A visiting instructor forces the cadets to face the emotional realities of serving in Starfleet.

A visiting instructor forces the cadets to face the emotional realities of serving in Starfleet.

During a school holiday, cadets return home and must choose between family expectations and dreams.

Academy Cadets and War College Cadets have a joint exercise to practice a rescue mission. Things, not surprisingly, go awry.


In which the cadets of the newly reformed Starfleet Academy do battle with their words. Jay-Den Kraag must deal with his past while confronting the future of the Klingon people.
Pronunciation tip for podcasters and youtubers: “Ex-chel-so” not “Ex-sel-so”. “CE” is a “CHE” sound in Latin. Source: Ex-Catholic that had to sing a lot of Latin.

While our cadets compete to join an elite team at the Academy, a battle of escalating pranks breaks out between Starfleet Academy and a rival school. Tensions rise fast, threatening their newly-emerging bonds and a blossoming romance.

The series, already much maligned online from the trailers, drops its first two episodes on Paramount+. Episode 1 is also available on YouTube. Critics who saw it beforehand seemed to like it. Will fans though?
Anyone else catch the line directed precisely at naysayers of the series?
I’m intrigued, but I suspect this is aimed at the CW crowd.
Season Three wraps up without a cliffhanger. When an ancient evil resurfaces, Pike faces a life-altering choice to stop it.

If you’re curious or have little ones you want to indoctrinate into Trekdom, here you go. (I won’t judge)