‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Officially Returns With 5 New Adventures

Time is running out for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. The newest series in Paramount+’s galaxy of Star Trek shows will debut its second and final season early next year. However, before that, you can see the faculty and students of Starfleet Academy one more time.

Starfleet Academy takes place in the 32nd century, almost a thousand years after most other Star Trek series. The galaxy has undergone a massive disaster, The Burn, that killed billions and rendered space travel extremely perilous. Now, as the galaxy and the Federation rebuild, Starfleet Academy has reopened its doors to a new class of future explorers. And even as those students deal with first loves and first losses, a deadly threat in the form of a reactionary movement that wants to tear the galaxy apart.

And now, before the Academy crew returns to the screen, IDW Publishing is releasing Star Trek: Starfleet Academy — Lost Contact. The miniseries ran for five issues last year, and is now being collected in a complete trade paperback edition. The series follows cadets Caleb, Genesis, Jay-Den, Kyle, and Tarima as they complete what seems to be a routine mission on an uninhabited planet, until a disaster cuts them off from their instructors, and they come into contact with strange new life. The series was written by Layne Morgan (Legacies), and features art by newcomer Corali Espuna. The TPB will be released in stores on January 27, 2027.

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