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“Before Picard, Kirk, or Janeway ever took the captain’s chair, one man set the course for all who would follow. Jonathan Beckett Archer wasn’t just the first captain of the NX-01 Enterprise — he was the explorer who dared to launch humanity into the unknown when the universe thought we weren’t ready. From the loss of his father, to the dangerous gamble that saved the warp program, to the desperate fight against the Xindi that nearly broke him, Archer lived the life of a pioneer. In this Starfleet Academy lecture, we revisit his journey — not as legend, but as history — and discover how a ‘cowboy among the stars’ became the foundation of the Federation itself.”