So normally when I make one of these I post various pics from the comic but since I'm reading these on the high seas anyway I figured I'd be an extra grumpy bastard and actually link the entire thing for people here to suffer through.
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https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Star-Trek-Picard-s-Academy
Basics: It's a Picard prequel comic when he's at the academy set in 2325 decades away from any show material.
It's written by Sam Maggs. Yes, that Sam Maggs.
I was expecting the comic to be shit. I was no disappointed, the cover alone shows the modern woke trend of "diverse" characters, and why the fuck one of them is wearing glasses is anyone's guess since that's all but eliminated with the exception of a rare allergy to the modern cure which was the reason Kirk needed reading glasses.
I was expecting blatant pandering and shitty references to occur. Again I was not disappointed. Picard not only doesn't like tea [yet], but when offered it he is warned "Careful, it's hot." Oh Sam you retarded wetwipe, that line wasn't anywhere near as witty as you thought it was nor however much anyone then praised you for it.
The dumb cameos don't help things either.
For anyone wanting to further lose brain cells you can check what other works have been done by Sam Maggs. The tl;dr is Captain Marvel, Critical Role, and My Little Pony.
I. Shit. You. Not.
To be fair, barely, I think that's more to do with the art being so shit that's how the NX design from Enterprise came out in this comic.
The same ships shown later on page 17 are even worse given the angles the nacelles sit at. No ship in Star Trek has ever looked like that.
The other ships present on the Federtaion side are the orange Tellarites and blue-ish Andorian ships that vaguely look like the Kumari from Enterprise, again with shit art. Doesn't appear to be any Vulcan ships however despite those being the most advanced in tech out of the founding Federation members at the time.
It appears I was wrong, and their art is depicting NX class ships. Thank you for the correction.
In my defense, it's hard to tell, as some of the ships are drawn so badly, it's hard to tell if the nacelles are supposed to be above (NX) or below (Akira) the centerline of the ship.
Thinking those abominations are the Akira is a very understandable error as the art really is that bad and the Akira does match the NX in a lot of ways.
The comic site lists this comic as the only/[first?] work by the artist, Ornella Greco, for better or worse.
https://readcomiconline.li/Artist/Ornella-Greco
JFC I'm not a fan of the original NX design but those drawings are utter trash. They could have taken the ultra cheap route and simply traced over existing ships or models as it's something comics have done, blatantly, for years.
And what the fuck are those Romulans ships? They had warbirds at this point which were far more recognisable!