Overview
- Set in the 32nd century after the Burn, the series follows the first new class of Starfleet cadets in more than a century.
- Holly Hunter portrays Nahla Ake, a half-Lanthanite starship captain who leads the institution as chancellor.
- Paul Giamatti appears as the Klingon Bus Braka, and Robert Picardo reprises his Voyager holographic Doctor, now teaching cadets.
- The cadet cohort features diverse perspectives, including an AI student named SAM, Caleb Mir, and a pacifist Klingon medical trainee.
- An early review from Empire describes the show as a compelling new spin-off and praises Hunter's performance.