Wesley Crusher's God-Level Gadget is Star Trek's coolest new technology

Summary

• Wesley Crusher introduces his god-level pen with teleportation abilities
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• Travelers' pens also allow them to encode large amounts of information.
• Despite the powers of the Travelers, Wesley still struggles to stop Lore
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Warning: Contains spoilers for Star Trek #23!

Wesley Crusher's god-level gadget Star Trekof the coolest piece of new technology. During its 58-year history Star Trek introduced mind-blowing technology and gadgets, from the warp drive to the holodeck. Now, in Star Trek #23, fans see what could have been is the franchise's most impressive technological installment yet, and its source is none other than Wesley Crusher, now a member of the enigmatic Travelers.

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Star Trek #23 Written by Jackson Lanzing and Colleen Kelly and drawn by Megan Levens. Last issue, Wesley swiped a seemingly harmless ink pen at his mother. As issue 23 opens, Scotty is looking for a way to stop Lore from destroying the Pleroma. Suddenly the door opens and Doctor Crusher pulls Scotty inside.

He reveals that the pen has the ability to teleport, but fears that it may be a one-use technology.

Later, in a piece of text, it was revealed that the pen could actually encode large, universal volumes of information.

Wesley Crusher's Connection to the Travelers, Explained

Despite the Appearances in front of him Star Trek Franchise, Travelers Still an Enigma

Arc of Wesley the Crusher Star Trek franchise saw him become more than just a precocious teenager. In the seventh season Star Trek: The Next Generation In the episode “Journey's End”, Wesley left our reality to join the Travelers. At the time, nothing was announced about Travelers, but a second season Star Trek: Picard changed all that. As the season ended, fans got a glimpse of the Traveler's awesome powers that spanned space and time. Wesley even made a cameo in the season finale, recruiting Kore Soong.

IDW's most recent arc Star Trek The Pleroma comic revealed more about the mysterious Travelers, namely that they serve the “gods” of the franchise. This made the Travelers an obvious target for those seeking to kill gods like Kahless and Lore. In Star Trek #22, Doctor Crusher reunited with Wesley, but it was short and bitter. Wesley was mysterious with his mother, as if resigned to his fate. However, Wesley gave Doctor Crusher the pen he used to save Scotty.

What other technology do travelers have?

Can even the Travelers stop Lore's plan to destroy the Universe?

These god-level pens are standard issue for Travelers, as Kore Soong used them in the previous issue, which begs the question of what other fantastic tech the Travelers could be sitting on. Travelers have the ability to travel through time and space, giving them access not only to homemade technology like pens, but also to objects from other time frames and cultures around the world. Star Trek universe. However, despite all of the Traveler's advanced technology, Wesley Crusher was still unable to stop Lore's evil plan, perhaps implying that there was a limit to his power.

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