Cold Station 12
"Cold Station 12" is the name of the 81st episode of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise. It is the fifth episode of the fourth season of the series, first airing on 5 November 2004 on the US television network UPN.
"Cold Station 12" is so named for the medical facility run by Starfleet Medical and the Denobulans, where much of this episode's plot unfolds.
The episode's working title was "CS-12".
Plot Summary
[Note: This episode is part of a three episode arc involving the "Augments". To follow the full plot, see the other two episodes of the arc "Borderland", and "The Augments"].
After Dr. Arik Soong and his "Augments" escape Enterprise in a Klingon Bird-of-prey, Captain Archer and his crew proceed to the coordinates Soong had given earlier in the mission.
This is the location where the young Augments were raised and schooled by Dr. Soong. It is also where the Enterprise away team discovers a brother of the Augments named Udar. Analysis reveals that although Udar's DNA is similar to the other Augments, he has none of their enhanced abilities. Udar is nicknamed "Smike" by his Augment siblings after a handicapped character from the comic novel Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens.
In this episode, we learn that after the devastating Eugenics Wars (in which up to 35 million were killed), Earth's governments could not decide on the fate of the genetically enhanced embyos, so they were placed in cold storage for the time being.
We also find out that while Dr. Soong had stolen 19 embryos from Cold Station 12, some 1800 frozen embryos, leftover from the Eugenics Wars, are still stored at CS 12.
Guest Cast
- Brent Spiner as Dr. Arik Soong
- Alec Newman as Malik
- Abby Brammell as Persis
- Richard Riehle as Jeremy Lucas
- Kaj-Erik Eriksen as Smike
- Kris Iyer as Deputy Director
- Adam Grimes as Lokesh
- Amy Wieczorek as Female Pilot
- Jordan Orr as Young Malik
- Kevin Foster as Security Guard #1