More than two years since the upcoming animated series got the green-light — and a year since we officially learned its name —  Star Trek: Prodigy finally gives us a chance to check out footage from the new show thanks today’s just-concluded San Diego Comic Con @ Home panel!

While we’ll have details from the panel to bring you in a later report, the new trailer is the first “live-action” footage we’ve gotten to date for Star Trek: Prodigy, still set to debut sometime this fall, with a focus on the young alien kids escape from a mining planet and into the stars.

The trailer begins with Dal (Brett Gray) at work in a labor camp, dreaming of making his escape “to a better life,” while fellow inmate Zero (Angus Imrie), a Medusan in a constructed encounter suit, sound less than optimistic — telling Dal that he’s “the only one who still thinks he can.”

As Dal makes a break for it, young Brikar Rok-Tahk (Rylee Alazraqui) worries what will happen “if they catch us,” and Jankom Pog (Jason Mantzoukas) tells Dal that whether he likes it or not, the group is “stuck” with feisty Tellarite — while gleeful, iridescent blob Murf (Dee Bradley Baker) chirps in excitement.

The daughter of the mining camp’s leader, Gwyn (Ella Purnell), laments that she tried to save Dal from his fate, and he offers instead to save her from her life on the rocky planet… in a downed, unfamiliar vessel they find after they’ve escaped.

Crashed on the surface of a brightly-lit planet is the USS Protostar (NX-76884), an experimental Federation starship — which Rok-Tahk helps Dal to bring online — featuring widely-spaced nacelles, a streamlined primary hull, and an expansive open window on the front of its bridge.

The planet is covered in red crystals, which may be dilithium.

While not seen, the voice of a holographic Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) can be heard as the trailer reaches its end — mysteriously saying that “We’ve only just begun” — as the Protostar and its young new crew launch themselves into their new adventure.

We still don’t have a specific air date for when Star Trek: Prodigy will make its debut on Paramount+ in the United States, on CTV SciFi Channel in Canada, or where (or when) it’ll make its way to the international audience — but as soon as we know more about when Prodigy’s story will begin, you can be sure we’ll have that news for you here.

In the meantime, what do you think about this new Star Trek: Prodigy trailer, its animation style, and the brand new USS Protostar starship? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!