Star Trek: Enterprise

Star Trek : Strange New Worldsis ultimately makingStar Trek : Enterprisemore crucial . Originally bare from 2001 to 2005,Star Trek : Enterpriseattempted to beat franchise fatigue with a prequel series set sooner in theStar Trektimeline . Star Trek : Enterprisestarred Scott Bakula as Captain Jonathan Archer in command of the previously unnamed NX-01 Enterprise in the 2150s . Archer was join by new fictitious character in crowd side that were already familiar toStar Trekfans , like Ensign Hoshi Sato ( Linda Park ) handling communication theory , Chief Engineer Trip Tucker ( Connor Trinneer ) , and Ensign Travis Mayweather ( Anthony Montgomery ) at the helm .

AlthoughStar Trek : Enterprisefollowed a familiar format , Enterprise ’s awkward position as aStar Trekprequel meant it had a arduous time fitting intoStar Trek ’s shared world organically . Star Trek : The Next Generation , Star Trek : Deep Space Nine , andStar Trek : Voyagerbenefited from a portion out timeline , Star Trekcharacter crossovers , and reverence forStar Trek : The Original Series . Star Trek : Enterprisecouldn’t easily reference series that took place later without shoehorning , and its fiber could n’t have been mentioned in show that were produce originally . Without the same success , Enterpriseisn’t remember as fondly as early series .

Star Trek: Enterprise Got Long Awaited Respect From Strange New Worlds

Strange New Worlds Shows How Archer’s Enterprise Fits Into Star Trek’s History

Star Trek : Enterprisegot long - overdue respect fromStar Trek : unknown New Worldsseason 2 , installment 7 , " Those Old Scientists " . After being surprise by hero adoration from twenty-fourth - century Ensigns Beckett Mariner ( Tawny Newsome ) and Brad Boimler ( Jack Quaid),Captain Christopher Pike ’s ( Anson Mount ) Enterprise crowd imagine meeting their twenty-second - century hero . Finding a piece of Archer ’s Enterprise within Pike ’s endeavour , they discover Pike ’s admiration for Captain Archer is matched by Ensign Nyota Uhura ’s ( Celia Rose Gooding ) respect for Hoshi Sato , and Lieutenant Erica Ortegas ' ( Melissa Navia ) appreciation for Travis Mayweather . Even the NX-01 ’s grapplers make a nod .

Captain Christopher Pike is a sociable Captain in Strange New Worlds and he must have emulated crew dinner party from Archer on Star Trek : go-ahead .

The conversation givesStar Trek : Enterprisea historical setting that was n’t possible in earlierStar Trekshows . alternatively of being the often - forgotten characters of theStar Trekfranchise ’s black sheep , the crew of Archer ’s Enterprise are just as important to theStar Trek : Strange New Worldscharacters as the crew of Pike ’s Enterprise are to Mariner and Boimler fromStar Trek : Lower deck . That reverence speak to just how significant the NX-01 and its crowd are to theStar Trekuniverse , and always have been , even if they could n’t have been referenced inStar Trek ’s 1990s trifecta .

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Why Scott Bakula’s Enterprise Is So Important To Star Trek

Star Trek: Enterprise Laid The Groundwork For Star Trek As We Know It

Scott Bakula’sStar Trek : Enterpriseis important toStar Trekbecause Archer ’s Enterprise helpsStar Trek ’s idealized future come into being . On humankind ’s first warp-5 capable spaceship , the coltsfoot is a much enceinte place for Captain Archer , whose reckless optimism is as admirable as it is flawed . The rules that guideStar Trekcaptains , likeStarfleet ’s Prime Directive , have yet to be invented — and Archer helps to invent them . Archer ’s friendship with T’Pol ( Jolene Blalock ) and Thy’lek Shran ( Jeffrey Combs ) are a precursor to humans , Vulcans , Andorians , and Tellarites allying to form the United Federation of Planets .

The doer fromStar Trek : Enterprisehave yet to reprize their roles in canonStar Trekstories , but Connor Trinneer did revert to voice Commander Trip Tucker for the " anything but canyon " animatedStar Trek : very Short Treksepisode , " Holograms All The Way Down " .

As the audience whose first institution toStar Trekmight have beenStar Trek : Enterpriseages into maturity , it ’s easy forStar Trekto retroactively work up on the groundwork thatStar Trek : Enterpriselaid down . Far from beingStar Trek ’s forgotten serial , modernStar TrekreferencesStar Trek : Enterprisemore ofttimes than you might think . From nonchalantly mentioning Trip Tucker to revealing the profound issue of the Temporal Cold War , Star Trek : Strange New Worldsconfirms Captain Archer and the NX-01 crew ’s plaza inStar Trek ’s history as true pioneers worthy of respect .

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The Strange New Worlds Enterprise crew in Engineering with Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome) and Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid) in Those Old Scientists

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