9 Ups & 2 Downs From Star Trek: Resurgence
4. Down: Bad Romance
As noted before, Carter Diaz is an established member of the Resolute's lower decks contingent and as such has built up a number of relationships within that group.
The most significant of these is with alliterative security crewmember Miranda Maris.
Maris is returning to the Resolute as the story begins. The set up very quickly places her into a potential romantic relationship with Diaz which, thanks to untold numbers of previous storylines, pretty much indicates she'll turn out to be somehow intricate to the story. Add to that fans and players will just know that this relationship has to have a dire twist and delivers almost as quickly on its suggestion.
The need for there to be a romantic affiliation within Resurgence is perhaps questionable since there is no real attachment to these characters at the start. Having Miranda just as a crewmember who is caught up in the machinations of the Tkon would still have worked and perhaps have made the stakes just as high as Dramatic Labs were intending with their romantic link to one of the leads.