Spock is able to uncover a vast conspiracy within Starfleet and the Klingon Empire - including his hand-chosen successor, Lieutenant Valeris - which is intent on destroying any chance of peace. But when the Klingon Emperor is mysteriously killed after meeting with the Enterprise crew, Kirk and McCoy find themselves accused of his murder. Kirk still blames the Klingons for the death of his son and has trouble separating his personal feelings from his mission. The Federation takes the opportunity to open peace negotiations with the warrior race, with Spock volunteering the soon to be retired Enterprise crew for one final mission, much to Captain Kirk's horror.
Related: Star Trek 4 Is The Best Movie Because No One Dies Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (2287)Īfter a cataclysmic mining accident, the Klingon Empire finds itself in generational peril. Kirk and his faithful crew are assigned to a brand new ship - the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A, and the adventures continue. For their trouble, all charges against the crew are dropped except one, against only Admiral Kirk, whose "punishment" is demotion to Captain. They're eventually able to retrieve the whales, return to the future and save Earth. The crew travel back to 1986 and have one of their more lighthearted adventures along the way. They decide that to save Earth, they have to go back in time to retrieve a pair of humpback whales. In their stolen Klingon vessel, Kirk and Spock are able to determine that the alien ship is trying to contact humpback whales, which were extinct by the 23rd century. As the crew of the late USS Enterprise prepares to leave Vulcan and return to Earth to answer for their crimes, a massive alien ship appears over Earth, causing massive climate disruptions on the planet's surface.