Last time on hit Paramount plus Streaming show Star Trek Academy (caaaaaaancelled)! Our cadets are marooned on a planet that had been devastated by the Burn, meanwhile our officers were on the ship with nary an option in how to rescue them.
So the kids are still on the planet, they argue amongst each other. The adults are on the ship also arguing amongst each other.
Jayden and Caleb agree that Genesis doesn’t listen and going alone is dangerous. Meanwhile on the ship the chancellor of the war college decides to take a shuttle and find the kids himself.
His attempt to go is dangerous as the planet wrecks his shields.
And there is more than one stranger on the planet. Who could they be? Guess we’ll find out in issue 3.
This comic manages to tell a story planet-side without dialogue, they have to communicate by writing in the dirt while also holding to convention on the ship.
It may not seem like it but this does move the story forward, albeit slowly.
See, again this story arc would work in the show if the show had been given more episodes.
We do want more of this comic so here’s hoping it has a longer life than the show.
Party on, Academy! 8/10