News Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Starfleet Academy Reveals What Happened to the Klingon Empire After The Burn The Star Trek series takes place in the 32nd century after the cataclysmic event By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on January 29, 2026 Photo Credit: Brooke Palmer/Paramount+ Comment 0 Share New Share Photo Credit: Brooke Palmer/Paramount+ Warning: This post contains spoilers for the fourth episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, “Vox in Excelso.” The latest episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy focuses on the Klingon cadet, Jay-Den (Karim Diané), and also reveals what has happened to the Klingon people in the 32nd century. After The Burn, the Klingons’ home planet of Qo’noS was destroyed, leaving the surviving Klingons dispersed across the galaxy. Jay-Den, for example, grew up on the former colony, Krios, before heading to the Academy. In an interview with /Film, co-showrunner Alex Kurtzman explained how the writers approached the Klingons for the series. “We’ve only ever known the Klingons as being this powerful race with an empire, with a home planet, and the idea of who you become when you lose that seed of power and you become a diaspora was really compelling to us,” he said. The Klingons face another setback in “Vox in Excelso” when a refugee ship explodes. The Federation wants to help them, and even has found a planet, Faan Alpha, that could become their new homeworld. Klingons, however, don’t accept charity. But Jay-Den, in part by connecting to who he is and what it means to be Klingon in a diaspora, comes up with a way for the surviving Klingons to “win” the planet in “battle.” The Klingons now have a home planet once again. “[This] gives us somewhere beautiful to go from here because now the Klingons get to rebuild, and that’s super exciting,” co-showrunner Noga Landau told /Film. New episodes of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy premiere on Paramount+ on Thursdays. [end-mark] The post <i>Starfleet Academy</i> Reveals What Happened to the Klingon Empire After The Burn appeared first on Reactor.