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"Shadows of P'Jem" |
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ABOUT THE
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SHIPS & CHARACTERS
SEASON 1 |
SEASON 2 |
SEASON 3 |
SEASON 4 |
Admiral Forrest learns from
Ambassador Soval that the sacred Vulcan monastery at P'Jem has
been destroyed, a result of Captain Archer's discovery of a
surveillance station beneath the sanctuary and his sharing the
finding with the hostile Andorians. Blaming both Archer and
T'Pol for the incident, the Vulcan High Command decides to
remove T'Pol from her position on Enterprise, and arranges to
send a ship to take her back to Vulcan.
Upon delivering the news of her reassignment, Archer is
disturbed with T'Pol's nonchalant attitude towards her imminent
departure. But since she has two days left as part of his crew,
he asks her to accompany him on a trip to the capital city of
Coridan, a planet already familiar with Vulcans but not humans.
Piloting a shuttlepod to the planet's surface, Archer and T'Pol
suddenly come under attack by an unidentified aircraft and are
taken prisoner. Held inside an old shanty in an unknown
location, Archer learns their captors are Coridan rebels who are
mounting a coup against the current government, which is kept in
power by the Vulcans.
While Archer and T'Pol struggle unsuccessfully to escape their
restraints, Commander Tucker is informed by the Coridan
Chancellor that the kidnapping is the work of a radical faction
who must not be negotiated with, but that the government is
doing everything in their power to find the crewmen. Tucker
won't sit on his hands, though, so he orders the crew to run
scans for the shuttlepod. Just when they locate it amidst a
"shantytown" just outside the capital, they are hailed by Traeg,
one of the abductors, who demands weapons in exchange for the
hostages. While Tucker and Reed consider their best course of
action, the Vulcan ship Ni'Var arrives a day early to pick up
T'Pol, but then learns of the kidnapping from Tucker. Visiting
Enterprise to discuss the situation, the Vulcan captain, Sopek,
opts to mount a quick, decisive rescue mission, advising the
human crew to stay out of the way. This worries Tucker and Reed,
so they discreetly take a shuttlepod to the surface. As they
search the Coridan shantytown for their crewmates, they are
themselves ambushed and kidnapped. It turns out their captors
are Shran and Tholos, two of the Andorians they came to blows
with at P'Jem, and they actually abducted Tucker and Reed for
their protection. Shran explains that the Andorians are in
league with the Coridan rebels, supporting their fight against
the Vulcan-backed government, a government he claims to be
corrupt. But since the P'Jem incident, Shran has lost sleep over
feeling indebted to Archer, so he wants to secure the captain's
freedom from the rebels. Shran and Tholos have a plan to break
Archer and T'Pol out of the rebel compound, but they would be
vastly outnumbered, so they let Tucker and Reed have their
weapons back and come along.
The humans and Andorians work together to overcome the guards
and infiltrate the rebel compound. Just when they are about to
reach Archer and T'Pol, the place is also raided by heavily
armed Vulcan commandos, led by Sopek. Suddenly the Enterprise
crewmen and Andorians are caught in massive crossfire between
the Coridans and the Vulcans. But Tucker and Shran manage to
slip by and reach Archer and T'Pol. After helping to untie the
hostages, Shran gives Archer back the scanner that contained the
incriminating evidence from P'Jem — his debt is now repaid in
full. The Vulcans overpower Traeg and the other Coridan rebels
and are then met by the humans and the Andorians. While the
Vulcans and Andorians face off in intense distrust, weapons
trained on each other, Traeg regains consciousness and aims a
gun at Sopek. T'Pol immediately throws herself at Sopek and
takes a plasma bullet in her flank. After the Andorians return
fire and put Traeg down for good, Archer takes the severely
injured T'Pol in his arms, refusing to turn her over to the
Vulcans, and leads his crewmates back to the shuttlepod.
While T'Pol is treated by Dr. Phlox in Sickbay, Sopek visits and
learns the prognosis is uncertain. Archer appeals to Sopek to
let her have a second chance, given her heroic sacrifice. He
agrees to bring the matter up with the High Command and leaves.
When T'Pol awakens, Archer tells her the odds are pretty good
she'll be on Enterprise a while longer.
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