Twilight

[The_Baroness]

I like this episode, but it's only now I've picked up that the planet the 6000 survivors of earth settled on in the alternate timeline is Ceti Alpha V.

So...had Phlox not cured Archer and this timeline had stuck...in 150 years or so their new home would be rendered uninhabitable when Ceti Alpha 6 explodes.

The Xindi really did do a number on humanity in that timeline....

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Then again, we never find out exactly what made Ceti Alpha VI explode in the first place.

I mean, planets don't just up and explode for no reason. Something had to MAKE it explode. Perhaps that doesn't happen in this timeline?

 

[Seven of Five]

Twilight is one of my favourite episodes of ENT. I always love a good alternate reality episode in Trek whenever the crew are put through the wringer. I also love the added tragic twist of the survivors settling on Cetic Alpha VI.

 

[Cox of Seagulls]

Never rains but it pours!

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

There's a SNW story (the fanfic, not the TV series) that deals with the Twilight timeline. It's one of my favorite of the collections.

Spoiler

Khan and his ilk find the struggling remnants of Humanity and unite them, taking the fight back to the Xindi and wiping them out.

 

[Finn]

Who woke them up?

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Who woke them up?

One of the surviving Earth ships.

And the story is "Dawn" from Strange New Worlds VIII.

 

[The Wormhole]

I like this episode, but it's only now I've picked up that the planet the 6000 survivors of earth settled on in the alternate timeline is Ceti Alpha V.

So...had Phlox not cured Archer and this timeline had stuck...in 150 years or so their new home would be rendered uninhabitable when Ceti Alpha 6 explodes.

The Xindi really did do a number on humanity in that timeline....

Indeed. Mike Sussman even admitted in an interview he intentionally chose Ceti Alpha V as the new colony to send the message that even if the Xindi never found them, humanity is screwed in this timeline anyway.

 

[Oddish]

Nasty.

 

[DonIago]

I caught that when the episode first aired and thought it was terribly depressing (but mildly amusing as an in-joke) irony.

 

[somebuddyX]

Apparently they were going to introduce Columbia in this episode instead of using Intrepid. And then they wanted to use Columbia in E2 instead of Enterprise. Poor ship got no respect in alternate timelines.

 

[Oddish]

Apparently they were going to introduce Columbia in this episode instead of using Intrepid. And then they wanted to use Columbia in E2 instead of Enterprise. Poor ship got no respect in alternate timelines.

Or the prime one. Look at Trip, transferring over and then leaving 30 seconds later.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Apparently they were going to introduce Columbia in this episode instead of using Intrepid. And then they wanted to use Columbia in E2 instead of Enterprise. Poor ship got no respect in alternate timelines.

You think that's bad, try reading the Destiny novels...you'll never guess what eventually happens to Columbia...

 

[Oddish]

Same thing as happened to ours?

 

[DonIago]

You think that's bad, try reading the Destiny novels...you'll never guess what eventually happens to Columbia...

Those poor people. :/

 

[Lord Hierarch]

One of the surviving Earth ships.

And the story is "Dawn" from Strange New Worlds VIII.

Wait, in a canonical/not fanfiction book?

Wow. Wish I could buy it.

 

[DonIago]

^Not sure what you mean. AFAIK no Trek books are canon.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Same thing as happened to ours?

Worse.

Much, much worse.

 

[Oddish]

Worse.

Much, much worse.

Yikes!
So, fate worse than death.

 

[The_Baroness]

Yikes!
So, fate worse than death.

Check out the Destiny book trilogy.