Nicknames:
Jon
"Broken Bow",
"First Flight" [ENT]
Jonny, as a child
"Fusion"
[ENT]
Physical attributes: right handed [phase pistol] (Silent Enemy; Desert Crossing)
Relatives:
Father - Henry Archer
.
"Broken Bow" [ENT]
Mother - Sally
Archer.
"In A Mirror Darkly, part 2" [ENT]
Likes and dislikes:
Food and Drink:
Iced tea flavored with passion fruit.
"Fallen Heroes" [ENT]
coffee with cream
(Regeneration)
hamburger, catsup only
(Carpenter Street)
Andorian ale
(Proving Ground)
Hobbies, Sports, etc:
reads real books
(Strange New World; Unexpected)
water polo (various); played water polo in college,
senior year beat Princeton in Regionals and went to Finals (Vox Sola)
body surfing in Oahu
(Cogenitor)
recognizes the singing of Billie Holiday
(Storm
Front I)
rockclimbing
(Home)
Medical Record:
Shot in left thigh
(Broken Bow)
Bombarded with analeptic radiation to protect him
from a mutagenic pathogen (Cease Fire)
Cracked a molar and bruised two ribs during a fight
with AG Robinson c. 2143 (First Flight)
Exposed to Loque'eque mutagenic virus and
transformed
into Loque'eque (Extinction)
Continuing symptoms from mutagenic virus causing
itching and dreams (Rajiin)
Long cuts on left cheek
(Impulse)
mild concussion [alternate time line infected by
parasites that live outside regular time-space (Twilight)
Shot by projectile weapon, right shoulder (North
Star)
Blood type, B-
(Carpenter Street)
Exposed to neurotoxin that caused him to bond with
Xindi insectoid eggs (Hatchery)
Shot upper right arm, missed bone
(Storm Front I)
Has nightmares about Xindi reptiles
(Home)
Cut on right cheek from fighting Shran in Ushaar
ritual (United)
Infected with Klingon augment virus in order to
produce antibodies, gets temporary forehead ridges (Divergence)
History:
2112: Date of Birth.
[extrapolated
from actor's age and writer's bible]
Born in Upstate New York,
North America, Earth.
"Northstar" [ENT]
The son of warp engineer
Henry
Archer . He grew up in San Francisco. When
young, Archer enjoyed
building
and flying model spacecraft with his father.
"Broken Bow" [ENT]
Archer grew up around dogs.
"A Night in Sickbay" [ENT]
Henry Archer takes Jonathan
to the library every other week for an extended span of time.
"Shockwave" [ENT]
2120: At age eight, Archer visited the
Warp
Five facility located outside Bozeman,
Montana with his
father.
He met scientists "like Tasaki and Cochrane".
"Singularity" [ENT]
Henry Archer presents Cosmos
A to Z, a book with the Arachnid Nebula on the cover, to his son
Jonny on his eighth
birthday.
"Fusion" [ENT]
date unknown: Archer got sent to the principle's office
once for passing notes in class. In particular, a
note to Katy Bently inviting her to a party a friend
of his was throwing. She'd already turned him down
but after he got in trouble changed her mind.
"The Council" [ENT]
ca. 2130: He was an eagle scout and earned 26 merit
badges
(though not the one for exobiology). He
earned his wilderness badge in the rainforrests
of New Zealand. The dating of this event assumes
that Eagle Scout eligibility requirements still
restrict awarding of this rank to Scouts under the age
of 18 in the future.
"Rogue Planet" [ENT]
During his senior year at school [high school,
college,
Starfleet Academy?], Archer was a member
[perhaps captain?] of the
[men's?] water polo team. He was determined that they could win
every game, and they did,
going on to the North American finals against Princeton [at least;
and possibly to the finals
above that]. He's still a fan of the sport [or possibly just of
those
games that feature his
favorite
schools]. He has often wished that Enterprise had a pool on
board.
"Vox Sola" [ENT]
ca. 2133: Jonathan Archer sees a gazelle give birth in
East Africa. Within minutes, the baby gazelle was
walking along with its mother. Archer was
in his early 20's when he saw this.
"Shockwave, Part II" [ENT]
A few years before Starfleet was chartered:
Archer once considered serving on a cargo ship -- his
decision not to is "a long
story".
"Horizon" [ENT]
Archer joined Starfleet.
2136: Archer met Margaret Mullin when he was 24 yrs old
during Flight school in San Franscisco.
The night before he graduated, he asked her to marry
him outside her apartment on Westgate Ave.
She turned him down saying that she didn't want
to become a Starfleet widow.
"Twilight" [ENT]
2143: He has known Charles Tucker
for
8 years, and quickly became close friends with the engineer.
"Unexpected" [ENT]
At Starfleet he served as a pilot on the NX warp
tests with people like A.G. Robinson, Duvall and
Gardner. Robinson pushed the limits of a test
ship, ending in its destruction. The Vulcans
recommended the warp trials end, which Starfleet
agreed to, until Lt. Charles "Trip" Tucker fixed
the intermix ratios and Robinson and Archer stole
the ship to prove its readiness. Although Archer
was suspended for the act, it's believed his risk
(and the fact it paid off) eventually secured his role
as captain of Enterprise, the first warp five
starship.
"First Flight" [ENT]
2147: Archer saved Tucker's life (about
4 years ago.)
"Unexpected" [ENT]
Archer very rarely does anything foolish - though
Tucker remembers a poker game at Jupiter Station
he believes was
foolish.
"Rogue Planet" [ENT]
2151: He assumed command of
Enterprise
and oversaw her final construction. When Klaang crashed
on Earth, Archer convinced
Adm. Forrest, the head of Starfleet, to let him take the Klingon back
to
his homeworld aboard the
not-yet-ready, Enterprise. Klaang was abducted during the
mission.
But during the successful
rescue operation, Archer learned that the Suliban are operatives in a
temporal cold war.
After the mission, Archer requested that the temporary Vulcan science
officer
T'Pol, and alien medical
specialist Doctor Phlox, remain aboard as permanent crew members.
Archer has a pet beagle
named Porthos that he keeps aboard Enterprise.
"Broken Bow" [ENT]
Prior to visiting the P’Jem monestary, the Ingari
monestary in Tibet was the oldest he ever visited.
"The Andorian Incident" [ENT]
Became trapped in an alternate 31st century future
with Daniels.
"Shockwave" [ENT]
2152, Aug 12-15: Archer had been asked to write a
1-page
preface to a biography of his late father,
and was putting it off for weeks, unable to
sufficiently
condense his thoughts. When he was affected
by the radiation of a singularity they were
studying,
it became an obsession for him.
"Singularity" [ENT]
In a dispute with the Klingon Empire in 2152, Archer was convicted
and
sentenced to exile on Rura Penthe.
With his escape, a bounty was put on his head and
tensions with the Klingon Empire increased.
"Judgment" [ENT]
2153, Mar 23: Captain Archer has a Klingon
bounty on his head of 9,000 darceks. The Tellarite
captain
who captured him and then helped him escape believes
it will now be doubled.
"Bounty" [ENT]
Archer tortures a
prisoner
"Anomaly" [ENT]
Archer strands 86 aliens and steals their needed warp coil.
"Damage" [ENT]
Archer oks the cloning of Trip in order to harvest body parts to save
the chief engineer.
Archer was briefly transformed into a member of the extinct
Loque'eque
species by a mutagenic virus.
"Extinction" [ENT]
2153: Archer is infected with parasites which live
outside
of normal time. They are eradicated in an
an alternate timeline which "resets" the normal
timeline to one where the parasites don't exist.
"Twilight" [ENT]
With the help of Crewman Daniels, he and T'Pol traveled back in time
to 2004 Detroit to prevent the
release of a Xindi-reptillian bioweapon. "Carpenter
Street" [ENT]
Archer was presumed dead when the Xindi superweapon was destroyed.
However,
he was transported
back to the early 1940's, as was the Enterprise
herself. "Stormfront, part 1" [ENT]
2154: Archer helped a faction of Vulcans fight an oppressive
government on their planet. During this
incident, he was the recipient of the katra, or
living spirit, of the great Vulcan philosopher Surak.
The katra was later transplanted into a Vulcan
priest
and Archer was left unharmed. In the process,
he became the first known human participant in a
mind meld.
"The Forge", "Awakening", "Kir'shara" [ENT]
The captain was also involved in one of the first, and possibly most
significant treaties yet, being asked
to escort Gral, the Tellarite ambassador, to the
Tellarite-Andorian negotiations. En route, they run
into the Andorian Shran, a long-time
friend/enemy/ally
of Enterprise. During his stay, Romulans attack
in disguise and cause the fragile alliance to crash
to a halt. In the mix up, a Tellarite kills Shran's mate
Talas. Shran avenges her death by asking the
Tellarite
who killed her to fight to the death. Archer takes
that challenge instead. And before the captain is
about to (what his colleagues think is: meet his doom).
The fight proceeds, Shran is incapacitated,
but not hurt and the alliance remains.
2161: Archer's ship NX-01 is decommissioned.
"These are the Voyages" [ENT]
Rank at retirement: Admiral, Chief of Staff, Starfleet Command
2164: Archer is appointed an honorary member of the
Andorian
Guard by General Thy'lek Shran.
"In A Mirror Darkly, part 2" [ENT]
2169-2175: Archer serves as Ambassador to Andoria.
"In A Mirror Darkly, part 2" [ENT]
2175-2183: Archer serves as a Federation Councilman.
"In A Mirror Darkly, part 2" [ENT]
2184-2192: Archer serves as UFP President.
"In A Mirror Darkly, part 2" [ENT]
Possible Connections to the 24th century:
Archer, Valerie (Kate Vernon) - A recreation of a Starfleet
officer, rank of commander, who served at
Starfleet Headquarters in 2375. Valerie's
parents were both supposed to be Starfleet officers. The
recreation of this person was part of a training
facility for Species 8472, who were planning to use
operatives to infiltrate Terra in 2375. Assuming
a "real" Valerie Archer exists on Earth (which is
likely, considering the groundskeeper Boothby
was also mimicked), this could be a descendant of
Jonathan Archer.
"In the Flesh" [VOY]
Archer IV - The destination of the Enterprise-D before its
encounter
with the time rift caused by the
Enterprise-C in an alternate timeline. In
that timeline, Archer IV was where the Klingons suffered
a defeat against the Federation. Could
this planet have been discovered by and / or named for
Captain Archer?
"Yesterday's Enterprise" [TNG]
The Text of Archer's Bio that appeared on the Defiant's computer screen:
HISTORICAL ARCHIVE: STARFLEET PERSONNEL
STARFLEET PERSONNEL FILE: ARCHER, JONATHAN
SERIAL NUMBER: SA-022-9237-CY
Rank at retirement: Admiral, Chief of Staff, Starfleet Command
Former Assignments:
Commanding officer, Enterprise NX-01, 2150-2160
Ambassador to Andoria, 2169-2175
Federation Councilman, 2175-2183
President, UFP 2184-2192
Birthplace: Upstate New York, North America, Earth
Parents: Henry and Sally Archer
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE
Charming, bold, a born explorer. Archer was guided by a core
of
human decency and
intuition, even when they contravene direct orders. He was
independent,
yet had a
strong sense of duty. Archer held a grudge against the Vulcans,
whom he blamed for
keeping humanity stuck on Earth, but he learned to cope with a Vulcan
science
officer. As captain of a starship his father helped build, Archer
was eager to make
history and see what's out there.
BIOGRAPHICAL OVERVIEW
Son of famed warp specialist Henry Archer, Jonathan Archer was
appointed
captain of Starfleet's first
warp five starship, Enterprise NX-01. As an explorer and peacemaker,
his name is among the most
recognized in the Federation, and his pioneering voyages aboard the
Enterprise are known to school
children on dozens of worlds, many of which were unknown to humans
in Archer's lifetime. Historian
John Gill called Archer the "greatest explorer of the 22nd Century."
Archer earned an impressive list
of commendations during his career, including a Medal of Valor, with
clusters, the Star Cross, the
Preantares Ribbon of Commendation, and the Federation Citation of
Honor.
Archer was also
appointed an honorary member of the Andorian Guard by General Thy'lek
Shran in 2164. He's the
only human to have two planets named in his honor: ARCHER'S PLANET
in the Gamma Trianguli
sector, and Archer IV, which orbits 61 Ursae Majoris. Archer IV was
the first M-Class world charted
by the famous explorer. Although the planet was uninhabitable
throughout
the 22nd Century due to
toxic pollen in the atmosphere, an antidote to the pollen was
discovered
early in the 2200s. Today,
the population of Archer IV numbers more than seven hundred million.
Jonathan Archer grew up dreaming of the day when he would get to go
"where no man has gone before."
His father was the renowned Henry Archer, who led the development of
the Warp Five engine in the
footsteps of warp pioneer Zephram Cochrane. So it is fitting
that Jonathan would carry on the family
legacy
Mike Sussman, the episode writer, in a post to Trek BBS said
there
was another section which did not
appear on screen:
Archer died peacefully in his home in upstate New York in the year
2245,
exactly one day after
attending the christening ceremony of the first Federation Starship
Enterprise, NCC-1701.
Also SEE: Archer's Cabin.
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