You know, if Spock were here, he'd say that I was an irrational, illogical human being

             by taking on a mission like that. Sounds like fun!

Captain Kirk attends the christening of the USS Enterprise - B, sucessor to the Enterprise - A that he commanded. The still unfurnished and unprepared vessel is commanded by the inexperienced Captain John harriman, and it is immediately pressed into a rescue mission during its maiden voyage, rescuing 47 El-Aurian refugees from an energy ribbon. Among the rescued is Tolian Soran and Guinan, whilst it would appear that Captain Kirk has been killed during the mission.....

Seventy-eight years later, and the USS Enterprise - D, captained by Jean Luc Picard, receives and responds to a distress call from the Amargosa solar observatory station. The crew finds that the station has been attacked, apparently by Romulans. One survivor, Tolian Soran, returns to the station ostensibly to complete an important experiment. Soran then launches a trilithium-based projectile into the heart of the Amargosa star, causing it to nova. He takes one member of the Enterprise crew, Geordie La Forge, prisoner aboard the station, and escapes with him aboard a bird of prey.

Guinan explains to Picard that Soran's goal is to return to the "Nexus", and that the energy ribbon is a gateway to this place where all of one's desires become reality. With Data's help, Picard determines that Soran's destruction of stars alters the local gravitation field, allowing him to alter the energy ribbon's course. Picard and Data discover that for Soran to enter the Nexus, he must bring the ribbon to him as he waits on the planet Veridian III. In order to bring the ribbon that close, Soran must cause the Veridian star to nova, which would destroy all the planets in the solar system, one of which is inhabited.

When the Enterprise arrives at Veridian III, they are met by the Duras sisters, who offer to trade Picard for La Forge. As Picard transports to the planet and attempts to reason with Soren, La Forge returns to his duties, unaware that Soran has implanted a transmitter in his visor. The Duras sisters use the transmitter to determine a weakness in the Enterprise's shields and shortly thereafter attack. Although the Klingon ship is destroyed, the Enterprise crew is forced to evacuate to the saucer section as the warp core explodes. The saucer section crash lands on Veridian III and is unsalvageable.

Picard discovers that Soran has a trilithium weapon aimed at the Veridian star set on a timer and protected by a force field. Picard is unable to stop Soran's missile in time, and before the shockwave of the nova hits the planet, both he and Soran are pulled into the Nexus. There Picard meets Kirk, who had been pulled into the Nexus 78 years earlier. While Kirk is initially reluctant to leave the Nexus, Picard eventually convinces him that his duty to Starfleet is a greater calling. They leave the Nexus and return soon before Soran's missile is set to launch. Together, they defeat Soran by locking the launching mechanism, causing the missile to explode on the launchpad, killing Soran. Kirk suffers a fatal injury during the battle. Picard buries Kirk, then travels to the wreckage of the Enterprise's saucer section. There, he and Riker find Picard's photo album and talk about the nature of time before beaming aboard one of the Starfleet rescue ships.

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