The issue starts out by giving Beckett Mariner a day of being regressive and dragging Brad Boimler on a field day through the ship which inevitably lands her in Captain Freeman’s ready room where her mother once more gives her a “why are you like this?!” speech. They argue which prompts Freeman to look away heroically as we are thrown into a flashback to the time when Carol Freeman was a thirty something year old ensign, like right after TNG season 2, but still before the uniforms had collars.
Guest stars Katherine Pulaski! ‘Member Pulaski! ‘Member how Pulaski was mean to Data! ‘Member!
So this arc will be diving into Carol’s past, when she was a young ensign, married with a kid, and turns out she was somewhat as bad as Mariner is in the present day. Pulaski’s experimenting on transporters and how they affect the brain and Freeman gets sucked into it which leads to her having to take command during a fight with the Romulans. Or does she? As Pulaski is still aboard and thus the ranking officer. We end on a cliffhanger.
This issue gives you a new insight into Carol Freeman and hopefully how she eventually ends up being the Freeman we know and love from the series, and if you’ve ever wanted to meet up with Pulaski again (and see the season 2 uniforms), well here’s your chance, in all her "dramatic lighting" glory.
And we get an Ambassador class ship for all of us starship aficionados!
Watch, the next issue ends on some "Shades of Gray" reference. 8/10
LOL, ensign Durango. Like, Durango isn’t a Tellarite name, but sure. Is this a dig at me for comparing these comics to ALF comics, just so they could say ‘Shut it, Rango!’ At the end of page 11? Well played IDW, well played.