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:: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 ::

Star Trek: Enterprise Episode 065

The Andorian-Vulcan rivalry rears its head

We approach the site where the WMD is being tested, whilst on its way, the Enterprise gets caught in one of the many anomolies of the Expanse, slightly different than the past. Fortunately the Blue Skinned Andoreans are looking for the Enterprise for reasons of their own in the seriously non-Eucliding Expanse.

Enterprise gets caught in the anomalies and the Andorians find them and pull them out with a tractor beam (a piece of technology the Earth bipedal lifeforms have yet to encounter. Who should be their but the well known Andorian Imperial Guardsman and commander Shran. What ever his motives, Shran appears comfortable with Captain Archer, and smug with Lieutenant Commander T'Pol being late of the Vulcan High Command and Science Directorate.

Shran and his crew confront the Xindi from their bridge

Shran offers to help Enterprise with it's repairs, where Trip (Commander Tucker) develops a relationship with one of the Andorians, a female of course, Talas played by Molly Brink (no picture yet). T'Pol warns Archer of the Andorian duplicity and a new level of respect develops between some of the crew and the Andorians. During the repairs Shran offers to help with the mission to capture the Xindi weapon, out of the desire for mutual cooperation between the species and possibly to set up a wedge between Earth and Vulcan. Of course the Andorians see the Xindi weapon as a means to overcome the percieved Vulcan superiority over them. Thus, by deseption of the Xindi the Andorians end up with the weapon and Enterprise on their tail.

With the disabled Andorian vesssel limping in space and the Xindi weapon destroyed, Shran refuses assistance from Archer and Entreprise continues with the data plans of the weapon safely ensconsed in it's own computers with a little subterfuge by Archer. We know, from Star Trek TOS, that the Andorians end up becoming part of the Federation, but it won't happen just yet, I'd say.

:: Clifford 9:31 pm [+] ::
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