United ( episode ) Archer tries to unify the Andorians , Tellarites , Humans and Vulcans in a plan to capture a marauder ship threatening to destabilize the region . ( Part 2 of 3 ) Summary . Teaser . Aboard the prototype Romulan drone ship , Commander and Lieutenant Malcolm Reed struggle to regain their footing as the ship is violently shaken . On Romulus , the drone ship ' s pilot works on erratically maneuvering the vessel . When Nijil announces that Reed and Trip won ' t last long , Admiral Valdore informs him that the drone ship is approaching its next target ; Nijil ' s attempts to eliminate Trip and Reed will have to wait . Ordering the pilot to stabilize the ship , in preparation for its imminent attack , Nijil reports that he is activating the vessel ' s multispectral emitter s – its holographic " skin " . Valdore orders him to use a particular holographic design to annihilate its target . On board the drone ship , Tucker asks Reed if he has recovered from the effects of the vessel ' s instability but the lieutenant answers that he is still dizzy . Tucker comments to Reed that he can feel the ship ' s warp drive being deactivated . Meanwhile , Nijil tells Valdore that the drone ship is aiming at its next target , a Rigellian vessel . When he announces that the Rigellian crew are hail ing the drone ship , Valdore orders Nijil to respond . On the bridge of the Romulan ship , Tucker hears the vessel fire at an unknown adversary . Reed advises him to prepare for the target to defend itself , moments before the drone ship comes under heavy fire . Nijil notifies Valdore that the Rigellian ship is causing damage to the drone ship , although Valdore instructs Nijil to allow the Rigellians sufficient time to transmit a distress call . Once Valdore realizes the distress call has been sent , he directs Nijil to destroy the Rigellian vessel . In the dark vacuum of space , the drone ship swoops down on its prey , disguised as . Act One . Gathered around the situation table on the bridge of " Enterprise " , Captain Archer tells Ensign Travis Mayweather and Commander T ' Pol that the Rigellian vessel was a heavily - armed scout ship with a crew of seventeen , none of whom survived . Archer shows his officers a visual record which was sent by the Rigellian ship – it shows " Enterprise " , firing at the vessel . The Rigellian Trade Commission is demanding compensation from Starfleet and Archer ' s arrest to which the captain slams the monitor off . Archer encourages Mayweather and T ' Pol to search for the Romulan drone ship . T ' Pol tells him that she has discovered a method to detect the stealth vessel ' s warp signature , while Mayweather has designed a sensor grid which will extend " Enterprise " s range . Although the grid will require 128 vessels , it should prove to be an effective way to find the drone ship . In sickbay , Shran jokes that Phlox must be in love with Talas , as the doctor is treating her for more than a superficial wound , which he claimed was all she suffered . Although Talas was only grazed , the phase - pistol that Naarg shot her with was set to kill . Talas is outraged at the Tellarite , and is worried about the severity of her wound . Shran tries to reassure her that she will be well again and that they will soon be back on their homeworld , Andoria . When Talas asks , Shran promises not to let her die unavenged . Phlox enters and apologetically asks Shran to leave . Before he does so , however , Archer enters and offers him a proposal . Shran doesn ' t listen to the captain ' s suggestion but answers that he will take part if the plan includes killing Tellarites . As he leaves , Archer realizes that uniting the Andorians , Tellarites , Vulcan s and Human s to provide the ships needed for the sensor grid will prove much more difficult than he thought . On Romulus , Senator complains to Valdore that the drone ship is damaged , defenseless and adrift in enemy space , following its battle with the Rigellian scoutship . Valdore reminds him that the Romulan vessel has automated repair systems , but Vrax fears the consequences of the vessel ' s potential discovery . Valdore replies that because the drone ships have no crew , the Romulans will never be blamed for their actions . Vrax ' s reply is that the prototype drone ship , is simply a modified Romulan warbird , a fact that the Vulcans would discover if they scanned the ship ' s propulsion matrix . He orders Valdore to have the drone ship return to Romulus , where he plans to tell the Romulan Senate that Valdore ' s test was a success . If the admiral doesn ' t carry out Vrax ' s orders , Valdore will be held responsible for the loss of the prototype drone ship . Uttering jolan tru , a Romulan farewell , Senator Vrax strides out of the command center with his Reman Commandos . Aboard " Enterprise " , T ' Pol enters Captain Archer ' s ready room . Archer tells her that he was just contacted by Admiral Gardner , who told him that Starfleet is sending every available starship to " Enterprise " s location . Even at their maximum velocity , most of the ships will arrive in three weeks . When T ' Pol asks about , Archer tells her that the vessel is undergoing repairs at Earth ' s orbital drydock facility . T ' Pol reports that Minister T ' Pau dispatched only 23 vessels , as the Vulcan High Command has recently experienced a period of political upheaval and many Vulcan ships are currently not fully manned . Archer sarcastically notes that T ' Pau could not have picked a better time to clean house . T ' Pol seems surprised when she notices Andorian and Tellarite fleet deployments on a monitor on the captain ' s desk but Archer explains that more ships will be necessary if the sensor grid is to be successful . T ' Pol suggests that a command hierarchy be organized , due to the difficult relations between most of the members of the . Archer comments that Humans are the only species that are allies of the Andorians and Tellarites and that " Enterprise " could relay all orders to the armada of vessels . T ' Pol isn ' t convinced , however , due to the fact that Humans , Andorians , Vulcans and Tellarites have never cooperated on a mutual endeavor before . Archer believes that if action against the Romulans isn ' t taken now , they may later return in greater force . Aboard the drone ship , Lieutenant Reed and Commander Tucker are inspecting the systems on the bridge . Tucker tells Reed that he thinks he ' s found an environmental system , which he operates . Tucker hears a rush of air as oxygen is released into the room . Reed wonders if the ship could be deserted – perhaps it is a prototype , which would explain the design of its bridge . The vessel may have been an existing ship , modified with the latest technological advancements available to its designers . If Reed is correct , and the ship is run by computers , all that he and Tucker will have to do is to find a control which will deactivate the vessel ' s propulsion system . They set to work , searching for such a control . On " Enterprise " , Shran and Ambassador argue . When it seems as though their quarreling is about to erupt into physical violence , Archer refuses to intervene . He asks them to put aside their differences and try to cooperate . To do otherwise would be to allow the Romulans what they want to achieve – the destabilizing of relations between political powers in the Alpha and Beta Quadrant s . Aboard the drone ship , Reed senses that the vessel has resumed warp speed , a perception that is substantiated when Trip remarks that he detected a power spike from one of the conduits on the bridge . When Reed asks if the engineer believes warp is controlled from there , Tucker answers that all of the ship ' s controls should connect to the bridge , if it was originally built for a crew . Trip asks Reed to observe the bridge consoles , which the armory officer does . Working together , Reed and Tucker find the propulsion controls . On Romulus , Nijil tells Valdore that he isn ' t certain what Reed and Tucker are doing aboard the drone ship , as the vessel ' s visual surveillance system is off - line . He exclaims that the drone ship is no longer traveling at warp speed . Meanwhile , Reed hears the Romulan vessel drop out of warp as he stands on the deck of the bridge . Modestly , Tucker tells the lieutenant that he simply interrupted the power to the warp controls . He expects a backup system will come on - line soon . Reed draws his attention to a computer monitor which displays a map of their location . Together , they find their bearings . Reed believes that an area of the map could represent the power coupling for the entire warp control system but the area is separated from the bridge . Touching the section of the map that corresponds to the dividing wall , a door opens , leading to the area that Reed and Tucker want to reach . On Romulus , Nijil reports that one of the intruders has left the bridge of the drone ship and is in the service junction , having located the main coupling for the warp matrix . The Romulan scientist tells Valdore that they have what they need to kill him in the service junction . On board the drone ship , Tucker tells Reed to monitor a diagram as the engineer flips through some alien equipment as if they were circuit breakers . After Tucker calls that he ' s cut the first one , Reed comments that a section of the map dimmed . Meanwhile , Nijil reports to Valdore that the intruder they are monitoring is disabling the warp system and that the ship ' s automated self - repair systems will take more than a day to restore its warp capability , more time than Nijil and Valdore have . When the Romulan scientist announces that the vandalizing intruder is still in the service junction , Valdore orders Nijil to seal him in there . Tucker is about to look for a communications circuit when the door to the service junction closes . He contacts Reed using his communicator and asks if Reed touched anything that might explain why Tucker is locked on the other side of the door . Reed tells Tucker that he didn ' t and that the hatch controls on his side aren ' t responding . On both sides of the door , the officers try to force the hatch open but stop when they hear the transmitted voice of Admiral Valdore . The Romulan reveals that he is in command of the vessel . When reactor coolant begins to fill the service junction , Tucker lets Reed know , mentioning that the radiation level is at one hundred roentgens and increasing . Valdore warns Tucker that if he doesn ' t reestablish the drone ship ' s warp matrix , he will ultimately die within seven minutes . Act Two . On " Enterprise " , Shran hands Captain Archer an Andorian PADD . It displays the communication codes that the Andorian fleet will use in the sensor grid . Archer informs him that the Tellarites have also agreed to participate and that they , too , will require the communication codes . Distracted by the pictures of craft named " Enterprise " on Archer ' s ready room wall , Shran asks the captain if he has served on all those ships . Archer explains that although he wasn ' t even born when some of them were on active duty , every craft on the wall was called " Enterprise " . He tells Shran that one of the vessels sailed Earth ' s oceans almost four hundred years ago . Shran reveals that the ship he recently captained , the " Kumari " , was named after the first to circle Andoria . He speculates that perhaps future ships will be named after his and Archer ' s ships , if they achieve something historic together . Seeing no reason why Andorians and Humans can ' t become allies , he shakes Archer ' s hand . On the drone ship , Tucker plans to deactivate the reactor which will stop the release of reactor coolant but Reed tells Tucker that he has thought of a better plan . The lieutenant tells Tucker to stand back from the door . Valdore tries to convince them that their attempts to save Commander Tucker are futile – he ' ll be dead in three minutes . Reed shoots the door but the phase - pistol has no effect . Tucker deactivates the reactor but the backup sequencer comes on - line . While reactor coolant continues to flow into the service junction , Valdore attempts to persuade Reed and Tucker to follow his instructions . On the bridge of " Enterprise " , T ' Pol moves towards Archer in the situation room and reports that all 128 ships that are needed for the sensor grid have moved into position . Phlox contacts Archer and urgently asks him to come to sickbay . Later , Shran storms into sickbay , where he finds Archer and Phlox . The doctor apologizes to Shran and says he did everything that he could have . The Andorian is furious – his beloved , Talas , is dead . Archer convinces Shran that this is the wrong time for anger and , over her dead body , Shran breaks down and mourns Talas . Aboard the drone ship , Tucker notifies Reed that the radiation level is at 180 roentgens and continuing to increase and that his attempts to shut down the backup reactor sequencer have been unsuccessful . Reed tells Valdore that he will reestablish the warp matrix to save Commander Tucker but Tucker orders him not to , before passing out . Reed sets to work to try to save Tucker ' s life . On " Enterprise " , Ambassador Gral indicates that all the Tellarite ships have joined the sensor grid . All that will be required now is patience , which Archer and Naarg agree will be hard for the Tellarites . Shran interrupts proceedings outside the conference room when two MACO s stop him from entering . Archer orders them to let him in , once Shran convinces the captain and the MACOs that his intentions are peaceful . Inside , he talks about Talas and shows Naarg a leather pouch full of her blood . He explains that when a guardsman dies far from Andoria , his , or her , companions carry a part of him , or her , back to the ice of their homeworld . In a furious rage , he empties Talas ' blue blood onto Naarg . Archer hauls him off the Tellarite , where Shran warns that if Naarg doesn ' t face him in combat , the Andorian Imperial Guard will withdraw its ships from the sensor grid . Act Three . Tucker is still unconscious aboard the drone ship . Reed demands that Valdore stops the release of reactor coolant now that the lieutenant has reconnected the warp matrix . The Romulan opens the hatch to the service junction and Reed enters the area , as the hatch closes behind him . He reveals that he and Tucker are in a better location than on the bridge , where he has set a phase - pistol to overload . Meanwhile , Valdore instructs Nijil to take the drone ship back to Romulus at warp speed . Aboard the ship , Tucker senses that the vessel has resumed warp propulsion and reminds Reed that he disobeyed a direct order . Reed sarcastically retorts that he ' s sorry for saving Tucker ' s life and promises that he won ' t do it again . Grateful to still be alive , the engineer apologizes . Reed works on opening an access panel which leads away from the bridge and , aware that the Romulans may be monitoring his and Tucker ' s conversation , indicates his plan to Tucker . He and the engineer have only a minute before the phase - pistol explodes , so they work together to escape the service junction . When questioned about the access panel , Nijil responds that it opens onto a " superstructure " and leads away from any critical equipment . Valdore intends to deal with the Humans when the drone ship returns to Romulan space . On board the vessel , Reed and Tucker climb through the access panel . Tucker believes they are a safe distance away from the overloading phase - pistol , but Reed replies that he wired the weapon directly into the power conduit on the bridge . Valdore hears this and discovers Reed ' s plan , seconds before the phase - pistol explodes , disrupting the Romulans ' control of the drone ship . On board " Enterprise " , Hoshi Sato and T ' Pol tell Captain Archer about the " Ushaan " – a fight to the death using a weapon called a " ushaan - tor " , an ice - miner ' s tool . Citing the fact that Andorians play with the " ushaan - tor " as children , Hoshi is certain that Naarg wouldn ' t stand a chance using one against Shran . Archer tells Sato and T ' Pol that Ambassador Gral is refusing to let Naarg fight , although T ' Pol remarks that the Andorians will consider that a further insult . In his quarters , Shran sharpens the blade of his " ushaan - tor " . Archer enters and recalls that he and the Andorian spoke about an alliance between their species two hours ago . He finds it hard to believe that Shran would risk severing that alliance for his own personal vengeance . Shran explains that he has lost more than Talas ; he has also lost his ship and most of his crew . Now , he fears that he would lose his crew ' s loyalty and the respect of the Imperial Guard if he doesn ' t confront the Tellarite delegation . In Shran ' s opinion , Archer should be supporting him – the Andorian commander represents the Humans at the Imperial Guard . Archer notifies him that , in accordance with the rules of the " Ushaan " , the captain will act as substitute for Naarg . Shran doesn ' t want to fight his friend but , after a long pause , he refuses to call off the match . Aboard the drone ship , Tucker is surprised at the extent of the damage which Reed caused with only one phase - pistol . They decide to head for the vessel ' s outer hull , where Commander Tucker may be able to link their communicators to the subspace transceivers on the hull , in order to contact " Enterprise " . In the Romulan Command Center , Nijil reports that they have restored contact with the drone ship and that the vessel ' s repair systems are starting to function again . Valdore asks to be notified when the ship has reestablished its self - destruct capability . Aboard " Enterprise " , T ' Pol enters Archer ' s quarters with the belief that the captain will lose the fight against Shran . She states that the Andorian has much more combat experience and won ' t yield to the captain . Archer is the only one who can be killed in the fight , since Starfleet insists on locating and destroying the Romulan drone ship , which won ' t happen if an Andorian or a Tellarite is killed in the " Ushaan " . T ' Pol reveals that she is worried about what might happen to Archer in the fight . On the bridge , Sato tells Mayweather that she is studying the Code of the Ushaan . T ' Pol hopes that Sato will be able to uncover a loophole in the code – some way to forfeit the match without insulting the Andorians . Mayweather offers to help her with the research . In the briefing room , Sato and Mayweather discuss several possible loopholes , without success . Eventually , Mayweather suggests that perhaps they should be looking for a way for the captain to win , not a way out of the fight . Sato reminds him that the Andorians will withdraw their vessels if Shran dies . When Mayweather tells her that his father was challenged to a duel on Neubilia Prime for looking at the native tribal elders in the wrong way , Sato asks him how his father withdrew from the fight . Cued by Sato ' s question , he searches for the combat rules . Later , in launch bay two , Sato , Gral and Phlox advise Archer on how to fight Shran . T ' Pol calls the two combatants to take their positions where they briefly talk , each one certain that the other will lose . Soon , they begin their duel and , midway through the fight , Archer claims that he is trying to help Shran impress the Andorian soldiers . Eventually , the captain grips around Shran ' s neck and asks him to yield . The Andorian refuses to give up , so Archer swings the blade of his " ushaan - tor " towards Shran . Act Four . Later , Shran lies in sickbay with an amputated antenna . He tells Archer that he deserved to be decapitated by the captain , and , walking to a monitor , reacts to the severity of his injury . He states that Andorian antennae can take up to nine months to regrow untreated , although Phlox answers that with electrical stimulation and cranial massage therapy , Shran ' s antenna will be fully regenerated in around half that time . When Archer recalls being told that Andorian antennae aren ' t vital , Shran retorts that his loss was a humiliating experience . But , as the captain honored Andorian custom and complied with the Code of the Ushaan , the Andorians will continue to assist with the sensor grid . On the bridge , T ' Pol reports that the drone ship ' s power signature has been detected by four of the allied vessels . " Enterprise " is too far from the suspected ship to scan for bio - signs , so Archer orders an intercept course . Although even at maximum warp , the starship will still take 47 minutes to intercept the craft . Archer orders Sato to inform the allied fleet of " Enterprise " s situation and anxiously settles into his chair . Meanwhile , the Romulans realize that " Enterprise " is closing on the drone ship . Valdore commands Nijil to activate the vessel ' s holographic skin . In space , the Romulan ship seems to be changing form , an illusion created by its multispectral emitters . On board , several lights fail , shortly before Tucker explains that all the ship ' s systems that were damaged in the explosion are restoring power , draining the vessel ' s other systems . Power hasn ' t been restored yet to the drone ship ' s warp matrix , although Tucker suggests that they hurry if they wish to contact their starship . As " Enterprise " nears its target , T ' Pol announces that the starship is approaching visual range of the supposed drone ship . When Archer directs T ' Pol to display the vessel on the main viewscreen , it appears that the craft is a Vulcan starship . Checking the vessel ' s power signature , T ' Pol clarifies that the ship is not of Vulcan design . Archer gives the order to raise tactical alert , charge weapons and prepare to engage the enemy . In the Romulan Command Center , Nijil is annoyed that " Enterprise " will intercept the drone ship before the vessel restores its warp matrix . Senator Vrax enters with his Reman bodyguards , startling Valdore . When Vrax disapproves of the admiral ' s inability to stop intruders aboard the drone ship from boarding and disabling the vessel , Valdore realizes that the senator must have a spy in the command center . Vrax reveals that he has come to witness " Enterprise " s destruction . On the bridge of " Enterprise " , T ' Pol identifies two Human bio - signs on board the Romulan vessel . However , the Starfleet ship will still need to narrow its proximity to the drone ship to engage a transporter lock on Tucker and Reed . Archer attempts to hail his officers and is relieved when they eventually answer . Soon , " Enterprise " and the drone ship engage in combat . The Romulan craft is causing severe damage to the Starfleet vessel when " Enterprise " finally manages to eliminate the drone ship ' s disguise . Aboard the Romulan craft , Reed wonders why the crew of " Enterprise " are firing at the drone ship when they know that he and Tucker are aboard , although Tucker assumes that they are only aiming at the drone ship ' s weapon systems . Contacting " Enterprise " , the engineer asks Archer if the starship is able to establish a transporter lock on his and Malcolm ' s positions . The captain replies negatively and instructs them to move closer to the drone ship ' s hull . Meanwhile , Nijil reports that the Romulan ship has lost its holographic ability and will reestablish its warp capacity in two minutes . He calls that more enemy vessels are nearing the drone ship and worries that the ship will lose its self - repair systems again . Vrax is certain , however , that the ship will escape the allied fleet . As " Enterprise " continues to fight the enemy vessel , Tucker shouts that he and Reed have reached the vessel ' s hull . T ' Pol still fails to get a transporter lock on Tucker and Reed , as the Romulan ship ' s maneuvers are too erratic . The drone ship targets " Enterprise " s warp core so Archer orders T ' Pol to take the weapons off - line and boost power to the hull plating . Telling Mayweather to turn the ship around , he contacts Tucker and Reed and demands that they leave the drone ship . Meanwhile , Vrax sees that the Starfleet vessel doesn ' t have weapons – a vulnerability which the Romulans can take advantage of . Tucker and Reed jump out of the drone ship and hurtle through open space at an incredible rate of acceleration . Just when T ' Pol is about to engage a transporter lock on them , " Enterprise " is hit again , this time taking damage to its sensor assembly – she still can ' t get a lock . The Romulans discover six more enemy vessels heading toward the drone ship , which will be able to engage warp in twenty seconds . When Sato reports their arrival , Archer tells her to ask the allied vessels to hold their fire – he doesn ' t want his officers to be injured . Meanwhile , Tucker and Reed swim through space , watching as the allied ships approach and the drone ship , which has regained its warp capacity , darts past them . On Romulus , Vrax orders the pilot , wearing the synaptic interface helmet which covers most of his features , to withdraw the drone ship from the battle . In the vacuum of space , the six allied ships race after the Romulan craft . Alone , Reed pessimistically believes that he and Tucker are doomed to spend the rest of eternity spinning endlessly through space when , above their heads , the massive " Enterprise " appears and beams them aboard . Later , Tucker and Reed remove their environmental suits , which they have been wearing for three days . Tucker thanks Reed for saving his life aboard the drone ship but says that he is putting the lieutenant on report . Eventually though , Reed determines that Tucker is only joking . In the briefing room , Archer notifies T ' Pol , Shran , and Gral that the drone ship escaped . He also tells them that the crew of an attacked Tellarite vessel was rescued by an Andorian warship . Shran and Gral agree that the drone ship is a menace to both their species and sit down to discuss a potential alliance between Andoria and Tellar . TO BE CONTINUED . . . Memorable quotes . " " I think this Denobulan doctor is secretly in love with you . He wants to keep you to himself . " " " " How many ships will it take to make this work ? " " " " Only 128 . " " " " That Tellarite pig . " " " " Is there any other kind ? " " " " From what I ' ve heard about these Romulan s they mean business . If they ' re behind these attacks , we have to find some way to stop them , or next time , they might come back with a thousand of those ships . " " " " I ' d rather cohabit with Klingon targ s than join forces with Tellarites ! " " " " Your personal mating preference is no concern of mine ! " " " " Why don ' t the two of you try behaving like Humans for a change ? " " " " And you said you wouldn ' t be insulting ! " " " " There , every Tellarite ship is connected to your sensor network despite the inefficient Andorian codes ! " " " " We ' re not a patient people . " " " " I ' ve noticed . " " " " I just wanted you to know that too . . . " BEFORE YOU DIE ! ! " " " Unless this " MURDERER " . . . meets me in combat , your precious alliance . . . is FINISHED ! ! " " " " I apologize for saving your life , Commander . It won ' t happen again . " " " " You did all this with one phase - pistol ? " " " " You ' re good at building things . I ' m good at blowing them up . " " " " Vulcans have a saying : ' One man can summon the future . ' What happens if that man throws away his life before his time ? " " " " Things have a way of turning out differently than we expect . " " " " I ' ll take your blood to Andoria . . . to the Wall of Heroes . " " " " Not today . " " " " You should ' ve cut off my head ! " " " " I considered it , but I still need your help . " " " " The Ushaan is settled when one combatant is rendered defenseless . Are we done ? " " " " You respected Andorian tradition . It ' s settled ! " " " " I believe we have more to discuss than trade disputes . " " " " Why wait until we get to Babel ? " " Links and references . References . 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