Star Trek : Starfleet Academy ( game ) Star Trek : Starfleet Academy is a computer game , developed and published by Interplay , in which the player takes the role of a cadet at Starfleet Academy taking command classes who becomes involved with a plot involving a terrorist group known as the Vanguard . The game is enhanced with numerous interactive live action scenes that can affect crew performance , which feature William Shatner as Kirk , Walter Koenig as Pavel Chekov , and George Takei as Captain Hikaru Sulu as celebrity guest instructors at the school . The game features a number of simulator training missions – including the dreaded Kobayashi Maru scenario . Others are based on the exploits of Kirk ' s " Enterprise " : for instance , a simulated recreation of Battle of the Mutara Nebula , which Captain Kirk notes ruefully is used to reinforce the need to take the proper defensive precautions when encountering a non - communicative ship he neglected in the actual incident . Summary . Plot . In the year 2288 , two years before Captain Sulu takes command of the , Cadet David Forrester ( the player ) enrolls in Starfleet Academy ' s command college . There , he is tasked to work with a team and build a bridge crew . At first , the team ' s bristling personalities do not coalesce very well . Despite success in their simulated training missions , Cadet Geoff Corin , the helmsman , and Cadet Robin Brady , the engineer , struggle academically ; Corin because of his penchant for an active social life and Brady because of his introverted personality and both of whom have taken a liking to Cadet Faith Gage . As captain of the team , Forrester struggles to deal with his teammates difficulties and ultimately sets them on the right paths , but , problems are complicated further when Cadet Vanda M ' Giia , the Andorian communications officer , suffers a tragic personal loss when her mother is killed when an unknown attacker destroys her home colony on the planet Biceia . Meanwhile , Commander Chekov enlists Forrester ' s help in developing new simulator missions for use at the Academy . Within the ranks of the cadets , there is a ground swell of anti - Klingon sentiment , many of whom believe that the Empire is responsible for the destruction of the Federation colony . A group known as the " Vanguard " , led by Cadet Frank Malan , begin speaking out about Federation policies towards potentially aggressive races , such as the Klingons and the Romulan s . Soon , Forrester ' s Vulcan science officer , Sturek , is involved in a mysterious explosion at an Academy science lab containing data revealing who the real attackers of the colony were . Sturek is confined to quarters and an investigation is launched . While the command staff believe that Sturek is innocent , they recruit Forrester to help them determine who the real culprits are , after Forrester learns how James Kirk reprogrammed the " Kobayashi Maru " scenario from the captain himself . Forrester is confronted by Faith Gage , who informs Forrester that she believes that Brady may have been involved in the bombing , having observed a bomb schematic in his quarters shortly before the explosion . Because of Forrester ' s work with Chekov , he is able to access the Academy ' s computer lab and the two of them set out to confirm Gage ' s findings , but , when it becomes clear that it was she who was responsible for the explosion and that she is a member of the Vanguard , she attempts to kill Forrester with a phaser , only to be apprehended by Captain Sulu . Sturek is cleared of all suspicion . However , the Vulcan soon sets to work to recover the data that was lost in the explosion and determine who the attackers of Biceia really were . Captain Kirk soon delivers a fragment of the attacking vessel from another incident to Sturek and he and Forrester set to work to analyze it . Meanwhile , Brady informs Forrester that M ' Giia has been attending Vanguard meetings . Wounded over the death of her mother , she believed that the Vanguard had all the answers she was looking for . Confronted by Forrester , the two of them hatch a plan to infiltrate the organization . The Vanguard ( with Malan in particular ) hope to install Captain Kirk – their personal hero because of his experience in dealing with the Klingons and his penchant for molding Starfleet rules and regulations – as the leader of the " New Federation " and set explosives in the offices of key Federation officials and Starfleet security . Forrester brings Kirk with him and deceives the Vanguard into believing that Kirk will cooperate with them . However , Forrester uses the opportunity to blow out the timers on the explosives while Kirk subdues the Vanguard with a phaser set on wide - angle stun . Shortly before graduation , Forrester and Sturek are able to complete their analysis of the alien attackers , whom Sturek names the " Meclanti " , and believe they have found a way to communicate with them by mimicking their actions . The Academy board is impressed and , with Captain Kirk ' s convincing , gives Forrester ' s crew of cadets command of the " Enterprise " for two months in an attempt to locate the Meclanti . The new crew of the " Enterprise " sets out into space . Near the Klingon Neutral Zone , the " Enterprise " finds more evidence of Meclanti attacks and is soon alerted by a distress call from a Klingon planet that the Meclanti are in Klingon space . With permission obtained from the Klingon planet to cross the border , the " Enterprise " comes face to face with the Meclanti . Sturek ' s plan to mimic the actions of the Meclanti proves successful and communications are established . The " Enterprise " crew learns that the Meclanti are searching for a planet rich in dilithium crystal s to sustain themselves and promise to find them such a world within Federation space . However , a rogue band of Klingon ships arrive and plan to destroy the aliens once and for all by detonating the system ' s star and wipe them out with a supernova . The " Enterprise " is able to destroy the rogue Klingons , save the Meclanti , and keep them out of the tensions between the Federation and the Empire . Returning command of the " Enterprise " back to Captain Kirk , the captain informs them that Chancellor Gorkon is most impressed with the Federation ' s actions in this matter . While Kirk is skeptical about Gorkon ' s motives , he raises a toast to the next generation of Starfleet of which Forrester and his crew is sure to be a part of .