Wet Behind the Ears

Trial by fire!

Characters
Jean-Luc Picard • Geordi La Forge • Sonya Gomez • Ro Laren • William Riker • Worf • Deanna Troi • Miles O'Brien • Keane • Timmins • unnamed Catarr (Catarr captain and officer) • McIver • Barron • Kozinski • unnamed USS Enterprise-D personnel (engineering ensign)

Kieran Duffy • Ajanian • Nagurski

Starships and vehicles
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) ( explorer) • USS Tubman ( exploratory cruiser training vessel) • USS Odyser • Catarr starship

USS Akagi • USS Berlin • USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) • USS Fearless

Shipboard locales

 * USS Enterprise-D : bridge • engineering • ready room • ten forward


 * USS Tubman : bridge • engineering • sickbay


 * Catarr vessel : bridge

Stars and star systems
Gamma Ysalis

Races and cultures
Bajoran • Betazoid • Catarr • Human • Klingon

States and organizations
Federation • Starfleet

Ranks and titles
cadet • captain • chief engineer • commander • counselor • engineer • flag officer • flight controller • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • security chief • specialist • transporter chief

Technology and weapons
class 8 probe • photon torpedo • probe • VISOR

Other references
alien • drink • races and cultures • rank • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet uniform • training mission • uniform

Timeline

 * 2365
 * 2368

Background

 * This story is a sequel of sorts to Sonya Gomez's appearances in.
 * The other Federation ships shown all have registry numbers with an alphabetical suffix, a rarity in canon productions.
 * The characters of Ro, Riker, Worf, Troi and O'Brien all appear in this issue's artowrk but do not have dialog. Ro in particular appears on the cover, even though she only appeared in cameo in the story.
 * This is the second issue where Ro is shown at a bridge station wearing an operations division gold uniform rather than her normal command division red uniform.
 * In a commonly made mistake, Picard states in dialog instead that the Tubman was a Constitution class vessel. He even goes so far to claim it is not unlike the original USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), even though numerous dissimilarities are visible in the designs. Possibly the vessel had been converted since Picard last knew it, the cover and interior artwork show it to be a Constellation.