Star Trek: Strange New Worlds heads into the weekend with one more new character promo, tonight focused on the smart and capable first officer of the USS Enterprise — Rebecca Romijn’s “Number One,” Commander Una Chin-Riley.
As far as First Officers go, Una is Number One. #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds premieres May 5. ✨ https://t.co/ypHgRphrr9 pic.twitter.com/pFZlR5lI7a
— Star Trek (@StarTrek) April 1, 2022
Originated of course by Majel Barret in 1964’s “The Cage,” Romijn inherited the role when the character returned in Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 and subsequent Short Treks back in 2019. She got a first name for the first time in “Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2” — Una, named for Star Trek novelist Una McCormack — but the officer’s full name has now been cemented with her role in Strange New Worlds.
This new promo seems to indicate La’an is having trouble adjusting to her role in the senior staff, allowing Una to mentor the security officer a bit from her own personal experience. Also spotted are more of her fight with La’an Noonien-Singh in main engineering (along with a strange glow from within her body), Enterprise docked at a large space station, the inside of Captain Pike’s ready room, a firefight on the bridge as aliens board the ship, and the new lounge set.
The Strange New Worlds promotional engines continue to warp ahead towards next month’s series premiere, so keep checking back for more news here at TrekCore!
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds debuts on Thursday, May 5 on Paramount+ in the United States, Australia, Latin America, and the Nordics, as well as on CTV Sci Fi Channel in Canada. Additional international distribution has not yet been announced.