Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Summary
Star Trek : Strange New Worldsseason 2 introduced the Lanthanites , a newfangled foreign species , toStar Trekcanon . Commander Pelia ( Carol Kane ) , the new Chief Engineer of the USS Enterprise , is thefirst Lanthanite seen inStar Trek . Pelia replaced the previous Lieutenant Hemmer ( Bruce Horak ) , who was a unreasoning Aenar , as the head Engineer of the flagship of the United Federation of Planets .
Commander Pelia does n’t register as an alien at first , but the insightful and quirky engineer is indeed part of a Modern specie inStar Trek : Strange New Worlds . The prequel serial publication set years beforeStar Trek : The Original Serieshas no shortage of alien races on board . Lt . Spock ( Ethan Peck ) is half - Vulcan and Commander Una Chin - Riley AKANumber One ( Rebecca Romijn ) is an Illyrian , a race that culturally use transmissible technology . Strange New Worldshas also included classic Star Trek foreign opposer like the reimagined Gorn , the Romulans , and the Klingons . ButPelia and the Lanthanites are something newfangled toStar Trekand here ’s what we know about them so far .
Star Trek : Strange New Worlds ' cast of USS Enterprise legends grows in season 2 , include the additions of Scotty and Lt . James T. Kirk .
What Is A Lanthanite In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (& How Long Do They Live?)
Pelia has lived on Earth for a long time.
Lanthanites are a very long - lived race of android . Commander Pelia can pass for a human and the only William Tell is her peculiar accent , which the Starship Enterprise ’s Communications Officer , Ensign Nyota Uhura ( Celia Rose Gooding ) , was able to identify as Lanthanite . Spock knew of a group of Lanthanites who lived on Earth incognito until the 22nd century , suggest that Pelia is n’t alone on the Federation ’s homeworld and may have been part of that conclave . However , Lanthanites must be a Federation phallus race if Commander Pelia is permit to serve in Starfleet .
Commander Una Chin - Riley faced royal court - martial for lying to Starfleet inStrange New Worldsseason 2 because her own race , the genetically - engineered Illyrians , are not members of the Federation .
It ’s not clear if Lanthanites are a truly immortal species , but they are sure enough very long - live , if prostrate to the"boredom"inherent in apparently populate forever . Interestingly , Pelia is standardised to Guinan(Whoopi Goldberg ) onStar Trek : The Next Generation . Guinan is El - Aurian , a airstream of"listeners"who are also extremely long - lived . Guinan was known to have lived on Earth since the 19th one C , and she found her cake , Ten Forward , in the 20th century before she do on the USS Enterprise - D in the twenty-fourth century . However , Pelia claims she has live on Earth far longer than Guinan .
How Old Is Commander Pelia In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds?
Pelia claims she knew Pythagoras.
Strange New Worlds time of year 2 , instalment 3 , " Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow " offered some major clues as to how onetime Commander Pelia is . Security Chief Lt . La’an Noonien - Singh ( Christina Chong ) was frustrated by Pelia stash away archaeological contraband on the Starship Enterprise . When La’an and an alternate reality master James T. Kirk ( Paul Wesley ) clip - travel to the twenty-first century , they find out that " The Archaeology Department " Pelia oversaw was not a university or museum but a warehouse in Vermont where the Lanthanite stored her curios she collected over the 100 . Pelia also claimed she know Pythagoras , who excogitate math . Pythagoras lived from 570 BC to 490 BC , which would make Pelia at least 2,500 years old .
Amusingly , Pelia did n’t know anything about engine room when La’an and Kirk encountered her in the 21st one C .
In account more recent toStar Trek : unusual New Worlds'23rd 100 , Pelia joined Starfleet after the Vulcans made First Contact with Earth as she see humanity becoming a spacefaring slipstream with the advent of Starfleet in the twenty-second century . Pelia give herself to studying engineering and warp traveling , and theLanthanite became an instructor at Starfleet Academy . Among her scholarly person who later joined the USS Enterprise were Hemmer and Una Chin - Riley , neither of whom Pelia was particularly impressed with . Strange New Worlds season 2 ’s finale , " Hegemony,“established that Pelia also school Lt . Montgomery Scott AKA Scotty ( Martin Quinn ) , the Starship Enterprise ’s next Chief Engineer when James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) becomes Captain .
Will Pelia Stay As Chief Engineer In Strange New Worlds Season 3?
Scotty joining the Enterprise makes Pelia’s fans nervous.
Scotty ’s surprise appearance inStrange New Worldsseason 2 ’s finale of course creates the question of how longsighted Commander Pelia will remain aboard the USS Enterprise as Chief Engineer . Scotty ( James Doohan ) is aStar Trek : The Original Seriesicon as Chief Engineer , after all . However , inStrange New Worlds , Scotty is still a young Lieutenant . Lt . Scott can take his first step as a"miracle worker"if he can conjure a way of life for Captain Christopher Pike ( Anson Mount ) and the Enterprise to defeat the Gorn .
Carol Kane has been a delightfully way-out summation toStar Trek : Strange New Worlds , but it ’s natural to wonder how long she will remain on the show . Kane is a legend of stage and screen , but unlike Whoopi Goldberg , who has come along for decades as Guinan , Carol is not a lifelong fan ofStar Trek . Still , Strange New Worldshas already killed off one Chief Engineer , Lt . Hemmer , andScotty may still be too greento slide into the Chief Engineer purpose inStar Trek : Strange New Worldsseason 3 . It might be honorable for the overallStar Trekfranchise if Pelia chooses to ill-treat down from the Enterprise of her own volition at some item . And , because there ’s no manifest limit to how long a Lanthanite can live , Carol Kane could potentially recapitulate Pelia in otherStar Trekseries no matter how far in the future tense they are set .
Star Trek : Strange New Worldsis available to stream on Paramount+ .
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