The Expanse at (NOTE: as of (at least) September 2019, this template – used on 706 different en.The IRS divides the Schedule C into five parts.The Expanse at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki).The Expanse title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.Archived from the original on February 18, 2014. ^ 'Enterprise Season: Two Blu-ray Available August 20'.Archived from the original on July 28, 2015. 'Star Trek Enterprise – The Complete Second Season'. 'Emmy Award Nominations for Visual Effects'. 'Star Trek: Enterprise and the Importance of Its Characters'. 'The 50 Greatest Star Trek moments of all time'. ^ 'Production News: Season Two Wraps on Ambitious Note'.'What 'Star Trek 4' Could Learn From These 'Star Trek' Episodes'. This episode was nominated for the 2003 Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series. In 2019, Den of Geek said this was an important episode for understanding T'Pol. They note, 'Then came a cliffhanger episode that began with a devastating sight: an alien probe cutting a swathe of destruction across Earth. They note the event re-energized the show and launched a season long story arc. In 2016, Radio Times ranked the Xindi attack on Earth, the 45th greatest scene of all Star Trek film and television productions.

It was directed by Allan Kroeker, who also directed the previous season finale ' Shockwave'. The episode was written Rick Berman and Brannon Braga. The Enterprise continues on into the Delphic expanse. Archer decides to use the 100% setting on his torpedoes, and Duras' ship is destroyed.

After she tells Archer that 'you need me', the detour to Vulcan is cancelled.Īfter a three-month journey, Enterprise nears the Expanse and is again attacked by Duras. T'Pol reveals she has resigned from the Vulcan High Command and wishes to stay on the ship. They are again attacked by Duras, but Archer retaliates using his new torpedoes at 10% and then 50% strength. Enterprise begins their journey towards the Expanse, and to return T'Pol to Vulcan. T'Pol logically points out that if they needed a Vulcan on the Enterprise before, they are in greater need now, so her assignment should be continued. Starfleet refits the Enterprise with improved weapons, shields, and a detachment of MACOs (Military Assault Command Operations soldiers) are stationed aboard for the mission.Īmbassador Soval informs T'Pol that her assignment on Enterprise has been terminated by the High Command, who deem this to be purely a human matter. Starfleet orders Archer to take Enterprise to the Expanse to try to stop the Xindi. Ambassador Soval is dubious of Archer's temporal war argument, and tries to dissuade him from venturing into the Delphic Expanse, a dangerous section of space that once destroyed the Vulcan ship Vaankara.Īrcher, acting on advice from the shadowy informant, scans the crashed probe, revealing a component with an unmistakable date stamp placing the date of construction at 420 years in the future. Archer relates his encounters to Starfleet and the Vulcan High Command, and it is clear that the Xindi of the present are pre-empting the destruction of their home-world in the future. Fortunately, three other Starfleet vessels arrive, forcing it to retreat. He claims the Xindi have been told by another Cold War faction that their home-world will be destroyed, in 400 years, by Humans.Įnterprise is again ambushed, attacked by a Klingon Bird of Prey commanded by Captain Duras at the behest of the Klingon High Council. The Cabal's sponsor, a vague and shadowy holographic human from the distant future, informs Archer about the Temporal Cold War and the Xindi, the race that attacked Earth. He accuses the Suliban leader, Silik, of being responsible for the Earth attack, but Silik professes ignorance. On the way, Captain Archer is kidnapped by the Suliban Cabal. Enterprise is recalled to Earth by Admiral Forrest. In April 2153, an alien probe attacks Earth, cutting a destructive swath 4,000 km long, from Florida to Venezuela, killing millions, including Commander Tucker's younger sister, Elizabeth.

The story line continues in the Season Three opening episode, ' The Xindi'. This episode set the foundation for the season-spanning Xindi story arc, encompassing all of Season Three and the first three episodes of Season Four. The episode launched a change of direction for the series, starting with a cataclysmic attack on the Star Trek version of Earth and introducing a new alien foe, the Xindi. ' The Expanse' is the fifty-second episode of Star Trek: Enterprise, the twenty-sixth episode of the second season, and the Season Two finale. A crewman in Engineering during the Enterprise’s battle with the Klingons.

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