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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 1140864" data-attributes="member: 177">No, it shouldn't.  The Xindi are supposed to be a longer-term plot.  So, you can't expect them to get much information for a while.  So, most of the question-asking would be repeated, "Here's the information you have, but you have it already," which is still boring.  The fact that it's about an important point doesn't stop repetition from being dramatically tedious.  There's a world of space between "no match for" and "can take lightly".  They weren't willing to take the risk until the Enterprise forced the issue by actually tried to run the blockade.  That indicates taht there was some level of risk.  If there's some level of risk, then these guys are not particularly powerful, because this Enterprise is not particularly powerful.  Um, how many people have we seen vaporized or disintegrated by phasers in the history of Trek?  If they were powerful, they could do lots better than simple flames.  And, do you note the basic illogic to trying to get rid of the virus in one body, when the whole planet is obviously riddled with the stuff?  Ah, but apparently the Xindi aren't just a nation.  Apparently, they are a nation that's hiding.  Otherwise, as you said, they'd be easy to find.  The fact that they are not easy to find should suggest that simple solutions like asking the guy on teh street isn't going to work <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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