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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: While being interrogated, Archer refers to mammals as the dominant "species" on Earth. Given the situation, this can be seen as an in-universe slip of the tongue.
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** Dolim's GeneralRipper desire to eradicate all of humanity explains [[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E08Twilight elements from the Bad Future]].

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** Dolim's GeneralRipper desire to eradicate all of humanity explains [[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E08Twilight elements from and closely parallels the Bad Future]].BadFuture seen earlier in the season in "[[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E08Twilight Twilight]]". ''Enterprise'''s crippling CurbStompBattle also parallels how the ship got severely damaged in the alternate timeline, also under T'Pol's command, slowing the crew down to the point that they were unable to stop the launch of the Xindi's superweapon.
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-->"I've always been much better at avoiding farewells than giving them, so I'm not even going to try, but I'm going to ask all of you to think back to the day when this ship was first launched. We were explorers then. When all this is over, when Earth is safe, I want you to get back to that job. There are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy. We've only explored a tiny fraction. You have a lot of work to do. Of all the Captains who will sit in this chair, I can't imaging any of them being more proud than I am right now."

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-->"I've always been much better at avoiding farewells than giving them, so I'm not even going to try, but I'm going to ask all of you to think back to the day when this ship was first launched. We were explorers then. When all this is over, when Earth is safe, I want you to get back to that job. There are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy. We've only explored a tiny fraction. You have a lot of work to do. Of all the Captains who will sit in this chair, I can't imaging imagine any of them being more proud than I am right now."
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** Archer later resorts to this when he speaks with Degra, who's highly skeptical but Archer slowly gets through to him.

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** Archer later resorts to this when he speaks with Degra, who's highly skeptical but Archer slowly gets through to him.him.
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* OperatorIncompatibility: When walking Archer through the controls of the Insectoid ship, Tucker notes how hard they are to operate and suggests that they're probably made for a pilot with compound eyes.

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* OperatorIncompatibility: When walking Archer through the controls of the Insectoid ship, Tucker Travis notes how hard they are to operate operate, and Archer suggests that they're probably made for a pilot with compound eyes.
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* OperatorIncompability: When walking Archer through the controls of the Insectoid ship, Tucker notes how hard they are to operate and suggests that they're probably made for a pilot with compound eyes.

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* OperatorIncompability: OperatorIncompatibility: When walking Archer through the controls of the Insectoid ship, Tucker notes how hard they are to operate and suggests that they're probably made for a pilot with compound eyes.
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* OperatorIncompability: When walking Archer through the controls of the Insectoid ship, Tucker notes how hard they are to operate and suggests that they're probably made for a pilot with compound eyes.
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''Enterprise'' has reached Azati Prime, where they find numerous Xindi starships and satellites. Archer instructs the crew to hide behind a planetoid, when they detect a convoy led by Degra's ship. There, Degra toasts the imminent launching of the Xindi weapon, then the Xindi Council meet up with him. When T'Pol shares that the detection grid can't be disabled by disabling one of its thousands of satellites, Archer decides to use the Xindi-Insectoid assault shuttle, despite Travis's concerns related to their inexperience.

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''Enterprise'' has reached Azati Prime, where they find numerous Xindi starships and satellites. This confirms that they appear to have arrived at the weapon's construction site. Archer instructs the crew to hide behind a planetoid, when they detect a convoy led by Degra's ship. There, Degra toasts the imminent launching of the Xindi weapon, then the Xindi Council meet up with him. When T'Pol shares that the detection grid can't be disabled by disabling one of its thousands of satellites, Archer decides to use the Xindi-Insectoid assault shuttle, despite Travis's concerns related to their inexperience.



Archer tells Degra all the personal info he knows about him, then shows him the heirloom: an initiation medal of a Xindi who joined the Federation. Archer tells Degra that if humans are destroyed, the Xindi will be too. Degra verifies that the relic is from the future, then talks to the two Xindi-Primate councilors about ending the mission, but they think it's too late. The three go to see Archer and demand more evidence, but he doesn't have any. However, he encourages them to pay attention to their doubts.

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Archer tells Degra all the personal info he knows about him, then shows him the heirloom: an initiation medal of a Xindi who joined the Federation. Archer tells Degra that if humans are destroyed, the Xindi will be too. Degra verifies that the relic is from the future, then talks to the two Xindi-Primate councilors Mallora and Jannar about ending the mission, but they think it's too late. The three two Xindi-Primate councilors go to see Archer and demand more evidence, but he doesn't have any. However, he encourages them to pay attention to their doubts.
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-->'''Travis:''' You're the least expendable man on ''Enterprise''. Why are you doing this?\\
'''Archer:''' An hour ago, I gave the command to kill three Xindi in cold blood. A month ago, I had Phlox create a living being in order to use some of its tissue, then I watched him put it to death.\\
'''Travis:''' Sounds like you're saying this is some sort of penance.\\
'''Archer:''' I'm saying I won't order anyone else to die.

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* AdultFear: Degra was to have a third child (who he intended to name Trenia), but his wife got sick and suffered a miscarriage. He also says being a parent means he can't shake how his actions will kill countless children.


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* TragicStillbirth: Degra was to have a third child (who he intended to name Trenia), but his wife got sick and suffered a miscarriage. He also says being a parent means he can't shake how his actions will kill countless children.
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Meanwhile, on Degra's ship, Dolim wants to bring more ships in after the weapon is destroyed to get rid of any "residual resistance", but Degra worries that all this effort may cost them a ship. Dolim insists, then goes to invesitage something he'd heard about the lunar base being out of contact, leaving Degra behind to angst over their actions.

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Meanwhile, on Degra's ship, Dolim wants to bring more ships in after the weapon Earth is destroyed to get rid of any "residual resistance", but Degra worries that all this effort may cost them a ship. Dolim insists, then goes to invesitage investigate something he'd heard about the lunar base being out of contact, leaving Degra behind to angst over their actions.

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After months of searching, ''Enterprise'' finally reaches the system where the Xindi weapon is being built. As they plan a mission to destroy it, Daniels briefly takes Archer to the 26th century to show him what lies ahead.

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After months of searching, ''Enterprise'' finally reaches the system has reached Azati Prime, where they find numerous Xindi starships and satellites. Archer instructs the crew to hide behind a planetoid, when they detect a convoy led by Degra's ship. There, Degra toasts the imminent launching of the Xindi weapon, then the Xindi Council meet up with him. When T'Pol shares that the detection grid can't be disabled by disabling one of its thousands of satellites, Archer decides to use the Xindi-Insectoid assault shuttle, despite Travis's concerns related to their inexperience.

While Trip and Travis learn about the shuttle's controls, Hoshi attempts to learn the Xindi-Insectoid language so that she can read the information on the shuttle. Travis eventually succeeds at flying it and they find the
weapon is being built. As completed underwater. Meanwhile, the moon that the ''Enterprise'' is hiding behind rotates to reveal a station, which Archer orders the destruction of lest it reveal them.

Trip and Travis come back with information on the weapon, and
they plan a mission to find out that they can destroy it, Daniels briefly takes it with photonic torpedoes, but that it'd kill the destroyer. Archer decides to do it, but finds himself on another ship with Daniels, who tells him that it's now the 26th century and the ship is the ''Enterprise-J''.

Daniels reveals that in the future, the Federation will prevent the Sphere-Builders from taking over the entire Milky Way galaxy. He also reveals that the Sphere-Builders are trans-dimensional aliens, who are manipulating the Xindi into believing that humans should be annihilated. He begs Archer not
to show sacrifice himself, since he's going to be crucial in forming the Federation, and it wouldn't work anyway since the Xindi would build more weapons. Archer doesn't believe it and demands to be sent back, and Daniels does send him what lies ahead.
back, but has him keep an heirloom from a Xindi member of Starfleet.

Archer arrives back on the ''Enterprise'' and gives the heirloom to T'Pol. She wants to study it, but he decides to go through with his plan. She is displeased with this, since she feels Daniels's claims have merit (now believing in time travel after the events of "Carpenter Street") and also simply doesn't want Archer to die, but Archer still decides to go through with it.

Meanwhile, on Degra's ship, Dolim wants to bring more ships in after the weapon is destroyed to get rid of any "residual resistance", but Degra worries that all this effort may cost them a ship. Dolim insists, then goes to invesitage something he'd heard about the lunar base being out of contact, leaving Degra behind to angst over their actions.

Archer bids everyone goodbye and leaves Porthos with Phlox, then arrives at the construction site. However, the weapon is gone, and Archer is captured and interrogated by Dolim and his lackeys. At first, Archer just sasses them and doesn't answer the questions, but then he agrees to answer in Degra's presence. He has Dolim tell Degra a personal detail about his child.

Back on ''Enterprise'', T'Pol is having trouble keeping her stoicism going, so she goes to brood in Archer's ready room. Trip tries to talk to her, but she dismisses him, then the crew determines that it's been too long without an explosion, so Archer must have been caught. Trip and Malcolm consider rushing in and destroying the weapon themselves, while T'Pol considers negotiating with the Xindi, but all of them are dubious about each other's ideas.

Archer tells Degra all the personal info he knows about him, then shows him the heirloom: an initiation medal of a Xindi who joined the Federation. Archer tells Degra that if humans are destroyed, the Xindi will be too. Degra verifies that the relic is from the future, then talks to the two Xindi-Primate councilors about ending the mission, but they think it's too late. The three go to see Archer and demand more evidence, but he doesn't have any. However, he encourages them to pay attention to their doubts.

Dolim returns and, despite Degra's protests, takes Archer away for further interrogation. Four Xindi vessels open fire on the ''Enterprise'' and cause severe damage to the ship, making it seem as though all is lost.



* CallBack: T'Pol is [[SkepticNoLonger a lot less skeptical about time travel]] after [[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E11CarpenterStreet having gone back in time with Archer]]. Degra later cites that episode when telling Mallora and Jannar what Archer told him.

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T'Pol is [[SkepticNoLonger a lot less skeptical about time travel]] after [[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E11CarpenterStreet having gone back in time with Archer]]. Degra later cites that episode when telling Mallora and Jannar what Archer told him.



* [[CaptainCrash Commander Crash]]: Trip accidentally bangs the Xindi shuttle into ''Enterprise''.

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* [[CaptainCrash CaptainCrash, or rather Commander Crash]]: Crash: Trip accidentally bangs the Xindi shuttle into ''Enterprise''.


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* NotSoStoic: The normally stone-faced T'Pol does things like cry and shout due to her preemptive grief about Archer.

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* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Daniels says this when trying to convince Archer that sacrificing himself is a terrible mistake. Naturally, Archer doesn't listen.

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** Archer later resorts to this when he speaks with Degra, who's highly skeptical but Archer slowly gets through to him.

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* ActorAllusion: Degra informs his fellows of what he was told about the Reptilians' actions in Detroit in the past. Mallora sarcastically asks if [[Creator/ScottBakula Archer]] is [[Series/QuantumLeap a time traveler]].
* AdultFear: Degra was to have a third child (who he intended to name Trenia), but his wife got sick and suffered a miscarriage. He also says being a parent means he can't shake how his actions will kill countless children.



* CallBack: T'Pol is [[SkepticNoLonger a lot less skeptical about time travel]] after [[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E11CarpenterStreet having gone back in time with Archer]].

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* CallBack: T'Pol is [[SkepticNoLonger a lot less skeptical about time travel]] after [[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E11CarpenterStreet having gone back in time with Archer]]. Degra later cites that episode when telling Mallora and Jannar what Archer told him.


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** Archer is able to get to Degra by relaying information he learned during [[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS03E14Stratagem their supposed prison break]].


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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Jannar questions how the Reptilians traveled through time, Degra suggests "she" was responsible. We'll meet this individual in the next episode.


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* TragicVillain: Degra admits to Jannar that he regularly tells himself IDidWhatIHadToDo, but he can't stop thinking about how many innocents and children will die as a result of actions meant to preserve their own race.
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* CallForward: Daniels talks to Archer about the Federation.

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* CallForward: Daniels talks to Archer about TheFederation. In addition, the Federation.ships they use at Procyon V include the ''Dauntless'', the ''Prometheus'', and the ''Nova''-class, all from ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''.
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* RunningAwayToCry: After Archer leaves ''Enterprise'' on his SuicideMission, T'Pol retreats to the ready room right before the tears start flowing.

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After months of searching, ''Enterprise'' finally reaches the system where the Xindi weapon is being built.

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After months of searching, ''Enterprise'' finally reaches the system where the Xindi weapon is being built.
built. As they plan a mission to destroy it, Daniels briefly takes Archer to the 26th century to show him what lies ahead.



* {{Cliffhanger}}: ''Enterprise'' tumbles through space, leaking air in a hundred places, with the Xindi still firing... FadeToBlack.



* {{Cliffhanger}}: ''Enterprise'' tumbles through space, leaking air in a hundred places, with the Xindi still firing... FadeToBlack.
* CoolStarship: The U.S.S. ''Enterprise''-J, seen fighting the Sphere Builders in the 26th century.



* DespairEventHorizon: The camera zooms in close to T'Pol's face as she watches ''Enterprise'' slowly disintegrate around her, knowing there's absolutely nothing left she can do to save her ship.



* TheReveal: The Xindi are actually pawns of the beings who built the Spheres. The Sphere-Builders have technology to see the future and know the Federation will foil their attempt to take over the galaxy, so they conspired to have the Xindi destroy Earth.

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* TheReveal: The Xindi are actually pawns of the beings who built the Spheres. The Sphere-Builders Sphere Builders have technology to see the future and know the Federation will foil their attempt to take over the galaxy, so they conspired to have the Xindi destroy Earth.



* WhamEpisode: This episode reveals why the Sphere Builders are attacking humanity, sees Degra begin his HeelFaceTurn, and has the NX-01 blasted into a smoldering ruin.

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* WhamEpisode: This episode reveals why the Sphere Builders are attacking pressing the Xindi to attack humanity, sees Degra begin his HeelFaceTurn, and has the NX-01 blasted into a smoldering ruin.
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