Children of the Comet

   

Children of the Comet

"Children of the Comet" is the secondepisode ofSNW inthe show's first season, premiered onParamount+ on12 May2022

Description[]

While on asurvey mission, theUSSEnterprise discovers acomet is going to strike an inhabitedplanet. They try to re-route the comet, only to find that an ancientalien relic buried on the comet'sicy surface is somehow stopping them. As theaway team try to unlock the relic's secrets,Pike andNumber One deal witha group of zealots who want to prevent theEnterprise from interfering.

References[]

Characters[]

Christine Chapel •Christina (Ensign) •Hemmer •George Samuel Kirk, Jr. •Kyle (Chief) •La'an Noonien-Singh •Number One •Erica Ortegas •Christopher Pike •Spock •Nyota Uhura •unnamed Deleb •unnamed Shepherds

Hemmer.

La'an Noonien-Singh.

Number One.

Erica Ortegas.

Christopher Pike.

Spock.

Nyota Uhura.

Shepherd.

Aliens.

Starships and vehicles[]

USSEnterprise (Constitution-classheavy cruiser) •Galileo •Shepherd ship

USSEnterprise.

Locations[]

the galaxy'sAlpha orBeta Quadrant

Persephone III (Persephone system)

Referenced only

Boreth •Kenya •Lake Simbi Nyaima •Persephone I •Persephone II •Persephone IV •Persephone V •Persephone VI •Persephone VII

Races and cultures[]

Aenar •Deleb •Human •Illyrian •Shepherd •Vulcan

States and organizations[]

Starfleet •University of Nairobi

Other references[]

Arbiters of Life •M'hanit •trilithium •Vamuvamba

Appendices[]

Images[]

Nyota Uhura indress uniform.

Shepherd.

Aliens.

Shepherd.

Persephonestar chart.

Star chart closeup.

Connections[]

Star Trek:Strange New Worlds (SNW)
episodes	season 1	"Strange New Worlds" • "Children of the Comet" • "Ghosts of Illyria" • "Memento Mori" • "Spock Amok" • "Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach" • "The Serene Squall" • "The Elysian Kingdom" • "All Those Who Wander" • "A Quality of Mercy"
	season 2	"The Broken Circle" • "Ad Astra Per Aspera" • "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" • "Among the Lotus Eaters" • "Charades" • "Lost in Translation" • "Those Old Scientists" • "Subspace Rhapsody" • "Under the Cloak of War" • "Hegemony"
	season 3	"Hegemony, Part II" • "Wedding Bell Blues" • "Shuttle to Kenfori" • "A Space Adventure Hour" • "Through the Lens of Time" • "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail" • "What Is Starfleet?" • "Four-and-a-Half Vulcans" • "Terrarium" • "New Life and New Civilizations"
comics		The Illyrian Enigma ("Issue 1" • "Issue 2" • "Issue 3" • "Issue 4") •The Scorpius Run ("Issue 1" • "Issue 2" • "Issue 3" • "Issue 4" • "Issue 5") •The Seeds of Salvation ("Issue 1" • "Issue 2" • "Issue 3")
prose (novels andstories)		The High Country •Asylum •Toward the Night •Ring of Fire

External link[]

• "Children of the Comet" article atMemory Alpha, the wiki for canonStar Trek.