Star Trek: Enterprise: Borderland

"You are now the property of the Orion syndicate. Break the rules and you will suffer. Obey the rules and you will suffer less."

- Orion slaver

"Borderland" is the fourth episode of season four of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise. It is the 79th episode of the series overall and the 708th episode of all Star Trek programs combined. The episode was directed by David Livingston and written by Ken LaZebnik. It first aired on the UPN network on Friday, October 29th, 2004. In this episode, a group of Augments commandeer a Klingon Bird-of-Prey, killing everyone aboard. The crew of the Enterprise travel to the Borderland regions to investigate in the hopes of preventing a full-scale war with the Klingons. Complicating matters is the presence of criminal scientist Arik Soong, creator of the Augments. Their mission earns the crew the attention of Orion slavers who capture nine members of the Enterprise and attempt to sell them at the auction block.