Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Episode 2 Features Hidden DS9 Captain Sisko Easter Egg

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Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1, Episode 2 - "Beta Test"Star Trek: Starfleet Academy episode 2 has a hidden Easter egg homage to Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, the first two episodes of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy premiered on Paramount+ to a warm welcome from Star Trek fans.

Set in the 32nd century after Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy has the benefit of pulling from Star Trek's thousand-year canon. Homages to Star Trek's finest are literally built into Starfleet Academy's USS Athena, from the names of the Wall of Heroes, to the James T. Kirk Pavilion, to the Sato Atrium named for Star Trek: Enterprise's Hoshi Sato (Linda Park).

Jörg Hillebrand, who was a renowned researcher for Star Trek: Picard season 3, spotted a blink-and-you-missed-it quote from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Captain Sisko in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy episode 2's turbolift scene involving Captain Nahla Ake (Holly Hunter), Commander Lura Thok (Gina Yashere), and The Doctor (Robert Picardo). See it below:

Captain Sisko's quote comes from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's season 4 premiere, "Way of the Warrior," when Lt. Commander Worf (Michael Dorn) joined the series: "Running may help for a little while, but sooner or later, the pain catches up with you, and the only way to get rid of it, is to stand your ground and face it."

Those are Captain Sisko's sage words to Worf, who wanted to resign his commission, but changed his mind and remained in Starfleet. Caleb Mir (Sandro Rosta) may not have seen Sisko's quote in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy episode 2. Still, it reflects how Mir wanted to run away but decided to stay in Starfleet Academy.

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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy's series premiere made a surprise visit to Bajor for the first time in live-action since Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ended. Of course, Commander Lura Thok is half-Jem'Hadar, a species introduced in DS9. All of this comes before the reported tribute to DS9 coming in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy episode 5.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy's love for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is embodied by co-producer Tawny Newsome, an avowed DS9 fangirl. Newsome co-wrote Star Trek: Starfleet Academy episode 5 with Kirsten Beyer, but the Prophets are already smiling on Captain Ake's show.