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The USS Cerritos (NCC-75567) was a Federation California-class starship operated by Starfleet in the 24th century, under the command of Captain Carol Freeman. (LD: "Second Contact")
Service history
Early encounters
Prior to stardate 57436.2 in 2380, the Cerritos suffered damage from several meteor impacts before barely escaping a black hole.
Later, the ship's port nacelle struck an ice formation, causing a temporary power failure.
It also happened upon a battle between eleven Romulan D'deridex-class warbirds and six Borg cubes. The Cerritos warped away from the conflict after being hit only once. The Cerritos later returned to this battle, now joined by several modified Mondor-type Pakled vessels and Klingon Birds-of-Prey and once again fled after taking a single hit.
Later still, a large space grub attached itself to the ship's port nacelle. (Star Trek: Lower Decks opening credits)
2380
The Cerritos in 2380
The Cerritos was in service by stardate 57436.2 in 2380, where it was docked at Douglas Station prior to its second contact mission with the Galardonian High Council.
During this mission, as Commander Jack Ransom was wrapping up his visit with the Galardonian High Council, he was bitten by a flying insect before beaming back to the ship, where he dismissed it. Later, this insect bite caused Ransom to have a seizure at the bar, due to a viral infection. The crew panicked as he suddenly became feral, and attacked other crew members by biting them, spreading the infection.
The situation quickly got out of hand, and the call was made for any uninfected crew members to meet in Transporter Room 8. As the crew gathered, Ensigns Brad Boimler and Beckett Mariner beamed back to the ship and were surprised to see what was going on around them. Boimler was still covered in a pink slime that he picked up on the surface after a run in with a teething spider creature, which Doctor T'Ana determined could be used to synthesize a cure for this virus. After one was produced, it was able to be distributed through the ventilation system, restoring the crew to their normal selves. (LD: "Second Contact")
On stardate 57601.3, the Cerritos was called to Mixtus III to assist the USS Vancouver with the controlled implosion of an unstable moon that threatened the population. Besides providing assistance in terms of manpower, Captain Freeman was also instrumental in helping Mixtus inhabitants to reach mutually acceptable solutions that allowed the implosion to go forward. (LD: "Cupid's Errant Arrow")
The Cerritos was engaged in a standoff with the Drookmani over the salvage of a wrecked Antares-type cargo ship. The Drookmani started picking a fight with the Cerritos by throwing debris at the ship with their tractor beam. Captain Freeman refused to engage them in a fight due to diplomatic reasons. The Cerritos stood her ground as the Drookmani continued to throw debris, weakening their shields. Freeman's patience eventually ran out, but it was too late to fight back. Shields and weapons became disabled. Freeman almost gave the order to abandon ship, when they noticed that the Drookmani ship started breaking apart due to a corrupted isolinear core that was ejected from an airlock by Ensigns Mariner and Boimler. (LD: "Terminal Provocations")
Witnessing the birth of a space vessel lifeform
Captain Freeman, Commander Ransom, and Lieutenant Shaxs were selected by Admiral Syltrack for a mission to the Pisepian agricultural colony in disputed territory. In their absence, Captain Amina Ramsey of the USS Oakland was put in temporary command of the Cerritos, accompanied by Lieutenants Durga, Ottessa Warren, and Drew Prachett. Under Ramsey's command, the Cerritos journeyed to Khwopa to perform repairs on the inhabitants' water filtration system before rendezvousing with the USS Rubidoux, which was found adrift in space. It was later discovered that the Rubidoux had been invaded by space entity that was feeding on the ship's energy. Captain Ramsey and her away team were able to save Captain Dayton and her crew before the entity consumed the whole ship. The destruction of the Rubidoux resulted in the birth a space vessel lifeform. (LD: "Much Ado About Boimler")
Under attack by the Pakleds
When responding to USS Solvang's distress call originated from the Kalla system, the Cerritos's crew discovered that it was destroyed with the loss of all hands. Soon the Cerritos was attacked and captured by the same unknown vessel that had destroyed the Solvang, with the intend to dismantle the Cerritos for parts. The unknown vessel turned out to be a Pakled ship heavily modified with starship parts from over 30 species. Having its port warp nacelle torn away, the Cerritos was powerless to escape or fight back, but Ensign Brad Boimler discovered that the Pakled ship's system can be easily hacked due to its need to accept systems from different species. With the help of his training hologram Badgey, Ensign Sam Rutherford was able to create three viruses that can disable the Pakled ship. Rutherford uploaded one of the viruses into his implant and Lieutenant Shaxs flew them to the Pakled ship using the shuttlecraft Sequoia. While Rutherford downloading the virus to the Pakled ship's computer, Badgey triggered the auto-destruct of the ship, intending to kill Rutherford, as the latter had snapped Badgey's neck when the holo-program malfunctioned last time. Seeing no other options, Shaxs ripped out Rutherford's implant, placed him on the Sequoia, and pushed the shuttlecraft back into space, saving Rutherford but sacrificing himself as the ship exploded.
The Cerritos undergoing repairs
Freed from the Pakled ship, the Cerritos restored its main power and attempted to fly away, but was soon captured by another three newly arrived Pakled ships. Just as Ensign Beckett Mariner, taking command of the Cerritos, saw no option left but to abandon ship, the USS Titan arrived and immediately opened fire on the Pakled ships, forcing their retreat and saving the Cerritos. Later, arriving back at a starbase, the Cerritos underwent extensive repairs as its crew mourned the loss of Shaxs. (LD: "No Small Parts")
List of second contacts
- Galardonians (2380)
- Apergosians (2381)
Technical data
Crew quarter assignments
- Deck 9: Ensign Barnes
- Deck 11:
- A12001: Beckett Matiner
- A12003: Brad Boimler
Embarked craft
The Cerritos carried a complement of Type 6A shuttlecraft, all named after national parks in California, in its shuttlebay. (LD: "Second Contact", "Envoys")
| Shuttles of the USS Cerritos (NCC-75567) |
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| Death Valley • Joshua Tree • Kings Canyon • Redwood • Sequoia • Yosemite • Yosemite II Unnamed • Captain's yacht |
Command crew
- Commanding officer
- Carol Freeman (c. 2380–)
- Amina Ramsey (2380)
- First officer
- Jack Ransom (c. 2380–)
- Beckett Mariner (2380) (acting)
- Chief engineer
- Andy Billups (c. 2380–)
- Chief medical officer
- T'Ana (c. 2380–)
- Security officer
See also
- USS Cerritos personnel
- Bradward Boimler (c. 2379–2380, 2381–)
- Beckett Mariner (c. 2379–)
- Samanthan Rutherford (c. 2380–)
- D'Vana Tendi (2380–)
- Unnamed USS Cerritos personnel
| California-class starships |
|---|
| USS Alhambra • USS Anaheim • USS Burbank • USS Carlsbad • USS Cerritos • USS Culver City • USS Eureka • USS Fresno • USS Inglewood • USS Merced • USS Mount Shasta • USS Oakland • USS Pacific Palisades • USS Redding • USS Riverside • USS Rubidoux • USS Sacramento • USS San Clemente • USS San Diego • USS San Jose • USS Santa Monica • USS Sherman Oaks • USS Solvang • USS Vacaville • USS Vallejo • USS West Covina • Unnamed |
Appendices
Appearances
- LD: Every episode
Background information
The Cerritos is named after Cerritos, California.
According to Lower Decks series creator Mike McMahan, the yellow markings on the Cerritos indicate that its primary mission is second contact engineering support.[1]
McMahan also said that the Cerritos' registry number (NCC-75567) is based on his mother's telephone number. USS Cerritos at StarTrek.com
In February 2021, Eaglemoss/Hero Collector's Ben Robinson revealed that the company would manufacture the USS Cerritos as a starship miniature and estimated that its Lower Decks ships would begin to launch to retail at the end of 2021 or early 2022. [2]
External Link
- USS Cerritos at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works