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In theStar Trekfranchise , first contact place are dicey proffer , but fortunately , the Federation has communications protocol and technology help in the process – and now the descent of one vital piece has been divulge . In the report “ Facemaker , ” inStar Trek Celebrations : Pride , Nurse Christine Chapel is on the verge of a major discovery , one that would facilitate Starfleet in first contact scenarios .
“ Facemaker , ” appear inStar Trek Celebrations : Pride , was write by Mags Visaggio and drawn by Tench . Nurse Chapel , working for Project : Chimera , is raise frustrated over her unfitness to produce a way of life for Federation beholder to pass undetected in pre - warp company . Her work involve genetical modification – which is illegal under Federation law . chapel service is venting to her lover , Ensign Lozana , about her frustrations .
In the end , it is Lozana , who uses subdermal patches for a miscellanea of tasks , including estrogen yield .
This gives Chapel the “ pushing ” she needs , and she is successful in rise a new technology called “ QERPEM . ”
First Contact Situations Are Critical toStar Trek
The Federation Was Seeking Safer Ways to Initiate First Contacts
First contact post can be nerve - wracking , not to mention life-threatening . Federation and Starfleet police force prevent hinderance in the ontogenesis of pre - warp and non - aligned world . confederation observer first examine a macrocosm by passing as members of that species . These percipient then decide if the planet is ready to learn about extraterrestrial . When initiating first impinging in the past , as Chapel observe in this story , the Federation would apply prosthetics to researchers , but these come with a horde of problems on their own . Nurse Chapel , and Project Chimera , were await for a way to make this well-situated .
When fans encounter Nurse Chapel in the pilot episode ofStar Trek : Strange New Worlds , she has mostly perfect Chimera ’s engineering science , and this report picture her “ eureka ” here and now . As Chapel worked Nox and day on the labor , shecontinually ran afoul of Federation law of nature . Thanks to human race ’s foul history of genetic engineering and eugenics , which was hold to its appal extremum by Khan Noonian Singh , it has been outlaw throughout the Federation . Chapel needed to find a workaround , and it was her partner who bring home the bacon the spark and inspiration she involve .
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IDW ’s flagship Star Trek title has been redefine what the " final frontier " is over the preceding two years – but now it may be a terrible trap .
Future Generations Owe a Debt to Nurse Chapel and Her Lover
First Contacts Will Go Much Smoother in the Future
“ Facemaker ” demonstrate not only how a critical piece of Federation first contact technology came to pass , but is also a will to Nurse Chapel ’s intellect and driveway . She hit brick wall after brick rampart , but never gave up . Her trans lover , who used subdermal patches for oestrogen production , breast growth and gamet yield , was the one who helped Chapel break up the code . Future generations of research worker in theStar Trekuniverse owe Nurse Chapel and Ensign Lozano a huge debt , as they help make first striking situations just a little bit smoother .
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" Facemaker , " inStar Trek Celebrations : Pride(2024 )
