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"Terra Prime" Production Report Goes to the Moon and Beyond - SPOILERS

By Steve Krutzler / 20:44, 1 March 2005 / Enterprise

The official STAR TREK web site has posted the penultimate ENTERPRISE production report. For "Terra Prime," the second in a two-parter (with "Demons"), a human named 'Paxton' threatens to obliterate Starfleet headquarters using a Mars-based weapon repurposed from terraforming efforts on the Red Planet.

Continuing his guest role is Peter Weller in the Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens and Manny Coto penned episode, from a story by the Reeves-Stevenses and Andre Bormanis. Eric Pierpoint continues as the Section 31 operative 'Harris' and Harry Groene will be back as 'Samuels', the Earth politician trying to forge a proto-Federation between species.

"Paxton has moved his Orpheus mining complex - which, it turns out, is detachable and has warp drive - from the Moon to Mars, where he has tied his reactor into the 'verteron array' there," reports the site. "That array is a huge row of particle cannons used to redirect comets for terraforming purposes, but Paxton has turned it into a formidable weapon against any target in the solar system. He lays down an ultimatum: all non-humans must leave the system within 24 hours, or Terra Prime will "defend the rights of every human." And he'll start by destroying Starfleet Command in San Francisco with a verteron beam."

Helmed by director of photography Marvin Rush, "Terra Prime" is slated to air Friday, May 13th at 8 PM just ahead of the currently untitled series finale of ENTERPRISE.

You can read the full detailed production report here.

ENTERPRISE Mission Schedule \| Logs by Season: 1 2 3 4
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Hmm, "season finale"? | Report this post to moderator
By: darkedgex (Odo's file, contact) @ 02:28:27 on Mar 02, 2005

At the beginning of the article they refer to the last episode as the "series finale", but later in the article they refer to it twice as "season finale". Now, my tin-foil hat isn't what it used to be, but that sure seems like an awfully interesting change to have occur multiple times in the same article. :P

Hopefully even if it's an honest mistake by the author it's atleast a harbringer of things to come. =)

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Wow! | Report this post to moderator
By: TUPPERFAN: The FAN Who Knows His TUPPERWARE! (Odo's file, contact) @ 22:41:35 on Mar 01, 2005 | (1)

The synopsis sucks!

Of course the episode might still be good, a few lines synopsis is hardly an indicator but it just sounds like crap that could hardly happen by Enterprise's time! Can you imagine the calculations(distance, orbits, time delays etc) involved in targeting Starfleet Command in San Francisco from Mars? I mean, even if he have the chance to do it, thanks to the perfect orbits of both planets, he wouldn't be able to change target and also hit, exemple: Jupiter Station on a short notice, or any other "point in the solar system". Can they make that technology believable, mostly in the 2150's? We'll see I guess...

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RE: Wow! by Noraa @ 22:57:31 on Mar 01
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          RE: Wow! by TUPPERFAN: The FAN Who Knows His TUPPERWARE! @ 16:59:24 on Mar 02
          RE: Wow! by dr_iacovone @ 09:01:52 on Mar 02
             RE: Wow! by Noraa @ 11:21:05 on Mar 02
                RE: Wow! by dr_iacovone @ 11:30:46 on Mar 02
                   RE: Wow! by TUPPERFAN: The FAN Who Knows His TUPPERWARE! @ 16:52:50 on Mar 02

Dr. Evil? | Report this post to moderator
By: X-Drone1701 (Odo's file, contact) @ 20:54:32 on Mar 01, 2005

This 'Paxton' jackass sounds like a Dr. Evil wannabe.

After reading the spoilers, I'm banking that Praxton will be successful in using his death ray against some part of the solar system. Riker and Troi will recall these events in the last episode.

It also sounds like these events could have been used for an entire season story arc.

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RE: Dr. Evil? by Meglo @ 00:17:54 on Mar 02
RE: Dr. Evil? by Dukat @ 22:12:27 on Mar 01

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Hmm, &quot;season finale&quot;? | Report this post to moderator By: darkedgex (Odo's file, contact) @ 02:28:27 on Mar 02, 2005

Wow! | Report this post to moderator By: TUPPERFAN: The FAN Who Knows His TUPPERWARE! (Odo's file, contact) @ 22:41:35 on Mar 01, 2005 | (1)

Dr. Evil? | Report this post to moderator By: X-Drone1701 (Odo's file, contact) @ 20:54:32 on Mar 01, 2005

Hmm, "season finale"? | Report this post to moderator
By: darkedgex (Odo's file, contact) @ 02:28:27 on Mar 02, 2005

Wow! | Report this post to moderator
By: TUPPERFAN: The FAN Who Knows His TUPPERWARE! (Odo's file, contact) @ 22:41:35 on Mar 01, 2005 | (1)

Dr. Evil? | Report this post to moderator
By: X-Drone1701 (Odo's file, contact) @ 20:54:32 on Mar 01, 2005