Overview

• Work on the second season has already started, with filming scheduled to begin by the end of 2025.
• The USS Athena doubles as both a starship and part of the San Francisco campus to provide cadets with real-world training missions.
• Story arcs center on Starfleet’s revival after “The Burn,” marking the first Academy class since its century-long closure.
• Holly Hunter leads as Chancellor Captain Nahla Ake, guiding cadets through challenges from pranks and romance to first alien encounters.
• Robert Picardo, Tig Notaro and Oded Fehr return in legacy roles while Paul Giamatti joins as Nus Braka, the season’s main antagonist.