Star Trek: Discovery
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Summary
Star Trek : Discoveryseason 5 set up a trouble that could be lick inStar Trek : Starfleet Academy . Written by Kenneth Lin and Brandon Schultz and directed by Chris Byrne , Star Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , episode 6 , " Whistlespeak " sends Captain Michael Burnham ( Sonequa Martin - Green ) and Lt . Sylvia Tilly ( Mary Wiseman ) to the pre - warp humans of Halem’no in search of the fourth hint to the ancient hoarded wealth of the progenitor . Although focalize on the delegacy at handwriting , Tilly is noticeably bother by offspring she is experiencing at Starfleet Academy .
Starfleet Academy formally reopened inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 4 ’s premiere , " Kobayashi Maru " , with Captain Burnham preside over the inaugural family of 3190 . Formerly based in San Francisco on Earth , Starfleet Academyclosed after The Burn wipe out dilithium and warp change of location in the extragalactic nebula for most a hundred class . United Earth became an isolationist worldand banished the United Federaiton of Planets , which broke apart into only a handful of member universe . After Burnham and the USS Discovery work the mystery of The Burn , the regaining of warp travel allowed the Federation to reopen Starfleet Academyand receive students from across the galaxy .
Starfleet Academy is now found in Federation HQ , the massive blank space station that ’s home base to the Starfleet Command and the Federation President , Laira Rillak ( Chelah Horsdal ) .
As Burnham seeks the universe ’s cracking treasure in Star Trek : Discovery season 5 , she ’ll need help from a host of new and returning grapheme .
Star Trek: Discovery Sets Up A Problem For Starfleet Academy Show
There’s trouble brewing at Starfleet Academy
As they infiltrated Halem’no inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , episode 6 , " Whistlespeak,“Lt . Sylvia Tilly profess the problems she is experience at Starfleet Academyto Captain Burnham . Tilly says Cadet Ross ( Addison Holley ) , who served Burnham and the USS Discovery ’s work party drinks at Federation HQ ’s Millennium Celebration inStar Trek : Discovery ’s season 5 premiere , " Red Directive " , is guess about leaving Starfleet Academy to work on a cargo vessel . And , Tilly articulate , other cadet want to quit the Academy as well .
" We ’re not giving the cadets what they necessitate . I do n’t know what the problem is . " Tilly tell Burnham .
Lieutenant Tilly resigned from the USS Discovery for a teaching side at Starfleet Academy , so her frustration and fears are justifiable . The new Starfleet Academy is in its infancy , and unhappy students do n’t bode well for the future tense of the school or Starfleet itself . It ’s possible Starfleet Academy is presenting an antiquated syllabus that is n’t meeting the needs of the varied foreign young people who came of historic period during The Burn , and the school day may not have adjusted the right way to a post - Burn galaxy . In any case , the woe Tilly describes seem like plot points thenextStar Trekserieson Paramount+,Star Trek : Starfleet Academy , must address .
Starfleet Academy Needs Star Trek: Discovery Guest Stars
Many Discovery characters would fit in Starfleet Academy
Star Trek : Starfleet Academyis in pre - output and scheduled to start filming in declination 2024 , although it ’s possible the fresh series wo n’t premier on Paramount+ until 2026.Starfleet Academyis an ambitious newStar Trekseries that will insert an all - raw form of young human and exotic fictitious character . Starfleet Academywill also film on thelargest sets ever constructed forStar Trek . However , a school also involve instructor and a staff of adultStar Trekcharacters , old and new , andit ’s legitimate for some ofStar Trek : Discovery ’s cast to come along inStarfleet Academy .
Star Trek : Starfleet Academyis confirm to take place in the thirty-second century , logically , afterStar Trek : Discoveryends , so it ’s a natural place for some familiar faces fromDisco .
Mary Wiseman reprising Lt . Sylvia Tilly seems like a no - brainer , although she is n’t confirmed to be part ofStar Trek : Starfleet Academy ’s mould . Captain Burnham , Ambassador Saru ( Doug Jones ) , Ensign Adira Tal , Commander Paul Stamets ( Anthony Rapp ) , Commander Jett Reno ( Tig Notaro ) , and others from the USS Discovery could potentially come along inStarfleet Academy , as could Cleveland Booker ( David Ajala ) . Any ofStar Trek : Discovery ’s geniuses couldlend their expertness and empathy to help the students ofStar Trek : Starfleet Academyovercome any problems they face .
New episodes of Star Trek : Discovery season 5 stream Thursdays on Paramount+
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