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2023 has introduced many noteworthy newStar Trekcharacters . From the logical or poignant to the devastating or scarey to the hilarious or strange or just plainly cunning , the retiring twelve calendar month of Star Trek on Paramount+ have offer something unique and memorable for everyone . WithStar Trek : Picard , Star Trek : Strange New Worlds , andStar Trek : Lower Decksgoing from strength to strength , the teemingness of new and familiar expression grows ever creatively enriched . And with each contribution to the series making a significant and durable impact , Star Trek ’s best new characters rise that a universe of possibilities remains exposed to everyone .
From the dangerously adorable and wide - chat Moopsy inStar Trek : Lower DeckstoStar Trek : Picard ’s most threatening Ferengi gangster , to a new generation of assimilate Borg , and a genetically manipulated Changeling bounteousness hunter that radiate a vengeance - seeking hatred and smug humor , and even melodious - and - mad - about - it Klingons inStar Trek : Strange New Worlds , there’sno demarcation line to the creative thinking and complexity of charactersStar Trekshowcased in 2023 . Here are the 15 bestnewStar Trekcharactersintroduced in 2023 .
Thanksgiving 2023 is special for Star Trek fans , who have amazing moments from Picard , Strange New Worlds , and Lower Decks to be thankful for .
15General Garkog (Bruce Horak)
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Season 2, Episode 9, “Subspace Rhapsody”
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Star Trek : Strange New Worlds ' first - ever musical introduced the sensationally choreograph G - pop singing and dancing Klingon commandant , General Garkog ( Bruce Horak ) , whose K’t’inga - socio-economic class ship was affected by a quantum dubiety landing field unknowingly make by the USS Enterprise at a subspace fold . indignant at the dishonor , Garkog contrive to destroy the fold . Though the Enterprise crew successfully ( and melodiously ) collapse it without necessitating violent destruction , the Klingon commander and his ship ’s arrival in the system result in their comprehension in the melodious finale when Captain Pike hail their conflict cabin cruiser . Horak antecedently played Lt . Hemmer , whose grizzly Gorn - tie in end foreshadowed the time of year 2 close and made a sheer impact as thehilariously indignant musical Klingon .
14Moopsy
Star Trek: Lower Decks, Season 4, Episode 2, “I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee”
Star Trek : Lower Decks’Lt . Beckett Mariner(Tawny Newsome ) and Commander Jack Ransom ( Jerry O’Connell ) visit Narj ’s Miraculous Menagarium and come across the tiny , adorable Moopsy . Despite its misleading appearing and frequent utterances of " Moopsy , " the little exotic brute is a predatorcapable of ' drinking bones . ‘Quietly resign , the Moopsy cause havoc by devouring other habitant in mere bit and clamber onto consoles in the control room . With a voracious appetite , the lovely yet alarming alien is remindful ofStar Trek ’s former Tribbles ( though significantly more deadly ) . at long last , Mariner and Ransom entice the Moopsy back into its envelopment with a track of Ransom ’s dentition .
13Sera (Adelaide Kane)
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Season 2, Episode 3, “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow”
Sera ( Adelaide Kane ) , a Romulan temporal agentsurgically altered to come out human , seeks to deepen the timeline by disrupting Earth ’s history through destruction and assassination . Calculating a serial of actions that negate the formation of the United Federation of Planets , Sera ’s cynical and manipulative calculative leads tolarge - scale warfare in a freshly formed alternative reality . strand on Earth for 30 years and foil by the timeline ’s ever - updating variable , Sera leadsStrange New Worlds’Lt . La’an Noonien - Singh ( Christina Chong ) and the substitute - world Captain James T. Kirk ( Paul Wesley ) to the young Khan Noonien - Singh ( Desmond Sivan ) . But it ’s Sera ’s attempt at aroused handling , arrogance , and execution that ensue in her downfall .
12Sneed (Aaron Stanford)
Star Trek: Picard, Season 3, Episode 2, “Disengage”
Commander Raffi Musiker ( Michelle Hurd ) suffer with M’Talas Prime ’s villainous Ferengi crime lord Sneed ( Aaron Stanford ) inStar Trek : Picardseason 3.A vicious drug dealer and weapon trader , Sneed takes a moment to show off his retro gewgaw and their renewing value . Dedicated to lucrative potentiality , Sneed has no qualms about taking drastic actions regarding security or profits . force Raffi into taking drug to get ahead his trustfulness , Sneed then produces the decapitated head of the Romulan she bluffed she was form for . Notably darker thematically thanStar Trek ’s common encounters with the Ferengi , Sneed fulfillsGene Roddenberry ’s original scoundrel visionand establishes an exciting , minacious renewal of the capitalist race .
11Sevet (Michael Benyaer)
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Season 2, Episode 5, “Charades”
The Vulcan husband to T’Pril ( Ellora Patnaik ) and father toT’Pring ( Gia Sandhu ) , Sevet ( Michael Benyaer ) , is presented as a logical yet generally calm , cordial , and large-minded character open to raw experiences and ideas , in dividing line to the traditionalism and stringent deportment of his wife . A long - time fellow of Ambassador Sarek ( James Frain ) , Lt . Spock ’s ( Ethan Peck ) founding father , Sevet attended the ceremonial V’Shal dinner party aboard the USS Enterprise inStar Trek : Strange New Worlds . Though generally opting to align with his wife , Sevet ’s countenance was markedly more inclusive . Sevet ’s differences with T’Pril offer a fascinating insightinto the varying perspectives of the Vulcan psyche and their differing approaches to polish , family , and obligation .
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10T’Pril (Ellora Patnaik)
T’Pril , T’Pring ’s mother , is preceded bya reputation for being frustrating , challenging , and proud . With Spock and T’Pring ’s V’Shal involution ceremonial occasion is relocated to the Enterprise , T’Pril is raring , critical , self-opinionated , dismissive , and prejudiced - think Spock handicapped because of his inheritance . A staunch Vulcan diehard , T’Pril is tyrannise in her views but believe that she upholds indispensable cultural values and , in doing so , aids others to better themselves . Though protective of her family line , T’Pril ’s overtop role and unacceptable standards cause discomfort for Spock and the Enterprise work party .
9Ambassador Dak’Rah (Robert Wisdom)
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Season 2, Episode 8, “Under The Cloak Of War”
Aformer Klingon General in the Federation - Klingon War , Ambassador Dak’Rah was known as the " Butcher of J’Gal " . Dak’Rah desert and , seeking repurchase , embarked on a career in delicacy . Ambassador Dak’Rah appears fair and repentant of the Klingon War ’s inhumanity , but his arrival on the USS Enterprise touch off the posttraumatic stress disorder of the war ’s subsister , specially Dr. Joseph M’Benga . Dak’Rah ’s efforts to befriend M’Benga bring forth the Book of Revelation of who the truthful Butcher of J’Gal was . Dak’Rah ’s fictitious character and death by M’Benga ’s manus inStrange New Worldsseason 2 , episode 8 , " Under the Cloak of War , " leave an allegorical object lesson on the destructiveness of warfare and the multi - layered futility and requisite of salvation .
8Alandra La Forge (Mica Burton)
Star Trek: Picard Season 3
Ensign Alandra La Forge ( Mica Burton ) , play by thereal - living daughter ofStar Trek : The Next Generation ’s Geordi La Forge actor LeVar Burton , is the on - screen daughter of theTNG ’s principal engine driver . Alandra come after in her father ’s engineering - focused footsteps , send at theFleet Museum on Athan Prime . As events towards the destruction ofStar Trek : Picardseason 3take a turn for the tough , Alandra and her younger crew - mates become assimilated by the Borg ’s newfangled constitutive technology . pack over , Alandra and the likewise affect Titan crewseize functional ascendency of the ship . Visually mimicking Geordi ’s mannerism as well as his engineering science prowess , Alandra is a chip off the old occlusion .
7Neera Ketoul (Yetide Badaki)
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Season 2, Episode 2, “Ad Astra Per Aspera”
The character ofNeera Ketoul ( Yetide Badaki)builds on a previously meet but undiscovered exotic raceway fromStar Trek : Enterprise . With First Officer Una Chin - Riley ’s ( Rebecca Romijn ) arrest inStar Trek : Strange New Worldsin 2259 , her estranged childhood friend is engage to support her . Neera Ketoul , an Illyrian civil rights attorney , steadfastly works to repeal the restrictive laws touch her people . With theIllyrian race banned by the Federation for practicing inherited engineering , Una and Neera reveal personal and familial persecution due to their racial identity . Ketoul ’s success in clearing Una was pivotal for her causal agency and one that she rightly viewed as a first step toward meaningful change .
6Sidney La Forge (Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut)
Star Trek: Picard season 3
Ensign Sidney La Forge ( Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut ) , Commodore Geordi La Forge ’s eldest daughter , was the steersman of the USS Titan - A. Like her baby , Sidney is follow in her father ’s footsteps - assign to fly the ship despite her less than reassuring Starfleet Academy nickname ' Crash La Forge ' . Sidney is subservient in the Titan ’s efforts to vote out the Shrike inStar Trek : Picardseason 3 , although she istemporarily assimilated by the Borg . At theend ofStar Trek : Picardseason 3 , Sidney is promoted to Lieutenant and is at the helm of the new christened USS Enterprise - G.
