"Daylily" is a Waypoint 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.
Publisher's description
- A crewmember, stranded on a strange planet, encounters a bizarre alien creature. They must learn how to interact, but how?
Summary
A storm disrupted the transporter of the USS Enterprise as people were beaming down to a desert planet, scattering each member of the landing party. Nyota Uhura found herself alone in a desert. Montgomery Scott warned over her communicator that she would have to wait till the storm passed before she could be beamed back.
She moved within a small oasis to seek shelter and encountered a lone animal lifeform. While connecting with the strange creature, she sang it a song in Swahili and used a phaser to heat a rock between them. She showed it how to weave leaves, and together they made mats.
Scott suddenly alerted her that the transporter was clear, and before Uhura could say farewell to the creature, she dematerialized. The creature waited for her to return, then stopped standing like a biped and walked on all fours back into the foliage.
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Science and classification
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Other references
- assignment patch • beam • desert • Federation Starfleet ranks (2260s) • flower • kiss • landing party • music • plant • races and cultures • rank • rock • Starfleet ranks • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2265-2270) • Swahili • tree • universe
Appendices
Background
- Nyota Uhura sang "One, Two, Three, Four, Five, I got a big fish..." in Swahili, which is a Swahili number song. (Songs & Rhymes From Tanzania at the Mama Lisa's World blog)
Related stories
Connections
| Star Trek: Waypoint Comics |
| #1 ("Puzzles" & "Daylily") • #2 ("The Menace of the Mechanitrons" & "Legacy") • #3 ("Mother's Walk" & "The Wildman Maneuver) • #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") |
| 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 |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: Where Sea Meets Sky The Captain's Table |
External links
- Daylily article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
