Jonathan Archer is a fictional character in the Star Trek franchise.
He is the protagonist of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise,
where he is portrayed by Scott Bakula. Archer also plays a major role
in the formation of Starfleet and the United Federation of Planets.
Archer is the commanding officer of the first starship Enterprise
(NX-01) from 2151 to 2161 and is later President of the United
Federation of Planets from 2184 to 2192. According to a computer
display in the episode "In a Mirror, Darkly", historian John Gill
considered Archer "the greatest explorer of the 22nd century."Archer,
the son of famed warp engineer Henry Archer and his wife Sally, was
born in 2112 on 4 August in Upstate New York, where he spent most of
his formative years; he later claimed to have spent the majority of
his life in San Francisco. The second-season episode "First Flight"
depicted in flashback that he spent many years as a test pilot in the
nascent Starfleet's NX program, based in San Francisco. His dreams of
exploring started as a boy. As a youth, Archer earned the Eagle Scout
Award, along with 26 Merit Badges, from the Boy Scouts of America.
(Mentioned in the episode "Rogue Planet".) He is an avid Water polo
fan, often relaxing by watching water polo games.Archer grew up with a
distrust of Vulcans, perceiving them as having held back Humanity's
progress, particularly with regard to his father's warp five project.
As a commander, Archer served as a test pilot in the NX warp trials
with A.G. Robinson, Duvall and Gardner. (All mentioned in the episode
"First Flight". It is assumed it is this Gardner who becomes Admiral
when Maxwell Forrest dies in "The Forge".) Robinson pushed the limits
of a test ship, the NX-Alpha, resulting in its destruction. The
Vulcans recommended terminating the warp trials, which Starfleet
agreed to, until Charles Tucker III (who would later serve as chief
engineer under Archer) fixed the intermix ratios and Archer and
Robinson take the NX-Beta, the second test ship, without clearance to
prove its readiness. Although Archer was suspended for the act, the
program is halted for six months before it eventually resumes and the
construction of the Enterprise begins.As a man who loves to travel
amongst the stars, Archer learns that being captain is a larger duty
than manager and astronomer. He ran into species from all over the
quadrant trying to kill him and his crew. Encounters with the
Mazarites, Xindi, Tholians, Suliban and Klingons caused Archer to
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