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Shortly after the events of ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'', an Imperial sector fleet under the command of a Sith Lord named Darth Nemesis is transported to the ''[[Star Trek]]'' galaxy of the late 24th century. It turns out that they arrived in the middle of Borg space, and that they are not only in a different galaxy, but far in the future.

 

{{spoiler|Darth Nemesis is eventually revealed to be a fallen Luke Skywalker, who instead of jumping as in the canon timeline, joined Darth Vader at Bespin.}} The Imperial fleet sets out to find a way back to their galaxy, securing their position and gathering information by attacking the Romulans and the Federation: or at least, it starts that way; when they discover that they can't get home, they conquer for conquest's sake. Meanwhile, [[The Captain|Captain]] [[The Kirk|James T. Kirk]] (largely [[The Hero]]) and his crew find themselves in the 24th century as well, and end up rallying the Federation and its allies against [[The Empire|the Galactic Empire]]. In the background, the nigh-omnipotent Q plays a game of chess with a mysterious silver-eyed adversary, using pieces that represent the various forces involved. All of this takes place against the backdrop of an impending universal apocalypse, brought on by the Federation's abuse of time travel.

* [[Beauty Equals Goodness]]: For a certain value of "goodness". When the hulking, black-armoured cyborg Darth Vader appears, the Romulan admiral T'Vor thinks that Vader is just a thug, not a proper Sith Lord like the young, handsome Darth Nemesis. Given that Sith Lord means [[Evil Overlord]] and that Vader fits that trope much better than Nemesis does, T'Vor's assessment is unintentionally funny.

* [[Big Bad Duumvirate]]: Emperor Palpatine and {{spoiler|Gary Mitchell}}. Incredibly, given Palpatine's status as [[Evil Overlord]] of an entire galaxy, the latter is the more powerful of the two.

* [[Rule of Cool]]: Pretty much the only reason for {{spoiler|Darth Maul's resurrection.}}

* [[Scenery Gorn]]: A number of the battle scenes qualify, as does the Empire's {{spoiler|Base Delta Zero—basically melting the surface of the planet—on Qo'noS}}.

* [[The Stars Are Going Out]]: By the galaxy cluster. This is because the Federation misused time-travel, creating too many time paradoxes for the universe to deal with. This is a bit of a problem, given that Kirk, who has time-travelled into this era, is the Federation's only hope against [[The Empire]].

* [[The Starscream]]: Khan Noonien Singh, to Grand Admiral Thrawn.

 

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