OCTOBER 10, 2021 - “Today we seek to understand a threat like none our galaxy has faced before.”

With those words, Captain Michael Burnham sets the stage for high-stakes adventure in a new trailer for Star Trek: Discovery season 4. The preview, introduced by star Sonequa Martin-Green, was dropped during the Discovery panel at New York Comic Con over the weekend, and makes it clear that even though they solved the mystery of The Burn, our time-displaced 32nd-century heroes still have dangerous unknowns to face.

The trailer crams a lot of dramatic imagery into just over two minutes, and showcases a number of interesting developments and tantalizing hints for Season Four, such as:

• A mysterious anomaly capable of devouring entire star systems

• Martin-Green’s Captain Burnham suffering a traumatic injury

• The return of David Cronenberg’s mysterious Federation agent Kovich

• Saru back on the Discovery, but not as Captain

• The potential readmittance of Ni’Var to the Federation

• The developing relationship between Burnham and Book

• The artificial gravity on Discovery failing

• A tender moment between Adira and Gray

• The crew of Discovery making a bold, potentially sacrificial, choice

• All this plus Grudge the cat, new uniforms (again!), Starfleet Ferengi, and more!

While managing to avoid huge plot spoilers, this new trailer makes it clear that the fate of more than just the Federation is on the line this season, with Burnham offering familiar words now fueled by a new urgency:

“With so much at stake—countless lives, futures—once we enter the anomaly, we are going where no one has gone before.”

You can catch the trailer on the Paramount+ YouTube channel. Star Trek: Discovery Season Four premieres Thursday, November 18th. You can catch up on seasons one through three, currently streaming on Paramount+.