Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Star Trek The Motion Picture is a 1979 American science fiction film released by Paramount Pictures. It is the first Star Trek film and stars the cast of the original 19661969 Star Trek television series. The film is set in the twentythird century when a mysterious and immensely powerful alien cloud known as VGer approaches Earth, destroying everything in its path. Admiral James T. Kirk William Shatner resumes command of his previous starshipthe recently refitted USS Enterpriseto lead it on a mission to save the planet and determine V Ger s origins.

In 2273, a Starfleet monitoring station, Epsilon Nine, detects an alien force, hidden in a massive cloud of energy, moving through space towards Earth. The cloud destroys three of the Klingon Empires new Ktingaclass warships and the monitoring station en route. On Earth, the starship Enterprise is undergoing a major refit her former commanding officer, James T. Kirk, has been promoted to Admiral and works in San Francisco as Chief of Starfleet Operations. Starfleet dispatches Enterprise to investigate the cloud entity as the ship is the only one in intercept range, requiring her new systems to be tested in transit.Kirk takes command of the ship with a temporary demotion to captain citing his experience, angering Captain Willard Decker, who had been overseeing the refit as its new commanding officer. Testing of Enterprise s new systems goes poorly two officers, including the science officer, are killed by a malfunctioning transporter, and improperly calibrated engines almost destroy the ship. The tension between Captain Kirk and his first officer, Commander Decker, increases when the captain demonstrates his unfamiliarity with the new systems of the Enterprise. Commander Spock arrives as a replacement science officer, explaining that while on his home world undergoing a ritual to purge all emotion, he felt a consciousness that he believes emanates from the cloud. ........

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