Back on the ship, Mariner, Tendi, and Rutherford are stuck with "Anomaly Consolidation Day," the task of collecting all the dangerous alien artifacts senior officers have stashed in their quarters.
Seeking a faster track to promotion, Boimler joins a clique of ambitious ensigns who call themselves "The Redshirts". They spend their time acting like senior officers and looking down on the other Lower Deckers. However, when the scorpion-Tendi begins tearing through the mess hall, Boimler realizes his friends are more important than a promotion. He uses his knowledge of Tendi's personality to save her, making a fool of himself with replicated food to make her laugh, which reverts her to her Orion form. The Prank Call [S2E6] The Spy Humongous
Ransom and Kayshon decide to play along, hoping Rumdar will accidentally reveal Pakled secrets. They take him on a tour of "highly sensitive" areas like the ship’s gift shop and the "secret" juice bar. The mission ends abruptly when Rumdar, mistaking an airlock for a bathroom, accidentally flushes himself into space. Remarkably, he survives the vacuum of space, proving that while Pakleds may not be smart, they are exceptionally sturdy. Anomaly Consolidation Day Back on the ship, Mariner, Tendi, and Rutherford
In the Star Trek: Lower Decks episode (Season 2, Episode 6), the crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos deals with a series of absurdly mismatched challenges, from a terrible Pakled spy to "Anomaly Consolidation Day." The "Master" Spy However, when the scorpion-Tendi begins tearing through the
Tendi, usually the optimist, finds the job soul-crushing as the crew is repeatedly slimed and mutated.