Formulaic space-opera with the classic tropes of Star Trek. A colony ship wakes early from cryo, to find they have been hit by something and half of its crew complement, the entire command echelon, is lost.
The survivors have only 3 young lieutenants and even younger crew. I almost stopped watching at this point, a crew of teenagers? Led by junior girl Lieutenant?
But I puddled on, and the Star Trek plot formula appeared, an onboard disaster, an alien encounter, a weird planet etc in self-contained weekly episodes. Meanwhile the 6 or 7 main characters, cringeworthy cliches, flesh out with a backstory or two... and we have the Star Trek formula crew, the Chief Engineer, the cocky pilot/navigator, the taciturn Security Chief and so on. Along with cheesy romance, some mystery and intrigue sub-plots.
Sure, it's B-grade sci-fi with cheap production, but still entertaining enough with surprisingly fast-paced action, to keep me engaged. I gave 6 stars, with an extra star to help balance the negatives on here.
