We’re all wrapped up with Star Trek episodes for 2022, but in just seven weeks the marathon will start all over again with the debut of Star Trek: Picard‘s third and final season!
 
Following the Star Trek: Prodigy coverage in the post-finale episode of The Ready Room with Wil Wheaton Thursday, the show unveiled the first extended clip from the February 16 season premiere of Star Trek: Picard — where Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) receives an unusual, encrypted subspace signal through an old combadge from his days aboard the Enterprise-D.
 
Working in his office at Chateau Picard late at night, Picard has a number of storage crates surrounding his desk, including one containing a Next Generation-era Starfleet uniform and combadge. Chirping away to his surprise, the communicator is said to be receiving a ‘codec’ signal, requiring a passcode to access — but who could this signal be coming from?
 
You can also see the clip within the full December 29 episode of The Ready Room with Wil Wheaton at the 28:30 mark.
 

 
Most likely, this is the “distress call from Beverly Crusher” which Picard describes in the Season 3 trailer released at New York Comic Con in October, the inciting incident which draws the admiral back out into space — and what inspires him to round up his old Enterprise crewmates for their final mission.
 
Star Trek: Picard Season 3 stars Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard, Jonathan Frakes as Will Riker, Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi, Gates McFadden as Dr. Beverly Crusher, Michael Dorn as Worf, LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge, Brent Spiner as Lore, Michelle Hurd as Raffi Musiker, and Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine.
 
Keep checking back to TrekCore in the new year for all the Star Trek: Picard Season 3 news as it breaks!