We’re just ten days out from the return of newly-minted Captain Michael Burnham and the crew of Star Trek: Discovery, and as the promotional push for the new season begins, we’ve got your first look at new photos from Season 4 — and some episode titles for you to ponder.

Debuting on November 18 is “Kobayashi Maru” (401), as Burnham and her crew learn of the season’s big threat, a large gravitational anomaly that poses a grave danger to the galaxy — and also introduces Federation President Laira Rillak (Chelah Horsdal), a new recurring character this season.

(This title is of course derived from the famous Starfleet Academy ‘no-win scenario’ test; the story for this episode likely parallels that longstanding cadet training simulation.)

Thanks to these photos — and close examination of the Season 4 trailers — we see that many of our other Discovery pals have earned promotions, as denoted by the rank pips on their tricombadges: Rhys, Detmer, and Owosekun are all now Lt. Commanders, while Tilly has advanced to Lieutenant, and Adira has been commissioned as an Ensign.

Star Trek: Discovery — Episode 401: 'Kobayashi Maru'

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Following is “Anomaly” (402), as Starfleet, the Federation, and the wider galactic community begin to learn about their new situation.

For the first time in 800+ episodes, Star Trek finally repeats an title — “Anomaly” also served as the name of a third-season Star Trek: Enterprise episode where the NX-01 crew began to learn about the dangers of the Delphic Expanse.

Star Trek: Discovery — Episode 402: 'Anomaly'

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The third and fourth episodes of Discovery Season 4 are “Choose to Live” (403, airing December 2) and “All is Possible” (404, airing December 4), for which no images or descriptions have yet been publicly released.

(With their introduction last year and their appearance in the Season 4 trailers, it’s likely that “Choose to Live” — Elnor’s catchphrase on Star Trek: Picard — will include the Qowat Milat in some capacity.)

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We also got a good view of Adira Tal (Blu del Barrio) and Gray (Ian Alexander) in their Season 4 looks thanks to a social media post by the official Star Trek account early last week:

In addition to all that, Paramount+ also released a pair of behind-the-scenes images today — including another look at the show’s new AR wall in action.