Future Tense
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| Series: | ENT |
| Episode: | 2x16 |
| Original Airdate: | 19 February 2003 |
| Production Number: | 042 |
| Year: | 2152 |
| Date: | Unknown |
| Written by: | Mike Sussman & Phyllis Strong |
| Directed by: | James Whitmore, Jr. |
Enterprise finds a small craft — apparently from the future — adrift in space, and both the Suliban and the mysterious Tholians are intent on retrieving it.
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Summary
未來式
企業號發現一艘小型太空艇，裡面的一具屍體，顯然是人類。蘇利邦人和薩利安人都想搶奪。
企業號發現了一艘神秘的未來太空艇在太空中漂浮，亞契艦長下令把它帶到船上，做進一步的調查。打開太空艇，船員們很驚訝的發現，裡面竟然有一具人類的屍體。屍體焦黑而無法辨識。崔普和李德進一步探查太空艇內部，發現它的內部空間比外表看起來大。在太空艇內部，他們也發現了一個「黑盒子」裝置，準備將它帶到工程部做更多研究。
但是在他們做進一步研究之前，企業號被一艘蘇利邦艦呼叫。蘇利邦人宣稱那艘太空艇屬於他們，要求亞契馬上歸還。當亞契拒絕時，蘇利邦人開火，並傳送一群士兵登上企業號。這些士兵攻擊崔普和李德，試圖闖入停放那艘太空艇的發射區。企業號試圖癱瘓蘇利邦艦的武器系統，但是在他們對蘇利邦艦造成更大損傷之前，士兵被傳送回去，船艦也隱形起來，看不到他們。亞契不禁想知道，為什麼蘇利邦人那麼急切的想搶奪那艘神秘太通艇。
戰鬥結束後，崔普和李德檢查黑盒子裝置，想從裡頭知道關於這艘太空艇的事。這時，伏拉士醫生有了新奇的消息，他對那具焦黑屍體的驗屍結果顯示，此人基因結構包含好幾種其他種族，包括瓦肯人。他推論這個人是經過好幾次種族混血的結果。亞契和特珀決定進入丹尼爾以前的艙房，希望在未來的資料庫裡，能得到解答。
資料庫中確實有這艘太空艇的圖樣。理論上說來，這艘艇和裡頭的人都來自未來。亞契發現了一個麻煩：如果蘇利邦人奪回這艘艇，解開它，學會它的引擎操作，那將會改變時空冷戰的局勢。在艦長想更多之前，另一艘艦接近企業號。這艘艦屬於薩利安人，是一個排外的非類人種族。薩利安人說，他們被派來取回這艘未來太空艇。他們宣稱，太空艇的時空輻射會對企業號的船員們造成傷害。亞契拒絕將艇交給他們。薩利安人用牽引光束鎖住企業號。亞契威脅說要毀掉未來艇，薩利安人撤退了。
崔普和李德繼續努力的解開黑盒子。當他們工作時，突然發現他們被困在時間迴圈裡，一再的重複他們的動作。亞契想這可能就是薩利安人所說的「時空輻射」。他下令封鎖發射區，直到有進一部指示。他決定，最好的方法是約瓦肯艦碰面，由他們將未來艇帶回地球。
蘇利邦艦再次接近企業號，崔普最後發現那個黑盒子實際上是個微傳播器，就像某種求救信號彈。企業號到達會面地點，蘇利邦人展開攻擊。瓦肯人到達，但是看來也遭到攻擊。他們的船員沒事，但是船艦已經完全沒有作戰能力了。突然，一群薩利安艦出現，對企業號開火。薩利安人還擊對他們開火的蘇利邦人。企業號夾在這兩方的戰火之間。亞契命令崔普啟動求救信號，希望建造它的人能趕來救援。他和李德要手動發射企業號的魚雷彈頭。
他們忙著手動發射魚雷，而蘇利邦人和薩利安人正激烈打鬥。亞契和李德突然發現，他們陷入另一個時空迴圈。他們時間急迫，但最後仍啟動了彈頭。薩利安人擊敗了蘇利邦人，而且把亞契剛啟動的魚雷也關閉掉。幸運的是，崔普將求救信號發射出去。當這裝置一啟動，它忽然不見了。未來艇、類人屍體也消失了。所有的的東西都非物質化，不見了，但沒有在薩利安人艦上。薩利安人得知他們的目標物消失，隨即撤退。
事情過後，亞契和船員們猜想這艘艇的來源和意圖，但，仍然是一個謎。
（本文譯自STARTREK.COM網站，2006年9月，譯者：Jane）
Enterprise finds a shipwreck that appears to have no apparent weapon damage, but its hull prevents any extensive scans. They bring it on board and discover a human corpse in it.
Since this human went farther than any other, hypotheses are made about its identity: Could it be the long lost Zefram Cochrane? A rendezvous with the Vulcan starship Tal'Kir is scheduled to bring the wreck back to Earth and examine it further.
Trip and Malcolm continue examining the ship but neither of them can find anything that looks like a propulsion system, a black box or even a power source. What they find is even stranger: a hatch leading to a new room that makes the ship bigger from the inside that it is from the outside.
Not long after, a Suliban salvage ship drops out of warp and claims salvage rights on the wreck. Jonathan Archer is not ready to give it up so easily, but the Suliban captain cuts the discussion short by opening fire on the Enterprise. The salvage ship is no match for the NX ship and, even after transporting a team of soldiers/saboteurs on the Enterprise, the Sulibans decide to pull back.
Meanwhile, Phlox discovered strange patterns in the corpse's DNA: even if it's mainly human, it contains DNA segments from many differents species, notably Vulcan ones. Since there are no records of Human-Vulcan mating to date, Archer begins to suspect the ship is from the future. He pays a little visit to Daniels's quarters and finds out this is effectively the case – the ship is from the 31st century.
Shortly after, a Tholian starship repeats the same pattern as the Sulibans before, but they also pull back when Archer threatens to destroy the wreck to prevent the Tholians from having it.
In the launch bay, Trip is finally able to get some power back to the ship. The power restoration is followed by two experiences of déjà vu, and after investigation, they detect high energy particles emitted by the ship and conclude it is some kind of temporal radiation. The launch bay is then sealed off.
Only a couple of minutes from the rendezvous point with the Vulcan cruiser, the Sulibans are back, this time with reinforcements. Archer decides that the Enterprise can sustain the Sulibans' fire for a little while and decides to make a run for the rendezvous point. When they drop out of warp however, it is only to realize the Vulcans have been disabled by a squadron of Tholian ships. Fortunately for Enterprise, the Tholians engage the Sulibans first. By the time the Tholians get rid of the Sulibans, Trip has activated a temporal beacon and the ship from the future has been loaded with a warhead.
Even if the Tholians finally get what they wanted, the corpse, the beacon and the ship quickly dematerialize, probably a consequence of activating the beacon.
Background Information
- This episode is the first appearance of the Tholians in almost 34 years, since they first appeared in TOS: "The Tholian Web".
- Early drafts for "Future Tense" had the USS Defiant appearing instead of a timeship from the 31st century. The Defiant would later appear in "In a Mirror, Darkly".
- This episode alludes to the TOS episode "Metamorphosis", in which Zefram Cochrane is discovered alive and well living with a non-corporeal lifeform.
- Among the images in the 'temporal database', are schematics for a Klingon Raptor-class ship, an Intrepid-class starship (possibly the USS Voyager), an Intrepid-class aeroshuttle, the MIR space station, the US space shuttle, a Nygean ship, a Romulan D'deridex-class warbird, a Nova-class ship, the unnamed ship that attacked Enterprise in "Fight or Flight", and an upside-down Surak-class starship.
- Also in the database is a news article on President George W. Bush's state of the Union Address for 2003.
Memorable Quotes
"It's unlikely we could reproduce."
"Humans and Vulcans."
- - T'Pol, after she got a strange look from Jonathan Archer
Links and References
Guest Stars
References
Bush, George; B'Saari; Cochrane, Zefram; Cochrane family; D'Kyr type; Future Guy; hyper spanner; micro-caliper; Stegosaurus; Suliban; Suliban Cabal; Suliban cell ship; Suliban salvage ship; Tal'Kir; Temporal Cold War; Tholians; Tholian Assembly; Tholian starship; Time-travel pod; Vega colony; Vulcan command cruiser Vulcan High Command; Vulcan Science Directorate; Williams.
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