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| Star Trek: Enterprise episode | |
| "Terra Prime" | |
 Paxton shows T'Pol and Trip the baby girl who was created with their DNA |
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| Episode no. | 97 |
|---|---|
| Prod. code | 097 |
| Airdate | May 13, 2005 |
| Writer(s) | Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens (teleplay), Manny Coto, Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Andre Bormanis (story) |
| Director | Marvin V. Rush |
| Guest star(s) | Harry Groener Gary Graham Eric Pierpoint Adam Clark Peter Mensah Johanna Watts Derek Magyar Joel Swetow Peter Weller Josh Holt Amy Rohren |
| Year | 2155 |
| Stardate | Inapplicable |
| Episode chronology | |
| Previous | "Demons" |
| Next | "These Are the Voyages..." |
"Terra Prime" is the title of the penultimate Star Trek: Enterprise television episode from its final season.
John Frederick Paxton, the leader of the human xenophobic group Terra Prime introduced in the previous episode, threatens to destroy Starfleet Command, using a meteorite-blasting array on Mars, unless all aliens leave Earth immediately. Archer, Reed, Phlox and Mayweather take a shuttlepod to the array in order to stop him.
With T'Pol and Trip hostage, Paxton demands that all aliens leave the solar system or else he will destroy Starfleet HQ. With that warning and the clock counting, Starfleet orders Archer and the Enterprise to Mars to take out the weapon threatening Earth. Meanwhile the cloned baby of T'Pol and Trip is getting sicker and time is running out for her as well. With the clock ticking, the future of the planned Federation lies in the balance.
Terra Prime terrorist John Frederick Paxton sets an ultimatum. He will destroy Starfleet Headquarters if all aliens do not depart from Earth. Paxton's action has a devastating effect on the alliance conference. Seeing the divided nature of humans, Andorians and Vulcans refuse to negotiate any further. On Mars Paxton agrees to let T'Pol and Trip see the child, but then forces Trip to fix the targeting system of the array. He refuses to cooperate, but by doing so he risks more lives getting lost on Earth. Meanwhile the crew of Enterprise think of a plan to shut down the array. Approaching the deathly station undetected is only possible with a shuttle pod hidden inside a comet. Then the imprisoned Gannett Brooks has a message for Travis, the pilot of the shuttle pod. She tells she is a secret member of Starfleet Intelligence and is afraid a Terra Prime operative will know about the plan.
Background
- Malcolm says Mars is the 32nd planet he has landed on. Phlox does him one better by saying Mars is his 248th.
- Archer's speech to the coalition conference and the positive reaction mirrors Kirk's speech at Khitomer at the end of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
- John Paxton is suffering from "Taggart's Syndrome". This is an allusion to the actor Peter Weller playing the part of Chuck Taggart in Odyssey 5.
External links
- Terra Prime (episode) article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
- Terra Prime article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
- John Frederick Paxton article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
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- This page was last modified on 24 December 2008, at 01:26.
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