The first official trailer for Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 has been released, and it’s packed full of Star Trek Easter eggs that can be easy to miss. Premiering on Netflix on July 1st, and releasing all 20 episodes at once, Prodigy season 2 will reunite Star Trek: Voyager‘s Admiral Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) with the Doctor (Robert Picardo) as they embark on a top-secret mission to rescue Captain Chakotay (Robert Beltran) from an alternate timeline. Joining the returning Voyager characters are Prodigy‘s young leads, Dal R’El (Bretty Gray), Gwyndala (Ella Purnell), Rok-Tahk (Rylee Alazraqui), Jankom Pog (Jason Mantzoukas), Zero (Angus Imrie), and Murf (Dee Bradley Baker).

CBS Studios have revealed the new Star Trek: Prodigy trailer for season 2, which contains more of the dazzling visuals that audiences have come to expect from the Star Trek animated series. The Prodigy season 2 trailer also gives the first proper look at the USS Voyager-A in action, as it takes flight and combats various threats. Watch the Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 trailer below, which is packed full of tantalizing teases and Star Trek Easter eggs:

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Admiral Janeway Is Drinking Coffee Again

But just a small pot.

After Star Trek: Prodigy season 1 made Janeway a tea drinker, it seems like she’s back to drinking black coffee in season 2. In Prodigy season 1, Admiral Janeway stated that her doctor had advised her to cut back on coffee. Given the stressful nature of the USS Voyager-A’s complex mission, perhaps Janeway feels that she needs caffeine to get through it. While Janeway may have relapsed, her coffee intake is clearly being monitored by The Doctor, who won’t be shy in telling her that she’s had enough.

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A Lurian From DS9 On The USS Voyager-A

Star Trek: Discovery Had Lurians In Starfleet

It appears that Dal R’El and the rest of the Star Trek: Prodigy characters aren’t the only young warrant officers serving on the USS Voyager-A. In a brief scene in one of Voyager’s corridors, three other warrant officers are seen, one of which looks like a Lurian. Star Trek‘s best loved Lurian is Morn (Mark Allen Shepherd), who propped up Quark’s Bar in all seven seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This young Lurian won’t have much time for socializing, as they’re part of Janeway’s time-traveling rescue mission.

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Murf On Vulcan

Amok Murf?

As the Doctor explains that everyone has a role to play on their new mission, the trailer cuts to Murf holding a clutch of weapons. Quite how Murf ends up in ritual combat remains to be seen, but it seems very likely that this scene is taking place on Vulcan. The orange skies and the ancient structures that surround Murf reflect similar images of Planet Vulcan in Star Trek, from the iconic Kirk and Spock fight in “Amok Time” to the stunning Vulcan vistas in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

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Prodigy Introduces A New Vulcan Character

Michaela Dietz plays Maj’el

A new Vulcan character is seen interacting with the regulars during the Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 trailer. The recurring cast list for Prodigy season 2 includes Steven Universe‘s Michaela Dietz as Maj’el. As the rest of the recurring cast are characters who also appeared in season 1, Ma’jel is presumably the Vulcan character seen in the trailer. She’s also almost certainly named after Star Trek‘s Grand Dame, Majel Barrett, who played Number One, Nurse Christine Chapel, and Lwaxana Troi over a 30-year period.

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Bearded Chakotay

Prodigy season 2 is The Search for Chakotay

There’s only a fleeting glimpse of Captain Chakotay in the Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 trailer, but it speaks volumes. Janeway’s mission to rescue her former Number One is the driving force behind Star Trek: Prodigy season 2. After he abandoned the USS Protostar, Captain Chakotay and his crew were grounded and stranded in the Delta Quadrant. The trailer’s single shot of Chakotay in Prodigy season 2 shows Janeway’s former Number One with a full beard and longer hair, looking up to the stars, perhaps hoping for rescue.

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Has Gwyndala Joined Starfleet

Gwyn wears a variation on the Prodigy crew’s Starfleet uniforms.

At the end of Star Trek: Prodigy season 1, Gwyn chose to leave her friends behind to prepare the Vau N’Akat for First Contact with Starfleet. However, in the trailer for Prodigy season 2, it looks like Gwyndala has also been recruited as a warrant officer. Gwyn’s Starfleet uniform has the colors reversed, which either means that she’s on a higher rank than her former USS Protostar crewmates, or that she’s serving aboard Voyager in a different capacity. Either way, the synopsis for Prodigy season 2 teases that the crew is also tasked with saving the Vau N’Akat home world, which means she could serve on Voyager in a diplomatic capacity.

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Giant Tribbles?

The Prodigy crew are menaced by fluffy balls.

It’s not clear what they are, but at one point in the trailer, Dal and the crew are menaced by giant rolling balls of fluff. As Dal orders his crewmates to fire phasers, Zero notes that the spherical creatures are “unphased“. It’s possible that these aren’t Tribbles, especially as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine revealed that they had gone extinct by the 24th century. However, Contable Odo (Rene Auberjonois) brought one back from the 22nd century, creating another Tribble epidemic. Is it possible that DS9‘s Tribbles spawned even larger offspring?

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Does Rok-Tahk Have A Mini-Me?

Or has Rok-Tahk discovered a new life form?

It may be that the creatures aren’t giant Tribbles at all, and are actually larger versions of the cute creature Rok-Tahk is holding in her hands. The tiny alien life form looks like a cute space hedgehog, which would match the larger creatures that advance on Dal and Zero earlier in the trailer. Perhaps rather than Tribble fur, the spheres are covered in giant hedgehog spines. There’s also another opportunity, which is that Rok-Tahk has found another member of her species, given the similarities in color and physiological make-up.

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A New Klingon Villain

Who is the eye-patch-wearing Klingon warrior?

There’s also a brief glimpse of an eye-patch-wearing Klingon who points a phaser at presumably a member of Star Trek: Prodigy‘s young crew. It’s unclear who this Klingon is, or whether they’re a one-off villain or a recurring antagonistic presence in Star Trek: Prodigy season 2. What it does show, however, is that Prodigy season 2 will continue to delight in playing in the huge sandbox that is the Star Trek universe.

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Holographic Janeway Is Back!

Is this a flashback or has Hologram Janeway been rebooted?

She’s just in the corner of one shot, but Hologram Janeway appears to be back in Star Trek: Prodigy season 2, after apparently sacrificing herself at the end of season 1. Interestingly, the poster artwork for Prodigy season 2 shows two starships, the new USS Voyager-A, and what looks like the USS Protostar. Given that time travel is involved in Prodigy season 2, it’s certainly possible that the Protostar is recovered from an earlier point in the timeline, resurrecting Hologram Janeway in the process.

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A Borg Transwarp Conduit

Are the Borg still active in Prodigy season 2?

The announcement of the date of Star Trek: Prodigy‘s release on Netflix is housed inside a Borg transwarp conduit. Famously, Janeway and the crew of the USS Voyager used the Borg Collective’s transwarp corridors to return to the Alpha Quadrant in the Star Trek: Voyager finale. Perhaps Janeway is hoping to use the Borg technology once again to try and enter the time tunnel that leads to Chakotay. The Borg Collective were dormant in Prodigy season 1, but their transwarp conduit looks active in the season 2 trailer, which could have worrying implications.

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The USS Voyager-A Has A Cetacean Ops

Prodigy continues Star Trek’s love affair with whales.

A humpback whale’s eye staring through a porthole and Murf entering its tank draws obvious comparisons with Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. This glimpse of a whale toward the end of the Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 trailer feels like confirmation that the USS Voyager-A has a cetacean ops. First mentioned in Star Trek: The Next Generation, this is a section that uses whales and dolphins to assist the navigation of a starship. By giving the new Voyager its own cetacean ops, Prodigy is continuing Starfleet’s love affair with whales.

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Janeway’s Vest

Admiral Janeway gets reacquainted with her inner Ellen Ripley.

If Captain Janeway removed her Starfleet uniform down to her vest then Star Trek: Voyager fans knew that things were very serious indeed. Janeway fought off the giant Macroviruses while in her vest and slacks, and in “Year of Hell” she wore her vest when she flew the USS Voyager into the Krenim time weapon. The Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 trailer reveals that while older, Admiral Janeway is still ready to be the action hero when the situation demands it. There are two shots of Janeway in her vest, reassuring Dal, and piloting a small shuttle during some kind of battle sequence.

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The USS Protostar Under Fire

A Prodigy season 1 flashback or a sign of things to come?

The Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 trailer comes to a close with what looks like the USS Protostar under fire from an imposing looking Vau N’Akat ship. It’s known that Jameela Jamil will be back as Ascencia in Prodigy season 2, so it’s possible that she’s launching an attack on another Protostar-class starship in the present day. However, as it’s expected that Chakotay and Janeway will be reunited at some point in Prodigy season 2, this battle sequence could be part of a flashback to the events leading up to him abandoning the USS Protostar.

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The Return Of Species 8472?

Are those Species 8472 bio-ships in Prodigy’s season 2 trailer?

The Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 trailer features a fleet of ships that look suspiciously like the bio-ships constructed by Species 8472. Natives of fluidic space, Star Trek: Voyager‘s Species 8472 alien villains were one of the most terrifying things Janeway found in the Delta Quadrant. While Janeway and the crew of the USS Voyager did eventually negotiate peace with Species 8472, it’s possible that something in Prodigy‘s alternate future has restarted hostilities.

The Star Trek: Prodigy trailer is stuffed full of exciting imagery that makes the short wait until July 1st feel much longer. It’s heartening to see that, despite its tumultuous journey to screens, Prodigy has lost none of its infectious energy or love for the Star Trek universe. On top of that, Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 looks to be a must-watch for fans of Star Trek: Voyager. Not only does it reunite Janeway, the Doctor, and Chakotay, but it also returns to the Delta Quadrant to explore how much it’s changed. Better yet, this is just a short teaser for the excitement to come.