Star Trek’s New Vulcan Related To Classic TOS Character Confirmed By Showrunners

Star Trek: Prodigy

Warning : This clause Contains SPOILERS for Star Trek : Prodigy Season 2

Summary

Star Trek : Prodigyseason 2 ’s new Vulcan champion , Maj’el ( Michaela Dietz ) , is confirm to be a descendent of an iconic Vulcan fromStar Trek : The Original Series . Originally a member ofStarfleet Academy ’s elite Nova Squadron , Maj’el logically heeds the words of Wesley Crusher ( Wil Wheaton ) that her fortune is link to the young Starfleet hopefuls of the USS Protostar . Joining up with Dal R’El ( Brett Gray ) , Gwyndala ( Ella Purnell ) , and their champion , Maj’el becomes a steadfast member of the USS Prodigy ’s gang inStar Trek : Prodigyseason 2 .

Star Trek : Prodigy ’s executive producersKevin and Dan Hagemanconfirmed toSyFy SistasthatMaj’el is a descendent of T’Pau ( Celia Lovsky ) from theStar Trek : The Original Seriesseason 2 episode , " Amok Time",which was further verify by co - executive producer Aaron J. Waltke . control outSyFy Sistas ' and Waltke ’s X postal service below :

Maj’el ’s family history with T’Pau was not state on - screen inStar Trek : Prodigyseason 2 , but was hinted at by Maj’el ’s hair , which is a optical nod to the whitened trim of T’Pau ’s hairsbreadth inStar Trek : The Original Series .

Many of Star Trek ’s greatest ( and most notorious ) Vulcan characters are woman who made unerasable impacts on Federation history .

Maj’el’s Vulcan Family Connection To Star Trek: TOS' T’Pau Explained

Maj’el is part of a storied Vulcan legacy.

describe as"All of Vulcan in one package"by Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner),T’Pau was a Vulcan legend in the 23rd - one C era ofStar Trek : The Original Serieswho was the first Vulcan to turn down a nates on the Federation Council . T’Pau oversaw theKal - if - feeritual that end the betrothal of Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) and T’Pring ( Arlene Martel ) . A 100 earlier , inStar Trek : Enterpriseseason 4 , theyoung T’Pau ( Kara Zediker ) , joined Captain Jonathan Archer ( Scott Bakula ) and Subcommander T’Pol ( Jolene Blalock ) in liberating Vulcan from the corrupt Vulcan High Command and re - instituting the teachings of Surak .

Maj’el is distinguish for anotherStar Treklegend , Majel Barrett - Roddenberry .

InStar Trek : Prodigyseason 2 , Maj’el carries the burden of T’Pau ’s legacy . Though Maj’el does n’t talk of her ancestry , her desire to excel stem from the pressure she feel to live up to her fabled ancestor . Maj’el is a top pilot with Nova Squadron , and her nerveless logic prove essential when she , Zero ( Angus Imrie ) , Rok - Tahk ( Rylee Alazraqui ) , and Wesley Crusher puzzle out the complex worldly mechanics dilemma of touch on their break paradox timeline . By the end ofStar Trek : Prodigyseason 2 , Maj’el show she is a worthy replacement to her ancestor , T’Pau , and joins the proud listing of thebest Vulcan characters inStar Trek .