See Also: 'The Forge' Episode Guide

UPN has premiered the trailer for Star Trek: Enterprise's "The Forge", which airs next Friday night.

During this episode, written by Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens and directed by Michael Grossman, the bombing of Earth's embassy on Vulcan sends Archer and T'Pol into a Vulcan desert seeking the Vulcan religious faction that may be responsible.

The 20-second promo is available for download online courtesy of StarTrek.com and The Daily Trekker. For those with slower connections, here's a transcript:

UPN FRIDAY ON AN ALL-NEW 'STAR TREK ENTERPRISE'

[Enterprise heads away from Vulcan.]

[T'Pol places an IDIC symbol with a red crystal at the center on a table.]

[When the symbol is pressed, the crystal lights up as Archer and T'Pol watch.]

[An image of a map emerges from the IDIC.]

[Archer stares at the three-dimensional map.]

WELCOME TO VULCAN, A PLANET AS STRANGE AS ITS PEOPLE.

[On Vulcan, people stand facing a mountain lit by lightning.]

[A dark Starfleet building is shown in closeup.]

[Vulcans and humans speak informally to one another in a reception hall.]

[Tucker speaks aboard Enterprise with Soval beside him.]

Tucker: "Captain, what if something goes wrong down there?"

[In civilian clothes, Archer and T'Pol stand on a transporter platform.]

Archer: It already has.

WHEN A TREACHEROUS JOURNEY BEGINS...

[Archer, T'Pol and a Vulcan approach a rocky desert.]

[Archer shields his eyes to look into the distance.]

[The Vulcan strides in front of the Enterprise crewmembers.]

Vulcan: "This is no place for your kind."

...THE LIFE OF ONE OF STARFLEET'S OWN WILL END.

[T'Pol and Archer race between rocks as energy bolts shoot from behind them.]

[Archer stumbles behind T'Pol.]

[Inside a shelter, Archer looks back at a blast of lightning.]

[Lightning shoots into the cave, sending a body flying.]

Archer: "T'Pol!"

[T'Pol lies unconscious on the ground.]

Soval: "Captain Archer, all of Vulcan grieves with you today."

[Soval and two other Vulcans stand in a corridor.]

[An explosion blasts apart a room as people flee.]

[The Starfleet facility seen earlier blows apart.]

A SPECIAL THREE-PART STAR TREK EVENT BEGINS.

[T'Pol presses her fingers to Archer's face in the mind-meld position.]

[Archer gasps and struggles in protest.]

[Text: 'STAR TREK ENTERPRISE']

[Enterprise flies toward Vulcan.]

The promo online can be viewed in streaming Windows Media or Quicktime format at StarTrek.com or downloaded in DivX format at The Daily Trekker.

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