Place Star Trek: Lower Decks · 2380

Galardon

Second contact world in Lower Decks

The homeworld of the Galardonians, the site of the USS Cerritos's second contact mission in the very first episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks.

Galardon is the home of the Galardonians, short, purple-skinned humanoids with pig-like features, many of whom farm and keep livestock. The USS Quito made first contact with them, and in Second Contact, the first episode of Lower Decks, set in 2380, the Cerritos arrives to follow up by setting up a communications array.
Brad Boimler, asked by Captain Freeman to keep an eye on Mariner, catches her taking a crate of Starfleet equipment out into the countryside. It contains nothing more sinister than shovels and hoes for farmers who would otherwise wait a long time for official help.
Their trip goes badly when Boimler is seized by a giant spider cow, which sucks on him for hours. The slime it leaves on him turns out to cure the rage virus that Commander Ransom has spread through the ship.