Cogenitor (episode)
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| Series: | ENT |
| Episode: | 2x22 |
| Original Airdate: | 30 April 2003 |
| Production Number: | 048 |
| Year: | 2153 |
| Date: | Unknown |
| Written by: | Rick Berman & Brannon Braga |
| Directed by: | LeVar Burton |
Enterprise encounters the Vissians, a race that includes a third gender of "cogenitors" who are treated as second-class citizens.
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Summary
中性人
企業號遇到一名為維遜的種族，他們的第三種性別稱為「中性人」，此性別的人被視為次等人。
亞契發現十光年距離內有一顆超巨星，非常興奮。當船員們準備研究此一天文現象時，他們與維遜人做一次接觸。維遜人也是到此地研究超巨星。維遜艦長卓林克說，會晤其他種族也是他們的目標之一。亞契邀請他和他的船員們到企業號共進晚餐。卓林克和亞契相談甚歡，卓林克邀請他，在接下來的幾天，一起搭乘維遜的探測艇入超巨星觀測。同時，其他的船員們也和維遜人相處融洽。李德和一名維遜女性戰術軍官很談得來。崔普會晤維遜的輪機長和他的妻子。崔普對這對夫妻帶來的第三者很好奇。此人屬於第三種性別，稱為「中性人」。中性人地位卑微，可以使維遜夫婦懷孕。維遜輪機長正想要一個小孩。
維遜輪機長邀請崔普參觀維遜艦的輪機處。在那裡，崔普忍不住問了幾個關於中性人的問題。為了知道更多，崔普接受了輪機長夫婦的晚餐邀約。晚餐的對話中，崔普越來越覺得中性人受到歧視。維遜人視他們連寵物都不如，更不讓他們上學或學習。在伏拉士的協助下，崔普暗中掃描中性人，發現他們的心智能力和其他維遜人一模一樣。
企業號的船員們和他們的維遜新朋友交情越來越深。亞契和維遜艦長共乘維遜艇進入超巨星，此行使二人結為好友。李德和維遜戰術軍官共譜一段浪漫戀曲。
崔普卻對中性人著迷。確知他們具有和其他維遜人一樣的心智能力以後，崔普暗中教他閱讀，鼓勵他，告訴他，他具有和其他維遜人一樣的能力和權利。他甚至邀他登上企業號參觀，介紹他電影和遊戲。中性人學的越多，越期望能過更充實的生活。不幸地，其他維遜人不這麼想。當他們知道崔普和中性人交往，他們通知崔普不可以再到維遜艦上。中性人要求崔普讓他到企業號上，得到庇護。
亞契和維遜艦長遊歷歸來，為崔普干涉維遜事務發怒，但他知須審慎考量中性人的政治庇護請求。和維遜人對此事做會談後，他最後決定送中性人回維遜艦。當亞契道再會時，維遜艦長表示，希望這事件不會破壞兩種族未來的友好關係。
數日後，維遜艦長告訴亞契中性人自殺了。亞契生氣的表示他對崔普的行為很不高興。崔普知道，他對中性人的教育，使他須對他的死負責。震驚的崔普只能省思自己的行為，和所造成的後果。。
（本文譯自STARTREK.COM網站，2006年9月，譯者：Jane）
The Enterprise is studying an Hypergiant star when it makes contact with a scout ship from another species, the Vissians. Vissian Captain Drennik offers Archer to use one of their stratopods to explore the entrails of the star, an opportunity Archer gladly grabs, looking forward to improve the already friendly relations with the Vissians.
On Enterprise, Malcolm Reed makes friends with the Vissian tactical officer while Trip has a conversation with the chief engineer and his wife. Tucker then learn that the Vissians have three sexes: Male, female and cogenitor. Cogenitors, who make about 3% of the Vissian populations, are treated in a very pragmatic way, beeing shipped from one couple to another to keep the population growing. A side effect is that they are treated like objects, not deserving names nor education.
Feeling that they are less than slaves, Tucker makes friends with the Vissian engineer's cogenitor after he learned from Phlox analysis that they have the same intellectual potential as the two other sexes. He teaches it how to read and try to make it understand that it have the same rights as the rest of its species. He then shows it the Enterprise and he is amazed when it beats him at a game of Go, since the engineer has been undefeated for the last two years.
From there on, events chain up fast. T'Pol makes a speech to Trip about the touchy natures of first contact when she learns that Tucker is not welcomed on the Vissian ship after the time he spent with the cogenitor. Then, the cogenitor asks Captain Archer for asylum, understanding that it will never be able to have a decent life amongst its people. In order to not offend the Vissians, Archer refuses.
Even if the two ships depart with the best wishes and their captains hoping that the incident will not interfere with the relation between Earth and Vissia, the situation gets a lot less bright when Archer learns that the cogenitor commited suicide, an evident result of what Trip taught it. The captain then reprimands Tucker for interfering in other cultures, trying once more to make him understand that he can't judge other people according to Earth standards.
Memorable Quotes
"I don't want to hear it"
"Ah, well, I have pictures!"
Background Information
- F.J. Rio previously played Enrique Muñiz in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes "Starship Down", "Hard Time" and "The Ship".
- Andreas Katsulas played Tomalak in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes "The Enemy", "The Defector", "Future Imperfect" and "All Good Things..."
- The Vissian stratopod interior was a reuse of the Starfleet inspection pod, which was of course a reuse of the Phoenix cockpit from Star Trek: First Contact.
- This episode marks the first mention of photonic weapons, a technology employed by the Vissians. Enterprise would be equipped with photonic torpedoes only a few episodes later, in "The Expanse", suggesting that the Vissians shared the technology with the Enterprise crew.
Links and References
Guest Stars
- Andreas Katsulas as Drennik
- F.J. Rio as Vissian Engineer
- Becky Wahlstrom as the Vissian Cogenitor
- Laura Interval as a Veylo
- Larissa Laskin as Calla
Co-Stars
References
Alsatian muenster; Ballantyne, Robery Michael; Cheese; cogenitor; Didiron mountain range; Gorilla Hunters, The; Great Continent; Gulliver's Travels; Hamlet; hypergiant; Klaatu; Macbeth; nucleosynthesis; Oahu; La Farge, Oliver; omicron radiation; phase cannon; Pictoral History of the American Indians, A; Porthos; sarium; sex; Shakespeare, William; Sophocles; Stilton; Swift, Jonathan; trinesium; Vissia; Vissia system; Vissian; Vissian starship; Vissian stratopod; warp drive.
Movie References
Animal Control, Apache Serenade, Attack of the Martians, Banned in Phoenix, Beyond the Rocky Mountains, Canyon of the Rustler, Curse of the Buccaneer, Death in Arizona, Escape from Dodge City, Celestial Navigation, Frontier Maverick of the West, Jailhouse Promise, Love's Lovely Love, Montana Ambush, Sheriff's Revenge, The Stagecoach of Flame, Fear Planet, It Came From Beneath the Refrigerator, The Man From San Francisco, Mister Willis of Ohio, The Planet of the Undead, Strange Case of Mr. Cigars, Pirates From Hell, Supernova Dawn, Dixon Hill and the Black Orchid, The Underworld Aliens, World Beyond Zero
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