Star Trek within the Darkish instantly broke a powerful Starfleet file held by Captain James T. Kirk (Chris Pine). Star Trek within the Darkish was the sequel to director JJ Abrams' movie Star Trek (2009) reboot that recast the characters from Star Trek: The Authentic Sequence and place Starfleet's younger heroes in an alternate timeline. Chris Pine's Kirk lived a special life than William Shatner's Kirk, and he grew to become captain of the Enterprise years earlier than Shatner's Kirk in Star Trek's Primary timeline.
Star Trek (2009) ended with James T. Kirk and Commander Spock (Zachary Quinto) main the starship Enterprise to defeat Nero (Eric Bana), a genocidal Romulan from the twenty fourth century. For his exemplary heroism, Kirk was promoted to captain and obtained command of the USS Enterprise, changing his injured former commander, Captain Christopher Pike (Bruce Greenwood). Kirk launched the Enterprise on a brand new mission to discover unusual new worlds, and Star Trek within the Darkish picks up the story a yr later, in 2259.
Kirk didn't lose any crew from the Starship Enterprise till Star Trek Into Darkness
Not even the Redshirts died beneath Captain Kirk's watch
Star Trek within the Darkish started with Captain Kirk main a mission to Nibiru, the place the starship Enterprise prevented a volcanic eruption that may destroy the planet. Kirk's technique practically killed Spock and the Enterprise breached Star TrekThe Nibiru Prime Directive, exposing the starship to the primitive folks of Nibiru. At Starfleet Command, Admiral Pike attacked Kirk, admonishing him for practically killing his crew. Kirk replied: "Besides I didn't! Are you aware what number of crew members I misplaced? None! None!"
Taking Captain Kirk at his phrase - and Jim's delight may simply have been refuted - then Kirk had an exemplary file throughout his first yr as Captain of the Enterprise. Kirk didn't even miss any Redshirts between Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek within the Darkish. Tragically, Star Trek within the Darkish rapidly tarnished Kirk's impeccable file. Quite a few Enterprise crew members died within the movie, some horribly launched into area whereas the ship was at full warp and pursued by Admiral Alexander Marcus' (Peter Weller) USS Vengeance.
Captain Kirk additionally died in Star Trek Into Darkness (however was rapidly resurrected)
The Enterprise's physique depend additionally included its captain
Between the physique depend of Star Trek within the Darkish it was Captain James T. Kirk himself. Kirk sacrificed his life by bodily reactivating the warp core of the starship Enterprise and rapidly succumbed to radiation poisoning. Nonetheless, not like the folks he misplaced, Kirk was rapidly resurrected. After Spock and Lieutenant Nyota Uhura (Zoe Saldana) captured Khan Noonien Singh (Benedict Cumberbatch), Leonard McCoy (Karl City) used Khan's genetically modified merchandise "tremendous blood" to carry Kirk again to life.
For a superb yr earlier than the beginning of Star Trek Into Darkness, Captain Kirk stored the complete crew of the Enterprise alive.
Star Trek within the Darkish marked the one time in a Star Trek film that Captain Kirk died whereas commanding the USS Enterprise and was introduced again to life. In distinction, William Shatner's Captain Kirk died in Star Trek Generationsand he by no means rose once more. In Star Trek PastCaptain Kirk misplaced extra crew to Krall (Idris Elba) and his swarm on Altamid, and the starship Enterprise was additionally destroyed. However for a shiny yr earlier than Star Trek within the Darkish started, Captain Kirk stored his whole Enterprise crew alive.