Episode Star Trek: Prodigy S2E06 · 2384

Imposter Syndrome

Imposter Syndrome
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Dal and friends create holograms to take their places while they board the doomed Infinity.

Dal and his friends build holograms of themselves to stand in for them so they can sneak aboard the Infinity, which is scheduled to be destroyed. Because the holograms are programmed to believe they are real, they cause trouble for everyone. Rok-Tahk and her own hologram eventually choose to cooperate rather than compete, and that teamwork solves the problem.
Dal's team boards the Infinity, unaware that a glitch has swapped their holograms' personalities. The comic episode turns the cadets' doubts about whether they belong in Starfleet into a literal contest with their own copies, and Rok-Tahk, the crew's young Brikar scientist, learns the clearest lesson in self-acceptance. It also keeps the larger plot moving, since the Infinity is the ship the crew needs to travel through time and repair the damage done to Gwyn's timeline. Jennifer Muro wrote the episode and Sung Shin directed.