Earth has volunteered to mediate in a dispute between the Tellarites and Andorians. Enterprise must transport the Tellarite delegation, headed by the rather portly Ambassador Gral, to the peace talks on Babel One. While Jonathan Archer wears his new diplomatic role well, the Tellarites become less than happy with the demands of the Tellarite guests. The NX-01 is also transporting the Andorian party to Babel One, which leads to on-board tensions. But the tense atmosphere is exacerbated when Archer is contacted by the Andorian authorites claming that one of their ships was recently destroyed by the Tellarites. Ambassador Gral denies all knowledge of the attack, and suggests that the Andorians may have fabricated their ship's sensor logs to incriminate the Tellarites. Nevertheless, the Andorians demand to be returned home. Gral and his aide Naarg soon become paranoid that Archer is not truly an impartial mediator due to his friendship with Shran, and the pair even start to believe that the captain is conspiring with the Andorians. With the Tellarites and Andorians at each other's throats, this situation would be enough to give anyone a headache of inter-galactic proportions. But soon a third species enters the stage, the Romulans.
Many thanks to trektoday.com for this summary.
Guests:
Jeffrey Combs
Molly Brink
Lee Arenberg
J. Michael Flynn
Brian Thompson
Kevin Brief |
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Shran
Andorian Talas
Tellarite Gral
Tellarite Nijil
Romulian Valdore
Romulian Naarg |
Production : #088
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Michael Sussman & Andre Bormanis |
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David Straiton |
Notes : Reference episode to 'Journey to Babel' from the Original Series Star Trek. First of a trilogy about the premices of the creation of the Federation, in response to the Romulian threat.
Multimédia :
Episode Guide - details of the season 4
