Star Trek: Omega-47 Weapon Combines 35-Year-Old Joke & Voyager Callback

In the ninth episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, the villain Nus Braka (played by Paul Giamatti) uses a weapon that’s a clever nod to Star Trek history. It’s actually a dangerous device fans will remember from Star Trek: Voyager. The episode, directed by Jonathan Frakes and written by Kirsten Beyer (based on a story by Beyer and Kenneth Lin), reveals Braka’s plan to defeat the United Federation of Planets.







