Terra Prime ( episode ) A Human isolationist leader threatens to destroy Starfleet Command unless all aliens leave the Sol system immediately . ( 2 of 2 ) Summary . Teaser . On the bridge through ' s viewscreen , John Frederick Paxton , the self - proclaimed leader of Terra Prime , is continuing to speak of his threat to use the powerful verteron array . Captain Archer orders his communications officer Ensign Sato to block the transmission , but it is going system - wide . Suddenly , an infant with pointed ear s appears on the screen . Over the image , Paxton says " " The citizen soldiers of Terra Prime will act to protect you against the most dangerous enemy that humanity has ever faced . " " Act One . At the meeting hall at Starfleet , Paxton ' s video of the baby Vulcan plays on a large screen , in front of the gathered alien delegates . Nathan Samuels , through a communicator , orders that the transmission be blocked , but Starfleet cannot break through . He demands the officer he is speaking to find some way to contact Captain Archer on " Enterprise " . On the bridge of " Enterprise " , Paxton , through the viewscreen , states that Terra Prime is devoted to the protection of life in all its diversity , so , for the next 24 hours , they will allow aliens safe passage through the solar system . They must leave as soon as possible before the deadline is up . Archer asks Lieutenant Reed to scan Paxton ' s ship for Vulcan life sign s , so they can obtain a transporter lock on T ' Pol , as well as the infant . Just after this , Paxton warns that if " any " extraterrestrial individual remains on the surface of the Earth , he will fire the verteron array directly at Starfleet Command , the institution he believes is responsible for putting all Human s at risk . He says Terra Prime does not want war , but he makes a solemn promise to the sons and daughters of Earth – their future will be secure because humanity " will " prevail . Just then , Reed notes that Paxton ' s ship has targeted " Enterprise " . Archer orders the vessel be taken away from Mars , but the ship is hit by the beam . Half of the vessel ' s relays are completely fried . The beam that was fired at the ship was only at two percent . Archer considers them fully warned by this action and has the ship put on a course back to Earth . At the conference hall , Ambassador Soval moves to speak with Minister Samuels . Soval notes that spontaneous demonstrations have begun forming around the Vulcan Compound due to Paxton ' s threat . Samuels believes that this is only an isolated incident , but Andorian Ambassador Thoris walks up and talks of similar demonstrations occurring at the Andorian embassy – they are using words not in the universal translator . Soval finds it troubling that Paxton has the support of so many Humans . Thoris thinks the proposed Coalition of Planets will be unsuccessful , as this proves that Earth is still deeply divided . In Archer ' s ready room , Samuels orders the captain to attack the array but Archer cannot , as two of his people are being held hostage . The Council has been made aware of this , but the decision has been made . Without the use of the verteron array , in the next thirty month s , fourteen comet s will impact on the surface of Mars and could hit anywhere on the planet , including the populated domed cities . Archer proposes that he take a small team into Paxton ' s facility to stop them . Samuels notes that Paxton can destroy any ship that approaches but Archer has a solution to that . Meanwhile on Mars , T ' Pol and Tucker are held as hostages by Paxton . Paxton finally shows them their Vulcan - Human hybrid baby . He reveals an agent of Terra Prime on " Enterprise " obtained their bio - samples to create the child . Now that Paxton has fulfilled his part , he asks Tucker to help refine his targeting system for the array . Tucker at once refuses , but Paxton forces him to after he has Josiah aim a EM pistol at point blank range at T ' Pol ' s head . On a foggy night in San Francisco , Reed meets up once again with Section 31 agent in a dark alleyway . Reed asks Harris for further information on Mars . He reveals that planetary sensor grid on Mars becomes faulty in the terraformed atmosphere , which is more thicker , allowing for false signals , which would allow a small vessel to arrive without being detected . Harris tells Reed that they will still need to reach the surface undetected but the crew of " Enterprise " has already come up with a solution to that – without Harris ' help . Reed tells Harris that if the coalition is formed , " Enterprise " will be busier than ever and this will likely be the last time they will see each other . Harris wishes the lieutenant good luck and they part ways . In a briefing with Samuels , Archer , Reed and Mayweather devise a plan to disguise a in the wake of the comet which is currently heading toward Mars ' north pole . Samuels doubts this plan will work but Mayweather assures him he has experience with comets . Archer assures Samuels that if the plan is unsuccessful , " Enterprise " will destroy the facility . At Orpheus , T ' Pol is rocking the baby back and forth when Paxton enters and tells her that what she is doing will not make the child fully Vulcan or Human . She responds that Human " and " Vulcan gene s created the child which proves that both species have more similarities than differences . Paxton nevertheless calls the baby a threat to humankind . During this , T ' Pol notices Paxton ' s hand shaking . As he turns to leave , T ' Pol quickly scans him . T ' Pol says she will not let Paxton hurt her child but he cryptically says he will not have to before leaving . On " Enterprise " , Archer has the ship taken on a course toward the comet Burke and toward Mars . Act Two . In " Enterprise " s brig , Mayweather visits Gannet Brooks after she has requested to see him . She tells the ensign she has not spoken to her lawyer to which Mayweather tells her she ' ll have to speak to Archer but she has been told he ' s busy . Brooks tells Mayweather that she does not work for Terra Prime – she ' s an agent for Starfleet Intelligence . After opening the brig ' s door , he asks why she has not contacted her division head to free her already . She tells him if she had done that , her cover would be blown and the Terra Prime operative would know her true occupation . Mayweather is contacted on his communicator by Reed , informing him they are assembled in the launch bay . Brooks tells Mayweather that she is telling him all of this because he and the assault team are going after Paxton and since there is an operative on board , he could know they are coming . Mayweather sarcastically tells her he ' s " " touched " " by her concern and leaves . In the launch bay , Archer leaves Ensign Sato in command of the ship . He reminds her of when she first came aboard " Enterprise " and used to jump when the warp engine s hiccupped . She says she still does – she is just now better at hiding it . Tucker is in Orpheus ' weapons room , doing what Paxton told him to – fix his targeting array . While Greaves supervises Tucker and his repairs , he goes into a xenophobic rant about Vulcans and how they refused to assist Earth during World War III and sat back while millions of Humans died . When the Terra Prime operative refers to Tucker and T ' Pol ' s daughter as some " " half - Human thing , " " Tucker punches him in the face . While Greaves falls back in pain , Tucker sabotages the targeting system . Greaves kicks Tucker to the ground and calls the engineer " " a traitor to humanity . " " On " " , Archer , Reed , Mayweather , and Dr . Phlox are being rocked around inside . The shuttlepod ' s inertial damper s were taken off - line so it would appear to be a chunk of the comet . Reed becomes nauseous and Phlox hands him a bag to throw up in . After Tucker has been caught sabotaging the weapons , Paxton arrives . He knows Tucker has been trying all along to sabotage the targeting systems , as Paxton has been monitoring his progress the whole time . Paxton tells Tucker that in only two hours , he " will " fire the beam at Earth but the way the targeting system currently is , he will take out half of San Francisco , along with Starfleet . When Tucker refuses to work on the system further , Paxton states " " If you are so eager for a bloodbath , a bloodbath is what you ' ll get . " " Paxton orders that Tucker be put into the detention center , equipped with a news screen , so Tucker will see the numerous deaths resulting from his actions . T ' Pol holds her child up in her quarters . She tells the baby she is her mother and she will need a name . She scans the child and looks concerned . Meanwhile , on " Shuttlepod 1 " , Archer reports that the sensor s have picked up ionization from the Martian atmosphere . However , there is a sudden , violent jolt . The shuttlepod ' s engine has suddenly shut down without warning . Also , Mayweather ' s console has locked up " and " the hull plating is offline . The shuttlepod is spiraling out of control and coming in hot with the comet . Act Three . Mayweather bypasses from auto flight control and has switched to manual , despite the speed the shuttlepod is traveling . Mayweather has no choice , as they are out of options . The shuttlepod levels off with five second s to spare before the comet impacts on Mars ' ice cap . The comet Burke crashes on the surface . . . and " Shuttlepod 1 " emerges from the impact , flying away . " " Well , that was fun . Can we do it again ? " " , Reed sarcastically asks . Mayweather pilots the shuttlepod over the Carl Sagan Memorial Station to a ridgeline and lands it there . The four " Enterprise " crewmen exit the shuttlepod in thermal garments and make their way to Orpheus . When Tucker is thrown into his cell , he creates a makeshift tool using pieces from around the room and items on his miner ' s belt . He opens a door panel and notes that it is a mark three interlock and starts to bypass it . In Paxton ' s office , T ' Pol is brought in by Josiah . Paxton has been told that the Vulcan has something she wants to say to him but she wants to talk in private . " " I keep no secrets from my men , " " he says . " " You and I both " know " that ' s not true , " " she states . Paxton tells Josiah to leave . T ' Pol tells Paxton that he will arrange for her daughter to have medical care at once at the Utopia Colony . Paxton wonders what makes her think that she can dictate terms to him . " " This , " " she says . T ' Pol takes his shaking right hand and reveals that she knows he is suffering from Taggart ' s Syndrome and is using Rigellian gene therapy to treat it , making him not only a terrorist but a hypocrite . When Paxton asks what is wrong with her child , T ' Pol tells him she is suffering from an elevated white blood cell count and low grade fever . Paxton tells her that her child ' s two halves are at war with each other and that conflict was inevitable . He has T ' Pol taken away and tells her that both the Coalition and her child were doomed from the beginning . On " Enterprise " s bridge , Samuels emerges from a turbolift and tells Sato that Paxton ' s deadline is up . He believes that Archer and his team have failed in their mission . Sato tells the minister that the array will need two minutes to fully power up . Samuels is incredulous but Sato insists that she will only order to destroy the array if there is no other choice . Samuels gives her an order to destroy the array " now " . Sato refuses , stating she is following Captain Archer ' s orders , not his . Samuels asks to be patched in to Admiral Gardner , but Sato belays that , telling Samuels that they need to maintain radio silence . " " You ' re risking the lives of hundreds of thousands of people . " " " " I " know " what I ' m doing , " " Sato tells him . When Archer , Reed , Phlox , and Mayweather finally infiltrate the Orpheus Mining Complex , they find Tucker in a corridor and they team up together to defeat Paxton . They manage to get into the control room . Archer contacts " Enterprise " and informs a relieved Sato they have made it . Archer orders Tucker to shut down the array . Greaves tries to prevent Tucker from shutting down the array , shooting him . Greaves is also shot and a firefight ensues between Paxton and Archer . A phase - pistol shot from Archer misses and hits the window , causing the viewport to crack and the room begins to depressurize . Reed is hit by Paxton and is taken out the room by Mayweather and Phlox . While Archer puts his mask on Tucker , Paxton speaks about Henry Archer and tells Captain Archer the reason why he turned his back against Humanity . He says Henry embraced the Vulcan aliens only because he wanted the warp five engine so badly . Paxton tells Archer they should go to the stars taking worlds and taming their civilizations . " " The galaxy ' s more crowded than we thought , " " Archer tells him . After telling Paxton it is over , the window at this point breaks and Paxton is able to arm the weapon , since he used to breathing with low oxygen . The beam fires harmlessly into the Pacific Ocean near the Golden Gate Bridge , and not at San Francisco . This is a result of Tucker ' s intervention . Later , Mayweather finds T ' Pol and her daughter . " " She ' s dying , " " T ' Pol tells the ensign . Act Four . In sickbay , Dr . Phlox is trying to find a cure for the baby , now named Elizabeth ( for Tucker ' s late sister ) by T ' Pol . Tucker tells her that his sister would have liked that . Phlox informs Elizabeth ' s parents that she is dying due to defects in the Terra Prime doctors ' attempts to reconcile Human and Vulcan DNA . Phlox is trying to stabilize her nucleotide s but there has never been a child like her before . " " Her name is Elizabeth , " " T ' Pol tells the Denobulan doctor . In the launch bay , Reed and Mayweather discover that the " Shuttlepod 1 " was indeed sabotaged , confirming there is a Terra Prime operative on " Enterprise " . After the two initially suspect Commander Kelby of wrongdoing , he reveals that the shuttlepod underwent maintenance by Ensign Masaro . After discovering this , the crew scrambles to protect Nathan Samuels from harm . With the whole ship searching for him , Archer is confronted by the operative in a corridor , revealed to be Masaro . In a corridor , he apologizes to his captain , then puts a phase - pistol to his head and pulls the trigger . In front of the assembled alien delegates , Samuels tells them that in the last week , they have all seen what Humans can be at their worst . However , he insists they cannot and must not use that as an excuse to end a dream that started here in the room . Instead , he wants to properly honor the people who made the conference possible – the crew of " Enterprise " . Archer steps forward and begins to speak . " " Up until about a hundred years ago , there was one question that burned in every Human , that made us study the stars and dream of traveling to them . Are we alone ? Our generation is privileged to know the answer to that question . We are all explorers , driven to know what ' s over the horizon , what ' s beyond our own shores . " " Archer believes , however , that the more he ' s experienced while exploring in space , that the most profound discoveries are not necessarily beyond the next star . They " are " within everyone , woven into the fabric that binds them all together to each other . " " The final frontier begins in this hall . Let ' s explore it together . " " Ambassador Soval , who had once opposed Archer ' s appointment as captain of " Enterprise " , stands up and begins to applaud . Soon , everyone in the room joins him . In a corridor on " Enterprise " , Gannet Brooks , now released , walks with Mayweather . She hears the conference is back on track now , though Mayweather says it will take years to iron out all the details . She tells the ensign that because of him , it will now happen . He tells her he was just doing his job . " " So was I , " " she says . Upon stopping at the transporter alcove , she asks if that is the fast way down to Earth . Mayweather instead offers to take her down the old fashioned way and they head to the launch bay holding hands . Later , a tearful Tucker arrives in T ' Pol ' s quarters , where she is sitting on her bed holding an IDIC pendant . Tucker informs T ' Pol that the delegates want to attend Elizabeth ' s memorial . Though they are both still mourning their devastating loss , Tucker tells T ' Pol that Phlox has determined that Elizabeth ' s death was caused by the flawed cloning process and that in the future , Humans and Vulcans could indeed have a natural child . In an ironic turn for the woman who refused to shake his hand when they first met , T ' Pol takes the sobbing Tucker ' s hand in hers as they sit together . Memorable quotes . " " There ' s nothing normal about it . " " " " She ' s not an ' it ' ! " " " " If this coalition of Archer ' s works , then you ' ll be busier than ever . " " " " Quite right . So I suspect this is the last time we ' ll ever meet . " " " " Always the optimist . " " " " You can ' t stop it from firing , I locked it . " " " " She ' s dying . " " " " Terra Prime . . . forever . " " " " There are protesters chanting outside the Andorian embassy . . . and they ' re using words that aren ' t in the universal translator . " " " " Hello . I ' m your mother . You ' re going to need a name . We should discuss that with your father . " " " " Well , that was fun . Can we do it again ? " " " " ' 32 ! " " " " Hmm ? " " " " This is the 32nd planet I ' ve set foot on ! " " " " 248 ! " " " " When you invited me to join this crew , I thought it would be an interesting . . . diversion , for a few months . . . some time away from the complications of family - which on Denobula can be extremely complicated . I didn ' t expect to gain another family . . . it hurts as if she were my own child . " " " " Up until about a hundred years ago , there was one question that burned in every Human , that made us study the stars and dream of traveling to them . Are we alone ? Our generation is privileged to know the answer to that question . We are all explorers driven to know what ' s over the horizon , what ' s beyond our own shores . And yet the more I ' ve experienced , the more I ' ve learned that no matter how far we travel , or how fast we get there , the most profound discoveries are not necessarily beyond that next star . They ' re within us , woven into the threads that bind us , all of us , to each other . A final frontier begins in this hall . Let ' s explore it together . " " " " If a Vulcan and a Human ever decided to have a child , it ' d probably be okay . That ' s sort of comforting . " " Links and references . 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