Star Trek is expanding into adorable territory. Today, we found out that the franchise, in partnership with Nick Jr., is releasing a number of YouTube shorts aimed at the preschoolers in your life who you want to indoctrinate into the world of Trek before they’re potty trained.
The animated series is called Star Trek: Scouts and focuses on three kids (with three cute sidekicks, a space turtle, a space dog, and a space pig) who are training to become Federation explorers. It is, in some ways, a younger version of Star Trek: Prodigy, where non-adults are trying to train in the ways of the Federation.
Here’s the official synopsis, which gives us a bit more information:
Star Trek: Scouts follows three eight-year-old friends, JR, Sprocket and Roo, as they train to become future Starfleet Explorers by going on epic, out-of-this-world missions that push them to “discover, grow and boldly go!”
Having watched the first installment, which involves a Romulan rubber ducky and a soap-shaped asteroid, I can say it’s adorable and something that young fans of Gabby’s Dollhouse and SuperKitties will enjoy. Let’s start them young, folks!
Check out the trailer for Star Trek: Scouts and the first four-minute short below. The first two episodes are available on the Blaze and the Monster Machines YouTube channel, and the remainder of the twenty-episode season will continue to roll out through the beginning of next year.
