Episode 11 - The Better Part Of Valor

Episode Description:

Enterprise and the remaining fleet get some unexpected help in their fight against the Romulans. But will it be enough to keep them from advancing on Earth?

Outline:

As the 4 Romulan ships start to come into weapons range, Archer gets hailed, it is Captain (TBD) from the starship (TBD)!

The two ships that came out of warp were two of the three NX ships not Romulans! As Archer asks how they made it there, and where the 3rd ship is, Captain TBD says that there is no time to explain now and the 2 NX ships take on the 4 Romulan ships with some minor help from the Enterprise the Romulan ships are destroyed.

Afterward Archer finds that Trip was able to rig the engines so the NX ships could get there, but it caused the coils to burn out. They brought some replacements but it will take a couple days to replace them.

So we have a situation now were the Enterprise and the 2 NX ships cannot go to warp and must repair themselves.

Captain TBD tells Archer that the third NX vessel was having problems so Trip stayed behind to help get that ship going. As if timing could not be worse enough, 3 Romulan ships come out of warp. The warp-less NX ships get ready to battle them but surprisingly the Romulan ships go back into warp. Archer determines that the Romulans, seeing the warp damaged NX ships, are heading towards Earth!

Back at the ship yards near Earth, Trip is getting frustrated by the problems the 3rd NX ship is having. The ship’s captain is also somewhat annoying to Trip as well. Trip's impression is that the captain is too young and inexperienced for his position.

The third NX ship gets an emergency message from Starfleet saying that 3 Romulan ships have entered the system, and the ship must launch now to try and stop them.

So we have a situation where the 3rd NX ship, her young captain, and Trip must find a way to destroy the 3 Romulan ships. This time there will be NO last minute help from the Enterprise or the other 2 NX ships!!

T’Pol is now feeling a little jittery as she thought Trip would be safe near Earth. Also, Archer will be troubled as not once, but twice now, his ship is incapacitated and cannot come to the rescue. His ego of being the hero will take some hits here.