"Marauders" Star Trek: Enterprise This list of Star Trek: Enterprise episodes is accompanied by each episodes original airdate on UPN in the United States, along with its Nielsen rating, and number of viewers. ...
The Enterprise crew assist a settlement in fighting off Klingons Marauders
Episode	#32
Prod.	#206
Air date	October 30, 2002
Writer(s)	Rick Berman Brannon Braga Teleplay by: David Wilcox
Director	Mike Vejar
Guest(s)	Larry Cedar Steven Flynn Bari Hochwald Jesse James Rutherford Robertson Dean Wayne King, Jr. Peewee Piemonte
Stardate	unknown
Year	2152
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Synopsis

In need of fuel, Enterprise discovers a mining colony that is being controlled by Klingons who are bullying the inabitants and hoarding their supplies.

Plot

Captain Archer, Subcommander T'Pol, and Trip Tucker to a small colony of 76 people to barter for deuterium. They initially barter with Tessic, the colony leader, for 200 liters of deuterium for 4 power cells and whatever medical supplies Enterprise can spare, provided the Enterprise crew can fix the pumps in two days. Jonathan Archer is a fictional character from the television show Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-2005). ... Commander TPol is a fictional character played by Jolene Blalock in Star Trek: Enterprise. ... Charles Trip Tucker III Commander Charles Tucker III, known as Trip (for triple, since he is the third generation of his family to be called Charles Tucker), is a fictional character in the television series Star Trek: Enterprise, played by Connor Trinneer. ... Deuterium, also called heavy hydrogen, is a stable isotope of hydrogen with a natural abundance of one atom in 6500 of hydrogen. ...

Despite deuterium being a valuable commodity, Archer is startled by the fact that the colony lacks basic medical supplies and that the structures are rusting and in poor shape. The reason why becomes apparent when a dozen Klingons show up to collect deuterium from the colony, whom believe have an exclusive deal with the colony. The colony leaders beg Archer to stay out of sight of the Klingons, which they do and Enterprise changes to an orbit on the opposite side of the Klingons. The word commodity is a term with distinct meanings in business and in Marxian political economy. ... It has been suggested that MoQbara be merged into this article or section. ...

When the Tessic informs Korok, the leader of the Klingons, that they don't have all the deuterium because two pumps weren't working. Korok gives them four days to pump the remaining deuterium. When Trip and Archer attempt to talk them into fighting against the Klingons, Tessic tell them to take their 200 liters and leave. However, taking the deuterium and leaving does not sit well with Archer.

Archer takes a trip back to the planet and convinces the leader to stand against the Klingons...with the help of the Enterprise.

In preparation, T'Pol teaches some colonists how to evade edged-weapon attacks (from Vulcan martial-art Susmana) while Ensign Hoshi and Lieutenant Reed teach other colonists how to fire weapons more accurately. Archer and Trip help the colonists shift the entire colony to the south 50 meters. Vulcans are a humanoid species in the fictional Star Trek universe who reside on the planet Vulcan and are noted for their attempt to live by reason and logic. ... Hoshi Sato (July 9, 2128-2246) is a character in the fictional Star Trek universe and the communication officer aboard the starship Enterprise (NX-01) in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise. ... Malcolm Reed Malcolm Reed (born September 2) is the fictional British officer on the Enterprise, in the TV series Star Trek: Enterprise. ...

When the Klingon marauders arrive, the colony looks like a ghost town, especially since the pumps are no longer running. The ensuing fight lands the Klingons surrounded by the capped-off deuterium well heads (the Klingons are lured into this area because the entire colony was shifted), which were ignited and surrounds the Klingons in fire. Tessic tells the Klingons to leave and not come back because they'll be ready for them. A street corner in the ghost town of Bodie, California. ...

In the end, Archer finds himself with 2,000 liters of deuterium instead of the bartered 200 liters.

External links

• Marauders article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki