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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy explores a dark era of the franchise timeline: the 32nd century. After lying dormant for a century, the San Francisco school for aspiring space explorers welcomes a brand new class. What caused both this long gap in enrollment and the weakened status of the United Federation of Planets in general? The answer to both is the Burn, a cataclysmic event first introduced in season 3 of Star Trek: Discovery. While Starfleet Academy faculty explain the significance of the Burn to their students (and to viewers who didn’t watch Discovery) you may still have some questions about this mysterious, apocalyptic event. Lucky for you, we did the homework, and we’re sharing our answers below.
Work & Theory on January 15, 2026
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