First announced almost two years ago, the next Star Trek animated series aimed at younger viewers, was initially planned to debut on the Nickelodeon cable channel — and while the show will eventually warp over to that outlet, the show is now set for a berth at the Paramount+ spacedock.

Revealed today during the ViacomCBS investors streaming event, Star Trek: Prodigy — which will feature the return of Kate Mulgrew as Kathryn Janeway — is set to debut its first 10-episode season on Paramount+ for first run release. (The show will debut in second-run airings on Nickelodeon some time afterwards.)

A first look at the show’s cast was revealed in Variety’s report on the series, which highlights the fact that none of the show’s primary cast will be a human character, a first for a Trek series — indicating that Mulgrew’s role will be a secondary one, at best.

So far, no character names, voice casting, or species information on these alien explorers have been released by Paramount+, but we’ll be sure to update you with those additional details as soon as they’re available.

Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount+ head of original programming shared more details about the decision to launch the show on the streaming service:

[‘Prodigy’] reflects exactly what we’re looking to do at Paramount+. In the early going for the new platform, franchises are incredibly valuable in driving people across the paywall and we know this.

The addition of ‘Prodigy’ is huge in that it’s taking this franchise and expanding possibility of this hungry new demographic for ‘Star Trek.’ It does speak to the highest execution of the kind of things we’re looking to do at Paramount+. Part of what we’ve seen is our ‘Star Trek’ fans on CBS All Access, it’s interesting what they’ll go to.

They’ll go to ‘The Legend of Korr’a and pop around and find things that fit that particular — and I say this lovingly — nerd demo. Our hope and thought, in concert with [Nickelodeon president] Brian Robbins, is that by bringing those Trek fans and their children into Prodigy on the platform is great way of hitting those hardcore Trek fans.

On the other hand, on the linear side, is hitting kids that may not be interested in ‘Star Trek’ but do watch Nickelodeon and would be interested in trying something new on the network.

We’ll bring you more info on Star Trek: Prodigy, including when the 10-episode first season will debut in 2021, when it breaks.