Pakled Assault (Ares episode)

Pakled Assault is the 4th episode of Star Trek: Ares Season 1.
==Synopsis==
Captain Branson must find unconventional Starfleet methods to deal with a malevolent force that attacks the USS Ares.
==Script Chapters==
===Teaser===
FADE IN
EXT-WARP TUNNEL
Ares is at high warp.
LT. MASON'S [voice over]: Chief Security's Log Supplemental, The Ares is on course to rendezvous with the U.S.S. Lydia a Miranda-Class vessel, we're also celebrating Starfleet Remembrance Day 
INT-U.S.S. ARES MASON AND COMMANDER JAMES'S QUARTERS
Jack looks at the pin of the USS Johnson as Captain Branson's voice comes over the com.
CAPT. BRANSON (com voice): All hands this is your Captain speaking we pause to remember those who lost their lives in the line of duty, friends, family, brother's sisters husbands wives
INT-U.S.S. ARES VARIOUS DECKS
The crew are wearing different pins of the ships they served on when they lost a fellow officer as Captain Branson's speech continues.
CAPT. BRANSON'S [com voice]: Today we remember the friends and comrades we lost. Exploration can exact a heavy toll. As captain, there is no loss more devastating than that of a crew member. Remembrance Day is about them. Those of us left behind wear the insignia of past ships on which we served together. As we honor the lives that have been given, let us also be grateful to be still on the journey
INT-USS ARES MAIN BRIDGE
Captain Branson sits in the Captain's chair wearing the Starfleet pin of the USS Saratoga.
CAPT. BRANSON [to com]: We will not forget their sacrifice and we will honor them continue to remember them Branson out.
He ends the ship-wide.
LTCMDR. KAL: Nice speech.
CAPT. BRANSON: Thanks Jamie what's our ETA to the rendezvous point with the U.S.S. Lydia?
Lieutenant Kaye checks her helm stations read out and reports.
LT. KAYE: We're a few hours away at present speed.
CAPT. BRANSON: Inform the Lydia of our ETA and send my regards to Captain Rand.
LT. SITO: Aye, sir.
Commander Kal leans over.
LTCMDR. KAL: You know Captain Rand?
CAPT. BRANSON: Not personally no he was aboard DS9 for the planning of the Invasion of Cardassia during the war.
Then Lieutenant Sito reports.
LT. SITO: Captain, I'm not getting a response from the Lydia.
Captain Branson thinks.
CAPT. BRANSON: Strange no nebulas in the sector that can cause communication issues.
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Not present no.
LT. KAYE: We're approaching the system.
CAPT. BRANSON: Drop us out of warp.
Lieutenant Kaye works the helm station.
EXT-FEDERATION SPACE
Ares emerges from warp.
INT-U.S.S. ARES MAIN BRIDGE
Captain Branson slowly gets up as he looks at the viewer seeing the debris field of the U.S.S. Lydia.
CAPT. BRANSON: My god what did that.
LT. SITO: I'm not sure I am reading Romulan.
Commander T'Mir turns from the science station.
CAPT. BRANSON [confused]: We've not heard from the Romulans since the Shinzon Incident.
LTCMDR. KAL: And this sector is nowhere near the Romulan Neutral Zone border.
Then Sito reports.
LT. SITO: I've got an incoming contact on long range.
CAPT. BRANSON: Let's see it.
Transparent viewer shows a Pakled Clumpship as everyone is in utter shock.
CAPT. BRANSON: RED ALERT, DEFLECTORS UP!
Lights dimmed and klaxons blare.
EXT-FEDERATION SPACE
Ares faces the Pakled Clumpship.
[END OF TEASER, FADE OUT]
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Theme Song:
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STAR TREK: ARES
A STAR TREK FAN FILM PRODUCTION
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The U.S.S. Ares flying by a asteroid.
BASED UPON STAR TREK CREATED BY:
GENE RODDENBERRY
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Ares flies through a dust cloud.
JARVIS DAVIDSON
 AS
CAPT. JOHN BRANSON
FELECIA LINKOUS
 AS
LTCMDR. JANE KAL
Ares flies by an interplanetary system
KEVIN REGAN
 AS
LT. JACK MASON
FERNE MYERS
 AS
LTCMDR. COURTNEY JAMES
Ares flies through a planetary debris field
JACOB ELLIOT
 AS
DR. PETER LANGFORD
SADIE BRICKHOUSE
 AS
LT. SITO JAXA
DELENA "DEE" LUSK
 AS
LT. JAMIE KAYE
Ares flies by a comet
BECKY ELLIOT
 AS
LTCMDR. T'MIR
Ares flies by Earth as she cranks up her nacelles and leaps into warp.
CREATED BY:
JARVIS DAVIDSON & JEREMY REGAN
===Act 1===
FADE IN
EXT-FEDERATION SPACE
[EPISODE NOTES: OPENING CREDITS FALL OVER OPENING SCENES]
The U.S.S. Ares faces the Pakled Clumpship.
INT-U.S.S. ARES VARIOUS DECKS [RED ALERT]
The crew heads to their battle stations.
INT-U.S.S. ARES MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LT. MASON: Phaser banks are fully powered all torpedo bays are fully loaded.
CAPT. BRANSON: Hail them.
LT. SITO: No response sir.
LTCMDR. KAL: I thought the Pakled were considered a joke?
CAPT. BRANSON: They're not a joke anymore.
LT. MASON: They're powering their forward weapons array!
WHUMPH!
WHUMPH!
CAPT. BRANSON: Evasive maneuvers Lieutenant.
Lieutenant Kaye inputs commands into the helm as the ship take more hits.
CAPT. BRANSON: RETURN FIRE!
EXT-FEDERATION SPACE
Ares fires her phasers at the Pakled vessel as her phaser fire scores several hits.
INT-U.S.S. ARES MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LT. MASON: Minor damage to their forward plating!
WHUMPH! Sparks erupts from the ceiling and MSD.
LT. MASON: Deflectors down to 87%!
WHUMPH!
CAPT. BRANSON: Get us out of here maximum warp!
LT. KAYE: I can't warp drive is down!
CAPT. BRANSON [to com]: Bridge to Engineering Commander where's my warp drive?
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ARES MAIN ENGINEERING [RED ALERT]
Commander James and her team are working at the consoles.
LTCMDR. JAMES [to com]: We've sustained damage to the injectors, I need time to clear the injectors. 
INT-U.S.S. ARES MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
CAPT. BRANSON [to com]: Keep me posted Jamie how fast can you push full impulse.
Lieutenant Kaye checks her console.
LT. KAYE: The starboard nacelle is half damaged so I say about half impulse speed.
CAPT. BRANSON: Take us to Patten Echo Zeta.
LT. KAYE: Aye, sir.
Lieutenant Kaye works the helm station.
CAPT. BRANSON: Jack return fire!
Lieutenant Mason works the tactical console.
EXT-FEDERATION SPACE
Ares fires a torpedo volley at the Pakled vessel as the torpedoes score several hits but not deadly blows or crippling blows, as the Pakled vessel fires off a plasma torpedo and it struck the forward deflectors sending energy over Ares's hull.
INT-U.S.S. ARES MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
knocking everyone about and making consoles explode.
CAPT. BRANSON: Damage report!
LT. MASON: Forward deflectors are down to 13%!
LT. SITO: Hull breaches on decks 4, 5, 6, 7!
LT. KAYE: I've lost lateral thrusters!
CAPT. BRANSON: What the hell hit us?
Commander T'Mir checks and reports.
LTCMDR. T'MIR: We've been hit by a plasma torpedo but not one I am familiar with it send at feedback pulse through our EPS grid!
LTCMDR. KAL: She's right I am getting reports of EPS shortages on decks 12 to 15.
Captain Branson thinks.
CAPT. BRANSON: Jamie find us a place to duck and cover we can't fight this Pakled vessel.
LT. KAYE: Aye, sir found the sixth planet in this system is a gas giant. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Perfect set a course Jack give me a full spread of countermeasures.
LT. MASON: Aye, sir countermeasures away.
Captain Branson leans back in his command chair.
EXT-FEDERATION SPACE
Ares heads to the gas giant.
INT-U.S.S. ARES CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS
John comes out of the bedroom area after a shower and is getting dressed as he walks over to the desk and sits at it.
CAPT. BRANSON [to com]: Computer, bring up mission logs of U.S.S. Cerritos NCC-75567 Pakled encounter.
Desktop monitor shows the mission logs of the U.S.S. Cerritos as the doors chimed.
CAPT. BRANSON: Come.
Doors opened and Commander Kal enters.
LTCMDR. KAL [re: PADD]: A damage report from Commander James apparently the Pakled vessel did more damage to the warp plasma injectors then she realized they'll need to be repaired back at Starbase.
Captain Branson reviews the PADD.
CAPT. BRANSON: Can we replace them ourselves?
LTCMDR. KAL: She says we only have 3 injectors and she doesn't want to risk full warp without all four the best she can give you warp 2.4 maybe 2.6 but she doesn't want to stress the engines.
Then the ship jolts.
LTCMDR. T'MIR [com voice]: Captain Branson report to the bridge
CAPT. BRANSON [to com]: On my way T'Mir.
After he gets his uniform jacket on both Branson and Kal leaves his quarters.
[END OF ACT 1, FADE OUT]
===Act 2===
FADE IN
EXT-FEDERATION SPACE
A torpedo streaks by as it scores a hit on the port side of the Pakled vessel as the Ares flies over it.
INT-U.S.S. ARES MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LT. MASON: Moderate damage to their port deflectors.
WHUMPH! Sparks erupt from the ceiling.
LT. MASON: Aft deflectors are down to 43% switching to emergency back ups.
CAPT. BRANSON: Evasive pattern delta 2.
LT. KAYE: Aye, sir.
WHUMPH!
LT. MASON: Our aft shields are down to thirty-three percent and dropping.
LT. SITO: Re-routing power to aft shields.
WHUMPH!
LT. MASON: Down another 12%!
LT. KAYE: Switching evasive pattern to theta one. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Jack, load torpedo bays one through four and stand by to fire on my order. 
LT. MASON: Aye, sir.
Lieutenant Mason works on the tactical console.
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ARES SICKBAY [RED ALERT]
A wounded crewmen enters as a medical officer takes her to a bio-bed.
DR. LANGFORD [re: medical tricorder]: She has a broken arm set it with the osteogenic stimulator.
MEDICAL OFFICER: Yes Doctor.
WHUMPH!
EXT-FEDERATION SPACE
Ares unleashes a full spread of torpedoes at the Pakled vessel causing some damage but not enough to destroy the vessel.
INT-U.S.S. ARES MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LT. SITO: I'm reading a second vessel emerging from warp.
CAPT. BRANSON: Evasive.
LT. KAYE: Aye, sir.
EXT-SPACE
A second Pakled vessel emerges from warp and fires at the Ares hitting her starboard deflectors.
INT-U.S.S ARES MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
WHUMPH!
LT. MASON: Starboard deflectors are down to 54%!
CAPT. BRANSON: Fire number one. Report.
LT. KAYE: Still coming!
CAPT. BRANSON: Fire the second one.
EXT-SPACE
The Ares fires a photon that struck one of the claws of the second clumpship and causes it to hurled into the deflector dish causing massive damage and it explodes into a thousand pieces.
INT-U.S.S. ARES MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LT. MASON: Enemy target destroyed sir.
CAPT. BRANSON: Get us out of here.
LT. KAYE: Gladly.
Lieutenant Kaye works at the helm.
[END OF ACT 2, FADE OUT]
===Act 3===
FADE IN
EXT-FEDERATION SPACE
Ares is at impulse.
INT-U.S.S. ARES BRIEFING ROOM
The senior staff are around the table.
LT. SITO: We've managed to repair the hull breach but we have no power on decks three through seven. 
LT. MASON: Aft shields are still completely non-functional. 
LTCMDR. JAMES: And last but not least, the dilithium matrix is destabilized, so we can't get the warp engines running. 
LTCMDR. KAL: : We're talking about at least another six days of repairs. 
CAPT. BRANSON: I don't wanna be in this system that long I need a plan for us to get out of here before the Pakled vessel bears down on us.
LT. MASON: In that case I suggest we make warp drive our priority. Any escape attempt will no doubt necessitate a rapid departure. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Agreed Courtney can you give me an estimate on repairing the dilithium matrix? 
LTCMDR. JAMES: How does seventy two hours sound?
CAPT. BRANSON: Like twenty four hours too long. Dismissed.
EXT-FEDERATION SPACE
Ares is at impulse speed.
INT-U.S.S. ARES CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
Captain Branson is sitting at his desk thinking as the doors chimed.
CAPT. BRANSON: Come.
Commander Kal enters.
LTCMDR. KAL [re: PADD]: Here's the report on the repairs.
Captain Branson reviews the PADD.
CAPT. BRANSON: I hope we can reach the star in this system.
LTCMDR. KAL: Me too John have you spoken to Courtney? 
CAPT. BRANSON: No not since we plotted a course for the sun.
She sits in the chair in front of the desk.
LTCMDR. KAL: She's killing herself trying to repair all the damage we've sustained. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Well with her staff busy repairing the warp drive and restoring power to the deflectors. 
LTCMDR. KAL: According to Jack she's not slept in three days since the attack.
CAPT. BRANSON: I'll talk to her.
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ARES STARBOARD NACELLE TUBE [RED ALERT]
[Commander James inserts a chip and the panel goes dark. She thumps it and it comes back on.] 
CAPT. BRANSON: You're suppose to fix my ship not beat her death. 
LTCMDR. JAMES: Sorry. Sometimes high tech problems demand low tech solutions. 
CAPT. BRANSON: True. 
He hands her a PADD. 
LTCMDR. JAMES [re: PADD]: Nice! What is it? 
CAPT. BRANSON: An FMS. Footprint Magnification System. Better known as a f. Well, the polite version is Fire At Me switch. The FMS makes a small vessel look like a big juicy ship of the line. They were used during battles to draw torpedo fire away from high value assets. 
LTCMDR. JAMES [re: PADD]: Uh-huh. Kinda like a big neon Kick Me in the Assets sign. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Exactly. 
LTCMDR. JAMES [re: PADD]: I'm going to have to custom machine some of these parts. The casing looks a little bulky. If you're planning on sticking this on a drone, I'm going to have to build you a smaller version. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Size isn't the issue, it's power. Just get it to work. We'll rig it to something. 
WHUMPH! 
LTCMDR. JAMES: You know, that is really starting to annoy me. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Join the club. 
They both leave the nacelle tube. 
EXT-JUBAL SYSTEM, JUBAL SUN
Ares arrives at the sun followed by a payload of fusion blots.
INT-U.S.S. ARES MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
WHUMPH!
CAPT. BRANSON: Report?
LT. MASON: Aft deflectors are still down!
LT. SITO: Hull breach deck 12 emergency force fields are in place and holding.
LTCMDR. T'MIR: We are fifteen kilometers from the star's corona. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Maintain course and speed Jamie. 
LT. KAYE: Aye, sir. 
Commander T'Mir looks at her. 
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Have you done this before? 
LT. KAYE: First time for everything. 
EXT-ABOVE THE SUN
Ares flies around the solar flares as the torpedoes follow the vessel but are taken out by the solar flare. 
INT-U.S.S. ARES MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LTCMDR. T'MIR: The torpedoes were destroyed by the solar flare. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Divert what power we have to the deflectors to bleed some of the heat and radiation. 
LT. MASON: Aye, sir. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Jane, talk to Doctor Langford about giving the crew some hyrondlin as well. 
LTCMDR. KAL: Aye, sir. 
Captain Branson leans back in the chair. 
EXT-ABOVE THE STAR
Ares is at impulse as the sun shines off her hull. 
[END OF ACT 3, FADE OUT]
===Act 4===
FADE IN
EXT-ABOVE THE SUN
Ares flies over the sun.
INT-U.S.S. ARES SICKBAY [RED ALERT]
Doctor Langford and his staff are treating the wounded as Captain Branson walks in. 
DR. LANGFORD: Captain, this is a surprise. 
CAPT. BRANSON: How many? 
DR. LANGFORD: Fourteen were killed five more are missing. 
John leans on the empty bio-bed. 
CAPT. BRANSON: 14 officers. 
DR. LANGFORD: I've given 32 officers hyrondlin treatments. 
CAPT. BRANSON [sighs]: Good keep at it. 
Captain Branson leaves Sickbay. 
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ARES MAIN ENGINEERING [RED ALERT]
Commander James is working on the new device. 
LTCMDR. JAMES [sighs]: Whew! T'Mir, is it my imagination or is it beginning to get really hot in here? 
LTCMDR. T'MIR [com voice]: Temperature readings are stable, and the deflectors are still radiating heat perfectly. It's all in your mind 
LTCMDR. JAMES [to com]: Oh, good. Insanity I can deal with. Maybe I'll go to hydroponics afterward and run through the sprinklers. 
[Courtney coughs up blood.] 
LTCMDR. JAMES [surprised]: Whoa. 
INT-U.S.S. ARES MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Captain Branson standing in front of the viewer. 
CAPT. BRANSON: You know, a person could get a tan this way. 
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Should I turn down the screen intensity? 
CAPT. BRANSON [smiles]: No, no, no. I like the reminder. I just wish we'd come at night. So, what have you got for me. 
T'Mir hands him the PADD. 
LTCMDR. T'MIR: A report from Engineering still no warp drive. But fire control and sensors are almost fully operational. Which leaves us right back where we were before. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Getting shot at. 
Then the turbo-lift doors opened as Commander James enters with the new device. 
LTCMDR. JAMES: Captain, where er, where do you want this? 
Courtney collapses to the deck as Captain Branson gets the medic kit. 
LTCMDR. JAMES: Yeah, I am just going to rest here for awhile. 
[Captain Branson gets a hypo and injects her with some medication.] 
CAPT. BRANSON [to com]: Bridge to Sickbay medical emergency. 
Jack goes to his wife. 
LT. MASON: Hey there honey it's alright. 
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ARES SICKBAY [RED ALERT]
[Doctor Langford scans Commander James with his medical tricorder.]
DR. LANGFORD [re: Medical Tricorder]: She's dying. 
CAPT. BRANSON: How? 
LTJG. T'LAR: Our deflectors are running at 105% but it seems that some of the radiation has penetrated our deflectors on the secondary hull. 
LT. MASON: How long do you plan on keeping us here sir? 
CAPT. BRANSON: How long till her condition becomes untreatable? 
DR. LANGFORD: 4 hours maybe less. 
CAPT. BRANSON: I'll have us out of here before then. But if we leave before warp drive's back on line, we still won't be able to get out of the system. 
LT. MASON: Captain, we have to get out of here now before she dies. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Jack, we can't not without warp drive. 
Lieutenant Mason look at him. 
LT. MASON: You're killing my wife! 
LTCMDR. JAMES [groggy]: Ooo, shiny. 
Captain Branson walks over to the side as Commander Kal follows. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Have Jamie, bring out slowly on the otherside of the star. 
LTCMDR. KAL: Aye, sir. 
Commander Kal leaves. 
EXT-ABOVE THE SUN
Ares starts to move away from the sun as the probe flies away from the ship. 
INT-U.S.S. ARES MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LT. SITO: Probe is away.
CAPT. BRANSON: Activate the FMS. 
Lieutenant Commander T'Mir activates the device. 
LTCMDR. T'MIR: The probes sensors are emitting at full power. 
LTCMDR. KAL: Courtney did a good job, if I didn't know better, I would swear the probe was us. 
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Apparently you're not the only one. I'm getting a sensor contact at extreme range and closing fast on the probe. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Jamie, all ahead full. 
LT. KAYE: Aye, sir. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Jack, ready phaser and photon torpedoes we're only going to get that tiny opening. 
LT. MASON: All weapons are ready sir. 
EXT-SPACE
The probe moves away as the Pakled vessel follows.
[END OF ACT 4, FADE OUT]
===Act 5===
FADE IN
EXT-SPACE
The Pakled vessel fires at the probe but keeps missing.
INT-U.S.S. ARES MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LT. SITO: Pakled vessel is firing at the probe.
Captain Branson stands behind Lieutenant Kaye.
CAPT. BRANSON: Fire!
Lieutenant Mason presses the firing button.
EXT-SPACE
A close up of the two forward launchers unleash a torpedo spread scoring brutal hits on the aft section of the Pakled vessel as the U.S.S. Horizon emerges from warp.
INT-U.S.S. HORIZON MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
CAPT. HARRIMAN: U.S.S. Ares this is U.S.S. Horizon we're here to render aid.
CMDR. BRANSON: The Pakled vessel's aft deflectors are down!
CAPT. HARRIMAN: Fire phasers.
EXT-SPACE
The assault from both the Ares and Horizon deals deadly blow to the Pakled vessel but it escapes.
INT-U.S.S. ARES MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LT. MASON: Pakled vessel is in retreat sir.
LT. SITO: We're being hailed by the Horizon its Captain Harriman. 
CAPT. BRANSON: On screen. 
Transparent viewer shows the bridge of the Horizon. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Captain Harriman thanks for the save.
CAPT. HARRIMAN [viewer]: It was our pleasure Captain we'll escort you to the nearest Starbase
CAPT. BRANSON: Thank you.
He nods and transmission ends.
EXT-WARP TUNNEL
Both Ares and Horizon are at high warp.
INT-U.S.S. ARES CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
Captain Branson is at his desk reviewing engineering reports when the com activates.
LTCMDR. KAL [com voice]: Bridge to Captain we're receiving a hail from the U.S.S. Yorktown it's Captain Smith
CAPT. BRANSON [to com]: Patch it to my ready room.
Desktop monitor activates and Captain Smith appears.
JOHN [smiles]: Hey there stranger.
JESSICA [monitor]: Hey there John I heard what happened is everything alright?
JOHN: Yeah, we sustained a few injuries but we're alright we're heading to DS12 for some much needed repairs.
JESSICA [monitor]: I am glad that you're alive and I'm near Deep Space 12 I could be there to meet you
John smiles.
JOHN [smiles]: I can't wait.
JESSICA [monitor]: I know
Transmission ends as John smiles.
EXT-WARP TUNNEL
Both the Ares and Horizon are at warp.
[END OF ACT FIVE, FADE OUT, ENDING CREDITS]
==Cast==
===Starring===
*Jarvis Davidson as Captain John Branson
*Felecia Linkous as Lieutenant Commander Jane Kal
===Also Starring===
*Kevin Regan as Lieutenant Jack Mason
*Ferne Myers as Lieutenant Commander Courtney James
*Jacob Elliot as Doctor Peter Langford
*Sadie Waymire as Lieutenant Sito Jaxa
*Delena "Dee" Lusk as Lieutenant Jamie Kaye
*Becky Elliot as Lieutenant Commander T'Mir
===Guest Stars===
*TBA as Transporter Chief Kayla Mackenzie
*TBA as Lieutenant Junior Grade Harris Payne
*TBA as Lieutenant Junior Grade Sean Hansen
===Special Guest Stars===
*Marcus Churchill as Captain Samuel Harriman
*TBA as Commander Gwen Branson
*Ashley M. Kalfas as Captain Jessica Smith
==Trivia Notes==
===Background Information===
*Reappearance of the Pakleds.
*Takes place a few months after the Lower Decks Season 1 Finale episode.