Divergence
- FIRST SHOWN (US)
- 25 February 2005
- ON
- UPN
- STARDATE
- None given
- DIRECTED BY
- David Barrett
- PRODUCTION NO.
- 092
WRITTEN BYWritten by Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
With Enterprise trapped at high warp and close to destruction, Tucker attempts a perilous rescue from the Columbia, while Phlox works under guard to cure a plague ravaging the Klingon Empire.
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Enterprise is locked at warp with its engine close to breaching. The Columbia matches speed, and Tucker crosses between the two ships on a dangerous spacewalk to restart the engine and purge the Klingon sabotage. On Qu'Vat, Phlox finds a weakness in the Augment virus and, rather than perfecting Klingon Augments as K'Vagh hopes, develops a cure, testing treatments on volunteers. Through Section 31, Archer learns where Phlox is held. As Admiral Krell's fleet arrives and threatens to attack, a battle breaks out involving Enterprise, Columbia and Klingon ships. Phlox uses Archer as a source of antibodies to complete the cure, then beams a sample of the virus to Krell's ship, forcing a ceasefire. The Klingon High Council agrees to spread the cure, but those treated lose their cranial ridges, as will their descendants. Reed breaks with Section 31, and Tucker stays aboard to help with repairs.
- 01The Klingon Language Institute later supplied terms for the two kinds of Klingon: QuchHa' for the ridgeless and HemQuch for the ridged.
- 02David Barrett's first Star Trek directing credit. Filming lasted eight days, split by a two-week holiday break in late December.
- 03Its explanation for smooth-headed Klingons replaced theories offered in earlier tie-in fiction.