History Recap / StarTrekStrangeNewWorldsS2E07ThoseOldScientists

* {{Unobtanium}}: The portal device is powered by horonium, a sturdy building material that fell out of favor as supply ran out but was heavily used in the construction of the NX class. After using up a tiny bit of resources that was available, Spock and Boimler attempt to manually fabricate a new batch but [[MadeOfExplodium the results were explosive]]. Boimler and Mariner then realized Starfleet tradition was to take a sample of the hull from a decommissioned ship to be used in the construction of its [[LegacyShipNaming successor]], so the NCC-1701 Enterprise had a horonium-forged piece of the NX-01 Enterprise underneath a floor panel in engineering.

* {{Unobtanium}}: The portal device is powered by horonium, a sturdy building material that fell out of favor as supply ran out but was heavily used in the construction of the NX class. After using up a tiny bit of resources that was available, Spock and Boimler attempt to manually fabricate a new batch but [[MadeOfExplodium the results were explosive]]. Boimler and Mariner then realized Starfleet tradition was to take a sample of the hull from a decommissioned ship to be used in the construction of its' replacement, so the NCC-1701 Enterprise had a piece of the NX-01 Enterprise underneath a floor panel in engineering.

** [[YouAlreadyChangedThePast Inverted in the sense that Boimler and Mariner's interference with how Pike was handling things actually helps history happen, or at least get recorded as such]].

* AnimatedEpisode: In the style of ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' due to being a {{Crossover}}.

* YouWereTryingTooHard: Lampshaded. Uhura is unable to crack the glyphs on the portal despite hours of trying, so Mariner uses a labor code to make her take a meal break. Ortegas joins in, and Mariner and Ortegas discover that Uhura smuggled her work in with her on break. After confiscating the padd, Ortegas then recognizes the glyphs as Nausicaan and Uhura identifies the dialect, translating the glyphs. Mariner then says that she probably would have figured it out herself had she taken some breaks to recharge, and Ortegas agrees.

** When Boimler ends up on the bridge of the ''Enterprise'', he includes a dash after the destination before remembering that it's the original registration, as there's been five other ships to bear the name by his time. The rest of the crew is confused by what would come after the dash.

* BotheringByTheBook: Uhura is surprised that someone like Mariner is well-versed in Starfleet regulations. Mariner notes that of course she is; there's all sorts of regulations that basically allow you to be lazy. She then threatens to report Uhura for not taking a meal break as required, but Uhura sneaks her work along with her anyway.

** When Boimler ends up on the bridge of the ''Enterprise'', he includes a dash after the destination before remembering that it's the original registration, as there's been five other ships to bear the name by his time. The rest of the crew is confused what comes after the dash.

* AllForNothing: PlayedForLaughs. Uhura spends all day trying to translate the language on the time machine, and thanks to Ortegas, learns it's Naussican. Unfortunately, the writing simply informs readers that it's a time machine. Naussicans are nothing if not straightforward.

* EurekaMoment: When Pike starts reminiscing about the ''Enterprise'' NX-01, Boimler realizes that there's a piece of horonium from that ''Enterprise'' aboard the 1701, which they can use to restart the portal.

-->'''Pike:''' Mr. Boimler, for a guy who seems like a rule-follower, you sure do break a lot of 'em. And Miss Mariner, I thought ''(scoffs)'' you were here to ''save'' your friend, not make his situation worse.

* YouWereTryingTooHard: Lampshaded. Uhura is unable to crack the glyphs on the portal despite hours of trying, so Mariner uses a labor code to make her take a meal break. Ortegas then recognizes the glyphs as Nausicaan and Uhura identifies the dialect, translating the glyphs. Mariner then says that she probably would have figured it out herself had she taken some breaks to recharge, and Ortegas agrees.

* LegacyCharacter: Boimler geeks out over being on the bridge of the legendary ship, commenting on its registry being "[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration 1701... no dash]]" and other crew wonder what he means by that. Earlier he had mentioned that this was the ORIGINAL Enterprise, but had to [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise correct himself on an earlier one]].

* TheUnsmile: Spock is working on acquiring a sense of humor, with decidedly mixed results.

* {{Unobtainium}}: It's revealed that the NX-01 was made from "horonium". However, trying to make the stuff was difficult because it had a 50/50 chance of blowing up, as Spock and a time-traveling Boimler find out. It's also needed to get a time machine working so the aforementioned Boimler (and later Mariner) back to their time.

* SpiritualAntithesis: To "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS05E06TrialsAndTribbleations Trials and Tribble-ations]]", which involves characters from the 24th century ending up in the ''TOS'' era. But while Sisko and company got to geek out being the presence of the legendary James T. Kirk and helping the ''Enterprise'' and her crew keep history on track from behind the scenes, Boimler and Mariner's antics from the ''Cerritos'' gives the ''Enterprise'' crew a headache and a half as they try to get them back home.

* LanguageDrift: It's implied that the phrase "pin-up poster" has fallen out of use by the 2380s, as Mariner fails to understand [[MistakenforMasturbation when Una asks if it's sexual in nature]].