Connecting with the voyages of the ongoing Star Trek comic series, Defiant, Vol. 5 delves into intrigue and rebellion!
Avoiding a major family decision, Captain B’Elanna Torres attempts to find clarity dismantling minefields in the Alpha Quadrant, but discovers an explosive political situation about to blow.
Meanwhile, Alexander has been tasked with a mighty Errand of Valor: rescue the workers rebelling against a deuterium mega-power, Archanis Inter-Corporate. However, when a face from Alexander’s bloody past appears, his heart, and urges for vengeance, are truly tested.
Captain B'Elanna Torres takes the 'Defiant' to a self replicating minefield so that she and O'Brien can correct an old wrong. Alexander Rozhenko embarks on a difficult quest to regain his honour after Worf gives him a ceremonial discommendation for his actions on the Day of Blood.
Superb artwork and a compelling storyline. Cantwell knows the characters inside out and Unzueta makes good use of the page for his designs.
This volume of Star Trek Defiant has an intriguing A-story and a mediocre B-story that was still enjoyable just for bringing back some familiar faces. The A-story, though, is excellent and truly dives deep into the heart of this entire series, focusing on Worf and Alexander.
Worf has always stereotypically been an absentee father, a tragic figure and a cautionary tale. This story in particular focuses on Worf making amends for his failures and restoring his relationship with his son Alexander while helping Alexander make amends and regain his lost honor.
All this juicy father/son character development, delivered in a samurai-styled narrative with top-shelf art and bringing the overarching story of this entire series full circle. Do not miss!
His honour demolished by his actions during the Day Of Blood, Alexander must embark on a series of trials organized by his father, Worf, in order to return to Klingon society.
Cantwell's done a lot of good work with Worf and Alexander in this series, and this arc's a nice culmination of all of that, as well as some of the stuff with Kahless which has hung over the book since the beginning.
Meanwhile, there's a side plot about O'Brien that reunites him with Bashir and a few other familiar faces, but this isn't really as compelling as the A plot, even with the moral quandaries on display.
And then the universe falls apart because Lore's a bastard. Bring on Lore War!
The stuff with Worf and Alexander isn't bad. Worf is helping him to atone for his role in the Day of Blood story. That B story though is a complete waste of time. It doesn't even feel like a completed story. It's just kind of abandoned the issue after it's introduced. Something to do with Section 31 and some unexploded mines. It's just poor writing.