Civilization ( episode ) " Enterprise " finds a fully inhabited Earth - like planet , where some of the inhabitants are suffering from a mysterious disease . Summary . Teaser . During a briefing detailing possible phenomena for to visit , T ' Pol mentions two stellar phenomena nearby . Mildly impressed , Archer asks her to continue . chimes in to mention an M - class planet on their course with five hundred million life sign s . Excited , Archer takes " Enterprise " into orbit around the planet . Act One . Early scans reveal a pre - industrial society , which excites the whole crew . Hoshi Sato remarks that there are numerous languages being spoken on the planet , but that she ' s found at least one useful word : Akaali , the name of the planet ' s humanoid species . While T ' Pol objects to sending an away team , mentioning the Vulcan protocol of waiting until a species has managed warp flight before making first contact , Archer is determined to investigate firsthand . After using sensor s to get a closer look at the planet and its people , Phlox performs cosmetic surgery to disguise the away team , testing his skills out first on Sato . Curiously , the crew also detects low - level neutrino emissions which are out of place for the society . T ' Pol suggests the presence of an antimatter reactor is possible , either through an undetectable advanced civilization present or another " visitor " like themselves . Archer orders a team of himself , Tucker , T ' Pol , and Sato . After a bit of time getting dressed , Archer pilots the team down successfully . Act Two . On the planet ' s surface , T ' Pol and Sato explore common areas . On the streets nearby , they see various people covered in lesions . One in particular is curious about them , but doesn ' t approach . Meanwhile , Archer and Tucker manage to localize the source of the neutrinos ; a shop owned by an antique collector . Breaking into the shop at night , they reach a force field - guarded door where they are confronted by an Akaali who has been watching the shop for some time . She believes Archer and Tucker to be in league with whoever owns the shop and that they have caused a disease among the Akaali . She believes it is not coincidence that the shop owner arrived two months ago and that people have only become sick in that period . T ' pol just arrives and , from behind , stuns the Akaali woman before she fires a loaded crossbow . Archer didn ' t think that was necessary , and now is forced to do something with her instead of leaving her there . Sato finds her name – Riaan . The next morning , the Akaali woman wakes up to see Archer watching over her . He says she just collapsed , but she doesn ' t believe him , and asks if he ' s working for Garos . Archer says he ' s not working for anyone , and goes to leave , seemingly convincing her about that at least , but she wants him to explain himself . He explains he ' s an investigator and wants to talk to her the next day about the sickness she mentioned . As he leaves , he says his name is Jon – an odd name to her . Back in the shuttle , they learn from Malcolm Reed that the energy field is strong enough to withstand a torpedo barrage . Archer informs the group that the Akaali woman mentioned a sickness , and Sato confirms her observations earlier . Tucker suggests taking someone to the ship for examination by Phlox , but T ' Pol quickly notes the fear of alien abduction s which happened on Earth . She suggests talking to the shop owner , first . There , Archer and Tucker engage the owner , and , upon scanning him , they discover he is not Akaali but a different species . They confront him , and he quickly takes out his own scanner and notes the same thing about them , smiling . Act Three . The owner then asks Archer who " he " is . He explains they ' re from Earth and found the emissions and returns the question . The owner ' s name is Garos , a Malurian , and he relates the story of being on a survey mission in the area before he decided to settle down on the planet . He confirms the presence of a reactor , but assures Archer that it is simply to replicate food and materials . They mention Riaan ' s accusations , but Garos is aware of them , dismissing them as someone who ' s just blaming the newcomer . Archer asks to see the reactor just as another customer enters . Garos politely asks them to leave and they do so , not wanting to make a scene . Archer asks T ' Pol to meet him at Riaan ' s apothecary to get the story from her about the disease . While T ' Pol discretely scans her equipment , Riaan explains what she knows , even though she still comments on Archer ' s evasiveness about his personal background . Riaan learned about the epidemic eighteen months ago , and can ' t determine the cause . She knows Garos leaves crates intended for locations outside the city , but hasn ' t yet found out how they get there . She thought Archer and Tucker were the ones . T ' Pol has gotten enough information and discretely asks Archer to leave , but Archer wants to stay with her for awhile , sending T ' Pol back to the ship . With Riaan ' s samples of the " disease " on the " Enterprise " , Doctor Phlox discovers that the water supply is contaminated due to leaks of tetracyanate 622 , an industrial lubricant , into the environment . T ' Pol leaves to inform Archer . Meanwhile , Archer and Riaan spy on the shop . At one point , Archer ' s translator malfunctions . To prevent Riaan from suspecting he is not Akaali , he kisses her . He says afterward that someone had been watching them , and the kiss was an attempt to avoid suspicion , as it might be considered normal behavior from a man and a woman alone together in the dark of night . She expresses no objection . Shortly after , they follow a man who is taking crates from the shop . In a clearing in the woods , a Malurian shuttle tractors the crates aboard . Unfortunately , Archer and Riaan are seen and fired upon by a Malurian on the surface . Archer leaves Riaan to subdue him , and does so , taking a small device from him . Riaan now sees the person is alien , and looks to Archer for answers . They return to the city and , using the Malurian device , manage to gain access to the reactor . It is an unexpectedly large facility , and Riaan is further amazed . Act Four . Archer informs the " Enterprise " of his discovery : the Malurians were using the antimatter reactor to gather a kind of veridium isotope . T ' Pol confirms it is most likely used to make explosive s . Archer is determined to take the operation down , but can ' t risk using the phase - pistol and detonating anything . Instead , he intends to disable a dampening field to allow " Enterprise " to get a transporter lock on the reactor . Unfamiliar with the controls , he instead sets off an alarm which shuts the doors and alerts Garos ' ship to the presence of the " Enterprise " . Garos hails the " Enterprise " and fires a warning shot , telling them to withdraw and that Archer is dead . In the facility , Garos tells Archer to leave , saying he ' s instructed the " Enterprise " to send a shuttle to take him and Riaan . Archer instead gives Riaan the pistol and tells her to fire on anyone entering the room . Eventually , he succeeds in disabling the dampening field and they leave the facility . Garos ' ship fires on the " Enterprise " while T ' Pol orders Mayweather to keep the ship in transporter range . She intends to beam the reactor into space next to the ship and detonate it . Tucker fights with the transporter system and eventually gets it there . Reed successfully hits it , taking down the ship ' s shields . Meanwhile , Archer and Riaan are in a public firefight with the Malurians . Together , they subdue the Malurians . With Archer now holding them , Garos is informed the reactor is destroyed and he has no choice but to leave . Riaan is amazed as they beam off the ground . Before leaving , Archer shares a moment with Riaan , giving her the required treatment for anyone affected by the toxic compound , and explaining that it would be best if she kept everything that happened to herself . Before leaving , the two kiss , with Riaan teasing that it ' s because his translator has malfunctioned again . Memorable quotes . " " Starfleet could ' ve sent a probe out here to make maps and take pictures , but they didn ' t . They sent us so that we could explore with our own senses . " " " " A farm ? " " " " It ' s remote and sparsely populated . If you ' re exposed , there ' s a reduced risk of cultural contamination . " " " " This must be why aliens are always landing in corn fields . " " " " 78 light years to get here . . . our first act is breaking and entering . " " " " Maybe you don ' t have to mention this part in your log . " " " " Let ' s try not to shoot anyone else while we ' re here , okay ? " " " " I ' ll try . " " " " What did you do to me ? " " " " Nothing . You just collapsed . " " " " That ' s the second lie you ' ve told me . You ' re not very good at it . " " " " Someone was walking this way but he turned and went around the corner . I thought if we pretended to be . . . " " " " I understand . " " " " Have you ever seen anything like that ? " " " " Actually , I have . . . " " ( a gun blast hits a tree before he can elaborate ) " " Is there anything " else " that you ' d like to tell me , Jon ? " " " " Even if we get the reactor , how are gonna keep them from getting it back ? " " " " If they want it so badly , perhaps we should give it to them . " " " " The oil lamp . . . there should be least a liter of residic oil in the container below it . Residic oil ignites at 398 degrees – you wouldn ' t happen to have anything that gets that hot ? " " " " Is your translator broken again ? " " " " I ' m sorry ? I don ' t understand a word you ' re saying . " " Links and references . References . acoustic relay ; Akaali ; Akaali homeworld ; Akaali language ; Akaali system ; alien abduction ; antimatter reactor ; apothecary ; breaking and entering ; clipper ship ; ; cornfield ; crossbow ; dampening field ; Draylan ; Earth ; evasive maneuvers ; first contact ; isotope ; itch ; J ' ral class ; lesion ; Malurian ; Malurian language ; Malurian system ; Malurian starship ; microscope ; Minshara class ; neutrino ; neutron star ; pharmacy ; polarized hull plating ; quartermaster ; residic oil ; supernova ; tea ; Tellarite s ; Tellarite merchant ; Tengala Street ; tetracyanate 622 ; universal translator ; veridium ; warp drive