After last week’s setup, we tie up the first season of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy on Paramount+ with a trial by a single judge, jury, and executioner.
The Trial Never Ends
With Nus Braka taking over the atrium section of the ship, he and his crew hauled it piece by piece into what can only be assumed as a frat party gone bad, real bad.
Combine that with the fact that none of the Federation can get out of this quadrant-wide minefield that Nus set up with the stolen tech during the Miyazaki incident, and the only people who are able to help are the band of cadets, the EMH, and one engineer on a saucer section.
How does this get into the trial aspect? Very simple, he broadcasts quadrant-wide with a coalition of other planets that don’t follow the Federation, trying to besmirch the Federation’s good nature, but how does he do it with song and dance, which matches his personality.
Nus, always the one to take the credit but not the blame, decides to use Caleb’s mother as judge, jury, prosecutor, and executioner, with Nala on the other side, because it is the Federation and its ideals that are on trial.
But what about the kids?
Jay-Den is out helping the Doctor, who had some issues recuperating after the new maneuver he invented using his old/future tech, the Hollow emitter. Who’s now experiencing a digital version of Aphiasa.
Jett is busy fixing the ship, leaving Genesis at the con, Darem at the helm, Caleb trying to hack Nus’ network, while Sam and Tarima come up with a way to deactivate the Omega mines.
The Pursuit of “Justice”
Back in the atrium, Nus goes on and on about his father and what set him on this course of unhinged anarchy. We come to find out that he wholeheartedly believes the Federation during The Burn ignored his people and, in their time of need, destroyed their planet.
Of course, this being the underlying Caleb show, he needs to make an appearance to stall time while Sam and Tarima jam and disable the mines. How do they do that? Simple with science! Apprently Nus Braka’s father condemned their planet.
The signals blocked the fleet can now warp in and save the day!
From the Warp Core
This two-part season finale has the stakes set so high, whether or not that was needed for the first season, for a completely new take on the Star Trek franchise, still remains to be seen.
Overall, with this being the freshman season, there are plenty of things to course-correct. But is this a bad show? Like I’ve said before, give me more of a Trek show with a problem and solution of the week vs a drama of the week.
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