Any involvement of any other familiar character or any other place would have complicated the setting just too much. The focus on the interaction of Tilly and Po is a requirement to tell the story in just 15 minutes. On the other hand, it is remarkable that, in the end, Po returns to her duty on Tilly's advice, while Tilly herself violates quite a few regulations despite her goal to take over more responsibilities. I may have expected too much, but there is not so much that would link Tilly and Po together, except the secret that they share. Tilly, on the other hand, is a young woman who has clear goals that she wants to pursue with determination. The fact that she is a crown princess is just the icing on the cake. In this regard she's not particularly alien anyway. Po is a teenage girl who runs away from her family and her family's expectations, without any kind of plan. She too wants to take a different path than the one that is predetermined.
The clear intent of the story is to show that, despite her alien nature, Po is in a somewhat similar situation. "Runaway" ties in very well with these known facts, and further elaborates on Tilly's motivation. We also know that she doesn't get along well with her mother. However, we never learned a lot about her, except that she possesses a quick apprehension but tends to be awkward in her daily routine. Tilly has become a fan favorite in Discovery's first season. It is set some undefined time after her promotion to ensign in "Will You Take My Hand?".
#Star trek short treks series#
The series premiere, "Runaway", spotlights Sylvia Tilly. The series consists of four concluded episodes of only 10 to 15 minutes, each of which focuses on one character. Short Treks is a new series format that was conceived to bridge the time between the first and the second season of Discovery. When Tilly is about to beam her back to her planet, Po reveals that she is going to be the queen of her people and that she ran away from the coronation. Tilly finds out that Po is "strategically important" for Xahea, but as Po does not trust anyone else, she does not report the intruder to her superiors. Yet, Po has run away from her duties on the planet. Despite her young age, she has already developed a method to recrystallize dilithium, which is a crucial technology for her world that has just developed warp drive. The alien introduces herself as Me Hani Ika Hali Ka Po. An alien stowaway appears, according to the tricorder readings a Xahean female of about 17 years. She sits down to drink an espresso when the food synthesizers in the mess hall go crazy and eject random food. Ensign Sylvia Tilly talks to her mother about the upcoming command training program, but does not receive the desired moral support from her.
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