Plot-wise I'd say it works as a stand-alone if you're familiar with Star Trek, but I think watching the first five of the season would give you some good build-up. Have you seen the series at all?
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No, I somehow didn't realize it was a series and not - I don't even know what I thought it was, a novel or comic or something? - until pretty recently and haven't seen any. Catching up on two seasons is a long term project, but 5 episodes I can probably manage fairly quickly
They're pretty short seasons. The first two have ten episodes each.