He’s a handsome, cocky human Starfleet hero, and she’s an empathic, resilient Betazoid often annoyed by his nonsense. Are we talking about William T. Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) on Star Trek: The Next Generation? Close, but no. In Starfleet Academy, actors Sandro Rosta and Zoë Steiner play Caleb Mir and Tarima Sadal, a hotshot Starfleet cadet and a Betazoid with extraordinary abilities.
It's the kind of romantic pairing that helped make TNG so successful, but both Rosta and Steiner feel like their chemistry is more than just a tribute to ‘90s Trek canon.
