Strange New Worlds" has to cover a wide range of dramatic genres, aided in part by the show's ample stockpile of wigs.

Kerrice Brooks—who became emotional watching the Starfleet Academy teaser for the first time, which immediately endeared her to the entire Hall H audience—co-stars as Sam, “aka Series Acclimation Mil, the first member of her species, the Kasqians, to sign up for Starfleet,” according to the official description.