Star Trek: Lower Decks comics discussion

[CT_Phipps]

Hey folks,

I'm a huge Lower Decks fan and while I prefer to think of them as, "exaggerated canon" (ridiculous as such a concept may be as long as Spock's Brain is normal canon), I have to say that I love them in every possible way. So, I'm glad to have the comic books so the adventures of Boimler and Mariner can continue. I think they'll probably be comic-based long before there's a humorous sci-fi novel version (Paramount, call me! JK).

I was curious what people thought and thought it'd be good to have a thread for bringing up the various concepts.

So far?

I actually think quite a few of the 2024 comics are pretty damn DARK. Seriously. The handling of the expanding universe plot and the Time Terrorist were pretty bleak endings.

I did love the miniseries with Holo-Dracula, though.

 

[Markonian]

I haven't read the comics since the culmination of the USS Bonaventure plot. I felt like the resolution was underwhelming and it's put me off the comics. But I'll come back to it.

 

[Avro Arrow]

I'm enjoying the series overall, but I'm not sold yet on the recent writer change. I really miss the footnotes that Ryan North used to include; they were often the funniest parts.

 

[CT_Phipps]

I admit, the most recent intrigues me because of the return of DOCTOR PULASKI.

That was something I never expected.

 

[JD]

I'm a huge fan of the show, and I've been loving the comics so far. I didn't really notice to much of a drop off in quality with the new writer last issue.
Oh, and Warp Your Own Way was amazing.

 

[Enterprise1701]

Well in today's Lower Decks #16, the scrapyard at Starbase 77 includes on page 3

Spoiler

possibly one of the Friendship class from DIS season 3 et al.
one of the Oberth class
an obscured something that might be Saber class
one of the Hoover class from DIS season 1
one of the XCV-330 type from the TMP background painting et al.
A Federation attack fighter
one of the Texas class from LD season 3
one of the Miranda class in the iconic U.S.S. Reliant's configuration
one of the Olympic class
one of the Kumari class
one of the OV-165 type from the ENT opening credits
one of the Duderstadt class from PIC season 3
one of the Excelsior class in classic configuration

 

[JD]

This last one was a lot of fun. I especially got a kick out of their plot to steal the Illinois,and the reveal of who was on the ship was pretty funny.

 

[CT_Phipps]

I feel kind of bad Doctor Pulaski is lumped in with "other silly Star Trek stuff that everyone pretends doesn't exist but Lower Decks uses."

I think this is the most Trek has used her in years, though.

 

[JD]

She's popped a few times in the books some.

 

[Avro Arrow]

This last one was a lot of fun. I especially got a kick out of their plot to steal the Illinois,and the reveal of who was on the ship was pretty funny.

Hi @JD , this seemed to be a plot-related element from a recent issue, so I have blurred it out.

All, please remember that this isn’t a spoiler thread, so any spoilers from recent issues should be spoiler-coded. Thank you.

 

[JD]

Oh, sorry I thought since it talked about them stealing a starship in the description it would be OK. I apologize.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Oh, sorry I thought since it talked about them stealing a starship in the description it would be OK. I apologize.

No need to apologize. To be honest, I don't read the descriptions in advance (to avoid spoilers), so I didn't realize it had been mentioned there.

I feel kind of bad Doctor Pulaski is lumped in with "other silly Star Trek stuff that everyone pretends doesn't exist but Lower Decks uses."

She's popped a few times in the books some.

She's made an appearance somewhere else recently too. Unfortunately, saying where would technically be a spoiler I guess, so catch-22.

 

[Enterprise1701]

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees! The guest role in Lower Decks I have awaited for so long!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Spoiler

 

[JD]

Yeah, so happy to see that character.
I'm also very curious to see who the aliens on the warship are.
This issue was a lot of fun, I think this whole storyline has been my favorite since Tim Sheridan took over as writer.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Is this the first licensed Captain Worf story?

 

[Christopher]

Is this the first licensed Captain Worf story?

No.

Spoiler: Examples

Picard: The Last Best Hope showed Worf promoted to the E-E captain when Picard left. An alternate-reality Captain Worf appears briefly in Q&A. And Worf was acting captain of the E-E in Collateral Damage, which ended with Worf being put on the short list for promotion to captain, although he never got there due to that continuity being ended shortly thereafter.

 

[Enterprise1701]

Is this the first licensed Captain Worf story?

Yes!

Spoiler

I gather you mean in context of Worf being the regular CO of the U.S.S. Enterprise-E in the Kurtzman era of streaming canon. The novel The Last Best Hope introduced the notion ahead of season 3 mentioning it as backstory, but the novel never showed Captain Worf or the Enterprise. Neither did the comic miniseries Picard - Countdown nor the novel The Dark Veil.

 

[JD]

Lower Decks would not have been the place I would have expected to get the first Captain Worf story. I wonder if we'll get to see who the rest of the crew under his command was? I'm curious if Geordi would have moved up to XO or stayed Chief Engineer.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Yes!

Spoiler

I gather you mean in context of Worf being the regular CO of the U.S.S. Enterprise-E in the Kurtzman era of streaming canon.

Yes, this is what I meant. But thank you, Christopher, for that information.

 

[Enterprise1701]

This issue was a lot of fun, I think this whole storyline has been my favorite since Tim Sheridan took over as writer.

Oh huh. I just realized Tim Sheridan has written more than six issues continuously, hence the return of the U.S.S. Illinois from an earlier arc. I had subconsciously thought it was incredible the series brought back plot elements between arcs.