Wet Behind the Ears
Trial by fire!

Background information
 This story is a sequel of sorts to Sonya Gomez's TNG Season 2 appearances in  and .
 The other Federation ships shown all have registry numbers with an alphabetical suffix, a rarity in canon productions.

Creators
 Based on  created by Gene Roddenberry
 Writer: Michael Jan Friedman
 Artists: 
 Peter Krause (pencil art)
 Pablo Marcos (ink art)
 Jerome K. Moore (cover art)
 Juliana Ferriter (color art)
 Bob Pinaha (letter art)
 Editor: Kim Yale

Characters

Regular and recurring characters
 Jean-Luc Picard   captain. Picard has Sonya's drink accidentally spilled on him for the second time in two years. After informing Geordi of the upcoming training exercises, Picard expresses reluctance when Geordi chooses Gomez.
 Geordi La Forge  VISOR-sighted Enterprise-D chief engineer. While Geordi is in command of the engineers' training he is injured in the turbulence of the Catarr attack. Gomez takes charge of the ship and its mission, and orders La Forge taken to a medical area.
 Sonya Gomez  Enterprise-D engineer, a specialist first class with the rank of lieutenant.
Ro Laren  Bajoran Enterprise-D flight control officer. Ro is pictured on the cover but does not have any dialogue in the comic. She appears in one interior art panel wearing an operations division gold uniform.
 William T. Riker Enterprise-D exec. Riker appeared in one interior art panel and had no dialogue in this issue. Worf  Klingon Enterprise-D security chief. Worf appeared in one interior art panel and had no dialogue in this issue. Deanna Troi  Half-Betazoid Enterprise-D counselor. Troi appeared in one interior art panel and had no dialogue in this issue.Miles O'Brien  Enterprise-D transporter chief. O'Brien appeared in one interior art panel and had no dialogue in this issue.   Enterprise-D engineer mentioned by Picard as a candidate for the mission. Duffy did not actually appear in this issue.Other characters
 Keane  Starfleet flag officer who is the proctor of the cadet examinations. Keane wore a variant Starfleet uniform with white shoulder pads, and rank insignia on either side of her collar. Timmins  Starfleet cadet assigned as acting captain of the Tubman.
 Catarr captain  Enemy commander.
 McIver  Starfleet cadet.
 Catarr officer  Enemy information officer.
 Barron  Starfleet cadet who helped La Forge to sickbay.
 Kozinski  Starfleet cadet who helped La Forge to sickbay.
 Ajanian  Enterprise-D engineer mentioned as a candidate for the mission.
 Nagurski  Enterprise-D engineer, recently transferred from , mentioned as a candidate for the mission.
 Engineering ensign  Enterprise-D engineer who carelessly spilled a drink on Lt. Gomez.

References
  Federation starship, former assignment of Mr. Nagurski.
  Federation starship assigned to apprehend the Catarr forces.
Catarr  Aliens who are hostile to the Federation.
Class 8 probe  Type of probe shaped the same as a photon torpedo.
  Type of Federation starship. In a commonly made mistake, Picard states in dialogue instead that the Tubman was a Constitution class vessel. He even goes so far to claim it is not unlike the original , even though numerous dissimilarities are visible in the designs. Possibly the vessel had been converted since Picard last knew it, the cover and interior artwork show it to be a Constellation.
  Federation starship assigned to apprehend the Catarr forces.
Gamma Ysalis  Star or system the Enterprise-D visited during the Tubman training mission.
USS Odyser (NCC-11001-A)  Federation starship of Proctor Keane. This ship was disabled by a surprise Catarr attack. The ship's name was not mentioned but was visible in one interior art panel.
USS Tubman (NCC-1757-B)  Constellation-class Starfleet training ship.

Timeline
2365
2368

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