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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.

* [[Black and White Morality]]: Subverted. [[The Empire]] has launched an unprovoked invasion of [[The Federation]]; I wonder who's the good guys? At first it's obvious, but later, [[Morality Kitchen Sink|well…]]

* [[Blood Knight]]: Captain Tarsi. When Darth Nemesis says that Kirk is a legend to the Federation and that legends "are notoriously hard to kill":

* [[The Chessmaster]]: {{spoiler|Gary Mitchell}}, Khan Noonien Singh and Grand Admiral Thrawn.

* [[Cruel and Unusual Death]]: Poor Admiral Janeway is trapped in an endless, infinite time-loop where she betrays her crew to their deaths in order to save the universe from utter destruction, and then the [[Big Bad]] easily negates her efforts and tells her how useless her act is—[[Fate Worse Than Death|again, and again, and again]]. All because the author doesn't like ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''.

* [[Insistent Terminology]]: The rightfully appointed Grand Admiral Thrawn (well, rightfully appointed by the [[Evil Overlord]], but still) ''will not'' acknowledge Admiral Gideon Kittaine, whom the renegade Darth Nemesis promotes to Grand Admiral, by his new title. When he does, it's a sign to Kittaine that Thrawn will try to kill him. A nice [[Continuity Nod]] here, since in canon Thrawn never referred to the New Republic with its proper name, just "the Rebels", indicating (as with Kittaine) that he thought it illegitimate.

* [[Ironic Echo]]: The voice of the Borg Collective when it first encounters Nemesis's fleet, and Nemesis's response when his fleet {{spoiler|destroys Unimatrix 001, the heart of the Collective.}}

“We are the Galactic Empire, lower your shields and prepare to be destroyed, your biological and technological distinctiveness is about to end. Resistance is futile.” }}

* [[The Kingdom]]: The Imperium, once {{spoiler|Darth Nemesis becomes Luke Skywalker again}}.

* [[Laser Blade]]: Lightsabers, obviously.

* [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]]: Lord Darkstar, when all his plans seem to be going perfectly:

* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: Naturally. It includes ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', the crew of the USS Enterprise from ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'', and most of the characters from the six ''[[Star Wars]]'' films. This is a really, really big fanfic.

* [[Love Redeems]]: {{spoiler|Darth Nemesis}}'s love for {{spoiler|Mara Jade}} is a great part of his [[Heel Face Turn]] {{spoiler|back into Luke Skywalker}}.

* [[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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