Red alert has been Star Trek's shipwide emergency signal since the original series, ordering the crew to battle stations. This version comes from Star Trek: Picard season 2, which premiered in 2022, aboard the USS Stargazer under Captain Rios. Picard revived the Stargazer as a modern Starfleet vessel and updated familiar bridge sounds for a new era. Clips of the alarm spread through fan edits, gaming videos and meme posts, where its instantly recognisable warning now signals any sudden danger or dramatic failure beyond Star Trek itself.