He remembered the box. He was taking it to someone. Tucker had been mad and Archer had to take the box. All's I know,' the engineer had said, is that we can't dock with them. Somethin's gone wrong, and it's not a fault with Enterprise. Their docking port's down and we can't get in, not with the ship and not with a shuttle.'

Then one of us will have to break in,' said Archer, catching T'Pol's eye. What, not logical enough for you?'

Quite a logical solution, actually. I'm simply curious about who you'll be sending out.'

I won't be sending anyone. I'll be going myself.'

She'd known exactly what to expect, she could smell the testosterone rising in him when he was challenged. Captain, that is not logical.'

I'll go, sir,' Ensign Mayweather was always first to volounteer, he stepped forward an instant before Trip Tucker's equally enthusiastic response and Malcolm Reed's raised hand.

At ease, gentlemen. I'm not prepared to risk any of you on this mission. Those readings we're getting are so far off the board, we're not sure exactly what we're dealing with...'

All the more reason to not send the captain,' said T'Pol.

...but!' Archer rounded on the Vulcan. I've got a gut feeling the Suliban are involved. Those readings could be temporal anomalies.'

We haven't ascertained that yet,' argued T'Pol.

Are you saying my guts aren't logical, Sub-Commander?'

Sir. We haven't been able to calibrate our sensors accurately enough to be able to say what's on board the alien craft.'

And that is exactly why you all need to be here and I should be the one who goes EVA and onto the space station.'

But Jon...' Tucker raised a finger in protest.

What we do know is that we've had a distress signal from the space station.' Archer pointed to the box on the floor. Is it packed?'

Everything but the kitchen sink,' grumbled Tucker. Oh, and those creatures. I told the doc to make you up a first aid kit, but I didn't want anything that could walk in on its own packed in there.'

That's good.' Archer slung the box over his shoulder and reached for his helmet. He waited for a long moment while T'Pol stepped away from the airlock door. He locked his helmet into place as the hatch slid shut.

Stay in touch,' said Sato, pointing to her ear.

Archer made a thumb's-up sign to her and bounced out of the airlock towards the towering bulk of the alien space station.