Summary
Netflix’sStar Trek: Prodigyseason 2 has a deep-cut Easter egg calling outStar Trek: Discovery- despite the young Starfleet hopefuls of the USS Protostarhaving no knowledge the USS Discovery ever existed.Star Trek: Prodigyseason 2 ingeniously weaves references to the wide scope ofStar Trekcanon, with Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) helping the Protostar crew repair and save everyStar Trektimeline.
On his X account, Jörg Hillebrand (@gaghyogi49), who was a renowned researcher forStar Trek: Picardseason 3, pointed outMurf (Dee Bradley Baker) literally calling outStar Trek: DiscoveryinStar Trek: Prodigy season 2, episode 5, “Observer’s Paradox”. Wesley Crusher had yet to reveal himself, but he communicated with Murf. To understand the Mellanoid slime worm’s language, Murf spoke toGillian the whale, who translated the Protostar’s security chief, and hisStar Trek: DiscoveryEaster eggs. Check out Hillebrand’s post below:
“Mushroom"refers to the mycelial network that the USS Discovery’s spore drive uses to instantaneously jump from place to place, and"Disco"is the abbreviation and nickname of the USS Discovery starship.
Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 Ending & Shocking Season 3 Set Up Explained
Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 brings the time travel saga of the USS Protostar full circle. Here’s what happened and what it all means for season 3.
Why Star Trek: Prodigy Can’t Know About Discovery
Discovery is redacted until the 32nd century
WhileStar Trekfans understand theStar Trek: DiscoveryEaster eggs inStar Trek: Prodigy,the crew of the USS Protostar aren’t meant to grasp what Murf means by"mushroom"and"disco.“Star Trek: Discoveryseason 2 endedwith the USS Discovery’s existence redacted from Starfleet records by Lt. Spock (Ethan Peck), the adoptive brother of Commander (now Captain) Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green). The USS Discovery had to jump 930 years into the future to prevent a genocidal A.I. named Control from coming online and wiping out all organic life in the galaxy.
The USS Discovery will resurface in 3189, long after everyone from Star Trek: Prodigy is gone.
To protect the galaxy and his sister,Lt. Spock made sure history left out Michael Burnham and the USS Discovery, and anyone who knew of the starship was told it was destroyed fighting Control. InStar Trek: Strange New Worlds, only the highest ranking flag officers like Admiral Robert April (Adrian Holmes) knew of Discovery, and that information has long been suppressed and lost inStar Trek: Prodigy’s late 24th century time frame. InStar Trek: Discoveryseason 3, the USS Discovery will resurface in 3189, long after everyone fromStar Trek: Prodigyis gone.
