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"Beta Test" is the second television episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy in the program's first season, premiered on 15 January 2026 on the Paramount+ viewing service.

References

Characters

Nahla Ake • Almond Basket • Carl • The Doctor • Dzolo • Holloway • Kelrec • Jay-Den Kraag • Larinda • Genesis Lythe • Anisha Mir • Caleb Mir • Oren • Pickford • Jett Reno • Darem Reymi • Emerin Sadal • Ocam Sadal • Tarima Sadal • SAM • Stanley • Sullivan • Lura Thok • Tinn Valaak • Charles Vance • USS Athena computer • unnamed USS Athena personnel (USS Athena personnel)

Referenced only

Nus Braka • Hugh Culber • Carol Freeman • Sonya Gomez • Krebs • Ajergh K'Tamushi • Beckett Mariner • Peter Preston • Amina Ramsey • B'Elanna Torres • Gideon S. Turner

Starships and vehicles

USS Athena (Academy-class)

Locations

the galaxy's Alpha or Beta Quadrant

Alpha Quadrant: Earth

Referenced only

Betazed • Goja V • Janaran Sanctuary • Khionia • Namibia • Opal Sea • Paris • Singapore

Races and cultures

Betazoid • Brikarian • Dar-Sha • Exocomp • Hologram • Human • Jem'Hadar • Khionian • Klingon • Lanthanite • Romulan • Vulcan

Referenced only

Borg • Humpback whale • Torothan

States and organizations

Betazed Youth Delegation • First House of Betazed • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy • United Federation of Planets • Venari Ral • War College

Science and classification

atmosphere • communications • cytokine • gas • ice • lifeform • matter • Mutageocillus arniopolus • planet • psionic wall • space • star • star system • stardate • technology • time • universe • weapon • white blood cell

Technology and weapons

EVA suit • starship

Occupations and titles

admiral • captain • Federation Starfleet ranks • Federation Starfleet ranks (32nd century) • first officer • cadet • number one • science officer • rank

Other references

boot • The Burn • clothing • Ferengal horned tapeworm • government • Holy Mantle of Betazed • jacket • Moonflow • nation • pants • races and cultures • science • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (32nd century) • title • uniform • Virulian fire-fruit • Welsh

Appendices

Related media

• Star Trek: Voyager
• Star Trek: Discovery
• Star Trek: Prodigy

Connections

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (SA)
episodes	season 1	"Kids These Days" • "Beta Test" • "Vitus Reflux" • "Vox In Excelso" • "Series Acclimation Mil" • "Come, Let's Away" • "Ko'Zeine" • "The Life of the Stars" • "300th Night" • "Rubincon"
	SCISEC Briefs	"Mystery Behind Voyager" • "Mystery Behind Ceti Alpha VI" • "Mystery Behind the Vulcan Katra Transfer" • "The Whale Probe" • "Nimbus III" • "Praxis" • "Trilithium" • "Temporal Vortex" • "The Origins of the Ba'ku and Son'a Conflict" • "Thalaron Radiation"
video game series		Starfleet Academy Starship Bridge Simulator • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Academy: Chekov's Lost Missions • Starfleet Academy: Strategic Command • Academy Trainer • see also: Klingon Academy • Cadet Training Facility
prose	Starfleet Academy video game novelization • Academy: Collision Course • see also: TNG novel: The Best and the Brightest • ST - Explorer short story: "Academy Acquisition"
	1990s book series	TNG: Worf's First Adventure • Line of Fire • Survival • Capture the Flag • Atlantis Station • Mystery of the Missing Crew • Secret of the Lizard People • Starfall • Nova Command • Loyalties • Crossfire • Breakaway • The Haunted Starship • Deceptions • VOY: Lifeline • The Chance Factor • Quarantine • TOS: Crisis on Vulcan • Aftershock • Cadet Kirk
	2010s book series (Kelvin timeline)	The Delta Anomaly • The Edge • The Gemini Agent • The Assassination Game
comics	see also: TOS - DC vol.2 Annual comic: "Starfleet Academy!"
	Marvel series	"Prime Directives" • "Liberty" • "Loyalty Test" • "War and Peace" • "Love and Death" • "Passages" • "Hide and Seek" • "X²" • "Return to the Forbidden Planet" • "A Prelude to War" • "Judgment" • Telepathy War: "Renegades" • "Parents' Day" • T'Priell Revealed ("Betrayal" • "Origins" • "The Fall") • "Culture Clash" • "MangHom qaD" • "Between Love and Hate"
	IDW (Kelvin timeline)	Issue 1 • Issue 2 • Issue 3 • Issue 4 • Issue 5
	Picard's Academy	"Loup Solitaire" • "Hurler Avec Les Loups" • "Froid de Loup" • "Les Loups Ne Se Mangent Pas Entre Eux" • "Dans La Gueule Du Loup" • "Jeune Loup"
	Starfleet Academy (2026)	Lost Contact: "Issue 1" • "Issue 2"
		See also: ST - Celebrations comic: "Klingon's Don't Flirt"
roleplay modules		Last Unicorn RPG module: Starfleet Academy (Starfleet Academy Handbook • Starfleet Academy Narrator's Guide • A Cadet's Guide to Sector 001 Earth) • Star Trek Adventures RPG module: Mission Briefs: Starfleet Academy
live performances		The Starfleet Academy Experience • see also: Star Trek Live

Timeline

published order
Previous episode: Kids These Days	SA episode produced	Next episode: Vitus Reflux
Previous episode: Kids These Days	SA episode aired	Next episode: Vitus Reflux
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Kids These Days	Memory Beta Chronology	Next Adventure: Vitus Reflux

External link

• "Beta Test" article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.