ðɪ ˈɛntɚpɹˌaɪzɐ həznɑːt jˈɛt bˌɪn dˌiːkəmˈɪʃənd dᵻspˈaɪt ðə fˈækt ðætðɪ ˈɔːɹdɚ tə ɹᵻtˈɜːn tə spˈeɪsdɑːk fɔːɹ dˌiːkəmˈɪʃənɪŋ wʌz ɡˈɪvən ˌɔn stˈɑːɹdeɪt nˈaɪn θˈaʊzənd fˈaɪvhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti nˈaɪn.wˈʌnðɪs ɪz ɪnðə ʃˈɔːɹt sˈiːn ɪn ˌaʊɚ jˈuːnɪvˌɜːsænd sˈuːluːz fˈɜːst lˈɔɡ wʌz ˌɔn stˈɑːɹdeɪt nˈaɪn θˈaʊzənd fˈaɪvhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi fˈaɪv.nˈaɪn, bˌʌt sˈuːluː ɪz ɪn kəmˈænd ʌvðɪ ɛksˈɛlsjɚ, plˈeɪsɪŋ ðə ɡˈeɪm sˈʌmwɛɹ ɪnðə tˈaɪm fɹˈeɪm ˈæftɚ stˈɑːɹ tɹˈɛk vˌiːˈaɪ: ðɪ ʌndɪskˈʌvɚd kˈʌntɹi sˈuːluː dˈʌz ɹˈɛfɹəns ðɪ ᵻvˈɛnts ʌvðə fˈɪlm ɪn wˈʌn ʌvðə kˈʌtsiːnz, plˈeɪsɪŋ ðə ɡˈeɪm ˈæftɚ ðə fˈɪlm.
The Enterprise-A has not yet been decommissioned (despite the fact that the order to return to Spacedock for decommissioning was given on Stardate 9529.1-this is in the short scene in 'our' universe-and Sulu's first log was on Stardate 9585.9), but Sulu is in command of the Excelsior, placing the game somewhere in the time frame after Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Sulu does reference the events of the film in one of the cutscenes, placing the game after the film).