Star Trek: Starfleet Academy and the Novels

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I'm going to guess this is about that comic series ending with Sisko returning to the Celestial Temple. Which I think was more likely influenced by the fact that Lower Decks had already established Sisko never returned in an episode which aired right before the first issue was released (like a week or so). They were basically trying to reconcile the series with what onscreen canon had already established.

Which is funny, considering how much the creators leaned in to that series being "official canon" when it launched. I'm pretty sure we on the board all knew better, but that didn't stop them from making the claim.

So we finally got the episode that addresses Sisko and it does definitely confirm that he never comes back.

I have to admit, I was also in the camp of people who were disappointed that they basically ignored Sisko's promise to Kasidy, especially knowing the background as to why that scene was added, but that seems to be a minority opinion.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Promises are made with the assumption that it'd be up to you if you do something or not, or that circumstances won't make it the lesser of two choices. If faced with a "needs of the many" conundrum he couldn't have foreseen, he might make the unselfish choice.

 

[Tuskin38]

I have to admit, I was also in the camp of people who were disappointed that they basically ignored Sisko's promise to Kasidy, especially knowing the background as to why that scene was added, but that seems to be a minority opinion.

Though according to both Tawny and Cirroc, Avery appeared to be fine with what Academy did, he got the see the script and Cirroc talked with him. Maybe he just changed his mind since DS9 ended.

 

[Christopher]

Though according to both Tawny and Cirroc, Avery appeared to be fine with what Academy did, he got the see the script and Cirroc talked with him. Maybe he just changed his mind since DS9 ended.

I think it's more to do with Jake's line that he felt Sisko with them the whole time even though he couldn't prove it. That was how they balanced Sisko's farewell line from DS9 with the references in earlier Secret Hideout shows suggesting that Sisko didn't return.

 

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Though according to both Tawny and Cirroc, Avery appeared to be fine with what Academy did, he got the see the script and Cirroc talked with him. Maybe he just changed his mind since DS9 ended.

Most of my concern was mainly around how important it was to Mr. Brooks, so much so that he was able to get that scene added, and I felt the writers should have respected his wishes in that area. Although I'm surprised to hear he might have changed his mind about it, that would certainly put things in a different light. Do you happen to have a source?

 

[Tuskin38]

Most of my concern was mainly around how important it was to Mr. Brooks, so much so that he was able to get that scene added, and I felt the writers should have respected his wishes in that area. Although I'm surprised to hear he might have changed his mind about it, that would certainly put things in a different light. Do you happen to have a source?

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Interview: Cirroc Lofton On Returning As Jake Sisko In ‘Starfleet Academy’ (With Avery Brooks’ Blessing)

The 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' actor talked about the latest episode of 'Academy' was an "homage" to Avery Brooks and Ben Sisko.

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Interview: Cirroc Lofton On Returning As Jake Sisko In ‘Starfleet Academy’ (With Avery Brooks’ Blessing)

The 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' actor talked about the latest episode of 'Academy' was an "homage" to Avery Brooks and Ben Sisko.

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Thank you for these. The video is very (very!) long, so I will try to give it a watch sometime when I have more time available. But I appreciate your response. When that happens, though, I probably won't be able to respond about this exact topic in the thread, because it's drifting away from the connection to the novels, and I don't want to set a bad example.

 

[Tuskin38]

According to Memory-Alpha, Episode 5 borrows something from the DS9 Millennium novels. Anslem being the Bajoran word for 'Father'

 

[JD]

I'm assuming the chances of the Furies in Thursday's episode of Starfleet Academy being the same ones from the Invasion novels are very slim?

 

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I'm assuming the chances of the Furies in Thursday's episode of Starfleet Academy are very slim?

As someone who avoids spoilers about upcoming episodes, I have no idea what you’re basing this speculation on (nor do I want to know), but a Furies reference in SFA would certainly be an unexpected reference, and was definitely not on my bingo card!

 

[JD]

It's in the new trailer on Facebook. You can watch it here on the TrekMovie article, which I didn't notice until after my post does mention the books.
https://trekmovie.com/2026/02/10/wa...s-in-trailer-for-starfleet-academy-episode-6/
And I went and edited my post to be clearler after you responded. They specifically call the new enemies "Furies", but I'm assuming they're different Furies.

 

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So IDW had better be

Spoiler: SFA E6

planning on releasing a Tales From the Frontier title,

that's all I'm saying.

 

[JD]

I had the same thought, and they need to try to get the same person to do the art, if they can.

 

[Christopher]

I had the same thought, and they need to try to get the same person to do the art, if they can.

Apparently there's some debate over whether the comic was AI-generated, or perhaps slapped together by an art staffer on the show with no comics experience.

 

[Therin of Andor]

Apparently there's some debate over whether the comic was AI-generated, or perhaps slapped together by an art staffer on the show with no comics experience.

Confirmed: Comic Book From ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Ep. 6 Was NOT Created With AI

"Tales from the Frontier" is a fake comic book made by a real person.

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"TrekMovie did some digging and we have confirmed with multiple sources that 'Tales from the Frontier' was actually not created using AI. According to the sources, the comic was hand-drawn by one of the in-house graphic artists in the Starfleet Academy art department..."

 

[Tosk]

It has not ended the debate. ...Yet.

Have 'em release a few HQ pages for us to have a closer look, that should help end all this brouhaha.

 

[Christopher]

It has not ended the debate. ...Yet.

There are still people who debate whether the Earth is round or the Moon landings happened. Definitive answers never end all debate, since there are always people who ignore them. Direct testimony from multiple sources in the production is good enough for me.

Have 'em release a few HQ pages for us to have a closer look, that should help end all this brouhaha.

On the contrary, it would just perpetuate it, because different people see different things and make different assumptions.

 

[Tosk]

Direct testimony from multiple sources in the production is good enough for me.

Which we don't necessarily have yet. TrekMovie cited "multiple sources" but did not say that any of them were from within production.

 

[Christopher]

Which we don't necessarily have yet. TrekMovie cited "multiple sources" but did not say that any of them were from within production.

I still trust actual reporting more than random people's best guesses based on how things look to them. The first step to finding the truth is admitting that one can be wrong and looking outside oneself for answers. Mark Twain said, "Supposing is good, but finding out is better." Although I think he was being too kind to supposing.

 

[David cgc]

I do feel kind of bad for whoever put drew up those pages. Admittedly, there’s a lot of corner-cutting with the reused backgrounds and mismatched uniform details, it was foreseeable that this is exactly the kind of graphic that’ll be featured in the episode and freeze-framed by the fans and needed to get as much polish as possible, but, still. It’s always insulting to have something you wrote/made accused of being AI.