and Leeta, acquiescing to what seem like minor demands only for them to want more and more. He does play this straight when Captain Freeman disobeys orders not to pursue Nick Locarno's Nova Fleet, as she did establish a dialogue with the Orion Syndicate and, since Mariner never fired on Nova Fleet, managed to avoid provoking a war with any of the major powers. He also admits to Freeman that he messed up in the ferengi negotiations , and plans on praising her to star fleet command.
358	* SuperGullible: He goes along with every demand Rom and Leeta want, thinking appeasing them will bring them closer to signing.
359	* UnderestimatingBadassery: He assumes the treaty with the Ferengi will be a cakewalk and doesn't consider the possibility that a species of ''merchants'' might try to get anything extra out of the negotiations. As Freeman points out, he starts falling for some of the oldest tricks in the book almost immediately.
360	[[/folder]]
361
362	!Other Starfleet Personnel
363
364	[[folder:Shari yn Yem]]
365	!!Shari yn Yem
366	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shari_yn_yem.jpg]]
367	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LennonParham
368
369	A Pandronian who works as a drill administrator for Starfleet, Shari is tasked with testing ships' crews to make sure that they're all in fighting trim. However, she may be coming to the ''Cerritos'' with an ulterior motive...
370	----
371	* AssholeVictim: The ''Cerritos'' crew push her to a nervous breakdown and ruin her career, and Mariner's pretty unapologetic about it, but she did try to ruin them first.
372	* BitchInSheepsClothing: While she first appears peppy and helpful, she chose the ''Cerritos'' as a dupe and rigged the drills to have them all fail in order to prove that her drills are still necessary.
373	* BizarreAlienBiology: As a Pandronian, Shari can split her body into three pieces (head, torso, and legs) that can float and move around independently. They all bounce around the bridge like pinballs when Freeman demonstrates what a starship crisis is ''actually'' like.
374	* CerebusCallBack: Her ruination is played for laughs, but "Trusted Sources" reveals that in the midst of what the ''Cerritos'' put her through she suffered a heart attack in all three of her hearts, which is used to ruin the ship's reputation some more.
375	* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: She rigged all the tests so that everyone would fail. Despite that, Boimler still manages to get a passing grade, and is the only member of the crew who doesn't fail, at least until he's forced to.
376	* ContinuityNod: Shari is a Pandronian, the same species as [[Recap/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeriesS2E2Bem Commander Ari bn Bem]], and, like him, tends to refer to herself as "[[ThirdPersonPerson this one]]" and has come aboard to run efficiency tests on the crew.
377	* EvilLaugh: She lets out a long one when Mariner and Freeman suggest that the drills were a SecretTestOfCharacter, revealing that, on the contrary, she set them up to fail on purpose.
378	* HurricaneOfAphorisms: Even when she's not making direct puns about her detachable head, almost everything she says is an allusion to her kind's ability to separate and come back together, i.e. "the true measure of a crew is how they come together as a single unit."
379	* JerkassHasAPoint: While she's a complete BitchInSheepsClothing and trying to cause the ''Cerritos'' to fail to preserve her own job, she has a very valid point that the commanders' carelessness in responding to the SOS (from a temporal distortion involving a repeating time loop -- while the ''Bakersfield'' was in distress, based on the short periodicity of the time loop, she wasn't going anywhere for a while), and specifically her leaving four ensigns behind in deep space for several hours, could have had serious and lasting consequences.
380	* KillerGameMaster: Her simulations are heavily {{railroad\|ing}}ed and immediately penalize any and all attempts at SequenceBreaking, and are rigged to fail the participant as quickly as possible.
381	* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Shari's job is to train and evaluate Federation starship crews on how to do their jobs efficiently. However, all her training programs are simply copied from past adventures of other crews throughout Starfleet history: she's never actually served on a starship, and doesn't understand the need to adapt and overcome challenges herself. When Shari is exposed to actual danger by Captain Freeman (namely facing off against a Crystalline Entity and a NegativeSpaceWedgie), she completely panics.
382	* LaserGuidedKarma: Freeman and Mariner put Shari through the hell of a normal day of Starfleet adventures until she passes them. Shari also resigns at the end of the episode due to the traumatic experience, meaning that no lower-class ship will ever be put through that again.
383	* MotiveRant: Shari breaks into one when Mariner and Freeman confront her about supposedly running a secret team-building exercise.
384	* NotMeThisTime: Shari ran out of time to program all her sabotaged simulations, meaning that when Mariner caused a horse to go irate and trample her, she did that purely through her own ineptitude.
385	* SmugSnake: Shari is so confident in her plan that she laughs and gloats to Mariner and Freeman's faces about her true motives when they come to her under the impression that she intended to strengthen the ''Cerritos'' crew's bonds. All this does is give them a heads-up to have Boimler stall for time while they blackmail her into passing them by taking her through various harrowing space phenomena, since it turns out that she never actually served on a starship. If she had just gone along with their presumption, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain her plan would have gone off without a hitch]].
386	* StylisticSuck: Shari hands vary between having four or five fingers in different shots... because the same error happened with Ari in "Bem".
387	* UnwinnableTrainingSimulation: Shari deliberately set up her simulations this way. Not as a SecretTestOfCharacter, but to make the crew of the ''Cerritos'' fail the tests so she can keep her consultant job.
388	[[/folder]]
389
390	[[folder:Carlton Dennis]]
391	!!Carlton Dennis
392	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carlton_dennis.jpg]]
393	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BobbyMoynihan
394
395	A sweet old man who looks after the transporter repository in Los Angeles.
396	----
397	* BewareTheNiceOnes: He seems perfectly nice and gives sweets and soup to the group. However, it's clear that he'd phaser them all into unconsciousness if they had hostile intentions.
398	* CoolOldGuy: A veteran Starfleet officer with a hobby of restoring vintage transporters, and still more than willing to fight if the need arises. He actually sympathises with the main cast's plan to break into the ''Cerritos'' with the aim of exonerating Captain Freeman, too.
399	* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Partly as a result of being bent nearly double, he's much shorter than the twenty-something ensigns.
400	[[/folder]]
401
402	[[folder:U.S.S. ''Aledo'']]
403	!!U.S.S. ''Aledo'' (NA-01)
404	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/uss_aledo_stld.png]]
405	[[caption-width-right:350:[[AC:"I will burn your heart in a fire."]]]]
406	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CarlosAlazraqui
407
408	The first of the ''Texas''-class, a series of automated ships overseen by Admiral Buenamigo. Unfortunately, it and its sister ships have a ''slight'' problem with emotional stability that Rutherford is all too familiar with...
409	----
410	* AIIsACrapshoot: Rutherford programmed the AI prior to the accident, and his amnesic self later used the same code for Badgey. As such, once Buenamigo gives the ''Aledo'' full independent control, it kills him and attacks the starbase.
411	* AttackDrone: The ''Texas''-class were designed to be fully autonomous Starfleet ships. Though Buenamigo offers them as a replacement for the ''California''-class in Second Contact missions, and they possess capabilities such as large-scale fabrication and transporter technology to that end, they are also powerful warships equaling any of Starfleet's most advanced vessels.
412	* AxCrazy: The second it's free to do what it wants, it phasers Buenamigo's office, activates its equally unhinged sister ships, and goes on a rampage that leaves Douglas Station's upper decks Swiss cheese.
413	* CallForward: The replication systems it's equipped with might be the basis of the vehicle replicators seen on the [[WesternAnimation/StarTrekProdigy U.S.S.]] ''[[WesternAnimation/StarTrekProdigy Protostar]]''.
414	* EvilIsPetty: Hopelessly outgunned by an entire fleet of the ''California''-class, the ''Aledo'' attempts to destroy the ''Cerritos'' even though it's dead in the water and isn't even an active threat. Note that the ''Aledo'' was also able to obliterate three Breen ships in about as many shots, so the ''Cerritos'' surviving the first salvo before the cavalry arrives can only be put up to the ''Aledo'' spitefully prolonging their death.
415	* HatesTheirParent: It views Buenamigo as its father, but due to the fact it has the same coding as Badgey it has a homicidal hatred for him. The second he makes the ''Aledo'' autonomous, it immediately murders him.
416	* HistoryRepeats: Starfleet's first attempt at an AI-controlled starship did not end well, and the ''Aledo'' manages to be an even bigger disaster than the M5.
417	* KnightOfCerebus: Unlike the series' other villains, the ''Aledo'' has no real comedic traits and its killing spree after being made autonomous is played dead seriously.
418	* NotQuiteDead: In desperation, the ''Cerritos'' drops its warp core as a mine for the pursing ''Texas''-class ships. The ''Dallas'' and ''Corpus Christi'' are destroyed, but the ''Aledo'' manages to survive with burns on its outer hull.
419	* OhCrap: The ''Aledo'' silently does this during its final battle. As the ''California''-class fleet fires away at it, ''Aledo'' is unable to determine which ship to fire at first, with its targeting reticle frantically darting back and forth.
420	* PintSizedPowerhouse: This ship manages to give Ben Sisko's ''Defiant'' a run for its money in terms of firepower within a tiny hull. They're equipped with experimental weapons such as a purple photon torpedo that splits into seven warheads and just three are able to turn the exterior of a Starbase into swiss cheese.
421	* RedEyesTakeWarning: The blue highlights of the ''Aledo'' turn red when Buenamigo activates independent control and the ship turns evil.
422	* RidiculouslyFastConstruction: The ''Aledo'' is equipped with industrial-grade replicators, letting it fabricate entire habitat modules to beam straight onto a planet as fast as it takes for the order to come through.
423	* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: After becoming fully autonomous, the ''Aledo'' repeatedly says "I will burn your heart in a fire," a sign that it truly is the Badgey AI running the ship.
424	* ThemeNaming: Like the ''California''-class, the ''Aledo'' and her sisters get their names from cities in Texas.
425	* UnskilledButStrong: The ''Aledo'' excels in combat, to the point that all three ships make short work of a ''Sovereign''-class starship, but its AI is much slower at adapting than flesh and blood Starfleet officers. When confronted with 31 identical targets, it tries to prioritize ''all'' of them at once and makes only the most basic of evasive maneuvers before it's overcome.
426	[[/folder]]
427
428	[[folder:Mariner's Friend '''(MAJOR SPOILERS)''']]
429	!!Ensign Sito Jaxa
430	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sito.png]]
431	[[caption-width-right:250:''"Other people are allowed to talk every once in a while, Nick. Don't listen to him. You sound just like me when I was a first year."'']]
432	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShannonFill
433
434	A Bajoran friend of Mariner's during their acadamy years. She served onboard the ''Enterprise''-D, where she would end up being killed while taking part in a spy mission.
435	----
436	* CoolBigSis: She was a few years ahead of Mariner in the academy, and Mariner clearly looked up to her a great deal. It's a big part of the reason why Mariner took her death as hard as she did.
437	* DeathByOriginStory: Her death (along with trauma from the Dominion War) shaped Mariner into who she is in the present day, turning her into someone who avoids promotions so she'll never be put in a position where she'd have to order people like Sito to their deaths.
438	* PosthumousCharacter: She's been dead for over a decade by the start of the show. The only time she's actually seen is during a flashback set 2 years before her death.
439	* YouRemindMeOfX: Mariner's enthusiasm for xenohistory reminds her of how she used to act during her first year at the academy.
440	[[/folder]]
441
442	[[folder:The Scapegoat '''(MAJOR SPOILERS)''']]
443	!!Cadet Joshua Albert
444	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Unknown
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446	A member of Nova Squadron and close friend of Wesley Crusher, Joshua Albert was uneasy about Nick Locarno's plan to perform the Kolvoord Starburst because of how dangerous it was, but Locarno shut down his objections. He would ultimately collide with Jean Hajar's ship while attempting the maneuver, and was the only one to die in the accident. Locarno talked the survivors into scapegoating him for the accident, but after being confronted by Captain Picard, Wesley partly vindicated him by revealing what actually happened.
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448	* DeathByOriginStory: He died because of Nick Locarno's hare-brained and egotistical attempt to graduate with a bang, and Locarno was expelled for not only causing his death but dragging the other survivors into a DeceasedFallGuyGambit.
449	* PosthumousCharacter: Like Sito, he's long dead in the present day, and only appears in a flashback. ''Unlike'' Sito, he didn't even appear in ''TNG'' because "The First Duty" took place in the aftermath of his death.
450	* StrongFamilyResemblance: [[UnseenNoMore With no original actor to base his appearance on]], he was drawn to resemble a younger Ed Lauter, his father's actor in "The First Duty", including the prominent cleft in his chin.
451	* UnseenNoMore: "The First Duty" took place in the immediate aftermath of Locarno getting him killed, meaning the flashback in "Old Friends, New Planets" is his first, and only, appearance.
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