The next Star Trek movie — the standalone streaming film Section 31 — is full of Trekkie Easter eggs. Set in the 24th century, it features Michelle Yeoh’s time-traveling return from Discovery, in which she joins forces with a motley crew of secretive operatives to save the universe. At least two of these co-stars are also deep-cuts to Trek canon: future Enterprise captain Rachel Garrett (Kacey Rohl) and Quasi (Sam Richardson), a Chameloid, a shapeshifting species only seen in the film The Undiscovered Country. And now, in the newest full-blown trailer for Section 31, Trek has brought back a very famous alien race that previously had only been seen in one very famous episode.
Here’s why this Easter egg is surprising, and why the new trailer feels like a secret mission happening during some older Star Trek movies.
