The USS Cerritos has had a successful second contact with a pulp sci-fi civilization that was easily handled by all involved, though later Beckett Mariner muses on their very subservient robots…
Meanwhile in another sector! A metastability bubble has expanded and consumed a whole star cluster! It contains a small universe that would throw our universe into unstable chaos and death! The Cerritos rushes in to try and save the universe while the rest of Starfleet is on its way to do more with bigger more advanced starships!
Great issue, just great, it could’ve fit in the fifth season easily, the story takes place not long after the first episode, as evidenced by Sam Rutherford ruminating on his alternate self who was a full cyborg and we now see him lightly contemplating if he should do that as that’d make him an even more efficient engineer.
One thing I liked about the show, and they do this here, is when the story includes more than just the lower deckers, and in fact shows them all working together to come up with some solution and then make that work.
The story ends on a cliffhanger and next month we’ll likely see how they solve the problem of a metastability bubble universe phenomenon that could wipe out the universe. But overall this issue is a good blend of everything that makes Lower Decks work, characters, a compelling story, T’Lyn saving the day, humor.
Best moment: Lieutenant Shaxs wants to declare war on the metastability science thing because it threatens the stability of the universe. 8.9/10