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The {{ECS|Fortunate}} [[cargo ship]] is attacked by [[Nausicaan]] [[pirate]]s. Before their [[communications]] system goes down, someone aboard sends a [[distress signal]].
  
The {{ECS|Fortunate}} [[cargo ship]] is attacked by [[Nausicaan]] [[pirate]]s. Before their [[communications]] system goes down, someone aboard sends a [[distress signal]].
   
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[[Enterprise (NX-01)|''Enterprise'']], being the only [[ship]] in the area, is ordered to investigate. The contact with the [[crew]] of the ''Fortunate'' is uneasy at first, as they are used to doing things on their own, and they decline the help offered. Even when [[Jonathan Archer|Archer]] is finally able to convince them to let the ''Enterprise'' crew help, they still feel like [[Starfleet]] has no reason to be aboard the ''Fortunate''. Unknown to the ''Enterprise'' crew, ''Fortunate'' personnel are hiding a Nausicaan hostage without the knowledge of the ''Fortunate'''s [[captain]]. This is discovered later by [[T'Pol]], and the relations between the two [[commanding officer]]s deteriorates.
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{{NX|Enterprise}}, being the only [[ship]] in the area, is ordered to investigate. The contact with the [[crew]] of the ''Fortunate'' is uneasy at first, as they are used to doing things on their own, and they decline the help offered. Even when [[Jonathan Archer|Archer]] is finally able to convince them to let the ''Enterprise'' crew help, they still feel like [[Starfleet]] has no reason to be aboard the ''Fortunate''. Unknown to the ''Enterprise'' crew, ''Fortunate'' personnel are hiding a Nausicaan hostage without the knowledge of the ''Fortunate''{{'}}s [[captain]]. This is discovered later by [[T'Pol]], and the relations between the two [[commanding officer]]s deteriorates.
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[[Image:ECS Fortunate surrounded by the Nausicaans.jpg|thumb|''Fortunate'' is surrounded by Nausicaans]]
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[[File:ECS Fortunate surrounded by the Nausicaans.jpg|thumb|''Fortunate'' is surrounded by Nausicaans]]
 
[[Matthew Ryan]], the [[first officer]] on the ''Fortunate'', is in command since the captain has been injured, and he is seeking revenge against the Nausicaans. His quest for revenge is motivated by a desire to return the hostilities, but as we see in the end he is willing to go much farther than his fellow crewmen. Even if they are not too much of a threat, he still wants to go after them, a point of view Archer doesn't agree with.
  
[[Matthew Ryan]], the [[first officer]] on the ''Fortunate'', is in command since the captain has been injured, and he is seeking revenge against the Nausicaans. His quest for revenge is motivated by a desire to return the hostilities, but as we see in the end he is willing to go much farther than his fellow crewmen. Even if they are not too much of a threat, he still wants to go after them, a point of view Archer doesn't agree with.
   
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After Archer requests to see the Nausicaan, Ryan traps Archer, [[Malcolm Reed|Reed]], [[T'Pol]] and [[Phlox]] in a cargo compartment, and ejects it, first causing a leak. The Fortunate fires on Enterprise and escapes to warp. Ryan then interrogates the Nausicaan again, and is given a set of shield codes.
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After Archer requests to see the Nausicaan, Ryan traps Archer, [[Malcolm Reed|Reed]], [[T'Pol]], and [[Phlox]] in a cargo compartment, and ejects it, first causing a leak. The Fortunate fires on Enterprise and escapes to warp. Ryan then interrogates the Nausicaan again, and is given a set of shield codes.
   
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The ''Fortunate'' tracks the Nausicaan vessel and attacks them, finding an asteroid apparently used by a number of Nausicaan pirates to stage raids and drop off stolen merchandise. Fortunate attacks, but the shield codes do not give them the ability to bypass the Nausicaan's shielding. Instead, ''ECS Fortunate'' is attacked and boarded by the Nausicaans, intent on rescuing their captured crewmate.
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The ''Fortunate'' tracks the Nausicaan vessel and attacks them, finding an asteroid apparently used by a number of Nausicaan pirates to stage raids and drop off stolen merchandise. Fortunate attacks, but the shield codes do not give them the ability to bypass the Nausicaans' shielding. Instead, ''ECS Fortunate'' is attacked and boarded by the Nausicaans, intent on rescuing their captured crewmate.
   
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The episode ends with Archer preventing anyone from being hurt by explaining his point of view to Ryan. He is helped by a little speech from [[Travis Mayweather|Travis]] who, having also been raised on a [[freighter]], explains to Ryan that the consequences of his actions won't only affect the ''Fortunate'', but every other freighter.
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The episode ends with Archer preventing anyone from being hurt by explaining his point of view to Ryan. He is helped by a little speech from [[Travis Mayweather]] who, having also been raised on a [[freighter]], explains to Ryan that the consequences of his actions won't only affect the ''Fortunate'', but every other freighter.
 
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== Log Entries ==
  
 
*"''Captain's starlog, supplemental. We've picked up a faint [[warp trail]] that could be the ''Fortunate'', but we won't know for sure until our long-range sensors are back on-line.''"
  
*"''Captain's starlog, supplemental. We've picked up a faint [[warp trail]] that could be the ''Fortunate'', but we won't know for sure until our long-range sensors are back on-line.''"
   
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== Memorable Quotes ==
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== Memorable quotes ==
 
[[File:MayweatherMakesAFunny.jpg|thumb|Mayweather explains a side benefit of traveling in a ship with a top speed of Warp 1.8]]
  
[[File:MayweatherMakesAFunny.jpg|thumb|Mayweather explains a side benefit of traveling in a ship with a top speed of Warp 1.8]]
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"''The Earth Cargo Ship ''Fortunate''. {{ShipClass|Y}} freighter. Maximum Speed: [[Warp]] 1.8. Crew complement: 23.''"<br />
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"''The Earth Cargo Ship ''Fortunate''. [[Y class|Y-class]] freighter. Maximum Speed: [[Warp]] 1.8. Crew complement: 23.''"<br />
 
"''Not counting newborn babies.''"<br />
  
"''Not counting newborn babies.''"<br />
 
"''Ensign?''"<br />
  
"''Ensign?''"<br />
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"''I grew up on a {{ShipClass|J}}. A little smaller, but the same basic design. And one thing I can tell you is that at warp 1.8, you've got a lot of time on your hands between ports... That's how my parents wound up with me.''"<br />
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"''I grew up on a [[J class|J-class]]. A little smaller, but the same basic design. And one thing I can tell you is that at warp 1.8, you've got a lot of time on your hands between ports... That's how my parents wound up with me.''"<br />
 
"''Do you have any helpful information on this vessel beyond its... recreational activities?''"
  
"''Do you have any helpful information on this vessel beyond its... recreational activities?''"
 
: - '''T'Pol''' and '''Mayweather''', as T'Pol gives a dry briefing on the ''Fortunate''
  
: - '''T'Pol''' and '''Mayweather''', as T'Pol gives a dry briefing on the ''Fortunate''
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"''Ready or not, here I come! Have you seen Nadine?''"<br />
  
"''Ready or not, here I come! Have you seen Nadine?''"<br />
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"''I'm sorry. I don't know which child is named, 'Nadine'.''"<br />
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"''I'm sorry. I don't know which child is named 'Nadine'.''"<br />
 
"''Thanks!''"<br />
  
"''Thanks!''"<br />
 
''"I just told him the truth.''"
  
''"I just told him the truth.''"
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: - '''Boy''', '''T'Pol''' and '''Nadine''' during a game of hide and seek as Nadine hides
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: - '''Boy''', '''T'Pol''', and '''Nadine''' during a game of hide and seek as Nadine hides
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"''I want those codes!''"
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: - '''Matthew Ryan''' to his Nausicaan prisoner
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"''They say that for a split second, you can actually feel yourself in both places at once.''"<br />
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"''Why do you think I wanna try it?''"
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: - '''Ryan''' and '''Mayweather''' on ''Enterprise''{{'}}s transporter
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"''Warp 1.8 works just fine for us. Any faster and there'd be no time to enjoy the trip.''"
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: - '''Ryan''' after Tucker tells him things are going to change when faster engines get installed in freighters
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"''You ever think about doing something else?''"<br />
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"''You mean join Starfleet?''"<br />
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"''The food's not bad.''"
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: - '''Mayweather''' and '''Ryan'''
   
   
 
"''Get down!''"<br />
  
"''Get down!''"<br />
 
"''Under the circumstance, I defer to your experience.''"<br />
  
"''Under the circumstance, I defer to your experience.''"<br />
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: - '''Reed''' and '''Phlox''' in the middle of a firefight.
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: - '''Reed''' and '''Phlox''' in the middle of a firefight
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"''Ryan, you're making a big mistake!''"
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: - '''Archer''', when Ryan and ''Fortunate'' personnel fire at him and the away team
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"''The Nausicaans. Ryan's after revenge, sir.''"<br />
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"''A very primitive emotion but it would explain his irrational behavior.''"<br />
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"''It's rational to'' him.''"
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: - '''Mayweather''' and '''T'Pol''' trying to determine Ryan's motive
   
   
 
"''Just because someone wasn't born on Earth doesn't make them any less Human.''"
  
"''Just because someone wasn't born on Earth doesn't make them any less Human.''"
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: - '''Archer''', explaining to Mayweather why the crew of the ''Fortunate'' can't kill [[Nausicaan]]s as a matter of revenge
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: - '''Archer''', explaining to Mayweather why the crew of the ''Fortunate'' can't kill Nausicaans as a matter of revenge
   
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== Background Information ==
  
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"''Any other orders of mine you'd like to question?''"<br />
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*[[Lawrence Monoson]], [[D. Elliot Woods]], [[Danny Goldring]] and [[Vaughn Armstrong]] all appeared in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''. Monoson played [[Hovath]] in {{e|The Storyteller}} and Woods played a [[Unnamed Klingons (24th century)|Klingon officer]] in {{e|Sons of Mogh}}. Goldring played [[Legate]] [[Kell (Legate)|Kell]] in {{e|Civil Defense}} and [[Burke (Chief)|Chief Burke]] in {{DS9|Nor the Battle to the Strong}}. Armstrong played [[Danar]] in {{e|Past Prologue}} and [[Seskal]] in {{e|When It Rains...}} and {{e|The Dogs of War}}.
  
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"''Not today, sir.''"
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* The hallways of the ''Fortunate'' are heavily-redressed corridors from the ''Enterprise'' NX-01, with a new lighting scheme and several new additions to the walls.
  
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: - '''Archer''' and '''Mayweather'''
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*The cargo bays of the Fortunate are the shuttlebays of Enterprise, filled with several types of cargo tubs and boxes.
  
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* Mayweather mentions to Ryan that Starfleet has plans to build three more [[NX class]] ships in the near future (''Enterprise'' itself, the lead ship of the class, having launched only four months previously). The next NX class ship, ''[[Columbia]]'' (NX-02), was seen when it was introduced later in the series; first while still under construction in the season 2 finale, {{e|The Expanse}}, as well as when it was ultimately launched in the season 4 episode {{e|Affliction}}.
  
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== Background information ==
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=== Script, cast, and production ===
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* The final draft of this episode's script was submitted on {{d|21|September|2001}}. The end of the episode vastly differed between this script and the final version of the installment.
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* [[Lawrence Monoson]], [[D. Elliot Woods]], [[Danny Goldring]], and [[Vaughn Armstrong]] all appeared in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''. Monoson played [[Hovath]] in {{e|The Storyteller}} and Woods played a [[Unnamed Klingons (24th century)|Klingon officer]] in {{e|Sons of Mogh}}. Goldring played [[Legate]] {{dis|Kell|Legate}} in {{e|Civil Defense}} and Chief {{dis|Burke|Chief}} in {{e|Nor the Battle to the Strong}}. Armstrong played [[Danar]] in {{e|Past Prologue}} and [[Seskal]] in {{e|When It Rains...}} and {{e|The Dogs of War}}.
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* The sets used to depict the ''Fortunate'' were redressed {{class|NX}} sets commonly shown as areas of ''Enterprise''. The hallways of the ''Fortunate'' were redressed corridors from ''Enterprise'', with a new lighting scheme and several new additions to the walls. Similarly, the cargo bays of the ''Fortunate'' were the shuttlebays of ''Enterprise'', filled with several types of cargo tubs and boxes.
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* Mayweather mentions to Ryan that Starfleet has plans to build three more NX-class ships in the near future (''Enterprise'' itself, the lead ship of the class, having launched only four months previously). The next NX-class ship, {{NX|02}}, was seen when it was introduced later in the series: first while still under construction in the [[ENT Season 2|season two]] finale {{e|The Expanse}}, as well as when it was ultimately launched, in the [[ENT Season 4|season four]] episode {{e|Affliction}}.
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* This episode features the first on-screen appearance of the Nausicaans in ''Enterprise''. The outing also depicts the first official contact between [[Starfleet]] and the Nausicaans.
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* Admiral [[Maxwell Forrest|Forrest]] references the scans ''Enterprise'' took of the comet in {{e|Breaking the Ice}} as being "incredible."
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* The end-of-transmission screen from Admiral [[Maxwell Forrest|Forrest]] references the signal as relayed from Relay: [[Echo One|Echo 1]]/Transponder 4. A Relay that hadn't been deployed yet.
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=== Reception ===
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* This episode achieved a Nielsen rating of 3.8 and was watched by an average of 6.11 million viewers. [http://archive.is/nRhKY]
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* {{STM}}'s "Ultimate Guide" rated this episode 3 out of 5 arrowhead insignia. ({{STM|164}}, p. 78)
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* The unofficial [[Reference works|reference book]] ''[[Beyond the Final Frontier]]'' (p. 362) calls this installment, "''A nice episode, a rare ''Star Trek'' story where both sides in a dispute are equally wrong and equally hot-headed.''"
   
 
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* UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, [[Paramount Home Entertainment]]): Volume 1.5, <!--catalog number x, -->{{d|1|July|2002}}
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*[[Lawrence Monoson]] as [[Matthew Ryan]]
  
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*[[Charles Lucia]] as [[Jackson Keene|Captain Keene]]
 
*[[D. Elliot Woods]] as a [[Unnamed Nausicaans#Nausicaan prisoner|Nausicaan Prisoner]]
  
*[[D. Elliot Woods]] as a [[Unnamed Nausicaans#Nausicaan prisoner|Nausicaan Prisoner]]
 
*[[Daniel Asa Henson]] as a [[ECS Fortunate personnel#Boy|Boy]]
  
*[[Daniel Asa Henson]] as a [[ECS Fortunate personnel#Boy|Boy]]
 
*[[Elyssa D. Vito]] as [[Nadine|Girl]]
  
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*[[Amy Kate Connolly]] as a [[Unnamed Enterprise (NX-01) personnel#Female science division crewman (2151/52)|science division crewman]]
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*[[Mark Correy]] as [[Alex]]
  
*[[Mark Correy]] as [[Alex]]
 
*[[Evan English]] as [[Ensign]] [[Tanner]]
  
*[[Evan English]] as [[Ensign]] [[Tanner]]
 
*[[Hilde Garcia]] as [[Crewman]] [[Rossi]]
  
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*[[Carrick O'Quinn]] as a [[Unnamed Nausicaans#Nausicaan pirates|Nausicaan]]
  
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*[[Scott Workman]] as a [[Unnamed Nausicaans#Nausicaan pirates|Nausicaan]]
  
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[[47]]; [[able crewman]]; [[Archer's Comet]]; [[away team]]; [[bioscan]]; [[Chef]]; [[dilithium]]; [[dilithium ore]]; [[distress call]]; [[Draylax]]; [[Draylaxian whiskey]]; [[Earth]]; [[football]]; [[ECS Fortunate|''Fortunate'', ECS]]; [[ECS Fortunate personnel|''Fortunate'', ECS personnel]]; [[freighter]]; [[ECS Horizon|''Horizon'', ECS]]; [[hydroponics]]; [[ice cream]]; [[J class|J-class]]; [[Jupiter Station]]; [[meatloaf]]; "[[mystery meal]]s"; [[Nausicaa]]; [[Nausicaan]]s; [[Nausicaan pirate ship]]; [[ECS North Star|''North Star'', ECS]]; [[NX class]]; [[nutri-pak]]; [[pirate]]s; [[plasma cannon]]; [[quartermaster]]; "[[space boomer]]"; [[Starfleet Command]]; [[steak]]; [[subspace amplifier]]; [[Teneebian skunk]]; [[transporter]]; [[Vega colony]]; [[Y class]]
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[[47]]; [[able crewman]]; [[Archer's Comet]]; [[away team]]; [[batter]]; [[bioscan]]; [[Chef (Enterprise NX-01)|Chef]]; {{NX|02}}; [[debris]]; [[dilithium]]; [[dilithium ore]]; [[distress call]]; [[Draylax]]; [[Draylaxian whiskey]]; [[Earth]]; [[football]]; [[ECS Fortunate|''Fortunate'', ECS]]; [[ECS Fortunate personnel|''Fortunate'', ECS personnel]]; [[freighter]]; [[hide and seek]]; [[ECS Horizon|''Horizon'', ECS]]; [[hydroponics]]; [[ice cream]]; [[inorganic]]; [[J class|J-class]]; [[Jupiter Station]]; [[kiloton]]; [[Rianna Mayweather|Mayweather, Rianna]]; [[meatloaf]]; [[Milky Way Galaxy]]; "[[mystery meal]]s"; [[Nausicaa]]; [[Nausicaan]]s; [[Nausicaan pirate ship]]; [[ECS North Star|''North Star'', ECS]]; [[NX class|NX-class]]; [[NX-03]]; [[NX-04]]; [[nutri-pak]]; [[Pets Teneebian skunk|pet skunk]]; [[pirate]]s; [[plasma cannon]]; [[polarized hull plating]]; [[quartermaster]]; "[[boomer]]"; [[Starfleet Command]]; [[steak]]; [[subspace amplifier]]; [[Teneebian skunk]]; [[transporter]]; [[Vega colony]]; [[warp three engine]]; [[Y class|Y-class]]
   
 
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The Enterprise is sent to assist the Fortunate, an Earth freighter that has been attacked by Nausicaan pirates. But the Fortunate may not be as innocent as it seems.

Summary

The ECS Fortunate cargo ship is attacked by Nausicaan pirates. Before their communications system goes down, someone aboard sends a distress signal.

Enterprise, being the only ship in the area, is ordered to investigate. The contact with the crew of the Fortunate is uneasy at first, as they are used to doing things on their own, and they decline the help offered. Even when Archer is finally able to convince them to let the Enterprise crew help, they still feel like Starfleet has no reason to be aboard the Fortunate. Unknown to the Enterprise crew, Fortunate personnel are hiding a Nausicaan hostage without the knowledge of the Fortunate's captain. This is discovered later by T'Pol, and the relations between the two commanding officers deteriorates.

ECS Fortunate surrounded by the Nausicaans

Fortunate is surrounded by Nausicaans

Matthew Ryan, the first officer on the Fortunate, is in command since the captain has been injured, and he is seeking revenge against the Nausicaans. His quest for revenge is motivated by a desire to return the hostilities, but as we see in the end he is willing to go much farther than his fellow crewmen. Even if they are not too much of a threat, he still wants to go after them, a point of view Archer doesn't agree with.

After Archer requests to see the Nausicaan, Ryan traps Archer, Reed, T'Pol, and Phlox in a cargo compartment, and ejects it, first causing a leak. The Fortunate fires on Enterprise and escapes to warp. Ryan then interrogates the Nausicaan again, and is given a set of shield codes.

The Fortunate tracks the Nausicaan vessel and attacks them, finding an asteroid apparently used by a number of Nausicaan pirates to stage raids and drop off stolen merchandise. Fortunate attacks, but the shield codes do not give them the ability to bypass the Nausicaans' shielding. Instead, ECS Fortunate is attacked and boarded by the Nausicaans, intent on rescuing their captured crewmate.

The episode ends with Archer preventing anyone from being hurt by explaining his point of view to Ryan. He is helped by a little speech from Travis Mayweather who, having also been raised on a freighter, explains to Ryan that the consequences of his actions won't only affect the Fortunate, but every other freighter.

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Log entries

  • "Captain's starlog, supplemental. We've picked up a faint warp trail that could be the Fortunate, but we won't know for sure until our long-range sensors are back on-line."

Memorable quotes

File:MayweatherMakesAFunny.jpg

Mayweather explains a side benefit of traveling in a ship with a top speed of Warp 1.8

"The Earth Cargo Ship Fortunate. Y-class freighter. Maximum Speed: Warp 1.8. Crew complement: 23."
"Not counting newborn babies."
"Ensign?"
"I grew up on a J-class. A little smaller, but the same basic design. And one thing I can tell you is that at warp 1.8, you've got a lot of time on your hands between ports... That's how my parents wound up with me."
"Do you have any helpful information on this vessel beyond its... recreational activities?"

- T'Pol and Mayweather, as T'Pol gives a dry briefing on the Fortunate
Nadine

Nadine playing hide and seek


"Ready or not, here I come! Have you seen Nadine?"
"I'm sorry. I don't know which child is named 'Nadine'."
"Thanks!"
"I just told him the truth."

- Boy, T'Pol, and Nadine during a game of hide and seek as Nadine hides


"I want those codes!"

- Matthew Ryan to his Nausicaan prisoner


"They say that for a split second, you can actually feel yourself in both places at once."
"Why do you think I wanna try it?"

- Ryan and Mayweather on Enterprise's transporter


"Warp 1.8 works just fine for us. Any faster and there'd be no time to enjoy the trip."

- Ryan after Tucker tells him things are going to change when faster engines get installed in freighters


"You ever think about doing something else?"
"You mean join Starfleet?"
"The food's not bad."

- Mayweather and Ryan


"Get down!"
"Under the circumstance, I defer to your experience."

- Reed and Phlox in the middle of a firefight


"Ryan, you're making a big mistake!"

- Archer, when Ryan and Fortunate personnel fire at him and the away team


"The Nausicaans. Ryan's after revenge, sir."
"A very primitive emotion but it would explain his irrational behavior."
"It's rational to him."

- Mayweather and T'Pol trying to determine Ryan's motive


"Just because someone wasn't born on Earth doesn't make them any less Human."

- Archer, explaining to Mayweather why the crew of the Fortunate can't kill Nausicaans as a matter of revenge


"Any other orders of mine you'd like to question?"
"Not today, sir."

- Archer and Mayweather

Background information

Script, cast, and production

Continuity

  • Mayweather mentions to Ryan that Starfleet has plans to build three more NX-class ships in the near future (Enterprise itself, the lead ship of the class, having launched only four months previously). The next NX-class ship, Columbia NX-02, was seen when it was introduced later in the series: first while still under construction in the season two finale "The Expanse", as well as when it was ultimately launched, in the season four episode "Affliction".
  • This episode features the first on-screen appearance of the Nausicaans in Enterprise. The outing also depicts the first official contact between Starfleet and the Nausicaans.
  • Admiral Forrest references the scans Enterprise took of the comet in "Breaking the Ice" as being "incredible."
  • The end-of-transmission screen from Admiral Forrest references the signal as relayed from Relay: Echo 1/Transponder 4. A Relay that hadn't been deployed yet.

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47; able crewman; Archer's Comet; away team; batter; bioscan; Chef; Columbia NX-02; debris; dilithium; dilithium ore; distress call; Draylax; Draylaxian whiskey; Earth; football; Fortunate, ECS; Fortunate, ECS personnel; freighter; hide and seek; Horizon, ECS; hydroponics; ice cream; inorganic; J-class; Jupiter Station; kiloton; Mayweather, Rianna; meatloaf; Milky Way Galaxy; "mystery meals"; Nausicaa; Nausicaans; Nausicaan pirate ship; North Star, ECS; NX-class; NX-03; NX-04; nutri-pak; pet skunk; pirates; plasma cannon; polarized hull plating; quartermaster; "boomer"; Starfleet Command; steak; subspace amplifier; Teneebian skunk; transporter; Vega colony; warp three engine; Y-class

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