The Archer/T'Pol Style Guide

Star Trek Enterprise: Key Terms

Everything you wanted to know about the big 
three Star Trek: Enterprise aliens, but where afraid to ask.
Grammar
•	A Few Common Mistakes
 
•	20 Different Sentence Patterns
 
•	Grammar Cheat Sheet
 
•	Dialogue Cheat Sheet
 
Star Trek: Enterprise Key Terms
 
Enterprise - Blueprints
Archer’s quarters	possibly E deck (Unexpected)	
T’Pol’s quarters	Angelus reasoned that since Archer visited T’Pol’s quarters in his pajamas that their quarters are on the same deck. Conflicting information says her quarters are on B or C deck.	
 
Ship
bow	forward part of ship	
port	left	
stern or aft	tail end of ship	
starboard	right	

Terms
antimatter	 	
Armory	follows normal grammar patterns, when it's the Ready Room uppercase; when it's my ready room lowercase 	
Beacons/torches	flashlights	
bio-bed	hyphenated word	
Brig	 	
Bridge	the smallest area in the center and top of the saucer section	
bulkhead	 	
Captain’s Mess	dining room reserved for the captain	
Cargobay	one word	
Catwalk	 	
comm	one word, two m's, short for communications (comm) system	
Command Center	constructed for the Xindi mission	
deck	7 decks, A – G	
Decon	 	
deflector	protects the ship from space dust and other particles	
EM barrier (electromagnetic barrier) or forcefield	 	
Engineering	 	
EV suit	extra-vehicular suit	
Grappler	 	
grav boots	gravity boots	
hatch	 	
head	bathroom, off the Bridge	
hull plating	 	
junction	 	
impulse reactor	 	
Launch bay	 	
Mess Hall	 	
nacelle	those tootsie roll shaped things on the ship	
PADD	Personal Access Display Device	
phase modulated energy weapons or phase cannons	 	
phase pistols	 	
photonic torpedoes or torpedoes	 	
plasma rifles	 	
plasma torch	 	
portable forcefield emitters	 	
protein resequencers	 	
Observation	 	
Ready Room	 	
saucer section	the Frisbee –shaped part of the ship; Enterprise’s doesn’t separate	
scanners	 	
sensors	 	
Shuttepod 1, Shuttlepod 2	uppercase and one word; Enterprise has only two	
Sickbay	 	
Situation Room	at back of bridge	
stun grenades	 	
subspace amplifier	 	
subspace antenna	 	
Tactical Alert	battle stations, various equipment comes online	
transporter	 	
turbolift	one word	
universal translator	Also called UT	
warp coil	 	
weapons locker	 	
 
Things they don't have on Enterprise
•	Jeffries tubes
•	Computers that you can talk to that does stuff; Enterprise characters have to use buttons to open doors, light switches, etc.
•	Red Alert; it’s called Tactical Alert
•	Shields; they polarize their hull plating instead
•	Phasers; phase canons are on the ship and phase pistols are hand weapons
•	Tricorders; they’re called scanners
•	Warp that goes faster than 6

People
Aenar	 	
Andorian (plural: Andorians)	 	
Jonathan Archer	two a’s	
Dr. Arik Soong	 	
Augment (plural: Augments)	capitalized	
Elizabeth Cutler	Crewman; life sciences (entomology) 	
Degra	Humanoid-Xindi scientist who created the Xindi proto-type weapon that killed more than 7 million Earthlings	
Dolim	Reptilian-Xindi who wanted to launch the Xindi weapon to destroy Earth	
Maxwell Forrest	Admiral; Archer’s mentor	
Erika Hernandez	Captain of the Columbia	
Jhamel	Aenar; telepahtic	
Koss	 	
Margaret Mullen or Mullin	 	
Travis Mayweather	Ensign; Helm Officer	
Orion (plural: Orions)	 	
Phlox	Chief Medical Officer	
Malcolm Reed	Lieutenant; Tactical Officer	
Hoshi Sato	Ensign; Comm Officer	
Porthos	Archer’s Beagle pal	
Romulan (plural: Romulan and Romulans)	 	
Shran	 	
Silik	 	
Soval	Vulcan ambassador to Earth; T’Pol’s old mentor	
Surak	father of Vulcan logic who helped usher in the Time of the Awakening	
Syrran (Arev)	leader of the Syrannites; his nickname means desert wind.	
Syrrannites	those who believe in the strict teachings of Surak	
Terrans	humans	
Tolaris	a member of the V’tosh Ka’tur; the man who gave T’Pol Pa’nar	
T’Pau	Syrannite; becomes minister in Kir’Shara	
T’Pol	Commander; Sciences; first officer	
Charles “Trip” Tucker III	Commander; Engineering; second officer	
V’Lar	Ambassador; T’Pol’s childhood idol	
V'tosh Ka'tur	Vulcans without logic	
Xindi	 	
Zefram Cochrane	Earth scientist who developed warp at the end of WWIII; first to meet the Vulcans	
 
Places
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Planetary_classification
 
Andoria or Andor	homeworld of the Andorians	
Andorian Empire	 	
Klingon	 	
Klingon Empire	 	
Mt. Seleya	mountain on Vulcan; highest peak and because it was where Surak died, it is seen as sacred	
Qo’noS	homeworld of the Klingons	
Rura Penthe	prison for Klingons; Archer went to this icy planet in Judgment	
Remus	homeworld of the Remans, brothers to the Romulans	
Romulans	 	
Romulan Empire	 	
San Francisco	where Archer’s apartment is located	
Sausalito	where Starfleet Command is located	
Tellar or Tellar Prime	homeworld of the Tellarites	
Vulcan	homeworld of the Vulcans	
Vulcan Compound	Sausalito location where Vulcans stayed	
Vulcan Consulate	Sausalito; T’Pol served there	
Warp 5 Complex	 	
 
Ranks

Starfleet: Crewman, Ensign, Lieutenant Junior Grade (or Lt. J.G.), Lieutenant (or Lt.), Lieutenant Commander (or Lt. Cmdr.), Commander (or Cmdr.), Captain, Fleet Captain, Commodore, Rear Admiral, Vice Admiral - follows normal grammar patterns, when it's the Captain uppercase; when it's any captain or my captain, lower case.

Vulcan: Sub-commander (with a hyphen), Commander … Minister, Administrator.

Things

Andorian Imperial Guard	 	
bond	 	
Clarke's Disease	Jonathan’s father Henry had this disease (Borderland)	
Federation	 	
Imaging chamber	one in Sickbay, MRI	
Kahs-wan Ritual	Vulcans are taken to the desert and left to survive for ten days	
katra	soul	
Kolinahr	ritual to purge emotions	
lifemate	 	
life bond	 	
le-matya	predatory beast bearing poisonous claws, native to Vulcan	
lyrpa	Vulcan weapon with one blunt end and one end that is like a spear; Archer used one in Awakening	
Ministry of Security	Vulcan agency T’Pol served in	
nasal numbing agent	due to Vulcan female’s over-developed olfactory, they use this to dampen the smell	
neuropressure	 	
NX Test Program or NX Project	 	
Pa’nar Syndrome	 	
Plak tow	blood fever that happens during Pon Farr when a Vulcan looses his or her senses	
Plomeek broth	traditional Vulcan food; looks like soup	
Pon Farr	Mating cycle; happens every seven years	
sehlat	a teddy bear with six-inch fangs; T’Pol had one as a childhood pet	
Seleya	Vulcan ship where T’Pol served as Deputy Science Officer for more than a year	
Trellium-D	a compound that insulates the ship from the affects of the Expanse; a substance that causes increased inhibition with Vulcans	
Vulcan High Command	 	
Vulcan Science Directorate	 	
Vulcan nerve pinch/Vulcan neck pinch	 	

Everything you wanted to know about the big three Star Trek: Enterprise aliens, but where afraid to ask.
 
Vulcans
•	One of the founding races of the Federation. Journey to Babel
•	Have copper blood, thus there skin is bronze and green (even their naughty bits and should happen to their lips, sorry T'Pol). Skin bruises take on a green color. 
•	Their planet is hot (as in really) with a higher gravity.
•	Higher body temperature than humans.
•	Have nictitating membranes like cats, which shields their eyes. Operation: Annihilate! 
•	Have superior hearing.
•	Female have a superior sense of smell. Broken Bow
•	Are stronger than humans; how strong a female Vulcan is questionable. This Side of Paradise
•	IDIC - infinite diversity in infinite combinations.  The Forge
•	Greetings: live long and prosper, peace and long life while splitting their hands into a "v".
•	Require less sleep than lazy humans.
•	Don’t eat with their hands, unless it's popcorn with Capt. Archer. Broken Bow, Horizon
•	Don’t eat meat. Broken Bow
•	Males experience Pon Farr every 7 years where they are required to mate or die. Amok Time
•	There are many sanctuaries for the Kolinahr, the ritual to train the mind to supress all emotion; not everyone passes this test. Star Trek I: The Motion Picture
•	Kolinahr masters teach the Kolinahr. P'Jem is a sanctuary where the art is mastered. Andorian Incident
•	Priests and priestesses can help the katra take its rightful place. Star Trek III: Search for Spock
•	Are related to Romulans (Romulans left the planet during the Awakening), but during Enterprise's time no one knows their connection.
•	Meditate daily to suppress emotions. 
•	Use the Vulcan neck (or nerve) pinch to incapacitate.
•	Enter a healing trance in which they need to sometimes be slapped to exit. A Private Little War
•	Are touch telepaths and are sometimes able to pick up strong emotions without touch.  Spock was capable of making telepathic contact with a mind through a door. 
•	Can survive several days without food or water. The Forge
•	Heart is where a human’s liver would be. A Private Little War
•	Pleenok is a learning device used by Vulcan parents to teach their infants primary logic. Human Error
•	Kal-toh is a game that Vulcans play for recreation. Omega Directive
•	Prayer is sometimes offered for the deceased. Basics Part II
•	Sometimes practice euthanasia on the infirm or elderly. Death Wish
•	Keethara, a structure consisting of numerous building blocks of different shapes each marked to indicate a different significance, is a test of Vulcan mental discipline. Flashback
 
Tellarites
•	One of the founding races of the Federation.
•	Impatient and have stubborn pride. United and The Forge.
•	Like to argue. Arguing is considered a sport on their planet.
•	Often begin an interaction with a series of complaints or insults.
•	Enjoy being argued back with.
•	Think of dogs as delicious looking creatures.
•	Apparently have fingers (in TOS they had hooves).
•	Like mud baths.
 
Andorians
•	One of the founding races of the Federation.
•	Live where it's icy. Are very susceptible to high temperatures, an Andorian could lose 10% of its body weight in as little as two days in climates approaching the boiling point of water. The Aenar.
•	Have a higher metabolism than Humans. United.
•	Because of physiology, intramuscular injects are used instead of intravenous injections. TOS: Whom God Destroys. 
•	Debatable - are a warrior race. Andorians have an artistic side too (DS9: Prodigal Daughter). Andorians consider their race deeply emotional and passionate. They highly value family. TOS: Journey to Babel.
•	Have wiggling antennae. Antennae will regrow in nine months on its own, or in half that time with electrical stimulation. The loss of an antenna is a humiliating experience.
•	Women are responsible for initiating mating and may be the stronger of the species. Andorians point their antenna at a potential mate to signify attraction. DS9: The Sound of her Voice.
•	The Ushaan is a code of honor demanding a duel to the death in which participants fight each other with an ice miner’s tool, the Ushaan-tor. There are 12,000 amendments surrounding it.
•	If a member of the Andorian Imperial Guard dies away from Andoria, a comrade carries a part of their body back to the ice of Andoria.
•	Andorian weddings require groups of four people. TNG: Data’s Day.
 
Sources for More Information: 

Canon @ entstcommunity http://canon.entstcommunity.org/
•	Archer http://canon.entstcommunity.org/archer.htm
•	T’Pol http://canon.entstcommunity.org/tpol.htm
Enterprise Timeline (Some dates and information is speculated).
Trek Core’s Enterprise Timeline http://trekcore.com/timeline/
Memory Alpha's Star Trek Encyclopedia 
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Main_Page
•	 Archer http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Jonathan_Archer
•	  T’Pol http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/T%27Pol
Star Trek Official Website http://www.startrek.com/
Vulcan Language Institute http://home.teleport.com/~vli/vlif.htm

Grammar

A Few Common Mistakes
 
A Part/Apart
You are a part of me.
I don’t want us to be apart again.
 
Accept/Except
If you love someone, you accept them for who they are. 
Take everything except the phase pistol.
 
Advice/Advise
If you want my advice, I say go for it.
My lawyer advised me not to answer any questions about our relationship.
 
Affect/Effect
Archer had that affect on her. 
T’Pol knew the effect but not the cause.
 
Bare/Bear
He couldn’t bear to bare all of his skin. 
 
Breath/Breathe
The bitter smell of whiskey tainted his breath.
Breathe in the smell of his cologne.
 
Choose/Chose
You wanted me to choose between Trip and you. I chose you.
 
Further/Farther
It’s not that much farther to the planet.
I can’t go any further.
 
Inferred/Implied
T’Pol inferred that he loved her. 
He didn’t like what she implied with her statement.
 
Its/It’s
Its coloring comes from the secretions of a Tellarite bat. 
It’s going to be a long day.
 
Know/No/Now
You know me. 
No, I won’t let you.
I want to see you in my ready room now Sub-Commander.
 
Lay/Laid/Lie
T’Pol lay in her bed looking up at the ceiling. 
Jonathan laid down the picnic blanket. 
They will lie down and look up at the stars.
 
Lead/Led
Your crew trust you; lead them. 
Emotion led me down the wrong path.
 
Less/Fewer
Archer has less patience.
T’Pol has fewer pajamas than Hoshi.
 
Loose/Lose
One thing he knew for sure: T’Pol wasn’t a loose woman.
I don’t want to lose you.
 
Passed/Past
He passed away that night in the presence of his wife, T’Pol.
I don’t want to think about the past today.
 
Phase/Faze 
Porthos is going through a phase. 
A big chunk of cheddar didn’t faze him.
 
Principal/Principle
Archer’s principal motivation is compassion.
He is a man of principle.
 
Quiet/Quite
Quiet! They’re coming!
She’s quite a woman.
 
Sight/Site
T’Pol caught sight of the colony site.
 
Than/Then
He was older than Trip, but that didn’t matter to her.
What do we do then?
 
That/Which
Archer’s apartment, which lay empty for years, smelled musty.
That is not the right way to do it. This is.
 
There/Their/They’re 
Porthos, look at the mess you made over there. 
Their bond connected them. 
They’re going to be fine.
 
To/Too/Two
To whom it may concern: I, Jonathan Archer, bequeath all my possessions to T’Pol.
I wanted it, too.
Two Klingons walked into a bar.
 
Toward not towards
Move toward the shuttlepod. 
 
Whose/Who’s 
Whose lipstick is on your collar? 
Who’s going to come with me?
 
Your/You’re  
Your meeting with Commander T’Pol is in ten minutes. 
You’re going to have to spell it out to me.

 
20 Different Sentence Patterns
From the Book: The Art of Styling Sentences by K.D. Sullivan and Ann Longknife.
Examples by Jessica
 
DO: Direct object
IO: Indirect object
M: Modifier
O: Object of preposition
OC: Object Compliment
P: Preposition
S: Subject 
SC: Subject compliment
V: Verb
 
1.    S V; S V.
T’Pol loved him; She didn’t know how to say it.

a. S V; conjuctive adverb ( such as: however,hence, therefore, thus, then, moreover, nevertheless, likewise, consequently, and accordingly) SV.
T’Pol loved him; therefore she couldn’t let him die.

b. S V; S V, conjunction S V. 
She is the right one for him; she is strong and intelligent, and she can stand up to him.
 
2. S V DO or SC; S,  DO or SC. 
Archer and T’Pol each had a goal; his, emotional; hers logical.
For many of the crew, the new chef was a godsend; for others, a pain. 
A Vulcan’s nature is logical, not emotional; ordered, not chaotic.

3. Independent Clause General statement (idea): Independent Clause Specific statement (example).
Vulcans are more similar to humans than they think: both species are driven by curiosity and intelligence. 
 
4. A, B, C.  A series without a conjunction.
The Federation is a government of the people, by the people, for the people.

a. A or B or C.  OR  A and B and C. 
I have never seen Archer scared or panicked or flustered.
 
5. A and B, C and D, E and F. A series of balanced pairs.
Trip and Rostov, T’Pol and Hoshi, and Reed and Mayweather will all be on the away team.
 
6. Appositive, appositive, appositive- summary word  S V. (Summary word: such, all, those, this, many, each, which, what, these, something, someone.)
Loneliness, grief, sadness- which feeling bothered her the most?
 
7. S- appositive, appositive, appositive - V.
Archer’s favorite camping sites- Yellowstone, Yosemite, and the Grand Canyon- would all be great places to take T’Pol.
 
8. If…., if…., if…, then  S V. 
When…, when…, when…, S V.
S V that…, that…, that….
When she looked around his empty office, when she smelled his scent, when she hugged his favorite book to her, grief overwhelmed her.
 
9. S V key term  (- OR  ,) repeated key term.
They both are equal- equal in intelligence, leadership, and compassion.
 
a. S V repeated key word in the same position of the sentence.
They have a satisfying marriage, satisfying because their love and friendship. 
 
10. S V word: the appositive (the second naming with  
 or without modifiers).
 S V word - the appositive.
a. Anyone in the Expanse will face many dangers: anomalies, pirates, and hostile alien species.

11. S, modifier, V.
 S - modifier - V.
 S (modifier that whispers) V.
 Plomeek broth, a Vulcan soup eaten for breakfast,  
 is easy to prepare.
 
a. S - a full sentence - verb. OR  S ( a full sentence) verb.
Archer’s question- “Do you think we’re moving too fast?” - echoed in T’Pol’s mind.
 
12. Participial phrase,  S V.  OR  S V, participial 
 phrase.
 Overwhelmed by emotion, T’Pol returned to her  
 quarters to meditate.

13. Modifier, S V.
 Inside, Archer grieved with her.
 
14. Prepositional phrase  S V ( Or V S).
 From the steam filled bathroom, Archer and T’Pol   
 emerged.

15. Object or Subject complement S V.
     Groomed, pressed, and shined, we stood awaiting
     the Admiral.

a. Object or Complement or Modifier V S.
From her years of observation came eventual understanding and compassion.

    16.  Not only S V, but also S V. (The also may be 
          omitted.)
          Just as S V, so too S V. (May be ‘so also’ or ‘so’.)
  The more S V, the more S V. (May be ‘the less’).
  The former S V, the latter S V. 
  If no   , at least  *. 
   (* If not … at least…. Joins individual grammatical 
    units, not complete clauses.)
   
   Other pairs to use:
Whether… or       So…that
Such… that         Not only… more than that
Both… and          As… as
Neither… not      Not so… as
    Not only is T’Pol beautiful, but also she is an 
    intelligent, capable officer.

a. A “this, not that” or “not this, but that”
   construction.
    Archer was convinced that it was his personality,  
    not his rank that kept him single.

    17. S [dependent clause as a subject] V. 
         S V [dependent clause as a verb].
          How he did that still amazed T’Pol.
          She finally finished what she started weeks ago.
 
    18. Absolute Construction (noun plus participle) 
         anywhere in sentence. 
         Absolute construction, S V.
         The sand storm having stopped, Archer and T’Pol 
         were able to walk to the colony market.
 
     19. S V. 
           Sand crusted the palms of Archer’s hands.

a.    Short question for dramatic affect.
(Interrogative word) auxiliary verb S V?
(Interrogative word standing alone)?
(Question based solely on intonation)?
Auxiliary verb S V?
That’s your captain?
 
     20.  The Deliberate Fragment. Merely a part of a 
           sentence.
           Silence.

 
 
Grammar Cheat Sheet
From: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Creative Writing
 
Commas                    Use a comma to
o	Separate items in a list.
o	Set off interrupting words.
o	Set off introductory words and phrases.
o	 Separate parts of a compound sentence.
o	 Set off a direct quotation.
o	Separate the parts of an address.
 
Semicolons                Use a semicolon
o	To separate items in a series when
the items contain commas.
o	Between main clauses when the conjunction (and, but, for, or) has been left out.
 
Colons                        Use a colon
o	Before a list.
o	To separate two independent clauses when the second clause restates or explains the first clause.
 
Parentheses  Use parentheses to enclose
o	Additional information.
o	Numbers or letters.
 
Hyphen                       Use a hyphen
o	 To show a word break at the end of a line.
o	In certain compound nouns.
o	In fractions and in compound numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine.
 
Quotations                 Use quotation marks to set off
o	A speaker’s exact words.
o	The titles of shorts works such as poems, essays, songs, short stories, and magazine articles.
 
Apostrophes  Use an apostrophe to
o	Show ownership.
o	Show that letters have been left out of contractions.
o	Make plurals that could be confused for other words.
 
Writing Numbers       
o	Spell out numbers from one to nice.
o	Use figures or numbers 10 and larger.
o	Spell out any number that appears at the beginning of a sentence.

Dialogue Cheat Sheet

o       Every time someone speaks, start a new paragraph.

“I don’t know what to do,” Archer admitted. 

“I think you do,” T’Pol said. 

o       If more than two people are speaking, make sure the reader knows who is talking. 

Malcolm examined the sensor scans and shook his head. His voice betrayed the tangible desperation on the bridge, “They have us boxed in, sir.” 

Archer looked over the faces of his senior staff and asked, “Options?” 

“We could create sensor echoes of the ship,” T’Pol said tapping the controls of the display until several ghost-like mirrors of Enterprise appeared. 

“That wouldn’t buy us much time,” Trip pointed out.

o       A description that describes how the dialogue is said is a part of the sentence of dialogue. Set it off with a comma.

Archer mumbled, “I wish it were that easy.” 

“It can be if you let it,” Trip said.

o       If a sentence next to the dialogue does not describe what is being said, don’t use the comma! 

“I can’t be with you.” Archer turned around and walked away.

o       Don’t overuse exclamation marks, bolding, italics, underlining, and ellipses.

Bad: “I love you!!!!” Archer screamed.

o       Dashes and ellipses are for dialogue that trails off.
If the dialogue trails off then picks up again, use three periods. If the trailing off dialogue is a question, use …?  Dashes are used when there is an interruption. Ellipses can be used to show hesitation. 

“I could never tell her…” 

“I--I can’t go through with this.” 

“As Captain… my responsibility is to my crew.”

o       Internal dialogue. Here are a few ways to do it.

Why did I let it get so far? Archer leaned against his ready room view port and stared out at the stars. I’m a captain in love with his first officer.

“Trip knows about us,” Archer thought.

o       A character repeating something another character said. 

“Archer told me he would bust me down to Ensign if I didn’t report to my station.”
OR 
“Archer said, ‘Report to your station before I bust you down to Ensign’.”

o        How to show a character is stressing a word. 

“I want you in my ready room now.” 

“I want you.”

 
Grammar Resources:
 
Bartelby.com – Thesaurus, dictionaries, and usage
http://www.bartleby.com/reference/
 
Holy Mother Grammatica’s Guide to Good Writing
http://silvablu.skeeter63.org/HMG/00-Introduction.htm

How to Write Fanfiction- Includes lists of words for emotions, actions, beats, etc.
http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/writefanfic.htm
 
Strunk and White’s Elements of Style http://orwell.ru/library/others/style/index.htm

 

Compiled by Tami, Jessica, and the other members of 
The Logical Choice: Archer/T'Pol Message Board. ©2006.