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You may want to adjust the link here; currently it skips to the 66 second mark, after Janeway's speech. Otherwise though, this is a good callout.
I think it has to be Boimler. And I expect they would go for something clearly riffing off the classic structure, but inserting some comedy by referencing the relatively unglamorous work the Cerritos does. Something like:
They could tack on a closing quip, such as "...and clean up whatever mess they left behind." Carefully timed to line up with an embarrassing part of the opening credits sequence, of course.