01x07 - The Andorian Incident

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Maybe it's just me,
but it seems like

these Vulcan starcharts
take all the fun out of it.

We're supposed to be explorers,
aren't we?

That's the general idea.

Where's the exploration

in going places
people have already been?

Well, for one thing, we've
never been to these places.

For another...

remember that protostar
we ran across last week?

Yeah.

I'm not seeing it here.

Are you saying

those Vulcan starcharts
aren't all that accurate?

Well, if that's true,

good luck getting them
to admit it.

Come in.

You wanted to see me, Captain?

As a matter of fact,
Mr. Tucker and I

were looking at
these starcharts.

There's a planet

a few light-years off
our current heading.

I'm familiar with it.

Well, the data indicates

there's a remote
outpost right here

on the northern hemisphere.

P'Jem.

I take it this... P'Jem

is under Vulcan jurisdiction?

It's an ancient
spiritual retreat,

a remote sanctuary for Kolinahr
and peaceful meditation.

Kolinahr?

The Vulcan purging of emotion.

Well, that sounds interesting.

How do you think they'd
feel about a visit?

P'Jem is a place of
quiet contemplation, Captain.

I'm not certain we'd be welcome.

It's because Vulcans think
we smell bad, isn't it?

It's not every day
we get a chance

to see an ancient
Vulcan monastery.

I'd say a stopover is
too good to pass up...

unless you disagree.

I'll research
the proper protocols.

Good. Archer to Helm.

Go ahead, sir.

Prepare to lay in
a course correction.

T'Pol will give you
the coordinates.

Understood.

Well, you must
be looking forward

to visiting the sanctuary.

It was the Captain's idea.

But such an opportunity

to appreciate
your cultural history.

It is a Vulcan sanctuary,
if that's what you mean.

Precisely my point.

You'll be able to introduce
some of your own people

to your new crew.

Oh... I believe I see
the source of your misgivings.

Being seen with a human crew...

It could create
a certain awkwardness.

May I?

Hmm.

I confess, I feel awkward myself
on this ship sometimes...

out of place.

But what is that Vulcan motto?

"Infinite diversity..."?

"In infinite combinations."

Hmm!

And what is diversity, but
a celebration of differences?

I wonder if you might remind me
of our mission on this vessel?

Please, indulge me.

Our mission is to make contact

with those who humans consider

new life and new civilizations.

In other words,
to seek infinite diversity.

I suppose so.

Well, then, it seems to me
a cultural exchange

between your Vulcan brethren
and your human crew

is simply a furtherance
of that mission.

They don't even know
we're coming?

It wasn't possible to hail them.

The monks consider
technology a distraction

from their spiritual pursuits.

I don't like dropping in
on people unannounced.

It won't be a problem as long as
we observe the proper protocols.

When we arrive, we'll be greeted
by a Vulcan Elder.

You should not speak to him

or any member of the Order
unless spoken to first.

If they appear

to be meditating,
do not approach them

or attempt to make conversation.

Also, maintain

quiet at all times
and do not touch or disturb

any artifacts, relics
or ornamentation.

If we arrive at their time
of communal Kolinahr,

it's likely we'll
be turned away.

At the conclusion of our visit,

we'll be offered
the Stone of J'Kah

as a gesture of salutation.

Accept it.

Then bow slightly,

and observe a respectful silence
for approximately five seconds.

I thought Starfleet
training was tough.

You say this is a place
to purge emotions?

Looks like somebody had
to purge pretty bad.

He bashed the door in.

The temple is almost 3,000
years old, Commander.

You can't expect it to be
in pristine condition.

We are honored to visit

this great sanctuary.

I cannot ask you to stay.

We are observing
the final phase of Kolinahr.

He says we have arrived
at the time of Kolinahr.

The Order must remain
in silent reflection

throughout the lunar cycle.

They are not to be disturbed.

Oh, that's too bad.

Well, at least we got
to see the place.

Your service honors us.

Before we leave, may I request

the offering of the J'Kah Stone

for my distinguished guests?

Please wait.

Is something wrong?

It's probably nothing.

But?

This is the main Atrium.

There should be more than one
member of the Order present.

And the icon in that shrine
is perched

at an odd angle.

Oddly perched, huh?

We'd better call
Starfleet Command.

That's not all, Captain.

The Vulcan Elder seems...

agitated.

You call that agitated?

You know,

I think the oldest monastery

I ever visited
was in Ngari, Tibet,

but it wasn't nearly
as big as this place.

I've heard it can take days
to explore this site.

It'd take at least that long
to clean the place up.

Forgive the disarray.

Kolinahr encourages
members of our Order

to face
their vestigial emotions.

The repercussions can sometimes

be violent.

Please.

This is the Stone of J'Kah,

which represents the foundation
of all we believe...

A life of order and control
through logic.

Ishtaya kulah.

Vestal ma etak J'Kah.

What's all that mean, anyway?

It is a traditional litany,
passed down for generations.

Does it mean I get good
luck or something?

Oh, you're thinking
of the Blarney Stone, Captain,

or when you pat
the Buddha's belly.

I guess you're right.

Too bad we, uh...

didn't bring a camera,

huh, Commander?

Please, you must leave now.

You ever been to the
San Francisco Zoo?

Now there's something
you should see.

Friends of yours?

Somehow I didn't think so.

Stop looking at me.

Okay, okay, don't get
your antennas in a twist.

Why didn't you tell us
one of your people was aboard?

It's an Earth vessel;
I didn't know.

What does that mean... "Earth"?

What is that?

It's where we're from.

It's our homeworld.

Why did you come here?

Answer me, pinkskin!

This planet
was along our course.

We only came to visit
the sanctuary.

Liar!

What's your mission?

Are you a supply
ship bringing them

more surveillance equipment?

We're not bringing them
anything.

You brought her.

She's my Science Officer.

So you admit

you're working with the Vulcans?

I'll admit I have
a Vulcan Science Officer

and that I came here
out of curiosity.

Now if you don't mind
my asking...

what are you doing here?

Hey!

He's telling the truth.

We came for a visit, that's all.

We scanned your ship in orbit.

You're very well armed

for people who
"came for a visit."

You...

and the pinkskins have proven
what we already knew.

This is far more
than a sanctuary.

I'll enjoy having
you as a prisoner.

Now these guys are agitated.

They're Andorians, Captain.

They're known
for their suspicious

and volatile nature.

Andorians?

Yes, sir.

Our two species are from
neighboring systems.

We've been in conflict
for many years.

They resent our
superior reasoning...

and our technology.

They even believe
that we intend to mount

an invasion on their homeworld.

In order to alleviate tensions,
we negotiated a treaty,

but some Andorian factions still
believe we're bent on conquest.

What do they want
with a 3,000-year-old temple?

They believe we are hiding
a long-range sensor array.

This is a place
of introspection, Captain.

There are no spies here
and no technology.

So what are you going to do,

just sit here and let them
ransack the place?

Typically, they make a great
display of their indignance.

When they find nothing,

they leave.

The Andorians were here
twice before

and both times left
within a day.

Unfortunately, your arrival

has amplified their suspicions.

You've endangered us all.

No good deed goes unpunished.

The shuttle's sensors
should've picked it up.

They went to visit some monks.

Why would they scan
for alien ships?

It should be standard
procedure, that's why.

In any event, there it is.

There what is?

A vessel, not Vulcan.

And it's less than one kilometer

from our shuttlepod.

Not a lot of room
on that landing platform.

Maybe they're just
some other visitors.

Well, I for one
would like to know

who these "visitors" are.

And why haven't we heard
from the landing party?

You can't expect them
to check in every ten minutes.

Maybe that should be

standard procedure, as well.

You sure
you're not overreacting?

They're probably
just taking a tour,

observing some kind
of meditation ritual.

Where's the sensor array?

From what I'm told,
there isn't one.

Where is it?!

I don't know...

You humans obviously
have emotions.

I find it curious
that you'd select a Vulcan

as your Science Officer.

Believe me,
she wasn't my first choice.

Why a Vulcan?

Why a Vulcan?!

She was assigned to us
by the Vulcan High Command.

You take orders
from the High Command?

No...

For the last time,
we just came to see the temple.

That's my ship.

Enterprise.

They're trying to contact...

Enterprise.

Yes, I'm looking
for Captain Archer.

He's a prisoner
of the Andorian Imperial Guard.

We know you're in collaboration
with the Vulcans.

Let me talk to the Captain.

Your ship

is under constant surveillance.

Arm your weapons
or make any attempt

to approach the surface
and I'll k*ll the hostages.

Wait!

I've lost the signal.

Try T'Pol or Commander Tucker.

No response.

Have Launch Bay put
Shuttlepod 2 on standby.

You heard what he said.

If we try to send more people...

I don't take orders
from a com voice, Ensign.

Not unless that voice
belongs to the Captain.

Take a look
at the Vulcan database.

See if it has anything
on these Andorians.

Aye, sir.

We've searched all the chambers

in the eastern tower.

Have you checked
the living quarters?

Not yet.

Perhaps if we decapitate
one or two of those monks,

he'll start telling us
the truth.

Is that something...

you could live with, Captain?

I've already told you the truth.

How long have you lived
on the Earth ship?

Nine weeks and four days.

The smell must be intolerable.

You get used to it.

And I was given a
nasal numbing agent.

Whose idea was it
to visit this place?

These guys are serious.

They're going to start
k*lling you people

if they don't find
what they're looking for.

There is nothing to find.

I don't think
they're buying that.

Not this time.

Looks like there
are four of them.

I saw some kind
of scanning console.

They talk a lot
about searching rooms.

You'd think they could find

whatever it is
they're looking for

with those antennas of theirs.

They answered a hail
from Enterprise.

They threatened to k*ll us all
if anyone attempts a rescue.

Mr. Reed wouldn't
be that reckless.

I didn't recruit
my Tactical Officer

to sit on his butt
when he's threatened.

The Andorians smashed
our communicators.

The longer we're out of contact,

the more likely
Malcolm will put together

a landing party,
warning or no warning.

Knowing him, a heavily armed
landing party.

It's just a matter of time.

So if anyone has a suggestion,
I'm all ears.

No offense.

There is an option.

A transmitter, it's very old.

You said you had no technology.

It hasn't been used
in many years.

It may not even be working.

I never met a busted radio
I couldn't fix.

Where is this... transmitter?

In the catacombs.

Catacombs?

Please listen to me, Captain.

There are hidden
passages beneath us

where we keep our
most sacred relics...

Our honored dead.

If the Andorians discover them,
they will damage our culture

in ways you can't
begin to understand.

For people without emotion,

you sure have a flair
for the dramatic.

Master Haadok,
one of the founders of P'Jem.

The transmitter's this way.

Fellas.

What's down there?

The Reliquary.

Our most sacred artifacts
are kept there.

This is the transmitter.

Looks like
a krellide power cell.

There is one to spare.

No, thanks. It'll
just get in my way.

It's only going to get colder.

You take it.

You need it more than I do.

Do the Andorians
have a transporter?

No.

That gives us the
element of surprise.

We could bring an as*ault
team right into the Atrium...

The sound of the transporter
alone would alert the guards.

They'd start f*ring

before the team
was fully resequenced.

Well, what about this room?

By the time the Andorians
detected the transport,

we'd be armed and ready.

For what?

A firefight in close quarters,
with a dozen monks at risk?

If you've got
any better ideas...

There's room in here.

I'm fine.

You're freezing.

It's been 24 hours

since I took
my nasal numbing agent.

The cold is preferable
to the odor.

Come on.

An armed as*ault would put
all of our lives at risk.

Not to mention the destruction
of the sanctuary itself.

I'd say our lives
are already at risk.

Tensions between Andoria
and Vulcan are high.

Any casualties would
only make matters worse.

It seems like you're letting
them walk all over you.

They come in here,
they smash your relics,

they b*at up your people.

Then you just sit back and
wait for them to walk away?

We don't believe

in responding
to v*olence with v*olence.

I admire your ethics,

but right now, a little
v*olence might help.

You're beginning to sound
like an Andorian.

You know,

I came here hoping to
gain a little insight

into the Vulcan mind.

It looks like I'm getting it.

You people think you're
so damned enlightened...

Problem?

I'd like to find a
peaceful solution, too,

but I don't think
that's going to happen.

However we end up
dealing with this,

I need to know I
can count on you.

Are you questioning my loyalty?

I just want to know
where we stand.

I have never
disobeyed your orders.

Sir, you're wearing a
hole in the deck plating.

What is it?

Transmission from the surface.

It's a modulated EM signal,
very weak.

Put it through.

Enterprise, this
is Commander Tucker.

Repeat: Enterprise,
this is Commander Tucker.

This is Enterprise.

We can barely read you,
Commander.

What's your status?

Guess you heard.

We kind of walked
into a hostage situation.

The whole place has been taken
over by Andorians.

Andorians, yes.

I've been reading about them
in the Vulcan database.

Militaristic, blue-skinned?

That's them.

Well, what do they want?

They seem to think

this place is
some kind of a spy station.

They're looking
for a sensor array.

The Captain says to sit tight.

He doesn't want to provoke them
any more than we already have.

He also said to tell you

we're working on a way
out of here.

Are you certain
we can't negotiate?

The Captain came back
from his last negotiation

with a face full of bruises.

We'll be in touch.

Understood.

Do any of these tunnels
lead to the outside?

No.

What about

this Reliquary?

No one's entered it in years.

To do so would be blasphemy.

I saw an old stairwell
down there.

Maybe a meter wide.

It was...
right about here.

That would almost be directly

beneath the Atrium.

There were three dim lights
coming from the top.

It looked something like this.

How many times do we have

to search the same rooms?

Are you losing faith
in our mission?

We've looked everywhere.

We've run a thousand scans!

The Vulcans...
are very deceptive.

It's here.

I'm sure of it.

If we back down now,

everything we've fought
for is meaningless!

If nothing else,
remember that, Keval.

Hey!

Can you hear me?

Hello.

Anybody out there?

I need to speak with you alone.

I have some information for you.

What is it?

Well, for one thing,
I needed some fresh air.

You ever been stuck
in a room full of Vulcans

for 12 hours?

The information.

I'll bet their robes
haven't been washed

since the Time of Surak.

Have you heard of him?

Vulcan philosopher.

He's the one who got everybody

to start purging their emotions.

I don't know about you,

but I have learned really a lot
since I got here.

What did you come to tell us?

Well, that depends.

What do you want to know?

Oh!

All right.

Information.

Did you know that

over 70 percent of the organisms
on my homeworld are bacteria?

What?

Here's something

I think you'll find interesting.

There was a man in Canton, Ohio,
who once rolled

a ball of string
over six meters in diameter.

He's wasting our time.

Take him back!

There was a famous astronomer
on Earth...

Tycho Brahe.

He lost his nose in a duel.

Over a math equation!

You must enjoy pain.

Please.

Please, I can't stand another
minute with the Vulcans!

Please!

A light at the end
of the tunnel.

You know what to do, Commander.

Yes, sir.

I don't have to tell you,
Captain.

We don't condone these actions
you are about to take.

No, you don't have to tell me.

Just try and stay out of the way

and everything will
work out fine.

Phase-pistols on stun.

Stun, sir?

The Captain's instructions
were quite explicit.

It's a console, Ensign.

It won't bite.

No, it'll just
scramble your molecules.

Crewman?

We've, uh...

heard stories, sir.

It might not be safe.

I've heard the same stories.

Now get up here.

Coordinates set?

Aye, sir.

Then energize...

before we change our minds.

What is it?

Some kind of energy fluctuation.

We detected an energy surge.

It came from this chamber.

Perhaps you have
faulty equipment.

Or perhaps you have equipment
we don't know about.

Watch them.

This is it.

Most Vulcans smell of dust...

but you're different.

Something sure smells.

Did you say something,
pinkskin?!

This can't be right.

I'm detecting
three new bio-signs...

all human.

Where are they?

They're within 20 meters.

Where?!

I can't pinpoint the signal.

Try boosting
the proximity sensors.

I've heard about
your mating rituals.

That Vulcan women
force their men

to fight each other
to the death.

Would you like me
to k*ll someone for you?

Leave her alone.

Would you like me to k*ll him?

Find them!

They're very close.

Will you be all right?

Go ahead, I'll cover here.

Keval!

This way.

Two of them got away.

They went down
into the catacombs.

I hope you're pleased, Captain.

You've turned a place
of solitude into a w*r zone.

Where are the phase-pistols?

Here, sir.

If he wakes up, stun him again.

Let's go.

I'm going with you.

v*olence is no longer our way.

We must protect what is ours.

They're down this passage...

30 meters.

It leads to the Reliquary...
Only members of the High Order

are allowed to go inside.

We'll do our best
not to look at anything...

I can't permit it, Captain.

What would you suggest we do?

I'll disarm them myself.

You ever use one of those?

I didn't think so.

The Andorians have seen
your sacred relics.

A couple humans won't make
much of a difference.

Captain.

Hold your fire!

You might want to take
a look at this!

I don't believe this.

Does that thing have
imaging sensors?

Yes.

Take all the pictures you can.

Place your weapons
on the ground.

I... will k*ll him if necessary.

Give that to me.

v*olence in
a sanctuary, Captain?

Very disrespectful, but,
boy, did it feel good.

All this time they've been
calling these monks liars

and all this time
they've been right.

They've got enough

equipment down there to see

what any Andorian is
having for breakfast.

I've completed my scans.

Give it to him.
Sir?

Give it to him.

You got what you came for.
Now get out of here.

How do we know you
won't att*ck our vessel?

The Vulcans violated
your treaty.

Your people

ought to know about it.

You have a problem with that?

Your communicator.

T'Pol to Enterprise.

Go ahead.

The Andorian ship will be
leaving the surface

momentarily.

They're free to go.

Acknowledged.

We're in your debt.

Thanks for the tour.