Star Trek: Discovery Offers Closer Look At Series’ Phasers

Star Trek: Discovery just offered a close up look at the phasers that’ll be used in the upcoming Star Trek prequel.

Like the communicators revealed previously, the phasers take the core designs of Star Trek: The Original Series and applies a modern sheen. Take a look below.

The phasers of Star Trek: Discovery resemble typical guns the same way that the phasers in Star Trek: The Original Series did, as opposed to the almost remote control look to the phasers of Star Trek: The Next Generation and beyond. This makes sense since Star Trek: Discovery is set earlier int he timeline than Star Trek: The Original Series

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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