Star Trek Beyond story
Set in the 23rd century, Kirk and the crew of USS Enterprise encounter a merciless enemy in the far reaches of space. It is the thirteenth film in the Star Trek film franchise and the third installment in the reboot series, following Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013).
10 total · 5 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| friendship | major | Kirk and Spock. Spock and McCoy. |
| interstellar space travel | major | Travel among the stars is a fundamental reality in the Star Trek universe. |
| speculative spaceship | major | The USS Enterprise. |
| the desire for vengeance | major | Krall felt betrayed by the Federation and plotted to blow up the space city Yorktown to get back at it. |
| there is strength in unity | major | Krall insisted that unity was a weakness of the Federation, but the Enterprise crew proved him wrong. This theme was an explicit message of the film. On top of that Scotty quoted his grandmother's saying of "you can't break a stick in a bundle". |
| life extension technology | minor | Krall had been using some form of life extension technology that he found on the planet to stay alive for centuries. |
| male bonding | minor | Spock and McCoy bonded while stranded together on the planet. |
| sexual norms in society | minor | It was suggested that Sulu had a husband and young daughter but it was not an issue in their society. |
| space station | minor | The Enterprise stopped at the humongous Federation space city Yorktown. |
| teleportation device | minor | The Enterprise and USS Franklin transporters were used. |