Star Trek Lower Decks: Every Easter Egg & Hidden Reference From 'Second Contact'
17. Shuttlecraft
Ensign Tendi arrives aboard the Cerritos on the shuttlecraft Yosemite (or "Yo, Semite" if you're Donald Trump). These shuttles are a variation on TNG and Voyager's type-6 shuttlecraft design.
The Yosemite lands in the Cerritos' shuttlebay alongside shuttles labeled Joshua Tree, Redwood, and Death Valley – all national parks in California and continuing DS9's trend of naming auxiliary craft after landmarks (the station's runabouts were named for Earth rivers).
This scene also features a background operations division officer wearing an operations yellow Sikh head wrap, the first-ever representation of Sikhs in the franchise.