The Primate Directive # 1 is the first issue to the Star Trek/Planet of the Apes crossover.
Summary[]
It's the crossover nobody ever expected! STAR TREK: The hope for the best of mankind's future! PLANET OF THE APES: A chilling look at the fall of humanity! How could these worlds possibly collide? What could possibly cause Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise to side with Dr. Zaius to protect Ape City? And what does Colonel George Taylor have to say about it? It's a madhouse! A madhouse!!
Plot[]
In a secluded hideaway, General Marius, a gorilla soldier is speaking to a mysterious stranger. This figure in shadow gives Marius and a group of gorilla conspirators modified firearms. Marius wants to use these guns to wrest control of Ape City from the orangutans. After testing the gun itself and proving its effectiveness, Marius is pleased that these new weapons will allow him to conquer Ape City. Marius's ally the promises how the orangutans will surrender without opposition and that it will be "glorious".
Now, in a parallel reality, two Starfleet officers Sulu and Uhura masquerade as Klingons in a Klingon space station. Captain James Kirk has these two infiltrate this station after being ordered by Starfleet Command. Apparently the Klingons have found a way around the Organian Peace Treaty, which prevents both the Klingon Empire and Federation from attacking each other.
Finally reaching the main computer, Sulu uses his tricorder to begin downloading all information the Klingons have. Unfortunately for them, a Klingon appears and ruins their cover. So, both are forced to flee, but before they are executed, Kirk has them beamed on board the Enterprise.
Now on board, Uhura and Sulu have a conference with their Captain, First Officer Spock, and ship's surgeon Doctor McCoy. After going over the information gathered by the two officers, Spock deduces that the Klingons are traveling to other universes by the way of a dimensional gateway. So, Kirk orders they proceed to the portal.
Having reached it, the Enterprise fights some Klingons Birds of Prey in order to reach the portal. However, before more arrive, Kirk says that they are venturing into the portal. Doctor McCoy is cautious, but Kirk says they must if they intend to stop the Klingons from violating the treaty.
Having now passed through, the crew realizes that they are now orbiting another Earth. This one however is at least a thousand years in the future and Spock deduces that like their own Earth, this one went through it's own war that nearly destroyed the entire planet. However ship's scanners tell them that a Klingon ship is orbiting the planet.
So, Kirk, Spock and other crewmen beam down and find a Klingon. It's an old enemy of theirs Commander Kor, who is conversing with some apes, which bewilders Kirk...
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