Warning: This submit comprises spoilers for the fourth episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, “Vox in Excelso.”

The most recent episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy focuses on the Klingon cadet, Jay-Den (Karim Diané), and likewise reveals what has occurred to the Klingon folks within the thirty second century. After The Burn, the Klingons’ residence planet of Qo’noS was destroyed, leaving the surviving Klingons dispersed throughout the galaxy. Jay-Den, for instance, grew up on the previous colony, Krios, earlier than heading to the Academy.

In an interview with /Movie, co-showrunner Alex Kurtzman defined how the writers approached the Klingons for the sequence. “We’ve solely ever recognized the Klingons as being this highly effective race with an empire, with a house planet, and the concept of who you grow to be once you lose that seed of energy and also you grow to be a diaspora was actually compelling to us,” he stated.

The Klingons face one other setback in “Vox in Excelso” when a refugee ship explodes. The Federation desires to assist them, and even has discovered a planet, Faan Alpha, that might grow to be their new homeworld. Klingons, nonetheless, don’t settle for charity. However Jay-Den, partly by connecting to who he’s and what it means to be Klingon in a diaspora, comes up with a manner for the surviving Klingons to “win” the planet in “battle.”

The Klingons now have a house planet as soon as once more. “[This] offers us someplace lovely to go from right here as a result of now the Klingons get to rebuild, and that’s tremendous thrilling,” co-showrunner Noga Landau instructed /Movie.

New episodes of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy premiere on Paramount+ on Thursdays.