Having now seen the Lower Decks/Strange New Worlds crossover, I want an episode going the other direction. Not a crossover, but someone from, like, the 26th century going "Holy shit it's Captain Marin- uh i mean ensign sorry ignore that" #StarTrek #LWD #SNW
'Course I'm also still treating #STO as canon because no fucks are given, so if we assume neither Mariner nor Boimler die during the Iconian War then they'd probably have been promoted to Captain at the same time, more or less immediately after the Battle at Midnight in late 2410. So they'd have been at their prime just as the Alliance is born. They'd pretty much be guaranteed to have an interesting career :D
'Course I also like to imagine ONE of them, either Boimler or Mariner, gets assigned to a rinky little ship (a Bozeman or a Clarke class) named after one of Cerritos, California's sister cities. The USS Banqiao or the USS Loreto or something :D