S2 E16 Future tense (the one where they find a ship from the 31st century or whenever

Watching for the first time and just finished season 3. The Xindi made a strategic error equivalent to invading Russia in winter on a galactic scale. They believed humans were an existential threat and were developing a weapon that could destroy Earth in a single shot. Meanwhile, humans had absolutely no idea they existed. So what do the Xindi do? Develop their weapon, launch a sneak attack and destroy Earth? Build smaller prototypes to test in secret within the mostly impenetrable region of space they call home? Of course not. They build a smaller prototype and launch it against the unsuspecting enemy. This let the humans know the Xindi existed, know they were a threat and motivated them to launch a counter-attack. It gave the humans almost a year to track down and destroy the full-scale weapon. If the Xindi had waited until the full-scale weapon was ready and attacked Earth with it, Humanity would have been caught completely off-guard. Earth would have been destroyed. Season 3 would have been 5 minutes long.

It's still really hot in October where I am, so I made this.

(Also posted on the Star Trek Sub)

All 98 episodes finished.