Wet Behind the Ears

   

Trial by fire! – "Wet Behind the Ears" was the 32nd issue of DC Comics' 1989 series of Star Trek: The Next Generation comics. The issue consisted of a 24 page story, as written by Michael Jan Friedman. The art was pencilled by Peter Krause and inked by Pablo Marcos, with Kim Yale credited as editor.

ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

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

Referenced only 

Ajanian • Kieran Duffy • Nagurski

Starships and vehiclesEdit

Catarr starship • USS Enterprise-D (Galaxy-class explorer) • USS Odyser • USS Tubman (Constellation-class exploratory cruiser training vessel)

Referenced only 

USS Akagi • USS Berlin • USS Enterprise • USS Fearless

LocationsEdit

Shipboard localesEdit

USS Enterprise-D 

bridge • engineering • ready room • ten forward

USS Tubman 

bridge • engineering • sickbay

Catarr vessel 

bridge

Stars and star systemsEdit

Gamma Ysalis

Races and culturesEdit

Bajoran • Betazoid • Catarr • Human • Klingon

States and organizationsEdit

Federation • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy

Ranks and titlesEdit

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

Technology and weaponsEdit

class 8 probe • impulse engine • photon torpedo • probe • starship • VISOR

Other referencesEdit

alien • asteroid • drink • energy • Federation Starfleet ranks • Federation Starfleet ranks (2360s-2370s) • fish • humanoid • lifeform • lionfish • Livingston • matter • races and cultures • rank • space • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2366-2373) • training mission • uniform

ChronologyEdit

2365

2368

AppendicesEdit

BackgroundEdit

• This story is a sequel of sorts to Sonya Gomez's appearances in TNG episodes: "Q Who?", "Samaritan Snare".
• 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 that the Tubman was a Constitution-class vessel rather than a Constellation. He even goes so far to claim it is not unlike the original USS Enterprise, 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.

ImagesEdit

Cover image.

Sonya Gomez.

USS Tubman.

The Tubman.

USS Odyser.

USS Odyser.

Keane.

Livingston (fish).

Tubman bridge.

Catarr starship.

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ConnectionsEdit

External linkEdit

• Wet Behind the Ears article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.