Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2’s Finale
Summary
Star Trek: Prodigyseason 2’s ending depicts the Mars Attack that was the backbone ofStar Trek: Picardseason 1’s events, but no one inStar Trekwill know who was responsible for the devastation on Mars for almost 15 years. On July 01, 2025 - First Contact Day -A500 synthetics went rogue and destroyed the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards on Mars.Over 92,000 souls lost their lives and 20,000 starships were annihilated, crippling Starfleet and ending the United Federation of Planets' planned evacuation of the Romulan people from their sun going supernova.
Star Trek: Picardseason 1 revealed that the architect 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 uncovered a synthetic threat from another galaxy that could wipe out all biological life inStar Trek’s known galaxy.The fearful Zhat Vash’s solution was the Mars Attack, and the result was the Federation banning synthetic life forms.
Star Trek: Picard’s Mars Attack is first seen in theStar Trek: Short Treksepisode, “Children 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 questions that the A500 androids were the cause of theMars Attack of 2385.Star Trek: Prodigyseason 2’s finale shows how the Federation chose to respond, by pulling back within its borders and Starfleet ceasing exploration to focus on protecting itself.Not even Admiral Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) conjectured that there could be a hidden mastermind behind the Mars Attack.Starfleet and the Federation entered a darker period without androids and synthetic life forms, and without Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), who resigned in protest of the Federation ending its Romulan rescue mission.
Lt. Commander Raffi Musiker (Michelle Hurd) believed there was a conspiracy behind the Mars Attack, but she was drummed out of Starfleet.
Commodore Oh, who infiltrated Starfleet years beforeStar Trek: Prodigy,protected herself from being discovered for 14 years by becoming Director of Starfleet Security.Oh doesn’t appear inStar Trek: Prodigyseason 2’s finale, but she is already in a position of power in Starfleet to orchestrate the A500 androids' rebellion.What Oh accomplished must count as the greatest victory by the Romulans over the Federation, as her plan altered the course of the galaxy and left the Federation’s reach and influence weaker as a result. Worse, no one suspected Commodore Oh until theend ofStar Trek: Picardseason 1.
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 oversaw a group of Romulans impersonating Starfleet Officers, headed up byNarissa (Peyton List), a Zhat Vash member who posed as Lieutenant Rizzo. However,the arrival of the synthetic twins Dahj and Soji Asha (Isa Briones) brought the Zhat Vash’s machinations into the open inStar Trek: Picard season 1. The Romulans murdered Dahj and manipulated Soji to discover the twins' homeworld of Coppelius, where a new race of synthetics were built by Dr. Bruce Maddox (John Ales) and Dr. Altan Inigo Soong (Brent Spiner).
Commodore Oh wasn’t seen again inStar Trek.
After Admiral Picard and his new motley crew of the starship La Sirena rescued Soji from the Romulans, Commodore Oh decided to shed her disguise at last.Oh resumed her true identity, General Nedar, and led a Romulan fleet to attack Coppelius and wipe out the synthetics.However, Captain William Riker (Jonathan Frakes) took command of the USS Zheng He and led an armada of Inquiry Class starships to defend Picard and Coppelius. With the truth about Commodore Oh now exposed, she and her Romulans stood down and left Coppelius. Commodore Oh wasn’t seen again inStar Trek,but she left behind a Federation forced to reconcile the damage she caused.
