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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Played for BlackComedy when--after a mention that the Orions sell their own females--the slave trader brags that even his own mother didn't get the price that he just got for T'Pol.
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* YouGotSpunk: The Orion slaver tells T'Pol this before deciding to keep her for himself. She responds with a GroinAttack.
-->'''T'Pol:''' I'm ''not'' for sale!
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* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Soong tries to establish a CommonalityConnection with T'Pol and Phlox. Neither look happy about it.

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* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Soong tries to establish a CommonalityConnection with T'Pol and Phlox. Neither look happy about it.it.
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* IdenticalGrandson: WordOfGod confirms that Arik Soong is an ancestor of [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Noonien Soong]].

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* IdenticalGrandson: WordOfGod confirms that Arik Soong is an ancestor of [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Noonien Soong]].[[invoked]]
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* SlaveMarket: Several members of the Enterprise crew are kidnapped and put up for sale on the Orion slave market. [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Orion slave girls]] are part of the merchandise, although in a later episode ("Bound") it's revealed that ''they're'' actually the ones in control.

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* SlaveMarket: Several members of the Enterprise crew are kidnapped and put up for sale on the Orion slave market. The legendary [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Orion slave girls]] are part of the merchandise, although in a later episode ("Bound") it's revealed that ''they're'' actually the ones in control.merchandise.

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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Played for BlackComedy when--after a mention that the Orions sell their own females--the slave trader brags that even his own mother didn't get the price that he just got for T'Pol.



* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: The famous Orion SexSlave makes a reappearance. Soong is clearly EatingTheEyeCandy as he talks of their legendary 'appetite' and 'skills'.

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* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: The famous Orion SexSlave makes a reappearance. Soong is clearly EatingTheEyeCandy as he talks of their legendary 'appetite' [[AllWomenAreLustful 'appetite']] and 'skills'.[[SexGoddess 'skills']].



%%* NoSenseOfHumor: How Soong feels about the ''Enterprise'' crew.
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* NotBloodSiblings: While the Augments aren't biologically related to one another, they were all raised together and view each other as siblings. This doesn't stop Persis becoming involved with two of her "brothers".
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The ''Enterprise'' arrives at Verex III and uses one of Soong's old codes to enter the auction. They can't beam anyone back due to the restraints, and T'Pol is sold due to being a Tellarite. Archer and Soong beam down and Archer finds most of the missing crew. When Ensign Pierce is put up for sale, Archer buys him and convinces the Orions to deactivate his restraint.

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The ''Enterprise'' arrives at Verex III and uses one of Soong's old codes to enter the auction. They can't beam anyone back due to the restraints, and T'Pol is sold due to being sold to a Tellarite. Archer and Soong beam down and Archer finds most of the missing crew. When Ensign Pierce is put up for sale, Archer buys him and convinces the Orions to deactivate his restraint.

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''Enterprise'' is sent to track down a group of genetically-augmented humans.

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A Klingon Bird-of-Prey is on patrol in the eponymous Borderland, an area of space between the Klingon Empire and the Orion Syndicate. It discovers a transport shuttle with two human bio-signs, so they arrest the humans... who attack and kill the whole crew.

Back on Earth, Dr. Arik Soong sits in prison working on plans for his genetic engineering, when Archer visits and tells him about the Bird-of-Prey. Apparently, its attackers were both augments whose DNA matched that of some embryos that Soong stole from a medical facility twenty years ago. He raised the children in secret as his own, but left them alone when they were ten. Soong is freed from prison so he can help the
''Enterprise'' is sent crew find the Augments, and fitted with a transponder to track him. Soong tells Archer to search the Borderland, so he heads there.

On the Bird-of-Prey, the Augments' leader, Raakin, scolds Malik for stealing the ship, causing a power struggle when Malik disagrees. Meanwhile, in sickbay on the ''Enterprise'', Phlox and Soong discuss genetic engineering and the Eugenics Wars. Phlox says that his people use genetic engineering in medicine, but it's quite different from Soong's doing, which he disapproves of.

The ''Enterprise'' enters the Borderland, but is attacked by Orions, who kidnap nine crew members (including T'Pol) and are taken to a planet called Verex III and auctioned into slavery. Soong guides Archer to this planet, since he used to get supplies from there, while the slaves are fitted with "neurolytic restrains", which will kill them if they try to escape. On the Bird-of-Prey, Malik stages a mutiny against Raakin, believing himself to be a better leader as he thinks he's stronger and more intelligent.

The ''Enterprise'' arrives at Verex III and uses one of Soong's old codes to enter the auction. They can't beam anyone back due to the restraints, and T'Pol is sold due to being a Tellarite. Archer and Soong beam
down a group and Archer finds most of genetically-augmented humans.
the missing crew. When Ensign Pierce is put up for sale, Archer buys him and convinces the Orions to deactivate his restraint.

On the Bird-of-Prey, Persis (an Augment woman who Malik told his plans to) tells Raakin about Malik's plan to take over. She tells Raakin that Malik believes he is weak and weakening the other Augments, and that if their "father" were present, he'd choose Malik as leader. Raakin says that he will betray their "father's" principles by killing Malik.

Ensign Pierce is returned to ''Enterprise'' and his (inactive) restraint is analysed by Trip. Meanwhile, on the Bird-of-Prey, Raakin tries to kill Malik, but everyone else fights back, leading to ''Malik'' killing ''Raakin''. Malik becomes the new leader, with Persis as his next-in-command.

''Enterprise'' discovers a code to deactivate all of the restraints, and Archer and Soong return to the auction. Archer deactivates all the restraints, leading to a riot, and the ''Enterprise'' crew is beamed back five at a time. Soong stuns Archer and escapes, then deactivates his transponder, but Archer finds him and activates his arm restraints. Soong climbs the wall, but then Archer deactivates the restraints, causing Soong to fall and get taken back to ''Enterprise''.

Soong is locked in the brig, where Archer accuses him of having planned for the whole ordeal. Soong begs Archer to leave the Augments be, since they're "the future of mankind" and are stronger, faster, and live longer than most people. Archer insists that the Augments must be stopped because they're dangerous, even when Soong points out that genetic engineering could have saved Archer's father, and leaves.

In sickbay, Trip asks T'Pol how her honeymoon was, and she reveals that she spent all of her time meditating. The ''Enterprise'' resumes its search for the Bird-of-Prey, only to be attacked by Orion Interceptors again, claiming that they "stole" Orion "property". A Bird-of-Prey chases off the Interceptors, then docks with the ''Enterprise'', revealing it to be the Augments.

Malik tells Archer that Soong contacted them and they came to the rescue. Archer shares his plan to take the Augments back to Earth, but Malik says that Earth hates Augments and that Augments are "superior". He grabs Archer's neck, threatening to kill him if anyone intervenes. He brags about the abilities of Augments, then goes to the bridge and into a turbolift with Archer as a hostage.

At the docking port, the other Augments, led by Persis, hack into the door controls and raid the dock, stunning the guards. They go to the brig and release Soong, then Malik arrives with Archer. Soong tells the Augments he is proud of them, then tells Archer to go home and learn Klingon. The Augments leave, with the ''Enterprise'' too damaged to give chase, and Soong tells the Augments that they are going to retrieve thousands of their "brothers" and "sisters".



* AlienAbduction: The Orions kidnap eight humans (plus T'Pol) and sell them into slavery.



* NoSenseOfHumor: How Soong feels about the ''Enterprise'' crew.

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* TheOnlyOne: Justified for once. Enterprise is the fastest ship available, with the most experienced crew.

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* TheOnlyOne: Justified for once. Enterprise ''Enterprise'' is the fastest ship available, with the most experienced crew.
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* EightiesHair: The Augments' hair style - business in the front, party in the back.

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* EightiesHair: The Augments' hair style Augments love their mullets - business in the front, party in the back.
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* CastingGag: Alec Newman plays [[Series/{{Dune}} another product of human genetic manipulation/augmentation]]
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* {{Tuckerization}}: Persis is named for Persis Khambatta, who played Lt. Ilia in ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture''.
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* BrickJoke: Trip asks T'Pol how her honeymoon was, but does not get an answer until the end of the episode, at which point she says that Vulcans don't have honeymoons.
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* SlaveMarket: Several members of the Enterprise crew are kidnapped and put up for sale on the Orion slave market. [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Orion slave girls]] are part of the merchandise, although in a later episode ("Bound") it's revealed that ''they're'' actually the ones in control.
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* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: A Klingon guard slams his rifle into an Augment's chest...and gapes when the PunyEarthling doesn't even flinch. Next moment he's been knocked halfway down the corridor.

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* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: A Klingon guard slams his rifle into an Augment's Malik's chest...and gapes when the PunyEarthling doesn't even flinch. Next moment he's been knocked halfway down the corridor.

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* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: T'Pol bucks up a panicking EnsignNewbie.



* PullYourselfTogether: T'Pol bucks up a panicking EnsignNewbie.
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* InstantSedation: PlayedWith when Archer injects an Orion with the [[Website/SFDebris off-button hypospray]]. The Orion tenses up, goes stiff as a board, wobbles back and forth for a few will-he-or-won't-he seconds...and finally goes down.

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* InstantSedation: PlayedWith when Archer injects an Orion with the [[Website/SFDebris off-button hypospray]].hypospray. The Orion tenses up, goes stiff as a board, wobbles back and forth for a few will-he-or-won't-he seconds...and finally goes down.

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* CallingYourAttacks: Malik announces his intention to attack Archer just before he actually does, just to prove that ordinary humans are no match for Augments. Apparently nobody told him that Archer being [[TheChewToy no match]] for ''[[DesignatedVictim anybody]]'' is one of defining traits.

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* CallingYourAttacks: Malik announces his intention to attack Archer just before he actually does, just to prove that ordinary humans are no match for Augments. Apparently nobody told him that Archer being [[TheChewToy no match]] for ''[[DesignatedVictim anybody]]'' is one of his defining traits.


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* ToServeMan: Threatened by the Orion when nobody seems interested in buying Pierce.
--> "If you don't sell as a slave, I will sell you as food."
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* CallingYourAttacks: Malik announces his intention to attack Archer just before he actually does, just to prove that ordinary humans are no match for Augments.

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* CallingYourAttacks: Malik announces his intention to attack Archer just before he actually does, just to prove that ordinary humans are no match for Augments. Apparently nobody told him that Archer being [[TheChewToy no match]] for ''[[DesignatedVictim anybody]]'' is one of defining traits.
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-->'''T'Pol:''' I'm ''not'' for sale!

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-->'''T'Pol:''' I'm ''not'' for sale!sale!
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Soong tries to establish a CommonalityConnection with T'Pol and Phlox. Neither look happy about it.
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* PunchPunchUhOh: A Klingon guard slams his rifle into an Augment's chest...and gapes when the PunyEarthling doesn't even flinch. Next moment he's been knocked halfway down the corridor.

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* PunchPunchUhOh: PunchPunchPunchUhOh: A Klingon guard slams his rifle into an Augment's chest...and gapes when the PunyEarthling doesn't even flinch. Next moment he's been knocked halfway down the corridor.
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* PunchPunchUhOh: A Klingon guard slams his rifle into an Augment's chest...and gapes when the PunyEarthling doesn't even flinch. Next moment he's been knocked halfway down the corridor.
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* ImmuneToBullets: The Augments can take a stun blast to the chest and recover in a few seconds.
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* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: The famous Orion SexSlave makes a reappearance. Soong is clearly EatingTheEyeCandy as he talks of their legendary 'appetite' and 'skills'.
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* ShockCollar: The neuraletic inhibitors on the Orion slaves.

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