Enterprise 04-09-03

Mallus said:
Which brings to mind something I didn't like about the episode. Namely, Archer shooting off his mouth and risking an insterstellar war. Doesn't the Klingon Empire have a military vastly larger than Starfleet at this point {even granting roughly equal technology, wouldn't the Klingons arm every single space vehicle they made? Including lifeboats, which they probably wouldn't make in the first place?}.

When the one Klingon threatens to park a battle fleet in Earth orbit, shoudn't Archer have had more of a reaction to this? We understand that in later Trek Starfleet can offer some real deterence in the face of Klingon bluster. But that's not the case in Enterprise...
I didn't have a problem with the Archer shooting-off-of-the-mouth thing. He knows how to handle Klingons a bit at this point. He knows that you can't show them weakness or they will eat you alive. He showed strength of character and conviction which most Klingons respect. He also had an ace-in-the-hole: helping the Empire in the past. He is in generally good standing with the Chancellor so war was probably not even in the cards. Plus, Earth isn't quite worth it at that point. They would be easy to squash.
 

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