Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2, Episode 2 – "Ad Astra Per Aspera"Yetide Badaki instantly becomes one of the all-time great Star Trek guest stars in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2, episode 2, "Ad Astra Per Aspera." Badaki portrays Neera Ketoul, a civil rights attorney and the estranged old friend of the USS Enterprise's Number One, Commander Una Chin-Riley (Rebecca Romijn).
Neera reluctantly steps in as Number One's legal counsel when she is court-martialed by Starfleet. Like Una, Neera is an Illyrian, a race that culturally practices genetic engineering who are banned by the United Federation of Planets. No fan of Starfleet, the Federation, or Una, Neera still defends Number One in court as Strange New Worlds delivers one of Star Trek's best-ever courtroom drama episodes.
