Nick Lacarno needs to be taken into protective custody and Captain Freeman thinks he could be a bad influence. She sends the Lower Decks crew on a bogus maintenance assignment.

But things aren’t as they seem and the Lower Deckers get attacked by a Bird of Prey and stranded on a planet with Ferengi, Romulans, Cardassians, Binars, Orion, and Klingons. Sound familiar?

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