All California Class Ships. Star Trek: Lower Decks Se.3 Ep.10
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I love how this was the payoff to that episode revealing the Cerritos was famed among the California-class crews as being "the Enterprise of support ships."
I know right? She’s earned that title. If I were Starfleet Command, while the Enterprise will remain the Flagship of the ENTIRE fleet, I’d make the Cerritos the flagship of the California-class fleet.
It’s like how Voyager and Defiant became the “enterprise” of their classes. Voyager even making it to 11 ships lasting to the 32century
@@nathanahedgehog2871 Maybe the California-class will make it to that time.
If a glimpse into the future in later episodes has a ship named Cerritos followed by a letter, I'll have a huge smile on my face.
@@philtkaswahl2124 by now they've worked their way down to the Wyoming Class and the Missouri class
The Power of Friendship means getting your buddies to help you beat the shit out of some fool.
I always do enjoy when the Power of Friendship is used to just gang up and curbstomp the absolute shit out of the fool.
Not just friends-rivals too.
We never saw Captain Freeman and Captain Durango resolve their differences after the generation ship in “moist vessel,” but Durango could have said something like “now we’re even, Freeman,” but he didn’t. He simply said “The Merced is at your disposal Captain Freeman.”
We’ve seen Maier of the Carlsbad argue with Friedman in the conference room and Ramsey of the Oakland didn’t like Mariner faking her incompetence, though both had after -action scenes where they reconciled. I know Boimler had some depression or jealousy about Vendome of the Inglewood being promoted so quickly, but I don’t don’t know if they had a rivalry.
So, two takeaways -
Lower decks is doing some impressive tertiary character expansion.
And - the captains of the California class may bicker, squabble, and jostle for position amongst the ranks, but when the chips are truly down, they’ll have each other’s backs.
Good friends help you solve your problems. Best friends help you hide the body.
But Friendship is Magic... and Magic is Heresy XD
@@nathanyuen4128 So it's not just friends...it's *Family.*
Props to Boimler's VA for naming every single Cali at full speed.
Jack Quaid. I wonder how long It took him to do It.
Without stumbling even once! O_o
@@Nergalsama01 - Total tongue twister.
@@FLJBeliever1776 Well, I guess that's why Jack gets paid the big bucks, and why I'll never be a VA, because I'd need hours to practice this. XD
@Nergalsama01 Or cracking his voice I tried doing It I can't.
It makes sense how this entire fleet was able to come to the rescue of the Cerritos. All of the California class ships had been recalled to be retired so they were already on their way back to the star base where the Texas was launched from for likely crew transfers before the fleet would be scrapped
they had been recalled for decommissioning is the most likely explaination
Or another explanation is that all ships of the California class are relatively speaking used internal in the core worlds of the Federation and are thus within relative close proximity to sector 001 I haven't watched the episodes in their entirety yet but unless it said specifically in the episode that's why I don't think they would have all been decommissioned or been recalled for decommissioning.
Either way it's in service to the plot just like in first Contact I know John Eaves and Michael okuda they did not want the neutral zone however long away from Earth I can't remember data's specific line when they were in the ready room and they said at maximum warp it would take us approximately something said it the distance from Earth for the Enterprise E and Rick Berman and Brian Braga conveyed that the producers executive producers did not want too much time overlap between the sequence of events in the film from when the Enterprise goes to warp and when it shows up to save the day from the Borg.
it could be one of those moments where yeah that's not how it would have equaled out if they had done that from the beginning with the intent but it was in service to the script and either case it makes it strange that all the California class Starships came to save one of their own and that the neutral zone so close to Earth couldn't the Romulan sneak attacker earth? or on in this particular case if all the California class starships are so close to Earth and not spread out throughout the entirety of the Federation it is a questionnaire that will deserve a canonical ruling eventually but with the former that's one of those things they had to incorporate as they started to map things out in both lore and outside of lore.
Although some things never get an answer in Trek any other Universe for that matter because you never know producers and writers may want to revisit it for a future concept even if they don't use it voyager's Arrow shuttle is a classic case and point of something being a casualty of story lines.
it was a waste not to use it but then again Rick sternbach in absence of it's used came up with a facsimile explanation that that was in fact not the arrow shuttle but a placeholder for it as the real one was still being fabricated before Voyager left for its faithful encounter with the caretaker in the Badlands
And a Hail Mary later that I found out via the issue of Eco Moss with the arrow shuttle included was the producers of insurrection which is one of the least appreciated Star Trek movies they had the captain's yacht feature pretty prominently in there after all the captain's yard had been established in next generation and other mediums beforehand but it had never actually been seen on screen so they were going to utilize it for the film and voyagers arrow shuttle to the executives at Paramount seemed like stepping on the big moment of the film's glory so they nixed it which is why they came up with the Delta Flyer in the end
@@jonathanjones3623 the reason I mentioned the idea she was because of this episode they explicitly state that they're going to decommission them
@@Aeolusdallas and given the vastness of space whether fictional or science fictional LOL it's ridiculous why put them out to pasture if they're perfectly functional I mean is Starfleet so understaffed they have to get rid of what looked like at least 50 vessels in favor of three prototypes that have unstable murderous personalities Madness I say though they say genius and Madness are two sides of the same coin I like the California class ships they bear resemblance to the the Galaxy class at those perfect Beauty shots I'm still waiting for a Galaxy class ship to make a debut on the series The Miranda has the Excelsior the sovereign and a variant of the defiant I'm just waiting for the good old Cadillac of Starships to make their appearance
@@jonathanjones3623 first time seeing a Star Trek show?
Season 1: “It’s the Titan!”
Season 2: “It’s the Cerritos!”
Season 3: “It’s the… EVERYONE!”
Season 3: "It's the California-class! It's the ENTIRE California-class!"
@@brothergrimace3859 the whole cali-class gang is here
@@pedroalbornozramirez8895 Exactly.
@Spartaximus HELL YEAH
Season 4 its the Product placement
This scene is what makes Lower Decks so special. And it happens to be one of the Trek moments ever.
many of us believe we would be on a Legendary ship like the Enterprise's, Voyager, Discovery, and Defiant, but lets be honest, if we were in Star Trek, we would be on a California class, and thats honestly fine by me
They may be Starfleet's second best and brightest... but that's still STARFLEET
Or a Miranda class 😊
Knowing my luck I'd be on an Excelsior class that gets blown up in a cold open XD
I think with my luck i would be on an akira class to show all of you how dangerous the situation is
@Captain Rhodor Nah, an Excelsior would be fine. The Q continuum only has one physical model of it so they can't risk destroying it
I love that Lower Decks has fun with the source material without making fun of it or of the fandom, and still finds these moments for a bit of nobility and epicness
For me it has that same feeling that Galaxy Quest did. There were obvious nods that came from a place of affection rather than cynicism.
Exactly. And it doesn't even restrict itself to poking fun at older shows, it'll do it with current ones. Season 2 made fun of Star Trek: Discovery's "the anomaly" in its finale, and this scene poked fun at Picard S1 finale copy/paste fleet.
it definitely feels like the Orville but it pushes the envelope even further than that in terms of how much it pokes fun
I cried in pride when they all showed up, Just a beautiful scene where everybody pulls together.
@@RobTheDoodler
Honestly I think that is exactly what they were going for. I bet they were thinking how to make the show and some one saw Galaxy quest for the first in years and was like EUREKA I GOT!
One ship, outgunned and helpless. But it makes me feel honored to have other Cali-Class ships out there to watch your back.
Love that tone of voice: "It's the....Oakland?"
And even though it's entirely consistent, I love the fact that they're all named after completely regular and understandable locations in California. It's the sheer, consistent BANALITY of it that makes it funny.
And it's still silly. Like the USS Sherman Oaks? It's not even a city, it's just a neighborhood!
West Covina?? My home town?
I think it has to do with in Season 1 the Titan dropped out of warp and saved the Cerritos, and while they were being chased they mentioned trying to contact the Titan to come save them again but it was too far to do anything. So when a ship is suddenly coming out of warp Boimler probably thought it was the Titan (a large cruiser that could easily save them) and was instead surprised their backup was....The Oakland?
@@joec9693 we know that, we're just acknowledging that the names of the ships add to the funniness. just "The Titan" sounds much more imposing and impressive than "Oakland" or "Sherman Oaks" or "West Covina" especially if you're Californian bc these places are just so unremarkable
@@brandotenda Yeah, I'm not exactly feeling saved if the USS Blythe or USS Acton shows up.
I can’t believe they remembered that one of the Cali-class bridge crews was full of Cerritos expies. That’s the kind of continuity joke that I love.
I remember seeing them before in the show, but I just can't remember where
@@austinchoy7677
When the ensigns were describing the many fuck ups of bridge crew, they mention that T’Ana (the cat) once got mixed up in spacedock and boarded the wrong ship
The alt mariner on that ship with the multiple gold eyes looks great. What species is that
@@tenjenk An unnamed race. The Security Chief, and First Officer are the only ones with an established race. SC is a Kaelon. XO is an Antaran.
This show is great at remembering some of the smallest details from the other Star Trek series. It's no surprise that they can remember a gag they did themselves.
I have been a Star Trek fan for 50 years, and that perhaps was the greatest space battle ever....
I love the idea of all the ships of a particular class jumping in to support one of their own like that. We've seen so many examples of the big hero ships jumping in to save the day at the last moment, but to see all the background support ships that don't matter unite and stand together, it's a powerful moment and well deserving of a spot as one of the franchise's best examples of unity
@@VegetaLF7I completely agree.
For an animated comedy, lower decks goes hard in most its battle scenes.
Agree 100% If I ever win the Lottery I am going pay for Johnathan Frakes to make a movie around that episode and get to see that final battle up on the big screen, curtesy of ILM
The way the Inglewood's captain said "shields up, red alert, the Inglewood's ready to kick some ass" had me rolling.
Switch Englewood for Compton and you'd have perfection.
It's actually "Inglewood."
Wasn’t the captain a former crew member of the Cerritos?
@@kevintran5901 Yup. The Bolian who got speared on the crystal planet
Get the sneaky suspicion her captain is a Riker fan... which, now that I think about it, is another really nice nod showing that Will really does manage to step out from Picard's shadow.
As someone from San Clemente who has traveled all over California and no ones ever heard of where I'm from, I'm crying over the fact that we had a yellow ship 😭
San Clemente... Oh, Orange County! I used to live in Fullerton! Before that, Wildomar (Wil-do-mar, for non-native speakers). Which NO ONE has ever heard of!
Motored on out for some fun in the sun up and down the coast growing up. From San Diego north to JUST on the edge of LA.
I had more adventures as a kid growing up than most adults have in their lives. Maybe that's why I've slowed down and I ain't even 40 yet.
Of *course* we’ve heard of it - Nixon lived there.
It’s coloured yellow because of the lemon groves.
That's not yellow, that's Engineering Gold.
haha i def got emotional when i heard San Diego! hometown pride is real. hell as a Californian who now lives in Oregon, just hearing all the Cali cities made me emotional lol
also San Clemente is gorg!
It just dawned on me that this was Rutherford's A.I. being thrown into a Kobayshi Maru scenario. Too many starships, all with the same offensive and defensive capabilities, leaving no openings to exploit or means of escape. That was why it's targeting started glitching. No single attacker was less of a threat than the others, and so the A.I. couldn't compute a way out of an unwinnable situation.
In part, I think, it was also an insult to the end of Picard season 1 where Riker warps in with dozens of identical ships. The Texas class was looking for the Cerritos to kill Rutherford in particular. To the viewer, each Cali class was unique due to its paint job and markings, making it visual appearing over a Photoshop Copy & Paste job, but the Texas class ship with this electronic scanners could not tell them apart in its search as they were all similar until it found the one it damaged earlier, so it had the point of view of the audience at the end of Picard with a bunch of identical ships it could not tell apart.
Well, I'm glad that the Texas-class MurderOS' threat assessment was so glitchy: in this scenario, all it had to do was start from one ship and slowly reduce the fleet to 0, like that Cube did at Wolf 359. And it already had the advantage of knowing the Cerritos' general position.
But I'll be damned if this wasn't an AWESOME "Big Damn Heroes" rescue moment trope to coronate Lower Decks' season finale. *What a show! What writing! What voice acting!*
@@robertsissco2439 I also enjoy going out of my way to bring up unrelated shows for no other reason than to complain about them, it is a very enjoyable pastime.
@@UnlimitedFlyers I doubt that would have worked. Unlike the Borg cube, the Aledo didn't massively outclass an entire fleet of ships. Three of them were able to use a numerical advantage to take down a more powerful ship, but the Texas-class isn't an insanely powerful, alien craft that can withstand a barrage from an entire fleet of relatively modern ships while whittling down their numbers. The targeting may have glitched out, preventing it from downing any one ship in the fleet, but there is absolutely no way it would cut through the whole Cali-class fleet even if it had focused on one ship at a time. At most, it would have been able to take out one, maybe two ships before getting utterly demolished by the rest of them.
@@robertsissco2439this is an insane stretch just so you can mald about a wholly unrelated show
Christ
Considering the Aledo was able to survive the defensive fire of a spacedock, the Cerritos, a Sovereign-Class, a point-blank blast of a warp core that destroyed 2 other ships, and STILL took the entirety of the California-Class to take it down, I have one thing to say...
"Tough little ship."
"Little!!?"😠
Starfleet should make new Texas Class ships, scrap that whole AI self-control thing. Let the Texas Class be Starfleet Command’s eyes and ears.
@@CaptainM792 The Texas Class was solid on paper, right up to the autonomous AI nonsense. A remote-controlled, uncrewed starship with its capabilities would be an incredibly valuable addition to Starfleet as a support vessel to larger, crewed ships. Hell, you could even develop a bespoke carrier class of starship designed to act as the mobile command-and-control and support station for a small contingent of them.
@@CaptainM792The problem would be that once you scrap the AI part of the ship then you introduce all the problems that non-autonomous vehicles have (needing a crew). The Texas was punching so far up because it didn't have to spare power for biologics. At best you'd be making an up-gunned Defiant with a shiny new coat. Buenamigo's design would have to be radically altered and at that point you might as well just create another ship class entirely.
@@GuidingOlivenot necessarily; Blam made a good point in that you have a “Mothership” controlling and maintaining a squadron of Texas Class ships that take care of the drudgery of patrolling a system and fabricating/transporting Starfleet Materiel whilst the Mothership takes care of the more complex tasks of Second Contact.
Love how they had a little dig at the Picard series 1 finale by having all ships of the same class but each with a different paint scheme, so not one looked the same as another.
Yeah. That finale did suck and really did not represent Starfleet. A lot of Trekies may or may not admit it. We love the goofy ship designs. Even the ugliest and most worthless ship in Starfleet has fans. All because, it adds a lot more realism to the setting. Even in other series, they had old models of ships going back to the original series. Though explain it as ship designs that were just too good to throw out or ships so freaking rugged. Well, be a crime to get rid of what isn't broken. Minus the fact in production. They were on a tight budget and didn't have time to make new ships. So just reused and recycled old models and it kind of helped.
This wouldn't be the first time Starfleet has issued an "all available starships" call. In the novel Federation The enterprise and Enterprise D under Picard shared a book. Ki and ran out of power. kirk took his Enterprise into a blackhole, slingshot it and came back out. Unfortunately, the ship damaged all her dilithium crystals.. The Lexington and several other starships had responded to the distress beacon. The Enterprise had to be towed to a starbase for repairs..
Fun fact: The paint scheme is meant to reflect the duties of each ship. Just like the uniform colors, the red ships are usually used for command and diplomatic missions, the yellow ships are used for engineering and security missions, and the blue ships are used for science and medical missions.
@@aidanadkins5922Don’t want to be in the red ship then
I mean California classes have varying colors and length of colors depending on kind of ship, and how heavy it is on said kind. Red for tac, yellow for engineering, blue for science.
I’m from Cerritos. THAT Cerritos. When I first saw the trailer for this series, I genuinely thought there was no way my town was the namesake of the main ship in a Trek show.
Holy cow did this scene bring a tear to my eyes
I also teared up at this scene. The theme of the scrappy underdog going up against a superior opponent and coming out on top is what makes Star Trek so great. And I promise you this: if I ever end up moving to Southern California, I will be putting my roots down in Cerritos. CERRITOS STRONG!!!!
@@astrofan1993 Cerritos kinda sucks unless you're looking to raise a family.
@@themocaw In what way does it suck? Frankly, there's ups and downs no matter where you go, if you ask me.
I've got family from Riverside, and I'm not lying when I say I get weirdly emotional when the USS Riverside gets a call-out and takes up all of 12 pixels on the screen for a fraction of a second.
Mike McMahan said he named the Cerritos because when he moved to California and began working there when he comuted to work in the local radio there was allways a comertial advertising something on Cerritos so the name became stuck in him
This TV series is absolute gold
True, it's gotten a lot better since the first season.
Agreed
I know they should give the seasons more episodes like 13 or 20 per season then we can enjoy them for longer
Can't wait for season four
Gold no. Pure latinum yes
Mariner: “On your Left!”
Englewood: “Is that all of them?”
Mariner: “You wanted more?”
I understood that reference 😂
Inglewood!!! can always tell if someone's actually from Cali or not 😆
I liked seeing all the underdog crews of Starfleet in their clunker ships get together to save the day and be more then just clean up crew for the bigger more illustrious vessels and groups of Starfleet. Every dog has their day!
actually if starfleet works the way it does work from what we see in the shows and movies in core federation space we technically should not see anything above a cruiser class as all the heavy cruisers or above would be out there in deep space chartering it or making first contact star mapping missions. the california class are supposedly junk ships but they fulfill all the tasks required of ships in core federation space and are not any worse say the miranda class from the TNG era. as long as you got warp drive, shields weapons scanners it's good enough.
if anything when we see the enterprise-D in federation space it's weird and a waste of such a important ship.
I liked how they all came together, they had each other backs, that was so cool.
@@cosmeticscameo8277 When the Enterprise -D is in Federation space it's on a "routine mission" in which all heck is going to break loose. Maybe the person giving out orders can see/knows the future and assigned appropriate resources (or at least the ones history says were),
Technically the ships are 2nd liners, practically are a solid design for a vessel meant to be core Fed space, and shown to be rugged. Plus they could always do retrofit if they want to outfit new tech on them
Can’t lie, seeing the whole California class warp in to save the Cerritos made my year.
I love the confusion in Boimler's voice as he goes "It's the, Oakland?"
The last time he said that line it was the Titan, a top-of-the line, shiny new vessel captained by a Star Fleet legend.
This time it was the opposite of all those things. Fortunately, quantity has a quality all its own.
@@Frommerman there was an interview many years ago with two surviving members of a German tank crew, in which the interviewer asked which army had the best tanks. The tank commander talked somewhat at length and proudly at the technological marvels that were German tanks, and said that one of them was worth 10 American tanks. His former crewmember commented something like "our problem was, they always had 11."
@@SamCogley That's what happens when your super duper technological marvel of a tank is a pain in the ass to repair, and is always running out of fuel and having to be abandoned.
I love that it starts with confusion, and then just this growing sense of awe and excitement. God damn, but this is one of my favourite Trek momens.
Bro, I live in West Covina. When Boimler announced it, I was SHOOK! Never thought I'd hear my hometown be mentioned in STAR TREK!?!?
Only two hours to the beach!
I’ve never been there, but after having loved Crazy Ex-Girlfriend I’ve wanted a Cali-class USS West Covina since Season 1, and I’m so happy it’s become canon. Now if we can just get it again in a future episode, and have its Captain or some other senior officer played by Rachel Bloom…
@@blondiewan3331 lmao! My cousin watched that show because it took place in West Covina!!! Though i haven't watched it myself, it was funny when he showed me the song 🤣
When I was young, I lived in Carlsbad. Great to hear my old home getting some love.
West Covina, I was born there. No really.
This scene was GOLD. “I know right, that’s why I called all of them”…….VERY EMOTIONAL. Pure GOLD. I actually bursted out loud in cheers and tears. This was awesome!
a case of 'you mess with one of us, you stand against ALL of us!'
Pure gold? No. Golf pressed latinum? Yes
The Cerritos theme is epic too.
Yep. It was brilliant.
I also like how it's Mariner who gives the attack order - and the other ships respond. She's effectively commanding that fleet.
Lower Decks did something in this episode to that Trek hadn't done since 2001 - make me care about the ship as another character. My heart strings were being tugged when the Aledo was pummeling the Ceritos, and when the rest of the fleet came to the rescue, I had a big dopey grin.
That Cali-class roll call made this native Californian do a happy dance.
I love how Captain Durango is channeling Captain Morgan while standing on his command chair. Imagine seeing someone do that on TOS or TNG 😂
Tellarites are typically short. He's got a little Captain in him.
I love this scene. It's the non "hero ships" saving the day.
It feels so much more earned than the copy and paste fleet of the Picard season 1 finale.
something I find funny is how you call Picards fleet ‘copy and paste’ meanwhile all of these are also the exact same ship (just pointing something out, not disagreeing)
@@multrealm Except they aren't. If you look closely they all have different liveries and paint schemes. They put more work into an animated fleet of literally the same class of ship than they did at the end of PIC S1.
@@compmanio36 On another video about a fan-made version of that scene, one guy who'd worked on Season 1 commented that they'd had a scene with a varied fleet more or less ready to go, but the higher ups interfered and forced them to go with the version we got.
@@evanboll4651 This makes a lot of sense. Suits always ruining things.
I love how the moment the Aledo starts gunning for the Cerritos like three ships close in to block it off and provide cover and shields the Cerritos no longer has
“It’s all of them, Captain!” My favorite line in Trek!
I didn't have high expectations going into this series. I expected it to be a servicable comedy series that would (lovingly) poke fun at the sillier parts of the Trek universe. And while it is that, I also didn't expect that it would also make me care so much about the characters. I didn't expect that it would make me stand up and cheer with tears in my eyes in such a way that that a lot of the recent live-action series never could.
1:02 You can hear Boimler's console start bleeping like crazy as the entire Cali-class fleet drop out of warp.
Which means she's all called in an entire armada of California-class Federation ships, thanks to Beckett Mariner.
Boimler has a good way of keeping track of every califiona class ships.
@@leejames8024 Ship names probably pops up on his console the moment they exit warp. You know, an IFF thing.
Awesome observation
Notice that some are trimmed in Yellow, like the Cerretos, Some in Blue, and some in Red.
In a single flash several million texans cried out in Anger and were suddenly silenced.
Califorians work together :P
I love the whole thing, but one of my favorite parts is 1:58 when the Vacaville is moving to take the hit for the Cerritos.
One of my favorite part in sci-fi battle is when another ship moves to protect a damage one with it own body.
Proud of my hometown!
@@irishriot_m20j Without Funville, it's just not the same.
There's a scene in the dominion war where a Galaxy class ship did this. I think it was the battle at the beginning of season 6 where they go to retake DS9?
Not sure which.
But it felt like a little easter egg to whichever battle that's escaping my mind rn.
@@riggy1990yup it's a reference to Sacrifice of Angels where a Galaxy shields the Defiant against a Dominion ship when it charges forward
Seeing all the ships show up always brings a tear to my eye
always brings "a tear to me eye" - fixed it for ya.
It’s cool to see all the “less important” ships team up to take down an enemy but also that the hole fleet came to save their version of the Enterprise
I actually teared up a little bit. Gotta love a Big Damn Heroes moment.
What's that make us?
Big damn heroes, sir.
Ain't we just. (Cocks gun)
@@DoremiFasolatido1979 Ya'll see the man with the really big gun? It's really his will you should be worried about.
I believe that’s what Starfleet would call a Golden State Laser Shower. Goodnight!
I love seeing them all group up to defend the cerritos
The _Cerritos_ took out the _Dallas_ and the _Corpus Christi_ on her own, but it took all of her sister ships combined to take out the _Aledo._ Clearly, _Cerritos_ rules.
And a moment of silent remembrance for absent friends, the _Rubidoux_ and _Solvang._
Well Cerritos used her warp core, rendering her a sitting duck. Do that 32 times, and you could probably kill a full strength weaponized Narada.
@@bthsr7113 So the Intrepid class is the most powerful warship in the Federation because it has two warp cores, lol
@@DarkestVampire92 I dont think the secondary core is as strong as the primary one though
@@Groza_Dallocort No its likely not, although its never stated what the core is used for. Its sometimes speculated to be a spare warp core to be used for cases when the primary core fails and has to be ejected.
Either way, its still an antimatter reactor, that has to count for something.
@@DarkestVampire92 That is true but we never saw it in the show sadly
A better calvery rescue than Season 1 finale of Picard.
Never. Underestimate. Mariner and the Lower Decks!
Pro tip for other 'Trek' shows: THIS is how you do it if you're going to have a metric s**tload of the same class of starships warp in to save the day.
(Also - big props for using the 'glorious Cerritos' theme from 'Crisis Point' as essentialy the theme music for the entire California-class. No other class of starship - not the Galaxy, Intrepid, Defiant or even the Constitution-class got that type of honor. Like Bernie Casey said in 'I'm Gonna Get You, Sucka': "Theme music. Every good hero should have some.")
Underdogs were top dog this time.
Seems like they added more horns at 1:38? It seems a bit different, more powerful.
@@nathanyuen4128 this was a reuse of James horner's score from star trek 2 wrath of Khan
I think the best part that distinguish this from that other 'Trek' show is when Boimler rapidly saying the name of all the Cali-class ships that arrived. It make it feel that, despite being effectively a copy-paste fleet, all of those ships are unique character within the larger Cali-class family.
Of course, 3 seasons of character building heavily help as well.
@@PaiSAMSEN they also have unique markings in close shots.
I love how the cali class ships are all named after cities or towns in California.
Also at 2:02 you can see another registration of a star ship: NCC-78701
Shuttles on the Cerritos ate named after state parks.
@@BBP749 Which is the zip code of Austin, Texas.
Yes. But technically the first of class should be named California, because the class is named for the first ship built of that design.
That's pretty common in Star Trek - all the Lunar class ships (e.g. the USS Titan) were named after Sol System moons starting with the prototype USS Lunar... and the Danube Class Runabouts were usually named after Rivers (seen in DS9)
And unlike other copy pastes of the same class, you can tell these are distinct ships with their markings. I appreciate the touch. Heck, they already had narrative and thematic reason why it's all the same class, which is better than most cases of copying and pasting the same ship when you have more to draw upon.
Over the time of their construction, there'd be minor differences as like additional tech so slightly different.
most of the ships where not held at the mercy of most of the higher classes therefore crew could modify as they see fit as long it kept within the guidelines stated meaning you couldn't fully refit the ship only add to existing space. Where as battle class where meant to be kept at their base construction and any modifying was kept at a very very minimal way not like they needed it anyway.
@@IloveJellow Enterprise E and Voyager retained some of the systems that the Borg installed in them, because they were more efficient. Voyager also added new tech from the Delta Quadrant as she went along. Geordi was always tinkering with the Enterprise D's warp core to make it more efficient. I think the difference here is that the Cali-class gets what I'd refer to as "cowboy engineering", basically replacing systems not because they find new or better tech, but because sometimes all they can find is a hairpin, some Jefferies Tape (patent pending), and a dead tribble.
To be fair, there were at least three variants of the Inquiry-class in Riker's fleet at the end of Picard S1.
@@SamCogley agreed. Plus starfleet wanted to show their strength by showing the same class of vessel together, power and consistency. At the time I recall they were all brand new ships and it was easy to call them in together
We never saw it coming, a light-hearted, animated Trek spinoff becoming one of the best Star Trek Series ever!
Lower Decks Season 3 using a Copy-Paste Fleet of California-Class Starships was a genius idea. It makes sense. I was smiling during this entire scene.
I was extremely disappointed when Season 1 of Picard ended with a Copy-Paste fleet of generic Starships from the same class.
And they werent even copy pastes!
same model but each had a unique paint scheme!
I love that while showing respect for the rear line work horse they also show the endurance of the drone warship. It was visibly scarred by the warp core detonation and it was facing 32 ships of heavier tonnage and a toothy shuttle all around it, with said forces screening the Aledo's actual target. For those kinds of odds, it lasted a good while and almost took Ceritos with along with it.
On top of that, they were using part of the Aledo's own tactics against it. It had used numbers to surround and wear down a Sovereign Class
This right here is the Star Trek that I have been missing. Way to hit it out of the ballpark!
Doing the Riker maneuver while standing on the chair, now that's a power move!
Prob one of the best displays of just how massive star fleets "fleets" should actually be. Also good display of ganking a superior enemy with numbers
This is what the arrival of the civillian fleet from The Rise of Skywalker should have felt like.
Man that was such a disappointment. Too many big ships, too much copy and paste, way too few fighters, and no good tactics to capitalize on the pinned cluster of enemy capital ships that lacked shields. Also too many at once.
Start with a few fighters coming in. Welcome, but not enough. Then defended/modded freighters crop up. Corvettes, pirate ships... More and more ships of all sizes and banners keep coming, culminating in surviving resistance and New Republic ships. With the galaxy in one voice saying NO MORE! by fighting to end Palpatine and his reign of terror.
The Star Destroyers on top crashing down, taking their sisters with them, fighters and gunships diving and weaving through the chaos, strafing the unshielded hulls at will.
I saw a rag tag fleet of opportunity done better in a comic. There was no excuse to let that scene go as it was in the movie.
😊
What a great Star Trek Moment...so many goosebumbs an a little tears on my eyes
If mariner is able to call all of those ships even not being in starfleet
You know you got the best person on board if she is able to do all that
Never underestimate a book by its cover or in this case never underestimate mariner because she can pack quite a punch as Boimler and Rutherford found out the hard way
She's personal friends with the captain of the Oakland and has in-roads with the Carlsbad since Boimler, her, and Rutherford learned the Cerritos is famous among the California class of ships
well she kind of well know by all Cali class
well actually remember that crooked admiral wanted to scrap the california class they would have to recall all the california class to be decommissioned so they were enroute anyway and obviously scanning weapons fire or receiving distress call they'd all be hauling butt to douglas station.
While that's all true it probably didn't *hurt* that the Cerritos is effectively the Enterprise of Cali-class ships. No wonder they all came to help!
connections baby, you would be surprised how much actual shit gets done in the military just by the right people knowing other right people and cutting trough the BS
I love this show because most shows only have Capitol ships, but you know the majority of starships must be something that can be produced in great numbers cheaply.
The worst thing about this is that we are going to have to wait another year for season 4 of Lower Decks.
If I was an avid Trekkie, I'd say that this is the most amazing and heartwarming scene in the entire history of the franchise.
Update: Actually, if I was an avid Trekkie, I'd say that this scene is the _Star Trek_ equivalent of the portals scene in Endgame._
See, THIS is how you do a copy paste fleet.
Take Notes Picard Season 1
As an avide trekkie, this IS one of the most heartwarmimg and amazing scenes in the entire franchise
I am, and I say it is.
@@airrider-jk9ik "One of"?
@@jeremydale4548 Better yet, it's *not* a copy paste fleet. They took the time to give them all a distinct livery and showed multiple bridge crews, hell they even went to the effort of changing the colour schemes on the bridge chairs! Sure it's a bunch of small changes but they add up.
Oh and while I'd say I'm more of a lapsed Trekkie... yes, yes this is absolutely up there with the best moments in the franchise. Not just for how well it plays in its own right but for how much it says about the show. Just three seasons in with half the episode count of the live action shows and they're at a point they can use their own mythology to deliver such a wonderful scene. No cameos, no Titan, just a bunch of plot threads that have been slowly woven together and characters we care about. For reference Next Generation's thirtieth episode was... The Outrageous Okona.
As a Burbankian I was SO excited to hear that there's a ship named after the town! I want a model with the name on my desk!
This is just a damn good climax. It echos the emphasis placed on crew as family and the importance of the unglamorous workers while also being an epic space battle.
I love how the captain of the _Merced_ is standing in his chair.
As a born and raised Mercedian I would like to give that Tellarite honorary residency to the City of Merced.
"I will *burn your heart in fire*" at least the Aledo went out hard.
2:05 The non-verbal bafflement and panic in the A.I.'s processing as it began to explode was perfectly done.
The drones last thoughts "ahh no! Not the bees!"
Boimler perfectly spitting the names at high speed kills me every time 😆😆😆
Wonder how many takes that took
And thus Starfleet was victorious at the Battle of the Californias.
I’ll never get tired of watching this
Noticed the the shot of the explosion at 2:10 with Mariner's little shuttle flying past is a lot like the final shot of the Borg cube exploding from the Battle of Sector 001 in First Contact. Which, if it's intentional, is a nice touch.
With the nerdy writers of this show? It's absolutely intentional.
I'm glad I chose a California class In Star Trek Online. Cali class Cali class Cali class Cali class.
They did it,nice work and Congrats Cali-class!!👍🙌🙌🎉
*@Krypton853 ~* As a fellow STO Player, I avoid the lockbox gambling; nor do I shop often the overpriced EC Exchange. So as a result, I do not have a _California-class_ Utility Light Cruiser, or any lockbox-based starship.
That being said, I do wonder how my *Legendary **_Sovereign-class_** (Miracle Worker) Assault Cruiser* (the USS Osiris) would have fared against the Rogue A.I. _Texas-class_ Escorts/Destroyers triplets. Hopefully longer/better than the USS Van Citters (the _Sovereign-class_ ASC that took a severe beating back at Douglas Station; named long-time Star Trek executive John Van Citters).
Perhaps one day we will find out in STO. I doubt the STO developers could resist adding such a scenario into the game at some point. *;)*
@pendrake40 I just want to get California class and the uniforms. I can't believe It I know a lot of ppl are fans from the OGs series and TNG series. But I'm more for DS9 Voyager and Lower Decks. The reason why for that Is Captain Janeway Sisko and Freeman are more connected to the crew than Archer Kirk and Picard. I'm starting to like the Way Captain Pike was portrayed In Strange New Worlds. Lower Decks got me back playing STO. I hate the lags and getting stuck In that game.
Heck I might make a Vulcan after I completed all my quest on my main.
@@Krypton853 ~ Nothing wrong with have a particular favorite among the many ST-series. *:)*
1. *[Star Trek Online* (2010-2022+) *MMO-RPG] ~* Yes, STO does show its age as a 12+ year old game, making it ancient by MMO-standards. Still, STO is an enjoyable game overall, and one of the better Free-to-Play models I have experienced compared to other games' _Predatory Monetizations._
2. *_STO LD Content_** ~* I had thought you had a _California-class_ Utility Light Cruiser already?
- a.) *_Cali-class_** ULC ~* The Cali-class ULC comes from the [Infinity Lockbox], as an *Ultra-Rare* e-gambling result for opening an [Infinity Lockbox] (i.e.: getting a 'Triple 7s' jackpot on a slot machine). Opening lockboxes requires spending Zen e-currency (aka Real Money). Alternatively, the tradeable _Cali-class_ ULC could be purchased via 'Energy Credits' (in-game money), but in the *_BILLIONS;_* well out of most F2Players' &/or Casual Players' reach. *;(*
- b.) *LD Uniforms ~* The Lower Decks uniforms are sold via the Lobi Store, for 200 Lobi Crystals (premium e-currency). Since I avoid the Lobi Store, I cannot say whether you have to Lobi-purchase multiple units to assemble the whole LD uniform set, or a one-time purchase for the whole set.
3. *[Theme] **_Recruit periods_** ~* If you are not aware of them, there are [Theme] Recruit periods cycled across the year. By making a fresh character to that [Theme] Recruit's theme, you can earn/unlock Account-wide perks/benefits, which greatly help future alt-characters, but also benefits old-/preceding-characters. There are (as of 2022) four [Theme] Recruit periods, the fourth (4th) will be explained separately, for the first three...
- a.) *[Gamma] Recruit ~* A Jem'Hadar (Dominion) character.
- b.) *[KDF] Recruit ~* Any KDF-side character; it does *NOT* have to be a Klingon (a common mistake).
- c.) *[Temporal] Recruit ~* The [Temporal] Recruit is TOS themed. So when creating a [Temporal] Recruit, it must be a 'TOS Starfleet' character. TOS Starfleet character-race options are: Andorian, Human, Tellarite, Vulcan (the Four Founding races of the United Federation of Planets).
4. *[Delta] **_Recruit period_** ~* Many confuse the "Delta" part to mean the Delta Quadrant of ST:VOY; but the [Delta] Recruit period actually means the greek-letter 'Delta', with its triangular letter-icon. The [Delta] Recruit period entails making a *2409* (STO's beginning time period) character, and one from each of the three major galactic factions...
- a.) [Delta] Federation/Starfleet ~ The standard Starfleet 2409 race-choices.
- b.) [Delta] KDF ~ Like the [KDF] Recruit, a [Delta] KDF does *NOT* need to be specifically Klingon.
- c.) [Delta] Romulan ~ Does not have to be Romulan-specific either, though Romulan character-race choices are limited (Romulan, Reman, non-specific Alien, & Liberated Borg Romulan for Lifetime Subscribers).
You do not "need" to have all three [Delta] faction-characters. A single [Delta] Recruit can unlock 70% of [Delta] Account-wide Rewards. The other two [Delta] faction-characters simply top-off any Account-wide Rewards (+15% each, obviously) due to their respective faction-specific Episodes (quest-arc) content.
5. *_Vulcan Alt-character_** ~* So if you intend a Vulcan alt-character, and do not yet have either a [Delta] Recruit &/or [Temporal] Recruit, I would advise _Patience_ and wait for those respective [Theme] Recruit periods to cycle around, then make your Vulcan during those [Theme] Recruit periods. That way, you maximize your Account-wide gain. *:)*
@pendrake40 I kinda wish they Included the Bridge for the Cali class.
I am a trekkie since my childhood, over 30 years now. The franchise helped me through a lot, still does. And this scene makes me happy, because Star Trek feels alive and well. Lower Decks is great.
A lower decks ship saved by the lower decks ships. They brought them back to start retiring them, they ended up piling on the new warship. I think if I was a starfleet officer I'd LOVE being assigned to a Cali class. It's where the fun and family is at.
Did they just have a mob of California class gang up on a Texas class…I can read between the lines 😂
We now know the next thing Ted Cruz is going to complain about.
@@targetseeker you know it 😜 that freakin psychopath with messed up priorities
@@ChristopherG1990 ~ The Republicans have already taken (cheap) shots at Kurtz Trek (cannot stand the "NuTrek" label), via ST: Discovery and ST: Picard. I am uncertain if GOP whiners have poked at ST:LD specifically, nor sure if the GOP have taken any potshots at ST: Strange New Worlds yet; but would not be surprised at either. But overall, the Republicans have been staunchly against Roddenberry's vision of a Utopian future for decades. *;\*
@@ChristopherG1990 *(& @targetseeker) ~* As a follow-up, the Republicans have indeed taken shots at ST:LD, at least as far back as *[LD 2x03 - "At Least We'll Have Tom Paris"],* when Mariner revealed herself to be *_pan-sexual._*
- [Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome)]: Tendi! You gotta warn me if we're gonna be meeting up with a sexy Bad Boy, that's my type. Well, one of my types.
- [D'Vana Tendi (Noel Wells)]: You have a thing for bad boys..?
- [Mariner]: Oh, I'm *_always_* dating Bad Boys. Bad Girls, Bad Gender-Nonbinary Babes, Ruthless Alien Masterminds, Bad Bynars...
*[SIDE-NOTE]:* Bynars are a genderless cyborg race, from *[TNG 1x15 - "11001001"].*
Republicans were quick to jump upon that "Woke" Talking Point. Whether there have been any other cheap shots from the GOP further back than that, I have not seen. *;\*
funny thing, it makes sense as the Cali class was called for decommission and reassignment. but i`m sure Ted Cruz will cry nonstop about it.
What a great episode! So much fun watching this, and surprisingly emotional. I wish all new Star Trek shows were this good.
This season was pure joy. LD has fast become my third favourite in the franchise!
Lemme guess: after DS9 and Next Gen?
Yep
Except for the god-awful Peanut Hamper episode.
@@CantankerousDave I liked that one
I can’t believe they cancelled this show. Best trek in years. Brilliant series.
This was by far one of the best and my most favorite scene in the lower decks series i loved every bit of lower decks and am so happy tbat they made a season 4!!!
Also I love that one of them is the bizarro-Cerritos.
I was surprised when one of the ships was named Fresno. Glad to see my hometown come in to save the day!
The Merced makes me feel the same way.
This is the best "Dozens of ships turn up to save the day" moment Trek has had, and boy, has it had a lot of them lately.
When Badgey says it, it sounds funny. When the Aledo says, it’s menacing
I absolutely love that this scene makes sense, we see earlier in the episode that the Texases are so strong they can face off super strong ships on their own, when they nearly destroyed that Sovereign Class. And then that visual of the AI being overwhelmed, not knowing what to attack because of the sheer number of ships attacking it at once. This isn't just a massive teammup for the sake of a massive teammup, it makes sense in universe, and it makes sense considering the overarching storyline of the episode.
A funny thing just hit me. This arc ties Lower Decks into Discovery. The whole thing with Zora's existence being in contravention of Starfleet's prohibition on integrated AIs in starships...
Smooth, very smooth.
I like how when someone is coming to the rescue at the last moment they can just directly connect to the ship's comms even before they drop out of warp.
Bravo, this season finale was awesome.
Of course, they did it,woooohoooo!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🙌👍
Cali-class Cali-class Cali-class Cali-class-congrats!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
@@banciucdumitru441 It isn't over quite YET! The final battle has only just begun. The crew of the USS Cerritos will still have to deal with Section 31 Evil Boimler, Badgey, and even Peanut Hamper as well as the true Big Bad of this show..... AGIMUS himself (probably by season 4 and 5) since they're still out there!
@@jamieolberding7731 Wait,really,well you are right,but other they defeated the last ship Texas class, but other you are right!
@@banciucdumitru441 Thank you. Usually I am more than willing to make Bad Guy spaceships such as the Shadow Vessel [Babylon 5], the SUS Battleship/Cruiser [Space Battleship Yamato], the Dalek Battle-cruiser [Doctor Who], the Amun Ra-class Stealth ship [The Expanse], and even the Borg Cube [Star Trek] out of LEGO Bricks at home, but the Texas-class is NO EXCEPTION!
@@jamieolberding7731But other the epic battle with a whole armada ship Federation California-class they defeated the last ship Texas class, and it's a really great end
dude i just watched this and i legit got moved. maybe cuz I'm from Cali lol. these days everyone seems to hate us, but there's definitely a sense of community when we run into each other outside Cali. somehow this scene made me think of that.
Except for the alien person directly behind at the console, Capt. Ramsey and her command crew are hot as hell.
0:22 reminds me of the narada attacking the USS Kelvin
If you wanna keep up with Boimler, he says:
"It’s the … Oakland? It's the Alhambra! The San Diego! The San Clemente! The Sherman Oaks, The Vacaville, The Burbank, Fresno, Santa Monica, San Jose, Sacramento, Culver City, Anaheim, Riverside, Vallejo, West Covina, Pacific Palisades, Redding, Eureka, Mount Shasta!"
Then their captains introduce Merced, Carlsbad, and Inglewood, respectively.
This Vallejoan thoroughly enjoyed this episode 😀
This is how you show off a fleet of a single class of ship, not the bullshit at the end of Picard season 1
I'd like to see them show this episode at a California Trek convention where they group the crowd by their cities of origin so we can watch each city cheer for their respective ship in turn.
The music score, pulling and meshing from some of the greatest bits of Star Trek
With the Lower Decks main theme as a leitmotif as the rest of the Cali-class warped in.
Another Badmiral bites the dust, and the Cali Class Ships kick some serious kiester!
MAN, this series is great!!
i mean janeway is an admiral so ofc she is replacing all the competent ones that might be a danger to her eventual takeover of the federation
THE MUSIC ! THE FLEET ! THE GODDAMN CHILLS !
As a California native this put a smile on my face. Take that Texas.
TBF, Texas-class was the superior ship, but was vastly outnumbered.
@@benn454 Sometime quantity has a quality all it's own.
@@SageofStars Indeed
@@benn454 It was also murderous & unstable…
Aledo at the end saying "I'll burn your heart in a fire"
Me thinking "Yep, Rutherford contributed to that thing"
Uh oh Aledo's about to get jumped by the entire Cali-Class!
Ironic, it got defeated by a fleet of the ship class it was meant to replace.
@@karlolson1363 'Karmic death', indeed.
i was surprised that it can survive for a few second, this thing is so powerful
@@congnghequansuvn474 Well, admittedly it did absolutely deck a sovereign class ship in under a minute, so that thing can pack a mean punch
Though to be real it would only take the Compton, Dominguez Hills and the Santa Ana to jump it. Santa Ana would have had it on blocks in 3 minutes.
I just love the fact that each cali class has its own paint job. I had seen that on previous episodes with other calis, but this scene really shows it.
They came out looking all sovereign class!
The lore is that each colour reflects that ships duties - Yellow is the Starfleet Corps of engineers, Blue - Starfleet Medical and Science Division and Red - Command/Diplomacy.
“It’s the Alhambra!
The San Diego!
The San Clemente!
TheShermanOaksTheVacavilleTheBurbankTheFresnoTheSantaMonicaSanJoseSacramentoCulverCityAnaheimRiversideVallejoWestCovinaPacificPalisadesReddingEurekaMountShasta!”
Me: It’s the end of the Aledo as we know it, and I feel fiiiiiiine….
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Some notes:
-Jack Quaid rattled off a list like this before, while he was ordering food from the replicator to turn Tendi back from that monstrous scorpion. I wonder if the writers deliberately put the cadence like “It’s the end of the world as we know it” song, or it just comes out that way?
-Crisis Point 1 the Admiral leading the briefing said “Starfleet doesn’t HAVE a San Clemente!” So I guess that was rectified in the interim?
Now that you point it out, sort of neat watching this clip again and see the San Clemente has unique yellow markings to distinguish it from the other Calis.
Since Crisis Point was a holo-novel, it's also possible Mariner forgot/didn't know/didn't care that there actually WAS a San Clemente. It's not like she was focused on hardcore realism and accuracy for the rest of the story. 😆
Perhaps the San Clemente was commissioned to replace either Rubidoux or the Solvang (RIP).
CALLIFORNIA. CLASS. STROOOOOONG! (sigh), This scene never gets old. ^___^