While our cadets compete to join an elite team at the Academy, a battle of escalating pranks breaks out between Starfleet Academy and a rival school. Tensions rise fast, threatening their newly-emerging bonds and a blossoming romance.

Holly Hunter (Captain Nahla Ake)
Sandro Rosta (Cadet Caleb Mir)
Karim Diané (Cadet Jay-Den Kraag)
Kerrice Brooks (Cadet SAM)
George Hawkins (Cadet Darem Reymi)
Bella Shepard (Cadet Genesis Lythe)
Zoë Steiner (Cadet Tarima Sadal)
Gina Yashere (Lt Commander Lura Thok)
Stephen Colbert (Digital Dean of Students voice)
Tig Notaro (Commander Jett Reno)
Robert Picardo (The Doctor)

Raoul Bhaneja (Commander Kelrec)
Romeo Carere (Cadet Ocam Sadal)
Alexander Eling (Cadet B'Avi)
Dale Whibley (Cadet Kyle Jokovich)

Cecilia Lee (Cadet Dzolo)
Scott Gemmel (Darem's posse member)
Mia Yaguchi-Chow (Darem's posse member)
Ritchie Lawrence (Darem's posse member)
Lily Du (Vitus Reflux voice)
Kostyn Mitruk ("Mugato")
Chris Hong (Holo-guard)
John Fray (Botany Instructor)
Brian David Gilbert (DOT voice)
Rekha Shankar (DOT voice)
Jeremy Culhane (DOT voice)

• This episode introduces War College cadets B'Avi (a Vulcan), Dzolo (a Romulan), and Djokovic (a Human).
  
• While the War College cadets are hostile towards the Academy cadets, Djokovic is charmingly interested in Jay-Den.
  
• Dale Whibley's character is captioned in this episode as Kyle Djokovic before being later anglicized to Jokovich.