Due to the mandate of Starfleet""s regulations, determined in a Starfleet Command tribunal headed by Admiral Alexander Marcus (Peter Weller), it was decided hat Kirk was to be relieved of his command of theUSS Enterprise: "They""ve taken the Enterprise away from you." With flickering lights and other structural deficiencies in the structure, plus poorly-trained personnel, the state hospital was obviously makeshift, "primitive," and seriously under-funded, and the newly-arrived doctor was exasperated.He was working with his assistant Dita Mandy (Donna Murphy).Cross traversed the rugged landscape (and crossed over a formidable mountain), arriving two days earlier than expected at an Alaskan cabin, operated by one of the other nine superagents involved in Operation Outcome.Of the seven Academy Award nominations, there were four Oscars: Goldman was awarded an Oscar for Best Story and Screenplay and Conrad Hall was honored for his cinematography.Hahn).The film, shot in Los Angeles, was significant for being one of the first to receive an Oscar nomination for Special Effects - a category recognized for the first time.