Star Trek: Defiant, Issue 17

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Summary

Blurb: Enter a brand-new arc and the beginning of a new era for the disavowed, mercenary crew of the U.S.S. Defiant! Political corruption ensues as Sela and her father, General Revo, leverage the imprisoned Defiant crewmates to kidnap the Romulan praetor and chairman of Tal Shiar Intelligence to advance their sinister plot to take over Romulus...

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Background information

Creators

Writer
- Christopher Cantwell
Artists
- Ángel Unzueta (interior art and cover A)
- Jake Bartok (cover B)
- Declan Shalvey (retailer incentive cover)

Characters

Canon characters listed below are linked to the main article about them. Non-canon characters are not linked, but those that recurred, appearing or being mentioned in more than one story, are defined further in IDW ST characters.

Regular and recurring characters

Worf (β): Acting captain of the USS Defiant
Spock (β): Federation Ambassador & XO of the Defiant
Sela (β): Half romulan daughter of Natasha Yar, Tal Shiar commander, & Defiant's Tactical officer
Ro Laren (β): Defiant's Helmsman & former starfleet/maquis officer
B'Elanna Torres (β): USS Voyager & Defiant's Chief engineer

Other Characters

Miles O'Brien (β): Deep Space 9's former Chief of operations & Starfleet Academy instructor
Keiko O'Brien (β): O'Brien's wife
Koval (β): Chairman of the Tal Shiar
Neral (β): Praetor of the Romulan Star Empire

Cover gallery

External link

"Defiant, Issue 17" at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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