He’s a handsome, cocky human Starfleet hero, and she’s an empathic, resilient Betazoid often annoyed by his nonsense. Are we talking about William T. Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) on Star Trek: The Next Generation? In Starfleet Academy, actors Sandro Rosta and Zoë Steiner play Caleb Mir and Tarima Sadal, a hotshot Starfleet cadet and a Betazoid with extraordinary abilities. Troi (Marina Sirtis) and Riker (Jonathan Frakes) as we last saw them in Picard Season 3. “She’s a brand new part of Star Trek lore.”Starfleet Academy streams on Paramount+.