Cold Station 12 (episode)
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| Series: | ENT |
| Episode: | 4x05 |
| Original Airdate: | 2004-11-05 |
| Production Number: | 081 |
| Year: | 2154 |
| Date: | Unknown |
| Written by: | Alan Brennert |
| Directed by: | Mike Vejar |
Soong's augments take control of a medical facility containing more augment embryos and several dangerous diseases.
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Summary
Dr. Arik Soong and his Augment children head to Cold Station 12 to free other embryos spoken of at the end of the Borderland episode.
Meanwhile, the only clues given to the Starship Enterprise were the coordinates Soong last gave them, so they investigated that way. They arrived at Trialas IV, the settlement where Soong raised his children. There was only one person there: Udar. He was left there about one year ago by his brethren because he was not as strong and intelligent as the others.
Captain Jonathan Archer then received new orders from Starfleet. He learned that there were about 1800 other embryos kept at Cold Station 12 and, since Soong was probably headed that way, Archer was given orders to stop him, using whatever force was necessary.
After making a plan to get the embryos, the Augments then highjacked a Denobulan medical ship, and easily took control of the station without killing anyone (as Soong wished). Things get a little uglier when Soong realized that Jeremy Lucas, the senior medical director, would not give away the code that unlocked the embryo's chamber, even at the expense of his people or his own life. Soong was not able to go through with his menace which raised tension between Malik and Soong.
The Enterprise then arrived at the station and, not being allowed to approach, they were able to transport a team to the station before backing off. However, the team was no match for the Augments and they were easily detected and taken care of. Nevertheless, Archer was still able to give a final order to T'Pol: activate the station auto-destruct sequence as Starfleet ordered. The security measure was quickly disabled, thanks to the hacking skills of one of the Augments. The Enterprise had to then proceed to destroy the station manually.
Realizing the friendship between Dr. Phlox and Lucas, Malik decided to take things into his hands as he openly defied his father and proceeded to expose the Denobulan doctor to one of the various pathogens studied on the station. Understanding he was not bluffing, Lucas gave the code and the Augments were finally able to steal the embryos and get away before the Enterprise, which had been busy with the Bird-of-Prey, destroyed the station.
In the last minutes of the episode, Malik clearly showed sadistic tendencies and little regard for his father's wishes. He beat Archer badly, decided to take some virulent pathogens, and programmed a containment breach that would release all the pathogens stored on the station — killing everyone there. He also killed Udar , with the excuse it was to spare his brother a horrible death.
Background Information
At one point, it is said that there are a few hundred thousand possible combinations for the hexadecimal password. However, when Lucas finally gives it, we saw on the screen that it is composed of 16 characters, meaning that there was in fact about 1.8E19 (16^16) of these!
On the surface of Trialas IV, where Soong raised the Augments, there was a large device, composed of two long glowing red tubes. This device has been seen in many places on TNG and DS9, including, most interestingly, in Doctor Noonien Soong's lab in TNG: "Brothers". It is also seen in the control room of Cold Station 12, but with blue lights rather than red.
One of the codes on a viewscreen on Cold Station 12 was "Code 047".
When this episode was aired on UK Channel 4 TV, some of the more violent scenes were edited out, including the part where Doctor Lucas gets tortured, and the close-up of the scientist being killed by the virus.
Memorable Quotes
"You son-of-a-bitch!"
"Actually, mother was a chemist."
Links and References
Guest Stars
- Alec Newman as Malik
- Abby Brammell as Persis
- Kaj-Erik Eriksen as Smike
- Richard Riehle as Jeremy Lucas
- Adam Grimes as Lokesh
- Kris Iyer as Deputy Director
- Amy Wieczorek as Denobulan Pilot
- Jordan Orr as young Malik
- Kevin Foster as Security Guard #1
Special Guest Star
References
Augments, Barzai, Cold Station 12, Corsair, Eugenics Wars, Symbalene blood burn, Telurian plague
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