In 2063, Earth made its first contact with an alien species, launching the planet and its inhabitants onto an interstellar stage.
In the next century, United Earth established a space exploration and defense service called Starfleet and co-founded The United Federation of Planets, a benevolent organization of hundreds of worlds.
The chronicles of Starfleet are collectively known as the Star Trek Universe. Superhuman tyrant Khan seeks revenge on James T. Kirk for defeating and stranding him and his cohorts on a planet, years ago. Khan hijacks a starship, steals the Genesis Device, and sets a deadly trap for the crew of the Enterprise.
But Captain Spock is not afraid to make the ultimate sacrifice to save them, because "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few—or the one."