Set after the 2009 Star Trek movie and before/during Into Darkness* After the defeat of Nero the USS Enterprise have been given a years mission with a new communications officer on board (Uhara is still in the story but dies not have a romantic relationship with Spock). Commander Leila Karen Kirk is Jim's twin sister whom he hasn't seen in 10 years. Leila is a unique human being with the power of mind control and the ability to learn new skills simply by observing once. Taken away from her family at the age of 15 Leila is the youngest cadet ever to join the Starfleet Academy per Captain Pike's request. For 10 years Starfleet had given her a mission to travel to other planets and to learn the culture and language of other alien races. After an unfortunate incident on the USS Banbury Commander Kirk is reassigned to the USS Enterprise where she is reunited with 2 men she thought she'd never see again.