Review: Star Trek 2023
The Sisko has slept in light and shadow...
The Sisko must descend...
The Sisko must go...
... where no-one has gone before...
Three
years ago the war between the Federation and the Dominion came to an
end. Many sacrifices were made to bring that conflict to a close, many
lives were lost, many were separated from their loved ones for reasons
that made little sense to those left behind.
Nineteen
year old Jake lost his father, Captain Benjamin Sisko. Not to the
weapons fire of a Jem Hadar attack ship. Not the the random disruptor
beam of a Cardassian soldier. He didn't die.... he was simply.... taken.
Taken
by the Prophets. Into their Celestial Temple. They took him to exist
with them, outside of linear spacetime. The Emissary. The Sisko. Why?
Reasons no human mind can comprehend...
Now,
just as mysteriously as he left, he is back. Returned to Deep Space
Nine. To his family. His son, his wife, the daughter he never met. To
Starfleet.
The
Prophets ... the name given by the Bajoran faithful to the esoteric
aliens in the stable wormhole the leads to the Gamma Quadrant - have
sent their Emissary back into his old life with a mission to perform.
Something only he can achieve.
Someone, somewhere, somehow,
is killing gods. Species so advanced that their capabilities are
indistinguishable from magic, are being slaughtered. What kind of weapon
can do this? What will be the repercussions for the mere mortal races
of the galaxy?
Sisko
has to find this weapon and the one who is wielding it, and stop the
wave of destruction before it becomes an all-consuming tsunami.
He
needs a ship. He goes to Admiral Jean-Luc Picard for help, and - on the
strength of his accomplishments, his valor, his legendary character -
he gets one. And not just any ship.
And not just any crew...
The USS Theseus
is an experimental prototype, owing much of its designs to a certain
Montogermy Scott, a man who skipped through time by 'sleeping' in a
ship's transporter pattern buffer for 60 years.
First
Officer: Commander Data. Chief Medical Officer: Dr Beverly Crusher.
Helmsman: Lieutenant Tom Paris. Science officer: a young Vulcan genius
T'Lir. On Comms, ensign Lily Sato, Andorian.
One
other crewmember is required, though he is busy being an Ambassador of
the Klingon Empire. Can Sisko persuade his old comrade Worf to join
their endeavour?
IDW Publishing has created a new saga with a constellation of stars from many different dimensions of the Star Trek
universe. This is a rich feast for nostalgia lovers, whilst also
introducing new characters and concepts. Writers Collin Kelly and
Jackson Lanzing have reignited the imagination with bold new tales.
Artists Marcus To, Rachel Stott, Oleg Chudakov and others have crafted
stunning visuals with instantly recognisable familiar faces.
In films, novels and on TV, the stories of these iconic characters have been carried forward by many creative lovers of the Trek lore. In the medium of comics, their imagination is granted unfettered reign.
The
mission never ends. Scotty ponders what lies ahead as he prepares his
new ship for whatever the universe sees fit to throw their way.
And I can hear this ship. I know what she wants.
She wants to GO....
... and BOLDLY.
Zak Webber
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