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AsStar Trekheads towards a reset thanks toThe Lore War , one of its most iconic ship will be making a return . IDW ’s line ofStar Trekcomics have beenbuilding towardsThe Lore War , a massive , universe - shaking crossover that sees the evil android rewrite reality in his image , and now , in a first look atStar Trek : Defiant#26 , one of the enfranchisement ’s most important ships return .
Star Trek : Defiantwriter Christopher Cantwell has also had runs onIron ManandDoctor Doomfor Marvel , and is currently writingChallengers of the Unknownfor DC .
IDW ’s April solicitation included a first look atStar Trek : Defiant#26 , which will be written by Christopher Cantwell and line by Davide Tinto . The issue is part two ofThe Lore War , crossing over with the flagshipStar Trektitle , and its ingathering read as succeed :
Star Trek : Defiant#26 ( 2025 )
Release Date :
April 16 , 2025
author :
Christopher Cantwell
Artists :
Davide Tinto
Cover Artist :
Malachi Ward
Variant Covers :
JK Wooward & JJ Lendl
On one side of the war , Worf , Shaxs , Alexander , and others who once valued laurels above all have now been project by the malevolent android Lore to uphold his dictatorial normal ; on the other side , a rebel Maquis fleet , Kahless II , Beverly , Sisko , and all those who know the truth behind their current reality endeavour to deplumate it down with what slight resource they have . But not everything is as hopeless as it seems : There are ally shroud in the unlikeliest of place and asset — like the famous U.S.S. Phoenix — that escape even the all - see positronic center of Lore .
The name of the ship remark in the ingathering , thePhoenix , should resonate withStar Trekfans : it was the name of humanity ’s first warp - subject ship , as take in in the movieFirst inter-group communication . Now , it has become the first line of resistance against Lore .
Lore, Data’s Evil Brother, Has Destroyed theStar TrekUniverse
Lore Has Created a Twisted Version of the Multiverse
In 2022 , IDW rejuvenated their personal line of credit ofStar Trekcomics , craft a massive , geezerhood - foresighted story that is now culminating inThe Lore War . To help stop Kahless II from killing the universe ’s gods , Worf and Spock reassemble Lore and recruit him to the cause . Being Lore , however , he apace turn on them . Now , armed with fantastic engineering , subject of slaughtering those previously thought unkillable , Lore position his view on finishing Kahless ’ mission , and inStar Trek#24 , he did just that : destroying the Pleroma and thusthe entire universe .
The Star Trek universe is full of alien and breathless satellite , and now in a preview for Lower Decks # 3 , fans see a Modern one with a nerveless gimmick .
Lore was not content to but terminate the universe , he also want one for himself , one he could master . Using one of the Bajoran Orbs , Lore has created a reality where once honorable warriors like Shaxs and Worf have been corrupted , and theEnterprisehas been transform into a ship of war . Only Captain Sisko and a select few know the truth about what Lore has done , and they do out to “ awaken ” the others . They will be fighting an uphill battle to be sure , but they have picked the ripe name for their ship .
ThePhoenix’sRole inStar TrekHistory, Explained
ThePhoenixMay Be the Most Important Ship inStar TrekHistory
While there have been other ships in theStar Trekuniverse called thePhoenix , it is the version ramp up by Zefram Cochrane and launch in 2063 that is the most important . It was , as bring up before , Earth ’s first ship able of traveling faster than light . Originally built to make Cochrane rich , it alternatively serve usher in a new era for humans . The ship ’s successful test flight , as document inStar Trek : First Contact , attract the tending of the Vulcans . They lead up first contact with humans , conduct , finally , to a United Earth and the United Federation of Planets .
The dawning warp earned run average , ushered in by thePhoenix , see humanity finally distribute with issues that had been molest them for thousand of years .
The namePhoenixcarries with it grand and historical connotations in theStar Trekuniverse . At the clock time of its launching , humanity had just begun to rebuild from a destructive World War , and much of the satellite was still in darkness . The sink in warp era , usher in by thePhoenix , check humankind lastly deal with issues that had been plaguing them for thousands of years . ThePhoenix’slaunch signalize a young epoch for man , one built on the idea of progress , freedom and inclusion .
ThePhoenixWill Resist Lore’s Evil Ways
Once Again, a Ship NamedPhoenixWill Save Humanity
And now , withThe Lore Waron the purview , the namePhoenixhas a fresh import : it becomes a breaker point of impedance against Lore ’s tyranny . Zefram Cochrane’sPhoenixwas legendary in its own way , for avail furbish up humanity and Earth after its darkest hour . Captain Picard was in awe of the ship when he saw it inFirst Contact . In Lore ’s blasphemous newfangled reality , the namePhoenixstill behave a promising meaning , and may be the key to doctor both the Federation and the entireStar Trekuniverse .
Star Trek : Defiant#26 is on sale April 16 from IDW Publishing !
