shock to your nervous system
will be severe.
It could kill you.
You must decline.
We're not offering a choice.
You'd do this by force?
We'd prefer that you undertake the ritual willingly.
It will stand a better chance of success.
However, if force is required,
we won't hesitate to use it.
Let's get started.
Captain...
It's my call.
Admiral Gardner followed the Vulcan line straight down the middle.
He wants us out of here yesterday.
Did you tell him about the captain and T'Pol?
I left that part out.
Enterprise was supposed to leave orbit an hour ago.
V'Las is not a patient man.
There's not a whole lot he can do about it.
Hell of a job, Travis.
Thank you, sir.
Let us find'em and bring'em back.
No sightseeing along the way. Understood.
We've got a recon satellite to jam.
Enterprise hasn't left orbit.
They're maintaining a stationary position above the Forge.
Keep monitoring them.
Yes, Excellency.
We can't proceed with the operation
while the Earth ship is there.
You're concerned about witnesses.
Gardner gave them an order to leave.
I heard the transmission.
So we're now monitoring their communications?
They wouldn't disobey an order without a reason.
I intend to find out what it is.
Passed down through the ages,
the katra of Surak,
father of all we hold true,
lives on in this man.
Let it now live on in me.
Surak.
[ groans ]
Good to see you again, Captain.
My appearance must be quite disconcerting.
I apologize.
Radiation sickness?
We're paying a heavy price for our foolishness.
Logic has not won this day.
But this day won't last forever.
Logic is at the heart of every Vulcan.
Even as the ashes fall,
my people are discovering a new way.
You can accomplish what Syrran could not.
But Syrran...
...was a Vulcan
and you're human,
which means you are untouched by a culture
that can no longer see its own imminent destruction.
We cannot let what happened
to the Vulcans of my time take place again.
Find what my people have lost.
[ groans ]
Find the Kir'Shara.
[ both gasp ]
Captain...
[ gasping ]
I failed.
Surak chooses to remain where he is.
The satellite's been disabled.
They've got six minutes to get through.
Travis, it's all yours.
Probably should've skipped breakfast this morning.
They're through.
We're losing contact.
These thermals are only going to get stronger.
That was no thermal.
The plasma-cannons are still working.
But I can't say the same for the targeting sensors.
We must be getting close to the geomagnetic field.
Doesn't seem to be affecting them.
They must have better shielding. I'll have to aim manually.
Can you get us on their tail?
They've slipped below us.
We've lost part of the starboard wing!
We have to abort. I think I can get us down.
You won't be able to get us back up.
Thrusters are off-line.
We'll have to fire the chemical rockets. Hang on.
They've been fired on.
They took damage, but they're heading back to Enterprise.
I guess six minutes wasn't enough.
They must've been monitoring us.
Three ships closing on our position.
[ console beeps ] We're being hailed.
It's Administrator V'Las.
Why did you launch a shuttlepod?
Why the hell did you fire on it? You had no authorization.
Answer the question.
We're looking for our captain.
Archer's on the surface?
He's in the Forge searching for the Syrrannites.
You were ordered to leave orbit.
I advised them to stay.
I assume you assisted
in disabling the security satellite.
I gave them the code.
Commander Tucker...
you're to break orbit immediately.
We're not leaving without the Captain.
You will leave immediately,
or I'll order my ships to open fire.
How is he?
His breathing has stabilized,
but his fever is still high.
He agreed to the ritual.
If he hadn't, you would have forced him.
You claim that Surak's teachings
have been corrupted by the High Command,
but you're no different.
There is a profound difference.
You deceive yourself.
T'Pol...
I shouldn