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* ItIsDehumanizing: While attempting to kill Ma'ah, the Romulan Vrek refers to him as both an "it" and a "thing".
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* ItIsDehumanizing: ItIsDehumanizing:
** While attempting to kill Ma'ah, the Romulan Vrek refers to him as both an "it" and a"thing". "thing".
** Cosmia refers to the Bynar as a "thing" as well.
** While attempting to kill Ma'ah, the Romulan Vrek refers to him as both an "it" and a
** Cosmia refers to the Bynar as a "thing" as well.
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* MathematiciansAnswer: Vulcans famously don't lie, but when Mariner, who is on a thrill-kicks phase, asks the threat level, T'Lyn says, "It will be 2.7 times more perilous if you remain uninformed of the details." Yeah, 2.7 times nil is still practically nil.
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Freeman keeps Rutherford and Shaxs unaware of her BatmanGambit to obtain the information on Locarno, to help sell it to the criminals. So when Freeman says their mission was a success, the two give each other confused looks, with Shaxs even shrugging at Rutherford, before everything is revealed.
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* ItIsDehumanizing: While attempting to kill Ma'ah, the Romulan Vrek refers to him as both an "it" and a "thing".
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* ThereAreNoTherapists: Played with. Boimler quite sensibly suggests sending Mariner to Dr. Migleemo, but Freeman rejects that because their mission to pick up Locarno is happening right now and they don't have time to have Mariner work out her issues before they wind up in another situation where Mariner will endanger herself. Tendi offers the weather station mission as a distraction. Even then, Mariner likely wouldn't have taken the help considering Dr. Migleemo hasn't done much to help her traumas in the past, meaning that, as established in [[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS1E09CrisisPoint his debut episode]], she doesn't trust him as a therapist.
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* ThereAreNoTherapists: Played with. Boimler quite sensibly suggests sending Mariner to Dr. Migleemo, but Freeman rejects that because their mission to pick up Locarno is happening right now now, and they don't have time to have Mariner work out her issues before they wind up in another situation where Mariner will endanger herself. Tendi offers the weather station mission as a distraction. Even then, Mariner likely wouldn't have taken the help considering Dr. Migleemo hasn't done much to help her traumas in the past, meaning that, as established in [[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS1E09CrisisPoint his debut episode]], she doesn't trust him as a therapist.
* TooDumbToLive: The Orion Captain, Cosmia is eager to attack Mariner. This even after [[TheBigGuy Captain Ma'ah]] has revealed himself and has loudly proclaimed his allegiance to the lieutenant.
* TooDumbToLive: The Orion Captain, Cosmia is eager to attack Mariner. This even after [[TheBigGuy Captain Ma'ah]] has revealed himself and has loudly proclaimed his allegiance to the lieutenant.
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-->'''Mariner''': ... Nick?
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-->'''Mariner''': ... Nick?
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* DistinctionWithoutADifference: After all the other aliens agree to work together after Mariner's speech, the Romulan captain insists he's not joining anything but agrees to cease aggression for now.
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* ImStandingRightHere: The Orion captain says she refuses to "bend the knee" to Starfleet, saying they're worse than the Romulans. The Romulan captain standing a few feet away gives an offended "Hey!" in response.
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* WeWillNotHavePocketsInTheFuture: Subverted, Rutherford comments on this, but is amazed to learn his uniform ''does'' have pockets, and presumably always has.
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* FireForgedFriendship: Mariner and Ma'ah start of as enemies when they first encounter each other, engaging in a fight to the death. But they are interrupted by a glass rainstorm, forcing them to take cover together and Ma'ah calling off the fight until the storm passes. During that time, the two talk with each other and Ma'ah ends up playing WarriorTherapist to Mariner, talking her through her recent troubles and convincing her to honor her deceased friend Sito. Upon the storm passing, Mariner declares Ma'ah her friend and that they should work together. This is PlayedForLaughs with Ma'ah at first, since he [[FriendshipDenial angrily tries to deny being her friend]] and insists they must finish their fight to the death, but by their next scene together they are working together perfectly, with Ma'ah ordering the other aliens to listen to Mariner as she speaks and declaring she is honorable.
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* FireForgedFriendship: Mariner and Ma'ah start of off as enemies when they first encounter each other, engaging in a fight to the death. But they are interrupted by a glass rainstorm, forcing them to take cover together and Ma'ah calling off the fight until the storm passes. During that time, the two talk with each other and Ma'ah ends up playing WarriorTherapist to Mariner, talking her through her recent troubles and convincing her to honor her deceased friend Sito. Upon the storm passing, Mariner declares Ma'ah her friend and that they should work together. This is PlayedForLaughs with Ma'ah at first, since he [[FriendshipDenial angrily tries to deny being her friend]] and insists they must finish their fight to the death, but by their next scene together they are working together perfectly, with Ma'ah ordering the other aliens to listen to Mariner as she speaks and declaring she is honorable.
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* InternalDeconstruction: ''Trek'' has shown that one of the most difficult things about being TheCaptain is that sometimes, you ''have'' to order some of your crew to their deaths if it means saving the ship-- in fact, "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E15ThineOwnSelf Thine Own Self]]" makes a point that any high-ranking officer ''must'' be able to make this choice if they're to be trusted with leadership. Even T'Lyn, earlier in the season, made the point to Boimler that he couldn't protect a group of Ensigns from dangerous situations. However, Mariner is shown as the one person in Starfleet who ''won't'' do that, having been traumatized by losing her friend Ensign Sito and witnessing the horrors of the Dominion War unfold where other Captains were forced to make similar hard calls. As much as Mariner has shown she's capable of being a Captain, she can't stomach TheChainsOfCommanding, which has led her down a self-destructive path to prevent herself from being put in that situation.
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* InternalDeconstruction: ''Trek'' has shown that one of the most difficult things about being TheCaptain is that sometimes, you ''have'' to order some of your crew to their deaths if it means saving the ship-- in fact, "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E15ThineOwnSelf Thine Own Self]]" makes a point that any high-ranking officer ''must'' be able to make this choice if they're to be trusted with leadership. Even T'Lyn, earlier in the season, made the point to Boimler that he couldn't protect a group of Ensigns from dangerous situations. And, as gets mentioned, there's the recent [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Dominion War]], where admirals like Bill Ross ordered entire starship crews to die for the Federation. However, Mariner is shown as the one person in Starfleet officer who ''won't'' do that, having been traumatized by losing her friend Ensign Sito and witnessing the horrors of the Dominion War unfold where other Captains were forced to make similar hard calls. As much as Mariner has shown she's capable of being a Captain, she can't stomach TheChainsOfCommanding, which has led her down a self-destructive path to prevent herself from being put in that situation.
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* KneelBeforeFrodo: The Orions are about to kill Mariner when Tendi stops them, and they immediately genuflect before the Mistress of the Winter Constellations.
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* KneelBeforeFrodo: The Orions are about to kill Mariner when Tendi jumps in and stops them, and they immediately genuflect before the Mistress of the Winter Constellations.
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* DareToBeBadass: After helping Mariner admit the root of her issues, Ma'ah encourages her to be the Starfleet officer she should be -- in a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Klingon]] way, of course.
-->'''Ma'ah''': Honor your friend. Slay your enemies... [[CallToAgriculture and study your... what was it, plants?]]\\
'''Mariner''': Yeah, I mean, sometimes it's plants.
-->'''Ma'ah''': Honor your friend. Slay your enemies... [[CallToAgriculture and study your... what was it, plants?]]\\
'''Mariner''': Yeah, I mean, sometimes it's plants.
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* DramaticIrony: Freeman sets the away mission up to keep Mariner, who's frequently been going LeeroyJenkins recently, out of danger. What she can't know is that she's sending the away team to the planet where Locarno's having his mutineers dump their commanding officers, and that the ''Che'Ta[='=]'' is on the lookout for intruders, meaning she's ''actually'' sending Mariner into the lion's den.
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* DramaticIrony: DramaticIrony:
** Freeman sets the away mission up to keep Mariner, who's frequently been going LeeroyJenkins recently, out of danger. What she can't know is that she's sending the away team to the planet where Locarno's having his mutineers dump their commanding officers, and that the ''Che'Ta[='=]'' is on the lookout for intruders, meaning she's ''actually'' sending Mariner into the lion'sden.den.
** In addition, Starfleet thinks that Locarno needs to be protected from the mystery ship. They have no idea that he's controlling it.
** Freeman sets the away mission up to keep Mariner, who's frequently been going LeeroyJenkins recently, out of danger. What she can't know is that she's sending the away team to the planet where Locarno's having his mutineers dump their commanding officers, and that the ''Che'Ta[='=]'' is on the lookout for intruders, meaning she's ''actually'' sending Mariner into the lion's
** In addition, Starfleet thinks that Locarno needs to be protected from the mystery ship. They have no idea that he's controlling it.
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* BrickJoke: Back in TNG's "Redemption," Commander Hobson objected to Data taking command of the ''Sutherland'' by saying that he felt an android wasn't suitable as a commanding officer, while offhandedly noting that a Klingon wouldn't make a good ship's counselor. Here, a Klingon manages to help Mariner sort through her fears and self-doubt, something that Starfleet counselors had been unable to do.
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* CanonImmigrant: A weird variant due to the knowledge broker. In the Star Trek novel "The Face of the Unknown" establishes Balok species are called the Linnik, and the puppet's species is the Dassik. Also, in contrast to the knowledge broker from this ep, the Dassik were depicted as being very tall in stature.
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* CanonImmigrant: A weird variant due to the knowledge broker. In the Star Trek novel "The Face of the Unknown" establishes Balok species are called the Linnik, and the puppet's species is the Dassik. Also, in contrast to the knowledge broker from this ep, the Dassik were depicted as being very tall in stature.
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* CanonImmigrant: A weird variant due to the Informant broker. In the Star Trek novel "The Face of the Unknown" establishes Balok species are called the Linnik, and the puppet's species is the Dassik. Also, in contrast to the information broker from this ep, the Dassik were depicted as being very tall in stature.
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* CanonImmigrant: A weird variant due to the Informant knowledge broker. In the Star Trek novel "The Face of the Unknown" establishes Balok species are called the Linnik, and the puppet's species is the Dassik. Also, in contrast to the information knowledge broker from this ep, the Dassik were depicted as being very tall in stature.
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* CanonImmigrant: A weird variant due to the Informant broker. In the Star Trek novel "The Face of the Unknown" establishes Balok species are called the Linnik (β), and the puppet's species is the Dassik. Also, in contrast to the information broker from this ep, the Dassik were depicted as being very tall in stature.
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* CanonImmigrant: A weird variant due to the Informant broker. In the Star Trek novel "The Face of the Unknown" establishes Balok species are called the Linnik (β), Linnik, and the puppet's species is the Dassik. Also, in contrast to the information broker from this ep, the Dassik were depicted as being very tall in stature.
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* CanonImmigrant: A weird variant due to the Informant broker. In the Star Trek novel "The Face of the Unknown" establishes Balok species are called the Linnik (β), and the puppet's species is the Dassik. Also, in contrast to the information broker from this ep, the Dassik were depicted as being very tall in stature.
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** Freeman meets an InformationBroker that looks the same as Balok's disguise in "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E10TheCorbomiteManeuver The Corbomite Maneuver]]". She voices suspicions that [[LampshadeHanging he's a puppet]] from his [[MarionetteMotion stilted mannerisms]] and throttles him, learning he's actually a real person that just so happens to have a puppet-like appearance.
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** Freeman meets an InformationBroker that a KnowledgeBroker who looks the same as Balok's disguise in "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E10TheCorbomiteManeuver The Corbomite Maneuver]]". She voices suspicions that [[LampshadeHanging he's a puppet]] from his [[MarionetteMotion stilted mannerisms]] and throttles him, learning he's actually a real person that who just so happens to have a puppet-like appearance.
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* GoryDiscretionShot: We're not shown exactly what Ma'ah did to his mutinous first officer, but given all the blood around his mouth, odds are he tore the man's throat out [[ManBitesMan with his teeth]].
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* GoryDiscretionShot: GoryDiscretionShot:
** We don't get to see what the tremble lizard does to the lead outpost scientist, but Mariner suggests that it's exactly as the scientist warned.
** We're not shown exactly what Ma'ah did to his mutinous first officer, but given all the blood around his mouth, odds are he tore the man's throat out [[ManBitesMan with his teeth]].
** We don't get to see what the tremble lizard does to the lead outpost scientist, but Mariner suggests that it's exactly as the scientist warned.
** We're not shown exactly what Ma'ah did to his mutinous first officer, but given all the blood around his mouth, odds are he tore the man's throat out [[ManBitesMan with his teeth]].
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* DisappointingPromotion: Mariner confesses to Ma'ah that the reason why she never wanted to be a lieutenant JG was the unresolved trauma of losing her friend Sito Jaxa on a spy mission right after she was posted to the Enterprise, followed by her own commission right at the beginning of the Dominion War. In essence, she felt that she didn't deserve to surpass Sito, and although she initially had aspirations to be a captain, she couldn't reconcile that vision with the militarization of Starfleet, especially the thought of ordering people to their deaths.
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* TemptingFate: Tendi suggests taking Mariner on a mission to repair a damaged weather station, reasoning that it's a boring job she can't possibly hurt herself doing. Instead, they wind up stumbling into the main plot of the season.
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* TemptingFate: TemptingFate:
** Tendi suggests taking Mariner on a mission to repair a damaged weather station, reasoning that it's a boring job she can't possibly hurt herself doing. Instead, they wind up stumbling into the main plot of theseason.season.
** The Orion captain says that she refuses to "bend the knee" to Starfleet when Mariner tries to convince everyone marooned on the planet to work together. Cue Tendi showing up, at which point she immediately kneels.
** Tendi suggests taking Mariner on a mission to repair a damaged weather station, reasoning that it's a boring job she can't possibly hurt herself doing. Instead, they wind up stumbling into the main plot of the
** The Orion captain says that she refuses to "bend the knee" to Starfleet when Mariner tries to convince everyone marooned on the planet to work together. Cue Tendi showing up, at which point she immediately kneels.
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* NotWhatISignedOnFor: Ma'ah helps Mariner get to the root of her issues -- she joined Starfleet to be a scientist and an explorer, but she instead became a soldier in a war where she watched her friends die.
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* NotWhatISignedOnFor: Ma'ah helps Mariner get to the root of her issues -- she joined Starfleet to be a scientist and an explorer, but because she graduated during the Dominion cold war, she instead became a soldier in a war where she watched her friends die.
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-->'''Mariner:''' Starfleet is supposed to be about puzzling together the mysteries of life, not fighting wars! I don't want to be a general! I don't -- I don't wanna send my friends off to die! I just wanna be an ensign. If it was good enough for Sito, then it's good enough for me.
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-->'''Mariner:''' Starfleet is supposed to be about puzzling together the mysteries of life, not fighting wars! I don't want to wanna be a general! I don't -- I don't wanna send my friends off to die! I just wanna be an ensign. If it was good enough for Sito, then it's good enough for me.
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** Freeman says a subdued "Oh... my... God..." upon being shown the blueprints of the mysterious ship in Locarno's hideout.
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** Freeman says a subdued "Oh... my... God..." upon being shown seeing the blueprints of the mysterious ship in Locarno's hideout.
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-->'''Mariner:''' Starfleet is supposed to be about puzzling together the mysteries of life, not fighting wars! I don't want to be a general! I don't -- I don't wanna send my friends off to die! I just wanna be an ensign. If it was good enough for Sito, then it is good enough for me...
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-->'''Mariner:''' Starfleet is supposed to be about puzzling together the mysteries of life, not fighting wars! I don't want to be a general! I don't -- I don't wanna send my friends off to die! I just wanna be an ensign. If it was good enough for Sito, then it is it's good enough for me...me.
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* OhCrap: Freeman says a subdued "Oh... my... God..." upon being shown the blueprints of the mysterious ship in Locarno's hideout.
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** The lead scientist freaks out when the tremble lizards cut the ForceFieldDoor.
--->'''Scientist:''' The fence! Oh, no! Those monsters are going to [BLEEP]ing kill us all!\\
'''Mariner:''' What? I thought you loved them.\\
'''Scientist:''' Only when the fence is up!
** Freeman says a subdued "Oh... my... God..." upon being shown the blueprints of the mysterious ship in Locarno's hideout.
** The lead scientist freaks out when the tremble lizards cut the ForceFieldDoor.
--->'''Scientist:''' The fence! Oh, no! Those monsters are going to [BLEEP]ing kill us all!\\
'''Mariner:''' What? I thought you loved them.\\
'''Scientist:''' Only when the fence is up!
** Freeman says a subdued "Oh... my... God..." upon being shown the blueprints of the mysterious ship in Locarno's hideout.
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* DramaBombFinale: The A-plot starts the Drama Bomb one episode early, with four of the Beta Shifters ending up tangled up with the overarching plot, and Mariner revealing and coming to terms with her Sito and Dominion War-related PTSD before being abducted by the mastermind, Nick Locarno. The mostly comedic B-plot ends up intersecting right at the end, when Rutherford discovers blueprints for the mysterious ship in Locarno's hangar.
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->''"Why is my daughter trying to get herself killed?''"
-->-- '''Captain Freeman'''
-->-- '''Captain Freeman'''
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* JustBetweenYouAndMe: This is Mariner's original reason for explaining things to Ma'ah. When their fight to the death is interrupted and they take shelter together until the storm passes, Mariner decides since one of them will be dead soon it doesn't matter what she says to him and explains her trauma from Sito's death and the Dominion War and why she wants to stay an ensign.
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* RousingSpeech: Mariner manages to inspire everyone to join forces to escape the planet.
-->'''Mariner:''' Look, we don't have to like each other. But until we're off this [BLEEP] planet, we need to work together. How else are you gonna get revenge on whoever did this? Each and every one of you comes from a species that chose to travel into space, and all the danger that comes with it. We've survived worse. If we can work together, nothing can stop us.
-->'''Mariner:''' Look, we don't have to like each other. But until we're off this [BLEEP] planet, we need to work together. How else are you gonna get revenge on whoever did this? Each and every one of you comes from a species that chose to travel into space, and all the danger that comes with it. We've survived worse. If we can work together, nothing can stop us.
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* NotWhatISignedOnFor: Ma'ah helps Mariner get to the root of her issues -- she joined Starfleet to be a scientist and an explorer, but she instead became a soldier in a war where she watched her friends die.
-->'''Mariner:''' Starfleet is supposed to be about puzzling together the mysteries of life, not fighting wars! I don't want to be a general! I don't -- I don't wanna send my friends off to die! I just wanna be an ensign. If it was good enough for Sito, then it is good enough for me...
-->'''Mariner:''' Starfleet is supposed to be about puzzling together the mysteries of life, not fighting wars! I don't want to be a general! I don't -- I don't wanna send my friends off to die! I just wanna be an ensign. If it was good enough for Sito, then it is good enough for me...
