Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005): Season 2, Episode 6 - Marauders - full transcript

Bring them to me.

Yeah.

We have two types.

- I'm on it.
- Down 22 percent.

Tell him.

Is it them?

I don't know.

No. It's not
their ship.

It's someone else.

♪ 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 ♪

♪ 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. ♪

My name is Captain Archer
from the Starship Enterprise.

We tried to hail you,
but there was no response.

Our communications are down.

That must make it difficult
to do business.

A Kreetassan merchant told us

this was a deuterium facility.

He was correct.

Our ship took some
damage a few weeks ago.

We lost most of our reserves.

I'm sorry, but
we can't help you.

Two of our pumps are off-line.

You'll have to return
later in the season.

Our supply will be gone
in less than two weeks.

There's nothing we can do.

Are you certain?

You seem to have
a large inventory.

Our sensors showed
over 80,000 liters.

You scanned our tanks?

I apologize, but when
you didn't respond

to our hails...

You sure you couldn't spare
a few hundred liters?

We're holding that
for someone else.

Come back at the end
of the season.

I'm sure we'll be able
to accommodate you.

Do you have any experience

repairing extraction pumps?

Not specifically, but...

I could grab some
tools and take a look.

If we get those pumps operating,

we can make our quota.

It seems that there
might be an opportunity

for us to help each other.

Follow me.

Boom! Boom!

What are you doing in my chair?

Um... I-I didn't touch anything.

I just like to look
inside the ships that come here.

You should have asked.

You might have said no.

Well...

what do you think?

Well, it's a little small

and your thruster controls
are hard to reach.

Oh. Well, maybe you need
longer arms.

How fast can it go?

She's designed for one-quarter
impulse, but, uh...

I've been able to squeeze
a little more out of her.

You're a pilot?

Engineer.

Commander Trip Tucker.

Q'ell.

Nice to meet you.

Could you teach me
how to fly it?

I can drive

the crawler that we use
to move our drill rigs.

Tell you what...

I'll be heading back up
to the ship later.

You can come along if it's
all right with your folks.

I'll give you a tour.

Really?!

Two power cells.

We need six.

We can't spare that many.

Maybe three.

Do you have any idea

how much labor it takes
to refine a liter of deuterium?

Actually... no.

I'd enjoy seeing
how your facility works.

We have three months

of good weather, Captain.

Three months to pump

all the deuterium we can
before the winter.

We don't have time
to give tours.

Five power cells for 200 liters.

I can't do any better.

Our medical stores
are running low.

Four power cells...

and whatever medical
supplies we can spare.

All right.

But only
if you can repair our pumps.

Commander Tucker and his team
will do the best they can.

I expect you to leave orbit
in two days.

If the pumps are working, you'll
leave with your deuterium.

If not, you'll leave without it.

Are we agreed?

Agreed.

It's yours, if you'd like it.

I wouldn't know what to feed it.

Her needs are modest.

A nutrient broth
every three or four days.

Less often when she's working.

Working?

She'll ingest a little blood

while she's healing
an injured artery.

Thank you,

but I'll just take
some vascular adhesive.

Try this, hmm?

Instead.

An auto-suture.

Mmm! I'm surprised
you don't have one.

This is a very expensive
piece of equipment. I can't...

Nonsense.

Please.

Cardio-stimulator,
neural shock kit...

I had no idea
processing deuterium

was such a dangerous business.

It can be.

I've, uh... only heard
of hexatriol

being used to treat
serious plasma burns.

Deuterium can burn
almost as hot as plasma

when it's ignited.

I hope you won't need it.

Is there something wrong?

No.

I'd better get back.

Of course.

Thank you again.

You've been to other colonies

that trade deuterium,
haven't you?

Several.

Are they all this rustic?

Not usually.

Their equipment's falling apart.

Half these structures

look like they're
about to collapse.

Phlox tells me
they don't even have

basic medical supplies.

Deuterium is a highly
valuable commodity.

You'd think these people
would be better off.

We're here to trade with them...

Not judge their
living conditions.

Then why do they need us
to finish fixing

their pumps in two days?

What's the hurry?

Lieutenant, a ship just
dropped out of warp.

600,000 kilometers and closing.

I see it.

It's probably more
deuterium customers.

I'm reading 12 bio-signs...

all Klingon.

You'll want to keep
an eye on those phase-inverters.

They tend to depolarize.

Pump Six.

Korok's ship is entering orbit.

I thought
we had three more days.

Secure the pumps.

Get everyone inside.

Some kind of trouble?

Help me close
these induction valves.

What's going on?

Who's Korok?

They must realize that
you trade with other ships.

They believe that we have
an exclusive arrangement.

If they think anyone's
been here before them,

they get very angry.

Please...
don't get involved.

We'll talk to them.

Archer to Enterprise.

Go ahead, Captain.

Have the Klingons
detected Enterprise yet?

No indication, sir.

Travis, adjust your orbit.

Keep Enterprise out of sight.

Aye, sir.

My old friend.

We weren't expecting
you so soon.

We've had trouble
with two of our pumps.

My crew's hungry.

Let's have food and drink.

Then we'll discuss business.

Your deuterium...
we don't have all of it.

We did our best,

but we need more time.

Can you make out
what they're saying?

Tessic is explaining

that their yield isn't
what they'd hoped.

Good ears.

Without those pumps,

we couldn't operate
at full capacity.

I sense what you're about to say

is not going to make me happy.

We can give you 80,000 liters.

If you'll give us one more week,

we'll have the rest.

You've had enough time.

We'll take all of it.

Now.

We don't have it.

I told you, two pumps were down.

They all appear to be working.

We were just able
to repair them.

You're lying!

Leave him alone.

You'll get your deuterium.

Wait, please.

I can get deuterium anywhere.

I come here

because I like you...

when you show me

hospitality and respect.

You take everything we own

and you want us to respect you.

I'll give you four days.

Have it all ready.

Hijol!

Let's get him inside.

So this is your
"exclusive" arrangement?

It's not your concern.

How long have these bullies
been pushing you around?

Five seasons.

They take all the
first yield deuterium

we can extract.

Hold still.

After they leave,

we manage to pull
a few thousand liters

out of the deep strata,

but it takes weeks

and it's so full of impurities

we can barely refine it.

It still brings in
a decent price.

We make enough to get
through the winter.

Barely.

Have you tried

contacting your homeworld?

It's too far away.

You must have weapons...

some way to defend yourselves.

How many of them are there?

Usually seven.

Seven?!

You've got them outnumbered
nine or ten to one.

You've never seen
a Klingon in battle, have you?

We tried to stand up
to them once...

three seasons ago.

Five of us died

fighting them.

And then they killed

three more...
to prove their point.

One of them was his father.

Maybe there's something
we can do.

Just take your
200 liters and go.

If you're here
when they come back...

they'll kill you.

Mr. Reed.

The Klingon ship's
gone to warp, sir.

I'm sending a shuttlepod down.

We'll be at the landing site.

I'll catch up with
you later, Captain.

Sorry I never got
to give you that tour.

I once saw a Kellenite ship
with cannons and torpedoes.

Most big ships carry weapons.

Like Enterprise.

Yeah, like Enterprise.

You could have fought
the Klingons.

Beaten them.

Maybe.

Why didn't you try?

It's not that simple.

Come in.

The deuterium's been stowed.

200 liters.

Should I instruct
Ensign Mayweather

to break orbit?

So that's it?

We just take
our deuterium and leave?

They work their asses off

to provide for their families,

and then the Klingons
just stroll in

and rob them blind.

Does that seem right to you?

Malcolm tells me
that Klingon ship

isn't much more
than a freighter.

I'd lay odds they're
no match for Enterprise.

And if they withdraw?

What will keep them
from coming back

after we've gone?

We could try to contact
the Klingon High Council.

We saved Klaang
from the Suliban.

We pulled one
of their battle cruisers

out of a gas giant.

I say they owe us a favor.

I doubt these marauders
answer to the High Council.

I already know where
Vulcans stand

on interfering
with other cultures,

but this isn't a culture.

76 settlers

are being preyed upon.

If this were an Earth colony,

I'd be grateful if someone
showed up to give me a hand.

Captain,
this may surprise you...

but I agree.

However...

short of killing the Klingons,

any action we take will only
make the situation worse.

I just... hate the idea
of turning our backs.

Need a hand?

Control arm is jammed.

I could use some help
with the release valve.

Okay.

Turn it to the left.

This one?

Thought you'd be off

charting your next
start system by now.

Sometimes I have a bad habit

of overstaying my welcome.

Well, you obviously

didn't come down here
in the middle of the night

to help me with this crawler.

Seems to me, this crawler's
the least of your problems.

We've been through this before.

It's not your concern.

Give it another turn.

You said they've been
coming here for what...

Five seasons?

How much longer do you plan
on letting this go on...

Another five?

That's good.
Leave it there.

Reconnect this coolant line.

The intake's above your head.

I had a talk with
my Tactical Officer.

We're confident you have the
ability to defend yourselves.

We already tried.

There are eight people
buried not far from here

who can attest to that.

It would be different this time.

We would help you prepare.

I don't want your help.

I'm responsible
for my people, not you.

They put their trust in me.
They depend on me.

I'm supposed to protect them!

Look at me...

I can barely keep
this crawler running.

You say you and your
Tactical Officer

want to help us.

Even if you do,

once you're gone
we'll be alone again,

waiting for them to come back.

There's a saying on my world:

"Give a man a fish
and he eats for a day.

Teach him to fish, and he eats
for a lifetime."

I was hoping for a
bit more to work with.

They do a decent job keeping

the shib'a lizards from chewing
on the power couplings.

With a few modifications,

these should be effective
against more than lizards.

You must have a well-stocked
armory on board Enterprise.

But this battle
won't be won with firepower.

Deception and surprise can be
just as potent as brute force.

Klingons are
aggressive warriors,

but their tactics are crude.

They're slow to adapt

to changing circumstances.

This all sounds very ambitious.

What exactly are you
expecting us to do?

You're going
to lure them into a trap.

What kind of trap?

A very hot one.

The deuterium
in those wellheads...

How much pressure is it under?

3,000, 4,000 millibars?

Five.

Should create some
interesting fireworks.

You'll never get the Klingons

near that deuterium field.

They know it isn't safe.

They may be crude,
but they're not fools.

That's where deception
and surprise come in.

Did you bring the map
I asked you for?

It's right here.

The structures in the colony...

They're mostly modular, right?

They're all modular.

Most deuterium fields
are depleted

within three or
four years at most.

Forces us to be itinerant.

So you're saying

you could relocate
these buildings

in a relatively short time.

It depends. Where are you
suggesting we relocate them?

About 50 meters
to the south, right here.

What good would that do?

The terrain there
is no different

than where the town is now.

That's what we're counting on.

If we can move
the structures and the rigs,

everything should look pretty
much like it did yesterday.

Everything except the wellheads.

They'll have to be
capped off and camouflaged.

We can do that.

The gullies on this hillside...

Are they deep enough to hide in?

If you keep your head down.

We'll shuttle small groups
to Enterprise for whatever

training we have time for,

preferably people who have
experience with weapons.

We've got three days.

We should get to work.

What are we waiting for?

One more meter.

Okay, shut her down.

You ready?

And begin.

Shib'a lizards
don't move that fast.

Do you mind, Lieutenant?

I can see your finger
tensing on the trigger

before you fire.

It's throwing off your aim.

I used to make the same mistake.

Keep your eye on the target

and don't squeeze the trigger

until you have a clear shot.

Try again.

I think the table was
a little bit to the left.

Thanks.

How are things going
with the pumps?

It'll be tomorrow
before they're all in place.

We've started
capping off the heads.

Let me know...

I got it.

Thanks.

If you need more people.

I rigged

two ignition sequences.

The perimeter and the center

are on separate circuits.

I thought taking the
town apart was tough.

But putting it back together...

This plan is a long shot...

isn't it?

You think it's a mistake?

I didn't say that.

I've never liked bullies, Trip.

Not on Earth...

and not out here.

Klingons carry disrupters,

but they prefer to use
bladed weapons in combat,

the two most common
being the bat'leth,

a curved, bilateral sword,

and the mek'leth,
a two-pronged dagger.

The bat'leth

can decapitate its victim
with one stroke,

while the mek'leth
is typically used

to slash the throat

or disembowel.

I cannot teach you
to defend yourselves

against these weapons.

The Vulcan

martial art, Suus Mahna,
takes years to master.

However, I can teach you
a simple evasive technique.

Ensign Mayweather.

Since I don't have a bat'leth,

this will have to suffice.

Try to strike me.

You won't hurt me.

It's not you that
I'm worried about.

That was called the Navorkot.

It isn't difficult to learn.

Who would like to try first?

Thanks.

Lieutenant Reed said
I'd have to hide in the canyons

when the Klingons come back.

He doesn't want you to get hurt.

But I want to help.

I can shoot a shib'a lizard
from 40 meters.

Malcolm's got this rule:

You've got to be taller
than the gun to use it.

I don't want to hide.

Well...

shooting at a lizard
is a whole lot different

than shooting at a person

and, uh...

lizards don't shoot back.

When those Klingons show up...

I want you to do exactly
what Lieutenant Reed says.

Understood?

Yes, sir.

We had a little trouble
moving one of the pumps...

but it's in place now.

We're ready.

I just hope everyone
survives this.

Your people

as well as mine.

We left Earth
just over a year ago...

to explore...

to meet people like you.

We'd only been out
of Spacedock for three days

when we found ourselves
in a... full-fledged firefight

with some pretty nasty
characters called the Suliban.

I got shot in the leg.

Just before I passed out,

I remember thinking,

"This isn't
what I signed up for.

"I should be mapping
star clusters

or making first contact
with friendly species."

But when those Suliban
started firing at my crew,

I knew I didn't have any
choice but to fight back.

I'm not ashamed to
admit I was nervous.

I'm nervous now.

But I know...

we can do this.

Archer.

The Klingon ship

just dropped out
of warp, Captain.

Acknowledged.

Listen.

What?

The pumps...

they're silent.

Where's your hospitality?

This is no way to treat
your friends.

Show yourselves!

Tu'chaH! HI-qem chaH! daH!

This will cost you
more than deuterium!

Pahtk!

Ugh!
Ah!

Hey!

Come on.

There.

What are you doing?

You'll kill us all.

Those wellheads,
they're under great pressure.

If you ignite them,

you'll incinerate
the whole town.

They're making fools of us.

They're hiding in the dirt
like targ.

Gorat kA.

They'll learn
to show us respect.

We'll kill another four.

Perhaps the boy as well.

Captain.

They're too far south.

We've got to get them to move
50 meters to our left.

Everybody, this way.

Pa'chaH So'!

Il-Qot lam parHa' Oogh!

JoH.

Im toroq'

A little farther.

This is good.

A few more meters.

This shouldn't be here.

Now.

They're all yours, Tessic.

Korok!

I wouldn't do that.

There's two more wellheads
by your feet.

Leave here now
or we'll ignite them.

Pahtk.

You'll live to regret this.

If you're thinking about coming
back, I wouldn't advise it.

We'll be ready.

We're not afraid of you anymore.

We can find deuterium anywhere.

Yours isn't fit
for a garbage scow.

Hijol!

Unless you're planning
to join Starfleet,

I'm afraid you'll have
to give up that chair.

I wish you didn't have to leave.

Yeah, that's one of the tough
things about my job...

saying good-bye to people
like you and your friends.

Oh. Almost forgot.

Schematics for Enterprise.

You said you like
to look at starships.

This one'll knock
your socks off.

Thanks.

Do you think you'll come back?

Who knows?

Our engines
need a lot of deuterium.

There must be over
a thousand liters here.

2,000.

Our deal was for 200.

Our deal was for power cells,
medical supplies

and repair work.

You provided us
with much more than that.

Besides, we seem to have
a surplus for the moment.

Give your crew our thanks.

Have a good season.