After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.
Against the backdrop of a war between humans and robots with artificial intelligence, a former soldier finds the secret weapon, a robot in the form of a young child.
When a militia of unidentified hostiles coordinates a coup against the U.S., the president uncovers the extent of The Beast's highly classified offensive capabilities in order to save his life and America.