Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005): Season 1, Episode 1 - Broken Bow: Part I - full transcript

Enterprise, Earth's first Warp 5 vessel, embarks on a dangerous first mission: bringing back a chased Klingon to his home world of Qo'noS.

BOY: WHERE NO MAN

HAS GONE BEFORE.

MAN: DR. COCHRANE WOULD

BE PROUD OF YOU.

I KNOW THE WHOLE SPEECH

BY HEART.

WHEN'S IT GONNA BE READY TO FLY?

MAN: LET THE PAINT DRY FIRST.

NO, I MEAN YOUR SHIP.

MAN: NOT FOR A WHILE.

IT'S NOT EVEN BUILT YET.



YOU KNOW THAT.

HOW BIG WILL IT BE?

PRETTY BIG.

BIGGER THAN

AMBASSADOR POINTY'S SHIP?

HIS NAME IS SOVAL,

AND HE'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL,

AND I TOLD YOU NOT TO CALL HIM

THAT, JONATHAN.

WELL, BILLY COOK SAID WE'D

BE FLYING AT WARP 5 BY NOW

IF THE VULCANS HADN'T

KEPT THINGS FROM US.

MAN: WELL, THEY HAVE



THEIR REASONS.

[ CHUCKLES ]

GOD KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE.

[ PANTING ]

[ GRUNTS ]

[ GUN CHARGES ]

MAN: DROP YOUR WEAPON.

I MEAN IT!

[ SPEAKING KLINGON ]

I DON'T UNDERSTAND

A WORD YOU'RE SAYING,

BUT I GUARANTEE YOU,

I KNOW HOW TO USE THIS.

[ SPEAKING KLINGON ]

MAN: ♪ IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD ♪

♪ GETTING FROM THERE TO HERE ♪

♪ IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME ♪

♪ BUT MY TIME IS FINALLY NEAR ♪

♪ AND I WILL SEE MY DREAM

COME ALIVE AT LAST ♪

♪ I WILL TOUCH THE SKY ♪

♪ AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA

HOLD ME DOWN NO MORE ♪

♪ NO, THEY'RE NOT GONNA

CHANGE MY MIND ♪

♪ 'CAUSE I'VE GOT FAITH ♪

♪ OF THE HEART ♪

♪ I'M GOING WHERE MY HEART

WILL TAKE ME ♪

♪ I'VE GOT FAITH TO BELIEVE ♪

♪ I CAN DO ANYTHING ♪

♪ I'VE GOT STRENGTH

OF THE SOUL ♪

♪ AND NO ONE'S GONNA BEND

OR BREAK ME ♪

♪ I CAN REACH ANY STAR ♪

♪ I'VE GOT FAITH ♪

♪ I'VE GOT, I'VE GOT, I'VE GOT ♪

♪ I'VE GOT FAITH ♪

♪ FAITH OF THE HEART ♪

MAN: THE VENTRAL PLATING TEAM

SAYS THEY'LL BE DONE

IN ABOUT THREE DAYS.

BE SURE THEY MATCH THE COLOR

TO THE NACELLE HOUSINGS.

PLANNING TO SIT ON THE HULL

AND POSE FOR SOME POSTCARDS?

MAN: MAYBE.

MAN: [ CHUCKLES ]

[ SIGHS ]

GOD, SHE'S BEAUTIFUL.

AND FAST.

WARP 4.5 NEXT THURSDAY.

NEPTUNE AND BACK IN SIX MINUTES.

MAN: WHOO.

MAN: [ CHUCKLES ]

MAN: LET'S TAKE A LOOK

AT THE LATERAL SENSOR ARRAY.

MAN: GIVE ME A SEC.

SLOW DOWN.

THERE.

THOSE ARE THE PORTS THAT BUCKLED

DURING THE LAST TEST.

THEY NEED TO BE REINFORCED.

[ COMPUTER BEEPING ]

GREAT.

YOU SCRATCHED THE PAINT.

SORRY.

[ COMPUTER BEEPS ]

ORBITAL SIX.

Man: Captain Archer, sir.

ARCHER: GO AHEAD.

Admiral Forrest needs you

at Starfleet Medical right away.

MAN: WHO WAS CHASING HIM?

VULCAN: WE DON'T KNOW.

THEY WERE INCINERATED

IN THE METHANE EXPLOSION,

AND THE FARMER'S DESCRIPTION

WAS VAGUE AT BEST.

HOW DID THEY GET HERE?

WHAT KIND OF SHIP?

VULCAN: THEY WERE USING SOME

KIND OF STEALTH TECHNOLOGY.

WE'RE STILL ANALYZING

OUR SENSOR LOGS.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE LOGS.

VULCAN: THE KLINGONS

MADE IT VERY CLEAR

THEY WANT US TO EXPEDITE THIS.

IT HAPPENED ON OUR SOIL.

THAT'S IRRELEVANT.

AMBASSADOR,

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,

WE HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

YOU WILL BE APPRISED OF

ALL PERTINENT INFORMATION.

AND JUST WHO GETS TO DECIDE

WHAT'S PERTINENT INFORMATION?

ADMIRAL.

JON.

I THINK YOU KNOW EVERYONE.

NOT EVERYONE.

MAN: IT'S A KLINGOT.

A KLINGON.

WHERE'D HE COME FROM?

MAN: OKLAHOMA.

A CORN FARMER NAMED MOORE

SHOT HIM WITH A PLASMA RIFLE.

SAYS IT WAS SELF-DEFENSE.

VULCAN: FORTUNATELY,

SOVAL AND I

HAVE MAINTAINED

CLOSE CONTACT WITH KRONOS

SINCE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.

KRONOS?

IT'S THE KLINGONS' HOMEWORLD.

THIS GENTLEMAN'S

SOME SORT OF A COURIER.

EVIDENTLY, HE WAS CARRYING

CRUCIAL INFORMATION

BACK TO HIS PEOPLE.

WHEN HE WAS NEARLY KILLED

BY YOUR FARMER.

AMBASSADOR SOVAL

THINKS IT WOULD BE BEST

IF WE PUSH OFF YOUR LAUNCH

UNTIL WE'VE CLEARED THIS UP.

WELL, ISN'T THAT A SURPRISE?

YOU'D THINK THEY WOULD HAVE

COME UP WITH SOMETHING

A LITTLE MORE IMAGINATIVE

THIS TIME.

SARCASM ASIDE, CAPTAIN,

THE LAST THING YOUR PEOPLE NEED

IS TO MAKE AN ENEMY

OF THE KLINGON EMPIRE.

IF WE HADN'T CONVINCED THEM

TO LET US TAKE KLAANG'S CORPSE

BACK TO KRONOS,

EARTH WOULD MOST LIKELY

BE FACING A SQUADRON OF WARBIRDS

BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

CORPSE?

IS HE DEAD?

EXCUSE ME.

IS THIS MAN DEAD?

HIS AUTONOMIC SYSTEM

WAS DISRUPTED BY THE BLAST,

BUT HIS REDUNDANT

NEURAL FUNCTION --

IS HE GOING TO DIE?

NOT NECESSARILY.

LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT.

YOU'RE GONNA DISCONNECT

THIS MAN FROM LIFE SUPPORT

EVEN THOUGH HE COULD LIVE.

NOW, WHERE'S THE LOGIC IN THAT?

KLAANG'S CULTURE FINDS

HONOR IN DEATH.

IF THEY SAW HIM LIKE THIS,

HE'D BE DISGRACED.

VULCAN: THEY'RE A WARRIOR RACE.

THEY DREAM OF DYING IN BATTLE.

IF YOU UNDERSTOOD

THE COMPLEXITIES

OF INTERSTELLAR DIPLOMACY --

SO THAT'S

YOUR DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION?

TO DO WHAT THEY TELL YOU?

PULL THE PLUG?

YOUR METAPHOR IS CRUDE...

BUT ACCURATE.

WE MAY BE CRUDE,

BUT WE'RE NOT MURDERERS.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA LET THEM

DO THIS, ARE YOU?

VULCAN: THE KLINGONS

HAVE DEMANDED

THAT WE RETURN

KLAANG IMMEDIATELY.

ADMIRAL?

WE MAY NEED TO DEFER

TO THEIR JUDGMENT.

WE'VE BEEN DEFERRING TO THEIR

JUDGMENT FOR A HUNDRED YEARS.

ADMIRAL: JON.

ARCHER: HOW MUCH LONGER?

WOMAN: UNTIL YOU'VE PROVEN

YOU'RE READY.

READY TO WHAT?

TO LOOK BEYOND YOUR

PROVINCIAL ATTITUDES

AND YOUR VOLATILE NATURE.

VOLATILE?

YOU HAVE NO IDEA

HOW MUCH I'M RESTRAINING MYSELF

FROM KNOCKING YOU ON YOUR ASS.

THESE KLINGONS, THEY'RE ANXIOUS

TO GET THEIR MAN BACK.

FINE. I CAN HAVE MY SHIP

READY TO GO IN THREE DAYS.

WE'LL TAKE HIM BACK HOME...

ALIVE.

VULCAN: THIS IS NO TIME TO BE

IMPOSING YOUR ETHICAL BELIEFS.

DAN?

WHAT ABOUT YOUR CREW?

YOUR COM OFFICER'S IN BRAZIL.

YOU HAVEN'T SELECTED

A MEDICAL OFFICER YET.

THREE DAYS -- THAT'S ALL I NEED.

ADMIRAL?

WE'VE BEEN WAITING

FOR NEARLY A CENTURY,

AMBASSADOR.

THIS SEEMS AS GOOD A TIME AS ANY

TO GET STARTED.

LISTEN TO ME.

YOU'RE MAKING A MISTAKE!

ARCHER: WHEN YOUR LOGIC DOESN'T

WORK, YOU RAISE YOUR VOICE?

YOU'VE BEEN ON EARTH TOO LONG.

I HAD A FEELING THEIR APPROACH

WOULDN'T SIT TOO WELL WITH YOU.

DON'T SCREW THIS UP.

MAN: I HEARD THIS PLATFORM'S

BEEN APPROVED

FOR BIO-TRANSPORT.

MAN: I PRESUME YOU MEAN

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

I MEAN ARMORY OFFICERS

AND HELMSMEN.

I DON'T THINK I'M QUITE READY

TO HAVE MY MOLECULES COMPRESSED

INTO A DATA STREAM.

THEY CLAIM IT'S SAFE.

MAN: DO THEY, INDEED?

WELL, I CERTAINLY HOPE

THE CAPTAIN DOESN'T PLAN

ON MAKING US USE IT.

DON'T WORRY.

FROM WHAT I'M TOLD,

HE WOULDN'T EVEN PUT HIS

DOG THROUGH THIS THING.

[ SIGHS ]

OHH.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS.

I ASK FOR PLASMA COILS,

AND THEY SEND ME

A CASE OF VALVE SEALANT.

THERE'S NO CHANCE

I CAN HAVE THESE WEAPONS ONLINE

IN THREE DAYS.

WE'RE JUST TAKING A SICK MAN

BACK TO HIS HOMEWORLD.

WHY DO WE NEED WEAPONS?

DIDN'T YOU READ THE PROFILE

REPORT ON THESE KLINGONS?

MNH-MNH.

APPARENTLY,

THEY SHARPEN THEIR TEETH

BEFORE THEY GO INTO BATTLE.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

NO DOUBT MR. TUCKER

WILL REASSURE ME

THAT MY EQUIPMENT

WILL BE HERE TOMORROW.

[ Imitating Tucker ] "KEEP

YOUR SHIRT ON, LIEUTENANT."

IS IT ME, OR DOES THE ARTIFICIAL

GRAVITY SEEM A BIT HEAVY?

[ Normal voice ]

FEELS ALL RIGHT.

EARTH SEA LEVEL.

MY FATHER ALWAYS

KEPT IT AT .8 "G" --

THOUGHT IT PUT

A LITTLE SPRING IN HIS STEP.

AFTER BEING RAISED

ON CARGO SHIPS,

IT MUST HAVE FELT LIKE YOU

HAD LEAD IN YOUR BOOTS

WHEN YOU GOT TO EARTH.

[PEOPLE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

MAN: BEAUTIFUL.

LOCK IT OFF RIGHT THERE.

MAN: I BELIEVE

YOU MISSED A SPOT.

COMMANDER TUCKER,

ENSIGN TRAVIS MAYWEATHER.

HE JUST ARRIVED.

OUR SPACE BOOMER.

HOW FAST HAVE YOU GOTTEN HER?

WARP 4.

WE'LL BE GOING TO 4.5

AS SOON AS WE CLEAR JUPITER.

THINK YOU CAN HANDLE IT?

4.5?

MAN: PARDON ME,

BUT IF I DON'T REALIGN

THE DEFLECTOR,

THE FIRST GRAIN OF SPACE DUST

WE COME ACROSS

WILL BLOW A HOLE THROUGH

THIS SHIP THE SIZE OF YOUR FIST.

KEEP YOUR SHIRT ON, LIEUTENANT.

YOUR EQUIPMENT WILL BE HERE

IN THE MORNING.

[ WOMAN SPEAKING KLINGON ]

[ PEOPLE REPEATING

IN KLINGON]

VERY GOOD.

[ SPEAKING KLINGON ]

[ REPEATING IN KLINGON ]

CARLOS.

[ SPEAKING KLINGON ]

[ CARLOS REPEATING IN KLINGON ]

[ SPEAKING KLINGON ]

[ REPEATING IN KLINGON ]

WOMAN: TIGHTEN THE BACK

OF YOUR TONGUE.

[ WOMAN SPEAKING KLINGON ]

[ CARLOS REPEATING IN KLINGON ]

KEEP TRYING.

YOU'VE ALMOST GOT IT.

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

IT'S TWO MORE WEEKS

BEFORE EXAMS.

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE

FOR ME TO LEAVE NOW.

YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE SOMEONE

WHO CAN COVER FOR YOU.

IF THERE WAS ANYONE ELSE

WHO CAN DO WHAT I DO,

YOU WOULDN'T BE SO EAGER

TO HAVE ME ON YOUR SPACESHIP.

HOSHI.

I'M SORRY, CAPTAIN.

I OWE IT TO THESE KIDS.

I COULD ORDER YOU.

I'M ON LEAVE FROM STARFLEET,

REMEMBER?

YOU WOULD HAVE TO

FORCIBLY RECALL ME,

WHICH WOULD

REQUIRE A REPRIMAND,

WHICH WOULD DISQUALIFY ME

FROM SERVING ON

AN ACTIVE VESSEL.

I NEED SOMEONE

WITH YOUR EAR.

AND YOU'LL HAVE HER

IN THREE WEEKS.

[ SPEAKING KLINGON ]

W-WHAT'S THAT?

KLINGON.

AMBASSADOR SOVAL

GAVE US A SAMPLING

OF THEIR LINGUISTIC DATABASE.

I THOUGHT YOU SAID THE VULCANS

WERE OPPOSED TO THIS.

THEY ARE.

BUT WE AGREED TO MAKE

A FEW COMPROMISES.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW

ABOUT THESE KLINGONS?

NOT MUCH.

AN EMPIRE OF WARRIORS...

WITH 80 POLYGUTTURAL DIALECTS

CONSTRUCTED

ON AN ADAPTIVE SYNTAX.

TURN IT UP.

[ SPEAKING KLINGON ]

ARCHER: THINK OF IT.

YOU'D BE THE FIRST HUMAN

TO TALK TO THESE PEOPLE.

DO YOU REALLY WANT

SOMEONE ELSE TO DO IT?

SINCE WHEN DO WE HAVE

VULCAN SCIENCE OFFICERS?

SINCE WE NEEDED

THEIR STARCHARTS

TO GET TO KRONOS.

SO WE GET A FEW MAPS, AND THEY

GET TO PUT A SPY ON OUR SHIP?

ADMIRAL FORREST SAYS

WE SHOULD THINK OF HER

MORE AS A CHAPERONE.

I THOUGHT

THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS

WAS TO GET AWAY

FROM THE VULCANS.

FOUR DAYS THERE

AND FOUR DAYS BACK.

THEN SHE'S GONE.

IN THE MEANTIME,

WE'RE TO EXTEND HER

EVERY COURTESY.

I DON'T KNOW.

I'D BE MORE COMFORTABLE

WITH PORTHOS ON THE BRIDGE.

[ CHUCKLES ]

[ DOOR CHIMES ]

HERE WE GO.

COME IN.

THIS CONFIRMS THAT I WAS

TRANSFERRED TO YOUR COMMAND

AT 0800 HOURS.

REPORTING FOR DUTY.

[ SNIFFING ]

IS THERE A PROBLEM?

NO, SIR.

OH, I FORGOT.

VULCAN FEMALES HAVE

A HEIGHTENED SENSE OF SMELL.

I HOPE PORTHOS ISN'T

TOO OFFENSIVE TO YOU.

VULCAN: I'VE BEEN TRAINED TO

TOLERATE OFFENSIVE SITUATIONS.

I TOOK A SHOWER THIS MORNING.

HOW ABOUT YOU, CAPTAIN?

I'M SORRY. THIS IS

COMMANDER CHARLES TUCKER III.

SUBCOMMANDER T'POL.

TRIP. I'M CALLED TRIP.

I'LL TRY TO REMEMBER THAT.

WHILE YOU MAY NOT SHARE OUR

ENTHUSIASM ABOUT THIS MISSION,

I EXPECT YOU TO FOLLOW

OUR RULES.

WHAT'S SAID IN THIS ROOM

AND OUT ON THAT BRIDGE

IS PRIVILEGED INFORMATION.

I DON'T WANT EVERY WORD I SAY

BEING PICKED APART THE NEXT DAY

BY THE VULCAN HIGH COMMAND.

MY REASON FOR BEING HERE

IS NOT ESPIONAGE.

MY SUPERIORS SIMPLY ASKED ME

TO ASSIST YOU.

YOUR SUPERIORS DON'T THINK

WE CAN FLUSH A TOILET

WITHOUT ONE OF YOU TO ASSIST US.

I DIDN'T REQUEST

THIS ASSIGNMENT, CAPTAIN,

AND YOU CAN BE CERTAIN

THAT WHEN THIS MISSION'S OVER,

I'LL BE AS PLEASED TO LEAVE THIS

SHIP AS YOU'LL BE TO HAVE ME GO.

[ WHIMPERING ]

IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE.

THAT'LL BE ALL.

WHEN ZEFRAM COCHRANE

MADE HIS LEGENDARY WARP FLIGHT

90 YEARS AGO

AND DREW THE ATTENTION OF

OUR NEW FRIENDS, THE VULCANS,

WE REALIZED THAT WE WEREN'T

ALONE IN THE GALAXY.

TODAY, WE ARE ABOUT TO CROSS

A NEW THRESHOLD.

FOR NEARLY A CENTURY,

WE'VE WADED ANKLE-DEEP

IN THE OCEAN OF SPACE.

NOW IT'S FINALLY TIME TO SWIM.

[ APPLAUSE,

INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

THE WARP 5 ENGINE

WOULDN'T BE A REALITY

WITHOUT MEN LIKE

DR. COCHRANE AND HENRY ARCHER,

WHO WORKED SO HARD

TO DEVELOP IT.

SO IT'S ONLY FITTING THAT

HENRY'S SON, JONATHAN ARCHER,

WILL COMMAND THE FIRST STARSHIP

POWERED BY THAT ENGINE.

[ APPLAUSE,

INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

RATHER THAN QUOTING

DR. COCHRANE,

I THINK WE SHOULD LISTEN

TO HIS OWN WORDS

FROM THE DEDICATION CEREMONY

FOR THE WARP 5 COMPLEX

32 YEARS AGO.

COCHRANE: ON THIS SITE,

A POWERFUL ENGINE

WILL BE BUILT,

AN ENGINE THAT WILL SOMEDAY

HELP US

TO TRAVEL A HUNDRED TIMES

FASTER THAN WE CAN TODAY.

IMAGINE IT -- THOUSANDS

OF INHABITED PLANETS

AT OUR FINGERTIPS,

AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO EXPLORE

THOSE STRANGE NEW WORLDS

AND SEEK OUT NEW LIFE

AND NEW CIVILIZATIONS.

THIS ENGINE

WILL LET US GO BOLDLY

WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE.

TAKE HER OUT, MR. MAYWEATHER.

STRAIGHT AND STEADY.

Archer: How we doing, Trip?

READY WHEN YOU ARE.

PREPARE FOR WARP.

COURSE LAID IN, SIR.

REQUEST PERMISSION

TO GET UNDERWAY.

THE COORDINATES ARE OFF

BY .2 DEGREES.

THANK YOU.

LET'S GO.

ALIEN: WHERE'S KLAANG?

THE HUMANS HAVE HIM.

DID YOU LOSE ANYONE ELSE?

TWO OF MY SOLDIERS WERE KILLED.

ONE OF THEM WAS A FRIEND.

CAN YOU PREVENT IT?

OUR AGREEMENT DOESN'T PROVIDE

FOR CORRECTING MISTAKES.

RECOVER THE EVIDENCE.

I WILL, I PROMISE YOU.

WHEN WILL WE SPEAK AGAIN?

DON'T BE CONCERNED WITH WHEN.

LOVE WHAT YOU'VE DONE

WITH THE PLACE.

DOCTOR: THOSE ARE

IMMUNOCYTIC GEL WORMS.

TRY NOT TO SHAKE THEM.

ARCHER: WHAT'D YOU

THINK OF EARTH?

DOCTOR: INTRIGUING. I ESPECIALLY

LIKED THE CHINESE FOOD.

HAVE YOU EVER TRIED IT?

ARCHER: I LIVED IN

SAN FRANCISCO ALL MY LIFE.

DOCTOR: AH.

ANATOMICALLY, YOU HUMANS

ARE SOMEWHAT SIMPLISTIC,

BUT WHAT YOU LACK BIOLOGICALLY,

YOU MAKE UP FOR WITH

YOUR CHARMING OPTIMISM.

NOT TO MENTION

YOUR EGG DROP SOUP.

[ CHUCKLES ]

BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THAT.

[ ANIMAL CHITTERING ]

WHAT'S IN THERE?

AN ALTARIAN MARSUPIAL.

[ IMITATES CHITTERING ]

THEIR DROPPINGS CONTAIN

THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION

OF REGENERATIVE ENZYMES

FOUND ANYWHERE.

THEIR DROPPINGS?

IF YOU'RE GOING TO TRY

TO EMBRACE NEW WORLDS,

YOU MUST TRY

TO EMBRACE NEW IDEAS.

THAT'S WHY THE VULCANS INITIATED

THE INTERSPECIES

MEDICAL EXCHANGE.

THERE'S A LOT TO BE LEARNED.

I'M SORRY TO TAKE YOU AWAY

FROM YOUR PROGRAM,

BUT OUR DOCTORS HAVEN'T

EVEN HEARD OF A KLINGON.

DOCTOR:

PLEASE, NO APOLOGIES.

WHAT BETTER TIME

TO STUDY HUMAN BEINGS

THAN WHEN THEY'RE

UNDER PRESSURE?

IT'S A RARE OPPORTUNITY,

AND YOUR KLINGON FRIEND -- AH.

I'VE NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO

EXAMINE A LIVING ONE BEFORE.

ENSIGN MAYWEATHER TELLS ME

THAT WE'LL BE TO KRONOS

IN ABOUT 80 HOURS.

ANY CHANCE HE'LL BE CONSCIOUS

BY THEN?

THERE'S A CHANCE

HE'LL BE CONSCIOUS

WITHIN THE NEXT 10 MINUTES --

JUST NOT A VERY GOOD ONE.

80 HOURS, DOCTOR.

IF HE DOESN'T WALK OFF THIS SHIP

ON HIS OWN TWO FEET,

HE DOESN'T

STAND MUCH OF A CHANCE.

DOCTOR: I'LL DO

THE BEST I CAN.

OPTIMISM, CAPTAIN!

YOU'RE UPSIDE DOWN, ENSIGN.

ENSIGN: YES, SIR.

CARE TO EXPLAIN WHY?

WHEN I WAS A KID,

WE CALLED IT THE SWEET SPOT.

EVERY SHIP'S GOT ONE.

SWEET SPOT?

IT'S USUALLY ABOUT HALFWAY

BETWEEN THE GRAV GENERATOR

AND THE BOW PLATE.

GRAB AHOLD OF THE HATCH.

NO, NO, NO, ON EITHER SIDE.

NOW PUSH OFF.

PUSH OFF.

WOW.

WHOA!

UGH!

ENSIGN: TAKES PRACTICE.

YOU EVER SLEPT IN ZERO "G"?

SLEPT?

IT'S JUST LIKE BEING

BACK IN THE WOMB.

THE CAPTAIN TELLS ME

YOU'VE BEEN TO TRILLIUS PRIME.

IT TOOK FOURTH, FIFTH,

AND SIXTH GRADES TO GET THERE.

I'VE ALSO BEEN TO DRAYLAX

AND BOTH THE TENEEBIAN MOONS.

I'VE ONLY BEEN ON ONE

INHABITED PLANET BESIDES EARTH.

NOTHING THERE

BUT DUST-DWELLING TICKS.

I'VE HEARD THE WOMEN

ON DRAYLAX HAVE --

THREE.

YEAH, IT'S TRUE.

YOU KNOW THAT FIRSTHAND?

FIRSTHAND,

SECONDHAND, THIRDHAND.

I GUESS GROWING UP A BOOMER

HAS ITS ADVANTAGES.

[ CHUCKLING ]

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

GOT AN EMPTY SEAT

HERE, COMMANDER.

SORRY, DINNER

WITH THE BOSS TONIGHT.

ARCHER: GRAND CANYON?

T'POL: NO.

BIG SUR AQUARIUM.

SIGHTSEEING WAS NOT

ONE OF MY ASSIGNMENTS.

HMM.

ALL WORK AND NO PLAY.

EVERYBODY SHOULD GET OUT

FOR A LITTLE FUN NOW AND THEN.

ALL OUR RECREATIONAL NEEDS

ARE PROVIDED AT THE COMPOUND.

[ DOOR CHIMES ]

COME IN.

YOU SHOULD HAVE STARTED

WITHOUT ME.

ARCHER: SIT DOWN.

T'POL TELLS ME

SHE'S BEEN LIVING

AT THE VULCAN COMPOUND

IN SAUSALITO.

TRIP: NO KIDDING.

I LIVED A FEW BLOCKS FROM THERE

WHEN I FIRST JOINED STARFLEET.

GREAT PARTIES

AT THE VULCAN COMPOUND.

[ CHUCKLES ]

IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE EASIER

USING YOUR FINGERS.

VULCANS DON'T TOUCH FOOD

WITH THEIR HANDS.

TRIP: CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU

TACKLE THE SPARE RIBS.

DON'T WORRY.

WE KNOW YOU'RE A VEGETARIAN.

LOOKS DELICIOUS.

TELL CHEF I SAID THANKS.

OF COURSE, SIR.

YOU HUMANS CLAIM

TO BE ENLIGHTENED,

YET YOU STILL CONSUME

THE FLESH OF ANIMALS.

GRANDMA TAUGHT ME NEVER JUDGE A

SPECIES BY THEIR EATING HABITS.

ARCHER: ENLIGHTENED

MIGHT BE TOO STRONG A WORD,

BUT IF YOU'D BEEN ON EARTH

50 YEARS AGO,

I THINK YOU'D BE IMPRESSED

BY WHAT WE'VE GOTTEN DONE.

YOU HAVE YET TO EMBRACE

EITHER PATIENCE OR LOGIC.

YOU REMAIN IMPULSIVE CARNIVORES.

YEAH?

HOW ABOUT WAR, DISEASE, HUNGER?

PRETTY MUCH WIPED THEM OUT

IN LESS THAN TWO GENERATIONS.

I WOULDN'T CALL THAT

SMALL POTATOES.

IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN

WHETHER HUMANITY WILL REVERT

TO ITS BASER INSTINCTS.

WELL, WE USED TO HAVE CANNIBALS

ON EARTH.

WHO KNOWS HOW FAR WE'LL REVERT?

LUCKY THIS ISN'T A LONG MISSION.

HUMAN INSTINCT IS PRETTY STRONG.

YOU CAN'T EXPECT US

TO CHANGE OVERNIGHT.

WITH PROPER DISCIPLINE...

ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE.

ENSIGN: WARP 4.3, SIR.

NOT MUCH OF A CHANGE.

I DON'T KNOW.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE FEEL THAT?

FEEL WHAT?

HOSHI: THOSE VIBRATIONS,

LIKE LITTLE TREMORS?

YOU'RE IMAGINING IT.

BRING US TO 4.4, ENSIGN.

[ RUMBLING ]

THERE. WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT?

THE DEFLECTOR'S SEQUENCING.

IT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL.

PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE TO GO

TO YOUR QUARTERS AND LIE DOWN.

[ SPEAKING VULCAN ]

I WAS INSTRUCTED TO SPEAK

ENGLISH ON THIS VOYAGE,

AND I'D APPRECIATE IT

IF YOU'D RESPECT THAT.

IT'S EASY TO GET A LITTLE JUMPY

WHEN YOU'RE TRAVELING AT

30 MILLION KILOMETERS A SECOND.

SHOULD BE OLD HAT

IN A WEEK'S TIME.

[ COMPUTER BEEPS ]

ARCHER.

Doctor: This is

Dr. Phlox, Captain.

Our patient

is regaining consciousness.

ON MY WAY.

HOSHI.

[ SPEAKING KLINGON ]

ARCHER: WHAT'S WRONG?

THE TRANSLATOR.

IT'S NOT -- NOT LOCKING ON

TO HIS DIALECT.

THE -- THE SYNTAX WON'T ALIGN.

UH...

TELL HIM WE'RE TAKING HIM HOME.

UM...

[ SPEAKS KLINGON ]

OH, HE -- HE WANTS

TO KNOW WHO WE ARE.

[ SPEAKS KLINGON ]

SHIP -- HE'S ASKING

FOR HIS SHIP BACK.

SAY IT WAS DESTROYED.

[ BOTH SPEAKING KLINGON ]

I-I'M NOT SURE,

BUT I THINK HE SAID

SOMETHING ABOUT

EATING THE AFTERLIFE?

TRY THE TRANSLATOR AGAIN.

I-I-I'M GONNA NEED

TO RUN WHAT WE'VE GOT

THROUGH THE PHONETIC PROCESSOR.

HE SAYS -- HE SAYS...

HIS WIFE HAS GROWN UGLY?

I AM SORRY, CAPTAIN!

I'M DOING THE BEST I CAN.

EXCUSE ME.

HIS PREFRONTAL CORTEX

IS HYPERSTIMULATED.

I DOUBT HE HAS

ANY IDEA WHAT HE'S SAYING.

[ SPEAKING KLINGON ]

I THINK THE DOCTOR'S RIGHT,

CAPTAIN,

UNLESS STINKY BOOTS HAS

SOMETHING TO DO WITH ALL THIS.

[ RUMBLING ]

T-T-THAT'S THE WARP REACTOR

AGAIN, RIGHT?

[ SPEAKING KLINGON ]

BRIDGE, REPORT.

T'Pol: We've dropped

out of warp, sir.

Main power -- [ Static ]

ENSIGN: WE'RE LOSING

POWER ON ALL DECKS.

I THINK I JUST SAW SOMETHING

OFF THE STARBOARD BOW.

T'POL: WHAT?

LIEUTENANT: I DON'T KNOW.

IT MIGHT HAVE JUST BEEN

THE SENSORS GOING DOWN.

[ SHOUTING IN KLINGON ]

ARCHER: AUXILIARY POWER SHOULD

HAVE KICKED IN BY NOW.

YOU WANT TO TELL HIM TO SHUT UP?

SHUT UP!

ARCHER: YOU MAY

HAVE TO SEDATE HIM.

I NEED TO GET TO THE BRIDGE.

HOSHI: CAPTAIN!

THERE'S SOMEONE HERE.

[ CLATTERING ]

ARCHER: CREWMAN!

SULIBAN.

[ GRUNTING ]

HOSHI: AAH!

YOU ALL RIGHT?

CREWMAN: YEAH.

WE'VE GOT

STATE-OF-THE-ART SENSORS.

WHY THE HELL DIDN'T

WE DETECT THEM?

MR. REED THOUGHT

HE DETECTED SOMETHING

RIGHT BEFORE WE LOST POWER.

REED: THE STARBOARD SENSOR LOGS

RECORDED A SPATIAL DISTURBANCE.

LOOKS MORE LIKE A GLITCH.

THOSE WEREN'T GLITCHES

IN SICK BAY.

I WANT A COMPLETE ANALYSIS

OF THAT DISTURBANCE.

WHERE DO WE STAND ON WEAPONS?

I STILL HAVE TO TUNE

THE TARGETING SCANNERS.

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

T'POL: CAPTAIN.

ARCHER: THE KLINGONS SEEMED

TO KNOW WHO THEY WERE.

SEE IF YOU CAN TRANSLATE

WHAT HE SAID.

HOSHI: RIGHT AWAY.

T'POL: CAPTAIN, THERE'S NO WAY

YOU COULD HAVE

ANTICIPATED THIS.

I'M SURE AMBASSADOR SOVAL

WILL UNDERSTAND.

YOU'RE THE SCIENCE OFFICER.

WHY DON'T YOU HELP TRIP

WITH THAT ANALYSIS?

T'POL: THE ASTROMETRIC

COMPUTER IN SAN FRANCISCO

WILL BE FAR MORE EFFECTIVE.

WE'RE NOT GOING

TO SAN FRANCISCO,

SO MAKE DO WITH

WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE.

T'POL: YOU'VE LOST THE KLINGON.

YOUR MISSION IS OVER.

I DIDN'T LOSE THE KLINGON.

HE WAS TAKEN.

AND I'M GOING

TO FIND OUT WHO TOOK HIM.

HOW DO YOU PLAN TO DO THAT?

SPACE IS VERY BIG, CAPTAIN.

A SHADOW ON YOUR SENSORS

WON'T HELP YOU FIND THEM.

THIS IS A FOOLISH MISSION.

COME WITH ME.

I'M NOT INTERESTED IN WHAT

YOU THINK ABOUT THIS MISSION,

SO TAKE YOUR VULCAN CYNICISM

AND BURY IT

ALONG WITH

YOUR REPRESSED EMOTIONS.

YOUR REACTION TO THIS SITUATION

IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE

OF WHY YOUR SPECIES SHOULD

REMAIN IN ITS OWN STAR SYSTEM.

I'VE BEEN LISTENING

TO YOU VULCANS

TELL US WHAT NOT TO DO

MY ENTIRE LIFE.

I WATCHED MY FATHER

WORK HIS ASS OFF

WHILE YOUR SCIENTISTS HELD BACK

JUST ENOUGH INFORMATION

TO KEEP HIM FROM SUCCEEDING.

HE DESERVED TO SEE THAT LAUNCH.

YOU MAY HAVE LIFE-SPANS

OF 200 YEARS. WE DON'T.

T'POL: YOU ARE GOING TO BE

CONTACTING STARFLEET

TO ADVISE THEM OF OUR SITUATION.

NO, I'M NOT,

AND NEITHER ARE YOU.

NOW GET THE HELL OUT THERE

AND MAKE YOURSELF USEFUL.

ARCHER: WHAT HAVE

YOU FOUND, DOCTOR?

DOCTOR: MR. KLAANG

WAS RIGHT ABOUT ONE THING.

HE IS A SULIBAN.

BUT UNLESS I'M MISTAKEN,

HE IS NO ORDINARY ONE.

ARCHER: MEANING?

HIS DNA IS SULIBAN, BUT HIS

ANATOMY HAS BEEN ALTERED.

LOOK AT THIS LUNG.

DOCTOR: FIVE BRONCHIAL

LOBES, YOU SEE.

IT SHOULD ONLY HAVE THREE. HMM.

AND LOOK

AT THE ALVEOLI CLUSTERS.

THEY'VE BEEN MODIFIED

TO PROCESS DIFFERENT KINDS

OF ATMOSPHERE.

ARE YOU SAYING HE'S

SOME KIND OF A MUTANT?

WELL, I, UH -- I SUPPOSE I AM,

BUT THIS WAS NO ACCIDENT --

NO, UH, FREAK OF NATURE.

THIS MAN WAS THE RECIPIENT

OF SOME VERY SOPHISTICATED

GENETIC ENGINEERING.

WATCH THIS.

SUBCUTANEOUS PIGMENT SACS.

MM.

A BIOMIMETIC GARMENT.

AND THE EYES ARE MY FAVORITE.

COMPOUND RETINAS.

HE MOST LIKELY SAW THINGS EVEN

YOUR SENSORS COULDN'T DETECT.

ARCHER: IT'S NOT

IN THEIR GENOME?

DOCTOR: NO, CERTAINLY NOT.

THE SULIBAN ARE NO MORE

EVOLVED THAN HUMANS.

IT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE WORK,

THOUGH.

NEVER SEEN ANYTHING

QUITE LIKE IT.

TRIP: HOW ABOUT THIS?

T'POL: IT'S JUST

BACKGROUND NOISE.

YOUR SENSORS AREN'T CAPABLE

OF ISOLATING PLASMA DECAY.

HOW CAN YOU BE SO DAMN SURE

WHAT OUR SENSORS CAN DO?

VULCAN CHILDREN PLAY WITH TOYS

THAT ARE MORE SOPHISTICATED.

YOU KNOW,

SOME PEOPLE SAY YOU VULCANS

DO NOTHING BUT PATRONIZE US,

BUT IF THEY WERE HERE NOW,

IF THEY COULD SEE HOW FAR

YOU'RE BENDING OVER BACKWARDS

TO HELP ME,

THEY'D EAT THEIR WORDS.

YOUR CAPTAIN'S MISSION

WAS TO RETURN THE KLINGON

TO HIS PEOPLE.

HE NO LONGER HAS THE KLINGON.

I REALIZE HE'S ONLY

A SIMPLE EARTHLING,

BUT DID IT EVER OCCUR

TO YOU THAT HE MIGHT

KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING?

IT'S NO SECRET STARFLEET

HASN'T BEEN AROUND TOO LONG.

GOD KNOWS YOU REMIND US OF THAT

EVERY CHANCE YOU GET.

DOES THAT MEAN THE MAN

WHO'S BEEN PUT IN CHARGE

OF THIS MISSION

DOESN'T DESERVE OUR SUPPORT?

THEN AGAIN,

LOYALTY'S AN EMOTION.

ISN'T IT?

ARCHER: ANY LUCK?

TRIP: NOT REALLY.

MY ANALYSIS OF THE

SPATIAL DISTURBANCE MR. REED SAW

INDICATES A STEALTH VESSEL

WITH A TRICYCLIC PLASMA DRIVE.

REED: IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT THE

DECAY RATE OF THEIR PLASMA,

WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIND

THE WARP TRAIL.

T'POL: UNFORTUNATELY,

YOUR SENSORS

WERE NOT DESIGNED

TO MEASURE PLASMA DECAY.

ARE YOU SURE IT'S SAFE

TO STAND SO CLOSE TO THAT?

WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?

I'VE MANAGED TO TRANSLATE

MOST OF WHAT KLAANG SAID,

BUT NONE OF IT MAKES SENSE.

ARCHER: NOTHING ABOUT

THE SULIBAN?

NOPE.

DOES THAT NAME RING A BELL

TO YOU?

THEY'RE A SOMEWHAT PRIMITIVE

SPECIES FROM SECTOR 3641,

BUT THEY'VE NEVER

POSED A THREAT.

WELL, THEY HAVE NOW.

DID HE SAY ANYTHING

ABOUT EARTH?

THE WORD'S NOT EVEN IN THEIR

DATABASE. IT'S ALL THERE.

THERE ARE ONLY FOUR WORDS

THAT I COULDN'T TRANSLATE,

PROBABLY JUST PROPER NOUNS.

JELIK, SARIN,

RIGEL, THOLIA.

ANYTHING SOUND FAMILIAR?

T'POL?

RIGEL IS A PLANETARY SYSTEM

APPROXIMATELY 15 LIGHT-YEARS

FROM OUR PRESENT POSITION.

WHY THE HESITATION?

ACCORDING TO

THE NAVIGATIONAL LOG

SALVAGED FROM KLAANG'S SHIP,

RIGEL TEN WAS THE LAST PLACE

HE STOPPED

BEFORE CRASHING ON YOUR PLANET.

WHY DO I GET THE FEELING

YOU WEREN'T GONNA SHARE

THAT LITTLE PIECE

OF INFORMATION?

I WASN'T AUTHORIZED TO REVEAL

THE DETAILS OF OUR FINDINGS.

THE NEXT TIME I LEARN

YOU'RE WITHHOLDING SOMETHING,

YOU'RE GONNA SPEND

THE REST OF THIS VOYAGE

CONFINED TO SOME

VERY CRAMPED QUARTERS.

UNDERSTOOD?

ARCHER: ARCHER TO HELM.

Ensign: Mayweather.

GO INTO THE VULCAN STARCHARTS

AND FIND A SYSTEM CALLED RIGEL.

THEN SET A COURSE

FOR THE TENTH PLANET.

Ensign: Yes, sir.

[ SPEAKING ALIEN LANGUAGE]

SULIBAN: ARE YOU CERTAIN

HE'S TELLING THE TRUTH?

ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN.

THE DRUGS ARE WORKING.

KEEP HIM ALIVE

WHILE I'M GONE.

ARCHER: AS SOON AS

WE'VE TIED DOWN,

WE'LL BE DESCENDING

INTO THE TRADE COMPLEX.

IT HAS 36 LEVELS.

T'POL: YOUR TRANSLATORS HAVE

BEEN PROGRAMMED FOR RIGELIAN.

HOWEVER, YOU'LL ENCOUNTER

NUMEROUS OTHER SPECIES.

MANY OF THEM ARE KNOWN TO BE

IMPATIENT WITH NEWCOMERS.

NONE OF THEM HAVE SEEN

A HUMAN BEFORE.

YOU HAVE A TENDENCY

TO BE GREGARIOUS.

I SUGGEST YOU TRY

TO RESTRAIN THAT TENDENCY.

YOU FORGOT TO WARN US

ABOUT DRINKING THE WATER.

DR. PHLOX ISN'T CONCERNED

WITH THE FOOD AND WATER,

BUT HE DOES CAUTION

AGAINST INTIMATE CONTACT.

ARCHER: THE VULCANS TOLD US

KLAANG WAS A COURIER.

IF HE WAS THERE

TO GET SOMETHING,

WHOEVER GAVE IT TO HIM

MIGHT KNOW WHY HE WAS TAKEN.

IT WAS JUST A FEW DAYS AGO.

A SEVEN-FOOT KLINGON

DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

[ HIGH-PITCHED SCREAMING ]

WHAT IN THE WORLD?

IT'S NOTHING THAT CONCERNS US.

[ SLOW MUSIC PLAYS ]

WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET THEM?

I CAN ARRANGE IT.

IS THIS WHERE YOU SAW KLAANG?

I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE,

BUT FIRST,

YOU SHOULD ENJOY YOURSELVES.

WHICH ONE WOULD YOU PREFER?

WE SHOULD GET GOING.

ARE THOSE REAL BUTTERFLIES

OR SOME KIND OF HOLOGRAMS?

SIR.

OH, YES, ABSOLUTELY.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

[ CHATTERING ]

[ GASPING ]

[ COMMUNICATOR BEEPS ]

T'POL TO ARCHER.

Archer: Go ahead.

HEY!

CENTRAL SECURITY CLAIMS TO HAVE

NO RECORD OF KLAANG,

BUT THEY TOLD ME ABOUT

AN ENCLAVE ON LEVEL 19

WHERE KLINGONS HAVE

BEEN KNOWN TO GO.

SOMETHING ABOUT LIVE FOOD.

Archer: Where on level 19?

THE EASTERNMOST SUBSECTION,

BY THE GEOTHERMAL SHAFTS.

Archer: I'll meet you there

as soon as I can.

Archer: Archer out.

TRIP: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

TRIP: LEAVE THE KID ALONE!

T'POL: DON'T GET INVOLVED.

YOU SEE WHAT SHE'S DOING?

HE'S GONNA SUFFOCATE.

THEY'RE LORILLIANS.

BEFORE THE AGE OF 4, THEY CAN

ONLY BREATHE METHYL OXIDE.

THE MOTHER IS SIMPLY WEANING

HER SON.

COULD HAVE FOOLED ME.

HUMANS CAN'T REFRAIN

FROM DRAWING CONCLUSIONS.

YOU SHOULD LEARN

TO OBJECTIFY OTHER CULTURES,

SO YOU KNOW WHEN TO INTERFERE

AND WHEN NOT TO.

HOSHI: ISN'T AN ENCLAVE

SUPPOSED TO HAVE PEOPLE?

ARCHER: ENCLAVE CAN MEAN

A LOT OF THINGS.

HOSHI: T'POL SAID SOMETHING

ABOUT LIVE FOOD.

I DON'T SEE ANY RESTAURANTS.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

ARCHER: HELLO?

EXCUSE ME!

[ HOSHI SPEAKING KLINGON ]

THEY LOOKED KLINGON TO ME.

[ COMMUNICATOR BEEPS ]

ARCHER TO T'POL.

[ Static ]

T'POL, COME IN.

[ Static ]

[ CLATTERING ]

MAYBE WE SHOULD GET BACK

TO WHERE THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE.

THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE

RIGHT HERE.

[ PHASE PISTOL CHARGES ]

STAY BEHIND ME.

AAH!

WOMAN: YOU'RE LOOKING

FOR KLAANG.

WHY?

ARCHER:

WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?

MY NAME IS SARIN.

TELL ME ABOUT THE PEOPLE

WHO TOOK KLAANG OFF YOUR SHIP.

I WAS HOPING YOU COULD TELL ME.

THEY LOOKED A LOT LIKE

YOUR FRIENDS OUTSIDE.

WHERE WERE YOU TAKING HIM?

WHY DON'T YOU

LOOK LIKE YOUR FRIENDS?

WOULD YOU PREFER I DID?

WHAT I'D PREFER IS

YOU GIVE ME KLAANG BACK.

SO YOU COULD TAKE HIM WHERE?

HOME.

WE WERE JUST TAKING HIM HOME.

YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL.

I'M A LOT BIGGER THAN YOU ARE.

IF YOU'RE THINKING OF HARMING

ME, I'D ADVISE AGAINST IT.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WHY WERE YOU TAKING KLAANG HOME?

YOU KNOW, UNDER

DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES,

I MIGHT BE FLATTERED

BY THIS, BUT I --

THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.

I'VE BEEN GIVEN THE ABILITY

TO MEASURE TRUST,

BUT IT REQUIRES CLOSE CONTACT.

YOU'RE SULIBAN.

I WAS A MEMBER OF THE CABAL,

BUT NOT ANY LONGER.

THE PRICE OF EVOLUTION

WAS TOO HIGH.

EVOLUTION?

SOME OF MY PEOPLE

ARE SO ANXIOUS

TO IMPROVE THEMSELVES

THAT THEY'VE LOST PERSPECTIVE.

SO YOU KNOW I'M

NOT LYING TO YOU.

NOW WHAT?

KLAANG WAS CARRYING A MESSAGE

TO HIS PEOPLE.

HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?

I GAVE IT TO HIM.

WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE?

THE SULIBAN HAVE BEEN

STAGING ATTACKS

WITHIN THE KLINGON EMPIRE,

MAKING IT APPEAR THAT ONE

FACTION IS ATTACKING ANOTHER.

KLAANG WAS BRINGING PROOF

OF THIS TO HIS HIGH COUNCIL.

WITHOUT THAT PROOF,

THE EMPIRE COULD BE

THROWN INTO CHAOS.

WHY WOULD THE SULIBAN

WANT THAT?

SARIN: THE CABAL DOESN'T MAKE

DECISIONS ON ITS OWN.

THEY'RE SIMPLY SOLDIERS FIGHTING

A TEMPORAL COLD WAR.

TEMPORAL?

YOU'VE LOST ME.

THEY'RE TAKING ORDERS

FROM THE DISTANT FUTURE.

WHAT?

SARIN: WE CAN HELP YOU

FIND KLAANG,

BUT WE DON'T HAVE A STARSHIP.

YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE US WITH YOU.

SARIN: WHERE'S YOUR VESSEL?

ARCHER: ON THE ROOF.

DOCKING PORT 3.

SARIN: THIS WAY.

SARIN: UHH! UHH!

TRIP.

FIND KLAANG.

WHERE'S THE POD?

OVER HERE.

NO, IT'S THIS WAY.

COME ON.

[ COMMUNICATOR BEEPS ]

LIEUTENANT REED, THIS IS ARCHER.

COME IN.

[ Static ]

WE'RE ON THE ROOF.

YOU NEED TO GET UP HERE

AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN.

[ Static ]

WE'VE BEEN TRYING

TO REACH YOU, CAPTAIN.

WE'RE BACK IN THE SHUTTLE.

ENSIGN: ASK HIM

WHERE THEY ARE.

THE STORM'S GETTING WORSE.

REED: CAPTAIN,

WHAT'S YOUR LOCATION?

THE WEATHER IS DEFINITELY...

[ Static ]

HOSHI: GREAT!

ARCHER: LIKE I SAID,

IT'S BACK THERE.

I'VE NEVER SEEN LIGHTNING

IN A SNOWSTORM BEFORE.

THE STORM'S KICKING UP

TOO MUCH INTERFERENCE.

I CAN'T ISOLATE HUMAN BIO-SIGNS.

THEY COULD BE ANYWHERE

IN THE COMPLEX.

TRY VULCAN BIO-SIGNS.

[ POUNDING ]

I FOUND HER.

[ GRUNTS ]

GET HOSHI TO THE SHIP.

NOW!

ARCHER: GO!

ENTERPRISE NEEDS ITS CAPTAIN.

GIVE ME THE WEAPONS.

I SAID GO!

[ GROANING ]

THE STARBOARD THRUSTER'S DOWN.

IGNORE IT. TAKE US UP.

[ GROANING ]

WE NEED INSTRUCTIONS.

OPEN A CHANNEL.

T'POL: SUBCOMMANDER T'POL

TO ENTERPRISE.

Man: Go ahead.

WE'LL BE DOCKING

IN FOUR MINUTES.

HAVE DR. PHLOX

MEET US IN DECON.

Man: Acknowledged.

Is someone wounded?

THE CAPTAIN.

I'M TAKING COMMAND

OF ENTERPRISE.

BOY: I CAN'T DO IT.

MAN: YES, YOU CAN.

TAKE HER UP,

STRAIGHT AND STEADY.

BOY: DAMN.

YOU CAN'T BE

AFRAID OF THE WIND.

LEARN TO TRUST IT.

IT SHOULDN'T TAKE

MORE THAN A FEW MOMENTS.

IS THIS REALLY NECESSARY?

THE OTHERS SCANNED NEGATIVE.

YOU TWO, UNFORTUNATELY,

WERE EXPOSED

TO A PROTOCYSTIAN SPORE.

I'VE LOADED THE APPROPRIATE

DECON GEL INTO COMPARTMENT "B."

TELL MR. MAYWEATHER

TO PREPARE TO LEAVE ORBIT.

TRIP: HOW'S THE CAPTAIN?

DOCTOR:

I'M TREATING HIS WOUND.

TRIP: WILL HE BE ALL RIGHT?

DOCTOR: EVENTUALLY.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG,

BUT AREN'T YOU JUST KIND

OF AN OBSERVER ON THIS MISSION?

I DON'T REMEMBER

ANYONE TELLING ME

YOU WERE A MEMBER

OF STARFLEET.

MY VULCAN RANK

SUPERSEDES YOURS.

APPLES AND ORANGES.

THIS IS AN EARTH VESSEL.

YOU'RE IN NO POSITION

TO TAKE COMMAND.

T'POL: AS SOON AS

WE'RE THROUGH HERE,

I'LL CONTACT AMBASSADOR SOVAL.

HE'LL SPEAK TO YOUR SUPERIORS,

AND I'M CERTAIN THEY'LL

SUPPORT MY AUTHORITY

IN THIS SITUATION.

TRIP: YOU MUST REALLY BE

PROUD OF YOURSELF.

YOU CAN PUT AN END

TO THIS MISSION

WHILE OUR CAPTAIN'S STILL

UNCONSCIOUS IN SICK BAY.

YOU WON'T EVEN HAVE

TO LOOK HIM IN THE EYE.

T'POL: YOUR PRECIOUS

CARGO WAS STOLEN.

THREE SULIBAN,

PERHAPS MORE, WERE KILLED.

AND CAPTAIN ARCHER

HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.

IT SEEMS TO ME THIS MISSION

HAS PUT AN END TO ITSELF.

TURN AROUND.

TRIP: LET'S SAY YOU'RE RIGHT.

LET'S SAY WE SCREWED UP, JUST

LIKE YOU ALWAYS KNEW WE WOULD.

IT'S STILL A PRETTY GOOD BET

THAT WHOEVER BLEW THAT HOLE

IN THE CAPTAIN'S LEG

IS CONNECTED SOMEHOW

TO THE PEOPLE THAT TOOK KLAANG.

I FAIL TO SEE YOUR POINT.

TRIP: CAPTAIN ARCHER DESERVES

A CHANCE TO SEE THIS THROUGH.

IF YOU KNEW HIM, YOU'D REALIZE

THAT'S WHAT HE'S ABOUT.

HE NEEDS TO FINISH

WHAT HE STARTS.

HIS DADDY WAS THE SAME WAY.

T'POL: YOU OBVIOUSLY SHARE

YOUR CAPTAIN'S BELIEF

THAT MY PEOPLE

WERE RESPONSIBLE

FOR IMPEDING HENRY ARCHER'S

ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

TRIP: HE ONLY WANTED

TO SEE HIS ENGINE FLY.

THEY NEVER EVEN GAVE HIM

THE CHANCE TO FAIL.

AND HERE YOU ARE,

30 YEARS LATER,

PROVING JUST HOW CONSISTENT

YOU VULCANS CAN BE.

AAH.

VERY NICE, VERY NICE.

YOUR MYOFIBERS

ARE FUSING BEAUTIFULLY.

ARCHER: HOW LONG HAVE --

DOCTOR: LESS THAN SIX HOURS.

I THOUGHT IT BEST

TO KEEP YOU SEDATED

WHILE THE OSMOTIC EEL

CAUTERIZED YOUR WOUND.

THANKS.

HOW YOU DOING, CAPTAIN?

ARCHER: WELL, THAT DEPENDS.

WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON

THE LAST SIX HOURS?

T'POL: AS YOUR

HIGHEST-RANKING OFFICER,

I ASSUMED COMMAND

WHILE YOU WERE INCAPACITATED.

ARE WE UNDERWAY?

YOU DIDN'T WASTE MUCH TIME,

DID YOU?

T'POL: IS HE FIT

TO RESUME COMMAND?

AS LONG AS HE RETURNS

FOR MORE EEL THERAPY TOMORROW.

HOW LONG BEFORE

WE GET BACK TO EARTH?

TRIP: EARTH, SIR?

T'POL: WE'RE CURRENTLY

TRACKING THE SULIBAN VESSEL

THAT LEFT RIGEL SHORTLY

AFTER YOU WERE INJURED.

YOU GOT THEIR

PLASMA DECAY RATE?

WITH MR. TUCKER'S ASSISTANCE,

I MODIFIED YOUR SENSORS.

WE NOW HAVE THE RESOLUTION

TO DETECT THEIR WARP TRAIL.

WHAT HAPPENED TO

"THIS IS A FOOLISH MISSION"?

T'POL: THIS IS

A FOOLISH MISSION.

THE SULIBAN ARE CLEARLY

A HOSTILE RACE

WITH TECHNOLOGY

FAR SUPERIOR TO YOURS,

BUT AS ACTING CAPTAIN,

I WAS OBLIGATED

TO ANTICIPATE YOUR WISHES.

AS ACTING CAPTAIN,

YOU COULD HAVE DONE

WHATEVER THE HELL

YOU WANTED TO DO.

I SHOULD RETURN TO THE BRIDGE.

DISMISSED.

TRIP: MODIFYING THE SENSORS

WAS HER IDEA, SIR.

ARCHER: ENTERPRISE STARLOG,

CAPTAIN JONATHAN ARCHER,

APRIL 16, 2151.

WE'VE BEEN TRACKING

THE SULIBAN SHIP FOR 10 HOURS,

THANKS TO OUR SCIENCE OFFICER,

WHO CAME UP WITH A WAY

TO TWEAK THE SENSORS.

COMPUTER, PAUSE.

I SAVE HER LIFE, NOW SHE'S

HELPING US WITH A MISSION.

ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER.

DOESN'T SOUND VERY VULCAN.

RESUME LOG.

I HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE

THAT KLAANG IS STILL ALIVE,

BUT IF WHAT THE SULIBAN WOMAN

TOLD ME IS TRUE,

IT'S CRUCIAL

THAT WE TRY TO FIND HIM.

COMPUTER, PAUSE.

HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN A VULCAN

TO RETURN A FAVOR?

NO, NEITHER HAVE I.

RESUME LOG.

I STILL HAVEN'T DECIDED

WHETHER TO ASK

SUBCOMMANDER T'POL

ABOUT THIS TEMPORAL COLD WAR.

MY INSTINCTS TELL ME

NOT TO TRUST HER.

COMPUTER, PAUSE.

ARCHER TO T'POL. REPORT.

T'Pol: If you're

feeling well enough

to come to the bridge, Captain,

now would be a good time.

IT'S A GAS GIANT.

FROM THE LOOKS OF IT,

A CLASS-6 OR -7.

CLASS-7.

THE SULIBAN VESSEL DROPPED

TO IMPULSE A FEW HOURS AGO

AND ALTERED COURSE.

THEIR NEW HEADING TOOK THEM

THROUGH ITS OUTER

RADIATION BELT.

WE'VE LOST THEM.

YES.

[ SIGHS ]

MOVE US IN CLOSER.

ANYTHING?

THE RADIATION'S DISSIPATED

THEIR WARP TRAIL.

I'M ONLY PICKING UP FRAGMENTS.

YOU FINISHED HELPING US?

T'POL: LIEUTENANT,

RUN A SPECTRAL ANALYSIS

OF THE FRAGMENTS.

REED: THERE'S TOO MUCH

DISTORTION.

THE DECAY RATES

DON'T EVEN MATCH.

CALCULATE THE TRAJECTORY

OF EACH FRAGMENT.

REED: SIR?

YOU HEARD HER.

RECALIBRATE THE SENSOR ARRAY,

NARROW BAND,

SHORT- TO MID-RANGE.

REED: AYE, SIR.

MEASURE THE PARTICLE DENSITY

OF THE THERMOSPHERE.

ARCHER: YOUR INSTINCTS

WERE RIGHT.

THOSE FRAGMENTS WEREN'T

FROM ONE SULIBAN SHIP.

THEY WERE FROM 14, AND ALL

WITHIN THE LAST SIX HOURS.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE FOUND

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

HOW ARE YOUR TARGETING SCANNERS?

ALIGNED AND READY, SIR.

BRING THE WEAPONS ONLINE

AND POLARIZE THE HULL PLATING.

LAY IN A 60-DEGREE VECTOR.

WE'RE GOING IN.

ALIEN: DID SARIN

GIVE THEM ANYTHING?

SULIBAN: I DON'T KNOW.

ALIEN: WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

THEY FOLLOWED US HERE.

LOOKING FOR KLAANG OR FOR YOU?

I DON'T KNOW,

BUT I WILL DESTROY THEM

BEFORE THEY LOCATE THE HELIX.

WE DIDN'T PLAN TO INVOLVE

THE HUMANS OR THE VULCANS,

NOT YET.

SARIN'S MESSAGE

CANNOT REACH KRONOS.

IF THE HUMANS HAVE IT,

YOU MUST STOP THEM.

SENSOR RESOLUTION'S FALLING OFF

AT ABOUT 12 KILOMETERS.

TRAVIS?

I'M OK, CAPTAIN.

OUR SITUATION SHOULD IMPROVE.

WE'RE ABOUT TO BREAK THROUGH

THE CYCLOHEXANE LAYER.

I WOULDN'T EXACTLY CALL THIS

AN IMPROVEMENT.

LIQUID PHOSPHOROUS.

I WOULDN'T HAVE EXPECTED THAT

BENEATH A LAYER OF CYCLOHEXANE.

YOU MIGHT THINK

ABOUT RECOMMENDING SEAT

BELTS WHEN WE GET HOME.

IT'S JUST A LITTLE BAD WEATHER.

[ COMPUTER BEEPING ]

WE'VE GOT SENSORS.

LEVEL OFF.

GO TO LONG-RANGE SCANS.

[ COMPUTER BEEPS ]

I'M DETECTING TWO VESSELS,

BEARING 119 MARK 7.

PUT IT UP.

REED: IMPULSE AND WARP ENGINES.

ARCHER: WHAT KIND OF WEAPONS?

WE'RE TOO FAR AWAY.

TRAVIS: SIR, I'M PICKING UP

SOMETHING AT 342 MARK 12.

IT'S A LOT BIGGER.

ALL SENSORS,

GET WHATEVER YOU CAN.

GO TIGHTER.

ARCHER: BIO-SIGNS?

OVER 30,000, BUT I CAN'T ISOLATE

A KLINGON IF THERE IS ONE.

[ RUMBLING, COMPUTER BEEPING ]

THAT WAS A PARTICLE WEAPON, SIR.

[ COMPUTER BEEPS ]

TRIP: BRIDGE, WE'RE

TAKING DAMAGE DOWN HERE.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

JUST A LITTLE TROUBLE

WITH THE BAD GUYS.

I SUGGEST WE RETURN

TO THE PHOSPHOROUS LAYER.

TAKE US UP.

CAPTAIN.

WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?

T'POL: IT APPEARS TO BE

AN AGGREGATE STRUCTURE

COMPRISED OF HUNDREDS

OF VESSELS.

THEY'RE HELD IN PLACE

BY AN INTERLOCKING SYSTEM

OF MAGNETIC SEALS.

THERE. RIGHT THERE.

THESE BIO-READINGS

ARE NOT SULIBAN.

WE CAN'T BE CERTAIN

THEY'RE KLINGON.

EVEN IF IT IS KLAANG,

WE'D HAVE A TOUGH TIME

GETTING HIM OUT OF THERE.

WE COULD ALWAYS TRY

THE TRANSPORTING DEVICE.

WE'VE RISKED TOO MUCH

TO BRING HIM BACK INSIDE-OUT.

WOULD THE GRAPPLER WORK

IN A LIQUID ATMOSPHERE?

I BELIEVE SO.

BRING IT ONLINE.

ONE MORE TIME, MR. MAYWEATHER.

REED: THE VENTRAL

PLATING'S DOWN.

HOLD YOUR POSITION.

LEAD SHIP'S CLOSING.

7,000 METERS.

6,000.

WE SHOULD ASCEND.

HOLD YOUR POSITION.

REED: 1,000 METERS.

FORWARD PLATING'S OFFLINE.

NOW, MR. REED.

THE SHIP'S IN THE LAUNCH BAY.

TRIP: ASK ME ANOTHER ONE.

TRAVIS:

ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S THIS?

TRIP: THE PITCH CONTROL.

NO, THAT'S THE PITCH CONTROL.

THIS IS THE GUIDANCE SYSTEM.

TRIP: PITCH CONTROL,

GUIDANCE SYSTEM.

GOT IT.

THE DOCKING INTERFACE --

HOW DO YOU DEPLOY IT?

RELEASE THE INERTIAL CLAMPS

HERE, HERE, AND HERE,

THEN INITIALIZE

THE COAXIAL PORTS.

GOOD. WHERE'S

THE AUXILIARY THROTTLE?

TRIP: HMM.

IT'S NOT THIS ONE.

TRAVIS: WITH ALL DUE RESPECT

TO COMMANDER TUCKER,

I'M PRETTY SURE

I CAN FLY THIS THING, SIR.

I DON'T DOUBT THAT,

BUT I NEED YOU HERE.

TRIP: THERE, THAT'S IT.

AUXILIARY THROTTLE.

[ RUMBLING ]

CAPTAIN, THAT CHARGE CONTAINED

A PROXIMITY SWEEP.

IF WE REMAIN HERE,

THEY'RE GOING TO LOCATE US.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SPEED

THIS UP A LITTLE, TRAVIS.

TRIP: HOW COMPLICATED CAN IT BE?

UP, DOWN, FORWARD, REVERSE --

WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.

WE'LL BE BACK

BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.

HAVE MAYWEATHER PLOT

A COURSE FOR KRONOS.

THERE'S A VULCAN SHIP

LESS THAN TWO DAYS AWAY.

IT'S ILLOGICAL

TO ATTEMPT THIS ALONE.

I WAS BEGINNING TO THINK

YOU UNDERSTOOD

WHY WE HAVE TO DO THIS ALONE.

YOU'LL HAVE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

TO DEMONSTRATE

YOUR INDEPENDENCE.

NEVER PUT OFF TILL TOMORROW.

YOU BOTH COULD BE KILLED.

AM I SENSING CONCERN?

LAST TIME I CHECKED,

THAT WAS CONSIDERED AN EMOTION.

IF ANYTHING HAPPENS

TO EITHER OF YOU,

THE VULCAN HIGH COMMAND

WILL HOLD ME RESPONSIBLE.

[ DOOR CHIMES ]

ARCHER: COME IN.

YOU FINISHED?

REED: SIR.

THIS SHOULD REVERSE

THE POLARITY OF ANY MAG LOCK

WITHIN A HUNDRED METERS.

ONCE YOU'VE SET THE SEQUENCE,

YOU'LL HAVE FIVE SECONDS.

ONE MORE THING.

AH, OUR NEW WEAPONS.

THEY'RE CALLED PHASE PISTOLS.

THEY HAVE TWO SETTINGS --

STUN AND KILL.

IT WOULD BE BEST

NOT TO CONFUSE THEM.

[ RUMBLING ]

TIME TO GO.

THE SHIP IS YOURS.

[ COMPUTER BEEPS ]

WHAT'S THAT?

TRAVIS SAID NOT TO WORRY

ABOUT THAT PANEL.

THAT'S REASSURING.

HOLD ON.

THAT WAS A LOT CLOSER.

IF WE CHANGE OUR POSITION,

THEY'LL HAVE TO START

FROM SCRATCH.

IF WE CHANGE OUR POSITION,

THE CAPTAIN WILL HAVE NO WAY

OF FINDING US.

I THINK WE'RE THERE.

BRING THE DOCKING INTERFACE

ONLINE.

THE COAXIAL PORTS.

OPEN.

LET'S GO.

WHERE IS IT?

IT WAS RIGHT THERE.

BANK STARBOARD, 90 DEGREES.

TRIP: THERE YOU ARE.

THAT'S THE UPPER SUPPORT RADIUS.

DROP DOWN RIGHT BELOW IT.

START A COUNTERCLOCKWISE SWEEP.

A LITTLE MORE.

A LITTLE MORE.

[ ALARM BEEPING ]

RIGHT THERE.

ARCHER: STUN SEEMS TO WORK.

GRAB ONTO SOMETHING!

[ ALARMS BLARING ]

THIS IS RIDICULOUS!

IF WE DON'T MOVE THE SHIP,

CAPTAIN ARCHER WON'T HAVE

ANYTHING TO LOOK FOR

WHEN HE GETS BACK.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED

THAT EAR OF YOURS.

MOVE US AWAY FIVE KILOMETERS.

IN WHAT DIRECTION?

ANY DIRECTION.

THIS IS GONNA BE EASIER

THAN I THOUGHT.

IT'S OK.

WE'RE GETTING YOU

OFF THIS THING.

[ GROWLING ]

I REALLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE

TO CARRY YOU OUT OF HERE.

YOU OK?

I THINK HE GETS THE IDEA.

GIVE HIM A HAND.

[ SPEAKING KLINGON ]

BE QUIET.

YOU TELL HIM, BIG GUY.

GIVE ME THE BOX!

[ GRUNTING ]

THANKS.

ARCHER: GET TO THE SHIP.

I'LL BE RIGHT BEHIND YOU.

[ ELECTRONIC WHINE ]

[ ALARM BLARING ]

CAPTAIN?

Archer: It worked, Trip.

WHERE ARE YOU?

STILL IN THE CENTRAL CORE.

GET KLAANG BACK TO ENTERPRISE.

WHAT ABOUT YOU, SIR?

Archer: Get him to the ship.

You can come back for me.

IT'S GONNA BE HARD

TO ISOLATE YOUR BIO-SIGNS,

SO STAY AS FAR AWAY

FROM THE SULIBAN AS YOU CAN.

BELIEVE ME, I'LL TRY.

[ SPEAKING KLINGON ]

I DON'T PARTICULARLY LIKE

THE WAY YOU SMELL, EITHER!

I DON'T GET IT.

THIS IS RIGHT WHERE

THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.

THE CHARGES

ARE GETTING CLOSER AGAIN.

ANOTHER FIVE KILOMETERS, ENSIGN.

AT THIS RATE,

THE CAPTAIN WILL NEVER FIND US.

WAIT A MINUTE.

I THINK I'VE GOT SOMETHING.

AMPLIFY IT.

[ Static ]

IT'S COMMANDER TUCKER.

ALL I HEAR IS NOISE.

IT'S JUST A NARROW NOTCH

IN THE MID-RANGE.

HE SAYS HE'S ABOUT TO IGNITE

HIS THRUSTER EXHAUST.

COORDINATES 158 MARK 13.

TRAVIS: LAID IN.

AHEAD, 50 KPH.

[ SPEAKING VULCAN ]

YOU'RE WELCOME.

TWO KILOMETERS, DEAD AHEAD.

INITIATE DOCKING PROCEDURES.

I'M ONLY PICKING UP

TWO BIO-SIGNS.

ONE KLINGON, ONE HUMAN.

[ FOOTSTEPS ECHOING ]

TURN THIS SHIP AROUND NOW.

OUR MISSION IS TO RETURN

THE KLINGON TO HIS HOMEWORLD.

ANOTHER RESCUE ATTEMPT COULD

JEOPARDIZE THAT MISSION.

THE CAPTAIN SPECIFICALLY TOLD US

TO COME BACK FOR HIM.

AS COMMANDING OFFICER,

IT'S MY JOB TO INTERPRET

THE CAPTAIN'S ORDERS.

I JUST TOLD YOU HIS ORDERS!

WHAT'S THERE TO INTERPRET?

T'POL: CAPTAIN ARCHER

MAY VERY WELL

HAVE TOLD YOU TO RETURN

FOR HIM LATER

BECAUSE HE KNEW

HOW STUBBORN YOU CAN BE.

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT

SUPPOSED TO MEAN?

YOU MIGHT HAVE

RISKED KLAANG'S LIFE

IN A FOOLISH ATTEMPT TO SWING

BACK AND RESCUE THE CAPTAIN.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!

[ RUMBLING ]

THE SITUATION MUST

BE ANALYZED LOGICALLY.

I DON'T REMEMBER

THE CAPTAIN ANALYZING ANYTHING

WHEN HE WENT BACK FOR YOU

ON THAT ROOF.

THAT IS A SPECIOUS ANALOGY.

IS IT?

ALIEN, ECHOING:

YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME.

KLAANG KNOWS NOTHING.

IT WOULD BE UNWISE TO DISCHARGE

THAT WEAPON IN THIS ROOM.

ARCHER, ECHOING:

WHAT IS THIS ROOM?

WHAT GOES ON HERE?

ALIEN: YOU'RE VERY CURIOUS, JON.

MAY I CALL YOU JON?

AM I SUPPOSED TO BE IMPRESSED

YOU KNOW MY NAME?

ALIEN: I'VE LEARNED A GREAT DEAL

ABOUT YOU --

EVEN MORE THAN YOU KNOW.

WELL, I GUESS YOU HAVE ME

AT A DISADVANTAGE.

SO WHY DON'T YOU DROP

THIS INVISIBLE-MAN ROUTINE

AND LET ME SEE

WHO I'M TALKING TO?

HULL PLATING'S

BEEN REPOLARIZED.

STAND BY IMPULSE ENGINES.

MR. TUCKER, STATUS?

THE AUTO-SEQUENCER'S ONLINE,

BUT ANNULAR CONFINEMENT'S

STILL OFF BY TWO MICRONS.

T'Pol: That should suffice.

EASY FOR YOU TO SAY.

IF THE SULIBAN HAVE

REESTABLISHED THEIR DEFENSES,

WE'LL HAVE NO OTHER OPTION.

ALIEN: YOU WOULDN'T HAVE

COME LOOKING FOR KLAANG

IF SARIN HAD TOLD YOU

WHAT SHE KNEW.

THAT MEANS YOU'RE

NO THREAT TO ME, JON,

BUT I DO NEED YOU

TO LEAVE THIS ROOM...

NOW.

ARCHER: THIS CHAMELEON THING

IS PRETTY FANCY.

WAS IT PAYMENT FOR PITTING

THE KLINGONS AGAINST EACH OTHER

OR A TROPHY FROM

YOUR TEMPORAL COLD WAR?

UHH!

ALIEN: I WAS GOING

TO LET YOU GO.

ARCHER: REALLY?

THEN YOU OBVIOUSLY

DON'T KNOW AS MUCH ABOUT ME

AS YOU THOUGHT YOU DID.

ALIEN: ON THE CONTRARY.

I COULD'VE TOLD YOU WHAT DAY

YOU WERE GOING TO DIE,

BUT I SUPPOSE THAT'S

ABOUT TO CHANGE.

ARCHER: WHAT'S THE MATTER?

NO GENETIC TRICKS TO

KEEP YOU FROM GETTING

KNOCKED ON YOUR BUTT?

ALIEN: WHAT YOU CALL TRICKS,

WE CALL PROGRESS.

ARE YOU AWARE

THAT YOUR GENOME

IS ALMOST IDENTICAL

TO THAT OF AN APE?

THE SULIBAN DON'T SHARE

HUMANITY'S PATIENCE

WITH NATURAL SELECTION.

ARCHER: SO TO SPEED

THINGS UP A LITTLE,

YOU STRUCK A DEAL

WITH THE DEVIL?

WE HAVE FOUR MORE

COMING UP ON STARBOARD.

CAN WE DOCK, ENSIGN?

THESE AREN'T IDEAL CONDITIONS.

MR. TUCKER,

WE'RE GOING TO PLAN "B."

NOW!

BRIDGE, WE'VE GOT HIM.

SORRY, CAPTAIN.

WE HAD NO OTHER CHOICE.

[ BELL TOLLING ]

[ MEN SHOUTING IN KLINGON ]

[ POUNDING ON DOOR ]

[ SPEAKING KLINGON ]

SOMETHING ABOUT

DISGRACING THE EMPIRE.

HE SAYS HE'S READY TO DIE.

[ GASPS ]

[ SPEAKING KLINGON ]

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

[ SPEAKING KLINGON ]

I'LL TAKE THAT

AS A THANK YOU.

I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE

A WORD FOR "THANK YOU."

WHAT DID HE SAY?

YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW.

[ DOOR CHIMES ]

COME IN.

JUST GOTTEN A RESPONSE

TO THE MESSAGE I SENT

TO ADMIRAL FORREST.

HE ENJOYED TELLING

THE VULCAN HIGH COMMAND

ABOUT THE SULIBAN WE RAN INTO.

IT ISN'T EVERY DAY

HE GETS TO BE THE ONE

DISPENSING INFORMATION.

I WANTED YOU BOTH

TO HEAR STARFLEET'S ORDERS

BEFORE I INFORM THE CREW.

TRIP: ORDERS?

YOUR PEOPLE ARE SENDING

A TRANSPORT TO PICK YOU UP.

T'POL: I WAS UNDER

THE IMPRESSION

THAT ENTERPRISE WOULD BE

TAKING ME BACK TO EARTH.

IT WOULD BE

A LITTLE OUT OF OUR WAY.

ADMIRAL FORREST SEES NO REASON

WHY WE SHOULDN'T KEEP GOING.

TRIP: SON OF A BITCH.

I HAVE A FEELING DR. PHLOX WON'T

MIND STAYING AROUND FOR A WHILE.

HE'S DEVELOPING A FONDNESS

FOR THE HUMAN ENDOCRINE SYSTEM.

TRIP: I'LL GET DOUBLE SHIFTS

ON THE REPAIR WORK.

I THINK THAT OUTER HULL'S

GONNA NEED A LITTLE PATCHING UP.

LET'S HOPE THAT'S THE LAST TIME

SOMEBODY TAKES A SHOT AT US.

LET'S HOPE.

ARCHER: T'POL.

WOULD YOU STICK AROUND

FOR A MINUTE?

EVER SINCE I CAN REMEMBER,

I'VE SEEN VULCANS

AS AN OBSTACLE,

ALWAYS KEEPING US FROM

STANDING ON OUR OWN TWO FEET.

I UNDERSTAND.

NO, I DON'T THINK YOU DO.

IF I'M GONNA PULL THIS OFF,

THERE ARE A FEW THINGS

I NEED TO LEAVE BEHIND --

THINGS LIKE PRECONCEPTIONS,

HOLDING GRUDGES.

THIS MISSION WOULD'VE FAILED

WITHOUT YOUR HELP.

I WON'T DISPUTE THAT.

I WAS THINKING.

A VULCAN SCIENCE OFFICER

COULD COME IN HANDY.

BUT IF I ASK YOU TO STAY,

IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE I WASN'T

READY TO DO THIS ON MY OWN.

PERHAPS YOU SHOULD

ADD PRIDE TO YOUR LIST.

PERHAPS I SHOULD.

IT MIGHT BE BEST IF

I WERE TO CONTACT MY SUPERIORS

AND MAKE THE REQUEST MYSELF...

WITH YOUR PERMISSION.

PERMISSION GRANTED.

I HOPE NOBODY IS

IN A BIG HURRY TO GET HOME.

STARFLEET SEEMS TO THINK

THAT WE'RE READY

TO BEGIN OUR MISSION.

I UNDERSTAND THERE'S

AN INHABITED PLANET

A FEW LIGHT-YEARS FROM HERE.

REED: WE'VE DETECTED IT, SIR.

SENSORS SHOW

A NITROGEN-SULFIDE ATMOSPHERE.

PROBABLY NOT HUMANOIDS.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE

TO FIND OUT.

PREPARE TO BREAK ORBIT

AND LAY IN A COURSE.

I'M READING AN ION STORM

ON THAT TRAJECTORY, SIR.

SHOULD I GO AROUND IT?

WE CAN'T BE AFRAID

OF THE WIND, ENSIGN.

TAKE US TO WARP 4.