John Frederick Paxton John Frederick Paxton was a Human who served as chief administrator of the Orpheus Mining colony on Luna . Paxton also led the xenophobic movement Terra Prime , a radical faction which advocated that all non - Humans be expelled from Earth , as well as the entire Sol system . Ideology . Paxton was a follower of Colonel Green , whose theories on the purity of the Human race formed the basis for Terra Prime ' s ideology . Ironically , Paxton ' s own health benefited from alien technology : he used Rigellian gene therapy because he suffered from Taggart ' s Syndrome . Nonetheless , Paxton found himself driven to follow the ideals laid down by Colonel Green . Despite claiming that Terra Prime was " dedicated to the protection of life in all its diversity " , he was not beyond murdering people who stood in his way , even those of his own species . History . Creating a clone . Paxton ordered the creation of a binary clone , a Human - Vulcan hybrid , using DNA from Commander s Charles Tucker III and T ' Pol , two crew members of the Starfleet vessel . Paxton used the resulting infant to justify his actions , presenting the child to Earth as " proof " that an alliance between different species would result in the pollution of the Human genome and the eventual extinction of Humankind as a result of generations of cross - breeding . When one of his medical technician s , Susan Khouri , opted out of Terra Prime to alert Starfleet of his intentions , Paxton had her killed . Although Khouri ultimately died from a phase - pistol wound , she managed to deliver a sample of the cloned baby ' s hair to T ' Pol before she died . Paxton later sent his personal assistant , Daniel Greaves , to kill Mercer , another medical technician whom Paxton felt was becoming too attached to the baby . Conflict with Starfleet . When Tucker and T ' Pol arrived on the Orpheus Mining colony to investigate , Paxton captured the two officers . He then used the mining colony itself ( which was a fully functional warp - capable spacecraft ) to take over the verteron array , a comet directional facility on Mars . Paxton planned to use the array to threaten Earth into giving into his demands : either all aliens leave the Sol system immediately , or Paxton would use the array to destroy Starfleet Command , whom he saw as responsible for Humanity ' s attempts to form an interstellar alliance . With the verteron array under his control and with an army of loyal followers like Josiah at his side , Paxton forced Tucker to work on refining the array ' s targeting system . T ' Pol ultimately discovered Paxton ' s illness and attempted to use it as leverage to obtain medical care for Elizabeth , who had acquired a fever as well as a heightened white blood cell count . Paxton , however , scoffed at her demands , citing that his loyal followers would never believe the word of an alien over his own . Captain Jonathan Archer , Lieutenant Malcolm Reed , Dr . Phlox , and Ensign Travis Mayweather later succeeded in reaching the surface of Mars by bypassing the sensory grid behind a comet . Once they arrived at the facility , they attempted to stop Paxton before he fired the array at Starfleet Command . Paxton began to taunt Captain Archer , claiming that his father , Henry Archer , had been a pet Human of the Vulcan s . Archer , not provoked by Paxton ' s insults , tried shutting down the array . Paxton went on talking about his own father ' s achievements of turning a moon from a colony to an independent world . During a firefight , Paxton ' s room decompressed ; however , Paxton himself was not affected , due to his experience of being in areas of low oxygen . He continued his attempts to fire on Earth . However , because of Tucker , the array misfired into San Francisco Bay , saving Starfleet Command . Paxton was eventually taken into custody . Legacy . Paxton ' s actions had lasting consequences . T ' Pol and Tucker lost their child because of a flaw in Paxton ' s scientists ' genetic techniques with Tucker ' s and T ' Pol ' s DNA . And , in a way , Paxton ' s name probably would be significant , as his actions led to a better understanding of Humankind ' s fear of the unknown . This allowed the attempted coalition to revive and eventually to become the United Federation of Planets . ( ) Appendices . Background information . Paxton was played by Peter Weller . With third - and fourth - season Executive Producer Manny Coto having previously collaborated with Weller on the science fiction television series ( which was created by Coto and starred Weller ) , Coto created the role especially with Weller in mind . ( ) In the final draft script of " Demons " , Paxton was described as being in his " 50 ' s " as of 2155 . The script also remarked about him , " " Paxton is a steely , intimidating man – used to getting what he wants . " " Since Peter Weller was neither a fan of " Star Trek " nor of science fiction in general , Manny Coto had to convince Weller into agreeing to play Paxton . " " He said to me , ' I want to write this thing for you . Would you come on " Star Trek : Enterprise " and do this ? " " Weller recalled . ( ) Coto also tried to persuade him to appear by telling him that , if he portrayed the character , he would be " immortalized . " Referring to Coto indirectly , Weller noted , " " He browbeat me and browbeat me into coming onto " Enterprise " and guest - starring on a couple of episodes . " " As Weller was a budding director , Coto finally managed to coerce him into accepting the part of Paxton by arranging for him to direct , a plan that was thereafter scuppered by the cancellation of the series . Weller nonetheless valued the invitation to appear as Paxton , for a multitude of reasons . ( ) He continued , " " When [ Coto ] finally told me they were going to be the last two [ episodes ] on planet E , I said I might as well put my feet in the cement of immortality and go to the Paramount lot and shoot the [ next - to - the - ] last two episodes ever of " Enterprise " . " " Stepping into such an unsavory role as Paxton presented no problem for Weller , who viewed the character objectively . " " [ He ' s ] a misunderstood moralist , " " Weller commented . " " You can make your own qualitative assessments , but I never look at anybody as a villain . " " Despite this , Weller also recognized that Paxton is a racist , mentally substituting this ideological element within himself in order to play the role . " " I made a substitution , sure , " " he related . " " You know , there are things I want shaped up . I don ' t like people coming into this club in tank tops – it ' s inelegant , I don ' t want them here . So there ' s an easy substitution right there . Everybody has their parameters of what ' s acceptable . " " ( ) In fact , Weller considered Paxton ' s extreme isolationism as unfortunately being of contemporary relevance , saying , " " It kind of rings of some people walking around on this planet today . " " Weller ' s portrayal of Paxton was somewhat restricted , regarding decisions about his movements . " " I had some ideas and stuff that we worked in . But I was , you know , one of the gears in the machine , so I went where they wanted me to go , " " explained Weller , " " and there wasn ' t a lot of room to physically invent because of the size of the sets and so forth . But within the scope of what they gave me , I got to play . " " This extent of freedom included a fair amount of input on his dialogue . " " That ' s thanks to Manny . Because he wrote it , " " Weller clarified . " " I would just get him on the phone and say , ' What if I say this instead of that ? ' And Manny was very amenable to me restructuring sentence syntaxes , anyway . " " ( ) Judith and Garfield Reeves - Stevens , who co - wrote the story for the episode with André Bormanis and co - wrote that episode ' s script with Manny Coto , originally wanted to have Paxton ultimately die . Garfield Reeves - Stevens later joked that their reasoning for wanting the character to end up dead was " because we ' re bloodthirsty . " Coto vetoed this idea , though . " " [ He ] thought , ' No , no ; he ' ll be fine , and keep him there as a threat , " " noted Garfield Reeves - Stevens . ( " Terra Prime " audio commentary , ENT Season 4 DVD special features ) Paxton ' s line about studying to be an historian is a tip - of - the - hat to Peter Weller , who not only is known for his acting and directing but also is a history professor at and has appeared in several documentaries on the . Visible on Paxton ' s desk is the oscillation overthruster , a device pivotal to , a favorite movie of " Star Trek " producers and effects creators , in which Weller played the title role . Weller went on to play Admiral in the film , continuing his association with " Star Trek " . Apocrypha . The relaunch novel " The Good That Men Do " established Paxton as still enduring imprisonment as of 5 March 2155 , though the next " Enterprise " novel , " " , referred to him as having died by 26 May 2155 . The " " story " A Less Perfect Union " ( published in the anthology " Infinity ' s Prism " ) involved an alternate timeline in which Paxton managed to destroy Starfleet Command , which led to an increase in isolationism on Earth that lasted into the mid - 23rd century . Another man named Paxton featured in the short story " Age of the Empress " . A researcher in the field of genetic engineering , Mr . Paxton was apparently John Frederick Paxton ' s counterpart in the mirror universe , although no first name was given for the character . His research proved highly useful to Dr . Arik Soong in creating a binary clone of Empress and General Thy ' lek Shran in 2155 .