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how long will ENT stay on? 6 years, 7 years? and in that time, the end of the series, will the creation of the Federation occur? now i know lots of people dislike greatly some of the events or the look about ENT but you can easily pass it off as ripple effects of ST:FC. (yes, a crock but nothing else makes much sence in why things are) so assuming that the end of this year or perhaps next season, the ENT saves the day, defeats the Xindi and starts the seeds of the Federation at least...what then? have the producers even said anything about the birth of the Federation? will we see the Earth-Romulan War? what ship will be NCC-1?
Anyway.. going by the usual 1 year per season, the last season would be set in 2157. There is no canon date for the Romulan War, and the Federation was founded in 2161 ("Season 10").
So strictly speaking, they don't have to bother with either.
OTOH, the Andorian/Vulcan arc seems to inevitably end with the birth of the Federation. Especially after lasts weeks frequent use of the word "alliance".
(I just keep editing this) Perhaps some mod should move this to the ENT forum, and perhaps someone should add some $poiler warnings to the title...
quote:Anyway.. going by the usual 1 year per season, the last season would be set in 2157.
April 2157 - April 2158.
quote:what ship will be NCC-1?
Dauntless?
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I have this feeling that the Xindi Arc might get wound up if not right at the end of this season, then in next season's premiere or soon after. What I reckon'll happen then is that just as Archer & Co think they can breathe again, they'll find themselves in the middle of the Romulan War.
Or maybe not. Maybe Future Guy, who some have said looks Romulan, will turn out to BE Romulan, and is controlling the Suliban in order to change history. That's why he wasn't pleased when the Xindi started pissing about, because it disrupts his carefully controlled plans.
I think it'll be something along these lines. All the indications are that the Xindi Arc won't continue beyond this season, and they can't go back to the way things were before, so they have to find some way to keepo the momentum going.
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I really don't think they HAVE a direction. This whole storyline seems to move on "Oh, that would be cool" sentiment. I suspect the whole Xindi plotline will be erased at some point. I don't think there is a plan to lead into the Earth vs. Romulus war story.
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Remember though that the Xindi were tipped off to the destruction of their homeworld by one of the Coldwar factions... Maybe this was done to keep Enterprise out of the Romulan War.
Daniel's said that history still has no record of Enterprise's encounter with the Xindi, which leads me to believe the "whole season never happened" scenario could happen.
The founding of the Federation, in my opinion, would be a natural conclusion to the series... it would also make a good Enterprise movie. The whole premise of the show being a prequel to the Trek that we all know already begs for that event to be shown. And it's already been hinted that Archer has something to do with those events.
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They can still start it with the final episode. After all, I'd imagine it'd take a few years to hammer out all the treaties, rules and such.
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Actually, I'm hoping they save the beginning of the war for the last episode of the series - and then do a feature (or features) within the war.
Although having the war in seasons 6 and 7 would be cool as well. Plenty of opportunity for arcs...
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