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Storm Front (Enterprise episode)
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"Storm Front" is a two-part episode (the 77th and 78th episodes) of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise
, the first of the fourth season. It centers around an alternate history scenario in which Nazi Germany
controls the northeast of the United States
.
, where the Temporal Cold War
led to the creation of this alternate history timeline, becomes clear: the murder of Lenin
in 1916 (after which witnesses claimed his killer "vanished into thin air
").
Removal of Lenin prevents the Bolshevik revolution
from ever taking place, and Hitler does not regard the Russia of this timeline as a threat to the Reich; as a result, the full weight of the Nazi war machine is directed at Western Europe, including a successful Battle of Britain, and by 1944 Germany has even conquered the northeastern United States as far south as South Carolina and as far west as central Ohio.
arrive back on Enterprise
, unharmed from the P-51 Mustang
s that had attacked their shuttlepod earlier.
Back on Earth, Captain Archer
narrowly escapes from the Germans
when American resistance fighters
ambush the truck that Archer and his Nazi handlers are riding in. He finds his way to a resistance safehouse.
Meanwhile, Silik, the leader of the Suliban Cabal
, has secretly boarded Enterprise and hitched a ride to Earth.
With the Swastika
-draped White House
, and the Germans controlling the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, it is revealed that an alien of the Na'kuhl species—the leader of a faction of the Temporal Cold War
—named Vosk (the same alien present at the closing scene of season three's final episode), has formed an alliance with the Germans, providing them with advanced technology in exchange for materiel and supplies to build a conduit that will take them back to their own time.
In the meantime, Captain Archer, after finding a communications device being carried by one of the aliens on Earth, contacts T'Pol
and is transported
back to Enterprise.
Near death, Crewman Daniels appears on the Enterprise, admitting that he brought the Enterprise to the 20th century to help end the Temporal Cold War, along with a warning that Vosk has altered the timeline with grave consequences. Before dying, Daniels requests Captain Archer to stop Vosk and his band from building the conduit to take them back into their time, where they will become even more dangerous.
Silik, after a hand to hand fight with Tucker, steals a shuttlepod and lands on Earth. Tucker and Mayweather are sent to Earth to find the shuttlepod along with Silik.
We soon learn that the aliens have captured Tucker and Mayweather.
returns to German
-occupied United States
.
The alien Vosk — member of a faction of the Temporal Cold War
— releases his Starfleet
prisoners Travis Mayweather
and Trip Tucker (later to be revealed as Silik) in hopes of forging a new alliance with Enterprise
.
Silik and Captain Archer, along with the help of American guerillas, defeat Vosk and his temporal agents by destroying the conduit being built to carry Vosk back to his own time.
Before the Silik-Archer duo can complete the mission, Silik is shot and killed by a guard near the conduit. Trip frees himself during the chaos and almost shoots Archer believing him to be Silik (Trip did not know Archer was alive). With the shields down, Enterprise achieves a completely unprotected atmospheric entry, flying in right over New York City and destroys the building with 3 photonic torpedoes fired at point-blank range.
The episode ends with Daniels showing Archer the timeline resetting itself back to normal, as the Temporal Cold War ends, and is at least partially negated, with the death of Vosk. One thing is certain, the full scale temporal conflict never happened. Daniels tells the captain that he does "not know how many lives you saved". Archer demands that Daniels never visit the Enterprise ever again for he's tired of becoming a pawn in the war.
The Enterprise arrives back in their proper time period, where they are greeted by an entire fleet of Earth vessels.
Star Trek: Enterprise
Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction television series. It follows the adventures of humanity's first warp 5 starship, the Enterprise, ten years before the United Federation of Planets shown in previous Star Trek series was formed.Enterprise premiered on September 26, 2001...
, the first of the fourth season. It centers around an alternate history scenario in which Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
controls the northeast of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Historical background
In the course of the plot, the point of divergencePoint of divergence
In discussion of counterfactual history, a divergence point , also referred to as a departure point or point of divergence , is a historical event with two possible postulated outcomes...
, where the Temporal Cold War
Temporal Cold War
The Temporal Cold War is a fictional conflict waged throughout history in the Star Trek universe, predominantly during the 22nd century AD...
led to the creation of this alternate history timeline, becomes clear: the murder of Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...
in 1916 (after which witnesses claimed his killer "vanished into thin air
Transporter (Star Trek)
A transporter is a fictional teleportation machine used in the Star Trek universe. Transporters convert a person or object into an energy pattern , then "beam" it to a target, where it is reconverted into matter...
").
Removal of Lenin prevents the Bolshevik revolution
October Revolution
The October Revolution , also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution , Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917...
from ever taking place, and Hitler does not regard the Russia of this timeline as a threat to the Reich; as a result, the full weight of the Nazi war machine is directed at Western Europe, including a successful Battle of Britain, and by 1944 Germany has even conquered the northeastern United States as far south as South Carolina and as far west as central Ohio.
Part I
In "Storm Front (Part I)", shuttlepod crewmen Trip Tucker and Travis MayweatherTravis Mayweather
Travis Mayweather is a fictional character, played by Anthony Montgomery, in the television series Star Trek: Enterprise, serving as a navigator and helm officer aboard the starship Enterprise. He holds the rank of Ensign, and is in the command division...
arrive back on Enterprise
Enterprise (NX-01)
The Enterprise is a fictional starship in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise. It is commanded by Captain Jonathan Archer.-History:...
, unharmed from the P-51 Mustang
P-51 Mustang
The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang was an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II, the Korean War and in several other conflicts...
s that had attacked their shuttlepod earlier.
Back on Earth, Captain Archer
Jonathan Archer
Jonathan Archer is a fictional character in the Star Trek franchise. He is the protagonist of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise, where he is played by Scott Bakula...
narrowly escapes from the Germans
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
when American resistance fighters
Resistance during World War II
Resistance movements during World War II occurred in every occupied country by a variety of means, ranging from non-cooperation, disinformation and propaganda to hiding crashed pilots and even to outright warfare and the recapturing of towns...
ambush the truck that Archer and his Nazi handlers are riding in. He finds his way to a resistance safehouse.
Meanwhile, Silik, the leader of the Suliban Cabal
Suliban
The Suliban are a starfaring race in the fictional Star Trek universe, seen throughout the series Star Trek: Enterprise. A Suliban sect known as the Cabal served as the show's primary antagonists in the first and second seasons....
, has secretly boarded Enterprise and hitched a ride to Earth.
With the Swastika
Swastika
The swastika is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, in either right-facing form in counter clock motion or its mirrored left-facing form in clock motion. Earliest archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates back to the Indus Valley Civilization of Ancient...
-draped White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
, and the Germans controlling the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, it is revealed that an alien of the Na'kuhl species—the leader of a faction of the Temporal Cold War
Temporal Cold War
The Temporal Cold War is a fictional conflict waged throughout history in the Star Trek universe, predominantly during the 22nd century AD...
—named Vosk (the same alien present at the closing scene of season three's final episode), has formed an alliance with the Germans, providing them with advanced technology in exchange for materiel and supplies to build a conduit that will take them back to their own time.
In the meantime, Captain Archer, after finding a communications device being carried by one of the aliens on Earth, contacts T'Pol
T'Pol
Commander T'Pol is a fictional character played by Jolene Blalock in Star Trek: Enterprise. She is a Vulcan who serves as the science officer aboard the starship Enterprise.-Concept and creation:...
and is transported
Transporter (Star Trek)
A transporter is a fictional teleportation machine used in the Star Trek universe. Transporters convert a person or object into an energy pattern , then "beam" it to a target, where it is reconverted into matter...
back to Enterprise.
Near death, Crewman Daniels appears on the Enterprise, admitting that he brought the Enterprise to the 20th century to help end the Temporal Cold War, along with a warning that Vosk has altered the timeline with grave consequences. Before dying, Daniels requests Captain Archer to stop Vosk and his band from building the conduit to take them back into their time, where they will become even more dangerous.
Silik, after a hand to hand fight with Tucker, steals a shuttlepod and lands on Earth. Tucker and Mayweather are sent to Earth to find the shuttlepod along with Silik.
We soon learn that the aliens have captured Tucker and Mayweather.
Part II
Captain ArcherJonathan Archer
Jonathan Archer is a fictional character in the Star Trek franchise. He is the protagonist of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise, where he is played by Scott Bakula...
returns to German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
-occupied United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
The alien Vosk — member of a faction of the Temporal Cold War
Temporal Cold War
The Temporal Cold War is a fictional conflict waged throughout history in the Star Trek universe, predominantly during the 22nd century AD...
— releases his Starfleet
Starfleet
In the fictional universe of Star Trek, Starfleet or the Federation Starfleet is the deep-space exploratory, peacekeeping and military service maintained by the United Federation of Planets . It is the principal means by which the Federation conducts its exploration, defense, diplomacy and research...
prisoners Travis Mayweather
Travis Mayweather
Travis Mayweather is a fictional character, played by Anthony Montgomery, in the television series Star Trek: Enterprise, serving as a navigator and helm officer aboard the starship Enterprise. He holds the rank of Ensign, and is in the command division...
and Trip Tucker (later to be revealed as Silik) in hopes of forging a new alliance with Enterprise
Enterprise (NX-01)
The Enterprise is a fictional starship in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise. It is commanded by Captain Jonathan Archer.-History:...
.
Silik and Captain Archer, along with the help of American guerillas, defeat Vosk and his temporal agents by destroying the conduit being built to carry Vosk back to his own time.
Before the Silik-Archer duo can complete the mission, Silik is shot and killed by a guard near the conduit. Trip frees himself during the chaos and almost shoots Archer believing him to be Silik (Trip did not know Archer was alive). With the shields down, Enterprise achieves a completely unprotected atmospheric entry, flying in right over New York City and destroys the building with 3 photonic torpedoes fired at point-blank range.
The episode ends with Daniels showing Archer the timeline resetting itself back to normal, as the Temporal Cold War ends, and is at least partially negated, with the death of Vosk. One thing is certain, the full scale temporal conflict never happened. Daniels tells the captain that he does "not know how many lives you saved". Archer demands that Daniels never visit the Enterprise ever again for he's tired of becoming a pawn in the war.
The Enterprise arrives back in their proper time period, where they are greeted by an entire fleet of Earth vessels.
External links
- Storm Front, Part I at The Trek NationTrekNationThis article is about the website. For the 2006 film, see Trek Nation.TrekNation is a reference and community website for the Star Trek franchise...
- Storm Front, Part II at The Trek NationTrekNationThis article is about the website. For the 2006 film, see Trek Nation.TrekNation is a reference and community website for the Star Trek franchise...