Precious Cargo (Star Trek: Enterprise)

"**Precious Cargo**"
"Precious Cargo"
Star Trek: Enterprise episode
Episode no.	Season 2; Episode 11
Directed by	David Livingston
Story by	Rick Berman; Brannon Braga;
Teleplay by	David A. Goodman
Featured music	Paul Baillargeon
Cinematography by	Marvin V. Rush
Production code	211
Original air date	December 11, 2002
Guest appearances
	Padma Lakshmi as Princess Kaitaama; Leland Crooke as Firek Plinn; Scott Klace as Firek Goff;
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"Precious Cargo" is the thirty-seventh episode (production #211) of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise airing on UPN. It is the eleventh episode of the series' second season.

Set in the 22nd century, the series follows the adventures of the first Starfleet starship Enterprise, registration NX-01. In this episode, the Enterprise answers an alien distress call and Commander Tucker (Connor Trinneer) is kidnapped and then escapes with a spoiled and beautiful alien princess Kaitaama (Padma Lakshmi).

The episode is noted by technologists for its depiction of the universal translator, one of the technologies real-world experts are interested in realizing.^[2]

^ "Production News: 10.22.02 Connor Gets Cozy with "Cargo"". StarTrek.com. Archived from the original on 2002-10-24.
^ Lasbury, Mark E. (2016). The Realization of Star Trek Technologies: The Science, Not Fiction, Behind Brain Implants, Plasma Shields, Quantum Computing, and More. Springer. p. 169. ISBN 978-3-319-40914-6.

[production-1] "Production News: 10.22.02 Connor Gets Cozy with "Cargo"". StarTrek.com. Archived from the original on 2002-10-24.

[Lasbury-2] Lasbury, Mark E. (2016). The Realization of Star Trek Technologies: The Science, Not Fiction, Behind Brain Implants, Plasma Shields, Quantum Computing, and More. Springer. p. 169. ISBN 978-3-319-40914-6.

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