Editing Star Trek: Enterprise (section)

==Series overview==

===General===
''Star Trek: Enterprise'' follows the adventures of the crew of the first starship ''[[Enterprise (NX-01)|Enterprise]]'', designation NX-01. They are the first deep space explorers in [[Starfleet]],<ref name=newenterprise /> using the first warp five capable vessel.<ref name=longtrek /> The [[Vulcan (Star Trek)|Vulcans]] have withheld advanced technology from humanity since their first contact, concerned that humans were not ready for it. This has delayed human space exploration<ref name=newenterprise /> and caused resentment in Starfleet test pilot [[Jonathan Archer]], whose father developed the Warp 5 engine but did not live to see it used.<ref name=longtrek />

The ''Enterprise'' was equipped with less-advanced technologies than those seen in previous series (which occurred later on the ''Star Trek'' timeline). It had no [[tractor beam]], but utilized grappler cables; and used missiles instead of particle weapons (see [[weapons in Star Trek|Weapons in ''Star Trek'']]); in Season 1, phase cannons were added, similar to those on the ''Enterprise'' in ''The Original Series''. It had only limited means of synthesizing foods and other consumable items.<ref name=newenterprise /> Communications Officer Linguist [[Hoshi Sato]]'s expertise in linguistics helps compensate for the lack of the advanced [[universal translator]].<ref name=interpreting />

The series also showed the crew making first contacts with a number of races previously seen in the franchise. The [[Klingon]]s, who appear in the pilot "[[Broken Bow (Star Trek: Enterprise)|Broken Bow]]," have the ridged makeup seen in the movie franchise and from ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' onwards (excluding ''[[Star Trek: Discovery]]''), rather than the smooth-headed versions seen in ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Jankiewicz|first=Pat|title=Trek Twins|journal=Starlog|date=December 2003|volume=1|issue=317|pages=84–85 |url = https://archive.org/stream/starlog_magazine-317JPG/317#page/n83/mode/1up|access-date=June 1, 2015}}</ref><ref name=afflictionprod>{{cite web |title=Production Report: Klingon Discrepancy Addressed in Affliction |url = http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/8695.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20041231043133/http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/8695.html |archive-date=December 31, 2004|date=December 16, 2004|access-date=June 1, 2015|website=StarTrek.com|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]}}</ref>{{NoteTag|The difference was later explained in the two part episode "[[Affliction (Star Trek: Enterprise)|Affliction]]" and "[[Divergence (Star Trek: Enterprise)|Divergence]]".<ref name=afflictionprod/><ref>{{cite web |title=Production Report: "Divergence" Concludes Klingon Conundrum |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050206174825/http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/9258.html |url = http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/9258.html |archive-date=February 6, 2005|website=StarTrek.com|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|date=January 12, 2005|access-date=June 1, 2015 }}</ref>}} Berman and Braga attributed this change to advancements in makeup, and felt that such contradictions in continuity were unavoidable. The change in the Klingons' appearance was eventually justified by attributing it to a plague caused by genetic experimentation in the two part arc of "[[Affliction (Star Trek: Enterprise)|Affliction]]" and "[[Divergence (Star Trek: Enterprise)|Divergence]]." Electronics in ''Enterprise'' were also more compact than those of previous (future) series, as advances in real-world technology made devices seen in ''The Original Series'' and ''Voyager'' seem anachronistically oversized.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Continuity Conundrums|journal=Star Trek Monthly|date=October 2001|volume=1|issue=83|page=7}}</ref>

The series's first season emphasized a core trio of characters: Jonathan Archer, [[T'Pol]], and [[Trip Tucker]]. Other main characters had primary roles in particular episodes, such as "[[Dear Doctor]]" and "[[Fight or Flight (Star Trek: Enterprise)|Fight or Flight]]."<ref name=interpreting /> The second season saw deepening relationships between characters—for example, the friendship between Tucker and [[Malcolm Reed (Star Trek)|Reed]], seen in episodes such as "[[Two Days and Two Nights]]"; and the relationship between Tucker and T'Pol, which begins contentiously but leads to romance in later seasons.<ref name=wednesdaystrip /><ref name=vulcanimpulses>{{cite journal|last1=Spelling|first1=Ian|title=Vulcan Impulses|journal=Starlog|date=March 2004|volume=1|issue=320|pages=26–29|url=https://archive.org/stream/starlog_magazine-320JPG/320#page/n24/mode/1up|access-date=June 1, 2015}}</ref>

===Temporal Cold War<span class="anchor" id="Temporal cold war"></span>===
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The addition of a futuristic Temporal Cold War element was seen as a "nod to mystery" by [[Rick Berman]], who sought to add an element of ''[[The X-Files]]'' to the series. Berman decided that the full story of the war would be revealed over the course of several years.<ref name=longtrek/> At the start of the second season, Braga said that the Temporal Cold War storyline would continue to be included if viewers were still interested,<ref>{{cite journal|title=Being Human|journal=Star Trek Monthly|date=October 2002|volume=1|issue=97|page=10}}</ref> but later described it as "strangulating."<ref name=boybands/> Initially featured in the pilot episode, "Broken Bow," it featured the Cabal, an organization composed of members of the alien race known as the [[Suliban]], being manipulated by an unknown humanoid figure from the future, nicknamed "Future Guy" by viewers—a moniker later adopted by the series's writers.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wilkins|first1=Alasdair|title=Enterprise was forever torn between our future and Star Trek's past|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/enterprise-was-forever-torn-between-our-future-and-207632|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|publisher=[[Univision Communications]]|access-date=September 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502153005/http://www.avclub.com/article/enterprise-was-forever-torn-between-our-future-and-207632|archive-date=May 2, 2015|date=August 6, 2014}}</ref> At the start of the series, Braga said that they did not have a plan for who the character would turn out to be.<ref>[[#carey2001|Carey & Ruditis (2001)]]: p. 258</ref> Ten years after the end of the series, Braga stated that Future Guy was Archer manipulating his own timeline;<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=BrannonBraga|number=597587988743213056|date = May 10, 2015 |title=Archer was Future Guy. He was manipulating his own destiny from the future. But why&nbsp;... ?}}</ref> he and Berman had previously stated that the character was intended to be a Romulan.<ref name=vegascon09>{{cite web|last1=Pascale|first1=Anthony|title=VegasCon09: Braga & Coto Talk Enterprise Season 5 + Star Trek 2009 & more|url=http://trekmovie.com/2009/08/10/vegascon09-braga-coto-talk-enterprise-season-5-star-trek-2009-more/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425180848/http://trekmovie.com/2009/08/10/vegascon09-braga-coto-talk-enterprise-season-5-star-trek-2009-more/|archive-date=April 25, 2015|publisher=TrekMovie.com|access-date=September 6, 2015|date=August 10, 2009}}</ref>

Crewman Daniels ([[Matt Winston]]), introduced in the episode "[[Cold Front (Star Trek: Enterprise)|Cold Front]]," was revealed as an operative from 900 years in the future who was fighting against the forces which included the Suliban.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cold Front|url=http://www.startrek.com/database_article/cold-front|website=StarTrek.com|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=September 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213081811/http://www.startrek.com/database_article/cold-front|archive-date=December 13, 2013}}</ref> Archer found that he was being manipulated by those forces, as ''Enterprise'' was blamed for the destruction of a mining colony in "[[Shockwave (Star Trek: Enterprise)|Shockwave]]."<ref>{{cite web|title=Shockwave, Part I|url=http://www.startrek.com/database_article/shockwave-part-i|website=StarTrek.com|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715195055/http://www.startrek.com/database_article/shockwave-part-i|archive-date=July 15, 2014}}</ref>

In the third season, an escalation of the Temporal Cold War introduced the [[Xindi (Star Trek)|Xindi]] and dealt with the repercussions of their attack on Earth. Daniels explained Archer's importance in history during a trip to the future in "[[Azati Prime]]" to witness the final battle against the Sphere Builders—aliens who were also manipulating the Xindi into attacking Earth during Archer's time period.<ref>{{cite web|title=Azati Prime|url=http://www.startrek.com/database_article/azati-prime|website=StarTrek.com|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=September 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211124620/http://www.startrek.com/database_article/azati-prime|archive-date=February 11, 2015}}</ref> In the closing phase of the Temporal Cold War, Daniels sent the ''Enterprise'' back to the 1940s, following a temporal incursion by aliens who had altered the outcome of [[World War II]], permitting [[Nazi Germany]] to invade the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=Storm Front|url=http://www.startrek.com/database_article/storm-front|website=StarTrek.com|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=September 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201035428/http://www.startrek.com/database_article/storm-front|archive-date=February 1, 2014}}</ref> Once Vosk, the leader of the aliens, was killed, the timeline corrected itself. Vosk's actions had turned the Cold War into an actual war raging through time, but the ''Enterprise'' killed Vosk before he could initiate the wars and all of the damage done throughout history was undone. Afterwards, Daniels believed that the Temporal Cold War was finally coming to an end as a result.<ref>{{cite web|title=Storm Front, Part II|url=http://www.startrek.com/database_article/storm-front-part-ii|website=StarTrek.com|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=September 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715145839/http://www.startrek.com/database_article/storm-front-part-ii|archive-date=July 15, 2014}}</ref>

In ''Star Trek: Discovery'' [[Star Trek: Discovery season 3|Season 3]], it is mentioned that after the Temporal Wars all time travel was outlawed and all existing time travel devices were destroyed. The [[Guardian of Forever]] states in "[[Terra Firma (Star Trek: Discovery)|Terra Firma]]" that the various factions used him to alter his own history and to kill people, so he moved to another planet and went into hiding.

===The Xindi===
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Braga and Berman created the season-long Xindi story arc, which began with the second-season finale,<ref name=boybands /> "[[The Expanse (Star Trek: Enterprise episode)|The Expanse]]," and ran throughout the third season until it was resolved in the episode "[[Zero Hour (Star Trek: Enterprise)|Zero Hour]]." It opens with an attack on Earth by a mysterious space probe that kills seven million people in a destructive swath stretching through Florida to Venezuela. As a result, the ''Enterprise'' is redirected to unexplored [[list of Star Trek regions of space|regions of space]] to find the Xindi and stop a further attack that will destroy Earth.<ref name=garcia275>[[#garciaphillips2009|Garcia & Phillips (2009)]]: p. 275</ref> Although certain elements were preplanned, including the success of the mission against the Xindi,<ref>{{cite journal|title=History Rewritten|journal=Star Trek Magazine|date=October–November 2004|issue=117|url=http://www.brannonbraga.com/2004_october.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041208183459/http://www.brannonbraga.com/2004_october.htm|archive-date=December 8, 2004}}</ref> others, such as the details of the actual enemy race, were not.<ref name=tucker/> At the time of the initial development, Berman and Braga were uncertain if the storyline would last for a whole season or for just half a season.<ref name=archersview/>

The Xindi themselves were developed from on-set discussions with the writers and the actors who portrayed them. Six species that make up the Xindi were created in this manner. One was originally called "humanoid Xindi," but after further discussions they were renamed "primate Xindi."<ref name=tucker>{{cite web|title=EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: VOY & ENT Guest Star Tucker Smallwood|url=http://www.startrek.com/article/exclusive-interview-voy-ent-guest-star-tucker-smallwood|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623143329/http://www.startrek.com/article/exclusive-interview-voy-ent-guest-star-tucker-smallwood|archive-date=June 23, 2015|website=StarTrek.com|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=May 31, 2015|date=May 20, 2015}}</ref> The first part of the third season saw the crew searching the Delphic Expanse, attempting to find clues that would lead them to the Xindi.<ref name=wednesdaystrip /> In order to complete this mission, they took on additional crew members in the form of Military Assault Command Operations (abbreviated as MACO) soldiers, due to the increased military nature of the task.<ref name=flyinglessons>{{cite journal|last1=Nazzaro|first1=Joe|title=Flying Lessons|journal=Starlog|url=https://archive.org/stream/starlog_magazine-321JPG/321#page/n91/mode/2up|date=April 2004|volume=1|issue=321|pages=34–37|access-date=June 1, 2015}}</ref>

===Founding of the Federation===
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The birth of the Federation was first hinted at during part two of "Shockwave," which opened the second season.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Running Cold|journal=Star Trek Monthly|date=October 2002|volume=11|issue=97|page=9}}</ref> When [[Manny Coto]] was made [[showrunner]] for the fourth season, he decided that the focus of the series should be to link to that event. With this in mind, his intention was for this season to move towards that goal.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Beginning The Vulcan Reformation|journal=Star Trek: The Official Starship Collection|date=September 16, 2015|issue=55|pages=14–17}}</ref> [[Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens]] were hired as writers on ''Enterprise'' because they wrote the non-canon novel ''[[Federation (novel)|Federation]]'' and after it was suggested by producer [[Mike Sussman (TV series writer/producer)|Mike Sussman]].<ref>{{cite AV media |date=April 1, 2014 |title=Star Trek: Enterprise season 4: "Before Her Time: Decommissioning Enterprise, Part One: New Voices", Special feature |medium=Blu-ray |location=United States |publisher=Paramount Home Entertainment }}</ref> The episodes for the fourth season were intended to lay the framework for the later creation of the Federation.<ref>{{cite AV media |date=April 1, 2014 |title=Star Trek: Enterprise season 4: "Observer Effect", Audio commentary |medium=Blu-ray |location=United States |publisher=Paramount Home Entertainment }}</ref> This was something that the cast said that they would have liked to see more of, with Scott Bakula later saying "I would have loved to have been able to explore that journey to the Federation and their creation of it&nbsp;... to a greater extent. And I think that would have been, um, just more fun for the audience&nbsp;... just better, longer storytelling."<ref>{{cite AV media |date=April 1, 2014 |title=Star Trek: Enterprise season 4: "Before Her Time: Decommissioning Enterprise, Part Four: End of an Era", Special feature |medium=Blu-ray |location=United States |publisher=Paramount Home Entertainment }}</ref>

In "[[United (Star Trek: Enterprise)|United]]," the founding races of the Federation - the humans, the Vulcans, the Andorians and the Tellarites - worked together for the first time to defeat a [[Romulan]] plot.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wilkins|first1=Alasdair|title=''Enterprise'' was forever torn between our future and Star Trek's past|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/enterprise-was-forever-torn-between-our-future-and-207632|website=The A.V. Club|publisher=Univision Communications|access-date=August 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001143/http://www.avclub.com/article/enterprise-was-forever-torn-between-our-future-and-207632|archive-date=March 4, 2016|date=August 6, 2014}}</ref> In "[[Demons (Star Trek: Enterprise)|Demons]]," the xenophobic Terra Prime movement is introduced, which Coto felt was the final element of human nature that must be defeated before the Federation could be formed.<ref name=cotoreflects>{{cite web|title=Manny Coto Reflects on Season 4|url=http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/9549.html?page=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050305172111/http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/9549.html?page=1 |publisher=Star Trek.com|archive-date=March 5, 2005|date=February 9, 2005|access-date=March 28, 2013}}</ref> The foundation of the Federation was shown on screen in the final episode of the series, "[[These Are the Voyages...]]," which was set several years after the rest of the season.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sporman|first1=Sean|title=This Day in TV History – May 13th, 2005 – Star Trek: Enterprise's "These Are the Voyages..." Airs|url=http://www.wtvy.com/entertainment/4thdimension/headlines/End-of-an-Era-379295721.html|access-date=June 22, 2016|newspaper=[[WTVY (TV)]]|publisher=[[Gray Television]]|date=May 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622212111/http://www.wtvy.com/entertainment/4thdimension/headlines/End-of-an-Era-379295721.html|archive-date=June 22, 2016}}</ref>