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The highly-anticipated first look teaser featured the series' main campus in San Francisco plus the main starship, and integral part of the Starfleet Academy campus, the U.S.S. Athena.
In addition, new details about the Starfleet Academy characters were revealed.
Academy Award winner Holly Hunter as Nahla Ake, the Chancellor of Starfleet Academy and Captain of the U.S.S. Athena, who also happens to be a long-lived half-Lanthanite.
The Starfleet Academy cadets are:
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Cadet Badge - Caleb Mir
Sandro Rosta is Caleb Mir, an orphan with a troubled past — and unlikely Starfleet cadet.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Cadet Badge - Jay-Den Kraag
Karim Diané is Jay-Den Kraag, a Klingon cadet who dreams of becoming a medical officer.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Cadet Badge - Sam
Kerrice Brooks is Series Acclimation Mil, a.k.a. Sam, the first of her kind to ever attend Starfleet Academy.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Cadet Badge - Darem Reymi
George Hawkins is Darem Reymi, an aspiring captain from a wealthy home world.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Cadet Badge - Genesis Lythe
Bella Shepard is Genesis Lythe, an admiral's daughter determined to make her own name in Starfleet.
Plus,
Zoë Steiner as Tarima Sadal, a Betazoid and daughter of the president of Betazed.
Robert Picardo, reprising his iconic role as The Doctor.
Tig Notaro, reprising her role as Jett Reno.
Oded Fehr, reprising his role as Admiral Vance.
Recurring Guest Star Gina Yashere as Commander Lura Thok, a Klingon/Jem’Hadar hybrid who is the chancellor’s First Officer and Cadet Master.
Recurring Guest Star and Academy Award nominee, Paul Giamatti, as part Klingon, part Tellarite Nus Braka, the season’s villain with an ominous past connected to one of our cadets.
The announcements were made during today's Star Trek universe presentation in Hall H at Comic-Con International in San Diego, CA. The Star Trek: Starfleet Academy panel portion featured an exclusive conversation with executive producers and co-showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau as well as series star Holly Hunter, plus cadets Sandro Rosta, Karim Diané, Kerrice Brooks, George Hawkins and Bella Shepard. The panel was moderated by fellow series cast member and Star Trek legend Robert Picardo.