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Starfleet Detects a massive energy cloud moving toward the Federation.
The iconic starship Enterprise undergoes extensive upgrades and refit at spacedock.
Enterprise sets out on its mission to intercept and investigate the approaching V'Ger energy cloud.
Enterprise encounters V'Ger and attempts communication.
A Klingon vessel pursuing Enterprise is destroyed by V'Ger, demonstrating its power.
Crew uncovers that V'Ger is the Voyager 6 probe, modified and sent back by machine intelligence.
Plot reveals V'Ger's mission to find its creator in order to merge and evolve.
Admiral James T. Kirk assumes command of the Enterprise to lead mission against V'Ger.
Kirk and Enterprise crew successfully integrate with V'Ger, quelling its destructive mission.
V'Ger evolves beyond its original programming and departs with the merged entity.