Short Treks Heralds Star Trek: Picard With Hope in the Face of Tragedy
Coming into this season of Short Treks, "Children of Mars" was teased as one of two precursors to the events of Star Trek: Picard. It is not a factual indicator of what's to come, or some grand, necessary setup for the plot Jean-Luc and his friends will tackle. But it does give us a tonal insight into the dark times"