Summary
Warning: contains spoilers forStar Trek#23!
Wesley Crusher’s god-level gadget isStar Trek’scoolest new piece of technology. Over the course of its 58-year history,Star Trekhas featured mind-blowing tech and gadgets, ranging from warp drive to holodecks. Now, inStar Trek#23, fans see what might bethe franchise’s most awe-inspiring bit of tech yet, and its source is none other than Wesley Crusher, now a member of the enigmatic Travelers.
Star Trekactually began hinting that there was more to Wesley Crusher as early asThe Next Generation’sfirst season.
Star Trek#23 was written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly and drawn by Megan Levens. In the previous issue, Wesley slipped his mother a seemingly harmless looking ink pen. As issue 23 opens, Scotty is seeking a way to stop Lore from destroying the Pleroma. Suddenly, a door opens, andDoctor Crusher pulls Scotty through.
She reveals the pen has teleportation abilities, but she fears it may be a one-use piece of tech.
Later, in a text piece, it is revealed that the pen can actually encode large, universal amounts of data.
Wesley Crusher’s Connection to the Travelers, Explained
Despite Appearances Across theStar TrekFranchise, the Travelers Are Still An Enigma
Wesley Crusher’s arc in theStar Trekfranchise has seen him progress from a precocious teenager into something far more. In the seventh seasonStar Trek: The Next Generationepisode “Journey’s End,” Wesley left our reality to join the Travelers. At the time, nothing was revealed about the Travelers, but season two ofStar Trek: Picardchanged all of that. As the season played out, fans got a glimpse at the Traveler’s awesome powers, which spanned space and time. Wesley even made a cameo in the season finale, recruiting Kore Soong to the cause.
The most recent arc of IDW’sStar Trekcomic, “The Pleroma,” has revealed even more about the mysterious Travelers, namely that they serve the franchise’s “gods.” This has made the Travelers an obvious target for those wishing to kill the gods, such as Kahless and Lore. InStar Trek#22, Doctor Crusher was reunited with Wesley, but it was short and bittersweet. Wesley was cryptic with his mother, almost as if he had resigned himself to his fate. However, Wesley did give Doctor Crusher the pen she used to save Scotty.
What Other Tech Do the Travelers Possess?
Are Even the Travelers Capable of Stopping Lore’s Plan to Destroy the Universe?
These god-level pens are standard issue for Travelers, as Kore Soong used one in a previous issue, and it raises questions about what other fantastic technology the Travelers may be sitting on. The Travelers have the ability to travel through time and space, which gives them access to not only technology developed in-house, such as the pens, but also objects from other time frames and cultures across theStar Trekuniverse. Yet for all the Traveler’s advanced technology,Wesley Crusher was still unableto stop Lore’s evil plan, perhaps implying there is a limit to his power.
