10 Most Unexpected Star Trek Moments
8. The Federation Embassy On Vulcan Is Bombed
In the fourth season of Star Trek Enterprise episode The Forge, the Federation Embassy on Vulcan is bombed, in an attempt to frame the Syrrannites, a break away group of Vulcans who wish to return to the teachings of Surak.
What is most shocking about this is that it results in the death of a character who had been with the show since its very first episode - Admiral Maxwell Forrest, played by Vaughan Armstrong.
It was a cruel blow to Archer (and the audience) as he had been one of Archer's greatest supporters and, to be frank, he deserved a better send off than that. He did go out as a hero though, saving Ambassador Soval's life, further encouraging the prickly Vulcan to come around to the idea that Humanity did have more to offer than what he had originally thought.
While it may not have been the greatest ending for the character of Forrest, the scene was a proper shock in Enterprise's final season.