We’re less than 20 DAYS AWAY from Star Trek: Lower Decks Season Two,
and of course that means we’ve got a brand new trailer to talk about, so let’s get right into it, Engage!
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We’ve known that Season 2 of STAR TREK: Lower Decks would be coming for some time now,
with a release date of August 12th and an initial teaser trailer coming out earlier this year.
Still, seeing an even bigger trailer with new details and iconic cameos is fantastic, let’s dive in and check out all the details you might have missed!
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Lower Decks Season 2 picks up where Season One of the show left off, that being Boimler who is voiced by Jack Quaid,
going off to serve on the USS Titan, under the command of Captain WIlliam T. Riker!
It looks like we’re also getting more of Joanthan Frakes in this season as well. Episode One will also see actress Vanessa Marshall playing Riker’s first officer,
perhaps this is Cristine Vale from the Star Trek Titan books in the Star Trek Lit-verse, longtime fans might recognize that name.
Though it looks like the first officer is this purple/blue alien, so if this is christine vale, she isn’t human anymore.
Back to Boimler, it appears he is back with his other crew on the USS Cerritos, obviously the USS Titan assignment did not last long and he is returned back to his original crew.
How this goes down, I am sure it will be funny, but maybe the young officer does not fit in with Captain Riker’s crew.
We get a nice little scene of Boimler with the other lower deckers in EVA suits fixing a satellite, and then are left stranded as the Cerritos warps away, in classic Lower Decks fashion.
We seem to be getting a lot more Star Trek: The Animated Series references in this second season,
as we see a member of Bem’s species, the Pandronians, from the TAS episode “Bem”.
These species were capable of separating into independent, functioning parts of themselves.
Little creepy if I must add, but hey, it’s Star Trek. We also see what looks to be a Kzinti, who were recently name dropped in Picard’s episode of “Nepenthe”.
And talking of Picard, we may see the Cerritos going to visit Freecloud, the city seen in Picard’s “Stardust City Rag”, as we see a city with large neon business lights, including one of Quarks!
Which means in the last 5 years after DS9, Quark has managed to make a name for himself and Franchise out.
here is also a sign post for what could be Amarie from the TNG episode “Unification II”, who was the 4 armed piano player, so she might have become a big celebrity since that episode.
The USS Cerritos is potentially getting a new replacement for the much-loved Lt Shaxs, who sacrificed himself in a heroic manner at the end of Season One.
The officer introduced is Lieutenant Kayshon, voiced by Carl Tart, who is a metaphor-speaking Tamarian.
His species was introduced in the legendary Star Trek: TNG episode “Darmok”, we all remember that episode…. “Shaka When The Walls Fell”.
Then again, if you look at the trailer closely, you can see both Lt Shaxs and Lt Kayshon on screen together during one of the hangar scenes.
This could be a flashback for now, or just an error that they’ll clean up before release, but we’ll have to wait and see what turns up in the second season.
We’re also seeing the return of the food loving Dr Migleemo, voiced by Paul F. Tompkins, as he’s spotted on the bridge along with the command crew.
He featured in Season One of Lower Decks, so it will be interesting to see how he fits into the story for season two.
In quick fire cuts from the trailer, we’re treated to a surprise run in with the Crystalline Entity, meetings with the Pakleds, Nausicann pirates next to a Domjot Table,
with the room looking very familiar to the Bonestell Recreation Facility at the Federation Starbase Earhart in TNG’s “Tapestry”.
Ensign Mariner can be found fighting with a Cardassian, aboard what looks to be a Cardassian starship or facility.
And once again we’re treated to a very nice look at a Miranda-class starship, which does appear to be upgraded for the time-period, all while being shot at.
Ensign Tendi also appears to have been turned into some kind of scorpion-like insect creature, honestly i have no clue what is going on here.
It reminds me of the Season One moment where Boimler is made translucent via the transporter.
Continuing the madness, Ensign Tendi is also found experimenting on Ensign Rutherford, along with Dr T’ana,
still my favourite character from Lower Decks so far i must say.
If only we could get another visit to Deep Space Nine in Lower Decks, like an actual proper one, oh a man can dream really.
While Boimler is on the USS Titan, we do see the sort of mission the Titan is on, with them dealing with the threat that the Pakleds started at the end of the last season.
There is a great scene where Boimler is being beamed back to the cerritos while Screaming and it keeps cutting out due to the transporter effect.
I will say the Titan’s Transporter room looks amazing, and has an extremely enterprise Vibe to it.
Boimler is also seen as a Borg Drone, whether this is some sort of dream sequence, or thanks to the USS Titan,
he has ended up like this, we don’t know. You know either the Titan is cursed, or Boimler is, because lots of bad things happen in connection here.
Yes, you heard correctly, Tom Paris from STAR TREK: VOYAGER is making a cameo in Star Trek Lower Decks Season 2, as a plate?
This is actually a call back to a long-running series of Star Trek Collector Plates that was originally in circulation in the 1980’s to 1990’s.
Robert Duncan McNeil, who portrayed Paris in all seven seasons of Star Trek Voyager, is back to voice his Starfleet character in true style.
How we’ll fit into the series is so far unknown, but he does seem to connect with Ensign Boimler rather well,
especially pointing out he’s talking to a plate, while high on fumes… I’m gonna love this.
The Season Finale of Star Trek: Lower Decks Season One showed Boimler owning a Commander Jack Ransom plate in his new USS Titan officer quarters,
so perhaps he has a collection of these lying around somewhere?
Speaking on the Tom Paris as a plate subject, following the Lower Decks Season 2 trailer, Star Trek revealed that you’ll soon be able to buy an actual Tom Paris commemorative collector’s plate, because of course you can.
A new merch licensee, Star Trek Unlimited, revealed that the fun plate will soon be available for die hard fans to purchase,
as an exclusive prop, coming this fall. No word on how much this will cost, or if it will ship internationally,
, but I personally think this is hilarious and shows that Lower Decks is getting it’s merch branding on point really. Now we just need a Badgy plushie from Season One and I’m sold!
Legendary Star Trek actor, Jeffrey Combs, makes his animated Lower Decks cameo as an evil computer voice.
He is well known for his characters in both Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Enterprise.
This evil computer goes in for the kill, dropping a sarcastic comment to Mariner about her weight… I’m going to imagine the computer is quickly disassembled after that comment.
We see some Lower Deck dress uniforms, which is neat and very in the style of the Dress Uniforms from Insurrection and Nemesis.
Two season 2 episode names have been revealed, likely Episode One and Two, those are the following: “Strange Energies” and “Kayshon, His Eyes Open”.
The second name there liely being connected to the new officer we mentioned earlier.
Additional stills have been released alongside the trailer, and you can see some on-screen right now.
We get to see more of Boimler onboard the bridge of the USS Titan with Captain WIlliam T.Riker and who I presume might be his First Officer.
In what seems like a still from the same battle, the Titan can be seen attacking a Pakled warship and oh my does this ship look fantastic really.
More stills show the new Lt Kayshon, who likely is Shax’s replacement at this point, and Ensign Tendi visiting what I can presume is some sort of museum starship,
with all the odd artifacts and references hidden in the background, from the Inner light probe to an assortment of Trek Weapons. Can any of you spot the obvious painting one?
So when can you watch Lower Decks Season 2? As mentioned earlier, the second season will air on August 12th via Paramount+ in the United States.
The series will also air on the same day via CTV Sci-Fi channel in Canada.
Previously Season One has aired on Amazon Prime Video for International viewers, however so far at the time of this video there is no confirmed date just yet.
We’ll have to wait and see for now and this could be a case of things being delayed once more.
Though some of you will know creative ways to watch the series I am sure.
Don’t forget that last time around the International debut of Star Trek Lower Decks was delayed due to an International Rights Negotiations dispute caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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