Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is trying a lot of new things in its first season. From attempting to reclaim the franchise’s 32nd century setting to introducing a bevy of young cadets ready to be shaped into the starship captains and Federation leaders of tomorrow, the series is, of necessity, going to feel like something entirely new in the franchise. (And that’s not a bad thing, for the record!) But one of its most interesting elements is likely not going to be one of the series’ students, but the woman in charge of them: Chancellor Nahla Ake.

While Starfleet Academy is ostensibly going to have a more youthful vibe than its predecessors, complete with lower-stakes stories about personal relationships and a healthy dose of romance. But let’s be real, there’s no way this woman is going

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