English ▁rock ▁bass ▁guitar ists ▁Category : Gener ation ▁X ▁( band ) ▁members ▁Category : G oth ic ▁rock ▁mus icians ▁Category : M ale ▁bass ▁guitar ists ▁Category : S igue ▁S igue ▁S put nik ▁members ▁Category : The ▁Sister s ▁of ▁Mer cy ▁members <0x0A> </s> ▁" Aff lic tion " ▁is ▁the ▁fif teenth ▁episode ▁of ▁the ▁fourth ▁season ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁science ▁fiction ▁television ▁series ▁Star ▁Tre k : ▁Enter prise , ▁and ▁originally ▁a ired ▁on ▁February ▁ 1 8 , ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁The ▁script ▁was ▁written ▁by ▁Mike ▁S uss man ▁from ▁a ▁story ▁by ▁executive ▁producer ▁Mann y ▁C oto . ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁second ▁episode ▁of ▁Enter prise ▁to ▁be ▁directed ▁by ▁Michael ▁G ross man . ▁The ▁episode ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁a ▁two - part ▁story , ▁which ▁con cludes ▁with ▁" D iver gence ". ▁ ▁Set ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 2 nd ▁century , ▁the ▁series ▁follows ▁the ▁advent ures ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁Star f le et ▁star ship ▁Enter prise , ▁registration ▁N X - 0 1 . ▁In ▁Aff lic tion , ▁the ▁crew ▁investigate ▁the ▁kid n apping ▁of ▁Doctor ▁Ph lo x ▁( John ▁Bill ings ley ), ▁and ▁the ▁ship ▁is ▁attacked ▁by ▁a ▁new ▁type ▁of ▁K ling on . ▁Meanwhile , ▁Ph lo x ▁is ▁taken ▁to ▁a ▁K ling on ▁col ony ▁to ▁work ▁on ▁a ▁c ure ▁for ▁a ▁pl ague ▁whose ▁effects ▁include ▁the ▁disapp