#Will there be a season 6 of the expanse series#

Acting captain Saru decides to repair the ship before exploring the outside world, but they learn that they are missing resources that they require to complete the repairs. The ship is damaged and crewmembers are wounded, including helm officer Keyla Detmer. The USS Discovery crash-lands on a glacier. Sahil is unable to locate the USS Discovery, which was traveling to the future with Burnham. Burnham gives him an acting Starfleet commission. In exchange, Book takes her to a seemingly abandoned Federation space station where they find Aditya Sahil, a 'Federation liaison' waiting in the hope that a Starfleet officer would come to the station one day. Burnham helps Book protect his cargo, an endangered trance worm that he is taking to a sanctuary, from other couriers. Now the galaxy is disconnected and is no longer governed by the United Federation of Planets. He explains that in an event called 'The Burn', most of the galaxy's dilithium (the element used by starships to travel at warp speeds) exploded, destroying many starships including most of Starfleet. Burnham crashes into the ship of Cleveland 'Book' Booker, a courier transporting stolen cargo. Michelle Paradise & Jenny Lumet & Alex KurtzmanĪfter traveling to the future to protect the intelligent Sphere data from Control, a rogue artificial intelligence destined to destroy all sentient life, Michael Burnham arrives in the year 3188 and learns that she was successful-life exists in this future. Main article: List of Star Trek: Discovery episodes No.

#Will there be a season 6 of the expanse series#

A fourth season was announced in October 2020, and the third season also sets-up a planned spin-off series to star recurring guest Michelle Yeoh. It won a Primetime Emmy Award for its visual effects, and received several other awards and nominations. Other praise went to the season's real-world parallels and cast (especially Martin-Green, as well as the introduction of Ajala, del Barrio, and Alexander), while Burnham's character development and the resolution of major issues received mixed responses. It was estimated to be the most in-demand All Access series of 2020, and received positive reviews for its new setting which critics felt had freed the series from the franchise's existing continuity and allowed it to tell the story it was meant to tell. The 13-episode season premiered on the streaming service CBS All Access on October 15, 2020, and concluded on January 7, 2021. Star Trek: Discovery was the first visual effects-heavy series to go through post-production during the COVID-19 pandemic, with work on the season's visual effects, as well as editing and music, taking place remotely. Filming took place from July 2019 to February 2020 in Toronto, Canada, and on location in Iceland. The season introduces the first explicitly non-binary and transgender Star Trek characters, respectively portrayed by recurring guests Blu del Barrio and Ian Alexander. They ended the second season with the Discovery travelling to the future, beyond existing Star Trek continuity, which allowed them to explore a new time period for the franchise including new designs and technology from production designer Phillip Barker. The season was ordered in February 2019, with Paradise promoted to co-showrunner alongside series co-creator Kurtzman. They are joined by David Ajala and Rachael Ancheril. Sonequa Martin-Green stars as Michael Burnham, first officer of the Discovery, along with the returning Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, and Wilson Cruz. The season was produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment, with Alex Kurtzman and Michelle Paradise serving as showrunners. The third season of the American television series Star Trek: Discovery follows the crew of the USS Discovery as they travel to the future, more than 900 years after the events of Star Trek: The Original Series, and learn that Starfleet has been nearly destroyed by a cataclysmic event called 'The Burn' that has left the galaxy disconnected.