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Feeling that they are less than [[slave]]s, Tucker makes friends with the Vissian engineer's cogenitor after he learned from [[Phlox]]' analysis that they have the same intellectual potential as the two other sexes. He teaches it how to read and tries to make it understand that it has the same rights as the rest of its species. He then shows it the ''Enterprise'' and is amazed when it beats him at a game of [[Go]], since the engineer has been undefeated for the last two years.
  
Feeling that they are less than [[slave]]s, Tucker makes friends with the Vissian engineer's cogenitor after he learned from [[Phlox]]' analysis that they have the same intellectual potential as the two other sexes. He teaches it how to read and tries to make it understand that it has the same rights as the rest of its species. He then shows it the ''Enterprise'' and is amazed when it beats him at a game of [[Go]], since the engineer has been undefeated for the last two years.
   
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From there on, events chain up fast. [[T'Pol]] makes a speech to Tucker about the touchy nature of [[First Contact]]s when she learns that he is not welcomed on the Vissian ship after the time he spent with the cogenitor. Then, the cogenitor asks Captain Archer for [[asylum]], understanding that it will never be able to have a decent life among its own people. In order to not offend the Vissians, Archer refuses.
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From there on, events chain up fast. [[T'Pol]] makes a speech to Tucker about the touchy nature of [[First Contact]]s when she learns that he is not welcomed on the Vissian ship after the time he spent with the cogenitor. Then, the cogenitor asks Captain Archer for [[Political asylum|asylum]], understanding that it will never be able to have a decent life among its own people. In order to not offend the Vissians, Archer refuses.
   
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Even though the two ships depart with the best wishes and their captains hoping that the incident will not interfere with the relation between [[Earth]] and [[Vissia]], the situation gets a lot less bright when Archer learns that the cogenitor committed suicide, an evident result of the independence it developed out of Tucker's teachings. Calling Tucker to his ready room, Archer severely reprimands him for his interference, as it has not only resulted in the cogenitor's death, but now the Vissian couple will not be able to have a child for a long period of time. Tucker is deeply shocked, as Archer reminds him that despite all his time on ''Enterprise'', he still compares other cultures to Earth standards and interferes without thinking first. Archer is upset that first contact with the Vissians led to this conclusion, and Tucker begins to realize the consequences his actions can cause.
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Even though the two ships depart with the best wishes and their captains hoping that the incident will not interfere with the relation between [[Earth]] and [[Vissia]], the situation gets a lot less bright when Archer learns that the cogenitor committed [[suicide]], an evident result of the independence it developed out of Tucker's teachings. Calling Tucker to his ready room, Archer severely reprimands him for his interference, as it has not only resulted in the cogenitor's death, but has also denied the Vissian couple the chance to have a child for a long while. Tucker is deeply shocked, as Archer reminds him that despite all his time on ''Enterprise'', he still compares other cultures to Earth standards and interferes without thinking first. Archer is upset that first contact with the Vissians led to this conclusion, and Tucker begins to realize the consequences his actions can cause.
 
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== Memorable Quotes ==
  
== Memorable Quotes ==
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"''Can't forget Vulcan longevity, captain. A hundred years from now... how old would that make you?''"
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: - '''Tucker''', when T'Pol says she may be around for the supernova of a hypergiant in a century
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"''Pretty nice to make first contact without anyone thinkin' about charging weapons."
  
"''Pretty nice to make first contact without anyone thinkin' about charging weapons."
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:- '''Trip Tucker'''
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:- '''Tucker'''
   
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"''This is called vanilla and this is chocolate. Give it a try. Oh, no. Wait. You've got to eat the cherry first. This.''"<br />
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"''Why?''"<br />
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"''Uh, you just do.''"<br />
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"''A Human tradition?''"<br />
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"''Exactly.''"
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: - '''Tucker''' introduces the Vissian women '''Traistana''' and '''Veylo''' to ice cream sundaes
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"''Trip Tucker. Welcome aboard.''"<br />
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"''Hello.''"<br />
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"''It has no name. It's our cogenitor.''"
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: - '''Tucker''' introduces himself to the '''Vissian cogenitor''' and '''Calla'''
   
 
"''Your father? It's hard to imagine. The man who developed warp drive on my world lived nearly a thousand years ago.''"<br />
  
"''Your father? It's hard to imagine. The man who developed warp drive on my world lived nearly a thousand years ago.''"<br />
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: -'''Drennik''', commenting an the fact that Cpt. Archer's father was involved in further devloping warp drive on Earth
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: - '''Drennik''', commenting on the fact that Archer's father was involved in further developing warp drive on Earth
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"''Don't tell me. I don't think I want to know.''"<br />
  
"''Don't tell me. I don't think I want to know.''"<br />
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"''Uh, I think I'll pass.''"
  
"''Uh, I think I'll pass.''"
 
:- '''Tucker''' and '''Phlox''', discussing multi-gender mating techniques
  
:- '''Tucker''' and '''Phlox''', discussing multi-gender mating techniques
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"''They treat her like a pet. Kept in a room, not taught to read or write, no name. Porthos has a name!''"<br />
  
"''They treat her like a pet. Kept in a room, not taught to read or write, no name. Porthos has a name!''"<br />
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"''They're not Human.''"
  
"''They're not Human.''"
 
:- '''Tucker''' and '''T'Pol'''
  
:- '''Tucker''' and '''T'Pol'''
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"''Can we visit the armory later? I'm anxious to see your tactical array.''"<br />
  
"''Can we visit the armory later? I'm anxious to see your tactical array.''"<br />
 
"''There's an old Earth expression: ''I'll show you mine if... you show me yours."
  
"''There's an old Earth expression: ''I'll show you mine if... you show me yours."
 
:- '''Veylo''' and '''Malcolm Reed'''
  
:- '''Veylo''' and '''Malcolm Reed'''
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"''We're out here to meet new species, not tell them what to do!''"
  
"''We're out here to meet new species, not tell them what to do!''"
 
:- '''Archer''', to Tucker
  
:- '''Archer''', to Tucker
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"''I might have expected something like this from a first year recruit, but not you. You did exactly what I'd do? If that's true then I've done a pretty lousy job setting an example around here. You're a senior officer on this ship, you're privy to the moral challenges I've had to face. You ''know'' I've wrestled with the fine line between doing what ''I'' think is right and interfering with other species. So don't tell me you know what I would've done when ''I'' don't even know what I would've done''."
  
"''I might have expected something like this from a first year recruit, but not you. You did exactly what I'd do? If that's true then I've done a pretty lousy job setting an example around here. You're a senior officer on this ship, you're privy to the moral challenges I've had to face. You ''know'' I've wrestled with the fine line between doing what ''I'' think is right and interfering with other species. So don't tell me you know what I would've done when ''I'' don't even know what I would've done''."
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*[[F.J. Rio]] previously played [[Enrique Muñiz]] in the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episodes {{e|Starship Down}}, {{e|Hard Time}} and {{e|The Ship}}, as well as [[Joleg]] in {{VOY|Repentance}}.
  
*[[F.J. Rio]] previously played [[Enrique Muñiz]] in the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episodes {{e|Starship Down}}, {{e|Hard Time}} and {{e|The Ship}}, as well as [[Joleg]] in {{VOY|Repentance}}.
   
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*[[Andreas Katsulas]] played [[Tomalak]] in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episodes {{e|The Enemy}}, {{e|The Defector}}, {{e|Future Imperfect}} and {{e|All Good Things...}}. This episode marks his last appearance on ''Star Trek''; he died in 2006.
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*[[Andreas Katsulas]] played [[Tomalak]] in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episodes {{e|The Enemy}}, {{e|The Defector}}, {{e|Future Imperfect}} and {{e|All Good Things...}}. This episode marks his final appearance on ''Star Trek'' before his death in 2006.
   
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*[[Laura Interval]] previously played [[Erin Hansen]] in the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Voyager]]'' two-part episode {{e|Dark Frontier}}, credited in that episode as Laura Stepp.
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*[[Laura Interval]] previously played [[Erin Hansen]], the mother of [[Seven of Nine]], in the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Voyager]]'' two-part episode {{e|Dark Frontier}}, credited in that episode as Laura Stepp.
   
 
*The [[Vissian stratopod]] interior was a reuse of the Starfleet [[inspection pod]], which was in turn a reuse of the ''[[Phoenix]]'' cockpit from {{film|8}}.
  
*The [[Vissian stratopod]] interior was a reuse of the Starfleet [[inspection pod]], which was in turn a reuse of the ''[[Phoenix]]'' cockpit from {{film|8}}.
   
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*This episode contains the second mention of [[photonic weapon]]s (the first being in {{e|Sleeping Dogs}} ), a technology employed by the [[Vissian]]s. ''Enterprise'' was equipped with [[photonic torpedo]]es only a few episodes later, in {{e|The Expanse}}, suggesting that the Vissians shared the technology with the ''Enterprise'' crew.
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*This episode contains the second mention of [[photonic weapon]]s (the first being in {{e|Sleeping Dogs}}), a technology employed by the [[Vissian]]s. ''Enterprise'' was equipped with [[photonic torpedo]]es only a few episodes later, in {{e|The Expanse}}, suggesting that the Vissians shared the technology with the ''Enterprise'' crew.
   
 
*The piano music played in his quarters by Tucker for the Cogenitor is an excerpt from the first movement of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s [[Piano Sonata Number 16|''Sonata in C'', K.545]].
  
*The piano music played in his quarters by Tucker for the Cogenitor is an excerpt from the first movement of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s [[Piano Sonata Number 16|''Sonata in C'', K.545]].
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*When Tucker chooses a film to show to the Cogenitor, the computer shows among the available science fiction films ''[[The Bride of Chaotica]]'', the [[B-movie]] that inspires [[Tom Paris]] (from {{USS|Voyager}}) for his [[holographic program|holonovel]] ''[[The Adventures of Captain Proton]]'', especially for the chapter {{e|Bride of Chaotica!}}.
  
*When Tucker chooses a film to show to the Cogenitor, the computer shows among the available science fiction films ''[[The Bride of Chaotica]]'', the [[B-movie]] that inspires [[Tom Paris]] (from {{USS|Voyager}}) for his [[holographic program|holonovel]] ''[[The Adventures of Captain Proton]]'', especially for the chapter {{e|Bride of Chaotica!}}.
   
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*Other films on the list include ''[[Dixon Hill]] and the Black Orchid'', a reference to Captain [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]]'s favorite gumshoe and ''Mister Willis of Ohio'', the name of an episode of the political drama ''The West Wing''.
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*Other films on the list include ''[[Dixon Hill]] and the Black Orchid'', a reference to Captain [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]]'s favorite gumshoe as well as ''Mister Willis of Ohio'' and ''Celestial Navigation'', the names of episodes of the political drama ''The West Wing''.
   
 
*The stratopod's ability would be later seen in a [[Klingon Bird-of-Prey]], which was seen withstanding the outer edge of a star's corona ({{film|4}}; {{TNG|Redemption}}; {{DS9|Once More Unto the Breach}}).
  
*The stratopod's ability would be later seen in a [[Klingon Bird-of-Prey]], which was seen withstanding the outer edge of a star's corona ({{film|4}}; {{TNG|Redemption}}; {{DS9|Once More Unto the Breach}}).
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* [[Manny Coto]] cited this as one of two episodes, from the first two seasons of ''Star Trek: Enterprise'', that he "especially enjoyed" (the other such episode being {{e|Regeneration}}). (''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 118]]'', p. 25)
  
* [[Manny Coto]] cited this as one of two episodes, from the first two seasons of ''Star Trek: Enterprise'', that he "especially enjoyed" (the other such episode being {{e|Regeneration}}). (''[[Star Trek Magazine issue 118]]'', p. 25)
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* The game of Go played by Tucker and the Cogenitor sadly doesn't make a lot of sense, particularly given that Tucker is supposed to be an experienced player. In particular the "winning move" depicts the Cogenitor actually losing a point by playing inside his/her own territory.
   
 
== Links and references ==
  
== Links and references ==
 
=== Starring ===
  
=== Starring ===
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*[[Scott Bakula]] as [[Jonathan Archer]]
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*[[Scott Bakula]] as [[Captain]] [[Jonathan Archer]]
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*[[John Billingsley]] as [[Phlox]]
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*[[John Billingsley]] as [[Doctor]] [[Phlox]]
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*[[Jolene Blalock]] as [[T'Pol]]
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*[[Jolene Blalock]] as [[Subcommander]] [[T'Pol]]
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*[[Dominic Keating]] as [[Malcolm Reed]]
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*[[Dominic Keating]] as [[Lieutenant]] [[Malcolm Reed]]
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*[[Anthony Montgomery]] as [[Travis Mayweather]]
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*[[Anthony Montgomery]] as [[Ensign]] [[Travis Mayweather]]
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*[[Linda Park]] as [[Hoshi Sato]]
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*[[Linda Park]] as [[Ensign]] [[Hoshi Sato]]
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*[[Connor Trinneer]] as [[Charles Tucker III|Charles "Trip" Tucker III]]
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*[[Connor Trinneer]] as [[Commander]] [[Charles Tucker III|Charles "Trip" Tucker III]]
   
 
=== Guest Stars ===
  
=== Guest Stars ===
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=== References ===
  
=== References ===
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[[Alsatian muenster cheese]]; [[Robert Michael Ballantyne|Ballantyne, Robery Michael]]; [[body-surfing]]; [[cheese]]; [[cogenitor]]; [[Didiron mountain range]]; [[Florida]]; [[gigajoule]]; ''[[The Gorilla Hunters|Gorilla Hunters, The]]''; [[Great Continent]]; ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]''; ''[[Hamlet]]''; [[hypergiant]]; [[Klaatu]]; ''[[Macbeth]]''; [[multiphasic emitter]]; [[nucleosynthesis]]; [[Oahu]]; [[Oliver La Farge|La Farge, Oliver]]; [[omicron radiation]]; [[phase cannon]]; [[photosphere]]; ''[[A Pictorial History of the American Indians|Pictorial History of the American Indians, A]]''; ''[[Piano Sonata Number 16|Mozart Piano Sonata Number 16]]''; [[Porthos]]; [[quantum inverter]]; [[sarium]]; [[sex]]; [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare, William]]; [[Singapore]]; [[Sophocles]]; [[Stilton cheese]]; [[Jonathan Swift|Swift, Jonathan]]; [[trinesium]]; [[Vissia]]; [[Vissia system]]; [[Vissian]]; [[Vissian starship]]; [[Vissian stratopod]]; [[warp drive]]
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[[Alsatian munster cheese]]; [[android]]; [[Henry Archer|Archer, Henry]]; [[Robert Michael Ballantyne|Ballantyne, Robery Michael]]; [[body-surfing]]; [[cheese]]; [[Chef (Enterprise NX-01)|Chef]]; [[cherry]]; [[chromosphere]]; [[cogenitor]]; [[Didiron mountain range]]; [[Earth]]; [[first contact]]; [[Florida]]; [[gigajoule]]; ''[[The Gorilla Hunters|Gorilla Hunters, The]]''; [[Great Continent]]; ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]''; ''[[Hamlet]]''; [[Human rights]]; [[hypergiant]]; [[iceberg]]; [[ice cream]]; [[kilometer]]; [[Klaatu]]; ''[[Macbeth]]''; [[multiphasic emitter]]; [[nucleosynthesis]]; [[Oahu]]; [[Oliver La Farge|La Farge, Oliver]]; [[omicron radiation]]; [[phase cannon]]; [[photosphere]]; ''[[A Pictorial History of the American Indians|Pictorial History of the American Indians, A]]''; ''[[Piano Sonata Number 16|Mozart Piano Sonata Number 16]]''; [[political asylum]]; [[Porthos]]; [[quantum inverter]]; [[sarium]]; [[sex]]; [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare, William]]; [[Singapore]]; [[Sophocles]]; [[Stilton cheese]]; [[suicide]]; [[sundae]]; [[Jonathan Swift|Swift, Jonathan]]; [[trinesium]]; [[Vissia]]; [[Vissia system]]; [[Vissian]]; [[Vissian starship]]; [[Vissian stratopod]]; [[Vulcan]]s; [[warp drive]]; [[western]]
   
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=== Movie references ===
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===Movie references===
 
''[[Animal Control]]'', ''[[Apache Serenade]]'', ''[[Attack of the Martians]]'', ''[[Banned in Phoenix]]'', ''[[Beyond the Rocky Mountains]]'', ''[[The Bride of Chaotica]]'', ''[[Canyon of the Rustler]]'', ''[[Curse of the Buccaneer]]'', ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'', ''[[Death in Arizona]]'', ''[[Escape from Dodge City]]'', ''[[Celestial Navigation]]'', ''[[Frontier Maverick of the West]]'', ''[[Jailhouse Promise]]'', ''[[Love's Lovely Love]]'', ''[[Montana Ambush]]'', ''[[Sheriff's Revenge]]'', ''[[The Stagecoach of Flame]]'', ''[[Fear Planet]]'', ''[[It Came From Beneath the Refrigerator]]'', ''[[The Man From San Francisco]]'', ''[[Mister Willis of Ohio]]'', ''[[The Planet of the Undead]]'', ''[[Strange Case of Mr. Cigars]]'', ''[[Pirates From Hell]]'', ''[[Supernova Dawn]]'', ''[[Dixon Hill and the Black Orchid]]'', ''[[The Underworld Aliens]]'', ''[[World Beyond Zero]]''
  
''[[Animal Control]]'', ''[[Apache Serenade]]'', ''[[Attack of the Martians]]'', ''[[Banned in Phoenix]]'', ''[[Beyond the Rocky Mountains]]'', ''[[The Bride of Chaotica]]'', ''[[Canyon of the Rustler]]'', ''[[Curse of the Buccaneer]]'', ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'', ''[[Death in Arizona]]'', ''[[Escape from Dodge City]]'', ''[[Celestial Navigation]]'', ''[[Frontier Maverick of the West]]'', ''[[Jailhouse Promise]]'', ''[[Love's Lovely Love]]'', ''[[Montana Ambush]]'', ''[[Sheriff's Revenge]]'', ''[[The Stagecoach of Flame]]'', ''[[Fear Planet]]'', ''[[It Came From Beneath the Refrigerator]]'', ''[[The Man From San Francisco]]'', ''[[Mister Willis of Ohio]]'', ''[[The Planet of the Undead]]'', ''[[Strange Case of Mr. Cigars]]'', ''[[Pirates From Hell]]'', ''[[Supernova Dawn]]'', ''[[Dixon Hill and the Black Orchid]]'', ''[[The Underworld Aliens]]'', ''[[World Beyond Zero]]''
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===External link===
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*{{Wikipedia|Cogenitor}}
   
 
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Enterprise encounters the Vissians, a race that includes a third gender of "cogenitors" who are treated as second-class citizens.

Summary

The Enterprise NX-01 is studying a hypergiant star when it makes contact with a scout ship from another species, the Vissians. Vissian Captain Drennik offers Jonathan Archer the use of one of their stratopods to explore the inner workings of the star, an opportunity Archer gladly accepts, looking forward to improving the already friendly relations with the Vissians.

On Enterprise, Malcolm Reed makes friends with the Vissian tactical officer while Trip Tucker has a conversation with the chief engineer and his wife. Tucker then learns that the Vissians have three sexes: male, female and cogenitor. Cogenitors, who make up about 3% of the Vissian population, are treated in a very pragmatic way, being shipped from one couple to another to keep the population growing. A side effect is that they are treated like objects, not deserving names nor education.

Feeling that they are less than slaves, Tucker makes friends with the Vissian engineer's cogenitor after he learned from Phlox' analysis that they have the same intellectual potential as the two other sexes. He teaches it how to read and tries to make it understand that it has the same rights as the rest of its species. He then shows it the Enterprise and is amazed when it beats him at a game of Go, since the engineer has been undefeated for the last two years.

From there on, events chain up fast. T'Pol makes a speech to Tucker about the touchy nature of First Contacts when she learns that he is not welcomed on the Vissian ship after the time he spent with the cogenitor. Then, the cogenitor asks Captain Archer for asylum, understanding that it will never be able to have a decent life among its own people. In order to not offend the Vissians, Archer refuses.

Even though the two ships depart with the best wishes and their captains hoping that the incident will not interfere with the relation between Earth and Vissia, the situation gets a lot less bright when Archer learns that the cogenitor committed suicide, an evident result of the independence it developed out of Tucker's teachings. Calling Tucker to his ready room, Archer severely reprimands him for his interference, as it has not only resulted in the cogenitor's death, but has also denied the Vissian couple the chance to have a child for a long while. Tucker is deeply shocked, as Archer reminds him that despite all his time on Enterprise, he still compares other cultures to Earth standards and interferes without thinking first. Archer is upset that first contact with the Vissians led to this conclusion, and Tucker begins to realize the consequences his actions can cause.

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Memorable Quotes

"Can't forget Vulcan longevity, captain. A hundred years from now... how old would that make you?"

- Tucker, when T'Pol says she may be around for the supernova of a hypergiant in a century

"Pretty nice to make first contact without anyone thinkin' about charging weapons."

- Tucker

"This is called vanilla and this is chocolate. Give it a try. Oh, no. Wait. You've got to eat the cherry first. This."
"Why?"
"Uh, you just do."
"A Human tradition?"
"Exactly."

- Tucker introduces the Vissian women Traistana and Veylo to ice cream sundaes

"Trip Tucker. Welcome aboard."
"Hello."
"It has no name. It's our cogenitor."

- Tucker introduces himself to the Vissian cogenitor and Calla

"Your father? It's hard to imagine. The man who developed warp drive on my world lived nearly a thousand years ago."

- Drennik, commenting on the fact that Archer's father was involved in further developing warp drive on Earth

"Don't tell me. I don't think I want to know."
"Oh, well... I have pictures!"
"Uh, I think I'll pass."

- Tucker and Phlox, discussing multi-gender mating techniques

"They treat her like a pet. Kept in a room, not taught to read or write, no name. Porthos has a name!"
"It's not our place to judge the customs of other cultures."
"We're not talking about taking your shoes off when you walk into someone's house. This cogenitor's treated like one of Phlox's leeches. You pull it out of its tank when you need it, then you throw it back in."
"Tri-gender reproduction is not uncommon."
"That's not what I'm talking about. This is a question of... Human rights."
"They're not Human."

- Tucker and T'Pol

"Can we visit the armory later? I'm anxious to see your tactical array."
"There's an old Earth expression: I'll show you mine if... you show me yours."

- Veylo and Malcolm Reed

"We're out here to meet new species, not tell them what to do!"

- Archer, to Tucker

"I might have expected something like this from a first year recruit, but not you. You did exactly what I'd do? If that's true then I've done a pretty lousy job setting an example around here. You're a senior officer on this ship, you're privy to the moral challenges I've had to face. You know I've wrestled with the fine line between doing what I think is right and interfering with other species. So don't tell me you know what I would've done when I don't even know what I would've done."

- Archer, to Tucker

Background Information

  • The piano music played in his quarters by Tucker for the Cogenitor is an excerpt from the first movement of Mozart's Sonata in C, K.545.
  • Other films on the list include Dixon Hill and the Black Orchid, a reference to Captain Picard's favorite gumshoe as well as Mister Willis of Ohio and Celestial Navigation, the names of episodes of the political drama The West Wing.
  • The game of Go played by Tucker and the Cogenitor sadly doesn't make a lot of sense, particularly given that Tucker is supposed to be an experienced player. In particular the "winning move" depicts the Cogenitor actually losing a point by playing inside his/her own territory.

Links and references

Starring

Guest Stars

Co-Star

Uncredited Co-Stars

References

Alsatian munster cheese; android; Archer, Henry; Ballantyne, Robery Michael; body-surfing; cheese; Chef; cherry; chromosphere; cogenitor; Didiron mountain range; Earth; first contact; Florida; gigajoule; Gorilla Hunters, The; Great Continent; Gulliver's Travels; Hamlet; Human rights; hypergiant; iceberg; ice cream; kilometer; Klaatu; Macbeth; multiphasic emitter; nucleosynthesis; Oahu; La Farge, Oliver; omicron radiation; phase cannon; photosphere; Pictorial History of the American Indians, A; Mozart Piano Sonata Number 16; political asylum; Porthos; quantum inverter; sarium; sex; Shakespeare, William; Singapore; Sophocles; Stilton cheese; suicide; sundae; Swift, Jonathan; trinesium; Vissia; Vissia system; Vissian; Vissian starship; Vissian stratopod; Vulcans; warp drive; western

Movie references

Animal Control, Apache Serenade, Attack of the Martians, Banned in Phoenix, Beyond the Rocky Mountains, The Bride of Chaotica, Canyon of the Rustler, Curse of the Buccaneer, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Death in Arizona, Escape from Dodge City, Celestial Navigation, Frontier Maverick of the West, Jailhouse Promise, Love's Lovely Love, Montana Ambush, Sheriff's Revenge, The Stagecoach of Flame, Fear Planet, It Came From Beneath the Refrigerator, The Man From San Francisco, Mister Willis of Ohio, The Planet of the Undead, Strange Case of Mr. Cigars, Pirates From Hell, Supernova Dawn, Dixon Hill and the Black Orchid, The Underworld Aliens, World Beyond Zero

External link

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