During the cadets' first training mission on an abandoned ship, they encounter a dangerous new enemy. As our cadets fight for survival, Nahla must risk everything to save them by seeking help from an unexpected, untrustworthy, source.

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)
Oded Fehr (Admiral Charles Vance)
Gina Yashere (Lt Commander Lura Thok)
Brit Marling (Main Computer voice)
Stephen Colbert (Digital Dean of Students voice)
Robert Picardo (The Doctor)

Paul Giamatti (Nus Braka)

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

Raffa Virago (Cadet Pickford)
Jeff Teravainen (Lt. Commander Tomov)
Stephen Adekolu (N'Duwo Skra)
Daniel Fernandes (Med Tech)
Troy James (Furie Soldier)
Kaleb Tekeste (Furie Soldier)
Alex Somerville (Furie Soldier)
Stephanie Komure (Miyazaki Ship Computer)

• The U.S.S. Miyazaki NCC-316608 carried an experimental singularity engine. When the drive failed, the crew perished. It was abandoned in a starship graveyard in the Beta Quadrant, and was later used for training missions by the War College.
  
• Tarima Sadal has a neural inhibitor implant to help regulate her Betazoid psychic abilities. When she was a child, she accidentally blew out her father's auditory cortex.
  
• Vulcan Cadet B'Avi dies saving Caleb from a close range shot by a Furie pirate.
  
• Tig Notaro (Commander Jett Reno) does not appear in this episode.
  
• Kyle Djokovic's name has been anglicized to Jokovich in the on-screen graphic displays.