Unfortunately, they were too busy with the Xindi story arch to do much else. It WOULD have been interesting to explore the relationship with the Romulans and Klingons rather than veering off into the "temporal cold war" thing. Also, relations with other species could have been more fully explored as Enterprise ventured out into the galaxy, learning as they went.
@@bigedslobotomy I think that was kind of the point. I think the original plan was to introduce the 'temporal cold war' with the Xindi, then go into the Romulans, Klingons and the formation of the Federation with the cold war being the backdrop of how the relationship between species are manipulated. But the Xindi story arc wasn't popular so the whole cold war was dropped or at least halted. Consider how important the formative years of the Federation were, there is no way it was 'untouched' by the cold war. I think the cold war was suppose to last into the formative years of the Federation.
@@angryhands9564 A: He was talking to another human and B: "mountain" is probably a concept a space-faring alien can understand, even if they're not familiar with *that* mountain.
I love the simplicity of this episode. The crew working under the clock to get a weapon online to help defend themselves. It's nice seeing the crew working hard to get things done.
What I like is that they later reference the higher output when Travis stays with his family's freighter for a while. He manages to increase the output of the freighter's phase cannons. Which probably became standard after this episode, though at a lower yield probably.
Actually it was one of the worst parts. They really shouldn't have had phasers (yes, those are phasers even if they call them phase cannons...they look, sound and act exactly the same as TNG phasers) and certainly not photon torpedos that early on. Sticking with laser weapons and fusion missiles/torpedos would have been far more accurate and frankly, more interesting to watch.
No they are not Phasers...Phasers are powerful, highly modular directed particle weapons that fire Nadion particles, they come in many shapes and sizes and have many different effect, even can be reconfigured to emit various radiation types Phase cannons are not, they are simply particle cannons that have a variable yield, that more or less it. The ENT ep, In a mirror darkly shows the difference between Phasers and phase cannons. Vulcan and Andorian particle weapons were far more powerful. The anti matter torpedoes that NX-01 got later are precursors to photons..Photons were far more powerful, much more accurate and could be modified again to produce a variety of effects. The NX-01's anti matter torps peaked at about 50 megatons each, Photons from Kirks era and beyond had planet cracking power. the NX-01 was the precursor to all Federation ships.
WaveForceful I think Voyager or TOS mentioned that humanity had anti-matter bombs during the 21st century, and used them in WW3. The NX-01 must simply be using the same thing, only adapted for space combat.
Reception for "Star Trek: Enterprise" Season 1 episode 12 "Silent Enemy": Out of all the Star Trek episodes he has written, André Bormanis named this as one of his favorites. He cited the fact that the episode does not clarify the aliens' motivations as his "favorite aspect of the story." [4] While working as an executive producer on Enterprise, Brannon Braga found this episode turned out well. In retrospect, he commented, "I thought [it] was kind of a good episode. I really felt the crew facing some unknown thing that was kind of scary." ("To Boldly Go: Launching Enterprise, Part III: First Flight", ENT Season 1 Blu-ray special features) This episode achieved a Nielsen rating of 3.7 and was watched by an average of 6.11 million viewers. [5] Star Trek Magazine's "Ultimate Guide" rated this episode 3 out of 5 arrowhead insignias. (Star Trek Magazine issue 164, p. 78) The unofficial reference book Beyond the Final Frontier (p. 363) comments about this episode, "When you hear Archer say he doesn't really know Reed, it's almost impossible not to hear the writers sitting around a table saying the same thing. We find out a bit more about the tactical officer in this episode, which is unremarkable but watchable."
I'm surprised they didn't just reverse the polarity of the tachyon flow, but then again this was close to two centuries before Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge was born, so they probably didn't have that technology yet.
My personal favourite episode was "Dear Doctor". That episode felt like some of the Next Generation episodes. It dealt with a moral dilemma. A Prime Directive episode long before the Prime Directive was installed
"Star Trek: Enterprise" Season 1 episode 12 "Silent Enemy" is my Number #1 favorite episode in "Star Trek: Enterprise!" I never get tired of watching this great episode again and again. The enemy ship (otherwise known as an Elachi/Kovalaan warship/starship) in this episode was designed by John Eaves, and it is inspired by the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk stealth plane. I still have my LEGO design of this iconic alien ship in this series that I made out LEGO's using the black colors for the main body and the green pieces for the glowing warp engines and warp nacelles, to make it as realistic as possible. Out of all my favorite alien ships in "Star Trek: Enterprise." This one is my Number #1 favorite hostile alien ship!
"Silent Enemy" is my Number #1 favorite "Star Trek: Enterprise" episode because is has not only the hostile aliens [known as Shroomies/Kovalaans/Elachi], the Elachi warship [which is my Number #1 favorite alien starship that's designed by the famous John Eave's himself], and there's also the Pine apple cake scene. I also love eating pineapple.
Dont care about the frame rate, just wanna say thank you for putting it out here. Give a view, give a like, and using the description to go watch the full episode on CBSAllAccess now. :) Update: Good episode, installing the phaser cannons, tied into stuff from STOnline I forgot about. The Elachi.
Called them cannons but they're pretty obviously beam emitters, so Overload it is. If they were true cannons, I'd go with Rapid Fire at that close range instead of possibly wasting energy with random missed shots using Scatter Volley. Just for fun, throw in Tac Team and the Anchored and Point Blank Shot starship traits. And don't forget the DOFF that gives the bonus against Elachi. :D
From 1:38 till they finish the attack really highlights the need for a Ready room or conference type strategy room for these types of Convos that you would find on later startships and even later seasons of enterprise lol Great bit of foreshadowing!
I bet archer wan reed were so dam happy when the got a torpedo upgrade later on in the series , cause those old torpedo's were not much in combat if a hostile ship with shields attacked like this one , NX was finally hitting back hard an They go an cancel it , ID like to have seen the hull upgrade on TV , bet the show would have made it , if they would have taken it in that direction. well to late now. but I enjoy the clips no matter how they r uploaded, keep on trekking peeps.
this series was far better than most people thought did not like how it ended i wanted a better ending for trip wanted to see how the love story between trip and topall ended
I loved how they introduced bit by bit the technological advancements. Using the teleporter for humans, integrating the Phase Cannons, Photonic Torpedoes and last but not least the Reed(Red) Alert.
They prepared to dock with enterprise (or use a tractor beam) to then board and enter it, not attack and destroy it, since they assumes the enterprise poses no threat. So a slow approach is perfectly reasonable.
it was just a pissing contest they were trying to intimidate each other cause when you think about it the alien ship just sits there like yeah they can't hurt us at all with our awesome shields cause you never see this again in any other episode take when Durass is behind enterprise and torpedo's can't do shit against the shields why couldn't they do this shit to them with the aft phase cannon? they don't even try at all just photon torpedo's only
"Captain, why don't we just knock them out with some technobabble?" "Good idea... repolarize the neutrino phase emitters so the deflector dish can fire a tachyon wave pulse at their pulse nodes!" "I uh... okay."
@@lyndonlucier791 This is true. They are never always armed. At best, they are ready to be quickly armed and loaded which these were. It only took about 5 seconds to get them locked and loaded.
nope, kind of like how no one ever has a shell chambered in a movie. They always need to have the "Chic Chic" noise so everyone understands there is now a shotgun there.
After they said range 1000m….there was so much delay…they would have passed right by each other…unless both ships slowed to manoeuvring speed. On the plus side….This scene held genuine tension, built expertly to a climax…a bit like the old Sub vs Destroyer Naval movies of the fifties. They don’t make ‘em like that anymore, despite all the modern hi tech production…so this was nice to see done well.
why I love Captain Archer and ST Enterprise. the lack of proper shielding and technology enjoyed by Starfleet of later years, he did so much with so little.
This time traveling D'deridex class Warbird is really pulling a fast one on the Enterprise, flying at them backwards and partially decloaked with only the dorsal spine, shuttlebay and "wingroots" visible. Crazy Romulans!
This species origins are largely unknown. They were first encountered by the Earth starship Enterprise in September 2151, when an Elachi ship hounded them for several days before being driven off. Amongst the Romulans, there were stories of miners that operated past the Eridan Belt who discovered alien beacons of unknown origins. Furthermore, they encountered alien beings that moved past their outposts magnetic barriers and scan the miners before disappearing. However, little was known of these mysterious aliens except that the beacons left behind referred to them as the Elachi. Despite a Romulan presence on such worlds, the creators of the beacons never appeared and the encounters with the creatures were dismissed as paranoia. Colonel Hakeev of the Tal Shiar forged an alliance with the Elachi to further his plans following the destruction of Romulus in 2387. In January 2409 the Elachi began to systematically attack independent Romulan colony worlds including Virinat, Crateris, and Delta Corvi. The colonies themselves were destroyed, and the inhabitants abducted for then-unknown reasons. The attacks were assisted by the Tal Shiar, including Hakeev who personally oversaw the destruction of Virinat aboard his flagship, I.R.W. Khnial. ( “Virinat, Invaded”, “Crossroads at Crateris”, “Cloak and Dagger”) The Elachi also assisted the Tal Shiar in their efforts to thwart the fledgling Romulan Republic, concealing warbirds in the Khitomer System and helping Hakeev develop new indoctrination methods to boost "recruitment" at bases such as Installation 18. They also attacked Republic bases such as Rh'Ihho Station and the Tephrei System. ( “Turning Point”, “Installation 18”, “Abducted”, “Last Stand”) Midway through the year, an RRF officer posing as a Tal Shiar agent learned from Taris that the Elachi were a servitor race of the Iconians, an ancient race planning to invade the Milky Way after hiding in the Andromeda Galaxy for 200,000 years. The Elachi served as the Iconians' proxies in Romulan space, working to undermine the Republic and prevent unified resistance when the invasion came. ( “Revelation”, “Taris”) Weeks later, a warbird crew managed to capture a S'golth Escort (nicknamed Target Alpha) and use it to infiltrate Station Alpha, the Elachi base of operations, in subspace. There they discovered the purpose of the abductions: the Elachi were using the captives as breeding stock to create more soldiers. The crew managed to destroy the station, and shortly after thwarted a vengeful assault on New Romulus with the help of a Republic/Starfleet/KDF fleet. The surviving Elachi retreated back into subspace, beaten for now. ( “Turnabout”, “Devil's Choice”) Following the accidental reactivation of the Iconian gateway network later that year, another Elachi invasion force emerged from subspace in the Jouret System to take control of a gateway located there. The Elachi were repulsed by another joint fleet. ( “Sphere of Influence”) In 2410, another Elachi base was located in subspace, this time accessed from the Delta Quadrant. An away team led by the crew of the R.R.W. Lleiset boarded the station and recovered a number of humanoid captives, as well as Empress Sela (who had been captured by the Iconians the previous year). The station was eventually taken by the Republic and held for study. ( “What's Left Behind”)
And this was only the beginning of the greatest technological failure which endured for centuries and perpetually plagued the Federation: the insanely easily damaged .....plasma relay.
Loved Trip saying that they could install the phase cannons on their own instead of heading back to McKinley Station. If they ever did, it would just be a. Wash and Wax! They recalled waxed that alien ship!
If anything that attack should have made them head back to Jupiter station faster. They need to report what they found and hand over all data from the engagement.
At very least I'd have summoned re I forcements even a couple of those escort earth ships would evened the odds their. As for a vulcan warship well they would turn tail and run.
I miss ENT too. - recently re-watched season 3 (the Xindi ark) on NETFLIX - was like watching a epic length film. Liked the characters and the stories got better as they found their feet. Would have loved to have seen the Romulan War foreshadowed more.
@@txrwauy, that's what a lot of people say _now_ , but back in the day, they all hated its guts, constantly compared it to _Battlestar Galactica_ ,and were glad to see the back of it, particularly after the final episode, *These Are The Voyages* . I _can't_ ever get how people can hate a TV show or movie (particularly Superman Returns), and then look back on it nostalgically years later hating a new version (Star Trek: Discovery and Man Of Steel being two examples.)
The shroomie's cut and pasted "You are defenseless" threat was trolly and hilarious. I'd like to think the Elachi have a sense of humor about these things.
@@RetrievingSearain lmao...its Canon and the ship is called an S'gloth escort. Star Trek Online is canon and is the last pillar of the old franchise. It contains all the original actors as their own characters and contains everything Canon-related. Theyre also in collab with pretty much all the shows.
@@felixdesjardins4030 Dude. Star Trek Online is NOT canon. Stop being ridiculous. ONLY ON-SCREEN MATERIAL IS CONSIDERED CANON BY PARAMOUNT AND CBS. But yes, you are correct. They are called the Elachi and they were thought to have been a servitor race to the Iconians.
Shroomies is the name of the species in this episode 🙂 A bipedal species, from an unknown star system. This species and their technology were unknown even to the Vulcan database. They chased Enterprise NX-01 in September 2151, and did not respond to hails. Then they returned several other times, causing significant damage. During one attack, this species activated a dampening field, while two of its crew boarded Enterprise. They were fired at by Captain Archer, but a phase-pistol he carried had no effect and they soon left. (ENT: "Silent Enemy")
What a way to fight a war. I can just see this 66 years ago in Korea. "Captain, there are hordes of Chinese crossing the wire in front of our trenches". "Well open the bolts of your rifles". "Very well captain, they are open". " Now listen carefully, insert a clip containing eight rounds of 30/06 armor piercing ammunition into each rifle". 'O.K. captain, the clips are in the rifles". "Now, being careful to not let the bolt smash your thumb, release the bolts". "All ready ca-- Ahhhhhhrgh.
Some more info about the species in this episode and excuse me for repeating about them 🙁 Apocrypha See also: "Shroomie" starship The Star Trek: Enterprise novel A Choice of Futures interprets the Shroomies as the mute inhabitants of Gamma Vertis IV mentioned in the Star Trek: The Original Series third season episode "The Empath". They are referred to as Mutes and Vertians. Star Trek Online identifies this species as the "Elachi" - they play a large role in the storyline for Romulan Republic players, carrying out abductions and attacks on the Romulans. Later, during the "Iconian War" storyline, they are shown to be allied with the Iconians as a "servitor" species alongside the solanogen-based lifeforms encountered in TNG: "Schisms" (identified in-game as the "Solanae"). In the "Awakening" storyline, players learn that the Elachi are native to the mycelial network. Players work alongside friendly Elachi, JahSepp, and a holographic recreation of Astromycologist Paul Stamets to prevent time-displaced House of Mo'Kai forces from using the network to power a superweapon.
well i mean im sure the overload wasnt in the phasers but in the main power systems they fed into thephasers, which probably had the powerlines protecter turned down for awheile to allow excess power up to a certain point through
Why did the aliens opt to hail Enterprise with an image of Archer and his words gathered from their earlier communication with them? It was quite odd but also cheeky of them to do, to demand that they surrender with Archer's image and voice.
This would have felt more urgent and threatening if they had actually done anything but sit there, waiting for the pink meat bags to argue, question orders, then have a moment of science, more doubts, some shouting, finally 'yes, sir'...THEN push some buttons, wait for the phasers to actually fire, then wait some more for scanning, talking and the torpedo order, button pressing, loading of the tubes, torpedoes firing until they hit. Enterprise seems to be run as a democracy (for some reason) with the most 'military man' always being the first to question any ordery. Are the Aliens using Windows OS? And they dont even have the excuse of being surprised, or out-teched, or at a tactical disadvantage of any kind! ENT has some great episodes. This was not one of them.
i always assumed it was a test by some other race to make sure enterprise was ready to enter deep space as a war vessel, say the klingons or the vulcans making sure humans would survive and make a worthy space faring race to ally with or battle in the future or battle alongside against a common threat... say the romulans or some sort of undead cyborge army/navy of drones that like assimilate and encorporate other species and cultures into thier necro tech empire
Archer: can you overload it again? Travis: Maybe, but it might take out 2 decks! Al: ohh, I don't like this Sam.. Ziggy says there's an 82.6% chance you'll blow this ship in half, and if that happens.. Travis and T'Pol will never have children! Sam (who's leaped into Captain Archer): oh.. boy! :-)
0:43 - 0:55 That alien starship is a Shroomie/Elachi/Kovalaan warship. It's a really cool ship. I've made this ship out of LEGO's. History: In September 2151, this vessel of an unknown species destroyed the subspace relays Echo One and Echo Two. It also attacked the United Earth vessel Enterprise NX-01 twice. The third time it attempted to do so, Enterprise was ready for it and, using their newly installed phase cannons, damaged the alien vessel to such an extent that it fled the scene at high impulse. It was never seen again. Technology and Armament's: As a 22nd century starship, this vessel was highly advanced in a technological regard, possessing strong shields and technology that prevented invasive scans from other vessels. It utilized a powerful energy weapon that fired green, crescent-shaped pulses. It had a crew of at least fifteen individuals, and carried at least one shuttlecraft. It also had the ability to emit a powerful dampening field, which could effectively disable an NX-class starship. Background information: In the script for "Silent Enemy", this craft was described as "sleek and dark, so dark, in fact, that it's difficult to make out against the blackness of space." The CGI model of the alien ship and its shuttle was made by Brandon MacDougall. See Drex Files. [4](X) [5](X) Early design sketches of the ship can be found at John Eaves' personal blog. [6] The Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 1, p. 441) identified this type of vessel as a Kovaalan starship. In Star Trek Online, a larger, 25th century version of this vessel exists and is identified as a S'golth-class escort. Their owners are called the Elachi. The Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 1, p. 441) conjecturally identified this species as the Kovaalans "based on the fact that the alien ship in "E²" was a digital reuse of the digital model in "Silent Enemy"."
Captain, we cant get more than 10 frames per second out the of the engines!
yeah the framerate is pretty horrible.
Mike Uchman free has a price
wingzero7X OBS was a thing when this came out.
@@justanotherasian4395 AND OBS was free, and would have given an output at LEAST of 30 fps. I would know, I use OBS myself.
@@Mikey109105 You say that under the impression my laptop at the time of recording was actually capable of recording at acceptable framerates.
Enemy: You are defenceless.
Archer: You underestimate our ability to blow ourselves up.
Enemy: What?
Archer: What?
LMAO WHAT
Stone Cold Steve Austin said WHAT?
Corbomite?
Say WHAT one more time, I dare ya, I double dare ya mofo
What?
I liked this about "Enterprise". They had to build up their technology. It's too bad they never got into the Romulan war.
Unfortunately, they were too busy with the Xindi story arch to do much else. It WOULD have been interesting to explore the relationship with the Romulans and Klingons rather than veering off into the "temporal cold war" thing. Also, relations with other species could have been more fully explored as Enterprise ventured out into the galaxy, learning as they went.
That...KINDA happened with the Andorians...
@@bigedslobotomy I think that was kind of the point. I think the original plan was to introduce the 'temporal cold war' with the Xindi, then go into the Romulans, Klingons and the formation of the Federation with the cold war being the backdrop of how the relationship between species are manipulated. But the Xindi story arc wasn't popular so the whole cold war was dropped or at least halted. Consider how important the formative years of the Federation were, there is no way it was 'untouched' by the cold war. I think the cold war was suppose to last into the formative years of the Federation.
That would have happened had they gotten a fifth season. As well as first contact with the Cardassians.
true it showed how much they were outgunned in space
The Enterprise phasers hitting the enemy ship was a good effect. I appreciate this series more as time goes on.
Wish this show got more seasons. They cut it when it was getting good and found it's feet
I agree
Yep, I guess they forgot that most trek shows have taken 2-3 seasons to actually figure it out
Totally agree
The initial formation of the Federation and the Romulan war would've been excellent to watch...
Completely agree! This was a great series.
"I saw you blow something up the size of Mt McKinley!"
"Yeah, but Mt. McKinley doesn't have armor or shields!"
Relevant reference using an obscure mountain on Earth in a multi planet society
@@angryhands9564 well, it still was earth.... Ok and a alien doctor and a Vulcan supervis... Err science officer.
@@angryhands9564 You really need a sense of humor.
@@CatsClaw44 or the show needs better sense of writing
@@angryhands9564 A: He was talking to another human and B: "mountain" is probably a concept a space-faring alien can understand, even if they're not familiar with *that* mountain.
I love the simplicity of this episode. The crew working under the clock to get a weapon online to help defend themselves. It's nice seeing the crew working hard to get things done.
yeah agreed, Trip was a great character and conveyed competence didn't he? I really enjoyed Enterprise.
What I like is that they later reference the higher output when Travis stays with his family's freighter for a while. He manages to increase the output of the freighter's phase cannons. Which probably became standard after this episode, though at a lower yield probably.
One of the cool things about Enterprise was seeing them start to use the tech that we took as granted in the TNG era, hell even the TOS era.
I think this show makes more sense to newer viewers, TOS is outdated .
Actually it was one of the worst parts. They really shouldn't have had phasers (yes, those are phasers even if they call them phase cannons...they look, sound and act exactly the same as TNG phasers) and certainly not photon torpedos that early on. Sticking with laser weapons and fusion missiles/torpedos would have been far more accurate and frankly, more interesting to watch.
compmanio36 . A musket sounds like a rifle. But a rifle is still superior to a musket.
No they are not Phasers...Phasers are powerful, highly modular directed particle weapons that fire Nadion particles, they come in many shapes and sizes and have many different effect, even can be reconfigured to emit various radiation types
Phase cannons are not, they are simply particle cannons that have a variable yield, that more or less it. The ENT ep, In a mirror darkly shows the difference between Phasers and phase cannons.
Vulcan and Andorian particle weapons were far more powerful.
The anti matter torpedoes that NX-01 got later are precursors to photons..Photons were far more powerful, much more accurate and could be modified again to produce a variety of effects. The NX-01's anti matter torps peaked at about 50 megatons each, Photons from Kirks era and beyond had planet cracking power.
the NX-01 was the precursor to all Federation ships.
WaveForceful I think Voyager or TOS mentioned that humanity had anti-matter bombs during the 21st century, and used them in WW3. The NX-01 must simply be using the same thing, only adapted for space combat.
Reception for "Star Trek: Enterprise" Season 1 episode 12 "Silent Enemy":
Out of all the Star Trek episodes he has written, André Bormanis named this as one of his favorites. He cited the fact that the episode does not clarify the aliens' motivations as his "favorite aspect of the story." [4]
While working as an executive producer on Enterprise, Brannon Braga found this episode turned out well. In retrospect, he commented, "I thought [it] was kind of a good episode. I really felt the crew facing some unknown thing that was kind of scary." ("To Boldly Go: Launching Enterprise, Part III: First Flight", ENT Season 1 Blu-ray special features)
This episode achieved a Nielsen rating of 3.7 and was watched by an average of 6.11 million viewers. [5]
Star Trek Magazine's "Ultimate Guide" rated this episode 3 out of 5 arrowhead insignias. (Star Trek Magazine issue 164, p. 78)
The unofficial reference book Beyond the Final Frontier (p. 363) comments about this episode, "When you hear Archer say he doesn't really know Reed, it's almost impossible not to hear the writers sitting around a table saying the same thing. We find out a bit more about the tactical officer in this episode, which is unremarkable but watchable."
Of course ... repolarising the gravity plating. So obvious when you think about it.
I'm surprised they didn't just reverse the polarity of the tachyon flow, but then again this was close to two centuries before Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge was born, so they probably didn't have that technology yet.
+MirrorDimly
LaForge invented it, but Torres perfected it.
maybe so but that would of been a very Doctor Who Techno Babbleish way of getting out of that situation LOL :D :) :> 07
well the science of routing whatever the problem is through the deflector dish was not fully studied at this point
yes, the dark ages, they had to use the floor and ceiling to strengthen the floor and the ceiling to protect everyone inside :)
Oh how I enjoyed that scene in that episode. It was nice to see the enemy ship run away with tails tucked between their collective legs :)
The more I see of Discovery and Picard, the more I love Enterprise.
Well Enterprise was never bad
This didn't age so well
@@dmacpher How?
@@teleportedbreadfor3days Picard season 3 has been phenomenal.
@@dmacpher I figured. I’ve been hearing this. But unlike other shows, pre-Season 3 Picard is not worth getting through cause it’s so catastrophic
1:47 "Sounds good to me." - Translation: I have no idea what you just said.
Schwarzer Ritter yeah hahaha
This was my all time favorite episode of Enterprise, it was one of the best of the series!
Aye. This episode and "Carbon Creek" are among my favorites of any Star Trek series.
My personal favourite episode was "Dear Doctor". That episode felt like some of the Next Generation episodes. It dealt with a moral dilemma. A Prime Directive episode long before the Prime Directive was installed
"Star Trek: Enterprise" Season 1 episode 12 "Silent Enemy" is my Number #1 favorite episode in "Star Trek: Enterprise!" I never get tired of watching this great episode again and again. The enemy ship (otherwise known as an Elachi/Kovalaan warship/starship) in this episode was designed by John Eaves, and it is inspired by the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk stealth plane.
I still have my LEGO design of this iconic alien ship in this series that I made out LEGO's using the black colors for the main body and the green pieces for the glowing warp engines and warp nacelles, to make it as realistic as possible. Out of all my favorite alien ships in "Star Trek: Enterprise." This one is my Number #1 favorite hostile alien ship!
I also like Dead Stop alot.
I love the roaring, fiery, energetic sound of those overloaded phasers...2:14
"Silent Enemy" is my Number #1 favorite "Star Trek: Enterprise" episode because is has not only the hostile aliens [known as Shroomies/Kovalaans/Elachi], the Elachi warship [which is my Number #1 favorite alien starship that's designed by the famous John Eave's himself], and there's also the Pine apple cake scene. I also love eating pineapple.
@mike carson They're actually called by both names. In "Star Trek: Online" they're really called Elachi.
Dont care about the frame rate, just wanna say thank you for putting it out here. Give a view, give a like, and using the description to go watch the full episode on CBSAllAccess now. :)
Update: Good episode, installing the phaser cannons, tied into stuff from STOnline I forgot about. The Elachi.
This was a great series.
This show was never given enough credit.
They had a lot of guts to head out in that ship ....armor plating?...lol
A glorious moment in the series.
Must be a lot of PTSD after working on a starship.
Imagine the damage that ship would have taken if they already had the new photonic torpedoes.
Or fired all four forward torpedo tubes instead of just two.
My favorite scene from this episode!
Good old Beam Overload 3
I prefer fire at will, also, their cannons so scatter volley 3 would be best
Called them cannons but they're pretty obviously beam emitters, so Overload it is. If they were true cannons, I'd go with Rapid Fire at that close range instead of possibly wasting energy with random missed shots using Scatter Volley.
Just for fun, throw in Tac Team and the Anchored and Point Blank Shot starship traits. And don't forget the DOFF that gives the bonus against Elachi. :D
Add a little high yield 3 for the coup de grace
Thank god it was an Elachi S’Golth and not a Sheeshar!!!!
Startrek online gamer :D
*When Archer say can you overload them again, T'pol's face lol!!*
Reminds me of the movie down periscope and the music
From 1:38 till they finish the attack really highlights the need for a Ready room or conference type strategy room for these types of Convos that you would find on later startships and even later seasons of enterprise lol Great bit of foreshadowing!
I bet archer wan reed were so dam happy when the got a torpedo upgrade later on in the series , cause those old torpedo's were not much in combat if a hostile ship with shields attacked like this one , NX was finally hitting back hard an They go an cancel it , ID like to have seen the hull upgrade on TV , bet the show would have made it , if they would have taken it in that direction. well to late now. but I enjoy the clips no matter how they r uploaded, keep on trekking peeps.
They had to get said upgrades due to fighting the Xindi.
this series was far better than most people thought did not like how it ended i wanted a better ending for trip wanted to see how the love story between trip and topall ended
*nods* The ending had to be rushed, and because of that, the ending was ambiguous enough to leave a lot of people scratching their heads.
I loved how they introduced bit by bit the technological advancements. Using the teleporter for humans, integrating the Phase Cannons, Photonic Torpedoes and last but not least the Reed(Red) Alert.
I miss this show!
As do I.
I miss Jolene Blaylock in a dress.
Beam overload, critical hit, CritDx4
Beam overload with bonus Aux to Sif w.o. draining aux.
Against the Elachi to boot!
BOIII, with THYI.
I thought it was [CrtDx3] [Over]? :D Or maybe [Dmgx3] [Over]?
or just Beams Fire at will and Torpedo spread for dealing with the Mirror Universe.
Those aliens learned a hard lesson. "Don't push the pink skins to the thin ice They'll damage themselves to get an advantage and damage you more."
Andorians quicly developed new sayings when exposed to humans.
Starfleets first encounter with the elachi
Good thing the ship took so long to traverse the 5000 meters for its attack... and didn’t fire on the enterprise even AFTER they were fired upon!
They prepared to dock with enterprise (or use a tractor beam) to then board and enter it, not attack and destroy it, since they assumes the enterprise poses no threat.
So a slow approach is perfectly reasonable.
They wanted the ship intact not damaged plus over confidence.
it was just a pissing contest they were trying to intimidate each other cause when you think about it the alien ship just sits there like yeah they can't hurt us at all with our awesome shields cause you never see this again in any other episode take when Durass is behind enterprise and torpedo's can't do shit against the shields why couldn't they do this shit to them with the aft phase cannon? they don't even try at all just photon torpedo's only
Try watching the entire episode then you will understand
Aliens: 😂 we will seize your vessel
Luitenant Reed and Trip: Hold my beer!
"Captain, why don't we just knock them out with some technobabble?"
"Good idea... repolarize the neutrino phase emitters so the deflector dish can fire a tachyon wave pulse at their pulse nodes!"
"I uh... okay."
"It's not gonna work, their polaron displacement fields will absorb it!"
"Ah, but what if we were to... reverse the polarity?"
":O"
Luke Stark I'll do my best!
"THE SINGULARITY IS GOING TO EXPLODE"
-Manuss- "Everything about that statement is wrong."
That's it. That's Star Trek.
Shouldn't torpedos have already been locked and loaded?
Nah, makes the ship nose heavy . . .
you cant have armed torpedoes in the tubes all the time
There's so young at that age they don't think they need weapons so they are unprepared when they do, they learn
@@lyndonlucier791 This is true. They are never always armed. At best, they are ready to be quickly armed and loaded which these were. It only took about 5 seconds to get them locked and loaded.
nope, kind of like how no one ever has a shell chambered in a movie. They always need to have the "Chic Chic" noise so everyone understands there is now a shotgun there.
This was the best of all of the modern star trek series. It always felt much more real and grittier than the others.
This is one of the best episodes of Enterprise, minus the Reed's Birthday backstory!
Really? That one was the best? Its terrible
The beagle sniffed them out and heard them coming two systems away!
After they said range 1000m….there was so much delay…they would have passed right by each other…unless both ships slowed to manoeuvring speed. On the plus side….This scene held genuine tension, built expertly to a climax…a bit like the old Sub vs Destroyer Naval movies of the fifties. They don’t make ‘em like that anymore, despite all the modern hi tech production…so this was nice to see done well.
Looking at the presentation picture - YOU DO NOT SHOOT at Moya like that ! That's criminal
Yeah. That's a 30 second modification.
Just let me get the jumper cables out of the trunk of my shuttle craft.
flnthrn2 it’s not as simple as flipping a switch 🤣
@@Dante20321
Woooosh. -(8D
why I love Captain Archer and ST Enterprise. the lack of proper shielding and technology enjoyed by Starfleet of later years, he did so much with so little.
Binged watched the entire series...good shows....
This time traveling D'deridex class Warbird is really pulling a fast one on the Enterprise, flying at them backwards and partially decloaked with only the dorsal spine, shuttlebay and "wingroots" visible.
Crazy Romulans!
This species origins are largely unknown. They were first encountered by the Earth starship Enterprise in September 2151, when an Elachi ship hounded them for several days before being driven off.
Amongst the Romulans, there were stories of miners that operated past the Eridan Belt who discovered alien beacons of unknown origins. Furthermore, they encountered alien beings that moved past their outposts magnetic barriers and scan the miners before disappearing. However, little was known of these mysterious aliens except that the beacons left behind referred to them as the Elachi. Despite a Romulan presence on such worlds, the creators of the beacons never appeared and the encounters with the creatures were dismissed as paranoia.
Colonel Hakeev of the Tal Shiar forged an alliance with the Elachi to further his plans following the destruction of Romulus in 2387.
In January 2409 the Elachi began to systematically attack independent Romulan colony worlds including Virinat, Crateris, and Delta Corvi. The colonies themselves were destroyed, and the inhabitants abducted for then-unknown reasons. The attacks were assisted by the Tal Shiar, including Hakeev who personally oversaw the destruction of Virinat aboard his flagship, I.R.W. Khnial. ( “Virinat, Invaded”, “Crossroads at Crateris”, “Cloak and Dagger”)
The Elachi also assisted the Tal Shiar in their efforts to thwart the fledgling Romulan Republic, concealing warbirds in the Khitomer System and helping Hakeev develop new indoctrination methods to boost "recruitment" at bases such as Installation 18. They also attacked Republic bases such as Rh'Ihho Station and the Tephrei System. ( “Turning Point”, “Installation 18”, “Abducted”, “Last Stand”)
Midway through the year, an RRF officer posing as a Tal Shiar agent learned from Taris that the Elachi were a servitor race of the Iconians, an ancient race planning to invade the Milky Way after hiding in the Andromeda Galaxy for 200,000 years. The Elachi served as the Iconians' proxies in Romulan space, working to undermine the Republic and prevent unified resistance when the invasion came. ( “Revelation”, “Taris”)
Weeks later, a warbird crew managed to capture a S'golth Escort (nicknamed Target Alpha) and use it to infiltrate Station Alpha, the Elachi base of operations, in subspace. There they discovered the purpose of the abductions: the Elachi were using the captives as breeding stock to create more soldiers. The crew managed to destroy the station, and shortly after thwarted a vengeful assault on New Romulus with the help of a Republic/Starfleet/KDF fleet. The surviving Elachi retreated back into subspace, beaten for now. ( “Turnabout”, “Devil's Choice”)
Following the accidental reactivation of the Iconian gateway network later that year, another Elachi invasion force emerged from subspace in the Jouret System to take control of a gateway located there. The Elachi were repulsed by another joint fleet. ( “Sphere of Influence”)
In 2410, another Elachi base was located in subspace, this time accessed from the Delta Quadrant. An away team led by the crew of the R.R.W. Lleiset boarded the station and recovered a number of humanoid captives, as well as Empress Sela (who had been captured by the Iconians the previous year). The station was eventually taken by the Republic and held for study. ( “What's Left Behind”)
Elachi shit bags!
And Hakeev deserved more than he got,the ratfuck bastard!
A wonderful touch if you play as a Romulan, you get to pull the trigger on him rather than Obisek.
It’s too...bright in here.
@motrhead 69 One can only fantasize, my friend.
One of the best ST episodes, ever!
I am always in when it comes to space and science fiction. I need to look for more channels like this, but I'm lazy. Much respect.
No problem, CBS have a great little thing here.
I get to have a scene from ENT that i like and they get money from it.
In Trek its usually the torpedoes that had the punch but in Enterprise they sucked ass until the photons.
I really liked The Enterprise. Nice to see this again. Thanks
And this was only the beginning of the greatest technological failure which endured for centuries and perpetually plagued the Federation: the insanely easily damaged .....plasma relay.
Too bad it ends after 4th season.
@Steve Riddle Same here too.
Infinitely better than std aids will ever be.
Muhammad. Why Did it end in season 4th
You say it!
@@jdbarr769 Grow up, kid.
I actually really like this episode,it's not great but it certainly kept me interested
Loved Trip saying that they could install the phase cannons on their own instead of heading back to McKinley Station. If they ever did, it would just be a. Wash and Wax! They recalled waxed that alien ship!
One of my favorite episodes...now I feel like some pineapple.
This music score could not have been more perfect. At 2:20 it really makes it feel like nautical warfare; order, wait, think, repeat.
Elachi S'goth Heavy Escort. STO FTW.
One of my favorite episodes.
If anything that attack should have made them head back to Jupiter station faster. They need to report what they found and hand over all data from the engagement.
They can do that through subspace dude.
At very least I'd have summoned re I forcements even a couple of those escort earth ships would evened the odds their. As for a vulcan warship well they would turn tail and run.
IMHO, of all ST Captains Archer is the most intense and hard-nosed, even with all his "golly gee whiz space sure is cool!' moments.
I really miss this show.
I miss ENT too. - recently re-watched season 3 (the Xindi ark) on NETFLIX - was like watching a epic length film. Liked the characters and the stories got better as they found their feet. Would have loved to have seen the Romulan War foreshadowed more.
@@txrwauy, that's what a lot of people say _now_ , but back in the day, they all hated its guts, constantly compared it to _Battlestar Galactica_ ,and were glad to see the back of it, particularly after the final episode, *These Are The Voyages* . I _can't_ ever get how people can hate a TV show or movie (particularly Superman Returns), and then look back on it nostalgically years later hating a new version (Star Trek: Discovery and Man Of Steel being two examples.)
It lives on on Netflix and Sci fi channel. My favourite series.
Archer and crew meets the Elachi for the first time.
The shroomie's cut and pasted "You are defenseless" threat was trolly and hilarious. I'd like to think the Elachi have a sense of humor about these things.
After viewing the episode back then, I was curious about the unknown ship. So I'm still disappointed that they didn't do more with that unknown race.
They did in Star Trek Online, they are called Elachi, and they have Spore Drive Tech...
@@Takanuva18 non canon bs
@@RetrievingSearain lmao...its Canon and the ship is called an S'gloth escort. Star Trek Online is canon and is the last pillar of the old franchise. It contains all the original actors as their own characters and contains everything Canon-related. Theyre also in collab with pretty much all the shows.
@@felixdesjardins4030 I was referring to Discovery. So unless the spore drive existed prior to its inception, it's non canon bs.
@@felixdesjardins4030 Dude. Star Trek Online is NOT canon. Stop being ridiculous. ONLY ON-SCREEN MATERIAL IS CONSIDERED CANON BY PARAMOUNT AND CBS. But yes, you are correct. They are called the Elachi and they were thought to have been a servitor race to the Iconians.
Now to design phasers, where overloading is apart of it's normal function ;)
Need to install purpose built recoil buffers.
One of their best episodes.
i LOVED THIS SHOW!!!
And of course the Elachi forgot about their power draining weapons from the last time.
Shroomies is the name of the species in this episode 🙂
A bipedal species, from an unknown star system.
This species and their technology were unknown even to the Vulcan database. They chased Enterprise NX-01 in September 2151, and did not respond to hails. Then they returned several other times, causing significant damage. During one attack, this species activated a dampening field, while two of its crew boarded Enterprise. They were fired at by Captain Archer, but a phase-pistol he carried had no effect and they soon left. (ENT: "Silent Enemy")
They should've made more episodes. I have binged watched it 8 times already.
What a way to fight a war. I can just see this 66 years ago in Korea. "Captain, there are hordes of Chinese crossing the wire in front of our trenches". "Well open the bolts of your rifles". "Very well captain, they are open". " Now listen carefully, insert a clip containing eight rounds of 30/06 armor piercing ammunition into each rifle". 'O.K. captain, the clips are in the rifles". "Now, being careful to not let the bolt smash your thumb, release the bolts". "All ready ca-- Ahhhhhhrgh.
They're about to be blown to bits and Malcolm is giving excuses. WTF.
Sir there are 15 Borg Cubes on an intercept Course
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*cAn We PoLaRiCe ThE hUlL mAlCoLm* ?
Space the final frontier, these are the 11-pm to 7-am voyages of the Enterprise's Night Crew and it's continuing mission is to PARTAYYYY!!
I really enjoyed Enterprise. I wish they would bring something like it back again.
jeez... this must be what watching UA-cam back on a 56K dial up connection must be like!
Some more info about the species in this episode and excuse me for repeating about them 🙁
Apocrypha
See also: "Shroomie" starship
The Star Trek: Enterprise novel A Choice of Futures interprets the Shroomies as the mute inhabitants of Gamma Vertis IV mentioned in the Star Trek: The Original Series third season episode "The Empath". They are referred to as Mutes and Vertians.
Star Trek Online identifies this species as the "Elachi" - they play a large role in the storyline for Romulan Republic players, carrying out abductions and attacks on the Romulans. Later, during the "Iconian War" storyline, they are shown to be allied with the Iconians as a "servitor" species alongside the solanogen-based lifeforms encountered in TNG: "Schisms" (identified in-game as the "Solanae"). In the "Awakening" storyline, players learn that the Elachi are native to the mycelial network. Players work alongside friendly Elachi, JahSepp, and a holographic recreation of Astromycologist Paul Stamets to prevent time-displaced House of Mo'Kai forces from using the network to power a superweapon.
15 FPS...
recorded in 28 as the show was actually in 28fps. But Bsndicam loves killing CPU speeds.
my crap laptop. Made for word processing not videos. But still Bandicam is a resource pig.
+Steven Fong a good computer shouldn't notice any slow down
+RingSight91 difference here, you are probably used to good fps, whereas I am used to 8fps.
C I N E M A T I C ! ! !
This show was so much better than it got credit for.
Star Fleet Battles had an overload setting for phasers.
well i mean im sure the overload wasnt in the phasers but in the main power systems they fed into thephasers, which probably had the powerlines protecter turned down for awheile to allow excess power up to a certain point through
It was cool to show the Torpedos Loading
Why did the aliens opt to hail Enterprise with an image of Archer and his words gathered from their earlier communication with them? It was quite odd but also cheeky of them to do, to demand that they surrender with Archer's image and voice.
star trek predicting the arrival of deep fakes years earlier than anyone else!
Over confidence, to instil fear etc.
Torpedoes should have been in the tubes ready to go! But then we wouldn't get to see them. :D :D :D
This would have felt more urgent and threatening if they had actually done anything but sit there, waiting for the pink meat bags to argue, question orders, then have a moment of science, more doubts, some shouting, finally 'yes, sir'...THEN push some buttons, wait for the phasers to actually fire, then wait some more for scanning, talking and the torpedo order, button pressing, loading of the tubes, torpedoes firing until they hit. Enterprise seems to be run as a democracy (for some reason) with the most 'military man' always being the first to question any ordery. Are the Aliens using Windows OS? And they dont even have the excuse of being surprised, or out-teched, or at a tactical disadvantage of any kind! ENT has some great episodes. This was not one of them.
i always assumed it was a test by some other race to make sure enterprise was ready to enter deep space as a war vessel, say the klingons or the vulcans making sure humans would survive and make a worthy space faring race to ally with or battle in the future or battle alongside against a common threat... say the romulans or some sort of undead cyborge army/navy of drones that like assimilate and encorporate other species and cultures into thier necro tech empire
Best star trek series ever
Enterprise was one of the best star trek series yet just wish they had made more 👍👍👍👍..
Archer: can you overload it again?
Travis: Maybe, but it might take out 2 decks!
Al: ohh, I don't like this Sam.. Ziggy says there's an 82.6% chance you'll blow this ship in half, and if that happens.. Travis and T'Pol will never have children!
Sam (who's leaped into Captain Archer): oh.. boy!
:-)
why did they not overload the EPS conduits to boost the phasers from the plasma flowcapasitors that would have done the trick.
Because they DO NOT have phasers in the 22nd century
Malcom is like, can't do it, guess they will come aboard and kill every one of us...... well, if you really want me to I guess I can try......
One of the coolest ST battles ever! Thanks for posting!
Dr who
I wonder why the Elachi were never named...
I LOVED THIS BATTLE!
The battles in the Xindi arc were better.
@@Neville60001 :D Love has no judgement or comparison. I also loved those.. :D Especially the pod ships swarming battles.
the first encounter of the Elachi
The ship looked familiar, but could not remember the name of the race.
0:43 - 0:55 That alien starship is a Shroomie/Elachi/Kovalaan warship. It's a really cool ship. I've made this ship out of LEGO's.
History: In September 2151, this vessel of an unknown species destroyed the subspace relays Echo One and Echo Two. It also attacked the United Earth vessel Enterprise NX-01 twice. The third time it attempted to do so, Enterprise was ready for it and, using their newly installed phase cannons, damaged the alien vessel to such an extent that it fled the scene at high impulse. It was never seen again.
Technology and Armament's: As a 22nd century starship, this vessel was highly advanced in a technological regard, possessing strong shields and technology that prevented invasive scans from other vessels. It utilized a powerful energy weapon that fired green, crescent-shaped pulses. It had a crew of at least fifteen individuals, and carried at least one shuttlecraft. It also had the ability to emit a powerful dampening field, which could effectively disable an NX-class starship.
Background information: In the script for "Silent Enemy", this craft was described as "sleek and dark, so dark, in fact, that it's difficult to make out against the blackness of space." The CGI model of the alien ship and its shuttle was made by Brandon MacDougall. See Drex Files. [4](X) [5](X) Early design sketches of the ship can be found at John Eaves' personal blog. [6]
The Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 1, p. 441) identified this type of vessel as a Kovaalan starship.
In Star Trek Online, a larger, 25th century version of this vessel exists and is identified as a S'golth-class escort. Their owners are called the Elachi.
The Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 1, p. 441) conjecturally identified this species as the Kovaalans "based on the fact that the alien ship in "E²" was a digital reuse of the digital model in "Silent Enemy"."
2:15 It was at that moment that the aliens knew... they had MASSIVELY fucked up.
I'd forgotten how good this was !