Anomaly ( episode ) " Enterprise " is damaged by spatial anomalies and boarded by interstellar pirates who rob the ship of critical resources . Summary . Teaser . Porthos is lying down in Captain Jonathan Archer ' s ready room when suddenly he begins barking . When Archer asks what ' s up , a book falls down from the shelf . Confused , Archer looks around . In engineering , and his staff are also confused . In sickbay , Doctor Phlox ' s animals are more overactive than usual . Phlox looks worried . In the mess hall , a strange sound is heard as everyone ' s plates , cutlery and cups are lifted onto the ceiling , where they stick , leaving everyone covered in their food . In a corridor , a distortion is followed as it bumps into two crewmen , knocking them flat on their backs . Back in the ready room , a distortion passes through Archer ' s desk , knocking the cup into the air , and leaving the contents hanging there as well , as if there were no gravity . T ' Pol calls him to the bridge . There , she reports that there are anomalies all over the ship . The warp field is fluctuating , and purple sparks are seen flying from the warp reactor . Tucker is forced to shut down the reactor , as main power gives out . Act One . Malcolm Reed restores emergency power , but primary systems are off - line , including weapons , says a concerned Reed . Tucker asks Archer for time to deduce what went wrong . Travis Mayweather detects a ship , but as the transceiver is off - line as well , Archer sets a course to intercept it . Unfortunately , their best speed is one - quarter impulse power . Arriving at the vessel , T ' Pol discerns there are no bio - signs and no gravity . Archer prepares to take a team aboard in EV suits . The MACO s consist of N . Kemper , J . McKenzie and F . Hawkins and as they have only been in simulations of weightlessness , Archer briefs them on what to expect . He also tells them to set their weapons to stun . The docks with the alien vessel . When inside , they find various tools floating around . Reed detects the remains of weapons fire . One of the MACOs opens a door to find a corpse hovering in midair . Arriving on the bridge , the team finds three more bodies drifting silently . Archer asks Reed to download whatever information he can . Back aboard " Enterprise " , Archer informs T ' Pol that they found seventeen bodies , and that most were killed when life support ran out . The others were killed by particle weapons . The only repair that has been made is to the transceiver . Archer tells Mayweather to continue on their previous course . T ' Pol thinks that " Enterprise " should stay and try to make more repairs , but Archer comments that the aliens have only been dead for two days , and if so – staying there might get them attacked as well . In engineering , Tucker is trying to restart the engines , but to no avail . Archer asks for a report , and Tucker tells him that the Cochrane Equation isn ' t constant , so they can ' t create a stable warp field . He says that he ' d probably have to rewrite the book on warp theory – which would take a long time . Archer tells him to get weapons online . Going back to his ready room , Archer finds his cup still hanging in midair . After ignoring it for a few seconds , he grabs hold of it and slams it onto his desk . Act Two . An alien ship approaches " Enterprise " . They charge weapons , as Archer orders hull plating to be brought online , but it is still inoperable . He tries the diplomatic solution , hailing them , but gets no response . Suddenly , four aliens beam into engineering . One of the engineering crew is shot , while another one runs for safety . They begin stealing antimatter injector s . In a cargo bay , a crewman is hit on the back by another alien , who , with his accomplice , places transporter tags onto equipment , before they are beamed away . In the armory , three aliens are pinned down by a security team led by Archer . One of them is shot , leaving the remaining two cornered behind an armed warhead . Archer tells a MACO to use a stun grenade , but the intruders beam out with their injured comrade before it explodes . Reed and Archer find more intruders in the cargo bays and engineering , and split up to find them . One of the aliens tries to download the computer . Tucker , having taken refuge on top of the warp reactor , picks up a hyperspanner and attacks one of them , knocking him out cold . He then activates the reactor , pinning the rest of the aliens into one corner , as Reed bursts in . The aliens are forced to beam out , leaving one of them behind . Archer arrives at the cargo bay to find it completely stripped to the bulkheads . The alien ship then leaves . Act Three . Doctor Phlox is tending to many injured patients in sickbay , who have suffered extensive disruptor burns . Archer walks over to a biobed with a curtain around it . Inside lies the body of Crewman Fuller , who has become the first casualty of the Xindi mission . Archer then walks over to another biobed , where the injured alien is lying , under sedation . Archer orders his movement to the brig , where Phlox can treat him . Phlox also says he recognizes the alien ' s species – the Osaarian s – a species not originally from the Expanse . Tucker tells Archer what is missing – and it ' s not good . All the antimatter storage pods have been taken , and if they aren ' t retrieved within a month " Enterprise " will be stranded , and unable to move . T ' Pol meets with Archer to discuss the Osaarians . Unfortunately , the Vulcan High Command had only had limited contact with them . They are a race of merchants , and have never been pirates . Archer asks T ' Pol to keep looking for their ship , but T ' Pol is worried that the Osaarians are too well prepared for " Enterprise " . Archer goes to meet the Osaarian prisoner , Orgoth . He tells the Osaarian that he ' s going to help look for their ship , and when the supplies have been returned , he and they will be free to go . Orgoth thinks that Archer is " " far too civilized to torture him " " , and knows that " Enterprise " is new to the Expanse . He shows Archer his distorted face caused by the anomalies , and tells him that when the Osaarians first entered the Expanse they were just trade ships . When hit by distortions they tried to leave the Expanse , but couldn ' t get beyond the thermobaric cloud s . One of their ships was destroyed . Now the area of space they operate in is a hunting ground , because ships that run aground there are easy targets . At first they didn ' t kill anyone , but that changed , and Orgoth reveals that they kill without remorse . Archer tells him to consider his offer – but if it ends up giving him remorse , it ' s something he can live with . T ' Pol tells Archer about the other alien ship they found . It appears they went looking for the Osaarians as well , but their life support ran out before they could start . T ' Pol also informs Archer that hull plating is back on - line and phase cannons will be ready within an hour . Archer heads off to the armory to help Reed with the torpedoes . Tucker is in the mess hall , attempting to rewrite the book on warp theory . There he is joined by Reed . They reminisce about Fuller , who knew a lot about the torpedo systems . Tucker doubts that Fuller won ' t be the last one to be killed on the mission . The Osaarian ' s ion trail comes to an abrupt halt , and " Enterprise " can ' t find the ship at all . T ' Pol finds that the trail continues a few thousand kilometers away . They must be close by , so Archer orders weapons brought online . As " Enterprise " approaches the end of the first trail , the ship starts shaking . They then pass through a cloaking barrier and exit to see a huge sphere . It is nineteen kilometers in diameter and constructed of a single alloy . Archer orders them in closer . Act Four . They cannot scan the interior , however . Moving the ship into a lower orbit , T ' Pol detects a portal , but it is too small for the actual " Enterprise " to get into . Archer , Reed , Mayweather , and three MACO s take a shuttlepod into the sphere . When inside , Mayweather notes that there is enough energy to power " a dozen cities " . Reed notices a module with a breathable atmosphere , and sets a course . Breaking into it , the team looks around , finding most of their equipment . Mayweather finds a cargo manifest , but it ' s in Osaarian . Archer tells him to send it to Hoshi Sato . As she works on it , the crew still on board " Enterprise " put their equipment back in place . Tucker goes to sickbay with a wrist injury caused by a deuterium injector . He and Phlox discuss the Vulcan neuro - pressure treatments , but Tucker has only been to see T ' Pol once for them . Phlox says he understands that it requires a certain level of intimacy , but Tucker wants to switch back to injections . Phlox gives him a third alternative : Aldebaran mud leech es . Tucker declines , saying that an hour with T ' Pol " isn ' t so bad " . The salvage teams on the sphere have found around 80 % of the antimatter that was stolen . Archer surmises that the rest " is running through the reactor of that Osaarian ship " . Warp drive will be online in thirty minutes . Archer wants the teams to speed up , so they can go after the Osaarians . T ' Pol says that the sphere is nearly 1 , 000 years old . It is run by seven enormous fusion reactors , of which only three are still operational . T ' Pol guesses that the gravimetric energy that it produces may have something to do with the spatial anomalies . Sato calls them to the situation room , where she reveals that the Osaarians attacked a Xindi vessel . Archer confronts Orgoth , who claims not to know about the Xindi vessel . However , he gives in , saying that it was a small vessel . When they resisted , their ship was destroyed . Archer enters the brig and , holding a phase - pistol to Orgoth ' s neck , escorts him to the airlock , startling some of the crewmembers on the way . Shoving him into the airlock , Orgoth refuses to respond , still thinking Archer is too civilized . Archer starts to decompress the airlock , saying that if he doesn ' t talk , he has less than forty seconds to live . Reed arrives on the scene , but Archer says that he ' s got everything under control . Realizing that Archer wasn ' t bluffing , Orgoth says he ' ll give Archer the information he needs . Opening the airlock , Orgoth stumbles out , panting heavily . Archer tells Reed to take Orgoth back to the brig . Archer briefs the senior staff on Orgoth ' s information . Not only did the Osaarians take the fuel and supplies of a Xindi ship , they downloaded its database , which Archer now wants . Unfortunately , to do so , they would need to be within a kilometer of the ship to be able to get it . Mayweather says that the ship is probably too far off , but Archer , confident they ' ll return , decides that the Osaarians will come back . That is when they will attack . Mayweather detects a ship passing through the cloaking field – it ' s the Osaarians . Moving into position , " Enterprise " opens fire on their ship . After firing a few torpedoes , Archer contacts the Osaarians , telling them to stand down . Their response is to fire back . " Enterprise " pursues them into the cloaking barrier , as Sato tries to tap into their computer . Mayweather struggles to keep up with them . The Osaarians open fire , just as Sato finds the Xindi database . She starts the download . Losing the forward hull plating and impulse drive , Archer orders them out of the cloaking barrier and back to the sphere . As the Osaarians are not returning , and Sato only has a third of the Xindi database , Archer tells Reed to fire at the portal on the sphere , hoping to lure them back in . It works . Emerging from the cloaking field , the Osaarian ship runs at " Enterprise " , all weapons firing . Sato gets 90 % of the database , as " Enterprise " loses hull plating . Archer tells Reed to target the Osaarian ' s engines . He scores a direct hit , disabling them . Archer releases Orgoth to the Osaarians , then " Enterprise " leaves . He then goes to the command center and looks at the Xindi database , looking for answers to unsolved questions . Memorable quotes . " " Where ' s Isaac Newton when you need him ? " " " " When you ' re forced to resort to desperate measures in order to survive you " have " to be clever . You need to know how to hide . " " " " Creating a stable warp field isn ' t easy when the laws of physics won ' t cooperate . " " " " Every species we run into seems to be gunning for us . We might as well paint a giant bull ' s eye on the hull ! " " " " What do you suggest we do , turn around and go back to Earth ? " " " " All I ' m saying is that this mission , whether it succeeds or not , is looking like a one - way ticket all the time . " " " " Place one on your chest and one on your abdomen an hour before going to bed . Their secretions act as a natural sedative . Please , be careful to sleep on your back . If you roll over , you might anger them . " " " " Maybe an hour a night with T ' Pol isn ' t so bad . " " " " Your threats aren ' t very convincing . I told you , you ' re too civilized . " " " " We ' ll see about that . " " " " Mercy is not a quality that will serve you well in the Expanse , captain . " " Links and references . 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