#5 Terra Nova

Terra Nova was the first extraterrestrial human colony, established in 2078 after a 9 year trip from earth. The Colony proved to be quite successful and five years later "the space agency" decided to send a second colony ship. The last transmission sent from the colony was one  threating violence upon any ship entering orbit, after that communication was lost. The space agency decided a 18 year round trip was too costly making the fate of Terra Nova a mystery.

The Enterprise arrives to find the colony abandoned and low levels of radiation to be present. eventually we find that the colonists were all but wiped out due to a meteor hitting the surface and causing the fall out. Only the youngest generation survived, and by fleeing underground at that. Dr. Phlox finds that the radiation has worked its way into the cave system and will kill off the planets inhabitance in a year or two.

For once Captain Archer does not fail! He is able to act the statesman and befriend the "natives" convincing them to move to a safe location elsewhere on the planet! I must say i'm surprised by the outcome of this episode, I was expecting him to forcibly remove the colonists and sell them to the Ferengi as ear polishers or some such atrocity.

Red Shirt Death Toll: Still at Zero
Alien Sex: 1?

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