Broken Bow was the first episode of Star Trek: Enterprise and the first novelization in the Pocket Books line of ENT prose publications.
Earth launches its first starship of exploration, Enterprise, on a mission to return an injured Klingon to his homeworld.
Summary[]
Nearly ninety years after Zefram Cochrane's warp flight and first contact, humans have been guided by Vulcans towards developing the first warp five engine. Now that engine has been developed and installed aboard Earth's first warp five starship, Enterprise, commanded by Captain Jonathan Archer, son of the engine's chief designer. When a Klingon shuttlecraft crashlands in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, Enterprise's launch date is moved up in order to take the sole Klingon, Klaang, home to his people. Despite protests from Vulcan Ambassador Soval, Admiral Maxwell Forrest orders Archer to assemble his crew and prepare to leave in three days.
References[]
Characters[]
Episode characters[]
- Henry Archer • Jonathan Archer • Carlos • Zefram Cochrane • Fletcher • Maxwell Forrest • Alex Gaeta • Jamran Harnoth • Klaang • Daniel Leonard • M'Rek • Travis Mayweather • McDermott • Richard Moore • Phlox • Porthos • Malcolm Reed • Sarin • Hoshi Sato • Silik • Soval • T'Pol • Tos • Charles Tucker III • Marcus Williams • Klimasz butterfly dancers • unnamed Xarantine • osmotic eel
- Referenced only
- Chef • Billy Cook • God • Paul Mayweather, Sr.
Novelization characters[]
- Alex Gaeta • Henry Archer • Jonathan Archer • Zefram Cochrane • Maxwell Forrest • Jamran Harnoth • Klaang • Daniel Leonard • Travis Mayweather • Richard Moore • M'Rek • Phlox • Porthos • Malcolm Reed • Sarin • Hoshi Sato • Silik • Soval • T'Pol • Tos • Charles Tucker III • Marcus Williams
- Referenced only
- Sally Archer • Chef • Billy Cook • Albert Einstein • God • Adolf Hitler • Paul Mayweather, Sr. • Horatio Nelson • Li Quan • Joseph Stalin
Tos.
Starships and vehicles[]
- Enterprise (NX-class) • Shuttlepod 1 • K'toch-class • Orbital Six (inspection pod) • Suliban cell ship • Suliban helix
- Referenced only
- Elkan Nine • aircraft carrier • Klingon Warbird • train
Locations[]
- Orbital Drydock Facility • Suliban Helix
Stellar[]
- Referenced only
- Altair system • Arcturus system • Sector 3641
Planets, moons and planetoids[]
- Referenced only
- Draylax • Jupiter • Mars • Neptune • Teneebian Moon (1) • Teneebian Moon (2) • Trillius Prime
Planetary[]
- Brazil • Oklahoma (Broken Bow) • Quintash Plaza (Customs Center) • San Francisco
- Referenced only
- Africa • Big Sur Aquarium • China • Grand Canyon • Hawaii • Japan • Sausalito (Vulcan Compound) • Tulsa • Warp Five Complex
Races and cultures[]
- Denobulan • Human (British) • Klimasz • Klingon • Lorillian • Markalian • Suliban • Vulcan • Xarantine
- Referenced only
- Draylaxian • Human (Austrian • Celt • Eastern European • Hun • Viking) • Neanderthal
States and organizations[]
- Amazon University • Central Security • Interspecies Medical Exchange • Klingon Empire • Klingon High Council • Starfleet Medical • Suliban Cabal • United Earth Starfleet • Vulcan High Command
- Referenced only
- Spacecrate Incorporated
Ranks and titles[]
- aide • ambassador • armory officer • astronaut • bureaucrat • captain • Chancellor of the High Council of the Klingon Empire • chaperone • chief engineer • chief medical officer • commander • communications officer • constable • cook • courier • crewman • dancer • dockmaster • doctor • ensign • fire-eater • helmsman • hireling • lieutenant • physician • rear admiral • science officer • spy • steward • subcommander • vegetarian • vice admiral • Vulcan Ambassador to United Earth
Science and classification[]
- airlock • allergy • alveoli • amoeba • annular confinement beam • antigrav gurney • artificial gravity • atmosphere (cyclohexane • thermosphere) • autonomic system • autosequencer • auxiliary power • auxiliary throttle • biobed • biology • biomimetic garment • blood • blue giant • bronchial tube • Butterfly Effect • causality • cauterization • coaxial port • communicator • compound retina • deflector • dilithium • disruptor • DNA • docking interface • earpiece • EM-33 • endocrine system • enzyme • evolution • extravehicular suit • forcefield • frequency • frostbite • gas giant • genetic engineering • genome • geothermal energy • grappler • graviton • guidance system • hand scanner • hologram • inertial clamp • Internally Metered Pulse Drive • inverted depth charge • ion storm • Klingon disruptor • lead • linguistic database • liquid • long range sensor • lung • maglock • magnetic coil reader • methane • methyloxide • micron • molecule • myofiber • natural selection • nitrogen sulfide • non-humanoid • padd • phase pistol • phonetic processor • phosphorus • physics • pitch control • plasma bullet • plasma coil • plasma decay • plasma pistol • plasma rifle • plexiglass • polarity • prefrontal cortex • protocystian spore • quantum physics • radiation • rib • scope • sensor • sensor array • spectral analysis • spatial disturbance • stealth • subcutaneous pigment sac • suffocation • Suliban pistol • syntax • time travel • transporter • tricyclic plasma drive • ultraviolet • universal translator • valve sealant • warp drive • warp factor • warp five engine • warp nacelle • womb • zero gravity
Other references[]
- 2119 • 2121 • 9th century • 20th century • Altarian marsupial • apartment • ape • April • baked bean • bazaar • beagle • bird • boomer • boot • breadstick • brothel • butterfly • cannibal • candle • carnivore • cat • chameleon • chicken • Chinese food • corn • cornfield • cow • crash landing • dagger • decontamination chamber • dedication ceremony • dialect • dog • dragon • dry ice • Earth Starfleet uniform • egg • egg drop soup • enclave • English language • espionage • field jacket • fire • First contact • fork • fox's den • fruit• ghost • golf • grizzly bear • guinea pig • hat • hawaiian shirt • hay • ICU • immunocytic gel worm • insect • jeans • Jelik • jellyfish • knife • lantern • lei • life span • logic • mammoth • market • model • mOghklyk • mollusk • noun • Old West • Oriental • osmotic eel • Ouija board • paint • paint brush • pig • pork'n'beans • postcard • potato • rabbit • remote controlled model spaceship • reprimand • Rigelian language • sand • sand dune • seat belt • sensor log • sesame seed • shorts • silo • silver • skillet • sparerib • spider • sponge • squadron • stethoscope • stylus • sweet spot • switchblade • T-shirt • Temporal Cold War • tennis shoe • tick • tlhIngan Hol • toilet • trade complex • trouser • university • vegetable • vial • Vulcan language • Vulcan star charts • water • weaning • werewolf • wheat • World War II
Appendices[]
Background[]
Notable cast and crew[]
Images[]
Novelization images[]
Novelization cover image.
Alternate edition cover image.
Enterprise logo image.
Episode images[]
Connections[]
| Star Trek: Enterprise prose publications | ||
|---|---|---|
| Novelizations | Broken Bow • Shockwave • The Expanse | |
| Original novels | set during the series | By the Book • What Price Honor? • Surak's Soul • Daedalus • Daedalus's Children • Last Full Measure • Rosetta |
| set after the series | The Good That Men Do • Kobayashi Maru • The Romulan War (Beneath the Raptor's Wing • To Brave the Storm) • Rise of the Federation (A Choice of Futures • Tower of Babel • Uncertain Logic • Live by the Code • Patterns of Interference ) | |
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: first episode |
Enterprise episode produced | Next episode: Fight or Flight |
| Previous episode: first episode |
Enterprise episode aired | Next episode: Fight or Flight |
| Previous novelization: first in series |
Enterprise novelizations | Next novelization: Shockwave |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Shockwave Chapter 6 |
Next Adventure: What Price Honor? Prologue Section 2 | |
| Previous Adventure: first adventure |
Voyages of the Enterprise NX-01 |
Next Adventure: Fight or Flight |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2151. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in one other timeframe: | ||
| Previous Adventure: A Girl for Every Star |
2121 Prologue |
Next Adventure: Preconceptions |
Translations[]
- 2002
- German : Aufbruch ins Unbekannte, translated by Andreas Brandhorst. (Heyne)
- 2002
- Japanese : エンタープライズ発進せよ, translated by Hiroshi Saito. (Hayakawa Bunko)
External links[]
- Broken Bow (episode) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Broken Bow (novel) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.