A mysterious and destructive alien spawned cloud, which vaporizes everything in its path including three Klingon vessels and a Federation Space Station in the opening scene. This enormous cloud is heading slowly toward Earth and there is little anyone can do to stop it save for finding it's source and attempting contact. Enterprise is commissioned to make this contact however much to the disappointment of Commander William Decker, who is expecting to assume the Captain's chair, Captain James T. Kirk steps from behind his desk after two-plus years to regain control.

 

Captain Kirk not only usurps Enterprise from the expected captain to be, who is more accustom to the newly retrofitted ship, he also insists on bringing along a bridge crew he feels comfortable with. Once again assembled for his bridge after a long shore leave are Commander Spock, Commander Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott, Lieutenant Commander Uhura, Lt. Commander Hikura Sulu, St. Commander Pavel Chekov and Doctor Leonard 'Bones' McCoy.

Kirk arrives in all his glory with his bridge crew and his ego. Commander Decker is at first unwilling to budge and egos clash at every turn. The two eventually learn, though begrudgingly, to work together toward the same end result.

Enterprise and her re-assembled crew sets off to find the alien responsible for the mysterious destructive cloud. On the way they battle a multitude of systems failures and one rather large wormhole. Once contact is made with the being the crew embarks on a strange journey into an alien realm who's center being is called V'ger.

Admiral Kirk and crew discover that "V'ger" is a living machine from the past desiring in earnest to make contact with her creator. This desire to find her creator and purpose is so strong that if contact is not made she is hell bent on wiping out everything in her path.

The Enterprise crew must think and act quickly to appease V'ger's desire and must rely both on Admiral Kirk's years of experience and Commander Decker's expertise and quick thinking.

Once V'ger is satisfied and the crisis is averted the reassembled Enterprise crew warps into the horizon to:

'Boldly go where no man has gone before.'


-Synopsis Courtesy of the Late Trek Pulse

Screen Play: Harold Livingston
Director: Robert Wise
Release Date: December 7, 1979
Run Time: 136 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG

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