Star Trek Lower Decks
Summary
Star Trek : Lower Decksseason 4 revealed Lieutenant Beckett Mariner ’s connection toStar Trek : The Next Generationand Tawny Newsome reveals when she learned about Beckett ’s backstory and friendship with Ensign Sito Jaxa ( Shannon Fill ) . Mariner is intimately linked to theTNGepisodes " The First Duty " and " Lower deck of cards , " the stirring forStar Trek : Lower Decks . When Beckett attended Starfleet Academy in 2368 , she was friends with the ill - fated Nova Squadron , andMariner worship Sito Jaxa , who died in the logical argument of duty inStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 7 .
Tawny Newsome entirely toldScreen Rantwhen she take about Mariner ’s link toStar Trek : The Next Generation ’s Ensign Sito fromStar Trek : Lower Decksshowrunner Mike McMahan . Tawny actually know about Mariner ’s backstory beforeLower Decksseason 4 , and theTNGlinks made her"nerd heart swell . “Check out her quote below :
I think Mike [ McMahan ] tell me that that was his long plot program right smart back in … believably when time of year 2 was airing and they were writing season 3 . He was like , " I know what I ’m get going to do . I ’m going to tie this all back to the " Lower Decks " episode of TNG . " And I was like , " Oh my God , that ’s so smart . " I did not know about the Locarno of it . I recollect I get word that when I take the season 4 script and saw how he did it . But I , as a fan , love anytime he ties Mariner into these iconic moments and episode throughout canon . So seeing Mariner in the preamble to " The First Duty , " the fact that Mariner is in the scene where canonically , that ’s the first time we see or run into Josh , the freaking guy who die ! That poppycock make my swot heart just cracking . I ’m like " Oh my god , she was there the first sentence we see Josh ! "
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How Sito Jaxa In Star Trek: TNG Changed Mariner
Mariner was defined by Sito’s death.
Lieutenant Beckett Mariner tell the Klingon Ma’ah ( Jon Curry ) that she knewEnsign Sito Jaxaat Starfleet Academy was a thunderbolt inStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 4 which explain a great stack about Beckett ’s behavior . After being promoted against her will to Lieutenant , junior mark , Mariner behaved in a self - destructive manner as she dealt with"some pretty heavy hooey . “Beckett was deep strike by Sito ’s destruction inStar Trek : The Next Generationand Mariner did n’t require to rise past the rank of Ensign so that she would never have to govern her champion to their deaths in one of Starfleet ’s costly wars .
Mariner want to stay an Ensign , the same social status Sito was when she died .
Mariner was define by Sito ’s demise all along , but Beckett had a discovery at theend ofStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 4 . Mariner risked her life to contain Sito ’s Nova Squadron mate , the disgraced ex - Starfleet Cadet Nicholas Locarno ( Robert Duncan McNeill ) . Locarno threatened the United Federation of Planets with a steal Ferengi Genesis gadget , but Mariner stopped Nick and even tried to save him . Thanks toStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 4 , one of the enceinte puzzler pieces about Lt . Beckett Mariner is now in place , and her character reference and innate heroism were improved by the revelation .
Star Trek : Lower DecksandStar Trek : The Next Generationare available to stream on Paramount+ .
