Heather Antos was appointed the new editor of the line, and sought to raise it to a prominence similar to that of the Star Wars comics by Marvel.

He called the writers Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, who had written Star Trek: Year Five, and asked them what should such a flagship comic be like.

This is a grand adventure, one that weaves together elements from every Star Trek series to tell a new, vital, and forward-thinking sci-fi saga".

[1] The comics replace the former line of Star Trek novels, as those were written for concluded series and under the assumption that the characters would never return in other ones.

Kelly clarified that they are free to use any character from the franchise, as long as they do not contradict works set at a later date, such as the aforementioned Nemesis film.

There is about a year and a half here of Star Trek timeline that is untouched, and within this, we can make all sorts of trouble as long as we put the characters that need to be back in the box for Nemesis".

The original draft premise for the comic was a story focused on the beings of the Star Trek universe with godlike powers, as the authors felt that unlike other fictional universes they are treated with an approach closer to science, such as explaining them as higher in the Kardashev scale rather than with magic or mythology.

[1] Years after the finale of the TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the prophets turn Benjamin Sisko into a corporeal man once again.

After finding him Sisko joins forces with Worf, now captain of the Defiant, to attack Kahless on the Klingon homeworld.

Sam Stone from CBR considers that, even without taking the team-up of characters into account, Star Trek #1 "stands as the strongest single issue IDW Publishing has released in recent memory".

He points that the multiple characters used are not gimmicks for fan service, but rather used for character-driven scenes and escalating stakes.

He praised the writers for using all characters in roles that fit their last TV appearances, but warns that readers should have at least a minimal knowledge of the ending of the DS9 series.