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Set during the time of the [[Series/StarTrek original Enterprise's journey under Captain Kirk]], a mission from Star Fleet to investigate the Klingon Empire seemingly preparing for war leads to the crew ending up in a parallel universe...home to the madhouse world where humans are ruled by apes.

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Set during the time of the [[Series/StarTrek [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries original Enterprise's journey under Captain Kirk]], a mission from Star Fleet to investigate the Klingon Empire seemingly preparing for war leads to the crew ending up in a parallel universe...home to the madhouse world where humans are ruled by apes.

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* ApeShallNeverKillApe: Ursus calls out Marius over this for his plan to lead a coup, that it would inevitably lead to civil war. After besting Marius in hand-to-hand combat, Ursus still says he abides by this code just as he had a knife to Marius' throat.



* EvilVersusEvil: Ursus vs. Marius. Marius leads a coup against Ape City that Ursus is able to put a stop to but after besting Marius in combat, Zaius grimly ponders if they traded one danger for another.
* FourStarBadass: Ursus. He pretty much single-handily stops Marius' coup attempt by besting him one-on-one combat, made even more impressive considering Marius was supplied with Klingon armor and weapons.

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* EvilVersusEvil: Ursus vs. Marius. Marius leads a coup against Ape City that Ursus is able to put a stop to but after besting Marius in combat, Zaius grimly ponders if they just traded one danger for another.
* FourStarBadass: Ursus. He pretty much single-handily stops Marius' coup attempt by besting him in one-on-one combat, made even more impressive considering Marius was supplied with Klingon armor and weapons.



* MythologyGag: As one would expect from a crossover, such as;

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* {{Interquel}} [[spoiler: To the first film and ''Film/BeneathThePlanetOfTheApes'']].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Kirk's reaction upon seeing the Earth's destruction. He assumes it either had something to do with their interference in the planet or if they could have prevented this somehow]].
* MythologyGag: As one would expect from a crossover, such as;crossove;



* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: An underlining theme is the idealism of Star Trek's idealistic view of the future (represented by Kirk) and the cynical HumansAreBastards viewpoint of Planet of the Apes (represented by Taylor). [[spoiler: Cynicism ultimately seeing to win out as the book ends with the Earth still being destroyed due to the events of ''[[Film/BeneathThePlanetOfTheApes Beneath]]'' as the Enterprise crew watches in horror]].

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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Taylor attempts one by sneaking aboard the Enterprise tin hopes of using it's advanced technology to overthrow Ape society, Kirk and Spock deduce it's based out of trauma brought about by his treatment by the Apes. After a fist fight and a KirkSummation, Kirk is able to talk Taylor out of it.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: An underlining theme is the idealism of Star Trek's idealistic view of the future (represented by Kirk) and the cynical HumansAreBastards viewpoint of Planet of the Apes (represented by Taylor). [[spoiler: Cynicism ultimately seeing to win out as the book ends with the Earth still being destroyed due to the events of ''[[Film/BeneathThePlanetOfTheApes Beneath]]'' as the Enterprise crew watches in horror]].horror]].
* UnwittingPawn: How Kor views Marius. He supplies with Marius with more advanced arms and armor to lead a coup against Ape City, thus bringing the planet in the Klingon Empire with Marius as a puppet ruler. Marius, seemingly, not being aware of this.
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''Star Trek/Planet of the Apes: The Primate Directive'' is a {{Crossover}} comic between the titular ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' series, published jointly between Creator/IDWPublishing and Creator/BoomStudios. It is written by Scott and David Tipton, with artwork by Rachael Stott.

Set during the time of the [[Series/StarTrek original Enterprise's journey under Captain Kirk]], a mission from Star Fleet to investigate the Klingon Empire seemingly preparing for war leads to the crew ending up in a parallel universe...home to the madhouse world where humans are ruled by apes.

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* CurbStompBattle: Ursus inflicts a fairly decisive one against Marius. Made even more impressive as Marius was decked with help from future tech while all Ursus used was his natural skills and strength.
* DownerEnding: After the Enterprise departs to chase Kor, [[spoiler: the events of ''Film/BeneathThePlanetOfTheApes'' still occur and Earth, is destroyed by the Alpha Omega Bomb. Kirk and crew watch in horror wondering if there was anything they could have done, or if it was a result of them interfering in the first place. ]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Ursus is just as much a GeneralRipper as Marius but he's disgusted that Marius would lead a coup and plunge Apekind into a civil war. After their fight, Ursus still abides by the "ape shall not kill ape" rule while Marius goes for a cheap shot in the back.
* EvilVersusEvil: Ursus vs. Marius. Marius leads a coup against Ape City that Ursus is able to put a stop to but after besting Marius in combat, Zaius grimly ponders if they traded one danger for another.
* FourStarBadass: Ursus. He pretty much single-handily stops Marius' coup attempt by besting him one-on-one combat, made even more impressive considering Marius was supplied with Klingon armor and weapons.
* KillerGorilla: Marius takes the stage as the main one of the book, having made a deal with Kor to supply him with weapons to lead a coup against Ape City. He's swiftly put in his place by his fellow gorilla General Ursus when the two meet in hand-to-hand combat however.
* KirkSummation: But of course. Kirk uses one against Taylor to stop him going on a revenge spree against the apes for how he was treated during the events of the first film. Appealing to his nature as a fellow space explorer who went looking for a better world.
* GeneralRipper: The gorilla generals, Ursus and Marius. Zaius notes to himself the two are becoming harder to control in the wake of the declining food shortages, Marius even taken it a step further than Ursus and allying with the Klingons.
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: Seems like this at the end of the story when Cornelius, Zira, and Milo prepare to use the time travel technique they learned from Scotty to escape back into Earth's past, but anyone whose seen ''Film/EscapeFromThePlanetOfTheApes'' knows what fates await them.]]
* MythologyGag: As one would expect from a crossover, such as;
** When first touching down on Earth, Spock wears the hat he wore in "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E28TheCityOnTheEdgeOfForever The City on the Edge of Forever]]" to cover his ears once again.
** Needless to say, many classic lines from the first two Apes films are alluded to or repeated.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: An underlining theme is the idealism of Star Trek's idealistic view of the future (represented by Kirk) and the cynical HumansAreBastards viewpoint of Planet of the Apes (represented by Taylor). [[spoiler: Cynicism ultimately seeing to win out as the book ends with the Earth still being destroyed due to the events of ''[[Film/BeneathThePlanetOfTheApes Beneath]]'' as the Enterprise crew watches in horror]].

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