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Breaking The Ice

Star Trek, Enterprise, Season 01 - premiered on Wednesday, November 7, 2001

Star Trek: EnterpriseA large comet attracts the attention of the Enterprise crew, and just as Reed and Mayweather are about to become the first humans to set foot on such a body, a Vulcan ship appears and its captain states unequivocally that he will be standing by and observing the Enterprise’s activities in the vicinity of the comet. This annoys Captain Archer - almost as much as having to answer some letters from Trip’s young nephew’s class - but the Vulcans’ presence becomes even more suspicious when Trip detects that they’ve sent T’Pol an encoded message in a way that almost avoids detection. Hoshi decrypts the message and Trip discovers that it’s a deeply private matter instead of skullduggery. When Reed and Mayweather become trapped on the comet, a diplomatic breach is the last thing Archer needs when he may have to call on the Vulcans for help.

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directed by Terry Windell
music by Dennis McCarthy

Guest Cast: William Utay (Captain Vanik)

Notes: Only a couple of episodes after his species is mentioned, Dr. Phlox here identifies his home world as Denobula Triaxa.

LogBook entry by Earl Green

Civilization

Star Trek, Enterprise, Season 01 - premiered on Wednesday, November 14, 2001

Star Trek: EnterpriseA visit to a tertiary star system reveals a surprise that the crew is eager to explore: an Earthlike world populated by millions of people who look, more or less, human. But when initial scans of their world reveal no advanced technology - and seafaring ships no more advanced than large sail-powered boats - T’Pol advises against a visit. The Vulcans have adopted a policy of not making contact until a civilization achieves warp technology, and T’Pol urges Archer to establish a similar rule. But the detection of a nuclear reactor complicates the matter. If aliens are already on the planet, will the Enterprise crew’s intervention prevent cultural contamination…or cause more harm?

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directed by Mike Vejar
music by Jay Chattaway

Guest Cast: Diane DiLascio (Riann), Wade Andrew Williams (Garos), Charlie Brewer (Alien)

LogBook entry by Earl Green

Fortunate Son

Star Trek, Enterprise, Season 01 - premiered on Wednesday, November 21, 2001

Star Trek: EnterpriseFor the first time since leaving Earth, the Enterprise gets a specific assignment from Starfleet - to turn around and see why the Earth freighter Fortunate, capable of only warp 1, has been broadcasting a distress signal. When the Enterprise arrives, the Fortunate is in no shape to travel, having suffered a vicious attack by Nausicaans. The Fortunate’s captain is down for the count, and Dr. Phlox begins treating him. The first officer seems eager for Captain Archer and the crew to leave rather than seeking their help. T’Pol discovers a possible reason for the Nausicaans’ attack: the Fortunate’s crew is holding a Nausicaan hostage. Archer wants the freighter’s crew to return the hostage to his people, to give humans a better image in the eyes of other races as it steps into the stars. But there’s one catch - the freighter isn’t under Starfleet’s jurisdiction, and the ship’s first officer is out for revenge.

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directed by LeVar Burton
music by Dennis McCarthy

Guest Cast: Lawrence Monoson (Ryan Cross), Kieran Mulroney (Shaw), Vaughn Armstrong (Admiral Forrest), Danny Goldring (Nausicaan Captain), Charles Lucia (Captain Keene), D. Elliot Woods (Boy), Elyssa D. Vito (Girl)

Notes: Both Captain Archer and Ensign Mayweather identify the Enterprise as an “NX class” starship, and Mayweather mentions that there are more such ships under construction.

LogBook entry by Earl Green

Cold Front

Star Trek, Enterprise, Season 01 - premiered on Wednesday, November 28, 2001

Star Trek: EnterpriseThe Enterprise happens upon a ship carrying religious pilgrims en route to view an astronomical event in a stellar nursery - something they view as holy. During a tour of the ship, one of the pilgrims slips away in engineering and breaks an antimatter conduit - a bit of sabotage that becomes fortuitous when a plasma discharge from the nearby nebula ignites an antimatter cascade which would have destroyed the Enterprise had the conduit been in place. Shortly afterward, Captain Archer is approached by Crewman Daniels, one of the ship’s waiters, who tells the captain that he’s actually from the 31st century and is here to prevent Suliban interference in the timeline. Daniels also informs Archer that the visitor who broke the conduit was, in fact, none other than Silik - the Suliban with whom Archer barely survived a life-and-death struggle during the Klingon rescue incident. Daniels asks Archer to give him access to modify the Enterprise’s sensors so he can find and neutralize Silik, but when Silik later appears to Archer, the treacherous Suliban says that Daniels is the interloper out to derail Earth’s history.

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directed by Robert Duncan McNeill
music by Jay Chattaway

Guest Cast: John Fleck (Silik), Matt Winston (Daniels), Michael O’Hagan (Captain Fraddock), Joseph Hindy (Prah Mantoos), Leonard Kelly-Young (Sonsorra), and Porthos

Note: Talk about man’s best friend - it’s strongly implied in one scene that an Earth dog can detect the presence of a cloaked individual (including a Suliban). And stellar nurseries aren’t just science fiction - the Hubble Space Telescope has observed several, including the spectacular Eagle Nebula (also known as M-16), whose triple-pillared stellar nursery clouds have been used as background in movies (Contact) and other science fiction shows (Babylon 5’s Into The Fire episode).

LogBook entry by Earl Green