Get ready to return to the original Constitution-class USS Enterprise in 2022’s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and prepare yourself for the return of not just Captain Pike, Number One, and Lieutenant Spock — but thanks to Wednesday’s big Star Trek Day reveal, they’ll be joined by a mix of new and returning Original Series-era characters when the new show debuts next year.

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For the characters we already knew about, of course, the biggest reveals from Star Trek Day are the new hairstyles and uniform designs for Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and Spock (Ethan Peck), and the interesting unveiling of Number One’s full name for the very first time: returning star Rebecca Romijn will be playing Commander Una Chin-Riley.

Gone are the gold, blue, and red-dyed Star Trek: Discovery-styled Starfleet uniforms, as the Enterprise crew now don a variety of classic Trek colored tunics, some with low-collared V-neck designs, while others include zip-up collars which stretch halfway up the neck.

In addition, the new Strange New Worlds uniforms include division-symbol patterns around the shoulders, with gold tunics featuring command stars, white (and pale blue) medical uniforms with cross-symbol patterns, blue science officers with the interlocking circles of their division, and we assume (as it’s difficult to see) the operations ‘spiral’ symbol adorning the shoulders of red-shirts.

Joining the “big three” are a few new-to-Trek characters, starting with a lovely tie-in to Star Trek: Enterprise.

Bruce Horak plays Hemmer, who appears to be a white-skinned, blind member of the Aenar race, the telepathic Andorian sub-species introduced in the fourth season of Star Trek: Enterprise.

Horak himself is legally blind, so his casting as a member of a similarly-blind Star Trek alien is welcome new representation for the franchise.

Christina Chong plays La’an Noonien-Singh, a name which seems to bring with it a lot of baggage.

So far, the only details we know about her character is her name — if she’s in Starfleet, her rank isn’t evident — but it can’t be a coincidence that her family name is so similar to the infamous genetic superman Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalban). What’s their connection? We’ll have to wait until next year to find out.

Melissa Navia plays Lt. Erica Ortegas, who we believe is a security officer aboard the Enterprise — though so far, there’s no confirmed additional information available about the operations-division officer besides the fact that she’s got a station on the bridge.

Finally, however, the last three announcements bring back original members of Captain Kirk’s Enterprise crew, with new actors set to pick up the mantle from their 1960’s counterparts.

First up, Nigerian actor Babs Olusanmokun assumes the role of Dr. M’Benga, originally played by Booker Bradshaw in “A Private Little War” and “That Which Survives” in the Original Series.

M’Benga, who had no first name identified on screen (though he’s been named “Jabilo M’Benga” in the Star Trek: Vanguard novel series), was an expert on Vulcan physiology and stepped in to serve as acting chief medical officer when Dr. McCoy was away from the Enterprise.

While Captain Kirk seemed relatively unfamiliar with M’Benga’s credentials in “A Private Little War” after her took Spock on for a patient after the Vulcan suffered a gunshot wound, McCoy implicitly trusted him to take care of the ship’s first officer.

Olusanmokun’s blue Starfleet uniform, with its large black collar, seems designed to emulate the classic Star Trek ‘medical smock’ top which both DeForest Kelley and Booker Bradshaw wore in the Original Series.

Jess Bush also heads to the Enterprise sickbay as she inherits the role of Nurse Christine Chapel, played by Majel Barrett in 25 episodes of the Original Series (along with the Animated Series and multiple Trek films).

Little is known of Chapel’s life before Captain Kirk’s time, though “What Are Little Girls Made Of?” tells us that in her student days, she fell in love and became engaged to scientist Roger Korby — however this relationship took place at least five years before TOS Season 1 (possibly before the SNW time period) as Korby spent at more than half a decade on planet Exo III.

Finally, Tony Award-nominated actor Celia Rose Gooding will portray Cadet Nyota Uhura, the Enterprise communication specialist of course played by Nichelle Nichols in the Original Series.

Gooding, 21, will play Uhura as a fourth-year Starfleet Academy cadet (note her insignia badge, which matches Cadet Tilly’s uniform from Discovery Season 1); she will be the third woman to take on the role of Uhura.

So, fair readers: what do you think about all this news? Do you approve of the new uniforms? Are you wary or excited to see more classic Trek characters getting the Strange New Worlds spotlight? And how pumped are you that the Aenar are returning?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!