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WARNING : This clause has SPOILERS for Star Trek : Lower beautify Season 5 , Episode 1 - " Dos Cerritos "
A mark - new spaceship maitre d’hotel inStar Trek : Lower deck of cards ' time of year 5 premiere sharply enforces a convention thatStar Trekcreator Gene Roddenberry originally want to be an important part ofStar Trek : The Next multiplication . Imagining whatStar Trek ’s future would look like 100 year after Captain James Kirk ’s ( William Shatner ) Starship Enterprise , Roddenberry issue forth up with rules for theStar Trek : The Next Generationwriters to follow . One of Roddenberry ’s rules was a ban on " interpersonal conflicts " between the crew of Captain Jean - Luc Picard ’s ( Patrick Stewart ) USS Enterprise - D , since Roddenberry believe humanity would evolve beyond that in the twenty-fourth one C .
InStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 5 , episode 1 , " Dos Cerritos " , the crowd of the USS Cerritos encounters a spatial anomaly that institutionalise them into an alternate universe with a 0.237 % disagreement — only the thin shift , really . Unlike the dark-skinned musing of familiar characters inStar Trek ’s Mirror Universe , this alternative Cerritos crew earn their difference by reach choices that were n’t necessarily wrong , just dissimilar . In this existence , the USS Cerritos is overlook by Captain Becky Freeman ( Tawny Newsome ) , a version of Lieutenant Beckett Mariner who seems to have sire her bit together — with a lilliputian assist fromStar Trek ’s creator .
Mariner’s Captain Double Doesn’t Allow Interpersonal Conflict On Her USS Cerritos
Captain Becky Freeman’s No Conflict Ship Criticizes Roddenberry’s TNG Rule
Upon recover the two USS Cerritos crew argue with their double instead of cooperating , Lt . Beckett Mariner ’s captain threefold , Captain Becky Freeman , exclaims , " I do n’t allow for interpersonal conflict on my ship ! " in a direct reference to Gene Roddenberry ’s series bible forStar Trek : The Next Generation . Instead of Captain Freeman ’s alternate Cerritos bunch nullify interpersonal struggle by being genuinely harmonious , however , Becky Freeman enforces the no - conflict rule by ruling with an iron clenched fist and a cod craw that secure her subordinates know their place . This version of the Cerritos is " mostly brigs " , ready for anyone who steps out of Freeman ’s hard line .
InStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 1 , episode 3 , Beckett Mariner tries to root for a reversal on being send to the brig by say , " Joke ’s on you , man ! I be intimate the brig ! " , so of class , Captain Becky Freeman ’s USS Cerritos would be " mostly brig " . Beckett loves them .
Star Trek : Lower Decks ' Captain Becky Freeman points out how a total forbiddance on disagreement could only be impose by an aggressive tyranny . Interpersonal struggle is a instinctive part of people interacting with one another , even among the most civilized crews , soRoddenberry ’s ban onallinterpersonal conflict inTNGwas almost impossible to put into practice as scripted . A effective interpreting ofGene Roddenberry ’s visionof humanity ’s succeeding inStar Trekis that society further harmonious conflict answer through mutual understanding , instead of a purely theoretic want of conflict altogether . luckily , most ofStar Trekdid just that .
How Star Trek Got Around TNG’s No Interpersonal Conflict Rule
If There’s No Conflict Among Starfleet Officers, Make Half The Cast Non-Starfleet
Because battle drive dramatic storytelling , Star Trekwriters encounter way to get aroundStar Trek : The Next multiplication ’s difficult ruler banning interpersonal difference among Starfleet officers . Star Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s numerous non - Starfleet reference make up over half the cast and drive conflict on the DS9 station without breaking Roddenberry ’s rule . Star Trek : Voyagerfollowed suit , with its Maquis crew , Delta Quadrant indigene , andSeven of Nine ( Jeri Ryan).Roddenberry ’s " no interpersonal conflict " normal was quiet phase out after Gene ’s 1991 expiry , make room for conflict - operose episodes likeTNGseason 6 , episode 9 & 10 , " Chain of Command " .
These 12 characters establish that not every Star Trek hoagy wears a Starfleet uniform .
NewStar Trekshowshave done away withStar Trek : The Next Generation ’s early " no interpersonal battle " prescript entirely , and bosom theStar Trekfuture as one where interpersonal fight still live , even in Starfleet . Today’sStar Trekcharacters are relatable people who have their own tactual sensation , motives , and agendas , and that means they sometimes clash , even if they have common goals . Nowhere is that more reliable than inStar Trek : Lower Decks , where the USS Cerritos ' junior officer have realistic reactions to adversity , but cypher out how to resolve their conflicts with understanding … except for Captain Becky Freeman , of course .
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