The presence of Kate Mulgrew from “Star Trek: Voyager” as the voice of a hologram version of Captain Kathryn Janeway provides a peripheral connection to the “Trek” universe for those greybeards who might tune in with their kids and grandkids.
That leaves the program’s stand-alone merits, which based on the first few episodes appear fairly weak.
There’s plenty of action, and the animation is appropriately slick.
While there’s obviously a space-faring aspect to all that, the relationship to “Star Trek” — with its martial qualities involving starships, captains and their crews — is especially tenuous.
While it’s understandable why Paramount would want to expand the footprint to attract a younger audience, the search for synergy has come at the expense of prized commodity in “Trek” lore — namely, logic.