Editing Jonathan Archer (section)

===History===
[[File:Scott Bakula by Gage Skidmore.jpg|right|thumb|Actor [[Scott Bakula]] portrayed Archer.]]
Archer, the son of famed [[Warp drive (Star Trek)|warp]] engineer Henry Archer and his wife Sally, was born on August 4, 2112 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]].<ref>Son of Henry Archer. [[Broken Bow (Star Trek: Enterprise)]]</ref><ref>Book preface about his father [[Singularity (Star Trek: Enterprise)]]</ref> The second-season episode "First Flight" depicts 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 (Boy Scouts of America)|Eagle Scout Award]], along with 26 [[Merit badge (Boy Scouts of America)|Merit Badge]]s, from the [[Boy Scouts of America]]. (Mentioned in the episode "[[Rogue Planet (Star Trek: Enterprise)|Rogue Planet]]".<ref>Boy scout and merit badges earned. [[Rogue Planet (Star Trek: Enterprise)]]</ref>) He is an avid [[water polo]] fan, and often relaxes by watching water polo games.

Archer grew up with a distrust of [[Vulcan (Star Trek)|Vulcan]]s, perceiving them as having held back humanity's progress, particularly with regard to his father's warp five project. As a [[Starfleet ranks and insignia|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 (Star Trek: Enterprise)|First Flight]]".<ref>Test pilot in NX warp trials and theft of NX-Beta. [[First Flight (Star Trek: Enterprise)]]</ref> It is assumed it is this Gardner who becomes [[Starfleet ranks and insignia|Admiral]] when [[List of minor recurring characters in Star Trek: Enterprise#Maxwell Forrest|Maxwell Forrest]] dies in "[[The Forge (Star Trek: Enterprise)|The Forge]]".<ref>Gardner (peer). Made Admiral after the death of Maxwell Forrest. [[The Forge (Star Trek: Enterprise)]]</ref>) 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]]<ref>Long time friend [[Charles Tucker III]]</ref> (who would later serve as chief engineer under Archer) fixed the intermix ratios, and Archer and Robinson took the NX-Beta, the second test ship, without clearance to prove its readiness. The suspension of Archer did not completely stop the progress of the ''Enterprise''<nowiki/>'s construction, as the program eventually resumed after a six-month halt.