Star Trek: Enterprise

Previously on Enterprise

I've located Ensign Sato. She's onboard one of the Reptilian vessels.

The third launch code.

We have complete access.

The Guardians will not let us fail.

The power readings from the weapon are increasing.

They're preparing to launch.

Open a vortex. Set a course for Earth.

Captain wants to take a team aboard to destroy it.

I need three volunteers.

She's undergone a severe neural trauma.

She's been inside the weapon. I have to know what she saw.

Have her taken aboard Degra's ship right away.

The Aquatics joined us only because you promised to neutralise the spheres.

We have a plan to disable sphere 41.

If we're right, it should disrupt the entire network.

Reptilians will preside over a stronger...

unified Xindi empire...

if humankind is eradicated.

If they had made us the dominant species before the wars...

our homeworld would still exist.

And our Avian brothers would still fill the skies.

We should be grateful that the Guardians...

have finally come to their senses.

Once Earth is destroyed, the Reptilians...

will take their rightful place at the head...

of a new Xindi empire.

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

And 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

They're nearly three hours ahead of us...

but this vessel is faster. We're closing the gap.

It may be faster but it's not well-armed.

How many ships are escorting the weapon?

I can't tell.

The only way we're going to be able to destroy this thing is from the inside.

Any luck?

All of Degra's schematics are encrypted.

We're going to need Hoshi to help us.

She's in no condition to come up here.

- I wish I had a choice, Malcolm. - Sir, she's barely conscious.

Can you transfer that to a padd? Something portable?

The favourable timelines continue to diminish.

They should be increasing.

The weapon has almost reached its target.

But the Earth ship is on course for a primary sphere.

Accelerate the transformation around that sphere.

They must not be allowed to intervene.

- Report. - We've realigned the main power grid.

It should increase the deflector pulse three-fold, maybe four.

But it's gonna fry just about every system onboard.

Be prepared to initiate the pulse within two hours.

I don't think you heard what I just said.

We try this and the ship is gonna come apart at the seams.

Two hours, Mr. Tucker.

The Captain told the Xindi we'd try to knock these things out.

He didn't say anything about demolishing Enterprise in the process.

Has it occurred to you what'll happen if Captain Archer fails?

- Lf Earth is destroyed? - Every day.

Good. Then you've already come to the conclusion...

that without humanity...

there's no one to combat these sphere-builders.

Their Expanse will continue to grow...

encompassing one system after another...

including Vulcan.

Your world is no longer the only one in jeopardy.

Two hours.

- I think we've got a problem. - What is it?

Sphere 41.

Are you certain these are the coordinates?

Yep.

There shouldn't be anything on sensors, not with the cloaking barrier.

But there it is, and it's getting bigger.

Have you analysed it?

Could be spatial anomalies...

but they're clustered much tighter than we've ever seen them.

They're transforming the space surrounding the sphere...

not unlike the disturbance where we found the trans-dimensional being.

They're obviously expecting us.

If we're going to disable the network...

we'll need to get within a kilometre of the surface.

If the ship were to enter that disturbance...

the entire crew would be dead within minutes.

I could synthesise a neuroleptic compound...

that would keep us conscious for approximately 12 minutes.

I'm afraid there's nothing I can do to prevent epidermal decay.

Twelve minutes won't be enough.

Perhaps I can extend it but not by much.

I encourage you and Mr. Tucker to consider alternatives.

There must be something you can do to abbreviate your plan.

Any luck?

Ensign?

I'm not feeling very well.

Do you think you can get Phlox to come down here?

We're on Degra's ship, Hoshi. Phlox isn't here.

I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be doing.

The schematics for the weapon.

Degra encrypted them before he was killed.

- You've been trying to decipher them. - I gave them the third code.

They wouldn't have been able to arm the weapon...

if I hadn't given them the third code.

You were drugged, Hoshi. You had no choice.

I did. I should have fought harder.

You need to finish what you're doing.

You're almost there.

We're going to board the weapon, try to overload the power systems.

But we can't do that until we can read these schematics.

- I tried to jump but I wasn't fast enough. - You need to finish this.

You got the three codes so why don't you just kill me?

Didn't you say you were going to kill me?

You've got to pull yourself together just for a little while longer.

You need to complete the decryption.

Everything hinges on it.

Do you understand?

I understand.

When we exit the vortex, how close will we be?

Approximately two million kilometres from Earth.

Two million?

If we had all five codes, we could begin that firing sequence immediately.

But with three, we'll need additional time.

We'd be vulnerable if we dropped...

into normal space any closer to the target.

Do whatever it takes to fire the weapon as quickly as possible.

You wanted to see me, sir?

I think I found a way to boost the deflector pulse...

without tearing the ship apart.

But it's gonna mean transferring all impulse power to the array.

- When? - As soon as we reach the sphere.

- Sir. - Sorry, Travis.

You're gonna have to get us to the manifold on thrusters only.

That's tying my hands, Commander, especially with a ticking clock.

You can do it. Look over these schematics.

Familiarise yourself with the surface features of the sphere.

We won't be able to transport directly onto the control platform.

It's too heavily shielded. We'll have to beam in and out...

no deeper than this peripheral framework.

What if you need to board the weapon...

before your crewman completes her decryptions?

I'm taking her with me.

- Sir, she's hardly in any shape... - She's been there, Malcolm.

That's where she deciphered the third launch code.

She was drugged. There's no reason to believe...

- that she'll remember anything... - She's coming with me.

I want you and your team to beam in right before we do.

Secure the closest route to the platform.

If you succeed in creating the overload...

what makes you think you'll be able to get out in time?

I'll give everyone a chance to get to the outer framework.

You'll be in charge of helping Hoshi.

And you, sir?

I have no plans of dying on that weapon, Malcolm.

I'm going to see what else she's come up with.

This is a very important day, Jonathan.

- I don't have time for this. - It'll only take a minute.

You see the fellow in the blue jacket, near the left end of the dais?

That's you, a little more than seven years from now.

You and the others are about to make history.

Do you remember I told you about a "Federation"?

What about it?

I work with some people who are going to be...

pretty angry at me for telling you this...

but you're going to be an integral part of forming that Federation.

You're down there, right now...

with Vulcans, Andorians, and Tellarites...

getting ready to sign the charter. The membership is going to grow.

Dozens, eventually hundreds of species.

A United Federation of Planets.

I have a team preparing to board the weapon.

I've got other things to think about right now.

Let Reed or another go to the control platform.

- What're you talking about? - It's too great a risk.

If you're killed, none of this will happen.

At least, not the way it's supposed to happen.

Then it'll happen some other way.

Who's to say whether it'll be better or worse?

It's essential you be a part of this.

Where are we? What planet?

- Earth. - Seems to me it's just as "essential"...

that Earth be around for this, too.

Lieutenant Reed can work with Sato.

They're not crucial to the future of mankind, you are.

My mission is to save Earth, not your Federation.

You can't ignore your place in history.

My place is on that control platform.

Now get me the hell back to Degra's ship.