Rosta's Caleb takes center stage in the new trailer. We see him as a child with his mother (Tatiana Maslany), who is torn from him by armed guards as Nus Braka cackles, “Hold on to how much you hate me right now, boy. It will keep you warm at night.' It's about Captain Aké who finds the now adult Caleb and recruits him into the Academy with the promise of helping him find Nus Braka – presumably to get revenge. We see instructors put the new cadets to the test as they strive to be worthy of the Starfleet uniform. There may be love in the air for Caleb. And Captain Aké seems to have her own twisted history with Nus Braka.
As Ars senior editor Sam Axon noted in 2o23, there are Kobayashi Maru references throughout the franchise, as well as substantial storylines about the academy in The next generation And Deep space nineamong others. There were too Starfleet Academy video games in the 1990s for various platforms.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy premieres January 15, 2026 on Paramount+.
Take a look first Strange new worlds S4
Let's face it, the third season of Strange new worlds has been quite uneven. But a course correction could be in store, judging by a four-and-a-half-minute clip from the upcoming fourth season that was unveiled at NYCC. It's an extended sequence in which Captain Pike (Anson Mount) and his crew respond to a distress signal from another ship, only to encounter a massive space storm that shuts down almost all of their systems. They decide to take a shuttle to a nearby planet to collect much-needed iridium to power their warp drive. (Does anyone else hear echoes of Galaxy quest and the hunt for a replacement beryllium bulb?)
Still, the tone seems more like a return to form for the series. (For what it's worth, producer Akiva Goldsman has partially attributed S3's problems to production delays due to strikes and personnel changes.) The fourth season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is scheduled for release sometime next year. The series has already been renewed for a shortened fifth and final season of six episodes.
