Star Trek (2026) #2

The Epsilon Corridor awaits!

Captain Seven of Nine and her crew aboard the U.S.S Enterprise NCC1701-G, having left the known Galaxy far behind, are attempting to find a new home for the people of Revlav in the beautiful and promising Trinity System.

But upon their arrival, reality shifts, plunging the wagon train of the Enterprise—the Vulcan science vessel V.S.S. Skon and the Defiant-class defense ship the U.S.S. Lewis—into turmoil. Ship against ship. Foe against foe. Friend against friend.

And assessing it all from the heart of a star is a shadow keen on eradicating the pests who have infiltrated its home, its malevolence bent toward ensuring Starfleet realizes just how vain it was to presume to colonize here…

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