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Stratagem
Degra wakes up on a ship. Archer
is in command but appears dressed like Degra. Degra does not
know him but Archer fills in his memory through what is going
on. They are getting attacked. Degra asks him who is his and
why he has taken him. Archer tells him they knew each other
and that he will have forgotten. Archer tells him he is human.
Archer tells them he spent the last two days being integrated
by the insectoids and that he and Archer have stared a prison
cell for three years. Roll title screen. Degra does not believe
him. Archer explains that he lost his memory. Archer tells
him that they questioned him because they wanted information
about the weapon.
Degra tells him the last thing he remembers was being on
his ship during the weapon test. Archer tells him that after
a few weeks Earth was destroyed by the Xindi
but after this the Xindi went to war with each other of the
Xindi species again. Archer removes a blood worm from Degra
which he says causes Degra's memory loss.
Archer explains how they finally became friends after fighting
for weeks and that they are aboard a cargo shuttle. Archer
explains how the insectoids destroyed Enterprise.
Degra tells them the Xindi was drawing up a plan for re-unification
before they set it aside to death with the threat from Earth.
Archer suggests they go look for Degra's family. The ship
gets a leak and reactor coolant begins to leak. Archer gives
Degra an oxygen mask and they try to solve the leak. Degra
manages to weld it shut but b the time he does Archer is on
the floor. Degra gives him the oxygen mask and he comes round.
Later when they are asleep, Archer gets up and stuns him
with something. He then speaks to T'Paul
on a video screen. Archer leaves the shuttle and comes out
into one of Enterprise's cargo bay. The ship seems to be fine
and Trip, Hoshi
and T'Paul have been monitoring the activity inside the ship.
T'Paul suggests a more direct approach as Degra seems to trust
Archer. But Archer tells them he will tell him, he just needs
a little more time.
The title announces it is 3 days earlier and Archer makes
his log entry. Enterprise returns to the weapons testing site
and detects a Xindi ship with 3 life forms on board. Enterprise
emerges on the ship and blocks the Xindi communications. They
then take out the ships engines and hail the vessel. Archer
tells them to prepare to be boarded.
T'Paul says that they deleted the navigation logs and computer
core when Enterprise crewmen boarded. Hoshi tells them she
has recovered some of the personal logs. Trip tells Archer
the ship has an advanced engine. The 3 prisoners are being
held in a cell together. Archer asks them where they are building
the weapon but they refuse to talk.
Reed hails Archer
and tells him they need to move away from the test site. Degra
still refuses to talk to Archer. Phlox
tells them that he may be able to erase the memory of Degra
ever coming aboard. Trip says that he can build a simulator
and Hoshi can build up the background story along with T'Paul.
Back in the simulator in real time they pretend to be going
through a disturbance field. Archer says they are losing structure
integrity and takes them out of warp. Degra sends out a distress
call and Hoshi gets on it. T'Paul is called by Trip who says
a Xindi ship approaching and T'Paul orders them back into
the debris field despite the risk of it overloading systems.
Degra tells Archer that he is sorry about killing all the
children on Earth. They get a communication from one of Degra's
colleges who tells them his family is safe. Archer suggests
they go to the co-ordinates and Degra types them in. Enterprise
records them as he types them in despite him trying to encrypt
them.
The ship begins to shake as the radiation is overloading
the hydraulics systems. T'Paul orders Enterprise out of the
debris field. Archer blames it on space turbulence but Degra
is suspicious. Archer finally gets the names but he is unable
to tell him which one is older and he is attacked by Degra.
The ship is stormed and Degra is taken to the brig.
Enterprise talks to Degra who says that the co-ordinates
are not real but Archer says he will call his bluff. He talks
with T'Paul and Trip and they consider using the same method
of jumping light years that the Xindi use. Archer tries it
but it starts to destabilise. However the aliens refuse to
help. They manage to get the ship back into normal space.
Archer is called to the bridge by T'Paul.
Enterprise arrives at the location, Degra is watching them.
He screams out and reveals this is the location of the weapon.
However it turns out to be another simulation. And Enterprise
now knows the location of the weapon. Phlox wipes their memory
again and Enterprise leaves them in the vessel not knowing
what happened.
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