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Star Trek : Discoveryhas already prove Orions ca n’t change , despite the 24th - century drive of D’Vana Tendi ( Noël Wells ) inStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 5 . The effervescent Tendi is a member of a powerful Orion family , and her people venerate and fear D’Vana as theMistress of the Winter Constellations . However , Tendi is no Orion at fondness ; D’Vana ’s beloved of skill and geographic expedition lead to her joining Starfleet , where she was one of the intact Lower Deckers aboard the USS Cerritos .
Lieutenant D’Vana Tendi leave office from Starfleet and returned to Orion at theend ofStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 4 . Desperate for the Orions aid to rescue Lieutenant Beckett Mariner ( Tawny Newsome ) from the demonic ex - Starfleet plebe Nicholas Locarno ( Robert Duncan McNeill ) , D’Vana struck a mass with her sister , D’Erika ( Ariel Winter ) . In exchange for Starfleet gaining the utilisation of an Orion battleship , D’Vana agree to become the Mistress of the Winter Constellations once more . Tendi Leslie Townes Hope to act out positive change to the Orions from within , but will it mould long term?Star Trek : Discoveryargues that Orion do n’t deepen .
Star Trek: Discovery Already Proved Orions Can’t Change
Orions run the 32nd century Emerald Chain crime syndicate
Orions , a race infamous for intergalactic piracy , are still law-breaking lords inStar Trek : Discovery ’s 32nd century . When Commander Michael Burnham ( Sonequa Martin - Green ) and the USS Discovery arrive in the far time to come , they find the United Federation of Planets broken from lack of warp travel make by the Burn . bad , the extragalactic nebula is under the grasp of a vast reprehensible connection know as the Emerald Chain , which Orions chiefly run . Osyraa ( Janet Kidder ) was the Orion leader of the Emerald Chainuntil she seek to highjack the USS Discovery and was killed by Burnham at theend ofStar Trek : Discoveryseason 3 .
Sadly , despite D’Vana Tendi ’s best efforts and positivist exercise , as seen in apreview clip ofStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 5 ’s premiere , the Orions ca n’t come apart from their reprehensible culture . The logline forStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 5 indicates theUSS Cerritos will make do with"an Orion war"along with"furious Klingons , diplomatic catastrophes , [ and ] execution mysteries . “It seems Tendi ’s attempt to remake Orion culture may create a schism within their order that leads to violence . The Orions wo n’t abandon centuries of piracy and deplorable behavior easy , and they are still at it 800 old age later inStar Trek : Discovery .
Tendi’s Future Is Still With Starfleet In Star Trek: Lower Decks
Tendi belongs in Starfleet
Star Trek : Lower Decksseason 5 has made no bones about the fact thatD’Vana Tendi ’s return to the Orions is only temporary , and she will be back aboard the USS Cerritos before long . Tendi belong in Starfleet , after all . Aboard the Cerritos , D’Vana line up supporter among the maincharacters ofStar Trek : Lower deck of cards , like Lt . Samanthan Rutherford ( Eugene Cordero ) , who shares her values and her nerdy love of science and Starfleet technology . Tendi illustrate the best of Starfleet ’s optimism and loyalty to ameliorate the galaxy .
Star Trek : Lower Decksseason 4 visit the Orion homeworld for the first time inStar Trekhistory .
TheOrions have become a engrossing staple ofStar Trek : Lower deck . Although an Orion slave daughter was first glimpsed inStar Trek ’s original pilot , " The John Cage , " exploring Orion acculturation is a relatively recent ontogenesis . Star Trek : Enterpriserevealed that Orions are a matriarchal social club , andStar Trek : Lower Deckshas develop the Orions the most . Lt . D’Vana Tendiis the most well - snipe and developed Orion character inStar Trek . Unfortunately , Star Trek : Discoveryhas already establish that whatever changes Tendi seek to make to the Orions do n’t stick .
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