Marauders
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- You may be looking for Ferengi marauders.
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| Series: | ENT |
| Season: | 2x06 |
| Original Airdate: | 2002-10-30 |
| Production Number: | 032 |
| Year: | 2152 |
| Date: | Unknown |
| Story by: | Rick Berman and Brannon Braga |
| Teleplay by: | David Wilcox |
| Directed by: | Mike Vejar |
Enterprise discovers a deuterium mining colony that is being controlled by Klingon marauders. The crew trains the colonists to defend themselves and prepare for battle against their Klingon oppressors.
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掠奪者
企業號的重氫儲量過低，亞契和船員們造訪一座小型採礦殖民地，期望能得到補充。但是這座殖民地表示他們沒有多餘的重氫，請亞契在這季的末期再過來。亞契進行協商，最後獲得殖民地領導人塔西克的同意，以醫療協助、電池及協助修理殖民地抽取幫浦來換取重氫。令人奇怪的是，塔西克要求幫浦要在兩天以內修好。
當企業號的船員協助修理的時候，克林貢人的船出現在軌道上。塔西克很驚慌，堅持要亞契一行人躲起來。亞契看到幾個克林貢人被傳到地表，友善的和塔西克打招呼。聽到塔西克沒有他預先要求的重氫時，克林貢人的首領闊若克顯得非常不友善。塔西克要求多一點時間來生產，闊若克很生氣，命令他四天內準備好重氫。這時亞契一行人才明白殖民地人行事如此奇怪的原因，這些克林貢人已經掠奪他們五季了，他們掠奪所有殖民地生產出的第一期重氫。當塔西克和其他人試圖反抗時，卻造成八位殖民地人的死亡。反抗失敗了，塔西克請亞契拿走它需要的重氫，然後離開。
但是亞契對這個情形感到生氣。他覺得企業號可以幫助這些殖民地人。他說服塔西克讓他們幫助。他擬定了一個計劃：殖民地人秘密的先將村子和器具遷移到另一個地方，當克林貢人下次來的時候，將他們引誘到一個可燃的儲存燃料區。為了避免他們在戰鬥中受傷，特珀提供了基礎的自我防衛訓練，李德和星教殖民地人武器的射擊。
當克林貢人來的時候，亞契的計謀生效了。殖民地人有自衛能力來防止掠奪者。克林貢人被引誘到一處荒涼的沙漠。這處「沙漠」其實是重氫油田，從油井噴出的重氫，在他們周圍燃燒爆炸。當克林貢人被困在火圈中時，塔西克出現，警告克林貢人離開，而且永遠不要再回來。闊若克一行人狼狽的回去他們船上。
當亞契一行人離開的時候，塔西克滿懷感激的送給他們一份禮物--二千公升的重氫，那比當初他們約定的多了很多。
（本文譯自STARTREK.COM網站，2006年8月，譯者：Jane）
Archer, T'Pol and Tucker make a landing at a small mining colony where they hope to make a trade for deuterium, but the colonists appear unwilling to trade even a small amount despite the fact that Enterprise has detected they have a large reserve. The colonists' leader, Tessic, states they are keeping this reserve for someone else and demands the Enterprise crew to leave immediately as the colonists are anxiously preparing for the arrival of this other ship. By offering to help with repairs to some broken deuterium pumps the crew however manages to make itself more welcome. After further negotiations they strike a deal to exchange power cells and medical supplies in exchange for deuterium, though only if they also manage to help repair the pumps within two days. Upon further inspection of the colony the crew learns how poor the colony is despite its deuterium riches.
While the Enterprise is still in orbit around the colony, a Klingon ship arrives. Archer orders the Enterprise to hide from the Klingon ship, while he and the rest of the crew stay out-of-sight in the colony observing Tessic's meeting with the Klingons. The Klingons turn out not to be interested in any trade with the colony, rather they expect to be simply given all the deuterium reserves. Because of their early arrival and the broken pumps the reserves are not at the expected level and the Klingon leader Korok turns violent against Tessic. Demanding that more deuterium be ready when they return within four days, the Klingons leave. Archer discusses the situation with Tessic, finding out that the Klingons have been bullying the colonists for some time already. While they did try to revolt, several colonists were killed in the attempt and Tessic now simply wants Enterprise to settle its deal and leave before the Klingons return.
After returning to Enterprise, Archer feels uncomfortable simply leaving the colony and wants to help. While T'Pol agrees interference would be allowable in this case, she argues it would only make matters worse for the colonists in the end as the Klingons will simply return when Enterprise is no longer around. Archer however returns to the colony to offer Enterprise's help not just to battle the Klingon's off once, but to teach the colonists some self defence.
After Tessic accepts Enterprise's help, Reed and Sato teach some of the colonists improved fire aim, while T'Pol and Mayweather teach them Vulcan weapon strike avoidance techniques. A plan is also set up to lure the Klingons into a deuterium field trap, which involves moving all of the colony's buildings.
When the Klingons return, the colonists and the Enterprise officers manage to successfully battle them and lure them into the trap, setting the field on fire to block their path. Tessic demands the Klingons to beam back to their ship and not to return as the colonists will be ready for them next time. Korok seems humiliated, denounces the colony's deuterium as worthless and beams back. Before finally leaving the colony, the Enterprise is granted a lot more deuterium than originally agreed to in the deal as a reward for their help.
Background Information
- The evasive techniques T'Pol teaches the colonists are drawn from the Vulcan martial art Suus Mahna, is named after Mike Sussman.
- Among the recycled phasers used by the Quonset are, Jem'Hadar hand phasers, Bajoran phaser rifles, and the Klingon sniper rifle from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. This is also the first time we see the Starfleet (Earth) phase rifles, which are a reuse of the Jem'Hadar phaser rifles.
- A Kreetassan merchant recommended the colony, this is probably because the Enterprise visited the Kreetassan homeworld in the previous episode.
- The Doctor's osmotic eel (seen in "Broken Bow") is a she.
- This episode was inspired by the feature film The Magnificent Seven, which itself was inspired by the Japanese film Seven Samurai.
Links and References
Guest Stars
- Larry Cedar as Tessic
- Bari Hochwald as E'lis
- Steven Flynn as Maklii
- Jesse James Rutherford as Q'ell
- Robertson Dean as Korok
References
auto-suture; bat'leth; cardio-stimulator; crawler; Deuterium; Deuterium extraction pump; disruptor; Gas giant; hexatriol; Kellenite; Klaang; Klingon High Council; Kreetassan; liter; mek'leth; millibar; Navorkot; neural shock kit; phase-inverter; plasma; Power cell; shib'a lizard; Shuttlepod 1; star system; Suliban; Suus Mahna; Targ; osmotic eel; vascular adhesive.
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