Star Trek: Picard’s Mars Attack Was Worse Than We Thought

Star Trek: Picard

monition : spoiler for Star Trek : Prodigy Season 2 ’s Finale - " Ouroboros , Part II "

Summary

Star Trek : Prodigyseason 2 ’s finale reveal thatStar Trek : Picard ’s Mars Attack was even worse than interview thought . pen by Kevin and Dan Hageman , and Aaron J. Waltke , and directed by Ruolin Li , Star Trek : Prodigyseason 2 ’s ending saw the young gang of the USS Protostar saveStar Trek ’s multiverse with the help of Wesley Crusher ( Wil Wheaton ) and the crew of USS Voyager - A. Finally accepted into Starfleet Academy , Dal R’El ( Brett Gray ) , Gwyndala ( Ella Purnell ) , and their friend find the tidings reports ofrogue synthetic attacking Mars on First Contact Day 2385 .

Star Trek : Picardseason 1 ’s backstory , first run across in theStar Trek : Short Treksepisode " Children of Men " , is work up upon the tragic event of First Contact Day 2385 . On April 5th , Mars was attacked by the synths in the first place programmed to help build Starfleet ’s young armada at Utopia Plantia Fleet Yards . As a result of the Mars Attack , the United Federation of Planets banned mechanical man and synthetic lifeforms . Further , theFederation ended their charge to aid the Romulan people relocate from their sun extend supernova , which provoked Admiral Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) to give up from Starfleet in protest .

Star Trek : Prodigy season 2 brings the time travel saga of the USS Protostar full circle . Here ’s what happened and what it all means for time of year 3 .

Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2’s Ending Reveals Picard’s Mars Attack Was Even Worse

The Mars Attack changed the trajectory of the Federation

Star Trek : Prodigy ’s season 2 finis , " Ouroboros , Part II " , revealed the extent of the Mars Attack of 2385 was even more devastating to the Federation thanStar Trek : Picardindicated . InPicardseason 1 , it was enounce that over 92,000 person lose their lives on Mars . Star Trek : Prodigymakes the tragedy even more dire for the Federation by confirming20,000 starships under construction at Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards were destroyed . in the beginning built for Admiral Picard ’s Romulan rescue mission , this new fleet was equip with the in vogue engineering that was now lost to Starfleet .

Admiral Edward Jellico ( Ronny Cox ) said Starfleet was in such dire sound that they lack enough communicator badges to equip the remaining fleet .

With a seriously break and diminished Starfleet , theFederation pulled back into its existing edge and ceased all exploration missionary work . Prepping for warfare against a possible unobserved foe and fear its own humanoid , the Federation became insular , forsake its directive to seek out new life physical body and newfangled civilizations . As a response , however , Admiral Kathryn Janeway ( Kate Mulgrew ) set apart thenew Protostar Class USS Prodigyto newly promoted Ensigns Dal R’El , Gwyndala , and their friend .

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The USS Prodigy ’s missionary work is to explore and be a beacon of light as the Federation recede into a dark era .

Star Trek: Picard’s Culprit & Reason Behind Mars Attack Explained

The Romulans achieved their greatest success against the Federation

Star Trek : Picardseason 1 eventually divulge the genuine culprit behind the Mars Attack of First Contact Day 2385 wasCommodore Oh ( Tamlyn Tomita ) , who was actuallya Romulan deep cover agent name General Nedar . A phallus of the fanatic Tal Shiar sect called the Zhat Vash , Nedar and her followers held an existentital fear of synthetic beings from another galaxy invading and pass over out all organic life . This dread manifested in the Romulans ' hatred of androids and synthetic . Nedar infiltrate Starfleet sitting as a Vulcan named Oh and gradually rose to the rank of Commodore , becoming Starfleet ’s Head of Security .

Commodore Oh and her Romulan fanatics were eventually bring out and defeated in Star Trek : Picard season 1 .

Commodore Oh orchestrate Mars ' semisynthetic doer drones going rogue and massacring the Utopia Plantia Fleet Yards . Oh ’s architectural plan worked , and the Federation banned all synthetic lifeforms for nearly 15 year . Oh and her Tal Shiar agentsNarissa ( Peyton List)and Narek ( Harry Treadaway ) then targeted Dahj and Soji Asha ( Isa Briones ) to get hold Coppelius , where Dr. Bruce Maddox ( John Ales ) and Dr. Altan Inigo Soong ( Brent Spiner ) created a new backwash of Soong synthetic substance . Commodore Oh and her Zhat Vash were eventually uncovered and defeated inStar Trek : Picardseason 1 , butStar Trek : Prodigyseason 2 ’s ending sets up a darker Federation geological era still about 15 old age away from these event .