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Warning: contains spoilers forStar Trek Annual 2024!
TheSailfishis the coolest new vehicle in theStar Trekuniverse, and it has a surprising connection to JJ Abrams’ 2009 reboot. JJ Abrams’ was brought on board to help retoolStar Trekfor a new generation. The movie significantly updatedStar Trek’slook, introducing some sleek new ships, one of which was the “Jellyfish.” Now,Star Trek Annual 2024reveals the Sailfish’s connection to the Jellyfish.
Star Trek Annual 2024is written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly and drawn by Rachael Stott. Data and O’Brien have tracked Lore to Farius Prime, where they encounter the remnants of the Red Path.
After fighting off their attackers, they arerescued by Geordi La Forge, who is piloting a slick-looking new spacecraft calledSailfish.
A text piece, made to resemble a Starfleet briefing, reveals theSailfishis La Forge’s new pet project, and is a prototype for a more advanced craft, still on the drawing board: the Jellyfish.
JJ Abrams Breathed New Life Into theStar TrekUniverse in 2009
The Jellyfish Helped Launch a NewStar TrekTimeline
To help work around decades of continuity, Abrams and his collaborators opted to create a newStar Trektimeline, where they could tell new stories without treading over what came before. The writers then needed a way to create this new timeline. To this end, Spock, in an experimental ship, tries tostop the Romulan Supernova, but instead is thrown back in time. The ship was unique, unlike any other Starfleet vessel fans had seen. While it did not receive a name in any of the films, behind the scenes material called it “the Jellyfish.”
The 2009Star Trekfilm also did not give any background information on the Jellyfish, but licensed tie-in media, such as novels and comics, have filled in some of the gaps. The miniseriesCountdown, a prologue to the film released by IDW, revealed that Geordi La Forge had a hand in building the Jellyfish. While this was not in any canon materials, fans have nevertheless latched on to the idea.Star Trek Annual 2024not only confirms La Forge built it, but he also created a prototype as well: theSailfish.
The Romulan Supernova Is Coming–And Spock Will Need Help to Stop It
The Jellyfish Will Become One ofStar Trek’sMost Important Ships
IDW’sStar Trekcomics are slowly building to the events that led Spock to use the Jellyfish in the first place.
IDW’sStar Trekcomics are slowly building to the events that led Spock to use the Jellyfish in the first place.Star Trek: Defianthas dropped hints that the Romulan Supernova is beginning to build. Spock has noticed, but is keeping it to himself for the time being. How theSailfishwill factor into later stories, if at all, remains to be seen, but it will no doubt come onto Spock’s radar. However, theSailfishhas a great destiny ahead of it, paving the way for the Jellyfish, which helps kick off JJ Abrams’ 2009 movie.
