Internal pressures, tremendous military expenditures, as well as the destruction of their primary power source have brought the Klingon Empire towards the verge of catastrophic collapse.

To avert catastrophe, Gorkon, Chancellor of the Klingon High Council, proposes negotiations between the Federation and Klingon Empire, discussions that will put an end to the many years of hostility between your two powers, and herald a fresh era of serenity and co-operation. Captain Adam T. Kirk and the U.S.S. EnterpriseTM are dispatched to escort the Chancellor safely into Federation space.

But a treacherous assassination provides negotiations to a sudden halt and locations Kirk and Dr. McCoy in the hands from the Federation’s very best enemy. With time operating out, Spock and the Enterprise crew work to discover the deadly magic formula that threatens to propel the galaxy into the most harmful conflict it has ever known.