We’re rapidly approaching the return of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds on June 15, and today Paramount+ has just unveiled a new clip from the show’s second season!
 
As Celia Rose Gooding (Uhura), Jess Bush (Chapel), Rebecca Romijn (Una), and Ethan Peck (Spock) appeared on stage via “hologram” at London’s MCM Comic Con today, this new clip from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds‘ second season was released to tease the upcoming adventures.
 

Covering the #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds panel at @MCMComicCon – fun to see The Enterprise's crew mates beaming in via live "holograms"… It's not quite the holodeck just yet, though, but it's cool pic.twitter.com/SNaS0GbFM0

— Cord Busters UK (@cordbusters) May 26, 2023

The clip continues the story of Lt. Commander Una Chin-Riley’s arrest after Starfleet learned of her genetically-modified Illyrian heritage in last year’s finale, “A Quality of Mercy.”

The Enterprise first officer’s trial begins under the eye of a Starfleet JAG tribunal, which interestingly includes representatives from both “Starfleet Command” and “Space Command” — which could mean the Tellarite officer may be part of the United Earth Space Probe Agency, referenced in the early days of the Original Series (with nods in Voyager and Enterprise later).

Captain Batel (Melanie Scrofano), seen twice in Season 1, serves as the prosecutor; look closely, and you’ll see that entire courtroom facility is actually a redress of Star Trek: Discovery’s 32nd century Starfleet Command main control facility.

The costuming reflects a new reimagination of the classic Original Series dress uniforms (seen first in “The Menagerie”), right down to the triangle-shaped medallions worn by each officer — and Spock makes a reference to meeting Una Chin-Riley during his first day aboard the Enterprise, seen in the 2019 Short Trek “Q & A.”

And that Una secret Spock is about to reveal? It’s most likely her hidden love of Gilbert and Sullivan — something the pair sang together while stuck in a turbolift during that Short Trek.