Star Trek Confirms Deep Space Nine's Spiritual Successor With a Surprising Twist

Published Jul 26, 2026, 10:01 AM EDT Sam Fang primarily covers news for CBR, with over a decade of experience writing about entertainment and pop culture and degrees in both journalism and art. Star Trek has just revealed a brand new Deep Space Nine replacement, and the new station will be the perfect setting for darker stories to come. The recently released Star Trek: Red Shirts — Ghost of the 21st Century #1 shows a dangerous and haunting new world with a dark twist. Red Shirts — Ghost of the 21st Century #1 was released by IDW Publishing on July 22, launching the new series and setting the scene with the Marianas station. Artwork from the interior pages reveals that the Marianas is already decades old, and it serves as a collaboration between several civilizations across multiple planets. It might sound like a utopia on paper, but it's also the perfect place for smugglers, tucked far away from Earth while still inside Starfleet. Suddenly, Deep Space Nine doesn't look so dangerous after all. Star Trek's New Deep Space Nine Replacement Is Hiding a Shocking Secret IDW's solicit for Star Trek: Red Shirts — Ghost of the 21st Century #1 teases the red shirts and the shocking secrets t...