Civilization

"Civilization" is the 8 episode (production #109) of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise. The Enterprise investigates a pre-industrial civilization of about 500 million people. They discover that there is another warp-capable species among the unsuspecting inhabitants. After Archer, Trip, Hoshi, and T'Pol arrive, they discover a local scientist believes a local merchant is causing the sickness in the town. Teaser Archer enters the Situati... more

"Civilization" is the 8 episode (production #109) of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise. The Enterprise investigates a pre-industrial civilization of about 500 million people. They discover that there is another warp-capable species among the unsuspecting inhabitants. After Archer, Trip, Hoshi, and T'Pol arrive, they discover a local scientist believes a local merchant is causing the sickness in the town. Teaser Archer enters the Situation Room for the briefing at the start of the shift. T'Pol reports several interesting phenomena; the remnants of a J'ral-class nebula or a cluster of three neutron stars. Archer looks unimpressed. Trip says that there is a third option, a Minshara-class planet with 500 million bio-signs, 78 light-years from Earth. The senior officers laugh at Archer's pleased expression. He turns to T'Pol and says; "You might have put that at the top of your list". T'Pol is impassive. Act One The Enterprise orbits the planet at 500 kilometres. T'Pol doesn't... less