Introduction

Star Trek: Lower Decks is an American adult animated television series created by Mike McMahan for the streaming service CBS All Access.

It is the ninth series in the Star Trek franchise, and was launched in 2020 as part of executive producer Alex Kurtzman’s expansion of the franchise.

Lower Decks is the first animated series created for All Access, and the first animated Star Trek series since the 1973-1974 series Star Trek: The Animated Series.

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Outline

Boimler is assigned to a mission to transport Klingon general K’orin to the Federation Embassy on Tulgana IV. Mariner has herself assigned to the same mission, revealing that she is old friends with K’orin. The pair drink and reminisce while Boimler flies them to the planet. After they land, a drunken K’orin steals the shuttlecraft. While tracking down K’orin, Boimler feels he is unprepared for field work compared to Mariner, and threatens to quit Starfleet. They are offered assistance from a Ferengi whom Mariner believes is trustworthy, but Boimler cautions against this and is proven correct when the Ferengi pulls a knife on them. Boimler scares the Ferengi away. The pair find K’orin and leave him at the embassy before returning to the Cerritos. Boimler teases Mariner about the Ferengi, unaware that Mariner had staged the incident. Meanwhile, Rutherford transfers from engineering to other divisions hoping to have more time to spend with Tendi. He decides that engineering is where he wants to be, and she chooses to spend time with him while he works.

Star Trek: Lower Decks Series

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Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): Kim Arndt.
• Writer(s): Chris Kula.
• Release Date: 13 August 2020.
• Running Time: 25 minutes (per episode).
• Rating: PG.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.

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