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Warning: contains spoilers forStar Trek: Defiant#26!
For the first time in over 30 years,Star Trekhas brought a powerful doomsday weapon back into continuity.
Star Trek: Defiant#26 was written by Christopher Cantwell and drawn by Davide Tinto.
A text piece in the issue offers a breakdown of what exactly is in the menagerie.
One of them is the engineer of pre-galactic Doomsday Machines.
Spock christened it the Doomsday Machine, and the crew proceeded to find a way to stop it.
Kirk and company narrowly defeated the Doomsday Machine, and its fate after the episode ended is unknown.
The episode “The Doomsday Machine” was written by noted science fiction novelist Norman Spinrad.
While the fate of the Doomsday Machine was never revealed on-screen, the novels picked its story up.
Vendettafeatured some deep-cut elements from across theStar Trekuniverse, namely the aforementioned Preservers.
Just like the Doomsday Machine, the Preservers were never followed up on-screen.
Lore has only captured one of the Doomsday Machine builders, and fortunately not one of the Machines themselves.
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Star Trek: Defiant#26 is on sale now from IDW Publishing!
