Overview
- Appearing at CCXP in São Paulo, Giamatti promoted Star Trek: Starfleet Academy and discussed playing the season’s primary antagonist.
- He described Nus Braka as half-Klingon and half-Tellarite with a complicated, dark history with the Federation.
- Giamatti said Braka leads the criminal pirate group known as the Vanari Ral and operates as a smuggler and trafficker behind a joking facade masking a dangerous psychopath.
- He cited inspirations including Khan, General Chang, Gul Dukat, Q and Trelane, emphasizing an inner “malformed child” who resents the cadets’ bonds and opportunities.
- Paramount+ will launch the series with two episodes on January 15, with a Japan debut on January 23.