June 2153-August 2154
Third Year of USS ENTERPRISE (NX-01) VoyageJune 16, 2153
The Enterprise enters the Delphic Expanse
(end of second season of Enterprise; speculation)
July 28, 2153 - July 31, 2153
Events
of "The Xindi"
Six weeks into the Delphic Expanse, Captain Archer and his
crew learn of a Xindi working at a mining colony, and set out to track him
down and gain information about the mysterious race. But when Trip and Archer
get caught in a deadly trap, Enterprise's newest crew members, a squad
of Military Assault Command Operation soldiers (MACOs), must rush to free
them. Meanwhile, T'Pol suggests an intriguing Vulcan cure for Trip's vivid
nightmares of his sister's death.
(dates are speculation - episode mentions this is six
weeks after entering the Delphic Expanse)
early August 2153
Events
of "Anomaly"
The mission to find the Xindi takes a
treacherous turn when Enterprise is crippled by inexplicable,
destructive spatial anomalies that distort the laws of physics. With systems
down, Osaarian pirates board the ship and and raid it of valuable supplies.
The crew captures one of the marauders, and Archer's sense of morality is
tested when he interrogates the prisoner.
August
2153 Events of "Extinction"
Their ongoing quest for the Xindi leads the
Enterprise crew to a tropical alien world where Archer, Reed and Hoshi are
exposed to a highly contagious virus that transforms their bodies and minds
into those of the long extinct alien inhabitants of the planet.
August
2153 Events
of "Rajiin"
Rescued by Archer from an alien bazaar, a captivating slave
girl, Rajiin, uses her erotic, hypnotic mental powers on the crew to steal
data on humans for her Xindi overlords. But when her deception is discovered,
Archer throws her in the brig, forcing the Reptilian Xindi to storm the ship,
weapons blazing, to spring her free.
Meanwhile, Trip and T'Pol initiate a dangerous experiment to
insulate the ship from further destruction from strange physical phenomena in
the Delphic Expanse.
late
August 2153 Events of "Impulse"
Boarding a damaged Vulcan vessel adrift in an
asteroid field, Archer and his team discover that the remaining crew have
mutated into violent, zombie-like creatures. When T'Pol begins to succumb to
the mutation, the crew must fight their way out before they lose her forever.
early
September 2153 Events of "Exile"
From light-years away, a powerful telepathic
alien, Tarquin, mentally contacts Hoshi and convinces Archer to let the ensign
briefly visit his isolated planet in exchange for crucial information on the
Xindi.
c.
September 14, 2153 Events of "The Shipment"
After infiltrating a Xindi-Sloth plant that
synthesizes vital explosive materials for the Xindi super-weapon, Archer, Reed
and MACO Major Hayes capture and interrogate the plant foreman, Gralik, who
upon learning of the Xindi council's attack on Earth, establishes an uneasy
alliance with Archer.
(episode is set three months after the
Enterprise entered the Expanse.)
late
September 2153 Events of "Twilight"
After Enterprise is assaulted by
severe spatial distortions, Archer loses the ability to form new, long-term
memories, causing him to wake up each morning unaware that any time has passed
since the day he was afflicted. Despite the crew's best efforts to keep him
involved in decisions, it becomes clear over time that they can't continue to
function in this manner, leading T'Pol to become his caretaker and Trip to
take command of the ship.
October
2153 Events of "North Star"
After finding thousands of humans on a Delphic
Expanse planet living in settlements seemingly straight out of the Old West,
Archer gets embroiled in a dangerous cultural conflict once he discovers that
the humans are systematically oppressing the alien race that originally
brought them to this world.
October
2153
Events of "Similitude"
After an accident in Engineering leaves Trip
mortally injured, Dr. Phlox attempts to save the chief engineer by creating a
"mimetic simbiot" — a clone — of him to harvest neural tissue from it. In its
very short lifespan, the simbiot grows rapidly from baby to adult, and
surprises the crew with detailed memories of the real Trip's life. Meanwhile,
the accident has left Enterprise disabled and adrift inside a
destructive space cloud, so the crew attempts to free the ship before they are
stranded forever.
November
2153 Events of "Carpenter Street"
Ex-crewman Daniels, a temporal agent from the
future, appears on Enterprise and sends Archer and T'Pol back in time
to 2004 Earth, to learn why three Xindi-Reptilians have been detected in the
timeline where they're not supposed to be. Using 22nd-century technology,
Archer and T'Pol scour Detroit, Michigan, and locate an abandoned factory
where the Xindi are developing a biological weapon with the help of a local
medical worker.
(Takes place 150 years after 2004. Note:
The events in the episode that are set in 2154 take place over two days)
late November 2153 Enterprise
discovers a third sphere in the Expanse (just before "Chosen Realm")
Events
of "Chosen Realm"
A Triannon crew which Enterprise rescues
from a crippled ship turns out to be a group of religious extremists who
hijack the NX-01 to eradicate the "heretics" on their homeworld.
Furthermore, when the group's leader, D'Jamat, learns that Archer's crew has
dared desecrate the Expanse's mysterious Spheres — which the Triannons
consider holy shrines of the "chosen realm" — he demands that Archer choose a
crewman to be put to death.
(date is speculation)
early
December 2153 Events of "Proving Ground"
Andorian Imperial Guard Commander Shran and his
warship track Enterprise down in the Delphic Expanse to offer Captain
Archer help as an ally, and together, the two former adversaries plan to steal
a prototype of the Xindi's planet-destroying superweapon. As a confrontation
with the Xindi looms, Lt. Reed gets help fixing the NX-01's damaged
weapons systems from a striking Andorian female, Lt. Talas, a contentious
officer with her own agenda.
December
12, 2153 - December 16, 2153 Events of "Stratagem"
Having located the prototype of the Xindi
superweapon, Archer and the crew manage to capture the weapon's creator, Degra,
and launch into an elaborate scheme to dupe their prisoner into revealing the
location of the final weapon under construction. With time running out before
the Xindi discover Degra's disappearance, the entire crew play key roles in
the massive charade which combines Archer's acting skills, Trip's faux alien
shuttlecraft, Hoshi's decrypted data and Dr. Phlox's memory tampering, in
order to trick the Xindi scientist into believing he and Archer are now allies
and on the run after escaping a Xindi-Insectoid prison.
(Date of December 12, 2153 given during the
episode)
December
27, 2153 - December 30, 2153
Events of "Harbinger"
Enterprise encounters an abnormally large spatial distortion and
rescues an alien from a craft trapped inside. While Archer and Dr. Phlox try
to solve the mystery behind the rapidly deteriorating alien, tensions between
Lt. Reed and MACO leader Major Hayes escalate into a full-blown brawl.
Meanwhile, Trip's flirtation with a female MACO forces a surprisingly jealous
T'Pol to confront her attraction to her fellow senior officer.
(Date of December 27, 2153 is given at the
start of the episode)
Captain Archer agrees that the crew of the
Enterprise should be put into a comatose state, in order to combat the effects
of an approaching area of space on the human neuro-cortex. Dr. Phlox is left
in control of the ship, as his Denoblian physiology is determined to be
immune. (two days prior to "Doctor's Orders")
c.
January 3, 2154 Events of "Doctor's Orders"
While Enterprise travels through a section of
the Expanse lethal to human neurology, Dr. Phlox must put the entire crew to
sleep and handle all aspects of a working starship, but even with T'Pol's
help, the doctor's skills might not be enough to keep the crew safe when
complications arise. With the ship not moving out of the area fast enough, Dr.
Phlox must figure out how to start the warp engines without blowing up the
ship, while realizing he may not be entirely immune to the region's radiation
himself. (date is speculation)
January
8 - 12, 2154 Events of "Hatchery"
When Enterprise stumbles upon a damaged
Xindi-Insectoid ship on a barren planet, Archer and the crew search the ship
and discover a cache of several dozen Insectoid eggs, but with the nursery's
bio-support failing, Archer becomes fiercely determined to help his enemy's
offspring hatch. As Mayweather and Tucker attempt to learn all they can about
the alien ship, Archer becomes consumed with saving the Xindi hatchlings,
causing the crew to start raising questions about Archer's judgment. (date
of January 8 given in episode, episode takes place over about 4 days)
mid
January 2154 Events of "Azati Prime"
The Enterprise finally arrives at the Xindi
superweapon construction site, and despite a troubling glimpse into the future
by time-traveling operative Daniels, a determined Archer leaves the ship in
T'Pol's hands as he alone pilots a suicide mission to destroy the huge
Earth-bound planet-killer. With Archer gone, T'Pol and the crew attempt to
escape enemy territory undetected, but once discovered are forced to make a
last stand against multiple Xindi attackers.
(date is speculation, episode takes place immediately after "Hatchery")
January 13, 2154 - August 2154
Events of the remainder of the Third Season of Enterprise
February 2154 -
In the alternate timeline, where Archer loses his long term memory, T'Pol is
given a field commission and promoted to the rank of Captain. She assumes
command of the Enterprise and continues the mission in search of the Xindi
weapon. ("Twilight" - several weeks after Archer is injured).
February 2154 - Kolos is released from
Rura Penthe ("Judgment" plus one year")
March 2154 - In
the alternate timeline, where Archer loses his long term memory, the crew of
the Enterprise finally determines where the Xindi weapon is being assembled.
("several months" after Archer is injured in "Twilight.") The Xindi
intercept Enterprise, and in the ensuing battle 13 Enterprise crew are killed,
and the ship's warp propulsion is crippled. Enterprise can now only achieve
Warp 1.7. They eventually reach the place where the Xindi weapon was built,
only to discover it has already been deployed.
March 2154 - When the Xindi weapon is
likely to be completed, if the Enterprise crew does not stop them in time.
(speculation from Stratagem and Twilight.)
c. August 2154 - In the alternate
timeline, where Archer loses his long term memory, the Enterprise races back
to Earth, her warp engines finally repaired (Tucker said it would take "six
months" to repair the engines). The crew arrives in the Solar System not
long before the Xindi weapon arrives. The Earth, in this timeline, is
completely destroyed with a total loss of life. The Lunar colony is
presumably destroyed at this time as well. ("Twilight")
August 2154 The NX-02, the second
Warp 5 starship, is launched from orbit around Earth. (14 months after the
Enterprise is refit "The Expanse")