It is the thirteenth film in the Star Trek film franchise and the third installment in the reboot series after Star Trek Into Darkness 2013. The crew starts to evacuate. When he and his group were stranded on Altamid by a wormhole, the three survivors utilized the innovation of the planet's wiped out locals to draw out their lives at the cost of the others, and re-purposed their lethargic automaton specialists into the swarm. And, he just shows up riding it out of nowhere. The main villain has very little in the way of motivation, and when he explains his purpose it's quite disappointing. As Krall escapes into the starbase, Uhura and Kirk find from the Franklin's logs that he is really Balthazar Edison, previous commander of the Franklin. Kirk and Pavel Chekov, joined by Kalara, find the Enterprise's saucer segment; they trap Kalara into uncovering herself as Krall's spy.
There, the Enterprise is destroyed by a new ruthless enemy with a deep hatred of the Federation, and strands Kirk and his crew on a remote planet with no means of communication. Kirk has become rather bored by this point, and he wonders what else there is to see out there. The two navigate the area, but they must slow down since Spock is still badly wounded. Krall, now looking slightly more like his old self, takes the Abronath to Yorktown's life support hub, which would allow the black cloud to spread throughout the entire starbase. Kirk then goes with Chekhov and Kalara as they make their escape. The crew tries fighting back, but their weapons aren't strong enough, and when Sulu tries to warp them out of there, they see that the ship's thrusters have been broken off by the enemy. As the Starfleet team seeks after Krall in the Franklin, they derive that such a gigantic swarm must arrange their assaults by means of radio signs.
The movie had almost all the qualities of the original series except one - the thinking part. With the crew stranded on an unknown planet and with no apparent means of rescue, they find themselves fighting against a ruthless enemy with a well-earned hatred of the Federation and everything it stands for. They see she's with the rest of the crew at Krall's hideout, but Chekhov says they are unable to beam everyone up from there. Disappointed with this entry in the series. They start with Spock and Bones, who are about to get killed by some more drones until they are both beamed onto the Franklin. Kirk and Chekhov manage to activate the saucer's thrusters, which lift the saucer high enough until it crashes down hard, killing Kalara. Before it can be unleashed, Kirk launches Edison and the bioweapon out of Yorktown, breaking down him in space and leaving the weapon lost for eternity.
On the plus side, the cast is magnificent and the charm they bring to their roles makes this enterprise watchable. Meanwhile, Spock goes through Ambassador Spock's old materials. Still, they gang up on Kirk and attack him. Spock and Uhura reconcile their relationship. Scotty introduces himself to her as an engineer.
Krall catches and expels numerous crewmembers from the ship; he likewise has his swarm cut the Enterprise into pieces. Uhura spots a familiar face among everyone else. Kirk is holding an artifact that he claims is a gift of peace from the Fenopians, but the Teenaxi leader Shea Wigham considers it a threat. He feels that he must continue carrying out his older self's work on New Vulcan, and he wanted to tell Kirk, but Bones says he probably wouldn't like that. Star Trek to me isn't about motorcycles and loud music, it's more about exploring science fiction concepts and themes through great storytelling which this film has very little of. On the planet, Krall catches Sulu, Uhura, and different survivors. Coordinating the swarm's recurrence, they stick and perplex the swarm, wrecking nearly the whole armada.
Spock and Bones beam onto a drone ship and figure out that they need to use a distraction to get by the other drones. She defends herself, saying it was to help save her crew. Kirk Chris Pine is meeting with the Teenaxi people to make a treaty between them and their enemies, the Fenopians. Moments later, the three are ambushed by drones. Nothing in this movie is there to provoke thought, and I'm not entirely convinced that anything in the movie really makes sense, although there's nothing at the time that hit me as too absurd to live with unlike the previous movie. Kirk must then work with the elements to reunite his crew and get back to save Starbase Yorktown from this dangerous menace. In the mean time, Hikaru Sulu reunites with his family, Montgomery Scott attempts to keep the ship operational, and Spock and Nyota Uhura agreeably end their relationship; Spock likewise gets word from New Vulcan that Ambassador Spock, his partner from the first course of events, has passed on.
Krall almost kills Kirk until Uhura separates the saucer from the ship, taking Krall with her. Spock is then called aside by two elder Vulcans. Jaylah has been acknowledged into Starfleet Academy on Kirk's suggestion. Leonard McCoy scan for different survivors; Spock trusts to McCoy that he expects to leave Starfleet to proceed with the late Ambassador Spock's work. She is ready to hand him back a necklace that he gave her, but he refuses to take it back. The crew descends onto Starbase Yorktown to replenish their supplies. He locks Syl in the chamber and activates the Abronath, releasing a black cloud that wraps itself around Syl and causes her to decompose.
Only a rebellious alien warrior can help them reunite and leave the planet to stop this deadly menace from beginning a possible galactic war. They team up to rescue the rest of the crew. They find two dead bodies drained of their life force, knowing Krall did it. They agree to work together, with Scotty helping fix something of Jaylah's, and she will help him find the rest of the crew. He brings Uhura and Syl into a chamber where he demonstrates the use of the weapon. Kirk meets with Commodore Paris Shoreh Aghdashloo to apply for a position as Vice Admiral.