Fortunate Son (Star Trek: Enterprise)
"Fortunate Son" is the tenth episode (production #110) of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise.
Archer is contacted by Admiral Forrest to turn around and lend a helping hand to the ECS Fortunate, a Y-class freighter. Archer, Malcolm, Phlox, and Travis learn from the first officer that the Fortunate was attacked by Nausicans and that the captain was injured. The Enterprise helps repair the Fortunate until sensors show that the 23-member crew has an additional person aboard.
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