It's getting real. Star Trek: Discovery's second season will kick off January 17. Several photographs from the first episode, titled "Brother" have been unveiled. 

Discovery Season 2: Sonequa
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Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green)

Discovery Season 2: Bridge
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Joann Owosekun (Oyin Oladejo), Bryce (Ronnie Rowe), Burnham, Sarek (James Frain), Saru (Doug Jones), Sylvia Tilly (Mary Wiseman), Stamets (Anthony Rapp) and Keyla Detmer (Emily Coutts)

Discovery Season 2: Anthony Wiseman
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Stamets and Tilly

Discovery Season 2: Saru
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Saru and Burnham

Discovery Season 2: Anson Mount
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Captain Pike (Anson Mount

Discovery Season 2: Captain Pike and Burnham
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Captain Pike and Burnham 

Discovery Season 2: Captain Pike, Burnham and Nhan
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Captain Pike, Burnham and Nhan (Rachael Ancheril) 

Season two of Star Trek: Discovery will premiere on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019 at 8:30 PM, ET/5:30 PM, PT exclusively on CBS All Access in the United States and will also be distributed concurrently by CBS Studios International on Netflix in 188 countries and in Canada on Bell Media’s Space channel and OTT service CraveTV. The series is produced by CBS Television Studios, Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment.