‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Adds Ruaridh Aldington as New Cadet in Season 2Meredith Jacobs Sat, July 25, 2026 at 8:45 PM UTC 0 Ruaridh Aldington as Keats — 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Season 2 Paramount+ We’ve known since before Star Trek: Starfleet Academy premiered that it would be back for Season 2. But not even two weeks after the finale began streaming, it was been revealed that Season 2 will be it. A new cadet is joining for its final season, it was announced on Saturday, July 25, at San Diego ComicCon 2026.
‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Adds Ruaridh Aldington as New Cadet in Season 2Meredith Jacobs Sat, July 25, 2026 at 8:45 PM UTC
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Ruaridh Aldington as Keats — 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Season 2 - Paramount+
We’ve known since before Star Trek: Starfleet Academy premiered that it would be back for Season 2. But not even two weeks after the finale began streaming, it was been revealed that Season 2 will be it.
A new cadet is joining for its final season, it was announced on Saturday, July 25, at San Diego Comic-Con 2026. Ruaridh Aldington will play the series regular role of Keats, “a young alien our cadets encounter on an away mission who possesses a mysterious backstory. When the cadets make the risky decision to bring him back to Starfleet Academy, they realize he’s a wanted man, and his life is in danger.” Plus, get a first look at Season 2 with the new photo above.
Read on for everything we know so far about what to expect from Starfleet Academy Season 2, from the cast to a premiere date and more.
Is Star Trek: Starfleet Academy ending with Season 2?
Yes. On Monday, March 23, it was announced that Starfleet Academy Season 2 will be its last.
“We’re incredibly proud of the ambition, passion, and creativity that went into bringing Star Trek: Starfleet Academy to life,” CBS Studios and Paramount+ said in a statement (via Variety). “The series introduced audiences to a bold new group of characters, welcomed familiar faces, and expanded the Star Trek universe in exciting new ways. We’re grateful to Alex Kurtzman, Noga Landau, Gaia Violo, and the entire cast and crew who pushed storytelling boundaries in the spirit of Gene Roddenberry’s vision. We look forward to sharing the upcoming second and final season with everyone, and continuing to celebrate the cast, crew, and all that was accomplished with this series.”
This means we’ve seen the last of Paul Giamatti, who plays part Klingon, part Tellarite Nus Braka. The first season ended with him back in custody, and executive producer Alex Kurtzman told TV Insider that he’s “not in Season 2. There’s nothing we want more than to bring Paul back and there’s nothing Paul wants more than to come back, so we are going to figure that out in Season 3.” Now, we know that won’t happen.
When will Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 2 premiere?
That has yet to be announced.
Who’s in the Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 2 cast?
According to Kurtzman, the “plan” is for everyone besides Giamatti to return for Season 2.
That means Holly Hunter as Nahla Ake, the half-Lanthanite Chancellor of Starfleet Academy and Captain of the U.S.S. Athena, and Sandro Rosta as Caleb Mir, Karim Diané as Jay-Den Kraag, Kerrice Brooks as Series Acclimation Mil, a.k.a. Sam, George Hawkins as Darem Reymi, Bella Shepard as Genesis Lythe, and Zoë Steiner as Tarima Sadal, the cadets.
Robert Picardo, Tig Notaro, and Oded Fehr as Admiral Vance all reprised their roles in previous Star Trek series, The Doctor, Jett Reno, and Admiral Vance, respectively. Gina Yashere plays Commander Lura Thok, a Klingon/Jem’Hadar hybrid who is the chancellor’s First Officer and Cadet Master.
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And they’d “love” to bring Tatiana Maslany back as Caleb’s mom, Anisha.
Ruaridh Aldington is a new series regular.
What will Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 2 be about?
The series follows “a young group of cadets who come together to pursue a common dream of hope and optimism,” according to Paramount+. “Under the watchful and demanding eyes of their instructors, they discover what it takes to become Starfleet officers as they navigate blossoming friendships, explosive rivalries, first loves and a new enemy that threatens both the Academy and the Federation itself.”
Exact details have yet to be revealed for Season 2, but executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau did offer us a few teases when we spoke to them about the Season 1 finale.
“There’s some really big concept episodes in Season 2 that really invoke Trek at its best that I’m so excited for the audience to watch because I think something we learned about our audience reception in Season 1 is that people really do love these episodes that are sort of close-ended stories that really feel like a complete meal. And that’s really cool because that’s what Trek always did so well in the past. And we continue to really do that in Season 2. And I’m excited for people to partake of these really great standalone episodes that we have coming, as well as an amazing serialized story over the course of the season,” said Landau.
Added Kurtzman, “The balance between standalones and serialization feels like it’s been maintained in Season 2. I would say that really what it means is it’s emotional serialization, but individual stories that get closed-ended by the end of each episode, more or less. … New characters will introduce new problems in Season 2, and those problems are going to ripple through our cadets, and it’s going to shake things up a bit. You might find romances between characters that you could never have expected.”
Both also teased that Season 2 will “go deep” on Nahla — and we’re going to meet some of her family members.
Is there a Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 2 trailer?
Not yet!
Will Star Trek: Starfleet Academy return for Season 3?
No, the series is ending with Season 2.
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