The Shipment
- FIRST SHOWN (US)
- 29 October 2003
- ON
- UPN
- STARDATE
- None given
- DIRECTED BY
- David Straiton
- PRODUCTION NO.
- 059
WRITTEN BYWritten by Chris Black & Brent V. Friedman
Following Tarquin's lead, Archer finds a Xindi facility processing a rare mineral, and must decide whether the man who runs it is really his enemy.
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Using Tarquin's coordinates, Enterprise reaches a Xindi world where a complex is processing kemocite. Archer, Reed and Major Hayes land by shuttlepod and watch its owner, Gralik Durr, agree to supply kemocite to Degra. The team takes a canister for analysis, and T'Pol confirms that kemocite was used in the probe that attacked Earth. Aboard Enterprise, Tucker studies a captured Reptilian rifle that runs on the material, but accidentally triggers its self-destruct. Archer confronts Gralik at his home and finds that he does not know what his work is for. Rather than destroy the complex and look like the aggressor, Archer holds back. When a Reptilian shuttle arrives early carrying Degra, the away team hides in a cave but is found by drones. Degra tells Gralik that the kemocite is for a weapon against a ruthless alien species. T'Pol modifies a canister so that it can be tracked, and Archer slips it aboard the departing shuttle.
- 01John Cothran Jr. had previously played Nu'Daq in The Next Generation's “The Chase” and Telok in Deep Space Nine's “Crossover”.
- 02Sam Witwer, later known for voicing Darth Maul in Star Wars projects, plays one of the Xindi-Arboreals.
- 03Rick Berman announced that Gralik would return, but this remained his only appearance.