<P> The game was originally released in 1993 with "limited edition" white box packaging but later releases had "general edition" black box packaging with updated graphics and flavor text . </P> <P> The USS Enterprise - D has docked at Starbase 74 to undergo repairs to a damaged computer core that has been causing low - level malfunctions . The ship is practically empty, because Captain Jean - Luc Picard has granted shore leave to all personnel . The only people on the ship are the Starbase engineering team (the players) assigned to repairs . </P> <P> Before the repairs are complete, Kavok, a Klingon who believes the Federation - Klingon alliance has made the Empire weak, hijacks the Enterprise and sets a course for the Klingon homeworld (Qo'noS), where he plans on using the Enterprise to start a war between the two space - faring powers . </P> <P> The objective of the game is to regain control of the Enterprise and stop Kavok's plan . To do so, players will need to secure access to five levels of the main computer, obtain a phaser from Security, and successfully crawl down a Jeffries tube to access the Bridge, all within the 60 minutes before the ship reaches the Klingon home world . </P>

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