Star Trek: Lower Decks #18

(w) Tim Sheridan (a) Vernon Smith

The thrilling conclusion to the mystery of the vanished Laapeerians!

The Enterprise has joined the tumultuous space battle between Captain Freeman and her crew against their dangerous alien assailants. Starfleet might not know who these invaders are, but they’re certain they have something to do with the missing population of Laapeeria…

It’s up to the Lower Deckers to not only defeat the superpowered ship but recover a whole planet’s worth of people and reunite with Boimler and his away crew while doing it.

And then they’ll all hug and stuff, $&#@!*.

Star Trek: Lower Decks #17

(W) Tim Sheridan (A) Vernon Smith

Captain Freeman and Mariner take the fight straight to the skies in the stolen U.S.S. Illinois, charging headlong into an old-school showdown against a mysterious wave of space invaders surrounding Laapoonia! Somewhere in the chaos, Boimler and his away team may be trapped — if they’re even still alive. But as the missing Laapeerians’ fate grows more uncertain and Starfleet closes in on its rogue crew, the clock is ticking faster than a falling pixel.

Can the Lower Deckers outmaneuver both their enemies and their own command before it’s game over?

Find out in this month’s explosive issue of Star Trek: Lower Decks!

Star Trek: Lower Decks #16

(W) Tim Sheridan (A) Vernon Smith

Just as the case of the missing Laapeerians was about to come together, the Cerritos was heavily damaged in a dogfight against an unidentified vessel and forced to return to Federation space… without the away team.

Repairs on the Cerritos are bound to take weeks, but Captain Freeman and Mariner aren’t about to sit around and wait when they have an abandoned away team to rescue — especially one under Boimler’s command.

Together, they formulate a heist to steal a decommissioned starship and mount a daring rescue before their unknown assailants blast Laapoonia, and their crew members, away.

Star Trek: Lower Decks #15

(W) Tim Sheridan (A) Vernon Smith

When Commander Jack Ransom promised Boimler command of the away team on Laapoonia in the event that both he and Sun-Sanchez — his Number One — were taken out of commission, he didn’t think it’d, like, actually happen. But now, Boimler is in charge, and things have gone full-blown Crisis Royale: A planet’s missing population, a big-ass alien warship, and a team at each other’s throats threaten to explosively end the Cerritos’ second-contact mission with Laapeeria. The name’s Boimler. Brad Boimler. And he’s got a license to… mildly delegate while panicking under pressure.

Star Trek: Lower Decks #14

(W) Tim Sheridan (A) Vernon Smith

The Cerritos away team begin their investigation on Laapoonia to find out what happened to the Laapeerians. (Don’t get Laapeeria and Laapoonia twisted — it’s not that hard.) Despite their best efforts, and much to Tendi’s chagrin, everyone on the crew except T’Lyn manages to offend the Laapoonians before they can get any answers… How will the Cerritos ever make second contact with the Laapeerians if they can’t even get their first contact with the Laapoonians right?

Star Trek: Lower Decks #13

(W) Tim Sheridan (A) Vernon Smith

It’s time for a long-overdue second contact with the species with whom the U.S.S. Cerritos made its first first contact: the Laapeerians. But when the crew arrives on Laapeeria bearing gifts, Freeman and company are shocked to discover the entire planet has been abandoned! While all the dwellings and infrastructure remain, there isn’t a soul to be found… Where have all the Laapeerians gone? And do the Laapoonians on the planet next door know anything about it?