Each Alternate Universe Star Trek Character in Decrease Decks Season 5, Defined

This text accommodates spoilers for the penultimate episode of “Star Trek: Decrease Decks.”

The penultimate episode of “Star Trek: Decrease Decks” – Season 5’s “Fission Quest” – takes place removed from the USS Cerritos on a mysterious, secret interdimensional ship referred to as the USS Anaximander. The Anaximander is commanded by Captain William Boimler (Jack Quaid), a double transporter of Brad Boimler, created a number of years in the past within the collection. Captain Boimler belongs to the top-secret group Part 31 and is on a mission to restore cracks within the space-time continuum. It seems that somebody has dug holes in area, permitting free entry between dimensions. This causes chaos, as alternate variations of acquainted “Star Trek” characters randomly cross-pollinate, invading one another’s universes with unintentional frequency. Boimler and his crew use Anaximander’s instruments to plug the holes and discover the perpetrator.

The multiverse got here into play within the season 5 premiere episode of “Decrease Decks,” which noticed the Cerritos crew come face-to-face with variations of themselves in parallel universes. Because of current profitable movies starring Spider-Man, Deadpool or Michelle Yeoh (or much less profitable ones with Morbius or The Flash), most people might be now accustomed to the idea of the multiverse. There are an infinite variety of universes and, subsequently, you’re an infinite quantity. Any alternate model of you exists on one other airplane. “Fission Quest” accommodates a minimum of a number of traces of dialogue satirizing how drained characters within the multiverse will be.

Captain Boimler’s crew, to use the idea to its fullest, is made up solely of characters from parallel universes, every acquainted to deep Trekkies who’ve adopted the franchise for many years. Let’s take a look at every character and see the place they may have been taken from the “Star Trek” canon.

The chief medical officer aboard the Anaximander is none apart from Elim Garak (Andrew Robinson), the slippery Cardassian tailor from “Star Trek: Deep Area 9.” Garak viewers knew that he was a former spy who retired to grow to be a tailor, however saved a few of his extra unsavory relationships, making him a posh and fascinating character. Garak ceaselessly lunched with the handsome young doctor Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig) in “Deep Space Nine”, the place he distributed unsavory recommendation. Many audiences famous a delicate sexual consideration Garak might have had for Bashir, and actor Andrew Robinson stated at “Star Trek” conventions that Garak undoubtedly needed to sleep with Bashir.

On “Decrease Decks”, Garak and Bashir are a contented couple, each serving as medical doctors on the Anaximander. A further variation: Dr. Bashir is a sentient hologram, designed solely to resemble the unique Bashir. This was one thing proposed within the “Deep Area 9” episode “Physician Bashir, I Presume?” (February 24, 1997). Plainly, on this universe, this proposition has been accepted.

The Anaximander’s weapons officer is Curzon Dax, a personality who died earlier than the occasions of “Deep Area 9” however is talked about extensively within the collection’ dialogue. Curzon is a Trill who shares his consciousness with a small, long-lived worm-like being implanted in his stomach. The worm survives its hosts and implants itself in new hosts, thus accumulating recollections of many lifetimes. Within the pilot episode of “Deep Area 9”, it’s defined that Curzon had died of previous age and that his symbiote had been implanted right into a younger lady named Jadzia (Terry Farrel). Jadzia Dax was the science officer of “Deep Area 9,” whereas Curzon was a celebration animal with a love of alcohol and Klingons. “Decrease Decks” is the primary time we see Curzon in all his glory.

Additionally on the Anaximander Bridge is Vulcan science officer T’Pol (Jolene Blalock). T’Pol served as the primary officer and solely Vulcan on the Enterprise in “Star Trek: Enterprise.” She slowly started to benefit from the comparatively crude people she needed to work with and even developed a romantic and sexual relationship with the ship’s engineer, Journey Tucker (Connor Trinneer). She by no means married Journey, however that they had begun having an affair by the top of “Enterprise.”

The occasions of “Enterprise” happen a complete century earlier than the unique “Star Trek.” Nevertheless, Vulcans have very lengthy lifespans, so maybe there was no time journey to carry T’Pol aboard the Anaximander. Captain Boimler explains that T’Pol had already been married to Journey Tucker for over 60 years by the point she joined, so she was higher at speaking to people than in “Enterprise”. It is also good to listen to that she and Journey have been lastly in a position to have that relationship.

The remainder of the crew is solely accomplished by doubles of Harry Kim (Garrett Wang), the younger and devoted man from “Star Trek: Voyager”. Many Trekkies famous that Harry Kim remained an ensign all through the seven years of “Voyager,” which at all times appeared like a grave injustice. It was additionally, it appeared, future. All Harry Kims aboard the Anaximander are ensigns. Certainly, once they meet a Harry who holds the rank of lieutenant, everybody else panics.

Captain Boimler finally meets one other captain in “Fission Quest” named Lily Sloane (Alfre Woodard). Captain Sloane additionally instructions a dimension-crossing ship and spends the episode stumbling between them. Sloane, some might acknowledge him, was a character in 1996’s “Star Trek: First Contact” and aided Zefram Cochrane (James Cromwell) in his building of the Phoenix, Earth’s first faster-than-light ship. She was additionally the one who seen that Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) had let his need for revenge in opposition to the Borg get the higher of him and in contrast him to Captain Ahab’s face.

The Sloane from “Decrease Decks” is a practical Starfleet commander and appears to have been born later than the one from “First Contact”. She additionally wears uniforms from the “Enterprise” period, regardless that “Enterprise” takes place roughly 90 years after “First Contact”.

As for the Anaximander itself, it’s a Defiant-class ship, similar to the USS Defiant, which featured prominently in “Deep Area 9.” The Defiant was a easy prototype designed as an assault ship and constructed to struggle the Borg. It was finally by no means put into manufacturing as a result of it was overpowered, small and tough to fly. Nevertheless, evidently within the parallel universe of “Fission Quest”, the Defiant has lastly left the prototype stage. We will maybe assume that the Anaximander is a way more superior and highly effective model of the Defiant.

“Decrease Decks” has loads of “Star Trek” Easter eggs in every episode, however opening dimensional portals allowed the present’s writers to up their recreation with references. “Fission Quest” accommodates so many winks that it may very well be mistaken for a wink. That is all nice enjoyable.

The ultimate episode of “Star Trek: Decrease Decks” will air on December 19, 2024 on Paramount+.