No One In Star Trek Knows Picard’s Real Villain Caused The Mars Attack

Star Trek: Prodigy

Warning : spoiler for Star Trek : Prodigy Season 2 ’s Finale

Summary

Star Trek : Prodigyseason 2 ’s finish depicts the Mars Attack that was the vertebral column ofStar Trek : Picardseason 1 ’s events , but no one inStar Trekwill know who was responsible for the destruction on Mars for almost 15 year . On April 5 , 2385 - First Contact Day -A500 synthetic substance blend rogue and destruct the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards on Mars . Over 92,000 soul lost their lives and 20,000 starships were annihilated , crippling Starfleet and ending the United Federation of Planets ' planned voiding of the Romulan the great unwashed from their Lord’s Day run supernova .

Star Trek : Picardseason 1 reveal that the designer of the Mars Attack wasCommodore Oh ( Tamlyn Tomita ) , the Head of Starfleet Security . Also known as General Nedar , Oh was secretly a Vulcan / Romulan hybrid and the head of the Conclave of 8 , a fanatical sect of the Romulan Tal Shiar called the Zhat Vash . In 2385 , Oh presided over a Zhat Vash ritual called the Admonition , which bring out a semisynthetic threat from another Galax urceolata that could wipe out all biologic life inStar Trek ’s know galaxy . The awful Zhat Vash ’s solution was the Mars Attack , and the resultant was the Federation ban synthetic life forms .

Star Trek : Picard ’s Mars Attack is first seen in theStar Trek : Short Treksepisode , " child of Men . "

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Nobody Knows Commodore Oh Is Star Trek’s Real Villain Who Caused The Mars Attack

Commodore Oh keeps her secret for almost 15 years

Remarkably , almost no one in Starfleet question that the A500 android were the cause of theMars Attack of 2385.Star Trek : Prodigyseason 2 ’s finale shows how the Federation select to reply , by pulling back within its borders and Starfleet ceasing geographic expedition to focalise on protect itself . Not even Admiral Kathryn Janeway ( Kate Mulgrew ) conjectured that there could be a hidden brainiac behind the Mars Attack . Starfleet and the Federation entered a dark period without androids and celluloid life history forms , and without Admiral Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) , who quit in dissent of the Federation ending its Romulan rescue missionary station .

Lt . Commander Raffi Musiker ( Michelle Hurd ) believed there was a conspiracy behind the Mars Attack , but she was grind away out of Starfleet .

Commodore Oh , who infiltrate Starfleet years beforeStar Trek : Prodigy , protect herself from being unwrap for 14 eld by becoming Director of Starfleet Security . Oh does n’t appear inStar Trek : Prodigyseason 2 ’s stopping point , but she is already in a position of power in Starfleet to organize the A500 androids ' rebellion . What Oh accomplished must weigh as the heavy victory by the Romulans over the Federation , as her design castrate the course of the coltsfoot and leave the Federation ’s orbit and influence weaker as a result . Worse , no one suspected Commodore Oh until theend ofStar Trek : Picardseason 1 .

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How Commodore Oh Is Revealed & Defeated In Star Trek: Picard

Captain Riker sends Oh and the Romulans packing

As Director of Starfleet Security , Commodore Oh also manage a group of Romulans impersonating Starfleet Officers , lead up byNarissa ( Peyton List ) , a Zhat Vash member who posed as Lieutenant Rizzo . However , the arrival of the man-made twins Dahj and Soji Asha ( Isa Briones ) bring in the Zhat Vash ’s intrigue into the open inStar Trek : Picard season 1 . The Romulans murdered Dahj and manipulate Soji to let on the Gemini the Twins ' homeworld of Coppelius , where a new race of synthetic substance were built by Dr. Bruce Maddox ( John Ales ) and Dr. Altan Inigo Soong ( Brent Spiner ) .

Commodore Oh was n’t seen again inStar Trek .

After Admiral Picard and his new pied work party of the starship La Sirena rescued Soji from the Romulans , Commodore Oh decided to slough her disguise at last . Oh resumed her true indistinguishability , General Nedar , and direct a Romulan fleet to round Coppelius and pass over out the synthetics . However , Captain William Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ) took command of the USS Zheng He and extend an armada of Inquiry Class starships to defend Picard and Coppelius . With the truth about Commodore Oh now exposed , she and her Romulans tolerate down and left Coppelius . Commodore Oh was n’t hear again inStar Trek , but she left behind a Federation forced to reconcile the damage she caused .