Star Trek: Lower Decks #5
In "Desperate Times," the Cerritos crew faces a timeline unraveling after the Department of Temporal Investigations sends the senior staff on a critical mission to track down a temporal saboteur. With reality itself starting to fray, the Lower Decks team takes matters into their own hands, launching a bold journey into the past to restore order. Written by Ryan North and brought to life by Jack Lawrence’s dynamic art and Charlie Kirchoff’s vivid colors, this 2025 IDW adventure delivers high-stakes sci-fi intrigue with the signature humor and heart of Star Trek: Lower Decks.
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The Cerritos senior staff are sent on a mission by the Department of Temporal Investigations to find out who has been traveling back in time and altering the timeline. When the changes to the timeline become more extreme, the Lower Decks crew decide to travel into the past to help fix the timeline.
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