Chosen Realm ( episode ) " Enterprise " is hijacked by a group of religious extremists who worship the mysterious spheres in the Expanse . Summary . Teaser . In November 2153 , the has found another Delphic Expanse sphere . Commander and Ensign Travis Mayweather take several scans in a . Interestingly , the sphere is exactly the same as the others , down to the last detail . As they leave , they are observed discretely by an alien ship . The captain orders for information about their armaments , noting that they may have expected them . Act One . The " Enterprise " soon comes to the aid of a Triannon vessel that has been disabled by spatial anomalies in the vicinity . Archer hails them and agrees to help , but tells Lieutenant Malcolm Reed to take full security precautions , making sure none of them are armed . In sickbay , Archer meets the group . Phlox informs him that they refuse invasive scans due to religious reasons , but are nevertheless not in danger . Archer meets the captain , Pri ' Nam D ' Jamat , who is grateful for his help , and asks him to dinner . The Triannon s are a group of religious pilgrim s that venerate the spheres and their " Makers " . They believe that the Delphic Expanse is the " Chosen Realm " of the " Makers " , and that the anomalies ( " the Makers ' Breath " ) are reshaping it into a paradise for the faithful . There ' s clearly a divide between the crew ' s scientific study of the spheres and the Triannons ' reverence of them . Meanwhile , one of the Triannons , Indava , approaches Phlox with a difficult question . Later , D ' Jamat eats with two of his people , and they talk about preparation for something . One questions whether the ship ' s arrival was just a coincidence , as they risked their lives to help them . D ' Jamat doesn ' t believe it ' s a coincidence and questions the man ' s faith . He then goes to Archer and says he wants to repay the kindness , remarking on a " glorious journey " they ' re about to embark on . He reveals that organic explosive s are implanted in the bodies of all of his followers , who are now positioned throughout the ship . After he instructs one to detonate , blowing a hole in the Enterprise ' s hull and killing a crewman , he threatens Archer with the destruction of the warp core if Archer does not hand over control . Act Two . D ' Jamat ' s crew arms themselves and forces the crew into quarters . He escorts Archer personally , but won ' t yet answer his questions about what he wants , simply saying he also lost a crewmember and he will say a prayer for them both . D ' Jamat reveals his plans on the bridge , ordering Mayweather to take " Enterprise " to and T ' Pol to destroy his old ship . Bringing Archer to the command center , he explains he wants to end a religious war that has consumed his people for a century by using the firepower of " Enterprise " to destroy their enemies , the " heretics " . Archer questions whether he ' s just using a version of truth , but D ' Jamat dismisses it . He also informs Archer he found data on the spheres in the ship ' s database , which he considers to be a crime punishable by death and destruction of the ship . With the fact that they risked their lives to save his people , however , he only asks that one of the crew dies , of Archer ' s choice . He quickly deletes the 19 . 3 XB of information on the spheres and gives Archer six hours to choose . In his quarters , Archer gets a visit from Yarrick , who gives him a report of the ship ' s repairs . Archer takes the opportunity to talk to him , since it was his wife , Indava , who had earlier talked to Phlox about ending her new pregnancy . Phlox had told Archer she had come to disagree with D ' Jamat ' s interpretation of the faith , and that Yarrick had doubts as well . Yarrick insists he ' ll follow D ' Jamat to his death , but Archer clearly made a mark . Yarrick leaves the room and argues with Indava , who hadn ' t told Yarrick she talked to Phlox . She doesn ' t want to raise a child in D ' Jamat ' s war , which she doesn ' t believe will end even if they use the " Enterprise " . She doesn ' t think Yarrick believes that , either . Archer goes back to the ready room to face D ' Jamat , who had been viewing his captain ' s log s . D ' Jamat is eager to relate himself to Archer , saying they ' re both fighting for their people . Archer dismisses this , and is forced to listen to D ' Jamat ' s story of a similar " hard choice " he had to make about killing a child rather than allowing it to alert a heretic village . He compares it to Archer ' s " torture " of a person via the " Enterprise " airlock . Seeing as there will be no agreement , Archer informs D ' Jamat he chooses to sacrifice himself . Act Three . D ' Jamat asks Archer to reconsider , but Archer is sure . Impressed by Archer ' s sacrifice , D ' Jamat also grants his request for the quick , painless death offered by the use of a special " disintegration device " used to dispose of hazardous waste . At the transporter , the Triannons are tricked into thinking Archer was killed , when in reality he was simply transported to another part of the ship . D ' Jamat seems to buy it and gives T ' Pol his sympathies . Later , Yarrick expresses his concerns again with D ' Jamat in the command center , that three people are already dead . Further , that these non - believers may not necessarily be their enemy . D ' Jamat doesn ' t entertain the conversation , restating that the Makers speak through him , and warning Yarrick that he ' s expressing heresy . Afraid , Yarrick acknowledges it and stops . Beamed to a secluded part of the ship , Archer begins fighting back against the Triannons ; he contacts Phlox , who is under guard , to see what he needs to neutralize the explosives . Subduing and tying up a nearby Triannon , Lyaal , Archer gets a medical scan and sends it to him . Then , he disrupts main power , taking the ship out of warp . On the bridge , Lyaal is noticed missing and D ' Jamat orders T ' Pol to find both him and the disruption . In engineering , Tucker insists he didn ' t do anything , and , indeed , the Triannon vouches for him . Then , Tucker ' s guard isolates a location and he goes to investigate with Yarrick . Archer then waits for them and stuns the guard , leaving Yarrick . He appeals to Yarrick one last time , that D ' Jamat ' s actions aren ' t consistent with how he was brought up and , after noting his wife and child will die with the current path , Yarrick is convinced . They go back to his hideout where he will explain how to reroute environmental controls to sickbay . Phlox now has an airborne agent to nullify the organic explosives . Meanwhile , four ships intercept the " Enterprise " . They are the " heretics " D ' Jamat is looking for , and , after a hail , a firefight is inevitable . D ' Jamat orders T ' Pol to fire , but she refuses , prompting another Triannon to take her place . Act Four . Soon , one ship is disabled . D ' Jamat orders the ship destroyed , and , despite T ' Pol trying to interfere , the Triannon fires and destroys it . The Triannon crew continue to fire on the convoy , destroying two of the four ships . Yarrick arrives , informing D ' Jamat that the warp engine will be back online soon , though , discretely , he does reroute the environmental system like Archer instructed . Meanwhile , Phlox lets out his Pyrithian bat to distract his guard . He ' s successful and subdues him , free to put the neutralizing agent into the environmental system . Archer frees Reed and secures the armory . Fortunately , the neutralizing agent enters the air quick enough that one of the Triannon guarding the armory was unable to explode . With the MACO s free , Archer takes back engineering while Reed leads a team to search the rest of the ship . Reed and Money get in a fight and receive some help from Indava . They then continue to the bridge , where the alien ships have signaled surrender . As D ' Jamat ignores it and orders more firing , they find that weapons are not in their control . Archer informs them he has control of the ship and that their explosives are neutralized . Soon , Reed ' s team stuns the rest of the aliens , with Yarrick ' s help . Fortunately , Archer hails the ships and halts the fight . Archer and T ' Pol return D ' Jamat and several others to Triannon , where Archer reveals that the war is already over . As they stand looking out over the charred remains of a city , Archer explains that the conflict decimated their planet eight month s before . There were millions of deaths on both sides and no major cities left . Archer remarks that D ' Jamat thought his faith was going to bring peace through violence , but in reality that mindset resulted in a different kind of peace : the mutual destruction of both sides . Memorable quotes . " " You wanted to kill someone ? Kill " me . " " " My people have certain . . . customs regarding death . There ' s a device on board – we use it to dispose hazardous materials . . . but , on rare occasions , when the situation arises , we ' ve also used it for executions . . . It ' s considered human . " " " " What ' s wrong ? " " " " We ' ve just begun this mission , and already , three people are dead . " " " " And that bothers you . . . " " " Shouldn ' t " it ? ! . . . These people are " not " our enemy ! " " " " They are non - believers . . . that " makes " them our enemy ! " " " " When you question me , you question the Makers . . . and there ' s a word for that : heresy . . . When you begin to sympathize with the enemy , you risk " becoming " the enemy . " " " " These people you ' re fighting . . . what makes them heretics ? " " " " We believe the Makers created the Chosen Realm in nine days . They believe it took ten . " " " " For " that " , you ' ve been at war for over a century ? ! " " " " There ' ll be an extra helping of snow beetles for you tonight , young lady . " " Links and references . 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