Spoilers Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x02 – “Beta Test”

[Commander Richard]

"With the start of the new academic year, Caleb's unease about his future at Starfleet Academy persists. But when a delegation from a former Federation ally arrives and Caleb is tasked with showing their leader's daughter around campus, he must put his uncertainty aside to discover what life at the Academy is really about." - TrekCore.com

Those eyes! This isn't Star Trek!!1

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[Michael]

Cool illustration. That’s AI generated, though, correct?

I’ve been wondering about the eyes: Reportedly Tarima is wearing some sort of neural suppressor on her neck, curtailing her telepathic abilities. It’s just a wild theory, but could that perhaps be changing the coloring of her eyes?

 

[Commander Richard]

Cool illustration. That’s AI generated, though, correct?

Partly. And I'd love to read those spoilers but I think I'll wait to be surprised.

 

[Turtletrekker]

So, I'm guessing that Betazed has not rejoined the Federation post-burn yet and Tamira's arc will follow convincing them to rejoin.

 

[Quantum21]

"With the start of the new academic year, Caleb's unease about his future at Starfleet Academy persists. But when a delegation from a former Federation ally arrives and Caleb is tasked with showing their leader's daughter around campus, he must put his uncertainty aside to discover what life at the Academy is really about." - TrekCore.com

Those eyes! This isn't Star Trek!!1

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I love this synopsis. It means they are continuing to address the Federation recovery.

 

[NCC-73515]

One review said that Betazed put up a telepathic shield around their planet and became isolationist after the burn.

 

[eschaton]

Damn, I just picked up the pun.

Betazoid. Beta test.

**Forehead slap**

 

[Lord Garth]

One review said that Betazed put up a telepathic shield around their planet and became isolationist after the burn.

I wonder if they're going to go with this the way I think it's going to go, if they use an allegory.

Spoiler

"Make Betazed Great Again!"

Don't tell me.

 

[Turtletrekker]

I wonder if they're going to go with this the way I think it's going to go, if they use an allegory.

Spoiler

"Make Betazed Great Again!"

Don't tell me.

Wasn't that how they handled Earth on Discovery?

 

[Lord Garth]

Wasn't that how they handled Earth on Discovery?

Yes, but no. I'll use a Spoiler Box.

Spoiler

Earth was isolationist but that's where it stopped. They were just self-sufficient. And they had a conflict going on with Titan. They could've made Earth a lot worse, like outright xenophobic, but they didn't go there. They didn't go all the way. I think they could take Batezed to another level. Which would make for a fitting allegory considering how much worse everything is this second time around IRL.

Of course, I'm talking in the dark and speculating out loud, since we don't know where they're actually going to go with this yet.