as comrades.
Be patient, Lieutenant.
The Denobulan is working
to stabilize the human DNA.
You will all be healthy again
and stronger than any Klingon.
Will he restore our appearance?
I don't know.
How do you expect us
to return home looking like this?
We will be outcasts.
There will be no place for us in the Empire.
Your heart is still Klingon.
Are you certain of that?
During the battle with the Starfleet ship
I felt fear for the first time
since I was a child.
I wasn't alone.
I could see it
in the eyes of the others.
We've become like them...
weak... cowardly.
It would be better for us to die.
As long as I draw breath...
the Empire will not turn its back on you.
I get the feeling you miss Phlox, too.
Or maybe it's just the stash of cheese
he's got in Sick Bay.
[com beeps]
Hold that thought.
Captain Archer,
I'm told you have
some questions for me.
Where's my doctor?
He's safe.
On a mission of great importance to Starfleet.
Phlox was kidnapped.
Starfleet would never authorize that.
Reread the Charter, Article 14, Section 31.
There are a few lines that make allowances
for bending the rules during times of extraordinary threat.
What threat?
Take your pick.
Earth's got a lot of enemies.
Klingons attacked my ship.
Is that what we're talking about?
What I want to talk about is Lieutenant Reed.
He's done good work for us over the years.
Don't be too hard on him.
He was just following my orders.
You put him in an impossible position.
I can understand why you would feel that way,
but this is bigger than one captain and one ship.
You're going to have
to do better than that.
All I can tell you is that if you interfere
before Phlox completes his assignment,
the repercussions will
affect entire worlds.
One of these four strains has the genetic trigger
that can neutralize the virus before it advances to its lethal stage.
Which one?
I don't know yet. That's why I have to check each of them.
How long will it take?
A week.
Your fleet can quarantine this world, hmm,
while I complete my tests.
Sterilization is not necessary.
Fleet Admiral Krell will
not extend his deadline.
The only possible way to get results on Krell's schedule
is to infect four healthy Klingons!
You have four right here!
Only one of these strains will work.
The other three will be lethal.
Ethically, it's unthinkable.
The "ethics", Doctor, are simple.
Three lives to save millions.
At first, it didn't seem like lying.
What else would you call it? Covert operations.
I was a young ensign. It was... exciting.
How do you feel about it now?
I thought it was done.
This is the first time that Harris has contacted me
since I've served on Enterprise.
He told me about the plague.
He said they needed Phlox to help the Klingons find a cure.
I was supposed to just slow us down.
Did Harris tell you about this?
I had T'Pol take a closer look at our prisoner's medical scans.
It's human DNA.
I'm guessing the plague is a side effect
of a military experiment that went wrong.
I didn't know.
Harris claims he's doing this
because Starfleet needs a stable Klingon Empire.
Do you believe him?
I don't trust him.
If the Klingons needed our help,
there are easier ways to get it.
I wanted to tell you everything, Captain.
There's a way out of this.
I don't have to put you back in the Brig,
but you have to choose where your loyalties lie.
I wasn't told where Phlox was taken,
but Starfleet intelligence believe that Klingons
have a genetic research facility on Qu'Vat Colony.
As you were.
How long until we reach Qu'Vat?
Six hours, sir.
Captain, we need to be ready
for Klingon patrols.
I suggest that Columbia withdraws to a safer distance
so that we don't make a single target.
Open a channel to Captain Hernandez.
Why did you think you'd succeed
in perfecting Augments when Dr. Soong failed?
Soong's mistake was that he made too few of them.
The Earth once had thousands.
They became tyrannical