10 MORE Huge Revelations You Missed From Star Trek: Prodigy (Season 2)

4. The Day After April 5th

The season two finale of Star Trek: Prodigy chose to confront the events of April 5th, 2385, head-on. The end of Ouroboros, Part II, revealed more details about the days that followed.

The Attack on Mars had killed 92,143 and destroyed 20,000 ships. Starfleet needed every able officer back in service. That included Admiral Janeway, who'd only just taken a much-deserved early retirement. 

The Starfleet and the Federation she returned to were vastly different. Operations were scaled back, and exploration ended. As Admiral Jellico put it, the focus was now on "protecting our own planetary citizens". Janeway made her objections to the new policy clear, as had Admiral Picard, who "didn't take it well, to say the least".

The typically stern Jellico's heart was heavy but resigned to the reality of the situation post-Mars. They were "down engineers, ships, resources". As he concluded, they didn't "even have enough combadges to upgrade half the fleet". Officers were obliged to work with a mishmash of uniform styles.

Academy classes were suspended until further notice. The future was on pause.