Star Trek: Enterprise 1x08 Breaking the Ice

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First Aired: Nov. 07, 2001 on UPN

Summary: -

The Enterprise crew is thrilled to encounter the biggest comet humans have ever seen, one that's 82.6 kilometers in diameter with a spectacular tail.

Learning the comet contains large quantities of eisilium, an extremely rare mineral, Captain Archer dispatches Lt. Reed and Ensign…
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Main Characters in this Episode

Guest Stars

Captain Jonathan Archer	played by Scott Bakula
Sub-Commander T'Pol	played by Jolene Blalock
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III	played by Connor Trinneer
Vulcan Captain Vanik	played by William Utay
Billy	played by Solomon Burke Jr.
Starfleet Officer	played by Cynthia Uhrich

Episode Quotes

Captain Jonathan Archer: You might want to take a phase pistol with you.
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: I might need one.

Captain Jonathan Archer: I'm sure you're eager to get back to your ship, so I'll trouble you with just one last question: how long do you plan on spying on us?
Vulcan Captain Vanik: If we were... "spying", Captain, you would have never detected our presence. Your inexperience and your arrogance are your enemies, not us.

Sub-Commander T'Pol: Captain, with your permission, I'd like to transmit a message to the Ti'Mur, to send to Vulcan.
Captain Jonathan Archer: Go right ahead.
Sub-Commander T'Pol: Thank you.

Captain Jonathan Archer: What was that all about?
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: It's personal.

Mistakes/Goofs

Goof (factual errors): The gravitational field of a comet that size would be considerably less than that depicted in this episode. The gravitational field shown in this episode suggests that the shuttle is affected by a field strength similar to Earth which would be physically impossible.

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Breaking the Ice
Season 1, Episode #8