Strange New Worlds

The missing Starfleet vessel is called the USS Archer, likely named after Captain Jonathan Archer, captain of the Enterprise NX-01 in Enterprise (2001). There was also a USS Archer in the fleet that the Enterprise E attempted to rendezvous with in Némesis (2002).

Chapel is able to make several crewmen resemble the native residents of Kiley 279 by injecting them with gene therapy based on the genetic code of the planet's inhabitants. As Starfleet has not made contact with the planet (other than the three missing officers from the Archer), there is no way she would have genetic material from its inhabitants to use in her work. However, even on 21st century Earth, complete genome sequences (and other biological information) are widely available online. Chapel could easily have accessed the planet's equivalent of the internet. Moreover, Una's ship could have had samples of biological material which she could have accessed.

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