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

To avert catastrophe, Gorkon, Chancellor of the Klingon High Council, proposes negotiations between the Federation and Klingon Empire, negotiations that will end the many years of hostility between the two capabilities, and herald a new era of peacefulness and assistance. Captain James T. Kirk as well as the U.S.S. EnterpriseTM are dispatched to escort the Chancellor properly into Federation space.

But a treacherous assassination provides negotiations to a sudden halt and areas Kirk and Dr. McCoy in the hands from the Federation’s greatest enemy. With time operating out, Spock as well as the Business crew work to discover the deadly top secret that threatens to propel the galaxy into the most damaging conflict it has ever known.