A hundred years after the events of the film First Contact, interaction between the Vulcans and humans has resulted in a permanent Vulcan presence on Earth. But the Vulcans have not been entirely generous in sharing information and technology, and mankind is still being held back. When a lone Klingon crash lands in Broken Bow, Oklahoma?the first ever seen by humans?a series of events transpires that thrusts mankind into deep space for the first time. Once en route to Kronos, the Enterprise encounters a genetically altered time traveling race called the Suliban, who are apparently involved in some sort of temporal cold war using the unwitting Klingons as pawns. The Enterprise crew must see Klaang, the Klingon who crashed on Earth, safely back to Kronos to avert a Klingon civil war.
