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"Daylily" is a Waypoint anthology comic story, the TOS feature in Issue 1 in September 2016. It was released by IDW Publishing in honor of Star Trek's 50th anniversary and focuses on Lieutenant Nyota Uhura.

Description[]

A crewmember, stranded on a strange planet, encounters a bizarre alien creature. They must learn how to interact, but how?

Summary[]

A storm disrupts the transporter of the USS Enterprise as people are beaming down to a desert planet, scattering each member of the landing party. Nyota Uhura finds herself alone in a desert. Montgomery Scott warns over her communicator that she will have to wait till the storm passes before she can be beamed back.

She moves within a small oasis to seek shelter and encounters a lone animal lifeform. While connecting with the strange creature, she sings it a song in Swahili and uses a phaser to heat a rock between them. She shows it how to weave leaves, and together they make mats.

Scott suddenly alerts her that the transporter is operational, and before Uhura can say farewell to the creature, she dematerializes. The animal waits for her to return, then stops mimicking standing like a biped and walks on all fours back into the foliage.

References[]

Characters[]

Montgomery ScottNyota Uhura

Starships and vehicles[]

USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser)

Locations[]

unnamed planet

Races and cultures[]

Human

States and organizations[]

Starfleet (command divisionoperations divisionsciences division)

Science and classification[]

communicatorphasertransporter

Ranks and titles[]

commanderlieutenant

Other references[]

assignment patchbeamdesertFederation Starfleet ranks (2260s)flowerkisslanding partylanguagemusicplantraces and culturesrankrockStarfleet ranksStarfleet uniformStarfleet uniform (2265-2270)Swahilitreeuniverse

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Related media[]

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Connections[]

Star Trek: Waypoint Comics
#1 ("Puzzles" & "Daylily") • #2 ("The Menace of the Mechanitrons" & "Legacy") • #3 ("The Wildman Maneuver" & "Mother's Walk") • #4 ("The Fragile Beauty of Loyalty" & "Mirror, Mirror, Mirror, Mirror") • #5 ("Frontier Doctor" & "Come Away, Child") • #6 ("The Rebound Effect" & "The Fear") • Special ("Only You Can Save Yourself" & "Consider Eternity" & "My Human is Not" & "Histories") • Special 2019 ("Hearts & Bones" & "Unfathom" & "The Swift Spoke" & "The First Year")

Timeline[]

published order
Previous comic:
first story
TOS comics (Waypoint) Next comic:
The Menace of the Mechanitrons
Previous story:
Stranger Worlds, Issue 3
cover artist
Stories by:
Sandra Lanz
Next story:
most recent story
chronological order
Previous adventure:
Past Prologue
The Janus Gate, Chapters 1-10
Memory Beta Chronology Next adventure:
Where Sea Meets Sky
The Captain's Table, Chapters 1 & 31

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