Did You Catch These Easter Eggs in the Series Premiere of 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy'?

This year, fans are celebrating 60 years of all thingsStar Trek. The Star Trek universe was born 60 years ago when the original Star Trek series premiered on NBC. The series became a cult favorite and spawned multiple spin-offs and series. The newest series in the Star Trek universe is Starfleet Academy. Despite being the series set the furthest in the timeline, fans were expecting a couple of episodesm and the producers did that disappoint!

Check out our list of Starfleet Academy premiere Easter eggs we noticed below. As casual viewers, we likely didn’t catch them all. Did you catch some Easter eggs that we missed? Care to share with us? Make a comment down below to let us know!

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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Episodes 1 & 2 Easter Eggs

• The 60th Anniversary opening sequence contains most, if not all, versions of Star Trek ships seen over the decades.
• “Ad Astra Per Aspera” – Chancellor Nahla Ake (Holly Hunter) references this Latin phrase “Through adversity to the stars” is on a plaque at Cape Canaveral honoring the crew of Apollo I. Michael Okuda, who designed the computer displays on the bridge of the Enterprise in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and was later hired to work on Star Trek: The Next Generation, borrowed it for Star Trek: Enterprise after he saw the plaque. It was later used as a title for an episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and a phrase Una Chin-Riley (Rebecca Romijn) lived by. The phrase was used on recruitment posters in the future and was referenced in the Lower Decks/Strange New Worlds crossover episode, “Those Old Scientists”.

• The Dedication Mural in the Academy holds many recognizable Star Trek names, including Lt. Tasha Yar, Admr. Harry Kim, Adm. Beverly Crusher, Cdr Joseph M’Benga, Lt. Tom Paris, Cdr. Deanna Troi, Adm. Leonard McCoy, and Cdr. Beckett Mariner. We even caught real names of cast and crew including Tawny Newsome, Jenny Lumet, Mike Jerome, and Erin MacDonald.

• Sato Atrium: Named after Hoshi Sato, a linguist and communications officer played by Linda Park on Star Trek: Enterprise. Sato helps to develop the universal translation device.

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• Did you catch WWW wrestler Becky Lynch? The professional wrestler, whose real name is Rebecca Quin, has a recurring role as Lt. Ya in the series.

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• Starfleet Opera Society: The Doctor (Robert Picardo), who is a a hologram, heads up the Starfleet Opera Society. Picardo finds this amusing since this genre of music is the most emotional. An accomplished singer, he can be heard singing from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte in the second episode during the Betazed visit.
• The Ramcon Six simulation program that Chancellor Ake runs in the premiere episode calls to mind the other famous simulation program in the Star Trek Universe – Kobayashi Maru. That training simulation was designed as a no-win simulation to test cadets’ character and command style. Kirk famously hacked the system and reprogrammed it to provide a winning outcome as he refused a no-win situation.
• “To boldly go where no one has gone before.” Nahla Ake quotes this phrase which dates back to the original Star Trek series.

• The Park/Training Ground is named Boothby Memorial Park. Boothby (Ray Walston) was the head groundskeeper at Starfleet Academy in the 24th Century. He saw many a cadet go through the Academy, including future captains Picard (Patrick Stewart) and Janeway (Kate Mulgrew). He often offered words of wisdom and sage advice to the young recruits.

• Correct me if I’m wrong, but was that a Brikarian I saw walking through the halls of Starfleet Academy? Rok-Tahk was Brikarian, a science officer and xenobiologist in training in Star Trek: Prodigy. Brikarians looked a little similar to Igloo from The Herculoids, if you remember that cartoon. Other species we saw include Vulcans, Ferengi, Orions, and Cheronians.

• James T. Kirk Pavilion: The auditorium and gathering center where the Betazeds met with the Federation is located in this pavilion, named after the most recognizable Star Trek character, James T. Kirk.

• When Tarima (Zoë Steiner) uses the phrase “shiny” – is that the writer sneaking in their love of Firefly?

• Tarima’s fascination with humpback whales is likely a reference to Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

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