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   Enterprise Meets The Xindi   
      
   Brannon Braga, executive producer of UPN's Enterprise, told SCI FI   
   Wire that that viewers can expect to see five species of the Xindi,   
   the new alien threat facing Capt. Archer (Scott Bakula) and his crew,   
   in the show's upcoming third season. "Our five Xindi species are a   
   Xindi humanoid; a Xindi reptilian; the Xindi sloth, which is evolved   
   from a furry, arboreal creature, an arboreal primate; the Xindi   
   insectoid; and the Xindi aquatics," Braga said in an interview.   
      
   The humanoid, reptilian and sloth Xindi will be portrayed by actors in   
   prosthetics and costumes, Braga said. The Xindi insectoids and   
   aquatics will be computer-generated.   
      
   "We're calling them the Xindi aquatics, and they're like dolphins and   
   whales," Braga said. "When they're in meetings, they have to live in a   
   big tank, in a big and murky tank. When the aquatics and the   
   insectoids speak, of course, there's going to have to be subtitles,   
   because the languages are just too weird."   
      
   Enterprise will come in contact with all five Xindi species, but the   
   aliens likely won't act in unison. "There are going to be some   
   questions as to which Xindi species believes it's the dominant   
   species, as you might imagine would happen in a situation like that,"   
   Braga said. "In some ways Star Trek lives or dies by how interesting   
   its alien villains are, and I think the Xindi are an interesting   
   concept." UPN will re-launch Enterprise on Sept. 9, with a season   
   opener appropriately entitled "The Xindi."   
      
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