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"Kids These Days" is the first 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 • Astrid Atlee • Nus Braka • Thelonious Dandrid • The Doctor • Haile • Jax • Jay-Den Kraag • Genesis Lythe • Anisha Mir • Caleb Mir • Pickford • Darem Reymi • Rork • SAM • Scrap • Lura Thok • Hayden Thriss • Charles Vance • Weldu • Mackenzie Ya • unnamed DOTs • USS Athena computer • unnamed USS Athena personnel (USS Athena personnel)

Referenced only

Commemoration wall characters: Joshua Albert • Harrison Airhart • Avi Ballo • Julian Bashir • Kirsten Beyer • Lois Bridges • Chakotay • Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • George Cheeks • Pavel Chekov • Nelson Cheng • Dorian Collins • Katrina Cornwell • Beverly Crusher • Wesley Crusher • Nino Das • Data; Drake • Karen Farris • Alonzo Freeman • Philippa Georgiou • Eric Anthony Glover • Sonya Gomez • Christine Gonsalves • Beth Hormuth • Mike Jerome • Bonnie Johnson • Jolene Julian • Harry Kim • James T. Kirk • Safta Landau • Ellen Landry • Jenny Lumet • Joseph M'Benga • Erin Macdonald • Beckett Mariner • Leonard McCoy • Tawny Newsome • Monica Navarrete • Minh Nguyen • Nog • Tom Paris • Sara Pearce • Ruby Permenter • Christopher Pike • Peter Preston • Janice Rand • William T. Riker • Trevor Roth • Hoshi Sato • Montgomery Scott • Riley Aldrin Shepard • Sito Jaxa • Spock • Paul Stamets • David Stapf • Demora Sulu • T'Lara • David Till • B'Elanna Torres • Deanna Troi • Charles Tucker III • Nyota Uhura • Sally Whitley • Samantha Wildman • Natasha Yar • Zero the Third

Other characters: Asmaret • Gwyndala • Murf • Dal R'El

Starships and vehicles

USS Athena (Academy-class)

Referenced only

USS Protostar • USS Voyager

Locations

the galaxy's Alpha or Beta Quadrant

Alpha Quadrant: Bajor • Earth • Ishaani • Little Blooms • Pikaru

Referenced only

Goja V • Kasq

Races and cultures

Cheronian • Colt's species • Dar-Sha • Haile's species • Hologram • Human • Jem'Hadar • Khionian • Klingon • Lanthanite • Orion • Osnullus • Saurian • Suliban • Tellarite • Torothan

States and organizations

House of Dak-Hatas • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy • United Federation of Planets

Science and classification

atmosphere • communications • gas • ice • lifeform • matter • planet • space • star • star system • stardate • technology • time • universe • weapon

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 • clothing • government • jacket • nation • pants • races and cultures • Orillian lung maggot • science • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (32nd century) • Tamza • title • uniform

Appendices

Images

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: first episode	SA episode produced	Next episode: Beta Test
Previous episode: first episode	SA episode aired	Next episode: Beta Test
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Life, Itself	Memory Beta Chronology	Next Adventure: Beta Test

External link

• "Kids These Days" article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.