Star Trek: Discovery Reveals Its Revamped Communicators

07/18/2017 11:49 am EDT

Star Trek: Discovery is putting a new spin on a classic Star Trek design.

The upcoming prequel series tweeted out a short teaser showing of the series' new version of the classic Star Trek communicator. Take a look:

The new communicator definitely looks modern in the same way that the rest of Star Trek: Discovery does, with a rounded and glowing interface. However, its overall form and shape are clearly designed to resemble that of Star Trek: The Original Series' communicators.

Star Trek: Discovery is headed to this week's Comic-Con International: San Diego. Sonequa Martin-Green, Jason Isaacs, Doug Jones, Shazad Latif, Mary Wiseman, Anthony Rapp, and James Frain will all be in attendance, alongside Executive Producers Alex Kurtzman, Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts, Heather Kadin, and Akiva Goldsman for a panel moderated by guest star Rainn Wilson, who plays Star Trek: The Original Series character Harry Mudd on Star Trek: Discovery.

Set 10 years prior to the five-year mission of the Enterprise in Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: Discovery follows the adventures of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new lifeforms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself. The series will feature a new ship, new characters, and new missions while embracing the same ideology and hope for the future that inspired a generation of dreamers and doers.

Star Trek: Discovery's cast also includes Jason Isaacs as the starship Discovery's Captain Lorca, Rainn Wilson as Star Trek: The Original Series character Harry Mudd, James Frain as Sarek, Spock's father, and Michelle Yeoh as Captain Georgiou, the captain of another Starfleet ship, the Shenzhou, which will be important to the plot of Star Trek: Discovery. Doug Jones and Anthony Rapp both play science officers. Mary Wiseman will play a final year Starfleet Academy cadet.

Star Trek: Discovery premieres Sept. 24, 2017.

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(Photo: CBS) Captain Philippa Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh)
(Photo: CBS) Captain Philippa Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh)
(Photo: CBS) Captain Gabriel Lorca (Jason Isaacs)
(Photo: CBS) Captain Philippa Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh)
(Photo: CBS) Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green)
(Photo: CBS) L'Rell (Mary Chieffo)
(Photo: CBS) Lt. Ash Tyler (Shazad Latif)
(Photo: CBS) T'Kuvma (Chris Obi)
(Photo: CBS) Cadet Sylvia Tilly (Mary Wiseman)
(Photo: CBS) Ambassador Sarek (James Frain)
(Photo: CBS) Cadet Sylvia Tilly (Mary Wiseman)
(Photo: CBS) Lt. Paul Stamets (Anthony Rapp)
(Photo: CBS) Lieutenant Saru (Doug Jones)
(Photo: CBS) Lieutenant Saru (Doug Jones)
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