Vox Sola

Vox Sola (Latin for lone voice) is the 21 episode (production #122) of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise. When a strange, symbiotic alien creature boards Enterprise and captures several crew members, it's up to Hoshi to decipher the creature's complex language. Teaser Onboard the Enterprise, a party of Kretassans storms through the corridors towards the airlock, pursued by Archer, T'Pol, Trip and Hoshi. The Universal Translator isn't wo... more

Vox Sola (Latin for lone voice) is the 21 episode (production #122) of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise. When a strange, symbiotic alien creature boards Enterprise and captures several crew members, it's up to Hoshi to decipher the creature's complex language. Teaser Onboard the Enterprise, a party of Kretassans storms through the corridors towards the airlock, pursued by Archer, T'Pol, Trip and Hoshi. The Universal Translator isn't working properly and has resulted in the minor diplomatic incident. The Kretassan leader states loudly that the humans "eat like they mate", which confuses Archer. As the Kreetassan vessel breaks away, a transparent, amoeba-like entity crosses from their ship to the Enterprise. Act One Later, on the Bridge, Hoshi analyses the Kreetassan language and sees that their word for 'eat' differs from 'mate' by the stress on the first syllable. Hoshi says that a Kreetassan word can have a dozen meanings depending upon its context. She also notices high... less