History Recap / StarTrekLowerDecksS1E10NoSmallParts

* OutOfTheFryingPan: The crew manages to blow up the Pakled ship at the cost of Shaxs's life, only for three equally powerful Pakled ships to warp in and fire grapplers onto the primary hull, nearly ripping the ship in half. Thankfully, the ''Titan'' shows up right after that.

* OddNameOut: The ''Solvang'' is the first ''Cali''-class with a Danish name, as opposed to the more common Spanish names like ''Cerritos'', ''Merced'', and ''Alhambra''.

** This episode shows better than any so far how competent Mariner is as a leader and an [[OutsideTheBoxTactic outside-the-box thinker]]. She comes up with a brilliant plan to subvert the Pakleds' systems, then deftly takes command during the ensuing chaos when the rest of the senior staff are engaged with the Pakled BoardingParty. With the experience and competence she displays, it's no wonder Mariner has to constantly self-sabotage to avoid being shoved into a captain's chair.

* LetsGetDangerous: The Pakleds demonstrate that, as slow and simple as they might seem, they are a ''lot'' more dangerous than they're often given credit for, at least if they can get away with their antics for long enough to become so.

** Billups finds the infamous “Spock Helmet” in Mariner’s contraband collection. The real helmet was a white plastic toy helmet that had a blinking red light on top of it. It was never something seen on TV. Instead, the manufacturer simply got several Star Trek related labels and slapped them on the helmet. It’s now a collectors item.

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: The Pakleds turn out to be pretty dangerous once they've gotten away with stealing technology for long enough. They're still pretty stupid.

* TookALevelInBadass: The Pakleds, who were joke villains in TNG, have apparently scavenged or stolen enough weaponry to build warships that can outclass Starfleet ''California''-class ships like the ''Solvang'' and the ''Cerritos'', though they are still outmatched by a larger ship of the line like the ''Titan''. The Pakleds themselves have started wearing armor and effectively wield melee weapons in combat, compared to the unathletic scavengers that were only a threat to Geordi because they kept phasering him at the slightest provocation.

** The Bajoran engineer with the dilithium burns from all the way back in "Envoys" is ''still'' recovering in Sickbay, or wound up on a bio-bed again.

** Badgey is still pissed at his "father" Rutherford snapping his neck in "Terminal Provocations".

** Boimler's plaque from "Temporal Edict" can be seen in his quarters on the ''Titan''.

'''Ransom:''' I'm only hard on you when you make me hard! I mean I'm–- I'm not hard right now! I mean I could-– I could get hard, if I wanted to, but I'm not hard right now. I'm so sorry! You're both great!

* ThatCameOutWrong: An argument between Mariner and Ransom about whether he is too hard on her immediately goes south in exactly the way that you'd think. Bonus points for Ransom trying to unknot his use of the word in front of Freeman, Mariner's ''mother''.

** For the remainder of the conversation, he holds a PADD in front of his crotch.

* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: A rare inversion of this trope's usual purpose to demonstrate that even supposedly "bad" races can have good people. The Exocomps, as they were first portrayed on TNG, were humble and selfless beings, risking themselves to protect others even at [[HeroicSacrifice the cost of their lives]]. Ensign Peanut Hamper, by contrast, would rather become a deserter than risk herself to protect the ''Cerritos'' and its crew.

* StylisticSuck: The original live-action Exocomps from TNG had a [[SpecialEffectFailure slightly uncanny balance]] in the way they floated. This is because they were dangled from a fishing line which was then digitally removed. The animators were told to mimic this effect when drawing Ensign Peanut Hamper, which is {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by her sometimes clumsy and imprecise movements.

* GoodOldFisticuffs: Ransom once again declines a weapon, preferring to fight the Pakleds with his bare hands.

Mariner has to deal with the crew finding out about her mother while the ''Cerritos'' finds itself under threat by an unexpected foe.

* ComedicWorkSeriousScene: Most of the tension involving the Pakleds as the characters are assailed from all sides, at least before the Titan shows up.

* LargeHam: It's a good thing that it's an animated show, otherwise Creator/JonathanFrakes would have left tooth marks on the set from setting his Riker dial UpToEleven.

* StylisticSuck: The original live-action Exocomps from TNG had a [[SpecialEffectFailure slightly uncanny balance]] in the way they floated. This is because they were dangled from a fishing line which was then digitally removed. The animators were told to mimic this effect when drawing Ensign Peanut Hamper's movements.