EPISODE: "Dawn"
   PROD#: ENT039
   TRAN#: 2.13
  RATING: PG
 AIRDATE: wed-27-nov-2002-20:00
  EPDATE: [late sep-2152 ?]
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    FROM: Phillip Thorne, thorne@underbase.org
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This technical overview is intended to support more detailed discussion of this episode and others, by specifically indicating who did what, and by indicating the spelling of proper nouns and technobabble, as attained through closed-captioning (CC).  The NOTES are listed in approximate seen-on-screen order, and ANALYSIS summarizes topics.  THESE MAY CONSTITUTE PLOT SPOILERS; continue at your own risk.  

Abbreviations used: (m/f/?) name belongs to mel/fem/unclear, (os) on viewer screen, (?) quote is uncertain, (sp?) spelling is unclear, (vo) voiceover, VHC Vulcan High Command, Vdb Vulcan database.  Captions use the spellings "Launch Bay", "Sick Bay", and "shuttle pod", but I sometimes abbreviate to one word.

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I. TERMS
TECHNICAL: SHIPBOARD AND GEAR


TECHNICAL: TRANSPORTER


MEDICAL


METEOROLOGICAL


CULTURAL


CHARACTERS 
Cpt.Jonathan Archer
Travis Mayweather
Dr.Phlox
Lt.Malcolm Reed
Ens.Hoshi Sato
Sub-Cdr.T'Pol
Cdr.Charles "Trip" Tucker



MENTIONS


III. NOTES
TEASER

ACT 1

ACT 3
We see inside T'Pol's viewer: the graphic has a white background.
Thermokinetic analysis of the moons
temperatures ranging from -10deg to 170deg
volcanic terrain, diamagnetic minerals interfering with com
fight
HS receives signal

Nohkto = bad? inedible?
T'mna kheena v'dhoze = ship
tsunsana = transceiver
Hrtyan = yes? untie?
(fight)
Jhasskoss
Yraat'a

ACT 4
Tsunsana Enterprise krtat?

Phlox notes that Arkon endocrine system extremely sensitive to temperature fluctations, and transport in current condition likely fatal
Tucker explains how to realign Arkon intake manifold to filter out the isotops

ships coorbit
Archer meets KZ
Z in SB
UT on-line, does lipsync
Taratk-aash, the brown fluid
re Chef's chicken marsala

V. CONNECTIONS
Tucker refers to the Great Plume of Agosoria, the Ringed Moons of Matalas Prime, an asteroid crater "twice as high as Everest", diving in the ice caves of Etheenia, spent the night with a princess, and got pregnant once.

VI. ANALYSIS
Arkon skull to a point, hairless, yellow (eyes? sclera?), scutes up midline, ridges above and below orbits, others diagonally from bridge of nose, pointed chin

The Arkon capital ship has six yellow-glowing circular engine throats, arranged vertically, two large, four small.  small-large-large-small in a vertical line, and two other small on the horizontal midline, outside the large.  A cross.



5. Alien language: a bimodal syntax.  As usual, dropouts in the CC signal have killed letter-pairs, entire phrases are untranscribed, and the spellings often don't match the pronunciation.

(Attempting to negotiate the release of the prisoners.)
XT::: AASK zha Shos!
      KLESS tahs KO sah moost!
      SAHZ kahs moo RAHT tah!  AAHSK oohs.
      NOOKah[sic] NOOK sah!
      jous oh RAAS JAAK sah shoss tanna raak tooka!  Mooras sansanna.
Sato: ahs JAAL... soo KOHS?
XT::: sla AH jous RAH!  Rahk Rahk sla.
Sato: tanz ROCK oo RAHS toe rah NAAH.
XT::: Nook sah!  ha AAS tah!

(In the access shaft.)
XT1:: Raht-soosjaal, [not in cc].
XT2:: Maask jassoss, Torat!  [not in cc]
XT1:: ahs kuh AHN toc RAHT.
XT2:: VAHS...

(And later.)
XT1:: tosk ZHAS loo RHAN kree JAT.
XT2:: [not in cc]

(Sato deactivates the control box.)
XT1:: "Soo RAHR aht TOHS," reporting the deactivated box.
XT2:: "skah AHR nok," responding.
 
VII. NITS
1. If beaming up the Arkonian in his dehydrated state would be fatal, and Tucker refuses to leave him, why not beam down survival supplies?  Chiefly, a sunshade and rehydrating liquid?

VIII. NEXT WEEK
Repeat of 3.02-"Carbon Creek".