Star Trek Lower Decks
Warning : spoiler for Star Trek : Lower Decks Season 5 , Episode 4 - " A Farewell To Farms "
Star Trek : Lower Decksshows how even Klingons can apportion an unhappy luck that befell Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) and Admiral Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) . In its 5th and terminal time of year on Paramount+,Star Trek : Lower Deckssees the USS Cerritos investigating quantum fissures in blank space that lead to alternateStar Trektimelines . One dimensional portal opened up in Klingon blank , which ledLieutenants Beckett Mariner ( Tawny Newsome ) and Bradward Boimler ( Jack Quaid ) to the Klingon homeworld , Q’onoS.
Star Trekmovies and television receiver showsare in the main about Starfleet Officers seeking out strange fresh globe and meeting new lifeforms , as well as representing theUnited Federation of Planetsin an increasingly complicated galaxy . However , Star Trekalso tells stories about what happen to part at the ending of their Starfleet vocation , or circumstances where they are pressure to allow Starfleet . But it ’s not often that Star Trek showswhat happens to Klingons who decrease out of favor with the Klingon Defense Forces .
Star Trek: Lower Decks Shows Klingons Can End Up Like Kirk & Picard
Retirement Is Hard For Klingons And Starfleet
Star Trek : Lower Decks time of year 5 , episode 4 , " A Farewell To Farms " centers on Ma’ah ( Jon Curry ) , a former Klingon lower Thomas Dekker - turn - skipper who has since been force to retire from the Klingon Defense Forces in shame . A dejected Ma’ah return to his family ’s Targ farm on Qo’noS , where he survive with his brother , Malor ( Sam Witwer ) . Ma’ah has given up on his dream of being a captain after he killed his corrupt superior officer inStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 2 , episode 9 , " wej Duj . "
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Luckily , Ma’ah befriended Lt . Beckett Mariner at theend ofStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 4 . With Lt . Brad Boimler along to provide his expertise on Klingon polish , Ma’ah , Malor , and the two USS Cerritos Lieutenants manage to complete the torturous Klingon ritual necessary to restore Ma’ah ’s command and honor . Star Trek : Lower Decksdelivers a fascinating thick - diva into what happens when a Klingon is forced to retirebefore his metre , and Ma’ah ’s predicament has latitude to Captain Kirk and Admiral Picard ’s retirements .
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Star Trek Captains Often Have Unhappy Retirements
Peace And Quiet Doesn’t Suit Captains Of The Enterprise
Neither Captain Kirk nor Admiral Picard found peace in retirement . Kirk abuse away from Starfleet after the event ofStar Trek : The Motion Picture . Jim moved into a passel cabin and regain a Modern love refer Antonia . Yet the pull of outer space dangerous undertaking was too great , and the uneasy Kirk returned to Starfleet . Star Trek : PicardrevealedAdmiral Picard leave office Starfleetin protest and expend 14 years bitterly sequestered at Chateau Picard , his kinsfolk vineyeard in LaBarre , France . Jean - Luc also returned to infinite to keep the galaxy .
Retirement seemed to become Janeway .
Captain Kirk and Admiral Picard spent their adult lives in outer space where they made a difference asCaptains of the USS Enterprise . Meanwhile , Earth is a Sion that bore Kirk and Picard , who thrive on exploration and adventure . For her part , Admiral Kathryn Janeway ( Kate Mulgrew ) chose to hit the sack to an Indiana farm at the end ofStar Trek : Prodigyseason 2 , but Janeway was called back to action . However , retirement seemed to suit Janeway , at least for the short clock time she got to enjoy it .
Klingons Deal With Bureaucracy Just Like Starfleet
It’s Not Easy Serving In The Klingon Empire
The Klingon Empire is structure very otherwise from the Federation , with a Chancellor , High Council , and various enceinte Houses jockeying for power and influence , but it is still a bureaucratism . The Klingons have set codes of conduct and harsher rules than Starfleet , and hefty Klingons can harbour the fates of lower ranked officers like Ma’ah ofStar Trek : Lower Decksin their hands . In turn , Starfleet Officers who briefly dish out aboard Klingon ships are normally glad to go back to the comforts and routine of a Federation starship .
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Just as Captains Kirk and Picard are happiest explore strange new worlds , most Klingons want to gain honor and try their art in battle . As such , being robbed of the prospect for glory and forced to raise Targs on their farms like Ma’ah was is a fate worse than a one - way slip to Sto - vo - homer . But just as Kirk , Picard , and Janeway found their ways back to their first , secure lot in Starfleet , Star Trek : Lower Decks ' Mariner and Boimler helped Ma’ah to become a Klingon Captain again - on his own condition .
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