Chief O’Brien is one of the most important people in Starfleet history! Yeah, that’s canon now, and I think it’s great.

The away team is captured by Gelrakians and Mariner and Ransom have to fight for their survival. Gelrakian marauders board the Cerritos, but the crew is too busy worrying about Captain Freeman’s orders to fight back. Boimler gets a new mandate named after him.

I summarize the plot and point out and explain all the references so you don’t have to.