03x18 - Azati Prime

[bunniefuu]

1-Quarter impulse.

There appears to be
considerable activity

Around 2
of the inner planets.

Numerous ships,
all xindi.

I'm picking up
a large array of satellites.

They're generating
a detection grid.

Degra mentioned
a security net.

Seems like we've come to
the right place.

The planetoid we passed
on the way in,

Put us on
the other side of it.

Aye, sir.

A convoy of ships
is approaching
the detection grid.

Let's see them.

[Beeping]

Magnify the lead ship.

Show me the warp signature.

Degra.

(Degra)
it may seem odd
to celebrate

The completion of a w*apon,

Particularly one designed
to destroy

An entire planet,

But recall
the words of enarchis

Written some 50 years
into the great diaspora:

"Without a world
of our own,

"We are but children

Lost in the wilderness."

One day we'll emerge
from this wilderness

And our work here
will ensure

That we'll never
be lost again.

To a new era for all xindi.

[Glasses clinking]

♪ It's been a long road ♪

♪ Gettin' from there to here ♪

♪ It's been a long time ♪

♪ But my time
is finally near ♪

♪ And I will see my dream
come alive at last ♪

♪ I will touch the sky ♪

♪ And they're not gonna
hold me down no more ♪

♪ No, they're not gonna
change my mind ♪

♪ 'Cause I've got faith
of the heart ♪

♪ I'm going
where my heart will take me ♪

♪ I've got faith to believe ♪

♪ I can do anything ♪

♪ I've got
strength of the soul ♪

♪ No one's gonna bend
or break me ♪

♪ I can reach any star ♪

♪ I've got faith ♪

♪ I've got faith ♪

♪ Faith of the heart ♪

(Arboreal)
degra, it is good to
see you again.

Welcome.

(Commander)
when can we get underway?

Momentarily. Patience.

Patience is for the dead.

You've
accomplished a great deal
in a very short time.

We owe you our gratitude.

It's too early
to speak of accomplishments.

I'll reserve my gratitude
for when

The humans have been
annihilated.

I've analyzed
every link in the grid.

I can't find
a single weakness.

The grid is
extremely sensitive.

We'd be detected
the instant we pass through.

We could try disabling it.

It utilizes
thousands of satellites.

If one of them
goes out of commission

It fills the gap.

What about
the insectoid shuttle?

Make like one
of the locals?

We could fly in,

Try to locate
where the w*apon
is being completed.

Their shuttle
might be able to get through

The grid without
raising suspicion.

Captain,
we're not exactly experts
at piloting that thing.

It's gonna take at
least a couple hours
to get up to speed.

Take them.

I want to launch
as soon as we can.

[Whooshing]

I think I found reverse.

Great. But unless we plan to
fly in ass first,

We better figure out
how to make it go forward.

Can't argue with that.

Let's cycle through
these console settings again.

Um, try
the port actuator.

Here goes.

[Beeping]

[Beeping continues]

Commander tucker is going
to need time

To install
the translation matrix.

If commander tucker wants
to speak insectoid,

I have to get
this right first.

[Chittering]

Believe it or not,
that was "have a nice day"

Or its equivalent.

[Chittering continues]

Just get in there.

Find this thing,
scan it, and get out.

Remember,
whatever information

You gather
won't do us any good

Unless you bring it back.

We'll keep that in mind.

Good luck.

Thank you, sir.

Thanks, captain.

[Beeping]

[Alarm beeps]

Trouble?

It's like steering
an asteroid runner
with a bad axis coil.

Their flight path
is somewhat erratic.

[Beeping]

Open a channel.

[Beeps]

Trip?

[Grunts]

Sorry.

No problem.
I'll send you the bill.

[Beeping]

I think I'm getting
a feel for her.

Sensors are up and running.

Let's get this show
on the road.

Keep a sensor lock
for as long as you can.

500 Meters,

200,

Here we go.

[Beeping]

They're passing
through the grid.

We're in.

[Beeping]

Xindi patrol ship.
Coming up from behind.

They're hailing us.

[Beeps]

[Chittering]

Doesn't exactly sound like
"welcome to the neighborhood."

Hoshi, don't fail us now.

(Male voice)
your presence inside
the detection grid

Is unauthorized.

Explain.

We had a slight navigational
malfunction that
threw us off course.

It's been corrected.

[Beeps]

[Chittering]

Rendezvous with
your carrier ship immediately.

Understood.

The detection grid
is creating too
much interference.

I've lost them.

[Beeping]

We're being scanned.

Where's it coming from?

I'm not picking up any vessels
in the vicinity.

From the moon's surface.

A small monitoring station.

The moon's rotation
brought it in scanning range.

Let's see it.

Malcolm...

I'm reading
3 xindi bio-signs.

Have they sent out
a transmission?

Not yet.

What are they
waiting for?

Probably for the moon's
rotation to bring them back

Into
communication range.

How long?

4 Hours.

Target the facility.

Lock.

Sir.

We can't risk it.

Fire.

I'm still getting
trace kemocite readings,

But not enough to indicate
a large-scale w*apon.

There's not much land
down there.

And what land there is
doesn't have any life on it.

Take us down, travis

Closer to the surface.

Adjust 20 degrees starboard.

See something?

I think so.

You did say most of
this thing's power

Was routed to
structural integrity.

And you said we
could probably fly it
inside a gas giant.

Hell, it's only water.

Structural
integrity's holding.

Take us deeper.

Negative z-axis, 10 degrees.

You getting
those scans, sir?

There's a lot of activity
around the right
lower hemisphere.

I want to have a look inside.

The captain said
get in and get out.

That's exactly what
we're going to do.

Aye, aye.

(Trip)
it's definitely in the final
phases of construction.

Most of the work
that's going on
seems maintenance-related.

I've gone over the scans
you brought back.

That's the expl*sive matrix.

If we can get close enough,
we can set off
a chain reaction

That will blow this thing
to high heaven.

The initial expl*si*n
would need to be of
considerable yield.

A couple of
photonic torpedoes
should do the trick.

There's room
in the shuttle.

We're talking
about a one-way trip.

I should be
the one to go.

Forget it.

I'm the only one
that can pilot that shuttle.

I practiced on those controls.
I can get her in.

But I've actually done it.

Captain,
you want a senior officer
on this, don't you?

I'll be flying
the mission.

Captain?

How soon can you
get it ready?

A couple of hours to get
the torpedoes in place.

Get started.

Meet me in the launch bay
in 30 minutes.

I'm gonna need
some flying lessons.

(Mayweather)
aye, sir.

Welcome aboard,
captain.

Daniels.

Where am i?

You're on enterprise.

Enterprise-j, to be exact.

A distant relative
of your ship.

We're 400 years
in the future.

I'm going to assume
you brought me here
for a good reason.

Look out there.

It extends 50,000 light-years
in all directions,
and it is growing.

I've seen it before.

I know, in the expanse.

You know about
the alien we found?

The test subject?

He belongs to the same race
that built the spheres.

They're altering this space
to make it habitable
for their species.

It's a prelude to invasion.

We came to
the same conclusion.

It's getting
harder and harder
to surprise you, captain.

I've brought you to
a monumental event
in history,

The battle of procyon 5,

Where the federation
engaged the sphere-builders.

The federation?
You've mentioned them before.

Vulcans, andorians,
ithenites, klingons.

Dozens of species,
including humans

All unified in
a powerful alliance.

Sphere-builders.

The federation
wins the battle.

They drive the enemy
back into their
trans-dimensional realm.

If the federation had lost,

The sphere-builders
would have spread
throughout the galaxy,

They would have
wiped out everything.

This species has technology

Which allows them to examine
alternate timelines.

They've seen this future

And they want to
change the outcome.

So they contacted the xindi

And convinced
them that humanity
was a dangerous thr*at.

They want
the xindi to destroy us.

Without humanity,
the federation
will never exist.

You have to make
the xindi understand

That humanity
isn't the enemy.

In fact, it's humanity
that will protect them

From the sphere-builders
when this battle is won.

Contact them.
Make peace.

They're about to
deploy their w*apon.

I know.

I can't let that happen.

If you destroy their w*apon,
they will only build another.

You are the only one who can
convince them of
what I have told you.

It is crucial to history
that you do not
sacrifice yourself.

My concern is with preventing
the deaths of
billions of people.

If that's
a problem for history,

Then history
will have to suffer.

Then send someone else to...

I won't do that!

Captain,
you have to believe me.

You are making
a catastrophic mistake.

You've made
your share of mistakes.

This isn't one of them.

Send me back.

Send me back now!

Take this. It's xindi.

A family medal that belongs
to one of
the crewmen on this ship.

There are xindi serving
aboard enterprise-j.

Why are you
giving this to me?

In case you change your mind.

I won't.

I'll have this quantum dated.

We both know
it's from the future.

What do you intend to do?

I'm going ahead
with the mission.

You don't think I should?

He said you're the only one
who can end
the conflict with the xindi.

You can't do that
if you're dead.

That's if you accept daniels'
version of the future.

He's in a position to know.

I thought you were the
skeptical one when it came to
time travel.

Our recent visit to detroit
has tempered my skepticism.

You should reconsider
your decision.

What am I
supposed to do?

Fly a shuttle into the system
and knock on the door?

Tell the xindi
we want to talk?

The w*apon is too close
to being launched.

If the situation
were different,

Maybe I'd consider it,
but I can't.

I don't want you to die.

It's not necessary.

I wish that were true.

I want 4 ships
to accompany the w*apon.

We'll have to generate
an extremely large vortex

To accommodate
that many vessels.

Even after
earth is destroyed,

There will be
a residual presence
in this system.

I intend to hunt down

And eradicate
every refugee caravan,

Every colony,

Every last outpost they have.

A vortex of that size
will be very unstable.

You could lose
one or more vessels.

See that we don't.

[Beeping]

A message for you.

Go ahead.

(Soldier)
commander,
we've lost contact

With one of
the lunar outposts.

How long ago?

2 Hours.

Send a patrol.

We will resume this
when I return.

Someone once said
that dealing with reptilians

Is like
bargaining with the sun.

You make no progress

And you come away b*rned.

It's not him.

The last time I saw you
like this was

When you delivered
the first w*apon.

That one only
k*lled 7 million.

This one will
destroy an entire world.

Better their world
than ours.

That's what I
keep telling myself.

But the reality
is a good number
of the dead will be innocents

And children.

It's best not to
think about it.

It's difficult
when you have
children of your own.

What we do is for them,

For our children's future.

Remember that.

I wonder how
they'll remember us.

I know these controls
aren't exactly intuitive.

I think they were
built for someone
with compound eyes.

Try again.

[Sighing]

Good.
You're starting to think
like an insectoid.

I'll take that
as a compliment.

Can I ask you something?

Go ahead.

You're the least
expendable man on enterprise.

Why are you doing this?

An hour ago,

I gave the command
to k*ll 3 xindi
in cold blood.

A month ago, I had phlox
create a living being

In order to use
some of its tissue

And I watched him
put it to death.

Sounds like you're saying
this is some sort of penance.

I'm saying I won't order
anyone else to die.

I hate to add
to this menagerie
of yours, doc.

Nonsense.

What's, uh, one more
mouth to feed?

Just don't harvest
any part of him.

[Groans]

I doubt that
would be necessary.

Oh, do me a favor.

Slip him a piece of cheese
every now and then.

Certainly.

(Archer)
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 400 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 imagine any of them
being more proud
than I am right now.

[Beeping]

(Archer)
archer to enterprise.

I'm heading in.

400 Meters,

200.

[Beeping]

He's passing
through the grid.

He's in.

Give them hell, captain.

I'll be in the ready room.

[Crying]

[Beeping]

[Loud beeping]

[Chittering]

(Male voice)
unauthorized vessel.

Power down immediately.

[Doorbell beeps]

Come in.

Still nothing.

I'm aware of that.

It's been over 2 hours.

He should have reached
the w*apon by now.

Travis and I got there
in 25 minutes

And we didn't
know where to look.

You think it's possible
our sensors

Could have
missed the expl*si*n?

Doubtful.

Whatever you're doing,
can't it wait?

For what?

Right now,

Your place is on the bridge.

I'll be notified if
my presence is needed.

No matter what happens
to the xindi w*apon,

The captain
isn't coming back.

You're in command now.

The crew needs to know
you're on top of things

And it doesn't help
if you're holed up here.

I don't need any
leadership advice.

I'm just trying to help.

This isn't easy
for any of us.

T'pol?

Dismissed.

Dismissed?

Get out.

[Door opening]

Answer the question!

[Sighing]
repeat the question.

How many earth vessels
have entered the expanse?

I wish I could help you

But my superiors

Keep me in the dark
about these things.

Is this a pre-emptive strike?

I thought that
was your specialty.

You don't want to
know my specialty.

Let me guess,

Stinking up the room?

I had no idea that humans
were so resilient.

It's not a trait found
in most primate species.

Including the xindi?

There's a reason reptilians
are called upon

When force must be applied.

It was
a reptilian who piloted

The w*apon that
att*cked your world.

Friend of yours?

He was from my regiment.

I selected him myself.

You must be very proud.

His name will go
down in history.

It will be
spoken with reverence.

A testament to
the superiority

Of the cold-blooded.

I'll bet you
didn't know this,

But at one time,
most of my world
was ruled by reptiles.

I wasn't aware of that.

A comet hit around
65 million years ago,

Caused a mass extinction.

Most of
the reptiles d*ed out.

Mammals became
the dominant species.

How unfortunate.

Still,
the reptiles might have
come out on top

If it hadn't been for
a slight disadvantage.

And what was that?

They had brains
the size of a walnut.

That's very small.

Apparently, it's a constant
in the universe.

Earth vessels,

How many?

The reptiles
didn't all die out.

Some evolved into snakes,
alligators,

Turtles.

As a matter of fact, one of my
favorite restaurants
in san francisco

Makes the most
wonderful turtle soup.

You should try it sometime
if you're ever in the area.

[Grunts]

You want me to k*ll you?

I'm just making conversation.

Relaying a few
interesting facts

About the world
you're trying to destroy.

I'll reciprocate with
an interesting fact of my own.

We know exactly
where your ship is.

Is that so?

When we lost contact
with our lunar outpost,

We scanned the vicinity

And discovered it

Hiding.

Unless you tell me
exactly what I want to know,

I'll dispatch a squadron

Right now.

[Grunting]

No more conversation?

Mmm?

I hope you had a chance
to say goodbye to your crew.

All right.

But I'll only talk to degra.

Degra?

Alone.

I don't know who that is.

He's building your w*apon.

Ring a bell now?

What makes you think degra
would be interested
in talking to you?

Just tell him

The name of
his 3rd child, trenia.

Degra has only 2 children.

Prove me wrong.

Tell him.

Sensors would
have easily detected

An expl*si*n of
that magnitude,

Even underwater.

I say we go in.

Get as close as we can

And try to take
out the w*apon.

Agreed.

This system
is heavily guarded.

Our chances of
reaching the w*apon
are nonexistent.

We can't just sit here.

What do you propose we do?

There's still a chance
the captain may succeed.

The longer we wait here,

The greater the likelihood
we'll be spotted.

If we don't hear
from the captain
in one hour,

I'll pilot
a shuttlepod into the system.

And do what?

Attempt
a diplomatic solution.

You've got
to be kidding.

You can't possibly believe
that has any
chance of success.

The odds aren't promising

But the fact that I'm vulcan
may help me
establish a dialogue.

You'll just be
captured or k*lled.

Perhaps.

But at the moment,
I don't see
an alternate course of action.

Hello again.

How do you know me?

Long story.

Repeat what you told him.

The name of your
3rd child is trenia.

Leave me alone with him

And take him, as well.

3 Months into the pregnancy
your wife
contracted anaprolean fever.

You lost the child.

You were going
to name it trenia.

I've never told
that to anyone.

You told it to me.

You also talked about
the w*apon you designed.

The one that k*lled
7 million people.

When you watched
the telemetry come in,

You wondered how many
of those 7 million
were children.

Who are you?

It doesn't matter who I am
or how I know all this.

What's important is
that you listen to
what I have to say.

Continue.

[Sighing]

Your reason for
building this w*apon

Is based on a lie.

What lie would that be?

That at some point
in the future,

Humans are going to
destroy your species.

That is not a lie!

You know about the spheres?

Of course.

They were constructed

By trans-dimensional beings.

Their purpose is to
reconfigure the expanse

To make it habitable
for their species.

That's what destroys
the xindi, not humanity.

I've studied the spheres.

There is no evidence
to support what
you're saying.

I've seen it happen.

I've been to the future,

400 Years into the future.

You expect me
to believe that?

There's an artifact
in my right pocket.

Take it.

Go ahead.

An initiation medal.

Have it quantum dated.

The results will back me up.

You could have
gotten it anywhere.

Listen to me,
you son of a bitch.

It wasn't any easier
for me to swallow this

Than it is for you,

But you'd better
understand something.
If you destroy earth,

You won't just be
eliminating my species,

You'll be eliminating
your own.

(Degra)
the quantum dating
confirms it.

It's from the future.

That doesn't prove
the human's
telling the truth.

If there's any truth
in what he's saying,

It means we can't trust her.

It also means
she's been dealing
with the reptilians secretly.

Archer told you this?

He said he saw reptilians
on earth,

In a place called detroit

Over 100 years in the past.

The past?

So now he's
a time traveler?

According to the human,
they were developing
a bio-w*apon.

The council prohibited that.

He spoke of it
in great detail.

If the reptilians wanted
to keep their actions
a secret,

The past would be
a good place to do it.

How would they
get to the past?

She may have taken them.

We have to
investigate this.

And quickly.

The w*apon's been moved
to a safe location, but it's
nearly ready to be deployed.

The council must be informed.

Reptilians sit
on the council,
or have you forgotten?

If they did go
behind our backs,

We shouldn't reveal
what we've learned.

Not yet.

What about the aquatics?

We can inform them in secret.

All of this collusion
is dangerous.

The council is fracturing.

We can't forget
who the real enemy is.

We may not know
who the real enemy is.

What happens if you fail?

Are we supposed
to just keep sending people in

Until there's no one left?

That's hardly
a viable option.

We only have
one more shuttlepod.

You're missing my point.

I don't think you're
doing this to make peace.

I think you want to try
and save the captain.

You're wrong.

Why do I get the feeling you
haven't thought this through?

(T'pol)
you have made
your objections clear.

Now return to the bridge.

I'm not just gonna sit still
and watch you
fly off and die.

I gave you an order.
T'pol.

Let go of me!

I won't let you do this.
I said let go!

What the hell's
wrong with you?

(Reed)
bridge to t'pol.

Go ahead.

There's no need
to go to the xindi.

It appears
they're coming to us.

4 Xindi vessels closing fast.

Hail them.

[Beeping]

No response.

They're charging weapons.

What exactly
are you proposing?

That we trust each other.

You were captured
behind the controls

Of a ship armed
with expl*sives.

You're asking for our trust?

You're building a w*apon
that could destroy my world.

I had to try and stop you.

And now that
your mission has failed,

You want to negotiate.

Just consider what I said.

You maintain that
by destroying your world,

We'll be ensuring
our own annihilation.

That's right.

Because it's humankind

That ultimately
saves the xindi

From these sphere-builders.

We're both fighting
the wrong enemy.

I'm afraid it'll take more
than this antique

To convince us.

Quantum dating has produced
inaccurate results before.

Do you believe these results
are inaccurate?

Let me speak to
this council of yours.

Present my case.

Some members of the council
would sooner execute you
than listen.

Then help me
change their minds.

You haven't changed ours.

I've made an impression

Or you wouldn't
still be here.

[Grunts]

We've lost hull plating!

(Mayweather)
I still don't have
helm control.

T'pol to engineering.

[All clamoring]

[Yelling]

Engineering, report!

That last hit took out
the starboard nacelle.

We're dead in the water.

Bridge!

Bridge!

Comm's down.

Get it back.

[Grunting]

[Beeping]

Restrain him.

We're not finished.

You've had enough time.

Has he revealed
the location of his forces?

We've been
discussing other matters.

There are no other matters.

Take them back
to their ship.

We're not going anywhere.

You can't thr*aten us.

Return to your ship.

What about him?

He's going to
a detention center
for more questioning.

If there are any survivors
from his ship,
they'll join him.

Survivors?

Your ship's under att*ck.

You agreed to hold off!

We grew tired of waiting.

Call off your vessels.

I don't answer to you.

I'll assemble the council.

By the time you do,
the earth ship will be dust.

We've got hull
breaches on "c," "d," and "e."

Close them off.

The bulkheads
aren't responding!

We're venting atmosphere!

[Men yelling]

[Screaming]

Get him to sickbay!

(Crewman)
yes, sir!

Tucker to the bridge!

If you can hear me,
I've got coolant leaks
all over the place.

We're evacuating.

[Machine whirring]

Everybody out!

[Yelling]