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COMIC
Wet Behind the Ears
Cover by J.K. Moore
Attribution

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.

Summary

References

Characters

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

Referenced only 

Kieran Duffy • Ajanian • Nagurski

Starships and vehicles

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

Referenced only 

USS Akagi • USS Berlin • USS Enterprise • USS Fearless

Locations

Shipboard locales

USS Enterprise-D 

bridge • engineering • ready room • ten forward

USS Tubman 

bridge • engineering • sickbay

Catarr vessel 

bridge

Stars and star systems

Gamma Ysalis

Races and cultures

Bajoran • Betazoid • Catarr • Human • Klingon

States and organizations

Federation • Starfleet

Ranks and titles

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

Technology and weapons

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

Other references

alien • asteroid • drink • energy • fish • humanoid • lifeform • lionfish • Livingston (fish) • matter • races and cultures • rank • space • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet uniform • training mission • uniform

Chronology

2365

2368

Appendices

Background

• 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.

Images

Cover image.

Sonya Gomez.

USS Tubman.

Connections

External link

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