Overview

• The Enterprise crew uncovers an ancient, still-functional temple that shifts across multiple dimensional planes, forcing them to navigate booby traps and reality-bending puzzles
• Within the ruins they encounter the Vezda, a non-corporeal entity that represents the series’ first entirely original villain species
• One landing-party member is critically injured by the Vezda, underscoring the show’s commitment to genuine peril and character-driven stakes
• Ancient inscriptions hint at a long-standing conflict between the Vezda and the Gorn, expanding the prequel’s mythos while respecting established continuity
• Showrunner Akiva Goldsman has confirmed the Vezda will reemerge in the back half of Season 3 but will be neutralized before the timeline reaches The Original Series era