Did they go back and help the aliens they stole from?
- Thread starter Admiral Jean-Luc Picard
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Where do you place the priority?
Obviously, Archer did what was necessary. You do what you have to do, even if it makes you sick, gives you nightmares, or leaves you hating yourself until your dying day. I expect that he arranged for help to be sent as soon as possible. But it's very possible that he was too late. Even so, a ship lost for a planet saved is a more than fair trade.
At the very least Archer should have brain washed the opposing crew so that they thought that Kingons were to blame, or used some widget to put their victims in stasis for a month, so that Archer would either be dead, or returned with a fresh engine part to replace what was taken surreptitiously as if it had never happened, like it was the perfect crime.
Although, Captain Lorian was a complete Putz for not heading this trolley problem off at the pass, and arriving 2 episodes earlier to save mom and dad.
The happy answer is that the Illyrian crew were rescued, either by Archer or as ship he had sent to look for them, or even by other Illyrians, and everyone is okay.
The unhappy answer is the crew died/went missing without a trace/mutinied against the captain. And while such an outcome would provide a lesson to cadets at the Academy, it hurts Archer’s reputation. And he is already not a top choice for favourite captain as it is. Even though the Illyrian captain is selfish in not caring that Earth might get destroyed.
I think it depends if the Illyrian crew can call home or to a friendly port for help within a couple of days (they are only 3 years out at impulse; at 1/3rd warp speed, its basically their backyard), and if they encountered any more spatial anomalies over the next few days before Enterprise shut the spheres down. And if they even know how to build a new warp coil.
Another thing, we do not know the average lifespan of an Illyrians (genetically modified or not), so that might also be a factor as to why the crew was concerned about being stranded. Although, they are still only a lightyear away from home. For comparison, Alpha Centauri is 4 lightyears away from Earth.
The unhappy answer is the crew died/went missing without a trace/mutinied against the captain. And while such an outcome would provide a lesson to cadets at the Academy, it hurts Archer’s reputation. And he is already not a top choice for favourite captain as it is. Even though the Illyrian captain is selfish in not caring that Earth might get destroyed.
I think it depends if the Illyrian crew can call home or to a friendly port for help within a couple of days (they are only 3 years out at impulse; at 1/3rd warp speed, its basically their backyard), and if they encountered any more spatial anomalies over the next few days before Enterprise shut the spheres down. And if they even know how to build a new warp coil.
Another thing, we do not know the average lifespan of an Illyrians (genetically modified or not), so that might also be a factor as to why the crew was concerned about being stranded. Although, they are still only a lightyear away from home. For comparison, Alpha Centauri is 4 lightyears away from Earth.
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