- For other uses, see Veritas.
"Veritas" is the 8th episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks in the program's first season, premiered on 24 September 2020 on the CBS All Access viewing service.
Description[]
- Mariner, Boimler, Tendi, and Rutherford are caught off guard when aliens force them to testify about a series of seemingly unrelated events.
References[]
Characters[]
- Andy Billups • Brad Boimler • Casey • Clar • Dahae • Carol Freeman • Beckett Mariner • Mary Anne • Q • Jack Ransom • Sam Rutherford • Seartave • Shaxs Drazon • T'Ana • D'Vana Tendi • The Playing Cards • unnamed USS Cerritos personnel (USS Cerritos personnel) • unnamed K'Tuevians
- Referenced only
- Beverly Crusher • Roga Danar • ghost in the lamp • James T. Kirk • Jean-Luc Picard • William Shakespeare • Khan Noonien Singh • Spock • Spock 2 • Mark Twain
Starships and vehicles[]
- USS Alhambra • USS Cerritos (Federation California-class starship) • D'deridex-class Romulan warbird • Vas Hatham-class Romulan bird-of-prey • Tweerk • type-6A shuttlecraft
- museum ships
- D7-class Klingon battlecruiser • class F shuttlecraft • Jem'Hadar fighter • Na'Far-class Ferengi pod • Spinner-class Tholian starship • SW7-class Federation shuttlecraft • T'Plana Hath-class Vulcan explorer • type-6 shuttlecraft • workbee
- Referenced only
- USS Enterprise-E
Locations[]
- Referenced only
- Caldos II • Earth • Phylos • Romulan Neutral Zones
Races and cultures[]
- Andorian • Antaran • Bajoran • Caitian • Clicket • Gorn • Human (French) • Kaelon • Orion • K'Tuevian • Q (species) • Romulan • Species M-113 • Trill • Vulcan
States and organizations[]
Science and classification[]
- beam of celebration • cloaking device • compression phaser rifle • cyborg implant • environmental suit • EPS capacitor • genetic engineering • impulse drive • needle • PADD • phaser • replicator • scanner • stellar cartography • stylus • transporter • warp nacelle • warp sled
Ranks and titles[]
- captain • commander • doctor • ensign • guard • judge • magistrate • officer • senior officer
Other references[]
- alert status (red alert) • alien • atmosphere • bacteria • birthday cake • bridge • bridge crew • cat • century • chess • conference room • constellation • corridor • crime • customs • dancing • duel • dungeon • eel • evasive maneuvers (Crazy Ivan • evasive maneuver 84 • evasive maneuver 88) • French language • fur • gavel • government • history stone • Horn of Candor • ice • log entry • map • marriage • martial arts • metal • minute • museum • nitrogen • orbital skydiving • oxygen • parallel dimension • phaser rifle • pottery • prison • quarters • repair bay • restaurant • rock • Romulan disruptor rifle • second • ship's log • singing • sleep • soccer • soul food • space • Tank of Contempt • tattoo • transporter room • trial • vineyard • Vulcan nerve pinch • wedding • wine
Chronology[]
- 2380
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- Stardate 57791.1: Shaxs, Andy Billups and Sam Rutherford borrow a 23rd century Vas Hatham-class Romulan bird-of-prey in order to recover Magistrate Clar from Romulus.
- Stardate 57818.4: Carol Freeman is provided with a star chart of the Romulan Neutral Zone while aboard the Clicket starship Tweerk.
- Q materializes aboard the Cerritos bridge.
- Jack Ransom invites Mary Anne to his quarters, despite warnings from Beckett Mariner that she is a salt vampire.
- T'Ana mistakenly boards the USS Alhambra instead of the Cerritos.
- Cerritos visits K'Tuevon Prime.
Appendices[]
Related media[]
- Q's last appearance in canon productions prior to this episode was in 2001's VOY episode: "Q2". John de Lancie returned for the role after a 19 year hiatus.
- Roga Danar was a reference to TNG episode: "The Hunted".
- Khan Noonien Singh previously appeared in TOS episode & novelization: Space Seed, TOS movie, novelization & comic adaptation: The Wrath of Khan, TOS movie: Star Trek Into Darkness (as a Kelvin timeline alternate) and Short Treks episode: "Ephraim and Dot" (as a recycled voiceover from "Space Seed"). Mariner's mention of his chest is a reference to The Wrath of Khan.
Background[]
- One of the museum exhibits was a monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- When Brad Boimler was asked for suggestions on the bridge during a conflict, he recommended three evasive maneuvers, one of which was a Crazy Ivan, a maneuver performed by Russian submarines during Earth's Cold War that was prominently featured in The Hunt for Red October (film)WP.
Images[]
Episode image.
Connections[]
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: Much Ado About Boimler |
Lower Decks episode produced | Next episode: Crisis Point |
| Previous episode: Much Ado About Boimler |
Lower Decks episode aired | Next episode: Crisis Point |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Much Ado About Boimler |
Voyages of the USS Cerritos |
Next Adventure: Crisis Point |
External link[]
- Veritas (episode) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.