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Introduction (blurb)

You are alone in the dark reaches of space, surrounded by aliens who do not understand who you are and what you are, and who will not accept your beliefs. Under such circumstances, an emotional human would feel lost, cut off, adrift, but Sub-Commander T'Pol is a Vulcan, and Vulcans control their emotions. However, no other Vulcan has served for longer than a few weeks on a human ship. Has she, as others imply, lost her way?

Pulled, once again, into one of Captain Archer's dangerously impulsive attempts to make first contact, the Sub-Commander finds her life threatened. T'Pol reacts, draws her phase pistol and kills. It was a simple act of self-defense. But is killing ever simple? Has she forsaken the teachings of Surak?

Determined to be true to her heritage, T'Pol forswears violence. She tells Captain Archer that never again will she kill -- even if ordered. Is she, as Archer suggests, endangering the entire ship?

Summary

Captain's Starlog, Supplemental. While mapping an area of uncharted space, we have encountered a populated planet -- which is sending out a beacon that our Universal Translator has garbled. Communications Officer Ensign Hoshi Sato is currently trying to decipher what she can.

On the anniversary of Henry Archer's death, Sato picks up a distress call from the planet Oan. Jonathan Archer, T'Pol, Sato, Doctor Phlox and Malcolm Reed descend to one of the planet's islands in a shuttlepod, only to discover very few inhabitants still alive. In a medical facility they find a dead Oan physician slumped over the body of an Oan woman who is barely alive; the male physician's face is contorted with outrage. Leaving Phlox with the female Oan, the others search for the only other survivor on the island, who attacks Sato. T'Pol fires her phase pistol, set on stun, at the Oan, who is killed by the stun blast due to his weakened state.

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References

Characters

Enterprise personnel

Ahmed al Saed • Jonathan Archer • Katerina Borovsky • Elizabeth Cutler • Travis Mayweather • Meir • Phlox • Porthos • Malcolm Reed • Hoshi Sato • T'Pol • Charles Tucker III

Other characters

Kano • Uroqa • Wanderer
Referenced only: Henry Archer • Zefram Cochrane • Mahatma Gandhi • Jossen • Menos • Madeline Reed • Mary Reed • Stuart Reed • Shikedan traveler • Sklar • Soval • Surak • T'Les • T'Pol's father

Starships and vehicles

Enterprise (NX-class) • Shuttlepod 1 (OTV type K42)
Referenced only: Satar

Shipboard locations

bridge • decontamination chamber • engineering • launch bay • sickbay

Locations

Kappa Xi (Oan)
Referenced only: Agaron • Earth (Argentina • Cayman • Europe • Florida Keys • Great Britain • India • Kauai • Knightsbridge) • P'Jem • Risa • Shikeda • Vulcan

Science and technology

adrenaline • amoeba • arrhythmic pulse • atmosphere (stratosphere) • Black Plague • carbon-based • carotid artery • Celsius • chronometer • cloning • concussion • database • electrical system • electricity • electrolyte • electromagnetic charge • electromagnetic field • electromagnetic pulse • environmental suit • generator • hand scanner • heart • heartbeat • humanoid • hypospray • life support • medical scanner • metabolic rate • microbe • microscanner • Minshara class • morphology • nutrient bed • oxygen • parasite • phase pistol • phase rifle • physiology • pulse • radiation • sensor • solar plexus • solar wind • food synthesizer • teeth • telepathy • tongue • universal translator • video • viewscreen • zoology

Other references

2098 • 20th century • 21st century • ahimsa • Bapu • bat • Beagle • bird • bourbon • Captain's starlog, Enterprise (NX-01) • carrion bird • celery • ch'kariya • chicken • chili • citrus • condo • crab • desert • diamond • distress call • dog • emotion • evergreen • fairy tale • flower • Fullara • genocide • gin • gremlin • hibernation • Hinduism • hot pepper sauce • iced tea • imperialism • insect • jungle • kal'ta • Kolinahr • lamp • liquor cabinet • manatee • meditation • medkit • needle-nose pliers • newsreel • mother-of-pearl • nautilus • onion • peace • phoneme • poker • protest • Sanskrit • sardine • satyagraha • scuba diving • shale • shore leave • Starfleet uniform (Earth) • stir-fried tofu • tidal wave • tree • trough • utility knife • water • World War III

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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
Original novels	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 )

published order
Previous novel: What Price Honor?	Enterprise novels	Next novel: Daedalus
chronological order
Previous Adventure: The Communicator	Pocket	Next Adventure: Singularity
The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2152. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in one other timeframe:
Previous Adventure: All Good Things... 2079	2093 and 2098 Chapter 2, Sections 4 and 5	Next Adventure: Federation 2119

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 ==Introduction ([[wikipedia:blurb|blurb]])==
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 Determined to be true to her heritage, T'Pol forswears violence. She tells Captain Archer that never again will she kill -- even if ordered. Is she, as Archer suggests, endangering the entire [[Enterprise (NX-01)|ship]]?
+==Summary==
+:''[[Captain's starlog, Enterprise (NX-01)|Captain's Starlog]], Supplemental.  While mapping an area of uncharted space, we have encountered a populated planet -- which is sending out a beacon that our [[Universal translator|Universal Translator]] has garbled.  [[Communications Officer]] [[Ensign]] [[Hoshi Sato]] is currently trying to decipher what she can.''
+On the anniversary of [[Henry Archer]]'s death, Sato picks up a [[distress call]] from the planet {{planet|Oan}}.  Jonathan Archer, T'Pol, Sato, Doctor [[Phlox]] and [[Malcolm Reed]] descend to one of the planet's islands in a [[shuttlepod]], only to discover very few inhabitants still alive.  In a medical facility they find a dead Oan physician slumped over the body of an Oan woman who is barely alive; the male physician's face is contorted with outrage.  Leaving Phlox with the female Oan, the others search for the only other survivor on the island, who attacks Sato.  T'Pol fires her [[phase pistol]], set on stun, at the Oan, who is killed by the stun blast due to his weakened state.
+{{incomplete|novel|section=summary}}
 ==References==
 ===Characters===
+====''Enterprise'' personnel====
-:[[Jonathan Archer]] • [[T'Pol]] • [[Charles Tucker III]] • [[Malcolm Reed]] • [[Hoshi Sato]] • [[Travis Mayweather]] • [[Phlox]] • [[Elizabeth Cutler]] • [[Katerina Borovsky]] • [[Ahmed al Saed]] • [[Meir]] • [[T'Les]] • [[T'Pol's father]] • [[Sklar]] • [[Menos]] • [[Jossen]] • [[Uroqa]] • [[Kano]] • [[Wanderer]] • [[Shikedan traveler]]
+:[[Ahmed al Saed]] • [[Jonathan Archer]] • [[Katerina Borovsky]] • [[Elizabeth Cutler]] • [[Travis Mayweather]] • [[Meir]] • [[Phlox]] • [[Porthos]] • [[Malcolm Reed]] • [[Hoshi Sato]] • [[T'Pol]] • [[Charles Tucker III]]
+====Other characters====
-{{ref}}[[Zefram Cochrane]] • [[Henry Archer]] • [[Surak]] • [[Mahatma Gandhi]]
+:[[Kano]] • [[Uroqa]] • [[Wanderer]]
+{{ref}}[[Henry Archer]] • [[Zefram Cochrane]] • [[Mahatma Gandhi]] • [[Jossen]] • [[Menos]] • [[Madeline Reed]] • [[Mary Reed]] • [[Stuart Reed]] • [[Shikedan traveler]] • [[Sklar]] • [[Soval]] • [[Surak]] • [[T'Les]] • [[T'Pol's father]]
 ===Starships and vehicles===
-:[[Enterprise (NX-01)|''Enterprise'' (NX-01)]] ({{class|NX}}) • [[shuttlepod (22nd century)]] • ''[[Satar]]''
+:{{ship||Enterprise|NX-01}} ({{class|NX}}) • ''[[Shuttlepod 1]]'' ([[OTV type K42]])
+{{ref}}''[[Satar]]''
+=====Shipboard locations=====
+:[[bridge]] • [[decontamination chamber]] • [[engineering]] • [[hangar|launch bay]] • [[sickbay]]
 ===Locations===
+:[[Kappa Xi]] ({{dis|Oan|planet}})
-:[[Agaron]] • [[Earth]] • [[Europe]] • [[Florida]] • [[Florida Keys]] • [[Oan]] ([[Kappa Xi II]]) • [[P'Jem]] • [[Risa]] • [[Shikeda]] • [[Vulcan]]
+{{ref}}[[Agaron]] • [[Earth]] ([[Argentina]] • [[Cayman]] • [[Europe]] • [[Florida Keys]] • [[Great Britain]] • [[India]] • [[Kauai]] • [[Knightsbridge]]) • [[P'Jem]] • [[Risa]] • [[Shikeda]] • {{dis|Vulcan|planet}}
 ===Races and cultures===
-:[[Human]] • [[Vulcan]] • [[Denobulan]] • [[Oani]] • [[Shikedan]]
+:[[Denobulan]] • [[Human]] ([[British]] • [[English]] • [[Russian]] • [[Terran]]) • [[Oani]] • [[Vulcan]]
+{{ref}}Human ([[Indian]]) • [[Shikedan]]
 ===States and organizations===
 :[[United Earth Starfleet]]
+{{ref}}[[Starfleet Command]] • [[Starfleet Intelligence]]
-===Other===
+===Ranks and titles===
-:[[Black Plague]] • [[celery]] • [[chicken]] • [[chili con carne|chili]] • [[crab]] • [[diamond]] • [[dog]] • [[electricity]] • ''[[Fullara]]'' • [[gin]] • [[gremlin]] • [[iced tea]] • [[knife]] • ''[[Kolinahr]]'' • [[mother-of-pearl]] • [[nautilus]] • [[onion]] • [[phase pistol]] • [[poker]] • [[shale]] • [[spaghetti]] • [[tofu]] • [[World War III]] • [[Porthos]] • ''[[kal'ta]]'' • ''[[ch'kariya]]''
+:[[captain]] • [[chief engineer]] • [[chief medical officer]] • [[commander]] • [[commanding officer]] • [[communications officer]] • [[counselor]] • [[crewman]] • [[doctor]] • [[ensign]] • [[exolinguist]] • [[lieutenant]] • [[linguist]] • [[medic]] • [[philosopher]] • [[physicist]] • [[princess]] • [[psychotherapist]] • [[scientist]] • [[smuggler]] • [[subcommander]] • [[Vulcan Ambassador to United Earth]] • [[warlord]]
+===Science and technology===
+:[[adrenaline]] • [[amoeba]] • [[arrhythmic pulse]] • [[atmosphere]] ([[stratosphere]]) • [[Black Plague]] • [[carbon-based]] • [[carotid artery]] • [[Celsius]] • [[chronometer]] • [[cloning]] • [[concussion]] • [[database]] • [[electrical system]] • [[electricity]] • [[electrolyte]] • [[electromagnetic charge]] • [[electromagnetic field]] • [[electromagnetic pulse]] • [[environmental suit]] • [[generator]] • [[hand scanner]] • [[heart]] • [[heartbeat]] • [[humanoid]] • [[hypospray]] • [[life support]] • [[medical scanner]] • [[metabolism|metabolic rate]] • [[microbe]] • [[microscanner]] • [[Minshara class]] • [[morphology]] • [[nutrient bed]] • [[oxygen]] • [[parasite]] • [[phase pistol]] • [[phase rifle]] • [[physiology]] • [[pulse]] • [[radiation]] • [[sensor]] • [[solar plexus]] • [[solar wind]] • [[food synthesizer]] • [[teeth]] • [[telepathy]] • [[tongue]] • [[universal translator]] • [[video]] • [[viewscreen]] • [[zoology]]
+===Other references===
+:[[2098]] • [[20th century]] • [[21st century]] • ''[[ahimsa]]'' • ''[[Bapu]]'' • [[bat]] • [[Beagle]] • [[bird]] • [[bourbon]] • [[Captain's starlog, Enterprise (NX-01)]] • [[carrion bird]] • [[celery]] • ''[[ch'kariya]]'' • [[chicken]] • [[chili con carne|chili]] • [[citrus]] • [[condo]] • [[crab]] • [[desert]] • [[diamond]] • [[distress call]] • [[dog]] • [[emotion]] • [[evergreen]] • [[fairy tale]] • [[flower]] • ''[[Fullara]]'' • [[genocide]] • [[gin]] • [[gremlin]] • [[hibernation]] • [[Hinduism]] • [[hot pepper sauce]] • [[iced tea]] • [[imperialism]] • [[insect]] • [[jungle]] • ''[[kal'ta]]'' • ''[[Kolinahr]]'' • [[lamp]] • [[liquor cabinet]] • [[manatee]] • [[meditation]] • [[medkit]] • [[needle-nose pliers]] • [[newsreel]] • [[mother-of-pearl]] • {{dis|nautilus|mollusk}} • [[onion]] • [[peace]] • [[phoneme]] • [[poker]] • [[protest]] • [[Sanskrit]] • [[sardine]] • ''[[satyagraha]]'' • [[scuba diving]] • [[shale]] • [[shore leave]] • [[Starfleet uniform (Earth)]] • [[tofu|stir-fried tofu]] • [[tidal wave]] • [[tree]] • [[trough]] • [[knife|utility knife]] • [[water]] • [[World War III]]
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 ===Related Stories===
 *'''[[The Seventh]]''' (''[[ENT]]'' [[episode]]) - T'Pol's pursuit of Jossen and Menos is explained in more detail.
-*'''[[Shuttlepod One]]''' (''[[ENT]]'' [[episode]]) - This episode is the first time Malcolm Reed writes his will.  It's because of his and Charles "Trip" Tucker's experience during this episode that convinces Malcolm to leave everything to Trip in the event of his death.
+*'''[[Shuttlepod One]]''' (''[[ENT]]'' [[episode]]) - This episode is the first time Malcolm Reed writes his will.  It's his and Charles "Trip" Tucker's experience during this episode that convinces Malcolm to leave everything to Trip in the event of his death.
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