Star Trek Beyond Trailer 2 Explores Strange New Worlds

The second full trailer for Star Trek Beyond, the third film in the rebooted universe, was released online late Friday night. The trailer showed a very different landscape of the universe, where Starfleet officials would have to pay close attention to the people living under their command.

The official synopsis doesn't give much for fans to go on, merely stating, "Stranded on a hostile planet, Capt. Kirk (Chris Pine), Spock (Zachary Quinto) and the rest of the Enterprise crew face an alien threat."

Chris Pine is front and center in the trailer, as Captain Kirk remains a focal point, though its clear the strange aliens (Idris Elba's villain gets an up close and personal moment in the new trailer).

The story of the trailer talks about Kirk's reason for joining, and how he's trying to live up to his dad. "Now you're wondering just what it means to be you," Bones tells him. A second voiceover that sounds suspiciously like Shoreh Aghdashloo - and in fact, it is, she's the voice of Starfleet High Command (yay Shoreh!) talks about the problems of being the first explorers in the vastness of space.

There's a healthy dose of all-out action and character moments for the remainder of the trailer, focusing on people like Scotty, Bones, Kirk, and some newcomers to the film world.

"Our captain will come for us. Mercy will be the last thing on his mind," says Zoe Saldana's Uhura. "I'm counting on it" says Idris Elba's terrifying villain.

Star Trek Beyond is in theaters July 22, 2016.