Star Trek: Discovery

The series begins roughly ten years before the events of Star Trek: The Original Series,[1] as Commander Michael Burnham’s recklessness starts a war between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire. She is court-martialed, demoted, and assigned to the starship Discovery, which has a unique, secret means of propulsion known as the “Spore Drive”. After an adventure in the Mirror Universe, the crew of Discovery helps end the Klingon war and Burnham is restored to the rank of Commander.Star Trek: Discovery Season 1-4 Download

In the second season, the Discovery crew investigates seven mysterious signals and a strange figure known as the “Red Angel”, and fights off a rogue artificial intelligence. This conflict ends with Discovery traveling to the 32nd century, more than 900 years into their future. In the third season, Burnham and the crew of the Discovery find the Federation fragmented, and investigate the cause of a cataclysmic event known as the “Burn”. Burnham is promoted to captain of Discovery at the end of the third season.On November 2, 2015, CBS announced a new Star Trek television series to premiere in January 2017, “on the heels” of the 50th anniversary of Star Trek: The Original Series in 2016. This was the first Star Trek series since Star Trek: Enterprise concluded in 2005, and the first show to be developed specifically for the CBS All Access streaming service.

Alex Kurtzman, co-writer of the films Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), and Heather Kadin were set as executive producers on the series, which would not be related to the 2016 film Star Trek Beyond.[38][39] The January 2017 date was the earliest that CBS could release a new Star Trek series after an agreement the company made when it split from Viacom in 2005.[40] Showtime, Netflix, and Amazon Video all offered “a lot of money” for the rights to release the series.