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Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3 Episode 12

Chosen Realm

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Enterprise comes to the aid of the Triannon, a species that worships the Spheres and their Builders. Once aboard Enterprise, their leader D'Jamat commandeers the ship in order to fight a holy war, and wipe out the heretics on his homeworld.

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The entire episode alludes to our present day world situation. The Triannons, who take over Enterprise, fight other Triannons that they consider to be heretical, all because of different religious world views. America and its few allies fight an extreme fmoreless

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By the_cyberleader, Oct 26, 2011

The entire episode alludes to our present day world situation. The Triannons, who take over Enterprise, fight other Triannons that they consider to be heretical, all because of different religious world views. America and its few allies fight an extreme form of Islam. Islamic extremists both deny the Holocaust and seek the destruction of the Jewish State that formed in the aftermath of the Holocaust. It is easy demonize these extremists, but they have valid points as well including the subjugation of the Palestinian people by the Jewish state. Many wars have been fought in the name of religion, but that does not make them just. There are Crusades by Christian Europe against Muslim Palestine. Islam teaches that Mohammad is the Prophet of Allah, and Christians hold to the orthodoxy of the Church. And then there is the similar history of the Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland. Fortunately, there seems to be a permanent peace in Northern Ireland in the last decade or so. In the end, this episode reminds us what can happen if we don’t get along. Let us hope we learn to live with each other before it is too late.

na: naAll of D'Jamat's followers have organic explosives in their bodies, making them all able to become a very potent bomb at will (or by order). This is obviously a cultural reference to the problems of suicide bombers of today. The reference goes further by having D'Jamat and his followers part of a holy war, most likely a reference to Islamic Jihad.moreless
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Holy religous intolerance batman

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By dregj, Jul 28, 2010

Enterprise encounters a damaged ship

and rescues the inhabitants

who stay on board while their systems are repaired

After a warm a friendly first contact

some of the leaders religous ideas start to cause friction

The number of spheres

their purpose

the sphere builders intentions

thats when archer gets hit with a whammy

all the alien pilgrims on board

have an organic explosive in thier blood

which they can activate with their necklaces

The aliens take over the ship and warp to thier home world to wipe out the non believers they are met by several heretic ships

but they are no match for enterprise.

Phlox and the crew conspire under the aliens noses

to release an air borne agent to neutralise the living bombs

and manage to retake the ship

They drop thier prisoners of at the homeworld

which has been completely devasted by their holy war

As allgories go this one aint subtle

The suicide bombers

the refusal to allow other peoples point of view

The single minded belief in their own superior morality

All that said this episode was disturbing in a good way

the central guest actor was fantastically creepy

half zen priest and half murderous zealot

Not alot to do with the arc of the season but goodmoreless
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Dominic Keating	Lt. Malcolm Reed
John Billingsley	Dr. Phlox
Jolene Blalock	Sub-Commander T'Pol
Connor Trinneer	Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker III
Linda Park	Ensign Hoshi Sato
Anthony Montgomery	Ensign Travis Mayweather

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Vince Grant	Yarrick	Guest Star
Taylor Sheridan	Jareb	Guest Star
Lindsey Stoddart	Indava	Guest Star
Mark Correy	Engineer Alex (uncredited)	Recurring Role

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- D'Jamat: I'm trying to save my people.
  Archer: Why do I have the feeling these heretics would say the same thing.
  D'Jamat: They might very well, but it doesn't change what they are. Enemies of the truth.
  Archer: Your truth.
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- Archer: We've also neutralized your organic explosives.
  D'Jamat: You're lying!
  Archer: Go ahead. Try to blow yourself up. I'll wait.
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- Archer: These people you're fighting, what makes them heretics?
  Yarrick: We believe the Makers created the Chosen Realm in nine days. They believe it took ten.
  Archer: For that you've been at war for over a century?
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