prisoners in the slave market are released and chaos breaks out. Soong also attempts to escape, but Archer quickly returns him to Enterprise, where he demands that Soong take him immediately to the Augments. Soong refuses. On board the Klingon vessel, it is clear that the Augments consider Soong to be their "father". In a power-play, the Augment leader, Raakin, is tricked by Persis (who had been pretending to be devoted to him) and killed by his "brother" Malik. The Bird-of-Prey approaches Enterprise, saving them from a second Orion attack. The ships dock, and Malik requests the release of Soong from the brig—Archer refuses, but Malik forces him to comply. With Enterprise disabled, Soong announces that they now need to go and retrieve the remaining thousands of Augment embryos. Production The three episode arc was an attempt to connect the events of Enterprise with The Original Series. It featured the augments, genetically engineered humans from 20th century Earth who had been featured previously in "Space Seed" and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, both featuring Ricardo Montalban as Khan Noonien Singh. The mini-arc which began with "Borderland" was one of several plots during season 4 that sought to link the series closer to The Original Series and The Next Generation due to ongoing low ratings. It was not originally planned to include an ancestor of Noonien Soong in the episode, with executive producer Manny Coto instead planning for the character to be Colonel Phillip Green from The Original Series episode "The Savage Curtain". The character was to be a straightforward villain, but after discussion with The Next Generation Spiner, the character was re-written to become Arik Soong, described as a "misunderstood genius". It was Spiner's first Star Trek role since the film Star Trek: Nemesis in 2002, having previously played Arik Soong's descendant Noonien Soong and his creations Data and Lore in The Next Generation. "Borderland" was the 80th episode of Enterprise, which was one more episode than the entire run of The Original Series. The episode featured the return of the Orion race, which had been featured in The Original Series episodes "The Cage" and "Whom Gods Destroy". Actors portraying Orions included Bobbi Sue Luther and WWE wrestler Big Show. Luther auditioned for the role despite being only 5'5 when the casting call insisting that actress must be at least 5'10. Luther subsequently explained that she was "familiar