The Aenar
- FIRST SHOWN (US)
- 11 February 2005
- ON
- UPN
- STARDATE
- None given
- DIRECTED BY
- Mike Vejar
- PRODUCTION NO.
- 090
WRITTEN BYTeleplay by André Bormanis; story by Manny Coto
Archer and Shran journey to the frozen wastes of Andoria to seek help from the Aenar, a reclusive, blind and telepathic people, in stopping the Romulan drone ships.
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Archer and Shran travel to Andoria to find the Aenar, a blind, pacifist and telepathic subspecies of Andorians who live hidden beneath the ice. They learn that an Aenar named Gareb has been kidnapped and is being forced to pilot the Romulan drone ships with his mind. His sister Jhamel volunteers to help, and the Enterprise crew build a makeshift telepresence unit so she can reach him. When two Romulan drones attack, Jhamel makes contact with her brother and shows him that the Aenar still exist, exposing the Romulans' lies. Gareb turns the drones against each other and destroys both, before Admiral Valdore kills him in anger. Meanwhile, Tucker, finding his unspoken feelings for T'Pol too distracting, requests a transfer to the new starship Columbia.
- 01The first time the Andorian homeworld was shown on screen. The ice caverns were built on a sound stage and extended with CGI.
- 02It retroactively explains the pale-skinned Andorian Thelin seen in the animated episode “Yesteryear”.
- 03A deleted scene showed Valdore and Vrax being arrested by Vrax's own Reman bodyguards.