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* AnnoyingPatient: While in recovery, Phlox insists on doing his paperwork rather than just relax. Archer notes doctors typically make lousy patients.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Phlox's radiation treatment only has a chance of working on him because the nano-probes aren't able to spread through his system as quickly as with humans and other species. The large dose of radiation could also very well have killed him. His only other option was committing suicide, as he did not want to end up like the drones.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Phlox's radiation treatment only has a chance of working on him because the nano-probes aren't able to spread through his system as quickly as with humans and other species. The large dose of radiation could also very well have killed him. His only other option was committing suicide, as he did not want to end up like the drones.
* DarkIsEvil: While arguing to put them in cold storage, Moninger explicitly points out the drones look anything but friendly. He's exactly right, and he's the first one to get injected with nanoprobes.
* DramaticIrony: A great deal of it, as 22nd century characters grapple with the Federation's most deadly enemy. Long-time fans know every detail, as the research team slowly piece together such items as the wreckage coming from a sphere-shaped vessel and the two initial drones being from different species. Later, as the crew begin tracking the transport, Archer believes they're dealing with a simple hostage situation, while T'Pol can't explain the fluctuating bio-signs. It's not until Phlox is infected that it becomes clear to the characters what the viewers already knew going in. Reed is also flummoxed how a heavily armed team could be overtaken by two aliens and wonders how their technology resists phase pistols.
* DramaticIrony: A great deal of it, as 22nd century characters grapple with the Federation's most deadly enemy. Long-time fans know every detail, as the research team slowly piece together such items as the wreckage coming from a sphere-shaped vessel and the two initial drones being from different species. Later, as the crew begin tracking the transport, Archer believes they're dealing with a simple hostage situation, while T'Pol can't explain the fluctuating bio-signs. It's not until Phlox is infected that it becomes clear to the characters what the viewers already knew going in. Reed is also flummoxed how a heavily armed team could be overtaken by two aliens and wonders how their technology resists phase pistols.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Whenever Phlox hears the Collective, a series of numbers are rattled off. The ending reveals they're Earth's spatial coordinates and part of a message that the drones are trying to send to the Delta Quadrant.
* FriendshipMoment: Hoshi offers to stay in sickbay to keep Phlox company, saying she owes it to him for all the times he looked out for her. Phlox asks that she leave out of concern he will turn at any moment and attack her.
* FriendshipMoment: Hoshi offers to stay in sickbay to keep Phlox company, saying she owes it to him for all the times he looked out for her. Phlox asks that she leave out of concern he will turn at any moment and attack her.
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* HopeSpot: As the drones' equipment suddenly begins reactivating, Moninger suggests putting the drones back in cold storage and wait to examine them under controlled conditions. His superior ignores this request. [[{{Understatement}} That was a mistake.]]
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** As the drones' equipment suddenly begins reactivating, Moninger suggests putting the drones back in cold storage and wait to examine them under controlled conditions. His superior ignores this request. [[{{Understatement}} That was a mistake.]]]]
** Archer regrets failing to save the researchers, but he's at least relieved the ship has been destroyed and that none of the mysterious aliens survived. Then Phlox tells him he's certain the aliens managed to send out a message deep into space.
** As the drones' equipment suddenly begins reactivating, Moninger suggests putting the drones back in cold storage and wait to examine them under controlled conditions. His superior ignores this request. [[{{Understatement}} That was a mistake.
** Archer regrets failing to save the researchers, but he's at least relieved the ship has been destroyed and that none of the mysterious aliens survived. Then Phlox tells him he's certain the aliens managed to send out a message deep into space.
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: T'Pol warns Archer that the entire ship could be at risk if they try to bring the research team aboard. She argues the transport be destroyed for the sake of the crew and anyone else that could encounter it.
* OhCrap:
** The situation prompts Archer to recall a refuted story by Zefram Cochrane about "what really happened" during First Contact. When he reads it, he finds that Cochrane had said that the goal of these creatures was "to enslave the human race."
** The first time Phlox heard the Collective, he was just waking up and not quite clear over what even happened. The second time he hears it, though, he stares off in shock, and a crewman has to snap him out of it.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Archer is surprised by Phlox's BetterToDieThanBeKilled attitude. The normally lighthearted doctor coldly asserts that death is preferable to ending up like the two Tarkaleans.
* QuizzicalTilt: After taking out a couple drones on the transport, Archer does this when looking at the female drone's face. He's recognized her from the photos of the research team.
** The situation prompts Archer to recall a refuted story by Zefram Cochrane about "what really happened" during First Contact. When he reads it, he finds that Cochrane had said that the goal of these creatures was "to enslave the human race."
** The first time Phlox heard the Collective, he was just waking up and not quite clear over what even happened. The second time he hears it, though, he stares off in shock, and a crewman has to snap him out of it.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Archer is surprised by Phlox's BetterToDieThanBeKilled attitude. The normally lighthearted doctor coldly asserts that death is preferable to ending up like the two Tarkaleans.
* QuizzicalTilt: After taking out a couple drones on the transport, Archer does this when looking at the female drone's face. He's recognized her from the photos of the research team.
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* OhCrap: The situation prompts Archer to recall a refuted story by Zefram Cochrane about "what really happened" during First Contact. When he reads it, he finds that Cochrane had said that the goal of these creatures was "to enslave the human race."
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* SuperStrength: When the Tarkaleans turn, one effortlessly restrains Phlox, and the other throws a crewman across the room. When Reed is about to lead a team after them, Phlox warns them of this.
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** The NX-01 herself suffers this. The sabotage caused by the cybernetic circuits leaves the ship defenseless and pummeled by blasts. Once Trip manages to restore power to weapons, ''Enterprise'' is able to blast the transport to scrap.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Lampshaded by Phlox. He says his attempt to find a cure for his condition was initially predicated on handling things like any doctor would. He later tells Archer that, due to the problem being a form of technology, he realized that he should've approached things like an engineer would, hence the radiation therapy he developed.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Lampshaded by Phlox. He says his attempt to find a cure for his condition was initially predicated on handling things like any doctor would. He later tells Archer that, due to the problem being a form of technology, he realized that he should've approached things like an engineer would, hence the radiation therapy he developed.
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* ZombieInfectee: Subverted. When the Tarkaleans turn and get loose, Phlox is injected with nanoprobes, but he immediately admits this to Archer after coming to. He gets to work on a cure, but he also isolates himself in sickbay to prevent any chance of exposure to the rest of the crew.
