A long unexplained mystery back on Earth is the disappearance of the colony 70 years prior. When the crew of the Enterprise arrives, they discover unexplained radiation at the site of the colony. The Radiation Levels 70 years ago would have been lethal. However, they find people still there and living underground. Mayweather and Hoshi are on the Bridge, looking over the logs of the Terra Nova colonists. Archer enters to ask if they have arrived at the colony. Mayweather wonders whether the records contain a clue to the fate of the colony. Hoshi wonders whether anyone is still alive in the colony; Archer says that they’ll find out in three hours seventeen minutes, their ETA.

In the Captain’s Mess, T’Pol shows her ignorance of the history of Terra Nova. Archer tells her that it was called the ‘Great Experiment’, discovering if humans could colonise deep space. Terra Nova was colonised after New Berlin was built on the Moon, Utopia Planitia on Mars and some asteroid colonies. It was less than 20 light years from Earth and took the explorers nine years to reach and another nine to return. The colonists went silent after arguing with Earth about receiving more colony ships. They protested and Earth received no more communications for seventy years. T’Pol asks why no ships were sent to rescue the colonists; Archer reminds her of the journey time. Vulcan ships are quicker, T’Pol argues. Favours from Vulcans carry too high a price, says Trip. Later, the Enterprise arrives at Terra Nova, an Earth-like class M planet. Hails are unanswered and there are no bio-signs but the colony appears intact. T’Pol detects low-level radiation (800 millirads) but cannot tell the source. The colony looks like a ghost town on the main viewer. Archer hands the Bridge to Trip and takes a shuttlepod down to the colony with Mayweather, Reed & T’Pol. On the surface, tumbleweeds blow across dirt tracks as the landing party make their way towards the buildings. T’Pol doesn’t detect signs of weapons fire. Archer sends Mayweather to the communications tower to see if the data buffer is intact in order to copy their last transmissions. Reed scouts the perimeter. T’Pol notes that the radiation levels seventy years ago would have been lethal; perhaps the colonists left the planet? She also believes that the radiation will probably be in the area for at least another decade. Archer notes that the buildings are built out of the colony ship – it was designed to be disassembled when the colonists made planetfall. Reed detects a humanoid presence in the forest at the edge of the colony and radios Archer before pursuing.

Duration : 0:10:4

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