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January 15, 2026

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy review

This hormone-fuelled tale of the training college for space voyagers is like Grange Hill, with phasers – and it has a female lead unlike any captain before

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy review

TL;DR

  • Starfleet Academy is set in the 32nd century, the furthest into the future the Star Trek franchise has gone.
  • The universe is still recovering from 'the Burn,' which stopped faster-than-light travel.
  • The series focuses on Starfleet Academy in San Francisco, the campus for aspiring starship captains.
  • A key character is Nahla Ake, an ex-Starfleet captain with a difficult past involving a young boy named Caleb and a gangster named Braka.
  • The opening episode features the USS Athena, a campus-cum-starship, being threatened by Braka.
  • The series blends 32nd-century sci-fi with familiar US campus clichés.
  • Robert Picardo returns as The Doctor from Star Trek: Voyager.
  • The show is described as earnest, formulaic, and cheesy, embodying classic Star Trek.

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