QWhat is 'Generations' about?
AIn the late 23rd century, a mysterious energy ribbon called the Nexus cripples the Enterprise-B, and sucks Captain Kirk into outer space. Seventy-eight years later, the Enterprise-D finds itself facing this same energy ribbon, and now it's Captain Picard's turn to deal with it. Unfortunately, El-Aurian scientist Tolian Soran (Malcolm McDowell) who was previously pulled from the Nexus by Kirk and his crew, has been desperately trying to get back into it and will stop at nothing to make it so, even if it means destroying entire star systems. Guinan, who has also been inside the Nexus, thinks that the only one who can help Picard stop Soran is Captain Kirk, who has been living in the Nexus since he was pulled into it all those years ago.
ATrilithium is a fictional compound that works as a nuclear inhibitor able to stop all fusion within a star and cause it to go supernova. Soran stole it from the Romulans, which is why they came looking for it and killed everyone on the observatory. He has made a deal with the treacherous Klingon Duras sisters -- Lursa (Barbara March) and B'Etor (Gwynyth Walsh) -- to supply them with his research on trilithium in return for their aid in returning him to the Nexus.
QHow many movies are in the Star Trek franchise?
ASo far, there are 12. Star Trek: Generations was preceded by Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989), and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), all of which feature the Enterprise captained by James T Kirk. It was followed by Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), all of which feature the Enterprise captained by Jean-Luc Picard. Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) harken to an alternate reality in which Kirk was just beginning his career with Starfleet Academy.
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