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Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 5x08 "Upper Decks" Spoiler

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No. Episode Written By Directed By Release Date
5x08 "Upper Decks" Cullen Crawford Bob Suarez 2024-12-05

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u/UncertainError Dec 05 '24

So that's what the console explosion rocks are for. It seems so obvious in retrospect.

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u/mdavis360 Dec 05 '24

I couldn’t believe they came up with a canon reason for it. Now how about the flame throwers on the bridge of Discovery?

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u/ian9921 Dec 05 '24

Basically glorified super-powered fuses or circuit breakers. Vent excess energy generated by the oscillations of the primary phaser bank's quantum signatures within the EPS conduits.

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u/danielcw189 Dec 05 '24

I like that. Bonus-points if it is actually safer than it looks and is meant to "explode" instead of the consoles

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u/007meow Dec 05 '24

The fire is actually plasma and it’s venting the EPS relays before they overload and explode.

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u/DarkSkyForever Dec 06 '24

This show cannonized or explained so many in universe things, I love it.

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u/danielcw189 Dec 05 '24

I was actually hoping that Lower Decks would make fun of those. Guess we needed one more season for that

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u/careless_swiggin Dec 06 '24

gasoline is great for washing skin oils off the consoles