Summary
Lt. Hemmer (Bruce Horak) onStar Trek: Strange New Worldsowes a debt toStar Trek: Enterprisewriter Andre Bormanis, who invented the Aenar. Bormanis was a science consultant and writer for the Rick Berman-eraStar Trekseries, and he worked onStar Trek: Enterpriseas a writer and producer. Bormanis is credited with writing 12 episodes ofStar Trek: Enterprise,including “Silent Enemy”, “Horizon”, “The Crossing”, “Babel One”, “Terra Prime”, and, of course,“The Aenar”, which introduced the blind subject of the Andorian race.
Andre Bormanis appeared as a guest onThe D-Con Chamber,the new podcast hosted byStar Trek: Enterprise’s Connor Trinneer and Dominic Keating. As part of their far-ranging interview about Bormanis' writing career, Andre, Dominic, and Connor reminisced about working together onEnterprise, andBormanis reminded the hosts that he invented the Aenar,which led to the creation ofLt. Hemmer onStar Trek: Strange New Worlds. Read his quote and watch The D-Con Chamber video below:
Andre Bormanis: I invented the Aenar. Do you remember the race, the Aenar, the albino Andorians? I came up with that! They had one of those on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. One of the main characters in the first season was an Aenar.
Connor Trinneer: That’s gotta feel like a trophy.
Andre Bormanis: It was. They don’t have alien character royalties, unfortunately. If you invent a character, yes. But a species, no.
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For years,Star Trek: Enterprisewas blamed as the prequel that"killed the franchise",butmodernStar TrekrecognizesEnterprise’s true importance.J.J. Abrams’Star Trek(2009) includes a reference to"Admiral Archer’s beagle", while theEnterprise-era USS Franklin and MACO space marines are pivotal inStar Trek Beyond.Star Trek: Prodigyintroduced a Denobulan, Lt. Barniss Frex (Eric Bauza), and another Denobulan was seen inStar Trek: Strange New Worlds.Star Trek: Lower Deckshas included several funny shout-outs toEnterprise, Commander Trip Tucker (Connor Trinneer), Lt. Malcolm Reed (Dominic Keating), and evenMirror Universe Archer(Scott Bakula).
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However,Star Trek: Discoveryhas givenStar Trek: Enterprisethe most just due, which is fitting sinceDiscoveryis theStar Trekseries that premiered afterEnterprisefollowing a 12-year gap.Discovery’s season 1-3 blue Starfleet uniforms updatedEnterprise’s utilitarian blue jumpsuits.Star Trek: Discoveryseason 5 made a Denobulan scientist one of the geniuses who found and hid the Progenitors' ancient technology. Best of all, Doctor Kovich (David Cronenberg) revealed his true identity as temporalAgent Daniels (Matt Winston) fromStar Trek: Enterprise. All of these nods join Lt. Hemmer onStar Trek: Strange New Worlds, who hails from the Aenar race invented byStar Trek: Enterprise.
