First Flight
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| Series: | ENT |
| Episode: | 2x24 |
| Original Airdate: | 14 May 2003 |
| Production Number: | 050 |
| Year: | 2153 |
| Date: | Unknown |
| Written by: | John Shiban & Chris Black |
| Directed by: | LeVar Burton |
Archer reflects on his days in the NX test program when he is told of the death of an old rival.
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剧情
試飛
亞契接到羅賓遜的死訊，他是亞契當年NX試飛計劃飛行員的競爭對手。亞契告訴特珀從前的往事，他和羅賓遜曾競爭第一位突破曲速二飛行員的榮譽。
企業號正要研究一個黑暗星雲時，亞契接到他一位從前的競爭對手羅賓遜的死訊，他攀登麥肯尼山時死亡。亞契和特珀同乘一艘太空艇，艦長顯得不尋常的安靜。特珀終於讓亞契打開心結，說出他和羅賓遜的複雜往事。亞契回憶起他和羅賓遜當年都是NX計劃的一員，想打破曲速二的紀錄。當時弗瑞斯特上將是星際艦艦隊指揮部派任監督該計劃的準將。
亞契和羅賓遜都想成為第一位打破紀錄的飛行員，這任務隊亞契而言特別重要，因為引擎試他父親設計的。最後弗瑞斯特把任務交給羅賓遜。雖然亞契很失望，但承諾會給羅賓遜他所需要的協助。在602俱樂部裡，他甚至舉杯為他的對手慶賀。羅賓遜向亞契透露，他沒有得到這個任務是因為他已被安排了另一個任務。亞契想成為一位偉大的飛行員，但是羅賓遜知道星際艦隊更需要一位偉大的艦長。
第二天，羅賓遜駕駛NX阿爾法號。亞契和弗瑞斯特分派工作，一些瓦肯人在旁監看。任務剛開始時進行的很順利，接著卻發生問題。亞契和弗瑞斯特告訴羅賓遜取消任務，羅賓遜卻決心打破曲速二的藩籬。他真得做到了，NX阿爾法號也毀了。羅賓遜在最後一刻從逃生艙逃出。瓦肯人對羅賓遜的頑強毅力無動於衷，認為NX試飛是失敗的。不久之後，亞契和弗瑞斯特在602俱樂部一起喝酒，還有一位老朋友，那就是崔普˙塔克中尉。弗瑞斯特說，瓦肯人極力催促停止NX計劃，「以後」再進行，而星際艦隊同意了。羅賓遜出現了，他和亞契對這次任務的情況大吵一架，亞契認為羅賓遜操作有誤，羅賓遜則歸罪於引擎的設計有問題。兩人打了起來，直到崔普把他們勸開。
亞契冷靜下來後，他知道羅賓遜說的是對的，引擎的確有問題。他和崔普做了一些計算，想出了解決的方法。他們邀請羅賓遜一起說服瓦肯人讓NX計劃繼續進行。羅賓遜認為和瓦肯人談是沒有用的，他提議用剩下的NX貝塔號去證明他們的想法。三人計劃一項夜間飛行。崔普在地面控制，羅賓遜和亞契登上NX貝塔號。他們成功的發射而沒被別人發現，那只是剛開始，不久仍被發現了。當弗瑞斯特命令他們返回地面時，這兩位軍官已經到達曲速二點五，而沒有發生任何嚴重的機械問題。
回到地面以後，弗瑞斯特非常生氣（當然也是有些驚喜）對他手下的軍官如此粗率的行為訓話了一番。亞契忍不住說出他心裡的話。他激動的說，這次的行動是如此的重要，它將大大的幫助人類未來對太空的探索。NX計劃繼續進行，幾年以後，亞契被派任為企業號的艦長。
時間回到現在，特珀被亞契的故事迷住了。當他說完故事，他們也找到了難以捉摸的黑暗星雲。當它在太空中放出光芒，連特珀也忍不住驚嘆。亞契知道，能夠看到這種奇景，正是他和羅賓遜如此努力探索太空的原因之一。回到企業號上，特珀說人類有發現者可以為事物命名的習俗，何不將此星雲命名為「羅賓遜星雲」？激動的亞契點頭同意。
（本文譯自STARTREK.COM網站，2006年9月，譯者：Jane）
Memorable Quotes
"You remeber what Buzz Aldrin said when he stepped onto the moon?"
"No."
"Nobody does. Because Armstrong went first."
- - Archer and Ruby
Background Information
- This is the 50th episode of the series.
- Trip refers to Captain Jefferies, an engineer who worked on the NX program in the 2140s who later helped designed the NX class. This is a reference to Matt Jefferies who was the art director of Star Trek: The Original Series and designed the Enterprise, the D7-class Klingon battle cruiser, the Romulan Bird-of-Prey and many other ships. The Jefferies tubes are also named after him. He died on July 21, 2003, two months after this episode first aired.
- In the 602 Club there are paintings and patches of many of the spacecraft mentioned on Star Trek, including the DY-100 (possibly Khan Noonien Singh's ship), the Phoenix, the NX-Alpha, and the USS Enterprise (XCV 330). A patch of the Earth-Saturn probe, featuring Christopher, and added astronauts O'Herlihy and Fontana, named after the director and writer of "Tomorrow is Yesterday", the episode where it was mentioned.
- Also in the bar is the Rings game from VOY: "Fair Haven".
- Dominic Keating (Lt. Malcolm Reed), John Billingsley (Dr. Phlox) and Anthony Montgomery (Ensign Travis Mayweather) do not appear in this episode. Linda Park (Ensign Hoshi Sato) appears in one scene and has only one line.
- Vaughn Armstrong, Michael Canavan and Victor Bevine all guest starred in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Armstrong played Danar in "Past Prologue" and Seskal in "When It Rains..." and "The Dogs of War". Canavan played Tamal in "Defiant" and Bevine played Belar in "Things Past". LeVar Burton directed Bevine in the latter episode and this one.
Links and References
Guest Stars
Special Guest Star
Co-Stars
- Michael Canavan as Vulcan Advisor
- Victor Bevine as Flight Controller
- John B. Moody as Security Officer
- Unknown actor as Leo
References
602 Club; Aldrin, Buzz; Alice Springs; Armstrong, Neil; beer; bourbon; Caroline; Chester; Columbia (NX-02); court-martial; Cyrus; Duvall; USS Enterprise (XCV 330); escape pod; Fontana: Gardner; Holmes, Sherlock; Italy; Jefferies; Jupiter; Jupiter, moons of; Luna; Mount McKinley; midnight oil; mushrooms; New Berlin; NX Control; NX program; NX-Alpha; NX-Beta; NX-Delta; NX-Gamma; NX class; O'Herlihy; Robinson Nebula; Rosalie; San Francisco; Starfleet museum; Vulcan; Vulcan Advisory Council; Vulcan database; Vulcan Science Directorate; Warp 2 barrier; warp barrier; Warp drive; XCV type;
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