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Archer is put in the mess hall for an impromptu tribunal, with T'Pol as the "judicial administrator", who intimidates him by implying she may have him executed and stating that she doesn't feel the need to contact his government, and Archer offering him leniency in exchange for information. Meanwhile, Trip and Kaitaama land on a planet that's hot and swampy, but inhabitable.

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Archer Plinn is put in the mess hall for an impromptu tribunal, with T'Pol as the "judicial administrator", who intimidates him by implying she may have him executed and stating that she doesn't feel the need to contact his government, and Archer offering him leniency in exchange for information. Meanwhile, Trip and Kaitaama land on a planet that's hot and swampy, but inhabitable.
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%%* RoyalBrat: Kaitaama, very much so.

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%%* * RoyalBrat: Kaitaama, very much so.



%%* WellExcuseMePrincess: Played absolutely straight.

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%%* * WellExcuseMePrincess: Played absolutely straight.
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%%* GirlInABox: How Kaitaama is introduced.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Why Trip decides to escape--he doubts that the SpacePirates will keep him alive if he fixes the stasis pod.

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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Why Trip decides to escape--he doubts that the SpacePirates will keep him alive if he fixes the stasis pod.pod.
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* ImpliedDeathThreat: When T'Pol is pretending to be a judge of sorts, she asks Plinn if his home planet has death rituals, implying she may have him executed.

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* ImpliedDeathThreat: When T'Pol is pretending to be a judge of sorts, she asks Plinn his height and weight for what's implied to be his coffin or an urn and if his home planet has death rituals, implying she may have him executed.

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* AlienLunch: The rations in the EscapePod.
--> '''Kaitaama:''' Is it...edible?\\
'''Trip:''' ''(chewing on the food item)'' Depends how hungry you are.


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* NondescriptNastyNutritious: The rations in the EscapePod.
--> '''Kaitaama:''' Is it...edible?\\
'''Trip:''' ''(chewing on the food item)'' Depends how hungry you are.
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* HangingJudge: Archer and T'Pol pretend that the latter is one to bluff Plinn into giving them the information needed to find Goff's ship. Archer even implies that she's had seven ''Enterprise'' crewmembers executed for dereliction of duty.
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* CallBack: When Kaitaama insists on remaining on the SpacePirate ship until the ransom is paid, Trip mentions being involved in a few {{Hostage Situation}}s that had unexpected outcomes.

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* CallBack: When Kaitaama insists on remaining on the SpacePirate {{space pirate|s}} ship until the ransom is paid, Trip mentions being involved in a few {{Hostage Situation}}s that had unexpected outcomes.

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Trip gets captured by space pirates along with an AlienPrincess.

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\nTrip is playing the harmonica in his quarters, when he sees an alien ship approaching and is called to work by Archer, who explains that they've answered a distress call. Trip meets up with Archer and T'Pol in the docking bay, where the ship, a Retellian freighter, is having problems with its life support systems. The two people in the ship explain that they were returning a woman home in stasis, but the stasis pod was malfunctioning and if she awoke, there wouldn't be enough air or food for her.

Thus, Archer and Trip begin their work. Archer allows one of the aliens, named Goff, to eat and bathe, and Trip begins his repair work with the other one, Plinn, while asking Hoshi to translate some foreign words. Meanwhile, Archer asks Goff if he wants a lift, but Goff declines, since the woman's people aren't expecting her for five months.

The stasis pod then malfunctions again and the woman wakes up and begins kicking and screaming. An alarm goes off while the aliens, Archer, and T'Pol are dining, and Goff goes to check it out and finds Trip helping the woman out, so he knocks him unconscious. He calls Plinn over, and Archer messages Trip. When he doesn't reply, Archer has Malcolm escort Plinn back to his ship. When Goff sees Plinn being escorted, he fires at Malcolm, then undocks his ship. The ''Enterprise'' tries to give chase, but the freighter releases a compound called dilithium hydroxyl, which disables the warp core.

On the freighter, the alien woman begins beating Trip with a weapon and yelling an an alien language. Trip tries to communicate that he didn't kidnap her and will untie her, when Goff enters and demands he fix the stasis pod. Trip says it will "be a while", then when Goff leaves,
Trip gets captured by space pirates along the universal translator to work. The alien woman explains that she was kidnapped after a diplomatic mission, she's going to be the "First Monarch of the Sovereign Dynasty of Krios Prime", and her name is Kaitaama. She suggests simply waiting until the ransom is paid, but Trip wants to escape in an escape pod.

On the ''Enterprise'', Archer and T'Pol interrogate Plinn, who claims to also be a victim and that Goff made plans he's unaware of. Archer asks for the warp frequency, but Plinn claims he doesn't know, so Archer has him locked in the airlock. Meanwhile, Trip heads for an escape pod
with Kaitaama in tow. She doesn't believe she's in danger of being killed due to her status, but Trip points out that they may kill ''him'', and these situations are unpredictable. Thus, the two go into the escape pod and head towards a star system, arguing all the while.

Archer is put in the mess hall for
an AlienPrincess.
impromptu tribunal, with T'Pol as the "judicial administrator", who intimidates him by implying she may have him executed and stating that she doesn't feel the need to contact his government, and Archer offering him leniency in exchange for information. Meanwhile, Trip and Kaitaama land on a planet that's hot and swampy, but inhabitable.

They land and begin setting up camp (after Kaitaama treats an injury Trip has), but argue over who should retrieve firewood, both wanting to be in charge. After a long, heated argument, she hits him, and they fall over and land in the water... and snog. Later, Trip and Kaitaama are asleep, and woken by the escape pod's subspace beacon. Trip smashes it, believing Goff to be the one who found them, and sure enough, he does arrive. They lure him with a fake Trip, then fight him and Kaitaama knocks him out. Then, Archer, T'Pol, and Malcolm come to the rescue. Back on ''Enterprise'', Trip and Kaitaama exchange quips one last time before she leaves for her battle cruiser.



* GirlInABox: How Kaitaama is introduced.

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* %%* GirlInABox: How Kaitaama is introduced.



* ImpliedDeathThreat: When T'Pol is pretending to be a judge of sorts, she asks Plinn if his home planet has death rituals, implying she may have him executed.



* PurpleIsPowerful: Kaitaama wears a purple gown, which [[ClothingDamage doesn't survive the episode unscathed]].
* RoyalBrat: Kaitaama, very much so.

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* PurpleIsPowerful: Kaitaama (a princess/diplomat) wears a purple gown, which [[ClothingDamage doesn't survive the episode unscathed]].
* %%* RoyalBrat: Kaitaama, very much so.



* WellExcuseMePrincess: Played absolutely straight.

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* %%* WellExcuseMePrincess: Played absolutely straight.
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Trip gets captured by space pirates along with an alien princess.
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* BangingForHelp: Trip is alerted to Kaitaama's situation when she bangs on the inside of her stasis pod crying for help.
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* ShoutOut: To ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' with the swampy planet Dagobah and the BelligerentSexualTension with a sci-fi princess.
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--> '''Kaitaama:''' It's inappropriate to touch the First Monarch.\\
'''Trip:''' You're welcome to step outside until I'm finished.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[WellExcuseMePrincess Trip]] and [[RoyalBrat Kaitaama]] squeeze into an escape pod and flee their captors. And argue LikeAnOldMarriedCouple.[[note]]And then [[BoldlyComing bang like newlyweds.]][[/note]]]]



* HatesBeingTouched: Kaitama, as touching her is considered inappropriate. Of course, once she and Trip are stuck in an EscapePod together, touching becomes unavoidable.

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* HatesBeingTouched: Kaitama, Kaitaama, as touching her is considered inappropriate. Of course, once she and Trip are stuck in an EscapePod together, touching becomes unavoidable.



* PurpleIsPowerful: Kaitama wears a purple gown, which [[ClothingDamage doesn't survive the episode unscathed]].

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* PurpleIsPowerful: Kaitama Kaitaama wears a purple gown, which [[ClothingDamage doesn't survive the episode unscathed]].



* SpacePirates

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* SpacePiratesSpacePirates: The ones kidnapping Kaitaama, and they fumble this particular piracy pretty bad.
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* AssInAmbassador: Kaitaama says that she was on a diplomatic mission when she was captured. Diplomacy is clearly not one of her talents.



* WellExcuseMePrincess: Played absolutely straight.

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* WellExcuseMePrincess: Played absolutely straight.straight.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Why Trip decides to escape--he doubts that the SpacePirates will keep him alive if he fixes the stasis pod.
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--> '''Kaitama:''' Is it...edible?\\

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--> '''Kaitama:''' '''Kaitaama:''' Is it...edible?\\



* CallBack: When Kaitama insists on remaining on the SpacePirate ship until the ransom is paid, Trip mentions being involved in a few {{Hostage Situation}}s that had unexpected outcomes.

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* CallBack: When Kaitama Kaitaama insists on remaining on the SpacePirate ship until the ransom is paid, Trip mentions being involved in a few {{Hostage Situation}}s that had unexpected outcomes.



* DeadpanSnarker: Archer can't resist when he finds Trip and Kaitama in the swamp, Trip in his undies and Kaitama in a torn dress.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Archer can't resist when he finds Trip and Kaitama Kaitaama in the swamp, Trip in his undies and Kaitama in a torn dress.



* GirlInABox: How Kaitama is introduced.

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* GirlInABox: How Kaitama Kaitaama is introduced.



* NoSell: Trip punches one of the kidnappers in the face several times, but does no damage. Then Kaitama grabs a hard object and gives him a TapOnTheHead.

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* NoSell: Trip punches one of the kidnappers in the face several times, but does no damage. Then Kaitama Kaitaama grabs a hard object and gives him a TapOnTheHead.



* RoyalBrat: Kaitama, very much so.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Kaitama tells Trip that when she becomes First Monarch of Krios prime, she'll be able to change the rules preventing her from dating.
* SlapSlapKiss: Trip and Kaitama. A round of swamp-water wrestling leads to a rather passionate snog.

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* RoyalBrat: Kaitama, Kaitaama, very much so.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Kaitama Kaitaama tells Trip that when she becomes First Monarch of Krios prime, she'll be able to change the rules preventing her from dating.
* SlapSlapKiss: Trip and Kaitama.Kaitaama. A round of swamp-water wrestling leads to a rather passionate snog.
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* AlienLunch: The rations in the EscapePod.
--> '''Kaitama:''' Is it...edible?\\
'''Trip:''' ''(chewing on the food item)'' Depends how hungry you are.

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* NoSell: Trip punches one of the kidnappers in the face several times, but does not damage. Then Kaitama grabs a hard object and gives him a TapOnTheHead.

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* HyperspeedEscape: The kidnappers' ship pulls one after releasing a cloud of gunk that clogs ''Enterprise'''s plasma vents.
* NoSell: Trip punches one of the kidnappers in the face several times, but does not no damage. Then Kaitama grabs a hard object and gives him a TapOnTheHead.
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* NoSell: Trip punches one of the kidnappers in the face several times, but does not damage. Then Kaitama grabs a hard object and gives him a TapOnTheHead.
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* ComingInHot: Trip manages to crash-land the EscapePod on Dagobah, despite barely being able to read the controls.
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* GirlInABox: How Kaitama is introduced.
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* CallBack: When Kaitama insists on remaining on the SpacePirate ship until the ransom is paid, Trip mentions being involved in a few {{Hostage Situation}}s that had unexpected outcomes.


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* HatesBeingTouched: Kaitama, as touching her is considered inappropriate. Of course, once she and Trip are stuck in an EscapePod together, touching becomes unavoidable.
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* SpacePirates
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* SlapSlapKiss: Trip and Kaitama. A round of swamp-water wrestling leads to a rather passionate snog.

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* SlapSlapKiss: Trip and Kaitama. A round of swamp-water wrestling leads to a rather passionate snog.snog.
* WellExcuseMePrincess: Played absolutely straight.
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Trip gets captured by space pirates along with an alien princess.

!! Tropes in this episode include:

* DeadpanSnarker: Archer can't resist when he finds Trip and Kaitama in the swamp, Trip in his undies and Kaitama in a torn dress.
--> '''Archer:''' Trip?...This a bad time?
* GoodCopBadCop: Archer and T'Pol pull this on the subordinate pirate, with T'Pol as a ruthless "judicial administrator" and Archer willing to convince her to show leniency.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Kaitama wears a purple gown, which [[ClothingDamage doesn't survive the episode unscathed]].
*RoyalBrat: Kaitama, very much so.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Kaitama tells Trip that when she becomes First Monarch of Krios prime, she'll be able to change the rules preventing her from dating.
* SlapSlapKiss: Trip and Kaitama. A round of swamp-water wrestling leads to a rather passionate snog.

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