

In the meantime, T'Pol confesses to Phlox that she has become addicted to Trellium-D, which evokes strong emotions in her. Archer hopes that he may trade a warp coil from a damaged alien vessel, but the aliens refuse. The captain is found in an escape pod from a Xindi-Aquatic vessel. The Xindi break off their attack thanks to Degra's intervention, leaving Enterprise crippled and with at least 14 of the crew dead.

Although Archer almost succeeds in convincing Degra of humankind's true intentions, the Xindi begin a devastating attack on Enterprise. The mission fails, and he is captured by the Xindi-Reptilians. But Archer takes the shuttle on a suicide mission to blow up the weapon. Daniels transfers Archer to the future and tries to explain to him that the Xindi were tricked into the war by the Sphere Builders, a future enemy of the Federation.

They find the superweapon submerged in an ocean, almost ready to launch. Upon their arrival at Azati Prime, Tucker and Mayweather take the captured Xindi shuttle to cross the detection grid erected by the Xindi.
