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Posted: 07:35:27 on March 01 2003
By: Steve Krutzler
Dept: Enterprise | stenterprise.com

ENTERPRISE will offer up a look into the origins of the warp five program in its fiftieth episode, "First Flight." The episode will depict the events surrounding the first test of the engine, which fails, destroying the ship, and prompting the Vulcans to urge Starfleet to reconsider the design, which they think is unstable.

Archer and a young Trip Tucker, who is working on the project, are determined to give it another try, however, and launch the NX-Beta without Starfleet's approval. The episode will include an homage to the Original Series art director Matt Jefferies, in naming the captain of the engineering team working on the project after him.

The fiftieth episode will go before cameras on March 10th under the direction of LeVar Burton, who also helmed the one-hundredth episode of STAR TREK: VOYAGER, "Timeless." Keep in mind that this plot information is based on incomplete and early fragments from the episode's script, and is likely to undergo significant revisions before the episode airs in May. The story is © 2003 Paramount Pictures.

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Awesome
By DeQueue ( cloudcity1020@hotmail.com) at 01:11:38 on March 02 2003
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We need more episodes like this. :-)

Prequel stories, baby!

How many years before 2151? Are Archer and Tucker too much younger? (Meaning needing to cast new actors)

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RE: Awesome by one_2_three @ 02:05:32 ET on 2 Mar

RE: Awesome by Rat Boy @ 12:40:32 ET on 2 Mar

Another Note...
By one_2_three ( ) at 12:25:22 on March 01 2003
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Doesn't this episode make this the final installment? As in, this is the Season 2 finale?

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RE: Another Note... by Akita1999 @ 13:12:39 ET on 1 Mar

RE: Another Note... by Steve Krutzler @ 13:23:12 ET on 1 Mar

RE: Another Note... by one_2_three @ 14:34:02 ET on 1 Mar

RE: Another Note... by Josiah Rowe @ 14:46:32 ET on 1 Mar
RE: Another Note... by one_2_three @ 14:36:20 ET on 1 Mar

RE: Another Note... by Steve Krutzler @ 13:08:26 ET on 1 Mar

I wonder....
By one_2_three ( ) at 12:11:48 on March 01 2003
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I really wonder why nobody has brought up yet another "Columbia" point saying that to show a spaceship get destroyed during a launch is too much like what happened on 2/1/2003.

Not that I am here to argue that, I think this is a good episode and it will give us some insight on who, what and when things were happening and how they happened. Good place for ENT and Trek to further it's history of the past we know little about.

On a side note: Why is StarTrek.com still showing The Crossing for March 19 if it's suppose to be bumped to April 2?

See ya.

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RE: I wonder.... by Rat Boy @ 01:21:30 ET on 2 Mar
RE: I wonder.... by sliny @ 16:12:02 ET on 1 Mar

Curious...
By Rat Boy ( ) at 11:13:13 on March 01 2003
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I wonder if NX-Beta (or NX-Alpha, for that matter) are the mystery ship seen in the credits after the [i]Phoenix[/i] and before [i]Enterprise[/i].

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RE: Curious... by starbaseops @ 21:21:39 ET on 1 Mar
RE: Curious... by one_2_three @ 12:14:44 ET on 1 Mar

RE: Curious... by James von Helton @ 21:44:39 ET on 1 Mar

Finally!!
By Johnny ( jlewald@indiana.edu) at 10:56:58 on March 01 2003
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Finally we get an episode like this. I might actually tune in that week!

I wonder when they'll start forming the Federation, THAT will be interesting.

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sounds like a good plot...
By Beckett ( email@jonathan-davies.net) at 10:46:03 on March 01 2003
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although there's no need to wait for special episodes to do stuff like this B&B! But please on;t make it into a massive Vulcans are bastards episode.

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Great episode
By Akita1999 ( ) at 10:32:50 on March 01 2003
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This sounds like a great episode. This type of story is what we have been waiting for all along. Finally, B&B are delivering on the promise of Enterprise by sticking to the premise of the series.

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i agree
By Tad ( bday78@cox.net) at 09:52:18 on March 01 2003
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with other posters, this sounds like a great episode. although, i thought it was henry archer who was involved in the early testing of the warp five engine, not j. archer and tucker.

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Well, all I can say is... by Deslok @ 10:54:58 ET on 1 Mar

RE: Well, all I can say is... by Steve Krutzler @ 12:14:48 ET on 1 Mar

oh by Tad @ 13:37:54 ET on 1 Mar

Now...
By Jadziamidala ( ) at 08:19:46 on March 01 2003
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THIS looks like a terrific episode.

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Wow
By The Visitor ( arik@visitor-tales.com) at 08:18:50 on March 01 2003
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I'd say this sounds like a good story, but some of the prolific ENT supporters out there have me convinced that pre-judging an episode is a bad idea, so I really can't support this story one way or another.

Oh well. I've learned my lesson. :(

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RE: Wow by StarFleet_Captain @ 09:01:34 ET on 1 Mar

Hmmm by Spockjaw @ 19:16:49 ET on 6 Mar
RE: Wow by starbaseops @ 21:19:21 ET on 1 Mar
RE: Wow by one_2_three @ 14:39:48 ET on 1 Mar

super!
By dr_Pulaski ( marnixtenbrinke@hotmail.com) at 08:08:23 on March 01 2003
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This looks like a fantastic episode!

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