Lower Dorks: A Star Trek Lower Decks Fan Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Season 5 is close at hand, but what have the Lower Dorks hosts been up to this whole time with no filler episodes?? Also, what the heck is this about Lower Decks being cancelled?! Listen and find out answers to that, plus reactions to all upcoming Trek, and what we want to see in the future directions of the IP. 

0:00 Intro and drink announcement 2:51 Why are we bad at podcasting? 6:07 Lower decks cancellation news 18:26 Upcoming Trek: SNW, PRO, S31, SFA 28:50 What do we want to see in new Trek? 40:25 Lower Decks season 5: Air date, episodes, teaser trailer and poster 43:52 Outro

We're between seasons, and it's a fun time to talk about tie-ins! We're joined by author Chris Farnell to discuss the in-universe handbook given to all new crewmembers on board the Cerritos!

0:00 Intro, guest and drink announcement 3:44 Everything Chris Farnell, plus book overview 11:29 How canon is the book, and the Cerritos name history 15:11 The in-text comments, and how do you spell com badge? 18:13 Characters and Equipment sections 55:52 Badgey 2.0 and Starfleet procedure 58:51 Shifts and Elite Force 1:04:36 Shipboard activities board 1:07:39 Cerritos name history 1:12:19 Onboard facilities, with a few digressions 1:33:11 Races 1:37:41 Cerritos Bingo, Boimler's drafting strategy, general Star Trek reflection 1:46:48 Chris gives the pitch for the book 1:47:51 Stavros and Aaron final thoughts, Chris's other works 1:57:37 Outro

Dealing with promotions is the name of the game in this week's episode of Lower Decks, and the Lower Dorks hosts are in the weeds, discussing Boimler's performance, the out of hand hazing ritual and the intrinsic coolness of ringworlds.

0:00 Intro and drink announcement 1:51 Episode synopsis 3:40 The ringworld and Captain Freeman 12:24 Boimler's mission 27:03 Anomaly room and Mariner/Tendi/Rutherford's haze 43:52 Final thoughts 45:52 Outro

Season 4 is here! The Lower Dorks hosts cover everything from the first two episodes, including T'Lyn reactions, the fate of the macroviruses and the usual hero worship for Ransom and Rutherford.

0:00 Intro and drink announcement 2:25 Episode synopses

Twovix 4:59 New opening credits 7:26 Boimler holodeck sequence 9:49 T'Lyn 12:08 Voyager secret mission and station 14:33 Voyager appearance and detail 17:34 Macrovirus plot 26:16 Twovix plot 33:59 Promotions and Ransom, plus trailer edits 36:34 Mysterious threat epilogue

I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee 44:49 Romulan cold open and title discussion, plus bloodwine 46:36 Shaxs and T'ana's relationship, plus the stretchy scene 48:25 Boimler apartment shopping plot 55:39 Rutherford Promotion (and Tendi) plot 1:00:58 Menagerie (with Mariner and Ransom) plot 1:13:00 Last minute observations 1:15:39 Outro

In the last episode  before Season 4, the Lower Dorks hosts take a look at all all the cold opens from seasons 1-3 and talk about which ones are the best per season and which one is the best overall!

0:00 Intro 1:52 Season 1 drink 2:59 Season 1 cold opens, ranked 11:17 Season 2 drink 12:41 Season 2 cold opens, ranked 26:12 Season 3 drink 27:29 Season 3 cold opens, ranked 34:00 Top overall cold open from Seasons 1-3 39:31 Top overall drink flavor 40:40 Outro

Season 4 is coming soon, and the trailer is out with Comic-Con! Lower Dorks host take a shot-by-shot look at the trailer and dissect it for the smallest details.

0:00 Intro and drink announcement 2:16 In-depth look at Season 4 trailer 49:22 Outro

Season 4 trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCQwncbQx04

The crossover episode is here! The Lower Dorks hosts cover everything about this one, from the intro sequence to apology limericks... and we even try the internet's attempt at an Orion Hurricane!

0:00 Intro and drink announcement 3:33 Episode synopsis 4:12 OK, but was it good? 5:16 Frakes's direction 8:28 Animated vs live action and Mariner/Boimler appearances 18:30 Animated opening sequence 23:17 Breaking the fourth wall 28:30 Enterprise homages and the drinks 33:56 Boimler screams in live action, in-universe hero worship 37:58 Pike can't stand Boimler 45:22 One-liners 46:51 Ensign in charge of time portal missions, horonium fuel 49:00 Holocamera from Voyager 50:42 Number one calling herself Number One 51:45 Setlik system, Boimler's possible guilt, Cardassian knowledge 57:05 Commbadge log entries return 58:37 The Riker 58:59 Tritriticale reference 59:31 Nausicaan portrayal 1:01:17 Conversation with Pelia 1:04:19 Enterprise shuttlebay look 1:06:39 Apology limerick and NX-class piece 1:08:38 Pin-up poster and ad astra per aspera continuation 1:12:13 Tech-y-ons 1:13:00 Outro

Orion Hurricane recipe: https://twitter.com/TheScorch1701/status/1683146996826210309

It's a little known fact that the Lower Dorks hosts are TTRPG afficionados... and with a Lower Decks themed expansion to Star Trek Adventures coming out this summer, it's a perfect time to talk about it! Don't know what a TTRPG is, or why you should care? We talk with Modiphius experts on the project (Project manager Jim Johnson and writer Al Spader) to fill in the blanks! (We also do play a fill in the blanks game in this episode too).

0:00 Intro and guest introductions 8:54 What is Star Trek Adventures? 12:30 New to the Lower Decks TTRPG experience, range of content in STA 19:00 Lower Decks Campaign Guide details, celebs, narrative focus 29:36 Collaboration with Paramount, getting the Lower Decks flavor 41:28 Al's favorite contributions 44:08 Random elements in the Campaign Guide 48:08 Other Lower Decks STA content: crew packs, Lurkers standalone adventure, mission briefs 58:10 Sandbox elements, courtroom dramas 1:07:18 Game: We build our own Lower Decks mission brief! 1:17:00 Outro

Modiphius site: https://www.modiphius.net/

Lower Decks Campaign Guide: https://www.modiphius.net/en-us/products/star-trek-adventures-star-trek-lower-decks-campaign-guide

The Lower Dorks hosts resume our in depth chat with Star Trek ship expert Thomas Marrone, discussing the ships of season 3. We only get sidetracked into ship history a couple of times, and ultimately lament the lack of a purchasable California class model. 

0:00 Intro, re-introduction of Thomas Marrone, drink announcement 2:06 Deep Space Nine, "Hear All, Trust Nothing" 9:47 Karemma ship, "Hear All, Trust Nothing" 13:08 Drookmani shuttle, "Mathmatically Perfect Redemption" 16:13 Areore ships, "Mathmatically Perfect Redemption" 23:02 Valdore variant, "Crisis Point II" 29:38 Sovereign-class, "Crisis Point II" and "The Stars at Night" 31:58 Temporal Research Lab, "Crisis Point II" 36:40 Batriss freighter, "Crisis Point II" 43:43 Section 31's Defiant-class, "Crisis Point II" 49:14 Type 15 Shuttlepod, "Trusted Sources" 53:35 Breen Interceptor, "Trusted Sources" 55:54 Texas class, "Trusted Sources" 1:05:44 The Free Spirit, "Trusted Sources" and "The Stars at Night" 1:19:51 All California Class ships, "The Stars at Night," "Mining the Mind's Mines" 1:19:34 Closing thoughts 1:21:39 Outro

The Lower Dorks hosts love ships, and Season 3 had a lot of them! We're joined once again by Star Trek ship guru Thomas Marrone to discuss all the ships that made an appearance! There are so many ships that we had to split our talk into two episodes, woah!

0:00 Intro and Thomas Marrone's (re-)introduction 10:56 Drink announcement 13:32 Freeman's fake ship, "Grounded" 15:06 Vulcan playground ship, "Grounded" 18:13 Phoenix, "Grounded" 26:06 Drydock, "Grounded" 28:58 Gary's Space Station, "Grounded" 31:53 Starfleet security ships, "Grounded" 37:37 Akira-class and alien ship, "Grounded" 44:54 Olympic-class, "Grounded" 50:37 Dulaine's orbital lifts, "Least Dangerous Game" 53:22 USS Hood, "Mining the Mind's Mines" 56:47 Dove and other ships, "Room for Growth" 1:05:33 Sampaguita and Delta Flyer, "Reflections" 1:11:59 D'deridex, "Reflections" 1:14:58 Outro

Federation Attack fighter model, Hangar B productions: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/federation-attack-fighter-e8a4ee7b6a7d43218bfad55b64030ff0