Trekkin' Through The Universe Pt. 8 Quiz

Answer: 2151

"Broken Bow", the pilot episode of "Star Trek: Enterprise", shows the launching ceremony of the Enterprise NX-01. It takes place on April 16th, 2151. It is notable that in this series, Earth dates are used in log reports, while by the time "Star Trek: The Original Series" takes place chronologically, 'stardates' are used.

Question by reedy

Answer: Shran

Talas served with Shran and became romantically involved with him before she died. When Shran subsequently married, his daughter was named Talla. Thoris was Andorian ambassador to Earth.

When we first see Shran, he is a part of the Andorian team that storms the Vulcan monastery of P'Jem as they suspect the Vulcans of spying on them.

Question by Daddy19.

Answer: Romulans

This was the humans' first contact with the Romulans, who had claimed the planet for their empire. While trying to defuse the mine on the hull, Lt. Reed was speared by a strut from the mine. Capt. Archer went out to defuse it with Reed's guidance but eventually the deck plate they were on was detached and they detonated the mine while shielding themselves with shuttlecraft hatches.

Question by CmdrK

Answer: Plasma Injector

The visit does not go well, as the Kreetassans become angry with Porthos, a beagle, for urinating on their prized trees. Captain Archer becomes increasingly annoyed with the Kreetassans and considers forgetting about the Plasma Injector. In the end, Captain Archer humbles himself and apologizes. The Kreetassans forgive him and give him the Plasma Injector.

Question by tinamomnsox.

Answer: Florida and Venezuela

The alien attack causes the death of seven million people of which Commander Tucker's sister was one of them. Courtesy of the Suliban, Captain Archer learns that a race called the Xindi were behind the attack and they are planning the destruction of Earth. Enterprise is therefore assigned to locate and destroy this weapon.

This episode sets up the story arc that would take place in series 3.

Question by Daddy19.

Answer: Major Hayes

Major Hayes led the MACO team assigned to Enterprise. Three other MACOs were Sergeant Kemper, Corporal Chang and Corporal Romero.

Lt Reed was not happy about the MACOs being assigned to Enterprise as he felt they wanted to undermine his position and take control of security on board the ship.

Question by Daddy19.

Answer: Triannons

The Triannons were a kind of cult that took over the Enterprise. Archer tricked them into "executing" him in the transporter. He was transported to a maintenance shaft, where he was able to fight back and win.

Question by tinamomnsox.

Answer: An area between the Klingon Empire and the Orion Syndicate

The rest of the crew are able to sneak into the slave auction and locate the kidnapped crew members. They discover that the slaves cannot be beamed, due to a restraining device. Archer buys one of the crew members and gets the restraint deactivated. The restraint was analyzed in Enterprise, then a way to deactivate the restraints was found. Archer returned to the auction and deactivated all of the restraints.

Question by tinamomnsox.

Answer: Emory Erickson

Ostensibly, Erickson comes aboard the Enterprise NX-01 to conduct a set of experiments in regards to an upgrade to the transporter technology, but it turns out that Erickson is only using the ship to try to search for his son, who was lost in a transporter accident years earlier.

Question by reedy

Answer: Paxton

John Paxton, a follower of the infamous Colonel Green, was set to use a verteron array on Mars to destroy Starfleet's headquarters. Captain Archer and Commander Tucker tried to shut it down but were unsuccessful. Tucker did manage to misdirect the aiming mechanism, causing the array to fire harmlessly into San Francisco Bay.

Question by CmdrK