1 00:00:12,012 --> 00:00:13,430 -[alarm wailing] -This is mutiny. 2 00:00:13,513 --> 00:00:15,473 -Move, Saru. -We're locked on. 3 00:00:16,808 --> 00:00:18,685 -Fire. -[Georgiou] Belay that order. 4 00:00:20,562 --> 00:00:23,315 Captain, please, I'm trying to save you. 5 00:00:24,191 --> 00:00:25,734 I'm trying to save all of you. 6 00:00:26,318 --> 00:00:27,611 [phaser powering up] 7 00:00:27,694 --> 00:00:28,946 [Georgiou] Stand down. 8 00:00:29,029 --> 00:00:30,488 -[console beeps] -Captain, incoming. 9 00:00:30,864 --> 00:00:33,116 -Warp signatures detected. -[alarm wailing] 10 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:54,221 Ambassador Sarek. It's good to see you again. 11 00:00:54,972 --> 00:00:56,139 Thank you for receiving us. 12 00:00:56,222 --> 00:00:57,265 7 YEARS EARLIER 13 00:00:57,349 --> 00:00:58,600 [Georgiou] The pleasure is ours. 14 00:00:58,684 --> 00:01:01,895 As discussed, this is my ward. Michael Burnham. 15 00:01:02,145 --> 00:01:05,190 Hello, Michael. Welcome to the U.S.S. Shenzhou. 16 00:01:05,649 --> 00:01:08,068 And congratulations on your recent commencement. 17 00:01:08,193 --> 00:01:10,361 Respect is earned, as is friendliness. 18 00:01:10,653 --> 00:01:13,823 Yet diplomatic niceties must be observed. 19 00:01:13,907 --> 00:01:15,534 This is hardly a negotiation. 20 00:01:15,617 --> 00:01:16,785 First contact, then. 21 00:01:17,578 --> 00:01:20,372 The only human to attend the Vulcan Learning Center 22 00:01:20,455 --> 00:01:23,125 and Science Academy rejoins her own kind. 23 00:01:23,709 --> 00:01:26,461 -You can see my analogy, more or less. -Less. 24 00:01:27,754 --> 00:01:28,881 I will leave you now. 25 00:01:29,464 --> 00:01:30,799 Live long and prosper. 26 00:01:32,759 --> 00:01:33,843 [softly] Behave. 27 00:01:36,388 --> 00:01:37,264 [man] Energizing. 28 00:01:43,103 --> 00:01:45,731 On Vulcan, lateral vector transporter technology 29 00:01:45,814 --> 00:01:48,984 has been discarded due to the massive amount of power it requires. 30 00:01:49,234 --> 00:01:51,570 Starfleet has phased out the design as well. 31 00:01:52,112 --> 00:01:54,907 Shenzhou is old, but she gets us where we need to go. 32 00:01:54,990 --> 00:01:57,492 [man over PA] Attention, all personnel. Stand by to break orbit... 33 00:01:57,576 --> 00:01:59,578 Is this vessel not up to your standards? 34 00:01:59,702 --> 00:02:02,163 I have no standards when it comes to this ship. 35 00:02:02,455 --> 00:02:05,834 It was always my intention to join the Vulcan Expeditionary Group. 36 00:02:06,042 --> 00:02:10,463 Sometimes the universe allows for the making of unexpected memories. 37 00:02:10,547 --> 00:02:13,133 Emotional platitudes are not what I was hoping for. 38 00:02:13,592 --> 00:02:14,426 [Georgiou chuckles] 39 00:02:14,509 --> 00:02:17,303 Wow, you've really been away from humans for a long time. 40 00:02:17,846 --> 00:02:20,015 I'd say you're too confident for your own good, 41 00:02:20,098 --> 00:02:22,392 -but I've seen your record. -As I have seen yours. 42 00:02:22,476 --> 00:02:24,645 And your confidence is justified. 43 00:02:28,065 --> 00:02:29,149 As is yours. 44 00:02:33,444 --> 00:02:34,946 Ready to see your new home? 45 00:02:35,739 --> 00:02:36,949 [chattering] 46 00:02:39,784 --> 00:02:41,202 [officer] Captain on the bridge. 47 00:02:42,829 --> 00:02:44,081 Not too shabby, huh? 48 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:53,674 [man over comm] There's a minor but detectable 49 00:02:53,756 --> 00:02:56,217 loss of efficiency in the phase conduction coils. 50 00:02:57,468 --> 00:02:58,928 It appears to be functional. 51 00:02:59,971 --> 00:03:02,473 [Georgiou] I understand your hesitation, Michael. 52 00:03:02,557 --> 00:03:05,810 It's hard leaving Vulcan and everything you've known behind. 53 00:03:05,894 --> 00:03:06,936 But I assure you, 54 00:03:07,437 --> 00:03:10,148 this can be your new home, if you want it to be. 55 00:03:10,732 --> 00:03:11,567 Thank you... 56 00:03:12,734 --> 00:03:13,569 Captain. 57 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,488 [alarm wailing] 58 00:03:17,739 --> 00:03:20,116 [Georgiou] How many Klingon vessels have entered the system? 59 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:21,576 -Tracking. -[console beeps] 60 00:03:22,286 --> 00:03:23,412 Twenty-four, Captain. 61 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:28,083 The Klingon High Council consists of 24 houses. 62 00:03:29,125 --> 00:03:30,835 That can't be a coincidence. 63 00:03:31,879 --> 00:03:33,130 The number of ships, 64 00:03:33,838 --> 00:03:37,300 it suggests that someone is attempting to unify the Empire again. 65 00:03:38,427 --> 00:03:39,553 Against us. 66 00:03:42,305 --> 00:03:45,558 Commander Burnham, you have endangered your vessel 67 00:03:45,684 --> 00:03:49,438 and your shipmates. You have attacked a superior officer. 68 00:03:49,896 --> 00:03:51,856 You've violated the chain of command. 69 00:03:52,441 --> 00:03:54,109 You are relieved of duty. 70 00:03:55,068 --> 00:03:57,029 Security, remand her to the brig. 71 00:03:57,112 --> 00:03:58,030 [man] Yes, Captain. 72 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:01,532 [powers down phaser] 73 00:04:07,288 --> 00:04:08,873 [theme music playing] 74 00:05:41,758 --> 00:05:44,553 [male voice in Klingon] Where is T'Kuvma? 75 00:05:45,470 --> 00:05:49,390 I heed the sacred call of the Beacon of Kahless, 76 00:05:49,474 --> 00:05:53,227 and the one who sent it ignores my presence? 77 00:05:53,561 --> 00:05:57,106 Your leader delays me from my voyage. Why? 78 00:05:57,607 --> 00:06:01,194 What threat to the Empire spreads across the stars? 79 00:06:01,904 --> 00:06:04,448 Bring your leader at once. 80 00:06:04,907 --> 00:06:08,118 Do not waste any more of my time. 81 00:06:08,534 --> 00:06:09,577 [T'Kuvma] "My presence." 82 00:06:10,996 --> 00:06:12,206 "My voyage." 83 00:06:13,290 --> 00:06:14,625 "My time." 84 00:06:14,707 --> 00:06:19,754 No one speaks of "my duty" or "my honor." 85 00:06:20,505 --> 00:06:22,131 Show respect, T'Kuvma. 86 00:06:22,466 --> 00:06:24,259 You are nothing. 87 00:06:24,342 --> 00:06:29,013 You have not earned a seat on this council. 88 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:33,684 And yet I am the one who leads the way to our Empire's resurrection. 89 00:06:35,228 --> 00:06:37,522 As a child, 90 00:06:37,605 --> 00:06:42,318 my destiny was illuminated by the light of Kahless. 91 00:06:43,486 --> 00:06:46,906 This ship belonged to my father. 92 00:06:47,699 --> 00:06:52,079 Upon his death, it lay abandoned until... 93 00:06:53,956 --> 00:06:55,791 I discovered it... 94 00:06:56,250 --> 00:07:00,838 and vowed to restore honor to my house. 95 00:07:01,170 --> 00:07:04,173 [children speaking Klingon] 96 00:07:04,924 --> 00:07:07,135 This is not your playground. 97 00:07:08,929 --> 00:07:10,639 You will show my house respect! 98 00:07:10,721 --> 00:07:12,723 [kids shout in Klingon] 99 00:07:14,684 --> 00:07:17,103 [shouting and grunting] 100 00:07:19,189 --> 00:07:22,401 [T'Kuvma] But there is no honor without unity. 101 00:07:23,025 --> 00:07:28,573 There is no home for any of us, unless it is shared by all. 102 00:07:29,740 --> 00:07:36,456 You speak of unity, yet you disgrace this ship 103 00:07:36,539 --> 00:07:39,167 with outcasts and vermin. 104 00:07:39,626 --> 00:07:41,253 Look around! 105 00:07:41,336 --> 00:07:43,881 This holy vessel soars once again because of My Lord. 106 00:07:44,589 --> 00:07:48,926 He has even devised a way to hide it behind a cloak of invisibility. 107 00:07:49,886 --> 00:07:52,847 My house is open to all. 108 00:07:54,807 --> 00:08:00,146 Including those discarded by you, Kol. 109 00:08:00,229 --> 00:08:03,900 But my house is bonded by a single doctrine: 110 00:08:04,192 --> 00:08:06,527 Remain Klingon. 111 00:08:06,611 --> 00:08:09,322 We are done listening to this fool. 112 00:08:09,573 --> 00:08:11,909 The House of D'Ghor will hear more. 113 00:08:12,993 --> 00:08:15,287 As will House Mokai. 114 00:08:18,457 --> 00:08:20,417 [Kol] One day soon, 115 00:08:21,210 --> 00:08:24,922 I will put you back in your place, T'Kuvma. 116 00:08:27,298 --> 00:08:29,967 How do you propose to unite us? 117 00:08:30,635 --> 00:08:34,889 We have become complacent in the time 118 00:08:34,972 --> 00:08:39,810 since we last battled the Federation at Donatu V. 119 00:08:40,604 --> 00:08:43,857 Our purity is a threat to them. 120 00:08:45,024 --> 00:08:48,069 They wish to drag us into the muck, 121 00:08:48,152 --> 00:08:53,407 where humans, Vulcans, Tellarites, 122 00:08:53,492 --> 00:08:56,662 and filthy Andorians mix. 123 00:08:57,037 --> 00:08:59,039 Their ship is but a fleck. 124 00:08:59,664 --> 00:09:03,960 What threat does one ship pose? 125 00:09:04,043 --> 00:09:08,339 Great leaders, everything I say will come to pass. 126 00:09:08,631 --> 00:09:10,841 Look to the stars. 127 00:09:12,635 --> 00:09:15,388 Our destiny has arrived! 128 00:09:23,689 --> 00:09:26,316 [Connor] Starships Clarke, Shran, T'Plana Hath, Kerala, 129 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:30,529 Sue, Rye, Earhart, Dana, Edison, and Yeager have dropped out of warp. 130 00:09:30,988 --> 00:09:32,114 Where is the admiral? 131 00:09:32,865 --> 00:09:34,908 The Europa is still 800 AUs out. 132 00:09:35,158 --> 00:09:35,993 Captain. 133 00:09:36,285 --> 00:09:38,829 The Klingons are no longer jamming ship communications. 134 00:09:38,953 --> 00:09:41,414 -Januzzi, open a channel. -[Januzzi] Aye, Captain. 135 00:09:42,332 --> 00:09:44,001 Unidentified Klingon vessel. 136 00:09:44,501 --> 00:09:48,046 This is Captain Philippa Georgiou of the U.S.S. Shenzhou. 137 00:09:48,462 --> 00:09:51,882 We are on the outermost borders of Federation space, 138 00:09:51,967 --> 00:09:53,427 but make no mistake, 139 00:09:53,719 --> 00:09:57,014 you and your artifact are in our territory. 140 00:09:57,848 --> 00:10:02,269 We regret the situation has resulted in the death of your warrior. 141 00:10:02,811 --> 00:10:04,563 We offer you two choices. 142 00:10:05,189 --> 00:10:06,356 Leave immediately, 143 00:10:06,856 --> 00:10:08,691 or open a dialogue with us. 144 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:11,193 Hopefully, it is the latter, 145 00:10:11,278 --> 00:10:12,988 so that we can re-engage 146 00:10:13,071 --> 00:10:14,698 -with the Klingon Empire... -[growls] 147 00:10:15,282 --> 00:10:16,450 ...and prove to you 148 00:10:17,117 --> 00:10:19,244 that now, as always... 149 00:10:19,327 --> 00:10:22,371 Here it comes. Their lie. 150 00:10:22,456 --> 00:10:23,916 ...we come in peace. 151 00:10:25,542 --> 00:10:26,460 No! 152 00:10:26,543 --> 00:10:27,836 They do not! 153 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:32,799 They come to destroy our individuality. 154 00:10:32,882 --> 00:10:36,218 Shall we rise up together... 155 00:10:36,553 --> 00:10:39,097 and give them the fight they deserve? 156 00:10:39,305 --> 00:10:42,058 [all] Remain Klingon! 157 00:10:44,019 --> 00:10:44,895 Fire! 158 00:10:50,025 --> 00:10:52,069 -Battle stations. -Boosting power to forward shields. 159 00:10:57,824 --> 00:10:59,618 [yelling] 160 00:11:00,410 --> 00:11:01,787 Ops, damage report. 161 00:11:01,870 --> 00:11:03,288 [shouting] 162 00:11:04,039 --> 00:11:06,708 -Ensign Connor. -Transferring ops to this station. 163 00:11:06,792 --> 00:11:09,294 Direct hit, hull breaches, decks 13 through 15. 164 00:11:09,378 --> 00:11:12,172 Emergency force fields in place, bulkheads holding. 165 00:11:13,048 --> 00:11:15,300 -Secondary tactical offline. -Shields? 166 00:11:15,384 --> 00:11:17,010 At maximum, and holding for now. 167 00:11:17,093 --> 00:11:19,387 Helm, evasive maneuver seven-alpha. 168 00:11:31,900 --> 00:11:34,152 -Connor, can you make it to sickbay? -Yes, Captain. 169 00:11:34,236 --> 00:11:37,614 The U.S.S. T'Plana Hath is under heavy attack from three Klingon vessels. 170 00:11:37,697 --> 00:11:40,991 -Detmer, make your heading 219 mark six. -Aye, Captain. 171 00:11:45,163 --> 00:11:47,040 -Mr. Gant? -Phasers armed and ready. 172 00:11:47,124 --> 00:11:48,792 -Locking on target. -Fire. 173 00:11:57,551 --> 00:11:59,136 [rumbling] 174 00:12:00,888 --> 00:12:02,723 Computer, how badly have we been hit? 175 00:12:02,806 --> 00:12:03,724 [rumbling] 176 00:12:04,850 --> 00:12:07,936 [computer] You have been confined to the brig. Query denied. 177 00:12:11,564 --> 00:12:12,815 Who's there? 178 00:12:15,611 --> 00:12:17,321 [Connor] Where are the medical officers? 179 00:12:17,903 --> 00:12:19,822 Connor. What happened? 180 00:12:20,448 --> 00:12:21,657 The bridge was hit. 181 00:12:21,783 --> 00:12:23,869 Who else was hurt? Is the captain all right? 182 00:12:24,453 --> 00:12:26,288 She told me to go to sickbay. 183 00:12:27,247 --> 00:12:28,665 But this isn't sickbay. 184 00:12:29,333 --> 00:12:31,919 We're at war. You should be on the bridge. 185 00:12:33,045 --> 00:12:34,129 I can't help. 186 00:12:35,422 --> 00:12:36,840 I'm locked up for mutiny. 187 00:12:41,637 --> 00:12:42,971 Why are we fighting? 188 00:12:45,307 --> 00:12:46,642 We're Starfleet. 189 00:12:48,393 --> 00:12:51,063 We're explorers, not soldiers. 190 00:12:51,897 --> 00:12:54,024 Connor, you took a blow to the head. 191 00:12:54,482 --> 00:12:56,776 Activate that comm panel and call Dr. Nambue. 192 00:12:57,569 --> 00:12:59,947 Yes, I... need help. 193 00:13:02,907 --> 00:13:03,908 [Connor yells] 194 00:13:08,829 --> 00:13:11,999 -[distant shouts] -[alarm wailing] 195 00:13:12,917 --> 00:13:15,085 [overlapping shouts and screams] 196 00:13:19,466 --> 00:13:20,300 [Sarek] Michael. 197 00:13:21,301 --> 00:13:22,135 Michael. 198 00:13:24,471 --> 00:13:25,305 Michael? 199 00:13:38,318 --> 00:13:40,320 My mind to your mind. 200 00:13:46,910 --> 00:13:48,912 My thoughts to your thoughts. 201 00:13:50,246 --> 00:13:51,789 Come back to me. 202 00:13:55,961 --> 00:13:57,212 [grunting] 203 00:13:58,338 --> 00:13:59,173 [gasps] 204 00:14:02,926 --> 00:14:04,469 [computer] Major hull breach. 205 00:14:04,887 --> 00:14:06,346 Major hull breach. 206 00:14:08,430 --> 00:14:09,682 Deck one, 207 00:14:09,807 --> 00:14:11,141 deck three, 208 00:14:11,226 --> 00:14:12,561 deck six, 209 00:14:12,643 --> 00:14:13,936 deck seven, 210 00:14:14,019 --> 00:14:15,396 deck eight, 211 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:16,565 deck nine. 212 00:14:33,957 --> 00:14:34,958 Status. 213 00:14:35,042 --> 00:14:39,004 Additional hull breaches, decks one, three, and six through... 214 00:14:42,216 --> 00:14:43,050 nine. 215 00:14:47,052 --> 00:14:48,137 [whispers] The brig. 216 00:14:51,892 --> 00:14:54,061 [computer] Shield at 15 percent. 217 00:14:54,603 --> 00:14:58,398 Diverting main power from compromised decks to the bridge. 218 00:15:00,359 --> 00:15:02,569 Containment field failure is imminent. 219 00:15:03,070 --> 00:15:06,073 All repair personnel, evacuate immediately. 220 00:15:20,379 --> 00:15:21,505 Sarek? 221 00:15:23,590 --> 00:15:24,675 How is it possible? 222 00:15:25,382 --> 00:15:27,468 A mind-meld across a thousand light years? 223 00:15:27,553 --> 00:15:29,054 More than a mind-meld. 224 00:15:29,470 --> 00:15:30,888 Ever since you were a child, 225 00:15:31,305 --> 00:15:33,724 ever since the bombing at the Learning Center, 226 00:15:33,809 --> 00:15:37,020 that act of terror that forever changed your destiny, 227 00:15:37,104 --> 00:15:40,482 a part of me, my katra, has been with you. 228 00:15:40,899 --> 00:15:44,111 It also allows us this unique form of connection. 229 00:15:45,112 --> 00:15:46,613 I see by your imprisonment 230 00:15:46,697 --> 00:15:50,367 that my counsel concerning the Klingons did not yield the result you hoped for. 231 00:15:50,450 --> 00:15:53,579 I couldn't convince Captain Georgiou to strike the Klingons first. 232 00:15:53,953 --> 00:15:56,163 So I took matters into my own hands. 233 00:15:57,831 --> 00:15:58,916 You're disappointed. 234 00:15:59,458 --> 00:16:00,376 As you should be. 235 00:16:00,460 --> 00:16:02,838 I did not come here to judge your actions. 236 00:16:03,422 --> 00:16:05,382 I came because I sensed your-- 237 00:16:06,215 --> 00:16:08,175 -Your despair. -What's wrong? 238 00:16:08,302 --> 00:16:12,431 Communicating with you in this manner, the physical cost is significant. 239 00:16:14,807 --> 00:16:15,808 Then leave me. 240 00:16:17,186 --> 00:16:18,020 Please. 241 00:16:18,812 --> 00:16:21,815 Do you think I came here just to say farewell? 242 00:16:22,399 --> 00:16:26,111 I would not put my well-being at risk for such sentimentality. 243 00:16:26,612 --> 00:16:29,114 The death and destruction raining down on Starfleet, 244 00:16:29,656 --> 00:16:31,241 that was to be expected. 245 00:16:31,867 --> 00:16:34,536 What I cannot abide is a waste of resources. 246 00:16:35,369 --> 00:16:36,412 You're gifted. 247 00:16:37,079 --> 00:16:38,080 You're brave. 248 00:16:38,914 --> 00:16:40,290 You must do better. 249 00:16:40,874 --> 00:16:42,251 Because I know you can. 250 00:16:43,545 --> 00:16:46,507 You were never one to bolster my self-esteem. 251 00:16:48,926 --> 00:16:51,678 Perhaps that is where I failed you. 252 00:16:52,763 --> 00:16:55,224 No matter your shame, gather your strength. 253 00:16:56,390 --> 00:16:58,600 Find a way to help those who need you. 254 00:17:02,105 --> 00:17:04,441 Live long and prosper. 255 00:17:11,238 --> 00:17:12,781 [impact rumblings] 256 00:17:31,134 --> 00:17:34,179 Incoming warship on attack vector. They've locked onto us. 257 00:17:34,263 --> 00:17:37,391 Divert all power from nonessential systems to aft shields. 258 00:17:39,977 --> 00:17:41,311 [grunts] 259 00:17:42,896 --> 00:17:44,314 [man] Reroute power as necessary. 260 00:17:44,396 --> 00:17:48,025 Transporters need to be standing by for emergency order of evacuation. 261 00:17:57,993 --> 00:17:59,411 -Ops. -Yes, Captain. 262 00:17:59,580 --> 00:18:01,123 Emergency force field is holding. 263 00:18:01,246 --> 00:18:04,792 Shields and impulse engines are offline. We are completely disabled. 264 00:18:04,877 --> 00:18:07,171 They're still coming. Right behind us, weapons hot. 265 00:18:14,136 --> 00:18:15,637 The Klingon warship peeled off. 266 00:18:16,471 --> 00:18:18,390 -Why didn't they finish us? -Don't need to. 267 00:18:19,766 --> 00:18:20,767 Captain. 268 00:18:22,269 --> 00:18:24,771 We're being sucked into the binary star's debris ring. 269 00:18:24,853 --> 00:18:26,647 The gravitational field is pulling us in. 270 00:18:27,272 --> 00:18:30,025 -[Georgiou] Fire reverse thrusters. -They're not responding, Captain. 271 00:18:30,611 --> 00:18:32,196 [Saru] Shields are still offline. 272 00:18:42,706 --> 00:18:44,249 [man] We are bracing for impact. 273 00:18:45,415 --> 00:18:46,500 All hands. 274 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:49,463 This is the captain. Prepare to evacuate. 275 00:18:55,219 --> 00:18:56,428 [sighs] 276 00:19:16,323 --> 00:19:18,450 [Saru] Incoming transmission from the Europa. 277 00:19:22,412 --> 00:19:25,082 [Georgiou] Thank you for the assist with that tractor beam, Admiral. 278 00:19:25,205 --> 00:19:27,124 What the hell happened, Philippa? 279 00:19:27,251 --> 00:19:29,211 We hailed. They fired. 280 00:19:29,543 --> 00:19:32,171 The Shenzhou, Clarke, and Yeager are down on our side. 281 00:19:32,256 --> 00:19:35,676 -We've sustained heavy casualties. -From the looks of it, so have they. 282 00:19:36,260 --> 00:19:38,095 Maybe they're ready to come to the table. 283 00:19:38,262 --> 00:19:40,097 Open a channel to the Klingon flagship. 284 00:19:40,681 --> 00:19:42,099 Attention Klingon leader. 285 00:19:42,641 --> 00:19:44,059 I am Admiral Brett Anderson. 286 00:19:44,601 --> 00:19:46,937 I speak with the authority of the entire Federation 287 00:19:47,020 --> 00:19:48,647 when I propose a ceasefire 288 00:19:48,730 --> 00:19:51,984 so that we might resolve this conflict with no further bloodshed. 289 00:19:52,065 --> 00:19:54,526 [in Klingon] Do you wish to respond, my lord? 290 00:19:56,864 --> 00:19:58,073 Begin transmission. 291 00:19:59,575 --> 00:20:03,203 [in English] Admiral, I am T'Kuvma. 292 00:20:04,204 --> 00:20:06,707 I am pleased you are here. 293 00:20:07,958 --> 00:20:11,420 We have been waiting for someone worthy of our attention. 294 00:20:12,129 --> 00:20:15,132 Your offer of a ceasefire is accepted. 295 00:20:15,382 --> 00:20:16,216 Good. 296 00:20:16,466 --> 00:20:18,886 Because if we're fighting, we're not talking. 297 00:20:20,554 --> 00:20:23,891 Prepare to receive my envoy. 298 00:20:25,515 --> 00:20:27,309 We'll get ready for your arrival. 299 00:20:32,316 --> 00:20:34,610 [in Klingon] Lest anyone doubt 300 00:20:34,693 --> 00:20:37,529 that I can render my own vessels 301 00:20:37,613 --> 00:20:39,448 invisible. 302 00:20:40,449 --> 00:20:42,201 Let's end this, so we can get-- 303 00:20:46,203 --> 00:20:47,579 [distorted] What was that? 304 00:20:50,792 --> 00:20:53,128 -The Europa has disengaged. -What's going on? 305 00:20:53,210 --> 00:20:56,004 I can't explain it. There's an unknown energy source 306 00:20:56,088 --> 00:20:58,423 -disrupting our scanners. -Get me visuals. 307 00:21:43,637 --> 00:21:44,513 [Saru] Captain. 308 00:21:44,596 --> 00:21:47,975 I'm detecting a voluntary antimatter containment breach on the Europa. 309 00:21:48,058 --> 00:21:51,228 -They're going to self-destruct. -Shields up to 47 percent. 310 00:22:16,084 --> 00:22:17,377 [shaky exhale] 311 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:30,015 [T'Kuvma in Klingon] We have suffered losses... 312 00:22:32,019 --> 00:22:37,232 but the Federation has suffered far more. 313 00:22:37,314 --> 00:22:40,275 Leaders, return to Qo'noS. 314 00:22:40,360 --> 00:22:43,822 Declare far and wide 315 00:22:43,906 --> 00:22:46,116 that the Klingon race 316 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,118 fights as a united Empire 317 00:22:48,202 --> 00:22:50,037 once again. 318 00:22:50,660 --> 00:22:54,206 Open your hearts to the one who delivered this great day. 319 00:22:55,083 --> 00:22:57,002 Follow the light. 320 00:22:58,003 --> 00:22:59,880 Follow T'Kuvma. 321 00:23:01,965 --> 00:23:05,761 T'Kuvma the Unforgettable! 322 00:23:06,428 --> 00:23:10,390 [all] T'Kuvma the Unforgettable! 323 00:23:10,764 --> 00:23:14,601 T'Kuvma the Unforgettable! 324 00:23:22,194 --> 00:23:25,405 Captain, Klingon vessels are warping out of the system. 325 00:23:28,534 --> 00:23:29,368 All but one. 326 00:23:29,449 --> 00:23:31,618 -[console beeping] -The Klingon flagship is hailing. 327 00:23:31,703 --> 00:23:34,623 They're broadcasting on all open subspace bands. 328 00:23:36,500 --> 00:23:39,044 [in English] Members of the Federation, 329 00:23:39,628 --> 00:23:43,090 what you call your most remote borders 330 00:23:43,674 --> 00:23:47,970 I call too close to Klingon territory. 331 00:23:48,595 --> 00:23:53,642 You only live now to serve as witnesses of Klingon supremacy, 332 00:23:54,726 --> 00:23:56,812 to be my herald. 333 00:23:57,604 --> 00:24:00,148 We do not desire to know you. 334 00:24:00,230 --> 00:24:05,485 But you will know our great houses, standing as one under Kahless, 335 00:24:05,571 --> 00:24:07,197 reborn in me, 336 00:24:07,990 --> 00:24:08,991 T'Kuvma. 337 00:24:11,869 --> 00:24:15,914 Computer, implement steps of brig emergency evacuation protocol. 338 00:24:15,998 --> 00:24:18,792 [computer] Denied. Ethical protocols state prisoner evacuation 339 00:24:18,876 --> 00:24:21,003 to occur in life-saving circumstances only. 340 00:24:21,086 --> 00:24:24,423 This is a life-saving circumstance. I'm going to die unless you let me out. 341 00:24:24,506 --> 00:24:25,757 Speculation. 342 00:24:25,841 --> 00:24:28,677 Request to engage ethical protocols denied. 343 00:24:29,636 --> 00:24:31,930 How long before my cell's containment field fails? 344 00:24:32,097 --> 00:24:34,391 Approximately eight minutes. 345 00:24:34,474 --> 00:24:36,852 At which point I will die. Confirm? 346 00:24:37,436 --> 00:24:38,353 Confirmed. 347 00:24:39,396 --> 00:24:41,315 Is the corridor outside the brig undamaged 348 00:24:41,398 --> 00:24:43,734 -and still pressurized? - Affirmative. 349 00:24:44,193 --> 00:24:46,486 Then getting from my cell through the blast door 350 00:24:46,570 --> 00:24:48,530 and into the corridor ensures my survival. 351 00:24:48,947 --> 00:24:53,118 Negative. Exposure to the vacuum of space for over 15 seconds 352 00:24:53,202 --> 00:24:56,830 would result in respiratory distress, shock, and suffocation, 353 00:24:56,914 --> 00:24:59,124 before you are able to reach blast door. 354 00:24:59,664 --> 00:25:02,250 If you open a meter-sized hole in the containment field, 355 00:25:02,626 --> 00:25:05,128 depressurization will shoot me through to the blast door 356 00:25:05,212 --> 00:25:06,505 in less than six seconds. 357 00:25:06,796 --> 00:25:09,633 Affirmative, but you will be unable to open the door 358 00:25:09,716 --> 00:25:11,593 in your inhibited physical state. 359 00:25:11,678 --> 00:25:14,389 Then ethically, you should open the door for me. 360 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:15,641 Working. 361 00:25:16,808 --> 00:25:18,018 Request confirmed. 362 00:25:18,433 --> 00:25:20,310 Ethical protocols engaged. 363 00:25:20,646 --> 00:25:23,398 Chance for survival estimated at 43 percent. 364 00:25:23,982 --> 00:25:26,610 -I'll take it. - Depressurization commencing now. 365 00:25:34,952 --> 00:25:36,828 "All warfare is based on deception. 366 00:25:36,912 --> 00:25:40,040 When you're able to attack, you must seem unable." 367 00:25:40,123 --> 00:25:42,584 Sun Tzu. I recognize the quote. 368 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:45,671 But I fear we are deceiving no one. 369 00:25:45,754 --> 00:25:47,673 We are most definitely unable to attack. 370 00:25:47,756 --> 00:25:49,466 We have no weapons. No warp. 371 00:25:49,798 --> 00:25:51,299 No countermove at all. 372 00:25:51,716 --> 00:25:52,926 The Klingons have us. 373 00:25:54,344 --> 00:25:59,975 [in Klingon] The Federation ships are hiding, or scattered in pieces. 374 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:02,269 They pose no threat. 375 00:26:02,354 --> 00:26:04,857 Then the fight is won. 376 00:26:05,148 --> 00:26:05,983 Yes. 377 00:26:07,109 --> 00:26:09,319 We have photon torpedoes. 378 00:26:09,403 --> 00:26:10,529 Now, we can't fire them, 379 00:26:10,612 --> 00:26:13,323 but we can load the warheads onto a transport. 380 00:26:13,448 --> 00:26:15,617 One small enough to evade their primary sensors. 381 00:26:15,701 --> 00:26:19,580 Upon impact, we could deliver a kill shot directly into their hull. 382 00:26:19,663 --> 00:26:20,747 Devious, Saru. 383 00:26:21,957 --> 00:26:22,958 I approve. 384 00:26:24,793 --> 00:26:27,713 [T'Kuvma] And our dead? 385 00:26:28,336 --> 00:26:29,838 They float... 386 00:26:30,797 --> 00:26:35,552 untethered on the battlefield, soon to be lost. 387 00:26:35,929 --> 00:26:38,348 [T'Kuvma] Task everyone with retrieving them. 388 00:26:38,638 --> 00:26:41,850 I will prepare each of the slain for entombment... 389 00:26:42,436 --> 00:26:44,855 with my own hands. 390 00:26:44,938 --> 00:26:47,191 We'll use a worker bee to carry the torpedo. 391 00:26:47,274 --> 00:26:49,651 It's small enough to be mistaken for debris. 392 00:26:50,025 --> 00:26:51,234 Be ready in ten minutes. 393 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:52,571 I will also run an analysis 394 00:26:52,654 --> 00:26:55,032 to determine blast sites for optimum damage. 395 00:26:55,115 --> 00:26:56,283 Make it hurt, Saru. 396 00:26:56,366 --> 00:26:58,285 Oh, there is one problem, Captain. 397 00:26:58,368 --> 00:27:00,204 Our worker bees have no autopilot. 398 00:27:00,285 --> 00:27:02,829 And our transporter can't penetrate their shields. 399 00:27:02,956 --> 00:27:03,874 We won't need it. 400 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:06,043 I'll be driving. 401 00:27:07,419 --> 00:27:09,546 Captain, that's a suicide mission. 402 00:27:09,630 --> 00:27:12,049 Your priority is getting impulse engines back online 403 00:27:12,132 --> 00:27:15,886 so that you can get the Shenzhou out of here before I detonate the warheads. 404 00:27:15,969 --> 00:27:18,263 T'Kuvma lured Starfleet to a massacre. 405 00:27:19,932 --> 00:27:21,099 It's time I repaid him. 406 00:27:23,642 --> 00:27:25,894 [Burnham] Captain, you can't do that. 407 00:27:31,527 --> 00:27:34,238 T'Kuvma has anointed himself the next Klingon messiah. 408 00:27:35,072 --> 00:27:37,032 If you kill him, you make him a martyr. 409 00:27:37,991 --> 00:27:40,244 Someone they can fight for endlessly. 410 00:27:40,825 --> 00:27:42,535 That might even be what he wants. 411 00:27:43,453 --> 00:27:45,080 But if you capture him, 412 00:27:45,666 --> 00:27:47,543 you make him a symbol of defeat. 413 00:27:48,708 --> 00:27:49,751 Of shame. 414 00:27:50,627 --> 00:27:53,046 And if you take him as a prisoner of war, 415 00:27:53,131 --> 00:27:56,802 you give the Federation leverage to sue for peace. 416 00:27:58,343 --> 00:27:59,844 How could you have done this? 417 00:28:02,013 --> 00:28:04,933 I believed it was the only way to avoid a full-scale war. 418 00:28:06,436 --> 00:28:08,772 When you first came aboard seven years ago, 419 00:28:08,856 --> 00:28:12,442 I worried your Vulcan training might someday trump your humanity. 420 00:28:13,777 --> 00:28:16,780 Do you know why Sarek asked me to take you on? 421 00:28:18,323 --> 00:28:20,784 I was a human who had seen a life of loss, 422 00:28:20,868 --> 00:28:22,619 but still chose hope. 423 00:28:26,371 --> 00:28:28,832 What an ego I had... 424 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,963 thinking I could pick away the shell the Vulcans put around you. 425 00:28:36,133 --> 00:28:38,051 I was so sure I could do it, 426 00:28:38,552 --> 00:28:39,636 even convinced 427 00:28:40,387 --> 00:28:43,515 that you were ready for the captain's chair. 428 00:28:47,978 --> 00:28:49,980 To think I knew you so little. 429 00:28:51,064 --> 00:28:52,900 You wanna know how I turned on you? 430 00:28:54,902 --> 00:28:57,487 I believed saving you 431 00:28:58,319 --> 00:28:59,487 and the crew 432 00:29:00,282 --> 00:29:02,701 was more important than Starfleet's principles. 433 00:29:03,869 --> 00:29:04,828 Was it logical? 434 00:29:05,829 --> 00:29:06,830 Emotional? 435 00:29:09,875 --> 00:29:11,001 I don't know. 436 00:29:15,964 --> 00:29:18,383 Let me deliver the warheads in your place. 437 00:29:22,137 --> 00:29:23,305 [tractor beams whirring] 438 00:29:32,729 --> 00:29:34,355 [Burnham] They're gathering their dead. 439 00:29:49,498 --> 00:29:51,083 -Forget the worker bee. -[Saru] Captain? 440 00:29:51,166 --> 00:29:54,044 Spool up the transporters and have Engineering meet us there 441 00:29:54,125 --> 00:29:55,668 with a torpedo warhead. 442 00:29:56,711 --> 00:29:58,046 I know how we take him. 443 00:30:11,061 --> 00:30:14,690 [T'Kuvma in Klingon] A warrior who dies in his sleep... 444 00:30:17,526 --> 00:30:18,861 is no more... 445 00:30:20,487 --> 00:30:24,074 than flesh and bone. 446 00:30:25,158 --> 00:30:27,411 [Saru] Tactical advises that they have coordinates 447 00:30:27,494 --> 00:30:28,745 on a slain Klingon officer. 448 00:30:30,163 --> 00:30:32,291 [T'Kuvma] A warrior who perishes 449 00:30:33,584 --> 00:30:35,460 honorably in battle 450 00:30:35,544 --> 00:30:36,795 -is blessed. -[powering on] 451 00:30:39,047 --> 00:30:41,925 A hero's demise brings pride for a life... 452 00:30:43,635 --> 00:30:47,639 given in defense of our race... 453 00:30:48,596 --> 00:30:50,723 and comfort in the knowledge 454 00:30:50,807 --> 00:30:54,143 that new life awaits in Sto-Vo-Kor. 455 00:31:06,617 --> 00:31:11,330 Join your vaunted comrades, 456 00:31:11,872 --> 00:31:14,708 brothers and sisters, 457 00:31:15,709 --> 00:31:17,711 for you are not alone 458 00:31:18,585 --> 00:31:24,007 and stand watch among the Black Fleet forever. 459 00:31:31,848 --> 00:31:35,226 [man] Sensors confirm loss of environmental stability and attitude. 460 00:31:36,855 --> 00:31:38,982 No weapons activity on the Klingon ship. 461 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:41,524 They're drifting. Their shields are down. 462 00:31:41,610 --> 00:31:44,321 I'll beam you to an area with minimal Klingon life signs. 463 00:31:44,863 --> 00:31:46,448 Let's go get our prisoner. 464 00:31:48,865 --> 00:31:50,366 [phasers powering up] 465 00:31:50,953 --> 00:31:51,828 Energize. 466 00:32:04,758 --> 00:32:06,051 [alarm wailing] 467 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:18,686 This is the aft section of the bridge. T'Kuvma must be close. 468 00:32:19,354 --> 00:32:20,772 [Klingons groaning nearby] 469 00:32:32,951 --> 00:32:34,327 [shouting and grunting] 470 00:32:37,622 --> 00:32:38,915 -[T'Kuvma grunts] -[groans] 471 00:32:41,628 --> 00:32:43,213 [screaming] 472 00:32:54,222 --> 00:32:57,475 -[Burnham grunting] -[Voq growling] 473 00:32:57,561 --> 00:32:58,478 [head cracking] 474 00:33:00,853 --> 00:33:02,146 -[Voq gasps] -[grunts] 475 00:33:07,151 --> 00:33:08,861 [T'Kuvma growling] 476 00:33:20,456 --> 00:33:22,375 [T'Kuvma groans, growls] 477 00:33:26,546 --> 00:33:28,673 -[gasps] -[phaser charging] 478 00:33:29,009 --> 00:33:30,719 [yells] 479 00:33:32,596 --> 00:33:34,223 [grunting] 480 00:33:43,607 --> 00:33:45,526 Burnham, I've lost the captain's life sign. 481 00:33:46,109 --> 00:33:47,903 Burnham? Burnham? 482 00:33:48,278 --> 00:33:50,447 -Get us out of here now. -[Saru] I can't transport her 483 00:33:50,531 --> 00:33:51,740 without a life sign. 484 00:33:51,823 --> 00:33:53,492 [Burnham] I'm not leaving without her body. 485 00:33:53,575 --> 00:33:56,787 -More Klingons are coming. - If she's deceased and you're in danger, 486 00:33:56,870 --> 00:33:59,498 - I have no choice. -[Burnham] No! 487 00:34:06,419 --> 00:34:07,837 [sobbing] 488 00:34:13,259 --> 00:34:15,720 [no audio] 489 00:34:22,852 --> 00:34:27,148 [Voq] Your life will be remembered forever by all Klingons. 490 00:34:28,274 --> 00:34:31,778 Your death will be a cause 491 00:34:31,864 --> 00:34:33,156 to unite us all. 492 00:34:33,571 --> 00:34:35,615 [children's voices speaking in Klingon] 493 00:34:37,286 --> 00:34:40,330 Do you hear that? 494 00:34:41,748 --> 00:34:43,542 No, my lord. 495 00:34:43,873 --> 00:34:48,252 The words we said as children, 496 00:34:49,295 --> 00:34:51,672 in Kahless' honor. 497 00:34:54,469 --> 00:34:56,680 Whom do we seek? 498 00:34:58,015 --> 00:34:58,849 Kahless. 499 00:34:58,932 --> 00:35:01,310 How do we find him? 500 00:35:01,935 --> 00:35:03,604 Together. 501 00:35:03,976 --> 00:35:07,188 Give us light to see. 502 00:35:07,522 --> 00:35:08,648 Forever. 503 00:35:09,026 --> 00:35:14,948 Will he hide from us always? 504 00:35:18,410 --> 00:35:19,286 Never. 505 00:35:33,759 --> 00:35:36,053 [man] To the charge of dereliction of duty, 506 00:35:36,929 --> 00:35:39,348 to the charge of assaulting a fellow officer, 507 00:35:40,682 --> 00:35:42,184 to the charge of mutiny, 508 00:35:44,311 --> 00:35:45,604 to all these charges, 509 00:35:46,188 --> 00:35:47,231 how do you plead? 510 00:35:49,814 --> 00:35:50,731 [softly] Guilty. 511 00:35:52,611 --> 00:35:54,321 [man] The accused cannot be heard. 512 00:36:00,035 --> 00:36:01,411 Guilty on all counts. 513 00:36:01,578 --> 00:36:03,664 Is there anything you would like to say in your defense 514 00:36:03,747 --> 00:36:05,374 before a sentence is rendered? 515 00:36:10,462 --> 00:36:12,422 From my youth on Vulcan, 516 00:36:13,423 --> 00:36:16,510 I was raised to believe that service was my purpose. 517 00:36:17,970 --> 00:36:20,305 And I carried that conviction to Starfleet. 518 00:36:21,139 --> 00:36:23,475 I dreamed of a day when I would command my own vessel, 519 00:36:24,768 --> 00:36:28,772 and further the noble objectives of this great institution. 520 00:36:32,359 --> 00:36:33,443 That dream is over. 521 00:36:35,612 --> 00:36:37,364 The only ship I know in ruins. 522 00:36:40,242 --> 00:36:41,118 My crew... 523 00:36:44,371 --> 00:36:45,205 gone. 524 00:36:48,456 --> 00:36:49,582 My captain... 525 00:36:55,546 --> 00:36:56,505 my friend. 526 00:36:58,093 --> 00:36:59,803 I wanted to protect them from war. 527 00:37:00,971 --> 00:37:01,930 From the enemy. 528 00:37:03,265 --> 00:37:04,766 And now we are at war... 529 00:37:07,519 --> 00:37:08,604 and I am the enemy. 530 00:37:12,149 --> 00:37:15,652 [man] It is our ruling that the defendant, Commander Michael Burnham, 531 00:37:15,736 --> 00:37:17,154 be stripped of rank 532 00:37:17,237 --> 00:37:20,741 and hereby sentenced to imprisonment for life. 533 00:37:27,495 --> 00:37:29,580 [theme music playing]