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In the Romulan system, there are two sister planets: Romulus and Remus. Half of the planet Remus is in constant darkness. The inhabitants of Remus (called the "Remans") live exclusively on the dark side of the planet, because the side with light is too hot. The Remans' faces are bat-like, and they prefer darkness to light.
For ages, the Romulans have been oppressing the Remans, and using them as slaves. Because of this, the Remans have been planning a revolution to take over the Romulan government. Leading the Reman cause is a human named Shinzon. Shinzon is in his mid-twenties, and is bald. Shinzon plans to take over the Romulan government with his dangerous weapon: A device that can destroy all organic matter. He also has a very large and powerful ship, called The Scimitar. Shinzon and his right-hand man, the Viceroy, kill many Romulans in the Romulan senate with this organic destroying device.
On Earth, (Alaska, specifically) there is a reception celebrating the upcoming wedding of Will Riker and Deanna Troi. Picard is to be the Best Man. Guinan and Wesley are at the celebration. Riker's beard is back, as well as Geordi's ocular implants. Geordi is now Leah Brahams' boyfriend. Worf is drunk from Romulan ale at the previous night's bachelor party. Riker plays the trombone and Data sings "Blue Skies." Picard is having a good time, but is feeling old.
Later, back on the Enterprise, the crew is on their way to Betazed for the wedding ceremony. Worf is upset, because the wedding is supposed to be in the nude.
After scanning some unusual positronic readings on a planet called Kolarus III, Picard decides to delay their trip and go to the planet. There, the landing party (in a Starfleet Jeep, driven by Picard) finds the body parts of a Data look-alike android named B-9, who has the mind of a child. They are then attacked by unknown aliens. After an exciting jeep-riding scene, they escape. They then take B-9 back to the ship and reassemble him. Data is fascinated by his new "brother."
Soon, Picard is told by Admiral Janeway that there is a new Reman Praetor on Romulus, named Shinzon. He wants a Federation envoy to negotiate with him. Picard is assigned to the task because he is the nearest ship in the area.
Data uploads his memory into B-9 to help him gain intellect, but it does not work. B-9 still has the mind of a child.
The Enterprise arrives in Romulan space. There they see Shinzon's powerful gigantic Reman warbird: The Scimitar. Picard, Troi and other crewmembers beam aboard the Scimitar. During negotiations, we discover Shinzon is actually a clone of some sort. Picard returns to the Enterprise. Here, they discover that Shinzon is actually a clone of... Picard himself! Picard returns to the Scimitar to discuss this with Shinzon. Shinzon explains to Picard that Shinzon was created years ago by the Romulans as a clone of Picard, and has a rapid aging process to eventually catch up with Picard's age. The plan was for Shinzon to replace Picard so the Romulans would have a spy. But the Romulans abandoned the plan years ago. Lying, Shinzon insists that he wants peace between the Romulans and the Remans. Picard returns to the Enterprise.
The Viceroy and Shinzon discuss their REAL plan: To take over the Federation as well as the Romulans. Due to the accellerated aging problems, Shinzon is degenerating and dying. Shinzon needs ALL of Picard's blood to stay alive. The Viceroy has mental powers that enable him to read Troi's mind. This causes distressing hallucinations in Troi, much to Riker's chagrin. We learn that B-9, a prototype, was deliberately left on Kolarus III by Shinzon , knowing it would be taken to the Enterprise and reactivated. Shinzon remotely activates B-9 and uses him to spy on the Enterprise (similar to how Geordi's visor was able to spy on the Enterprise crew in "Generations.") Though B-9 is innocently unaware of this.
Because Shinzon needs Picard's blood, Shinzon beams B-9 aboard the Scimitar and uses the information obtained by B-9 to beam Picard off the Enterprise and kidnap him aboard the Scimitar.
Fortunately, B-9 is actually Data pretending to be B-9. This ruse helps Data rescue Picard. They escape the Scimitar by maneuvering a stolen shuttle throughout the Scimitar's huge corridors, and manage to make it back to the Enterprise.
Later, on Troi is able to use her mind-link with the Viceroy to uncover information to help them find the Scimitar, since the ship can cloak.
The Scimitar and other Reman ships fight the Enterprise. Some Romulan ships arrive and help turn the tide of battle to Picard's favor.
During the final Scimitar vs. Enterprise ship battle (in a nebula called the "Bassen Rift"), Picard rams the Enterprise into the Scimitar, where the two ships are locked together briefly before they tear apart again. Picard now watches the battle through a large hole on the bridge instead of a viewscreen.
Some Remans also beam aboard the Enterprise, so many of them fight hand-to-hand with Starfleet crewmen. Riker gets his revenge on the Viceroy by booting him to his death down a shaft on the Enterprise, stating "Don't worry. Hell is dark."
Defeated, Shinzon is now intent on activating his organic destroying device to destroy the Enterprise. Picard beams aboard the Scimitar, and manages to kill Shinzon by impaling him with a spear-like metal rod. Data jumps through the hole on the Enterprise bridge, floats through space, and collides with the partially-cloaked Scimitar and works his way inside. Data rescues Picard by using a one-way emergency portable beaming device to beam Picard back the Enterprise. Data sacrifices himself by firing a hand phaser at the Scimitar's warp core. This destroys the Scimitar and the organic destroying device.
Later, the crew says their goodbyes to one another. As the Enterprise is being refitted, we see Riker leave to take command of the USS Titan. Beverly goes to Starfleet Medical. Picard gets seatbelts on the Enterprise, and a new young crew comes aboard.
The film ends with B-9 singing "Blue Skies". This reveals B-9 has Data's memories, and therefore Data's essence may not be dead after all.
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OK, let me see if we can put this in a way you can understand. . .
Um heap big script bilong Logan him on net many moons. Um brave him require heap big spoiler go for reading online script. Um brave him require no spoiler, him not read online script. Um brave no need summary shat from rear end of hippopotamus. You savvy?
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Let me sum up what people are trying to say here...
The ST10 script has been online for months. Therefore, the plot is well known, and this summary contains no new information whatsoever. If people wanted to read a summary, they'd go look for one. This isn't news, and it isn't interesting. It also sounds like it was written by a first-grader.
And that's why I'm locking this thread.
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