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[male voice in Klingon] They are coming.
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Atom by atom...
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they will coil around us...
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and take all that we are.
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There is one way to confront this threat.
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By reuniting the 24 warring houses
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of our own empire.
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We have forgotten the Unforgettable...
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the last to unify our tribes:
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Kahless.
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Together, under one creed...
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remain Klingon!
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[all shouting] Remain Klingon!
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That is why we light our beacon this day.
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To assemble our people.
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To lock arms against those
whose fatal greeting is...
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[in English] "We come in peace."
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[woman 1] We come in peace.
That's why we're here.
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-Isn't that the whole idea of Starfleet?
-[woman 2] Hey, I taught you that.
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[woman 1] Don't trust me, Captain?
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[woman 2] I trust you with my life,
Commander Burnham.
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But it doesn't change the fact
that you're lost.
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Very lost.
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Technically, we would be lost.
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How long until that storm
comes crashing down on us?
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I estimate one hour,
17 minutes, 22 seconds.
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Which is why I've made sure
we're not lost.
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The map says the well's this way, Captain.
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This drought's gonna last 89 years.
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The Crepusculans are facing extinction
as a species.
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See those egg sacs?
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Those are their offspring.
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[captain] They've survived here
for over a thousand years, Michael.
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[Burnham] If we don't do something,
they won't live another thousand hours.
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The radiation from
a nearby meteor-drilling accident
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dried out their water table.
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If we get in and out without contact,
we can steer clear of General Order 1.
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[exhales] And there is the well.
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[captain] I stand corrected.
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-[Burnham] Ye of little faith.
-[captain] Never had a doubt.
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Tell me what I need
to break through this bedrock.
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Point-seven-second field burst
at level setting 13.5.
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-[thunder crashes in distance]
-[low rumbling]
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[communicator chirps]
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Georgiou to Shenzhou: two to transport.
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[thunder crashing nearby]
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[Burnham]
The storm is faster than I thought.
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The ship won't pick up our signatures.
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Unless we can contact Lieutenant Saru,
we could be trapped here until it's over.
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Let's take a walk.
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[creature chittering]
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[low chittering]
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[water splashing]
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[Georgiou]
Follow my footsteps, Michael. Even lines.
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[Burnham]
Why? Captain, where are we going?
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[Georgiou] It's your turn to trust me,
Number One.
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[Burnham] Now we're really lost.
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We're too small to be seen
with the naked eye.
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And you can't set a course without a star.
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Is it wise
to be heading away from the village?
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[Georgiou] It's hard to imagine
you've served under me for seven years.
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I think it's time that we talked about
you having your own command.
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I'm grateful, Captain.
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Though I would be more so
if I thought we had any chance
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of ever returning to the ship.
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Just keep walking, Michael.
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What will you do
if you are stuck here for 89 years?
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[Burnham] A likely scenario,
unless we die here in the desert.
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But say you lived.
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As a xenoanthropologist,
I could reveal myself to the natives,
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learn their culture,
try to fit in, if possible.
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And you? What will you do
if we're trapped here for 89 years?
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That's easy. I'd escape.
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[Burnham] These are our footprints.
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-You've walked us in a circle.
-Not exactly a circle.
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[wind rushing]
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How did they find us?
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I set a star.
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[theme music playing]
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[Burnham] First officer's log,
stardate 1207.3.
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On Earth, it's May 11th, 2256, a Sunday.
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The crew of the U.S.S. Shenzhou
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has been called to the edge
of Federation space
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to investigate damage done
to one of our interstellar relays.
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Blast burns around the hull
are inconclusive.
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Were they caused by an asteroid?
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Or was it deliberately destroyed
to limit Starfleet communications?
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And if so, by whom?
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Despite the risks of our mission,
I remain optimistic.
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It's hard not to be,
in the face of such beauty.
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In this case, a binary star system.
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Around these two suns,
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ice, dust, and gasses collide
to form the planets
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future generations will call home...
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a humbling reminder that all life is born
from chaos and destruction.
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[man] Based on readings,
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the relay doesn't appear
to have been damaged naturally.
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I don't like the look of that.
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Well, keep looking.
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The comment was figurative.
I'm expressing concern.
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Finish your scan so you can
express facts instead.
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The bridge is yours, Mr. Saru.
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Yes, Commander.
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[classical music plays over speakers]
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Yes, Number One?
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Your chief science officer is worried.
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Something took a bite out of our relay.
Saru thinks it was malicious.
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Saru's Kelpien.
He thinks everything's malicious.
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[Burnham chuckles]
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What do you think? Any idea what it is?
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By all indications, nothing intelligent.
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-But?
-Starfleet's reputation for tech hygiene
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is exemplary.
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When a relay goes down,
the Federation sends a ship to fix it.
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-Someone's trying to get our attention?
-If they are, they have.
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Lieutenant Saru, what do we have?
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Ah. I have taken the initiative of
keeping us at maximum scanning distance
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in case of anything threatening out there.
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Yes, Number One tells me
you suspect foul play.
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Well, despite the first officer's
constant need to dismiss my ideas--
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-She apparently agrees with you.
-Really?
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I'm shocked as well. Ensign Connor.
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Agreement between my senior officers.
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-Note the date and time.
-Noted, Captain.
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Is this amount of sarcasm necessary?
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Necessary, no. But I do like it.
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[Saru] There is something else out there.
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-What do you have?
-Recalibrating sensors.
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[man] Electronic alignment in process.
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Scans are being deflected.
I'm having trouble locating the source.
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So something's out there,
but no one can tell where or what it is.
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[Saru] Ah, wait, I have it.
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-No. Recalibrating.
-[Georgiou] Any time now, Mr. Saru.
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I have it.
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[Georgiou] Magnify.
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Is that what damaged our relay?
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What am I looking at?
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Object of unknown origin.
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-Let's get more specific.
-I'm unable to bring it into focus.
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[Georgiou] Number One?
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Range is 2000 kilometers,
bearing 358, mark 269.
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Roughly 150 meters long,
tucked into that accretion disk.
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Almost directly below us.
It's in a sensor dead zone.
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A scattering field is confounding
the ship's ability to translate the image.
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As science officer,
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I can provide a far more concrete
and in-depth analysis
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than simply reading data off a monitor.
But...
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considering it's scrambling
our optical processors,
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how are we going to be able to see it?
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Thoughts, Number One?
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With such little data,
I'd prefer not to speculate.
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I will.
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It's lurking.
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The scattering field it's emitting
suggests intent.
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We see something we don't understand
and instantly cast judgment?
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Maybe it's lost.
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-Maybe it's afraid to show its whole self.
-Hiding.
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But maybe hoping to be found.
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Here we are speculating.
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I... especially recommend
we leave it alone.
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[Georgiou]
I'm not sure we have much choice.
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We can't lock on to it.
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And we don't have a shuttle
maneuverable enough to navigate the ring.
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I'll go. All I need is a thruster pack.
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With the levels of radiation
kicking off those binaries,
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she'll have 20 minutes until her DNA
starts to unravel like noodles.
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"Like noodles."
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I'll be back in 19. A flyby.
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It seems a waste of resources.
What will be gained?
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You understand, being afraid of everything
means you learn nothing.
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There's no opportunity to discover,
to explore.
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And here I thought we were doing
a deep-space relay audit.
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You're both right.
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-Saru, go with her.
-[both] Captain?
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Best to keep variables to a minimum.
Wouldn't want to put my colleague at risk.
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And you, Mr. Saru? Are you equally happy
not to be put at risk?
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Oh, on any occasion, Captain.
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You realize once you reach
that scattering field,
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you could be cut off
from all communication.
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We've come all this way, Captain.
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It would be irresponsible
to leave whatever that is unknown.
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Just a flyby.
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Just a flyby.
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[computer] Commencing airlock
depressurization sequence.
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Commander Burnham,
this is Ensign Danby Connor.
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On behalf of Captain Georgiou,
and the crew of the U.S.S. Shenzhou,
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we'd like to welcome you to Flight 819,
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with non-stop service
to the object of unknown origin.
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The temperature is a brisk
minus-260 degrees Celsius.
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We are forecasting mild debris,
but anticipate a smooth ride.
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[comm chirps]
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This is Commander Burnham.
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Commencing reconnaissance mission
to field void an unknown object.
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Data collection is on and nominal.
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All lights are green.
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[man] Establishing interlink frequency
with Burnham's EV.
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Channel clear, and ready to transmit.
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Confirming six-second directional thrust
for saucer realignment.
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[computer]
Commencing final pre-launch system checks.
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Life support: Nominal.
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Oxygen-nitrogen saturation: Nominal.
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Air pressure and flow: Nominal.
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Communication module: Active.
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Filters at 0.01 percent saturation.
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-[beeps]
-[electronic surges]
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[Connor] Pre-flight checklist complete.
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Computer, enable igniter.
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[computer]
Ten seconds to thruster ignition.
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Ten, nine, eight,
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seven, six, five,
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-four, three, two, one.
-[powering up]
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[breathing heavily]
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[laughing]
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Body scan online.
Heart rate 79 and rising,
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BP 130 over 70.
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-It's a little elevated for her.
-She's having fun.
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[woman]
Almost to the debris field, Captain.
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[Georgiou] Understood.
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Michael, watch your time.
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-19 minutes, not a nanosecond longer.
-Aye, Captain.
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[voice with static] I'm fully aware.
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-Boost signal.
-Unable to comply.
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The scattering field
must be interfering with comms.
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Mission clock at 17 minutes, 30 seconds.
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Interference is starting
to degrade resolution.
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Routing power to subspace antenna.
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Shenzhou, do you copy?
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[computer] Distance to object,
1000 kilometers.
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Shenzhou, do you copy?
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[computer] Implementing course correction.
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[breathing heavily]
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Hello.
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Shenzhou, are you able to see this?
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Michael, can you hear me? Acknowledge.
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-Michael, can you hear me? Acknowledge.
-[Connor] There's too much interference.
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Shenzhou, do you copy?
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Data collection unit, you there?
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-[computer] Internal computer online.
-Good.
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-Mission time?
-[computer] Twelve minutes, 58 seconds.
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Plenty of time to take a peek.
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Even from this distance,
it's clearly not debris.
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Twelve minutes and 48 seconds
until maximum exposure.
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Commander is less than ten meters
from the edge of the scattering field.
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[Burnham] I can't remember
who said sculptures
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are crystallized spirituality...
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Headlamp.
247
00:16:34,952 --> 00:16:36,287
...but I see what they meant.
248
00:16:36,370 --> 00:16:37,705
This is Burnham in the blind.
249
00:16:37,789 --> 00:16:39,917
I'm above the object, which is old.
250
00:16:41,376 --> 00:16:42,461
Centuries old.
251
00:16:42,836 --> 00:16:45,964
It's difficult to tell
if it was constructed or carved.
252
00:16:47,633 --> 00:16:52,221
The only word
to effectively describe it is... "wow."
253
00:16:54,389 --> 00:16:55,891
But I'll try to be more precise.
254
00:16:56,433 --> 00:17:00,604
Its surface has the appearance of stone,
with an exoskeleton of metal alloy.
255
00:17:03,732 --> 00:17:05,150
Incredibly intricate.
256
00:17:05,734 --> 00:17:08,987
The construction and design
are nothing short of astounding.
257
00:17:10,197 --> 00:17:12,241
I wish you could see what I'm seeing.
258
00:17:12,950 --> 00:17:14,034
It is sublime.
259
00:17:18,496 --> 00:17:20,873
It's impossible to discern
a practical purpose.
260
00:17:22,501 --> 00:17:24,419
I'm going to land on it,
get a closer look.
261
00:17:28,340 --> 00:17:29,550
Nice and easy.
262
00:17:33,762 --> 00:17:37,266
Hold on. My presence has triggered
some sort of motion response.
263
00:17:51,446 --> 00:17:54,491
[computer] Mission countdown:
ten minutes, 15 seconds.
264
00:17:57,578 --> 00:18:00,372
Warning: Proximity alert.
265
00:18:02,457 --> 00:18:03,417
[Burnham gasps]
266
00:18:11,175 --> 00:18:13,093
Scanning for database recognition.
267
00:18:13,177 --> 00:18:15,804
Iconography confirmed. Klingon.
268
00:18:17,723 --> 00:18:19,099
I'm Commander Burnham...
269
00:18:20,392 --> 00:18:23,312
-of the United Federation of--
-[growls]
270
00:18:25,354 --> 00:18:26,856
[Klingon roars]
271
00:18:34,113 --> 00:18:37,867
Still no sign of Commander Burnham.
Mission clock runs out in 15 seconds.
272
00:18:37,950 --> 00:18:41,454
-[man] Still too much interference.
-[static burst]
273
00:18:42,956 --> 00:18:45,959
I have Number One. Telemetry only.
Blood pressure is 70 and falling.
274
00:18:46,043 --> 00:18:49,254
-She won't make it unless we get her now.
-Transporter. Do we have her, Mr. Weeton?
275
00:18:49,338 --> 00:18:53,008
-Pattern integrity's too weak.
-Saru, get a lock, boost her signal.
276
00:18:53,091 --> 00:18:55,802
-Captain, there is no signal.
-You better get me a signal.
277
00:18:57,346 --> 00:18:59,681
-Remotely fire her jetpack.
-[robot] She's offline.
278
00:18:59,765 --> 00:19:02,017
-She's floating free.
-Engineering, tractor beam?
279
00:19:02,100 --> 00:19:04,394
Can't get a lock. Running calculations.
280
00:19:04,478 --> 00:19:08,398
The scattering field is still a problem.
We can't transport her until she clears.
281
00:19:08,899 --> 00:19:11,818
[woman] She'll soon exhibit symptoms
of acute radiation syndrome.
282
00:19:11,902 --> 00:19:13,862
[Connor] She's not gonna last much longer.
283
00:19:14,571 --> 00:19:15,656
Hang on.
284
00:19:19,785 --> 00:19:22,621
[Connor] Commander Burnham,
this is Shenzhou. Please respond.
285
00:19:22,703 --> 00:19:24,538
-[alarm beeping]
-Commander Burnham?
286
00:19:25,207 --> 00:19:26,667
Commander, please respond.
287
00:19:27,501 --> 00:19:29,127
Shenzhou to Commander Burnham.
288
00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:32,339
Commander, do you read? Please respond.
289
00:19:39,637 --> 00:19:44,725
[male voice in Klingon]
Witness our brother, our torchbearer,
290
00:19:44,809 --> 00:19:50,022
killed by the Federation interloper
on our sacred beacon.
291
00:19:56,821 --> 00:20:00,866
I see you as you see the end.
292
00:20:02,284 --> 00:20:06,872
Our Torchbearer honors us...
293
00:20:07,415 --> 00:20:14,380
first to die in our crusade
for self-preservation.
294
00:20:46,663 --> 00:20:50,334
[all screaming]
295
00:20:59,967 --> 00:21:06,515
Our ancestors welcome our fallen brother,
Rejac,
296
00:21:06,599 --> 00:21:08,642
to their Black Fleet.
297
00:21:09,310 --> 00:21:13,731
They fight with us,
298
00:21:13,815 --> 00:21:19,321
as we fight against our enemy.
299
00:21:20,404 --> 00:21:23,783
Remain Klingon!
300
00:21:24,201 --> 00:21:26,495
[all shouting] Remain Klingon!
301
00:21:28,121 --> 00:21:29,414
[indistinct chattering]
302
00:21:32,291 --> 00:21:33,626
[computer] Pupil Burnham.
303
00:21:34,837 --> 00:21:35,671
Pupil Burnham.
304
00:21:36,295 --> 00:21:37,963
[overlapping chatter]
305
00:21:45,472 --> 00:21:47,599
[computer]
Klingon social order rests upon?
306
00:21:48,057 --> 00:21:50,726
-Inviolable honor/shame dynamic.
-[computer] Correct.
307
00:21:50,810 --> 00:21:52,478
Klingon homeworld, Qo'noS.
308
00:21:52,563 --> 00:21:54,857
-Unwelcoming to the Federation.
-Correct.
309
00:21:54,940 --> 00:21:58,110
-Klingon political order.
-Twenty-four great houses.
310
00:21:58,193 --> 00:22:02,239
Correct. Location of the most recent
Klingon terror raid.
311
00:22:03,866 --> 00:22:04,700
[buzzer beeps]
312
00:22:04,783 --> 00:22:07,828
Unacceptable duration between query
and correct response.
313
00:22:08,494 --> 00:22:11,705
Number of survivors
at the human-Vulcan science outpost
314
00:22:11,790 --> 00:22:13,000
at Doctari Alpha.
315
00:22:13,667 --> 00:22:14,626
[buzzer beeps]
316
00:22:14,710 --> 00:22:18,463
Unacceptable duration between query
and correct response.
317
00:22:18,546 --> 00:22:21,006
Number of survivors at Doctari Alpha.
318
00:22:21,091 --> 00:22:23,635
-No.
-[buzzer beeps] Unacceptable response.
319
00:22:23,719 --> 00:22:25,095
-Number of survivors...
-Please.
320
00:22:25,177 --> 00:22:28,347
[echoing, overlapping]
Number of survivors...
321
00:22:28,432 --> 00:22:29,266
Stop.
322
00:22:30,182 --> 00:22:31,433
Program paused.
323
00:22:36,899 --> 00:22:37,733
Sarek.
324
00:22:38,899 --> 00:22:41,360
I'm sorry. I can do better.
325
00:22:41,528 --> 00:22:44,156
When emotion brings us ghosts
from the past,
326
00:22:44,239 --> 00:22:47,159
only logic can root us in the present.
327
00:22:47,242 --> 00:22:49,119
Maybe I can try to learn Vulcan...
328
00:22:49,453 --> 00:22:51,246
to be quicker with my answers.
329
00:22:51,955 --> 00:22:53,999
Your human tongue is not the problem.
330
00:22:54,416 --> 00:22:56,084
It is your human heart.
331
00:23:00,214 --> 00:23:01,048
[gasps]
332
00:23:07,553 --> 00:23:09,346
[man] Good. You're awake.
333
00:23:10,015 --> 00:23:11,058
I was dreaming.
334
00:23:11,892 --> 00:23:13,227
Oh? What about?
335
00:23:14,393 --> 00:23:15,227
Klingons.
336
00:23:16,478 --> 00:23:17,479
How did I get here?
337
00:23:18,941 --> 00:23:21,151
We transported you back aboard
three hours ago.
338
00:23:22,443 --> 00:23:23,652
[Burnham] Three hours?
339
00:23:24,069 --> 00:23:25,988
[computer]
Antiproton therapy regimen incomplete.
340
00:23:26,071 --> 00:23:28,407
-[man] What are you doing?
-Session terminated prematurely.
341
00:23:28,490 --> 00:23:30,117
-Medical emergency.
-There's no time.
342
00:23:30,202 --> 00:23:33,622
Wait, the recombination process
is nowhere near finished.
343
00:23:33,705 --> 00:23:35,624
I need you back in the chamber.
344
00:23:35,707 --> 00:23:38,252
Do you understand the effect
of genetic unspooling?
345
00:23:38,335 --> 00:23:40,838
You don't wanna die that way. Commander!
346
00:23:41,670 --> 00:23:44,924
Binaries are kicking serious QEs
up and down the spectrum.
347
00:23:45,007 --> 00:23:47,635
[Connor] Targeting gets hot,
but I can't tell what I'm grabbing onto.
348
00:23:47,719 --> 00:23:50,305
-I wanna know what's out there.
-Okay, let's go around again.
349
00:23:50,389 --> 00:23:52,307
-By the numbers.
-[Burnham] What's going on?
350
00:23:53,809 --> 00:23:55,853
Number One, you should be in sickbay.
351
00:23:56,436 --> 00:23:57,271
What?
352
00:23:57,603 --> 00:24:00,064
-Have they made contact?
-Who's "they"?
353
00:24:00,147 --> 00:24:02,566
There are Klingons out there.
We need to go to red alert.
354
00:24:02,650 --> 00:24:03,525
[Georgiou] Michael...
355
00:24:06,195 --> 00:24:09,073
Almost no one has seen a Klingon
in a hundred years.
356
00:24:09,157 --> 00:24:12,327
I have. One attacked me on that object.
Check my helmet cam.
357
00:24:12,870 --> 00:24:15,581
-The footage was corrupted.
-[Saru] Sensors show the commander
358
00:24:15,664 --> 00:24:17,499
entered the bridge in an irradiated state.
359
00:24:17,581 --> 00:24:21,210
Without immediate treatment,
her condition will certainly be terminal.
360
00:24:21,293 --> 00:24:23,504
He was... warrior caste.
361
00:24:23,589 --> 00:24:26,049
His EV suit bore a Klingon house insignia.
362
00:24:26,133 --> 00:24:28,468
-She also has a grade 3 concussion.
-I'm not delusional.
363
00:24:28,552 --> 00:24:31,638
This has nothing to do with a concussion.
Philippa...
364
00:24:33,847 --> 00:24:34,974
there are Klingons.
365
00:24:40,439 --> 00:24:41,398
Red alert.
366
00:24:42,733 --> 00:24:43,942
[alarm wailing]
367
00:24:46,528 --> 00:24:48,697
-Tell me what happened.
-He ambushed me.
368
00:24:49,363 --> 00:24:53,158
I hit my thruster pack to get away.
I knocked him into his blade.
369
00:24:53,994 --> 00:24:54,870
I killed him.
370
00:24:57,037 --> 00:25:00,916
That object could hide a raiding party
obscured behind that scattering field.
371
00:25:01,001 --> 00:25:03,962
If there are Klingons in this sector,
they may be responsible
372
00:25:04,046 --> 00:25:06,089
for the damage to our relay.
373
00:25:06,463 --> 00:25:09,967
If there are Klingons in this sector,
we should withdraw, immediately.
374
00:25:10,052 --> 00:25:13,347
This is Federation space.
Retreat is not an option.
375
00:25:15,641 --> 00:25:18,018
Whatever is over there
needs to show itself.
376
00:25:18,393 --> 00:25:21,522
If it's hiding Klingons,
we've got to flush them out.
377
00:25:22,022 --> 00:25:24,233
Target phase cannons on the object.
378
00:25:26,818 --> 00:25:29,988
We cannot destroy another culture's
property on a whim.
379
00:25:30,072 --> 00:25:31,740
I didn't say anything about destroying it.
380
00:25:31,823 --> 00:25:34,201
Let's make them think
we're going to attack.
381
00:25:34,533 --> 00:25:35,492
Target the object.
382
00:25:36,995 --> 00:25:38,121
[man] We're locked on.
383
00:25:39,081 --> 00:25:40,374
Something is scanning us.
384
00:25:40,622 --> 00:25:42,166
They've detected our weapon signature.
385
00:25:43,544 --> 00:25:44,378
Wait.
386
00:25:58,767 --> 00:25:59,893
[robot] Impossible.
387
00:25:59,977 --> 00:26:03,814
-[man] No warp signatures detected.
-[Georgiou] Then where did they come from?
388
00:26:04,314 --> 00:26:06,859
Mr. Gant,
disengage phase cannon targeting.
389
00:26:08,694 --> 00:26:09,945
Number One, get to sickbay.
390
00:26:10,028 --> 00:26:12,698
I need you fixed up
and back on the bridge, stat.
391
00:26:13,031 --> 00:26:15,617
Mr. Januzzi, contact Starfleet Command.
392
00:26:15,701 --> 00:26:17,327
Send an encoded message.
393
00:26:17,993 --> 00:26:20,954
Tell them we have engaged the Klingons.
394
00:26:27,504 --> 00:26:30,716
[Januzzi] Unidentified Klingon vessel,
this is the starship Shenzhou.
395
00:26:30,799 --> 00:26:31,675
Please, respond.
396
00:26:34,134 --> 00:26:37,137
Unidentified Klingon vessel,
this is the starship Shenzhou.
397
00:26:37,221 --> 00:26:38,305
Please, respond.
398
00:26:38,472 --> 00:26:43,060
[in Klingon] All is as it is meant to be.
399
00:26:44,895 --> 00:26:48,732
Who is Rejac's next in line?
400
00:26:52,736 --> 00:26:55,823
I am his brother. Or'Eq.
401
00:26:55,906 --> 00:26:59,993
The honor falls to you
to be our new Torchbearer.
402
00:27:00,410 --> 00:27:01,620
With respect...
403
00:27:03,207 --> 00:27:06,460
I find great wisdom in your teachings...
404
00:27:07,461 --> 00:27:08,295
But?
405
00:27:08,669 --> 00:27:12,214
Can you be sure our brothers and sisters
will answer your call?
406
00:27:12,299 --> 00:27:15,177
They will because the prophecy commands
407
00:27:16,178 --> 00:27:19,723
all Klingons must come
to the light of Kahless
408
00:27:19,805 --> 00:27:23,100
when it shines in the night sky.
409
00:27:23,225 --> 00:27:27,354
Will ships really fly across the galaxy
because of a fable?
410
00:27:27,439 --> 00:27:30,025
So, you doubt?
411
00:27:30,609 --> 00:27:33,237
You dishonor...
412
00:27:34,027 --> 00:27:36,572
only yourself.
413
00:27:37,906 --> 00:27:40,909
[male voice] I will light the beacon.
414
00:27:44,373 --> 00:27:46,583
[leader] Speak your name.
415
00:27:47,209 --> 00:27:48,252
Voq.
416
00:27:49,294 --> 00:27:51,171
Son of none.
417
00:27:55,801 --> 00:27:58,011
You have no family blade of your own.
418
00:28:00,304 --> 00:28:04,850
You cannot assume the birthright
of a noble house.
419
00:28:06,186 --> 00:28:07,771
You are unworthy.
420
00:28:07,855 --> 00:28:09,022
[Voq] I am worthy.
421
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,066
Not by blood...
422
00:28:15,194 --> 00:28:17,196
but by faith.
423
00:28:22,784 --> 00:28:27,497
I serve the light of Kahless.
424
00:28:31,418 --> 00:28:34,129
I am reborn in his flames.
425
00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:54,107
[leader] I recognize you as one
who has lived his life on the outside
426
00:28:54,650 --> 00:28:59,279
and yearns to be part of something
bigger than himself.
427
00:29:05,827 --> 00:29:10,332
Some may see the color of your skin
as nature's mistake.
428
00:29:12,794 --> 00:29:15,422
I call it a mirror...
429
00:29:16,340 --> 00:29:19,009
for I see myself in you.
430
00:29:21,261 --> 00:29:22,596
[alarm buzzing]
431
00:29:23,595 --> 00:29:24,763
My Lord!
432
00:29:25,764 --> 00:29:30,978
Long-range sensors show the movement,
just as you predicted.
433
00:29:31,438 --> 00:29:33,398
Excellent. The time has come.
434
00:29:34,191 --> 00:29:36,735
Take my blade, Voq.
435
00:29:37,818 --> 00:29:39,486
Son of none.
436
00:29:41,738 --> 00:29:46,910
The honor of Torchbearer is yours.
437
00:29:46,994 --> 00:29:51,665
-Light the beacon!
-[all chanting] Light the beacon!
438
00:29:56,713 --> 00:29:59,925
[Januzzi] Unidentified Klingon vessel,
this is the starship Shenzhou.
439
00:30:00,008 --> 00:30:00,884
Please, respond.
440
00:30:00,968 --> 00:30:04,221
Unidentified Klingon vessel,
this is the starship Shenzhou.
441
00:30:04,304 --> 00:30:05,264
Please, respond.
442
00:30:07,099 --> 00:30:10,727
-Any chance they can't hear us?
-You're on every subspace channel.
443
00:30:10,811 --> 00:30:12,062
Your orders, Commander.
444
00:30:13,647 --> 00:30:16,066
-Any response?
-[Saru] None.
445
00:30:16,608 --> 00:30:17,442
Commander...
446
00:30:18,235 --> 00:30:20,445
there is something I'd like to show you.
447
00:30:23,530 --> 00:30:27,451
Their hull is covered
in hollow ornamental metallic pods,
448
00:30:27,536 --> 00:30:29,663
thousands of them, tightly interlocked,
449
00:30:29,872 --> 00:30:32,416
forming a kind of... armor.
450
00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:34,710
Not the most efficient defense.
451
00:30:34,791 --> 00:30:38,545
I suspect its purpose is more symbolic
than practical.
452
00:30:39,882 --> 00:30:44,011
They contain Klingon biological material
in various states of decay.
453
00:30:44,386 --> 00:30:46,013
Remote dating is wildly divergent.
454
00:30:46,096 --> 00:30:49,266
Some bones date back thousands of years.
Others, only hours old.
455
00:30:50,184 --> 00:30:52,644
Their entire ship is covered with coffins.
456
00:30:53,604 --> 00:30:56,064
Commander, the captain listens to you.
457
00:30:56,899 --> 00:31:00,277
Tell her... we must withdraw.
458
00:31:02,154 --> 00:31:04,198
I'm afraid that's no longer possible.
459
00:31:09,328 --> 00:31:11,955
Your world has food chains.
460
00:31:12,206 --> 00:31:13,207
Mine does not.
461
00:31:14,082 --> 00:31:17,920
Our species map is binary.
We're either predator or prey.
462
00:31:19,002 --> 00:31:23,465
My people were hunted, bred, farmed...
463
00:31:23,548 --> 00:31:24,841
We are your livestock of old.
464
00:31:26,178 --> 00:31:30,224
We were biologically determined
for one purpose, and one purpose alone:
465
00:31:31,642 --> 00:31:33,227
to sense the coming of death.
466
00:31:36,563 --> 00:31:38,023
I sense it coming now.
467
00:31:43,737 --> 00:31:46,114
[Georgiou]
The Klingon flagship has a stealth mode.
468
00:31:46,196 --> 00:31:50,200
It's some kind of cloaking screen,
unlike anything we've ever seen, Admiral.
469
00:31:50,283 --> 00:31:52,285
There may be more vessels
than we know.
470
00:31:52,371 --> 00:31:56,083
We've reached out with
every form of greeting Starfleet has.
471
00:31:56,166 --> 00:31:58,544
-They're blocking our hails.
-It feels like a setup.
472
00:31:58,627 --> 00:32:01,463
Maybe our relay got too close
for Klingon comfort
473
00:32:01,547 --> 00:32:03,465
and they destroyed it to lure us out here.
474
00:32:03,549 --> 00:32:06,176
You remember my first officer,
Michael Burnham?
475
00:32:06,969 --> 00:32:08,971
Next time, try not disturbing the property
476
00:32:09,054 --> 00:32:11,932
of a warrior race we've hardly spoken to
for a hundred years.
477
00:32:12,474 --> 00:32:14,726
Our only choice now
is to navigate this situation
478
00:32:14,810 --> 00:32:17,896
-with as much finesse as possible.
-Admiral, if I may...
479
00:32:21,900 --> 00:32:25,028
The ideal outcome
for any Klingon interaction is battle.
480
00:32:25,779 --> 00:32:27,656
They're relentlessly hostile, sir.
481
00:32:28,198 --> 00:32:31,034
-It's in their nature.
-The Federation and the Klingon empire
482
00:32:31,118 --> 00:32:33,871
have always been on the cold side of war.
483
00:32:33,954 --> 00:32:36,540
We've had only fleeting run-ins with them
for a century,
484
00:32:36,623 --> 00:32:39,042
and now you presume
to know their motivation,
485
00:32:39,126 --> 00:32:40,586
because it is in their nature?
486
00:32:40,669 --> 00:32:43,297
Considering your background,
I'd think you the last person
487
00:32:43,380 --> 00:32:44,965
to make assumptions based on race.
488
00:32:45,048 --> 00:32:47,676
With respect, it would be unwise
to confuse race and culture.
489
00:32:47,759 --> 00:32:50,679
The Europa
and all fleet vessels within range
490
00:32:50,762 --> 00:32:53,515
will be at your coordinates in two hours.
Hold your position.
491
00:32:53,599 --> 00:32:55,934
Do nothing absent provocation. Understood?
492
00:32:56,018 --> 00:32:56,935
Understood.
493
00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:00,645
-[computer] Signal terminated.
-[sighs]
494
00:33:00,772 --> 00:33:01,690
That went well.
495
00:33:04,026 --> 00:33:07,112
-What's the mood outside?
-Saru is the only one talking.
496
00:33:08,238 --> 00:33:11,283
He strongly believes we should about-face.
497
00:33:12,326 --> 00:33:16,121
There is a space station at Eagle 12,
three light-years away.
498
00:33:16,705 --> 00:33:19,041
The Andorian colony at Gamma Hydra is six.
499
00:33:19,124 --> 00:33:22,586
Shenzhou is the only line of defense
if the Klingons attack.
500
00:33:22,669 --> 00:33:24,963
Not if. When.
501
00:33:25,047 --> 00:33:27,841
I have to hope that whatever happens here
502
00:33:27,925 --> 00:33:30,344
can serve as a bridge
between our civilizations.
503
00:33:30,886 --> 00:33:32,804
That's the diplomat in you talking.
504
00:33:33,972 --> 00:33:35,432
What does the soldier say?
505
00:33:38,185 --> 00:33:39,102
Nothing good.
506
00:33:42,979 --> 00:33:44,523
[Saru] Captain to the bridge.
507
00:33:46,568 --> 00:33:49,696
-Status.
-Photonic activity on the Klingon object.
508
00:33:49,780 --> 00:33:51,698
Output is over one billion lumens
per square meter.
509
00:33:51,782 --> 00:33:53,033
[Connor] Optical sensors overloaded.
510
00:33:53,116 --> 00:33:55,953
-Bring plasmatic filters online.
-[Connor] Rerouting power.
511
00:33:56,493 --> 00:34:00,247
-[Georgiou] Is that a weapon?
-Seems to be some sort of signal emitter.
512
00:34:02,167 --> 00:34:05,254
-Where are my filters?
-[Connor] They're at 100 percent, Captain.
513
00:34:05,337 --> 00:34:07,506
[high frequency buzzing]
514
00:34:17,099 --> 00:34:19,601
[Januzzi] Initiating emergency shutdown.
515
00:34:20,227 --> 00:34:22,479
Noise is some kind of
electromagnetic subspace waveform.
516
00:34:22,563 --> 00:34:25,607
-Narrowing channel range.
-Adjusting orientation to minimize.
517
00:34:25,691 --> 00:34:27,401
-Turn it down.
-Aye, Captain.
518
00:34:28,110 --> 00:34:30,195
-All the way down.
-Acoustics are muted.
519
00:34:30,279 --> 00:34:32,865
That's the ship's superstructure
in sympathetic vibration.
520
00:34:34,116 --> 00:34:36,743
-It's a signal pulse.
-Is there a message?
521
00:34:36,827 --> 00:34:38,245
This may be the message.
522
00:34:38,620 --> 00:34:41,331
What if they're calling
for the same thing we are?
523
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:45,335
-Backup.
-Long-range sensors to the maximum, Saru.
524
00:34:45,419 --> 00:34:48,797
If more Klingons are on the way,
I want as much notice as possible.
525
00:34:48,964 --> 00:34:51,300
-Permission to leave the bridge.
-Are you kidding?
526
00:34:51,383 --> 00:34:52,426
It's relevant.
527
00:34:54,428 --> 00:34:55,596
Granted.
528
00:34:55,679 --> 00:34:58,473
Ensign, give me a status report,
deck by deck.
529
00:34:58,557 --> 00:34:59,391
Aye, Captain.
530
00:35:01,768 --> 00:35:03,562
-Computer.
-[computer] Working.
531
00:35:03,645 --> 00:35:06,481
Open dedicated subspace channel 222AA7.
532
00:35:06,565 --> 00:35:08,358
Use of this frequency requires
533
00:35:08,442 --> 00:35:11,778
-diplomatic authorization.
-Voiceprint authorize. Burnham...
534
00:35:12,237 --> 00:35:13,780
-Michael.
-Confirmed.
535
00:35:15,532 --> 00:35:16,491
Commander Burnham.
536
00:35:16,575 --> 00:35:18,744
Hello, Sarek. I'm happy to see you.
537
00:35:18,827 --> 00:35:19,953
So many years,
538
00:35:20,204 --> 00:35:22,623
and still,
you allow emotional considerations
539
00:35:22,706 --> 00:35:23,916
to impede your logic.
540
00:35:23,999 --> 00:35:26,293
They inform my logic.
541
00:35:28,337 --> 00:35:29,588
I need your help.
542
00:35:30,045 --> 00:35:32,756
I assumed the timing of the call
was not coincidental.
543
00:35:32,841 --> 00:35:35,010
The quadrant reports a new star.
544
00:35:37,260 --> 00:35:40,055
What have you done there,
on the edge of Federation space?
545
00:35:40,140 --> 00:35:41,975
We've encountered the Klingons.
546
00:35:42,518 --> 00:35:45,604
How rare to meet one's own demons
in the flesh.
547
00:35:45,687 --> 00:35:46,730
I killed one.
548
00:35:48,815 --> 00:35:51,735
In light of the fact
that they killed your parents...
549
00:35:52,486 --> 00:35:54,279
some might think that only fair.
550
00:35:55,822 --> 00:35:59,451
However... if a death was necessary,
551
00:35:59,535 --> 00:36:02,120
I am satisfied it was not yours.
552
00:36:04,331 --> 00:36:07,334
I'm certain you did not call me
for emotional solace.
553
00:36:07,417 --> 00:36:08,418
We're facing off.
554
00:36:09,542 --> 00:36:12,712
No fire has been exchanged.
But they didn't turn on that beacon
555
00:36:12,798 --> 00:36:14,967
until Starfleet was on its way
to our position.
556
00:36:15,050 --> 00:36:17,469
I think they're summoning
more of their kind.
557
00:36:17,553 --> 00:36:21,974
An odd proposition given that their empire
has been in disarray for generations.
558
00:36:22,057 --> 00:36:24,643
But you are describing something
out of the ordinary.
559
00:36:25,185 --> 00:36:27,145
Restraint in the face of conflict.
560
00:36:27,604 --> 00:36:30,691
When a civilization acts
in opposition to its instincts,
561
00:36:30,774 --> 00:36:34,319
it may be under the influence
of something or someone new.
562
00:36:35,571 --> 00:36:40,367
Great unifiers are few and far between,
but they do come.
563
00:36:40,868 --> 00:36:44,329
Often such leaders will need
a profound cause
564
00:36:44,413 --> 00:36:46,415
for their followers to rally around.
565
00:36:46,832 --> 00:36:47,875
A war.
566
00:36:49,001 --> 00:36:50,169
Be very careful
567
00:36:50,335 --> 00:36:54,506
that your assumptions
are not being driven by your past.
568
00:36:55,716 --> 00:36:59,469
This is isn't about what happened, Sarek.
It's what's happening now.
569
00:37:02,639 --> 00:37:05,767
How did the Vulcans achieve
diplomatic relations with the Klingons?
570
00:37:06,182 --> 00:37:08,435
That is a solution particular to us.
571
00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:11,607
One cannot assume it would work
on a ship commanded by humans.
572
00:37:12,149 --> 00:37:12,983
Sarek...
573
00:37:14,443 --> 00:37:15,277
please.
574
00:37:15,819 --> 00:37:16,945
I caution you...
575
00:37:17,571 --> 00:37:20,407
be considered
with how you use this information.
576
00:37:21,074 --> 00:37:23,827
You cannot save lives
that have already been lost.
577
00:37:24,369 --> 00:37:25,204
Tell me...
578
00:37:25,454 --> 00:37:28,081
how did you keep the Klingons at bay?
579
00:37:31,210 --> 00:37:33,378
-[Georgiou] Engineering, report.
-Internal damage, negative.
580
00:37:33,462 --> 00:37:34,546
Core is 100 percent.
581
00:37:35,005 --> 00:37:38,217
Captain, we have to fire.
Hit that ship with everything we've got.
582
00:37:38,592 --> 00:37:41,178
Absolutely not.
They haven't powered weapons.
583
00:37:41,261 --> 00:37:42,971
They don't pose an imminent threat.
584
00:37:43,055 --> 00:37:45,474
The Klingon threat is always imminent
and inevitable.
585
00:37:45,557 --> 00:37:47,559
-Tactical log's ready.
-Thank you.
586
00:37:47,643 --> 00:37:50,187
I'd like to remind you,
we're wildly outgunned.
587
00:37:51,730 --> 00:37:53,941
Two hundred and forty years ago,
near H'Atoria,
588
00:37:54,024 --> 00:37:56,235
a Vulcan ship crossed into Klingon space.
589
00:37:56,318 --> 00:37:59,780
The Klingons attacked immediately.
They destroyed the vessel.
590
00:37:59,905 --> 00:38:02,449
Vulcans don't make the same mistake twice.
591
00:38:02,533 --> 00:38:05,202
From then on,
until formal relations were established,
592
00:38:05,285 --> 00:38:09,122
whenever Vulcans crossed paths
with Klingons, the Vulcans fired first.
593
00:38:09,581 --> 00:38:12,626
They said hello in a language
the Klingons understood.
594
00:38:13,001 --> 00:38:16,004
Violence brought respect.
Respect brought peace.
595
00:38:17,130 --> 00:38:20,259
Captain, we have to give the Klingons
a Vulcan hello.
596
00:38:20,801 --> 00:38:25,222
If their intention is to attack,
balling up our fists won't dissuade them.
597
00:38:29,476 --> 00:38:34,064
It would be logical to take into account
my success rate during our years together,
598
00:38:34,231 --> 00:38:36,316
and execute my plan without challenge
599
00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:38,277
before we're dragged into war.
600
00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:41,989
Starfleet doesn't fire first.
That's all, Number One.
601
00:38:42,072 --> 00:38:42,948
We have to.
602
00:38:47,244 --> 00:38:49,079
In my ready room. Now.
603
00:38:51,454 --> 00:38:54,207
-Lt. Commander, you have the bridge.
-[Saru] Yes, captain.
604
00:38:59,506 --> 00:39:00,591
Computer, privacy.
605
00:39:01,592 --> 00:39:03,594
-Cap--
-How dare you challenge me.
606
00:39:04,219 --> 00:39:06,763
I apologize for my insubordination.
607
00:39:06,847 --> 00:39:10,809
-That kind of talk can destabilize a crew.
-Don't underestimate them.
608
00:39:10,893 --> 00:39:13,687
I've overseen their exercises.
They're ready for battle.
609
00:39:13,768 --> 00:39:18,982
Battle is not a simulation.
It's blood, and screams...
610
00:39:19,568 --> 00:39:20,611
and funerals.
611
00:39:21,153 --> 00:39:24,406
I taught you better.
We don't start shooting on a hunch.
612
00:39:24,531 --> 00:39:26,950
And we don't take innocent lives, period.
613
00:39:28,118 --> 00:39:30,245
I understand your history.
614
00:39:30,329 --> 00:39:33,415
My commitment to this course of action
is not emotional.
615
00:39:33,498 --> 00:39:36,960
-We target its neck, cut off its head--
-You're still injured.
616
00:39:37,044 --> 00:39:39,755
Thousands of lives will be lost
because of failure to act.
617
00:39:39,838 --> 00:39:42,424
Whose lives?
Victims of your imaginary war?
618
00:39:42,508 --> 00:39:43,717
Your life, Captain.
619
00:39:45,677 --> 00:39:46,512
Yours.
620
00:39:50,098 --> 00:39:51,725
Stand down, Commander Burnham.
621
00:39:52,601 --> 00:39:53,602
That's an order.
622
00:39:56,438 --> 00:39:57,272
You're right.
623
00:40:00,984 --> 00:40:02,110
I may not be myself.
624
00:40:07,824 --> 00:40:08,784
Easy, Michael.
625
00:40:14,998 --> 00:40:15,916
I'm sorry.
626
00:40:21,836 --> 00:40:23,755
You're relieved, Mr. Saru.
627
00:40:23,841 --> 00:40:25,008
Where is the captain?
628
00:40:26,051 --> 00:40:30,347
I provided her with intel from a source.
She's passing it to the admiral.
629
00:40:30,428 --> 00:40:33,139
Weapons.
Slot a pair of torpedoes in the tubes,
630
00:40:33,222 --> 00:40:36,225
and compute a firing solution,
targeting the neck of that ship.
631
00:40:36,311 --> 00:40:38,313
[Saru]
Is the plan to fire on the Klingons?
632
00:40:38,397 --> 00:40:41,650
We have to be ready in case
that's what the captain decides.
633
00:40:42,359 --> 00:40:44,903
Are you acting on the captain's orders?
634
00:40:44,987 --> 00:40:48,699
I'm your superior officer.
We are in a high-risk scenario.
635
00:40:49,157 --> 00:40:52,035
Question chain of command again,
and I'll remove you.
636
00:40:52,619 --> 00:40:54,037
Commander, it's just...
637
00:40:54,997 --> 00:40:58,166
Your breathing has elevated,
perspiration's visible.
638
00:40:58,250 --> 00:41:01,587
I fear what you are doing
betrays the wishes of our captain.
639
00:41:01,670 --> 00:41:04,590
Target phasers.
Take your station, Commander.
640
00:41:05,090 --> 00:41:08,302
-This is mutiny.
-Move, Saru. Tactical.
641
00:41:09,678 --> 00:41:11,430
-[Gant] Locked on.
-Fire.
642
00:41:11,513 --> 00:41:12,764
[Georgiou] Belay that order.
643
00:41:14,558 --> 00:41:17,269
Captain, please. I'm trying to save you.
644
00:41:18,020 --> 00:41:19,646
I'm trying to save all of you.
645
00:41:20,230 --> 00:41:21,273
[phaser powering up]
646
00:41:23,398 --> 00:41:24,565
Stand down.
647
00:41:36,121 --> 00:41:38,624
Captain. Incoming.
Warp signatures detected.
648
00:41:38,707 --> 00:41:39,750
Is it Starfleet?
649
00:41:39,833 --> 00:41:40,709
[alarm wailing]
650
00:41:48,383 --> 00:41:49,218
No.
651
00:41:49,885 --> 00:41:51,303
Those ships are Klingon.
652
00:42:16,034 --> 00:42:17,952
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