Shockwave, Part I story
Enterprise is recalled to Earth after the crew is blamed for the accidental destruction of a colony world. En route, it is hijacked by Suliban and Captain Archer is trapped in the future. Directed by: Allan Kroeker. Story by: Rick Berman & Brannon Braga.
8 total · 1 choice · 3 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| planet scorching atmospheric conflagration | choice | Archer burned up an entire world by accidentally igniting their atmosphere, but fortunately it wasn't his fault. |
| beating one's self up | major | Archer was down on him self for having accidentally ignited the atmosphere of an alien colony, resulting in the deaths of 3600 inhabitants. |
| remorse | major | Archer was down on him self for having accidentally ignited the atmosphere of an alien colony, resulting in the deaths of 3600 inhabitants. |
| time travel | major | Archer traveled in time and found out that the real culprits were time travelers engaged in a temporal cold war. |
| delivering bad news | minor | Archer lamented having to deliver the bad news to alien homeworld that he had accidentally ignited the atmosphere of one of their colonies, resulting in the deaths of 3600 of their people. |
| invisible spaceship | minor | Suliban ships use cloaking devices. |
| loyalty to a leader | minor | Especially Hoshi said that she would stand by Archer no matter what, and the rest of the crew stood by Archer after the Enterprise was recalled to Earth. |
| matriarchy | minor | T'Pol told Archer and Tucker about a matriarchal alien colony in the teaser. |