Star Trek: Lower Decks (TV Series)

The Inner Fight (2023)

Tawny Newsome: Lieutenant jg Beckett Mariner

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• Lieutenant jg Beckett Mariner : Look, we don't have to like each other, but until we're off this shitty planet, we need to work together. How else are you gonna get revenge on whoever did this? Each and every one of you comes from a species that chose to travel into space and all the danger that comes with it. We've survived worse. If we work together, nothing can stop us.

• Lieutenant jg Beckett Mariner : Not too long ago, I got a promotion I didn't want. I tried to get demoted, but my commander won't do it.

  Ma'ah : [chuckles]  You must hate Starfleet.

  Lieutenant jg Beckett Mariner : That's the thing, I... don't. Back at the Academy, my dream was to be a captain. I modeled myself after this perfect friend. Sito was everything I wanted to be. I mean, she made some mistakes, but she rallied. She graduated ahead of me and was stationed on the Enterprise.

  Ma'ah : The Enterprise? I have heard tales of its triumphs.

  Lieutenant jg Beckett Mariner : Oh, yeah, so did she... and it got her murdered by Cardassians!

  [tears up] 

  Lieutenant jg Beckett Mariner : She didn't sign up to be a spy. She... she-she wanted to explore. She... it destroyed me. Then, before I knew it, the Vorta, the Jem'Hadar...

  Ma'ah : The Jem'Hadar? You fought the Dominion? Ah, the shapeshifters sent many warriors to Sto-vo-kor. I wish I could've seen it.

  Lieutenant jg Beckett Mariner : No, you do not. There was no honor, just massacres.

  Ma'ah : But in the end, you were victorious!

  Lieutenant jg Beckett Mariner : Starfleet is supposed to be about puzzling together the mysteries of life, not fighting wars! I don't wanna be a general!

  [removes her second rank pip and throws it] 

  Lieutenant jg Beckett Mariner : I don't-I don't wanna send my friends off to die! I just wanna be an ensign. If it was good enough for Sito, then it's good enough for me.

  Ma'ah : In the past, Klingons believed humans to be weak and easily defeated. But your species has proved its toDuj. Sito was a warrior. You do not honor her.

  Lieutenant jg Beckett Mariner : You didn't know her!

  Ma'ah : Do you follow every order from your commanders?

  Lieutenant jg Beckett Mariner : No!

  Ma'ah : Sito made her choice. You want to solve puzzles and mysteries? Your friend gave her life to protect that.

  [scoffs] 

  Ma'ah : She would not approve of your actions.

  Lieutenant jg Beckett Mariner : You're... you're right. She'd...

  [stammers] 

  Lieutenant jg Beckett Mariner : she'd say I'm acting like an idiot. A benaH. Okay, but Starfleet can do better! I'm not wrong to call out bullshit when I see it!

  Ma'ah : [hands her second pip back]  maj DuJ DachIj. Honor your friend, slay your enemies, and study your... what was it, plants?

  Lieutenant jg Beckett Mariner : [puts the pip back on]  Yeah, I mean... yeah, sometimes it's plants.