In the movie tie in novel, the story originally opened with a Starfleet colony being attacked near the Federation-Klingon Neutral Zone border. One of the people in the colony was Dr. Carol Marcus, Kirk's love interest in Star Trek II - L'ira di Khan (1982) and the mother of Kirk's son, David. When Kirk learns of the attack, he goes to see Carol in the ICU and is with her when she dies. Before she died, she claims to Kirk that even though they could see weapons fire from the sky, they couldn't see the attacking ships, foreshadowing the Klingon Bird-of-Prey that can fire while cloaked. This incident leads to the threat of a new war between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. At one point, the Organians, the superior race of beings who stopped the last war between the Federation and the Klingon Empire as seen in the original series episode "Errand of Mercy" are mentioned. (Starfleet wonders if the Organians will step in as before but they don't) It is after these prologues that the explosion of Praxis occurs, forcing peace talks. This subplot of Carol's death at the hands of the Klingons, coupled with his unresolved grief of David's death in Star Trek III - Alla ricerca di Spock (1984) plays into Kirk's reluctance to get involve in the peace talks and his outburst "Let them die!".

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