When the newly-christened starship Enterprise's shakedown cruise goes poorly, Captain Kirk and crew put it into Spacedock for repairs. But an urgent mission interrupts their Earth-bound shore leave. A renegade Vulcan named Sybok has taken several ambassadors hostage on the planet Nimbus III, an event which also attracts the attention of a Klingon captain who wants to make a name for himself. Sybok's ragtag army captures the Enterprise and takes it on a journey to the center of the galaxy in search of the Supreme Being.
Written by David Thiel <d-thiel@uiuc.edu>
To achieve the shot of the shuttlecraft crashing onto the landing deck of the Enterprise, a scale model was placed on a launching pad connected to garage door springs. A crane was used to move the catapult into place.
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Goofs
Errors in geography:
There is no way that the Enterprise could have gotten to the center of the galaxy in anything less than decades unless there was some sort of "short cut" through subspace that they could make use of to cut the time required for the trip.
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Quotes
[first lines]
Sybok:
I thought weapons were forbidden on this planet. Besides, I can't believe you'd kill me for a field of empty holes. J'Onn:
It's all I have. See more »
Crazy Credits
Highest Descender Fall Recorded in the United States:
Ken Bates
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