Hoshi Sato ( mirror ) Lieutenant Hoshi Sato was a female of the 22nd century Terran Empire . In the 2150s , she was the communications officer aboard the . Before serving on the " Enterprise " , Sato had been a teacher in Brazil . Serving mainly as Captain Forrest ' s woman , Sato had previously been involved with but left him for Forrest when he was promoted to a position of higher power . When Archer briefly took command of the " Enterprise " in 2155 , she gravitated towards him again as he was then the more powerful . While making advances towards Archer , she made an effort to stab him with a dagger , but her attempt was thwarted . Later , after she and Archer had made love , she casually proposed that , not , might have had a hand in sabotage aboard the ship , making Archer realize that he should have suspected T ' Pol as well . However , T ' Pol had already led an insurgency to restore Forrest to command . Sato was aboard the " Enterprise " when it was trapped in a Tholian web , though she was able to evacuate on an escape pod before the ship was destroyed and was picked up by the commandeered . ( ) Sato assisted Jonathan Archer in using the " Defiant " to gain power . However , before the " Defiant " could make it to Earth , she seduced Archer ' s personal guard into conspiring to poison Archer . Sato subsequently took command of the " Defiant " , proclaimed herself " Empress Sato " , and ordered Fleet Admiral to surrender and stand by for instructions , or she would open fire on Earth . ( ) Memorable quotes . " " Something about . . . your ' maternal ancestor ' . " " " " These people had some strange ideas about uniforms . " " " " I ' m surprised you ' re not exhausted from all the beds you ' ve jumped into recently . " " " " Commander Tucker told me I should give you a few pointers in that area . " " " " This is the " Starship Defiant " . If you don ' t surrender immediately , we ' ll begin targeting your cities . Respond . " " Appendices . Background . The mirror Sato and Mayweather winding up on top was a plot twist devised by Manny Coto ( ENT Season 4 DVD audio commentary ) . Although Sato ' s success has not yet been made explicit in canon , writer Jordon Nardino theorized on twitter that Empress Sato added the title Iaponius ( Latin for " Japanese " ) to her name , and suggested that since the name was still part of Emperor ' s regnal name a century later , Sato must have been successful . He further thought it unlikely that Georgiou was a biological descendant of Sato ( as Sato was Japanese but Georgiou was Chinese - Malaysian ) , but suggested she might be a cousin , or more likely that like Roman emperors , imperial succession was determined at least in part through adoption . Apocrypha . The story of Empress Sato ' s reign is told in the story " Age of the Empress " . The ENT - era story is based on a story outline written by former " Enterprise " producer and writer Mike Sussman . In " The Sorrows of Empire " , the Sato dynasty continued for more than a century through the use of binary clones of the original Empress Sato , so that the rulers of the Terran Empire would forever have her face ; the third Empress Sato commented that she and her " sister " , Empress Sato II , were " nothing more than copies of the biggest narcissist in galactic history " . The dynasty would end with the death of Empress Sato III and her entire imperial guard ( courtesy of the Tantalus field ) in 2277 , paving the way for ' s ascension as the Emperor of the Terran Empire .