Precious Cargo (Star Trek: Enterprise)  "Precious Cargo" is the thirty-seventh episode (production #211) of the American science fiction television series "" airing on the UPN network. It is the eleventh episode of the series' . Set in the 22nd century, the series follows the adventures of the first Starfleet starship "Enterprise", registration NX-01. In this episode, the "Enterprise" answers an alien distress call and Commander Tucker (Connor Trinneer) is kidnapped and then escapes with a spoiled and beautiful alien princess Kaitaama (Padma Lakshmi). She is from Krios Prime, which were a race of aliens introduced on "" ("The Perfect Mate"). The episode has been compared to the film "Star Wars" (1977), with the character Kaitaama being compared to Princess Leia. The overall theme of rescuing a princess, flirtatious one liners, and crash landing on an exoplanet like Dagobah. The episode is noted by technologists for its depiction of the universal translator, one of the "treknologies" real-world experts are interested in realizing. The Retellian's cargo spacecraft was designed by John Eaves. Writer David Goodman wrote the script based on the story idea presented by Rick Berman and Brannon Braga. Goodman notes that there had been a lot turnover after the first season with writers, and the one writer, Chris who had helped him on his draft was sad about this. The episode guest stars the Indian-American actress and model Padma Lakshmi, who also appeared in ABC's "The Ten Commandments" (2006) and went on to host "Top Chef". Firek Goff, the captain of a Retellian cargo vessel, docks and asks Captain Archer for help; a passenger-carrying stasis pod is malfunctioning. Archer then offers Trip's services, while also extending an offer of "Enterprise" hospitality to both the captain and his brother, Plinn. When Tucker enters the cargo hold inside Goff's ship, he notices a beautiful female alien beneath the stasis canopy. Goff tells him that she is a passenger traveling home from a planet where she was studying medicine. He explains that because his ship can't travel over warp 2.2, she has to be kept in stasis because there is not enough food to support them all. As Tucker starts working on the stasis pod, it begins to fail, and fearing that the occupant will suffocate, he releases her.