David Forester, a young human cadet at Starfleet Academy who is going through the extensive command training system that uses several simulator scenarios of missions with a variety of ship classes. He must prove himself, his crew that's prone to infighting and Kirk that he is worthy of the captain's chair. The true test though arrives when your Vulcan member of the bridge crew gets hurt in an explosion. The first signs of a conspiracy that wants to push the Klingons and the Federation into another bloody conflict emerge here.