The end of any grand adventure is always bittersweet, as it was for the intrepid cadets of "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy" by completing their first stage of training aboard the teaching vessel USS Athena, commanded by quirky Captain Nahla Ake (Holly Hunter).
With Episode 10, "Rubincon," our promising officer candidates were put through another trial by fire as they contended with the vengeful Nus Braka (Paul Giamatti) and his rowdy band of Venari Ral space pirates, who installed a ring of Omega 47 mines around Federation space to orchestrate a potentially devastating showdown.
