talking peace,
they've obviously been improving their warships.
Why would the Tellarites agree to let Earth
mediate your dispute if they were planning this strike?
Perhaps you should ask them.
I suggest you scan for our data recorder.
It'll contain the sensor logs of the attack.
We seem to keep running
into each other, Captain.
It's fortunate Enterprise was close by.
It's not a coincidence.
We're carrying the Tellarite delegation.
They're aboard this ship?
These aren't the people who attacked you.
They may know who did.
Shran!
You're on my ship.
You better keep them away from us,
or there will be bloodshed.
I've analyzed these hull fragments.
The damage is consistent with Tellarite particle cannons.
What about the black box?
The memory core was damaged, but I was able
to reconstruct the last few seconds of sensor data.
Tellarites.
Set course for Andoria,
best speed.
These accusations are absurd.
We had nothing to do
with this alleged attack.
The Andorian sensor logs...
look them over yourself.
Logs can be fabricated.
You saw the debris field.
For all we know,
they destroyed the ship themselves.
Andorian technology
is more advanced than ours.
One of our cruisers wouldn't stand a chance
against two of theirs!
I want you to speak to your people.
Find out what you can.
I am not comfortable with so many Andorians aboard.
Contact your superiors.
Have them transferred to another vessel.
Let's get something straight...
you're just a passenger on my ship.
I give the orders.
Where are you taking them?
Back to Andoria. You can't!
They'll arrest us. They'll hold us responsible
for this incident! If you're innocent,
I'm sure you have nothing to worry about.
To the Kumari.
From what I saw...
she was a fine ship with a good crew.
I was in command for 12 years.
First ship of her class.
Most of the crew I served with even longer.
They were more than colleagues.
I knew their spouses...
their children.
I'm grateful Talas survived.
If I'd lost her...
I didn't realize there was something going on
between the two of you.
It's a recent development.
In the past, I never would've considered a relationship
with someone under my command.
What changed?
Andorian women are far more aggressive
than Earth females.
She made a...
an overture.
I had a choice:
charge her with assaulting a superior...
or mate with her.
I hope you made the right decision.
I regret that you're drawn into another of our conflicts,
Captain. I seem to have a knack for it.
I doubt that war can be avoided this time.
When that sensor data
is seen by Imperial Command...
It doesn't make sense.
Why agree to a conference,
then attack your ambassador?
Tellarites don't think like you or I do.
They've been provoking us for months.
We've lost six freighters along the border.
We know they're responsible.
Tellarites claim they've lost ships of their own.
You'd accept their word over ours?
[com beeps]
T'Pol to Captain Archer.
Go ahead.
There's a ship on an intercept course. It's Andorian.
You expecting company?
Hail them.
They're not responding.
[beeping]
I'm reading a power buildup.
They're opening fire!
What in the hell are they doing?
Our warp field's destabilizing.
We're dropping to impulse.
Call them off.
Let me talk to them.
This is Commander Shran of the Imperial Guard.
Call off your attack!
My crew is aboard this ship!
Do you hear me?! Abort your attack!
Phase-cannons, return fire!
No damage.
We need to get through their shields...
how?
They're going to kill all of us
if you don't do something!
I need to access your targeting array.
These are the coordinates to their shield generator.
Fire when ready.
Direct hit.
Their shields are still at maximum.
Impossible.
Shran...!
Our dorsal plating's almost gone. Starboard thrusters are down.
Torpedoes... maximum yield!
[beeping]
They're moving off.
There's a fluctuation in their power grid.
Good work.
It wasn't my doing, sir.