Date not given: The Xindi Council, consisting of five distinct species, debates about the weapon to be built and possible measures to be taken against the alleged invasion of humans. Meanwhile on Enterprise, the first spatial anomalies show up after entering the Expanse. Archer and Tucker arrive at a mining colony where they are supposed to find a Xindi. When the administrator of the colony traps them together with the Xindi, they attempt to escape, but are captured. The MACOs succeed in freeing them, however the Xindi is killed. Briefly before his death, he leaves Dr. Phlox the alleged coordinates of his homeworld, but at that location Enterprise finds nothing but debris of a formerly inhabited planet. Archer orders a course deeper into the Expanse.

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