1 00:00:08,182 --> 00:00:09,507 Previously on Star Trek: Discovery... 2 00:00:09,531 --> 00:00:12,142 Identify space-time location. 3 00:00:12,186 --> 00:00:14,971 You have reached year 3188. 4 00:00:15,015 --> 00:00:18,061 The Federation as we know it disappeared overnight. 5 00:00:18,105 --> 00:00:19,802 But I did find part of a transmission. 6 00:00:19,845 --> 00:00:21,630 This is Admiral Senna Tal. 7 00:00:21,673 --> 00:00:23,327 The Federation lives on. 8 00:00:23,371 --> 00:00:25,634 I am Admiral Tal. 9 00:00:25,677 --> 00:00:27,636 Although human, 10 00:00:27,679 --> 00:00:30,421 young Adira has been joined with a Trill symbiont. 11 00:00:30,465 --> 00:00:32,075 Welcome to the circle. 12 00:00:32,119 --> 00:00:33,685 Once they join with a host, 13 00:00:33,729 --> 00:00:34,947 that host has the ability 14 00:00:34,991 --> 00:00:37,602 to access the memories of all former hosts. 15 00:00:37,646 --> 00:00:39,256 Including Admiral Tal's. 16 00:00:39,300 --> 00:00:41,302 That's beautiful. What is it? 17 00:00:41,345 --> 00:00:42,345 A lullaby. 18 00:00:46,829 --> 00:00:48,091 Are you okay? 19 00:00:48,135 --> 00:00:49,223 No, obviously. 20 00:00:49,266 --> 00:00:50,746 What the hell are you doing here? 21 00:00:50,789 --> 00:00:52,530 Besides saving their asses. 22 00:00:52,574 --> 00:00:53,618 I stayed for Airiam. 23 00:00:54,967 --> 00:00:56,491 She was a science officer, 24 00:00:56,534 --> 00:00:58,058 but she paid the price of a soldier. 25 00:00:58,101 --> 00:00:59,798 I felt like someone should honor that. 26 00:00:59,842 --> 00:01:02,149 I am grateful for your support of my captaincy. 27 00:01:02,192 --> 00:01:04,934 It would be my privilege to be your Number One. 28 00:01:04,977 --> 00:01:07,893 Senna knew the algorithm we needto find Federation headquarters. 29 00:01:07,937 --> 00:01:09,069 These coordinates... 30 00:01:09,112 --> 00:01:11,245 They'll take you where you need to go. 31 00:01:15,423 --> 00:01:18,121 Captain's log, supplemental. 32 00:01:18,165 --> 00:01:20,384 After a journey of 930 years... 33 00:01:20,428 --> 00:01:24,258 And a return to Earth that we could not have anticipated... 34 00:01:24,301 --> 00:01:28,392 We are finally on the verge of reaching our destination: 35 00:01:28,436 --> 00:01:31,091 Federation and Starfleet headquarters. 36 00:01:31,134 --> 00:01:35,573 Separate entities that must now abide together; 37 00:01:35,617 --> 00:01:39,316 a sign of this new time, I suppose. 38 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:43,538 I can only hope that they are as eager for us to arrive 39 00:01:43,581 --> 00:01:46,584 as we are to be home. 40 00:01:46,628 --> 00:01:50,806 - Captain. - Number One. 41 00:01:52,242 --> 00:01:54,810 Every report, record and log that you asked for 42 00:01:54,853 --> 00:01:56,725 is ready to be handed over to Starfleet. 43 00:01:58,553 --> 00:02:00,685 Words aren't enough. 44 00:02:00,729 --> 00:02:01,904 Are they? 45 00:02:03,862 --> 00:02:06,865 930 years... 46 00:02:06,909 --> 00:02:11,174 I trust that what matters most will have endured. 47 00:02:11,218 --> 00:02:12,741 I know that there will be protocol. 48 00:02:12,784 --> 00:02:16,919 I know that we'll have a lot of questions about The Burn. 49 00:02:16,962 --> 00:02:19,704 But there are other things that... 50 00:02:19,748 --> 00:02:22,925 I'd like to inquire about, as well. 51 00:02:24,927 --> 00:02:27,538 You are thinking about your mother. 52 00:02:27,582 --> 00:02:29,192 Yes, sir. 53 00:02:30,846 --> 00:02:31,977 And I know that I'm lucky 54 00:02:32,021 --> 00:02:33,936 to have someone to hope for. 55 00:02:33,979 --> 00:02:36,895 I believe that here, 56 00:02:36,939 --> 00:02:38,854 there are answers for you, 57 00:02:38,897 --> 00:02:42,727 and solace for all of us. 58 00:02:42,771 --> 00:02:45,339 I really hope so, sir. 59 00:02:47,036 --> 00:02:49,734 Lieutenant Detmer, status report? 60 00:02:49,778 --> 00:02:51,867 Captain, we're here. 61 00:02:51,910 --> 00:02:53,216 Federation headquarters. 62 00:02:58,917 --> 00:03:00,919 Must be some kind of distortion field. 63 00:03:00,963 --> 00:03:04,184 It is a security measuredesigned to mask their location. 64 00:03:04,227 --> 00:03:06,447 But they are expecting us. 65 00:03:06,490 --> 00:03:07,839 You may proceed. 66 00:03:07,883 --> 00:03:09,580 Aye, sir. 67 00:03:48,053 --> 00:03:50,055 Wow. 68 00:03:51,883 --> 00:03:53,885 We wouldn't have made it without you. 69 00:03:53,929 --> 00:03:55,235 Without everybody. 70 00:04:03,243 --> 00:04:05,288 Fascinating. 71 00:04:05,332 --> 00:04:07,551 The distortion field seems to be sustained 72 00:04:07,595 --> 00:04:09,814 by the collective energy of every ship within it. 73 00:04:09,858 --> 00:04:11,903 Detecting neutronium-alloy fibers. 74 00:04:11,947 --> 00:04:13,307 Those-those used to be theoretical. 75 00:04:13,340 --> 00:04:16,038 Some of these hulls are organic. 76 00:04:16,081 --> 00:04:17,605 Some-some are completely comprised 77 00:04:17,648 --> 00:04:19,737 of holographic-containment walls. 78 00:04:19,781 --> 00:04:21,652 Is that a new Constitution? 79 00:04:21,696 --> 00:04:23,959 I bet it can sleep a crew of a thousand! 80 00:04:24,002 --> 00:04:26,396 No, 2,000. 81 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,225 Detached nacelles? Where do theyeven put the warp core? 82 00:04:31,271 --> 00:04:33,969 Must be a scout. Wonder what its range is like. 83 00:04:45,807 --> 00:04:47,548 That's a flying rain forest. 84 00:05:09,439 --> 00:05:13,008 The USS Voyager. Ho! 85 00:05:13,051 --> 00:05:18,056 "J." That's-that's ten generations of evolution? 86 00:05:18,100 --> 00:05:19,493 11. 87 00:05:19,536 --> 00:05:21,538 Would love to hear those stories. 88 00:05:28,763 --> 00:05:29,938 Mr. Bryce, 89 00:05:29,981 --> 00:05:32,027 hail Federation headquarters. 90 00:05:32,070 --> 00:05:34,029 And tell them the USS Discovery 91 00:05:34,072 --> 00:05:35,378 is reporting for duty. 92 00:05:35,422 --> 00:05:38,076 Aye, sir. Hailing now. 93 00:05:41,602 --> 00:05:43,952 - Sir, they're scanning us. - Oh, as expected. 94 00:05:43,995 --> 00:05:46,563 They require a moment to process the arrival 95 00:05:46,607 --> 00:05:47,999 of a thousand-year-old ship. 96 00:05:48,043 --> 00:05:50,219 Captain, I no longer have control. 97 00:05:50,262 --> 00:05:54,049 On comms, sir. They'll be docking us remotely 98 00:05:54,092 --> 00:05:57,357 and request that the captain, first officer, and... Tal 99 00:05:57,400 --> 00:06:01,099 prepare to be beamed over from here. 100 00:06:01,143 --> 00:06:03,972 Their scans must be advanced enough to pick up her symbiont. 101 00:06:06,496 --> 00:06:08,542 - They're ready, sir. - Ah. 102 00:06:08,585 --> 00:06:10,805 Lieutenant Nilsson, the conn is yours. 103 00:08:28,769 --> 00:08:31,206 You picked a hell of a day for a homecoming. 104 00:08:31,249 --> 00:08:34,383 Charles Vance, commander in chief, Starfleet. 105 00:08:34,426 --> 00:08:36,559 This is my chief security officer, Lieutenant Willa. 106 00:08:36,603 --> 00:08:38,866 Captain Saru, USS Discovery. 107 00:08:38,909 --> 00:08:41,172 Commander Michael Burnham. First officer. 108 00:08:41,216 --> 00:08:42,347 At ease. 109 00:08:44,393 --> 00:08:49,006 I can't say we've come across many Kelpiens out here lately. 110 00:08:50,791 --> 00:08:52,619 Has there been any kind of... 111 00:08:52,662 --> 00:08:54,490 disturbance on Kaminar? 112 00:08:54,534 --> 00:08:57,232 Status quo last we checked. They're just far enough away 113 00:08:57,275 --> 00:08:59,147 that contact's been limited since The Burn. 114 00:08:59,190 --> 00:09:00,516 That's pretty much the case with most 115 00:09:00,540 --> 00:09:01,889 Federation planets these days. 116 00:09:03,064 --> 00:09:07,372 Kaminar joined the Federation. 117 00:09:10,680 --> 00:09:12,290 Sir, the Cuyahoga is reporting 118 00:09:12,334 --> 00:09:15,380 Orion and Andorian vessels in the Sigma Draconis system. 119 00:09:15,424 --> 00:09:17,078 It's the Emerald Chain. 120 00:09:17,121 --> 00:09:21,561 Osyraa's been becoming more brazen by the day. 121 00:09:21,604 --> 00:09:24,302 - I want updates in real time. - Yes, Admiral. 122 00:09:31,309 --> 00:09:32,746 You're Senna Tal. 123 00:09:32,789 --> 00:09:34,182 Per the scans. 124 00:09:34,225 --> 00:09:38,273 Uh, Adira Tal, now, sir. 125 00:09:39,927 --> 00:09:43,321 Senna never meant to keep you waiting. 126 00:09:43,365 --> 00:09:45,236 He just couldn't bear to leave Earth 127 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:48,109 without seeing snow one last time. 128 00:09:48,152 --> 00:09:50,546 Well, he was, uh... 129 00:09:50,590 --> 00:09:52,896 always sentimental. 130 00:09:52,940 --> 00:09:55,377 But let's keep this clear. 131 00:09:55,420 --> 00:09:58,249 He and I were familiar, you and I are not. 132 00:09:58,293 --> 00:10:01,035 Uh, yes, sir. 133 00:10:02,079 --> 00:10:03,559 Lieutenant Willa, 134 00:10:03,603 --> 00:10:06,606 take Adira Tal to medical for a full diagnostic. 135 00:10:09,086 --> 00:10:12,307 Sir, the situation with the Kili refugees 136 00:10:12,350 --> 00:10:14,875 has gotten worse. Sickbay is overflowing. 137 00:10:14,918 --> 00:10:17,573 We're having to perform triage in the corridors. 138 00:10:17,617 --> 00:10:19,464 Patient three just started seizing, Doctor. 139 00:10:19,488 --> 00:10:21,882 Dr. Eli says they have four hours left, at best. 140 00:10:21,925 --> 00:10:24,101 Is there a diagnosis yet? 141 00:10:24,145 --> 00:10:25,513 Cascade failure of the nervous system 142 00:10:25,537 --> 00:10:26,776 brought on by misfolding proteins. 143 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,150 Something called "prions. " 144 00:10:29,193 --> 00:10:31,302 They're not contagious, but there's no cure yet, either. 145 00:10:31,326 --> 00:10:33,726 There won't be until you find out where they became infected. 146 00:10:33,763 --> 00:10:36,331 We could help you analyze their travel. 147 00:10:36,374 --> 00:10:38,376 We're already in their logs, 148 00:10:38,420 --> 00:10:39,740 compiling a roster of every planet 149 00:10:39,769 --> 00:10:42,293 they visited before they came here. 150 00:10:43,425 --> 00:10:44,774 See what you can do to help. 151 00:10:46,907 --> 00:10:48,604 My apologies if I overstepped. 152 00:10:48,648 --> 00:10:53,391 Uh, simply put, we are anxious to help our Federation family. 153 00:10:53,435 --> 00:10:54,697 Of course. I appreciate 154 00:10:54,741 --> 00:10:57,178 the offer, but a debrief must come first. 155 00:10:57,221 --> 00:11:00,398 Your journey here must be quite the story. 156 00:11:00,442 --> 00:11:02,270 A story we are eager to tell, Admiral. 157 00:11:02,313 --> 00:11:04,446 Not as eager as I am to hear it. 158 00:11:04,489 --> 00:11:06,491 We're still analyzing 159 00:11:06,535 --> 00:11:09,320 the cause of the spatial and temporal... 160 00:11:10,713 --> 00:11:13,324 variances in our exiting the wormhole. 161 00:11:13,368 --> 00:11:15,892 Early indications suggest 162 00:11:15,936 --> 00:11:17,938 that Discovery may have hit a pocket 163 00:11:17,981 --> 00:11:19,940 of abnormal gravity waves. 164 00:11:19,983 --> 00:11:21,942 And this "Red Angel" suit of yours... 165 00:11:21,985 --> 00:11:23,726 It's no longer accessible? 166 00:11:23,770 --> 00:11:27,556 I sent it back into the wormholeto initiate the final signal. 167 00:11:27,599 --> 00:11:29,514 It was then programmed to self-destruct. 168 00:11:29,558 --> 00:11:32,474 There was but one time crystal, Admiral. 169 00:11:32,517 --> 00:11:34,519 It was always going to be a one-way trip 170 00:11:34,563 --> 00:11:36,565 for the Sphere data and for all of us. 171 00:11:36,608 --> 00:11:39,046 And what exactly is this data we're now accountable for? 172 00:11:39,089 --> 00:11:40,874 The Sphere is a benevolent 173 00:11:40,917 --> 00:11:43,093 life-form that merged with Discovery. 174 00:11:43,137 --> 00:11:45,182 Its data is a record of everything seen 175 00:11:45,226 --> 00:11:46,967 and experienced by this entity 176 00:11:47,010 --> 00:11:49,491 in the 100,000 years leading up to our departure. 177 00:11:49,534 --> 00:11:53,016 100,000 years. Well. 178 00:11:53,060 --> 00:11:55,627 Discovery's just full of surprises, isn't she? 179 00:11:55,671 --> 00:11:58,195 You may be the last Kelpien who still retains 180 00:11:58,239 --> 00:12:00,415 biochemical traces of Vahar'ai. 181 00:12:00,458 --> 00:12:01,609 And your limbic system's been getting 182 00:12:01,633 --> 00:12:03,548 quite a workout, Commander. 183 00:12:03,592 --> 00:12:05,333 Are you prone to emotional exaggeration? 184 00:12:05,376 --> 00:12:08,771 Our Als have evolved quite a bit since your day. 185 00:12:08,815 --> 00:12:10,207 My primary diagnostic scanners 186 00:12:10,251 --> 00:12:11,643 can read anomalies as small 187 00:12:11,687 --> 00:12:14,472 as aberrant protein coding in your neurons, 188 00:12:14,516 --> 00:12:16,039 so you can't lie to me. 189 00:12:16,083 --> 00:12:17,345 That'll be all, Eli. 190 00:12:19,651 --> 00:12:23,307 Admiral, if-if we may, we have a few questions 191 00:12:23,351 --> 00:12:25,570 - of our own. - I bet. 192 00:12:25,614 --> 00:12:28,008 Given what you shared of Kaminar, I am curious 193 00:12:28,051 --> 00:12:31,446 as to what remains of the rest of the Federation. 194 00:12:31,489 --> 00:12:35,319 38 member worlds that we're aware of. 195 00:12:35,363 --> 00:12:38,453 Down from 350 at its peak. 196 00:12:38,496 --> 00:12:42,979 There may be others, but since the subspace relays went down, 197 00:12:43,023 --> 00:12:46,287 we're having difficulty finding each other. 198 00:12:46,330 --> 00:12:48,550 Where we sit now represents 199 00:12:48,593 --> 00:12:50,813 not just the headquarters of Starfleet Command, 200 00:12:50,857 --> 00:12:53,424 but also the entire civilian government 201 00:12:53,468 --> 00:12:55,035 of the United Federation of Planets. 202 00:12:55,078 --> 00:12:56,819 And it's been that way since The Burn. 203 00:12:56,863 --> 00:12:58,821 Sir, if I may ask, 204 00:12:58,865 --> 00:13:01,650 - regarding The Burn, we... - I am not at liberty 205 00:13:01,693 --> 00:13:04,566 to discuss intelligence with you yet, Commander. 206 00:13:06,089 --> 00:13:07,961 You're not lying to me, 207 00:13:08,004 --> 00:13:09,789 but there is nothing in our database 208 00:13:09,832 --> 00:13:14,184 to verify a Red Angel or a Control. 209 00:13:14,228 --> 00:13:16,186 Our intelligence says that 210 00:13:16,230 --> 00:13:18,623 Discovery was destroyed in 2258, with no mention 211 00:13:18,667 --> 00:13:23,846 of a displacement-activated spore drive. 212 00:13:23,890 --> 00:13:25,805 So, 213 00:13:25,848 --> 00:13:29,460 two truths now exist in one space. 214 00:13:29,504 --> 00:13:31,419 That never goes well. 215 00:13:31,462 --> 00:13:33,919 Starfleet's operating procedureswould have included the erasure 216 00:13:33,943 --> 00:13:36,728 of any files related to our vessel, 217 00:13:36,772 --> 00:13:40,602 to eliminate the possibility of a recurring threat. 218 00:13:40,645 --> 00:13:45,650 We came here to ensure that Control did not evolve. 219 00:13:45,694 --> 00:13:47,478 I can't possibly corroborate that. 220 00:13:48,523 --> 00:13:49,959 A quick history lesson. 221 00:13:50,003 --> 00:13:53,049 The Federation has spent most of the 30th century 222 00:13:53,093 --> 00:13:56,400 fighting a war to uphold the Temporal Accords, 223 00:13:56,444 --> 00:13:59,882 an interstellar treaty outlawingtime travel to prevent anyone 224 00:13:59,926 --> 00:14:03,277 from the past from changing the future, and vice versa. 225 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:07,107 Your presence here, by definition, is a crime. 226 00:14:07,150 --> 00:14:09,457 Everything we have ever done has been in accordance 227 00:14:09,500 --> 00:14:13,417 with the ideals of the Federation, sir. 228 00:14:13,461 --> 00:14:15,419 If we hadn't made the jump, 229 00:14:15,463 --> 00:14:19,336 all organic life in the universewould've ended. 230 00:14:19,380 --> 00:14:22,470 And we wouldn't be having this conversation, 231 00:14:22,513 --> 00:14:24,385 - Admiral. - If that's true, 232 00:14:24,428 --> 00:14:26,691 then we owe you a debt beyond words. 233 00:14:26,735 --> 00:14:29,172 But from where I sit, and I sit here, 234 00:14:29,216 --> 00:14:33,394 trusting you is a risk I cannot take without evidence. 235 00:14:33,437 --> 00:14:35,700 The safety and security of whatever's left 236 00:14:35,744 --> 00:14:39,704 of the Federation must take priority over everything else. 237 00:14:39,748 --> 00:14:43,752 And so, until we sort through this, 238 00:14:43,795 --> 00:14:48,061 I'll be requisitioning Discovery for analysis and retrofit. 239 00:14:48,104 --> 00:14:50,541 - Admiral... - Not open to debate, Captain. 240 00:14:50,585 --> 00:14:52,630 We'll also be looking through your logs 241 00:14:52,674 --> 00:14:54,632 and debriefing your crew, 242 00:14:54,676 --> 00:14:57,157 and assuming their stories match yours, 243 00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:59,376 determine where they can be reassigned. 244 00:14:59,420 --> 00:15:00,508 Reassigned? 245 00:15:00,551 --> 00:15:03,119 Uh, sir, may I ask why? 246 00:15:03,163 --> 00:15:04,468 No. 247 00:15:04,512 --> 00:15:07,384 Now, you claim you're acting 248 00:15:07,428 --> 00:15:09,734 in accordance with Federation ideals. 249 00:15:09,778 --> 00:15:12,433 I would ask that you continue to do so, 250 00:15:12,476 --> 00:15:14,348 by putting the needs of Starfleet 251 00:15:14,391 --> 00:15:17,090 ahead of the needs of your crew. 252 00:15:19,179 --> 00:15:20,745 The Federation that I remember 253 00:15:20,789 --> 00:15:22,225 would understand that there 254 00:15:22,269 --> 00:15:24,010 is no other crew with our experience. 255 00:15:24,053 --> 00:15:27,230 And certainly no other crew thatcan operate the spore drive. 256 00:15:27,274 --> 00:15:28,753 Correct on both counts. 257 00:15:28,797 --> 00:15:30,862 Why aren't you fighting for us to stay together, then? 258 00:15:30,886 --> 00:15:34,411 We are no longer "out there," Michael. 259 00:15:34,455 --> 00:15:37,719 We serve Starfleet by executing the admiral's orders. 260 00:15:37,762 --> 00:15:40,765 Vance should make use of who weare now, not diminish us for it. 261 00:15:40,809 --> 00:15:42,637 Well, that is entirely his call. 262 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:44,682 Then let's help him make the right one. 263 00:15:44,726 --> 00:15:47,033 - I understand his motives. - Well, so do I. 264 00:15:47,076 --> 00:15:49,774 But I also know that ifthis crew gets pulled apart now, 265 00:15:49,818 --> 00:15:51,515 some of us might never recover. 266 00:15:51,559 --> 00:15:53,648 Now, if we can just get our hands on the roster 267 00:15:53,691 --> 00:15:56,085 of where the Kili have been, then we can help isolate 268 00:15:56,129 --> 00:15:58,305 the origin of the infectious protein, 269 00:15:58,348 --> 00:16:00,350 we can jump there, we can find a cure, 270 00:16:00,394 --> 00:16:02,613 we can help make a difference for the Kili 271 00:16:02,657 --> 00:16:05,225 and show the admiral why we need to stay together. 272 00:16:07,357 --> 00:16:10,404 "Get our hands on"? 273 00:16:10,447 --> 00:16:14,974 I believe we are in a unique position to help, 274 00:16:15,017 --> 00:16:19,804 and we will do so by requesting the roster via proper channels. 275 00:16:19,848 --> 00:16:22,285 Our first Federation act will not be to pilfer its property 276 00:16:22,329 --> 00:16:24,374 and violate a direct order. 277 00:16:24,418 --> 00:16:25,810 That is a lesson 278 00:16:25,854 --> 00:16:29,379 I thought you would have learned by now, Commander. 279 00:16:30,728 --> 00:16:32,687 Of course. 280 00:16:32,730 --> 00:16:34,471 They're breaking us up? 281 00:16:34,515 --> 00:16:37,735 There is no precedent for... 282 00:16:37,779 --> 00:16:39,650 us. 283 00:16:39,694 --> 00:16:44,133 So please, I ask you to trust the process. 284 00:16:44,177 --> 00:16:48,007 What is truly important is that we are all back home now. 285 00:16:49,617 --> 00:16:51,749 We'll be calling you in by department. 286 00:16:51,793 --> 00:16:54,013 Engineering, spore drive specialists, 287 00:16:54,056 --> 00:16:57,233 operations, tactical... 288 00:16:57,277 --> 00:16:59,192 So you were... dead? 289 00:16:59,235 --> 00:17:02,412 Yes. As I said. 290 00:17:02,456 --> 00:17:04,762 - Clinically dead? - Well, I was 291 00:17:04,806 --> 00:17:07,069 emotionally dead, too... and I was murdered. 292 00:17:07,113 --> 00:17:09,680 That can really do a number on you. 293 00:17:09,724 --> 00:17:11,726 But my murderer and I are good now. 294 00:17:11,769 --> 00:17:14,337 So, you were on an asteroid and...? 295 00:17:14,381 --> 00:17:17,514 Commander Burnham fell out of the sky. With Captain Pike. 296 00:17:17,558 --> 00:17:19,821 It was raining Starfleet officers. 297 00:17:19,864 --> 00:17:23,042 Did you bring any snacks? I'm-I'm starving. 298 00:17:23,085 --> 00:17:25,653 So you would consider yourself "essential personnel"? 299 00:17:25,696 --> 00:17:27,089 Have you been talking to Detmer? 300 00:17:27,133 --> 00:17:29,700 Because I can't seem to get awayfrom this question. 301 00:17:29,744 --> 00:17:31,615 What do you know about the Emerald Chain? 302 00:17:31,659 --> 00:17:33,791 What is that... Some sort of Risan 303 00:17:33,835 --> 00:17:36,751 - party drug? - It's the Andorian/Orion syndicate. 304 00:17:36,794 --> 00:17:38,796 I've never heard of them. 305 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:41,321 I'm gonna need something to drink. 306 00:17:41,364 --> 00:17:43,018 All this is after I got my hair blown out 307 00:17:43,062 --> 00:17:45,760 and became a Terran captain/dominatrix, 308 00:17:45,803 --> 00:17:48,719 and before we jumped through a wormhole into the future. 309 00:17:48,763 --> 00:17:50,373 So, I mean, 310 00:17:50,417 --> 00:17:52,723 I love Starfleet, I really do, 311 00:17:52,767 --> 00:17:54,812 but ask me if any of this was in the handbook. 312 00:17:54,856 --> 00:17:56,136 Was any of this in the handbook? 313 00:17:56,162 --> 00:17:57,641 No. 314 00:17:57,685 --> 00:18:01,471 Nhan. Security officer, USS Discovery. 315 00:18:01,515 --> 00:18:05,084 SFB534-0679. 316 00:18:05,127 --> 00:18:08,043 Failure to comply is insubordination. 317 00:18:08,087 --> 00:18:10,219 I'm sorry. 318 00:18:10,263 --> 00:18:11,568 Now, 319 00:18:11,612 --> 00:18:13,788 how long was the duration of the... 320 00:18:13,831 --> 00:18:17,879 Nhan, D. Security officer, USS Discovery. 321 00:18:19,185 --> 00:18:21,752 Throw me in the brig, hologram. 322 00:18:21,796 --> 00:18:24,712 Lieutenant Willa, we submitted a request 323 00:18:24,755 --> 00:18:27,454 to see the roster of planets the Kili refugees visited. 324 00:18:27,497 --> 00:18:29,760 We've not yet heard back. If we know where they went, 325 00:18:29,804 --> 00:18:31,240 we could find out what caused this. 326 00:18:31,284 --> 00:18:32,894 We're a science vessel. 327 00:18:32,937 --> 00:18:34,176 And the situations we've encountered... 328 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:36,550 Sorry, Commander. We're still in the process 329 00:18:36,593 --> 00:18:38,508 of determining your intentions here. 330 00:18:38,552 --> 00:18:40,510 We are not temporal agents, Lieutenant. 331 00:18:40,554 --> 00:18:43,122 We need more than your word, Captain. 332 00:18:43,165 --> 00:18:45,950 Lieutenant Willa... 333 00:18:45,994 --> 00:18:47,822 I'm sure we would respond the same way 334 00:18:47,865 --> 00:18:49,867 if the situation were reversed. 335 00:18:49,911 --> 00:18:54,916 But one fact is unassailable: wehave a spore drive and it works. 336 00:18:54,959 --> 00:18:57,527 We can travel anywhere in the blink of an eye. 337 00:18:57,571 --> 00:18:59,138 And we want to help. 338 00:18:59,181 --> 00:19:02,706 All we are asking is to bepermitted to look at the roster. 339 00:19:02,750 --> 00:19:05,187 Best case, you save lives. 340 00:19:05,231 --> 00:19:08,886 Worst case, you hate us a littlemore for wasting your time. 341 00:19:10,932 --> 00:19:14,022 I'll need to speak with Admiral Vance. 342 00:19:14,065 --> 00:19:16,416 Our scans picked you out right away. 343 00:19:16,459 --> 00:19:19,027 A rigorous debrief is protocol for Terrans. 344 00:19:19,070 --> 00:19:20,744 We also know you're a murderer 345 00:19:20,768 --> 00:19:22,900 in at least two universes. 346 00:19:22,944 --> 00:19:25,512 Don't look at him. 347 00:19:25,555 --> 00:19:28,297 - Look at us. - So, this will be your second universe, 348 00:19:28,341 --> 00:19:30,691 your third timeline. 349 00:19:30,734 --> 00:19:32,649 Depends on how you look at it. 350 00:19:32,693 --> 00:19:34,608 I like to look at it like this. 351 00:19:36,740 --> 00:19:39,700 - Why are you blinking? - Why aren't you? 352 00:19:39,743 --> 00:19:41,789 - What was your connection to Control? - We dated. 353 00:19:41,832 --> 00:19:44,226 All Terrans are duplicitous by their biology. 354 00:19:44,270 --> 00:19:46,054 Or biplicitous by our duology. 355 00:19:46,097 --> 00:19:48,274 Neither "ology" has anything to do with it. 356 00:19:48,317 --> 00:19:50,450 You may not be aware, but in the past hundred years, 357 00:19:50,493 --> 00:19:52,103 we've discovered a chimeric strain 358 00:19:52,147 --> 00:19:54,497 on the subatomic level in the Terran stem cell. 359 00:19:54,541 --> 00:19:56,107 Silly holo. 360 00:19:56,151 --> 00:19:58,849 You cannot rattle me by introducing a completely 361 00:19:58,893 --> 00:20:02,592 fabricated biological component to my nastiness 362 00:20:02,636 --> 00:20:04,768 and inherently bad behavior. 363 00:20:04,812 --> 00:20:09,382 I'm extremely wicked, even for a Terran. 364 00:20:12,907 --> 00:20:15,475 Who are you? What if you're not a holo? 365 00:20:15,518 --> 00:20:18,260 - Make her stop. - What if you're a human 366 00:20:18,304 --> 00:20:20,306 programmed to think he's a holo? 367 00:20:26,050 --> 00:20:27,835 You broke my holos. 368 00:20:27,878 --> 00:20:30,881 Blinking at their harmonic rate disrupts the holo protocols, 369 00:20:30,925 --> 00:20:34,015 creating a reference loop that shuts them down. 370 00:20:34,058 --> 00:20:37,105 Upgrade your programs and stop wasting my time. 371 00:20:38,889 --> 00:20:41,065 Why are you wearing glasses? 372 00:20:41,109 --> 00:20:43,981 Um, they make me look smarter. 373 00:20:44,025 --> 00:20:45,461 I like 'em. 374 00:20:45,505 --> 00:20:48,725 I might decide to like you. 375 00:20:48,769 --> 00:20:50,727 Debrief as you will. 376 00:20:50,771 --> 00:20:52,642 Trauma unit to medbay 6. 377 00:20:52,686 --> 00:20:55,166 Vitals are dropping. 378 00:20:55,210 --> 00:20:58,909 - Pressure is spiking, heart rate is climbing. 379 00:20:58,953 --> 00:21:00,302 Scan again. 380 00:21:00,346 --> 00:21:02,086 Two more cc's, right away. 381 00:21:03,958 --> 00:21:06,526 You believe they became ill on Urna? 382 00:21:06,569 --> 00:21:10,094 That planet's been deserted for centuries. 383 00:21:10,138 --> 00:21:15,665 Y- Yes, but Urna is... well, once was an industrial seat. 384 00:21:15,709 --> 00:21:17,972 A hub for the enrichment of unstable metals. 385 00:21:18,015 --> 00:21:19,993 The Federation was just beginning to sound the alarm 386 00:21:20,017 --> 00:21:22,629 about toxicity a thousand years ago. 387 00:21:22,672 --> 00:21:24,283 The atmosphere was thinning, 388 00:21:24,326 --> 00:21:27,503 and they feared high concentrations of UVB radiation 389 00:21:27,547 --> 00:21:30,245 would mutate the biology of everything on the surface. 390 00:21:30,289 --> 00:21:31,899 And that is what happened. 391 00:21:31,942 --> 00:21:35,859 If the Kili stopped there, they scavenged there 392 00:21:35,903 --> 00:21:39,820 for indigenous plants, fruit, any kind of nutrition. 393 00:21:39,863 --> 00:21:41,691 And whatever they ate was mutated. 394 00:21:41,735 --> 00:21:43,432 It was infected with misfolding proteins 395 00:21:43,476 --> 00:21:45,454 that have been spreading in their bodies ever since. 396 00:21:45,478 --> 00:21:47,393 How do we fix the problem? 397 00:21:47,436 --> 00:21:49,308 We need a healthy protein sample 398 00:21:49,351 --> 00:21:51,875 of the plant they ingested to make an antidote. 399 00:21:51,919 --> 00:21:54,138 But as all of Urna was affected, 400 00:21:54,182 --> 00:21:56,358 such a sample no longer exists. 401 00:21:56,402 --> 00:22:01,102 In the 23rd century, there was a Federation seed-vault ship, 402 00:22:01,145 --> 00:22:03,713 the USS Tikhov. 403 00:22:03,757 --> 00:22:06,063 It held samples of every plant in the galaxy. 404 00:22:06,107 --> 00:22:07,891 If it still exists, it will have seeds 405 00:22:07,935 --> 00:22:09,937 from before the planet's environmental collapse, 406 00:22:09,980 --> 00:22:12,156 and we can synthesize an antidote from that. 407 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,595 The Tikhov is still around, but it's five months away. 408 00:22:15,638 --> 00:22:18,772 Our spore drive can get us thereand back in plenty of time. 409 00:22:18,815 --> 00:22:21,252 Your ship can get us there 410 00:22:21,296 --> 00:22:23,429 with that one man... Stamets. 411 00:22:23,472 --> 00:22:26,345 Willa, download Discovery's specs. 412 00:22:26,388 --> 00:22:28,671 Everything on the spore drive, and scramble a Federation team 413 00:22:28,695 --> 00:22:30,827 to pilot her. I want it flying in an hour. 414 00:22:30,871 --> 00:22:32,220 - Yes, sir. - Admiral! 415 00:22:32,263 --> 00:22:35,528 You have a crew ready and able to fly now. 416 00:22:35,571 --> 00:22:37,288 You're going to waste precious time teaching 417 00:22:37,312 --> 00:22:39,967 a new crew the ins and outs of a thousand-year-old ship 418 00:22:40,010 --> 00:22:41,577 flying through a mushroom network? 419 00:22:41,621 --> 00:22:44,624 Watch your tone, Commander. 420 00:22:44,667 --> 00:22:46,234 You're not home yet. 421 00:22:47,844 --> 00:22:49,585 Admiral, 422 00:22:49,629 --> 00:22:52,022 I would ask that you allow Discovery 423 00:22:52,066 --> 00:22:54,242 to serve as she is able. 424 00:22:54,285 --> 00:22:56,418 It and Commander Burnham 425 00:22:56,462 --> 00:22:59,726 are ideally suited for this kind of away mission. 426 00:22:59,769 --> 00:23:02,381 Understanding it is a matter of trust, 427 00:23:02,424 --> 00:23:05,862 I will remain here with you to assist. 428 00:23:08,561 --> 00:23:10,650 Lieutenant Willa and two of our security officers 429 00:23:10,693 --> 00:23:13,174 will go with Commander Burnham. 430 00:23:13,217 --> 00:23:14,784 Get back fast. 431 00:23:14,828 --> 00:23:17,570 Otherwise, it comes down on him. 432 00:23:28,232 --> 00:23:30,017 Undocking is complete, Commander. 433 00:23:30,060 --> 00:23:32,106 Bring us to safe distance, please. 434 00:23:33,629 --> 00:23:36,197 Hope this fossil of a ship can do what you say it can. 435 00:23:38,329 --> 00:23:40,897 Welcome aboard, Lieutenant Willa. 436 00:23:40,941 --> 00:23:42,899 We're ready to go, Commander. 437 00:23:42,943 --> 00:23:45,249 We have three hours left to retrieve the seed sample 438 00:23:45,293 --> 00:23:46,903 and create an antidote for the Kili. 439 00:23:46,947 --> 00:23:48,949 Let's show them who we are. 440 00:23:52,518 --> 00:23:54,171 You might want to hold on to something. 441 00:23:58,132 --> 00:23:59,873 Black alert. 442 00:24:12,842 --> 00:24:14,907 - Whoa. We're at the programmed coordinates, 443 00:24:14,931 --> 00:24:17,064 but there's no sign of the Tikhov. 444 00:24:17,107 --> 00:24:19,327 Scans show an ion storm in range. 445 00:24:19,370 --> 00:24:21,285 Bring it up. 446 00:24:22,765 --> 00:24:24,221 If these were the last-known 447 00:24:24,245 --> 00:24:26,116 coordinates of the Tikhov, it must be in there. 448 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:27,509 Yellow alert. 449 00:24:27,553 --> 00:24:29,293 Lieutenant Rhys, prepare tractor beams. 450 00:24:29,337 --> 00:24:30,445 We'll have to pull it out of the storm 451 00:24:30,469 --> 00:24:32,645 before we can beam on board. 452 00:24:32,688 --> 00:24:35,038 - Aye, Commander. - Lieutenant Detmer, get us over there. 453 00:24:35,082 --> 00:24:37,476 - Aye, Commander. - It's going to be a bumpy ride. 454 00:24:37,519 --> 00:24:39,739 Shields up. 455 00:24:50,271 --> 00:24:52,447 Shields holding at 90%. 456 00:24:52,491 --> 00:24:55,276 Commander, I've located the Tikhov. Magnifying now. 457 00:24:56,233 --> 00:24:59,280 It's running on auxiliary power. 458 00:24:59,323 --> 00:25:00,629 Warp drive is off-line. 459 00:25:00,673 --> 00:25:02,196 There's unusual radiation. 460 00:25:02,239 --> 00:25:03,850 That must be interfering with our scans. 461 00:25:03,893 --> 00:25:06,156 I can't get an accurate read of life signs. 462 00:25:12,859 --> 00:25:14,179 How are we doing on tractor beams? 463 00:25:14,208 --> 00:25:15,707 - Not steady enough. - I'm working on it. 464 00:25:25,045 --> 00:25:27,656 Shields are holding. You've got time. You've got this. 465 00:25:34,402 --> 00:25:36,665 - Lieutenant? - Engaging reverse thrusters. 466 00:25:36,709 --> 00:25:38,493 I just need to get us clear. 467 00:25:44,368 --> 00:25:45,413 - Go. - Locking on. 468 00:25:49,983 --> 00:25:51,854 Got her. 469 00:25:51,898 --> 00:25:53,290 Pulling her out now. 470 00:25:59,688 --> 00:26:01,298 And we're clear. 471 00:26:01,342 --> 00:26:04,563 Bryce, have Dr. Culber report to the bridge. 472 00:26:04,606 --> 00:26:06,173 Nice work, Keyla. 473 00:26:06,216 --> 00:26:09,306 Hey, you did great. 474 00:26:09,350 --> 00:26:11,091 A closer call than it should have been. 475 00:26:11,134 --> 00:26:13,876 Owo, what's the toxicity of the radiation on that ship? 476 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:15,617 Scanner says it's non-ionizing, 477 00:26:15,661 --> 00:26:17,706 so it shouldn't be a threat to health. 478 00:26:17,750 --> 00:26:20,187 But its composition is just odd. 479 00:26:20,230 --> 00:26:22,363 - Tilly? - Already analyzing it. 480 00:26:22,406 --> 00:26:24,147 Who needs what? 481 00:26:24,191 --> 00:26:26,410 There may be a medical emergencyon the Tikhov. 482 00:26:26,454 --> 00:26:28,978 For the last 500 years, each planet of the Federation 483 00:26:29,022 --> 00:26:32,329 has taken turns keeping watch over the seed vault. 484 00:26:34,070 --> 00:26:36,769 Looks like a Barzan family was most recent. 485 00:26:38,814 --> 00:26:42,339 - We joined the Federation? - In the 25th century. 486 00:26:43,689 --> 00:26:45,255 Never imagined. 487 00:26:45,299 --> 00:26:47,219 I haven't seen a Barzan since I joined Starfleet. 488 00:26:47,257 --> 00:26:49,172 You will today. I want you with us on this. 489 00:26:49,216 --> 00:26:51,218 We don't have time to play catch-up, 490 00:26:51,261 --> 00:26:52,674 so get your "hellos" out of the way fast. 491 00:26:52,698 --> 00:26:55,614 Anyway, the atmosphere on board is attuned 492 00:26:55,657 --> 00:26:58,181 to Barzan biology, so we'll need breathing devices. 493 00:26:58,225 --> 00:27:00,706 So I can lose mine. First time for everything. 494 00:27:00,749 --> 00:27:02,751 The seed vault itself 495 00:27:02,795 --> 00:27:04,337 can only be accessed by beaming into and out of it, 496 00:27:04,361 --> 00:27:06,165 so the transporter chief will need to stay at the ready. 497 00:27:06,189 --> 00:27:07,495 Understood. 498 00:27:07,538 --> 00:27:09,889 Tilly, let me know what you find on radiation. 499 00:27:09,932 --> 00:27:13,196 And, Rhys, you have the conn. 500 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:14,937 Let's go. 501 00:27:17,940 --> 00:27:19,507 What the hell? 502 00:27:19,550 --> 00:27:21,683 Someone must have compromised the seed vault. 503 00:27:21,727 --> 00:27:24,338 None of these plants should be here. 504 00:27:24,381 --> 00:27:26,340 Barzan atmosphere lends itself 505 00:27:26,383 --> 00:27:28,516 to a more accelerated plant growth. 506 00:27:28,559 --> 00:27:30,431 Your eyes. 507 00:27:30,474 --> 00:27:33,521 Real air, real me. 508 00:27:34,827 --> 00:27:36,587 Well, radiation's nominal. Whatever the source, 509 00:27:36,611 --> 00:27:38,265 it's dissipated. 510 00:27:38,308 --> 00:27:39,701 Levels are safe. 511 00:27:39,745 --> 00:27:41,834 - How many in the family? - Four. 512 00:27:41,877 --> 00:27:43,923 Parents are scientists. They have two kids. 513 00:27:43,966 --> 00:27:46,403 Oh, that's weird. 514 00:27:46,447 --> 00:27:48,579 A life sign just blinked on, and then off again. 515 00:27:48,623 --> 00:27:50,166 Residual radiation must still be interfering 516 00:27:50,190 --> 00:27:51,887 with our instruments. 517 00:27:51,931 --> 00:27:53,497 We might not be able to rely on them. 518 00:27:56,544 --> 00:27:58,546 Okay, seed vault should be this way. 519 00:28:16,259 --> 00:28:19,306 You're curious about my badge. 520 00:28:19,349 --> 00:28:22,483 I'm bored. I thought I could break it down for parts. 521 00:28:24,528 --> 00:28:27,096 Play with it. 522 00:28:34,756 --> 00:28:37,890 It's clear, Emperor, what you're capable of. 523 00:28:37,933 --> 00:28:41,981 What's not clear to me is why you chose to come here. 524 00:28:42,024 --> 00:28:44,548 - I have a curious nature. - Really? 525 00:28:44,592 --> 00:28:46,768 April 5 is my birthday. 526 00:28:46,812 --> 00:28:48,465 A Terran holy day. 527 00:28:48,509 --> 00:28:52,208 April 5, 2063... First-ever contact 528 00:28:52,252 --> 00:28:54,602 between Terrans and a Vulcan survey ship. 529 00:28:54,645 --> 00:28:57,866 But then your people slaughteredeverybody on board. 530 00:28:57,910 --> 00:29:00,347 Vulcans need to learnto stay in their lane sometimes. 531 00:29:00,390 --> 00:29:02,958 And it's not like it's a high holy day. 532 00:29:03,002 --> 00:29:06,092 I've been fascinated by Terran history and methodology 533 00:29:06,135 --> 00:29:07,441 since I was a boy. 534 00:29:07,484 --> 00:29:09,182 There are very few species 535 00:29:09,225 --> 00:29:11,488 that do things simply to do them. 536 00:29:11,532 --> 00:29:14,361 We're mostly untroubled by pesky motivations. 537 00:29:14,404 --> 00:29:15,928 Except for revenge. 538 00:29:15,971 --> 00:29:17,494 We do like that one. 539 00:29:17,538 --> 00:29:20,759 It seems you've created an empire based on the maxim, 540 00:29:20,802 --> 00:29:22,456 "Because we feel like it. " 541 00:29:22,499 --> 00:29:25,981 So why would you ever join a Starfleet crew? 542 00:29:26,025 --> 00:29:28,897 If you simply wantedto butcher them, you would have. 543 00:29:28,941 --> 00:29:30,943 Much as I enjoy being fetishized... 544 00:29:30,986 --> 00:29:32,945 And I do... 545 00:29:32,988 --> 00:29:37,776 I'll answer your questions if you answer mine first. 546 00:29:37,819 --> 00:29:40,648 No, you won't really do that. 547 00:29:40,691 --> 00:29:43,520 Correct. -And even if you did, you'd lie. 548 00:29:43,564 --> 00:29:45,827 So the only way I'll glean any information 549 00:29:45,871 --> 00:29:48,656 is via the questions you ask me. 550 00:29:48,699 --> 00:29:50,005 So, please. 551 00:29:51,615 --> 00:29:53,574 Who's really in charge now? 552 00:29:53,617 --> 00:29:56,838 The Burn appeared to have been quite the humbling experience 553 00:29:56,882 --> 00:29:59,319 for the Federation. Who was responsible? 554 00:29:59,362 --> 00:30:01,538 - That's two questions. - Pick one. 555 00:30:01,582 --> 00:30:04,237 There are conflicting theories, 556 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:06,456 but no hard proof 557 00:30:06,500 --> 00:30:08,502 pointing at any one particular bad guy. 558 00:30:08,545 --> 00:30:11,113 Sounds like the Federation lost a step. 559 00:30:11,157 --> 00:30:12,593 Or five. 560 00:30:12,636 --> 00:30:13,812 And yet it endures. 561 00:30:13,855 --> 00:30:15,422 Unlike the Terran Empire, 562 00:30:15,465 --> 00:30:17,380 which fell centuries ago. 563 00:30:18,642 --> 00:30:21,210 Were you aware that the distance between 564 00:30:21,254 --> 00:30:23,734 our two universes started expanding 565 00:30:23,778 --> 00:30:26,650 sometime after your departure? 566 00:30:26,694 --> 00:30:28,565 There hasn't been a single crossing 567 00:30:28,609 --> 00:30:31,307 in over 500 years. 568 00:30:31,351 --> 00:30:34,658 You didn't know that, did you? 569 00:30:34,702 --> 00:30:37,661 You're all alone now. 570 00:30:37,705 --> 00:30:40,229 I think... 571 00:30:40,273 --> 00:30:42,318 you and the Federation are afraid. 572 00:30:42,362 --> 00:30:44,886 Because whoever did this must be merciless. 573 00:30:44,930 --> 00:30:49,412 A threat to whatever or whomever you hold dear. 574 00:30:49,456 --> 00:30:51,327 The weakness of people 575 00:30:51,371 --> 00:30:53,503 is generally other people... 576 00:30:53,547 --> 00:30:55,679 isn't it? 577 00:30:57,116 --> 00:30:58,291 You're not wrong. 578 00:30:58,334 --> 00:31:00,249 But that could also explain 579 00:31:00,293 --> 00:31:02,599 why you'd fall in line with Discovery. 580 00:31:02,643 --> 00:31:05,080 There's a person 581 00:31:05,124 --> 00:31:06,473 on the crew... 582 00:31:06,516 --> 00:31:08,779 you care about, isn't there? 583 00:31:17,223 --> 00:31:19,486 The family. 584 00:31:19,529 --> 00:31:21,531 Behind us. 585 00:32:02,007 --> 00:32:05,532 Adira played that same melody. 586 00:32:05,575 --> 00:32:08,013 How is that possible? 587 00:32:08,056 --> 00:32:09,753 What? 588 00:32:14,845 --> 00:32:17,631 Nothing. 589 00:32:17,674 --> 00:32:19,043 See if you can find any sign of the family. 590 00:32:19,067 --> 00:32:22,114 I'm going in the vault. 591 00:32:23,724 --> 00:32:25,639 Burnham to Discovery. Do you copy? 592 00:32:25,682 --> 00:32:27,293 I'm right outside the seed vault. 593 00:32:27,336 --> 00:32:29,730 - One to beam in. - Aye, Commander. 594 00:32:43,831 --> 00:32:45,789 Wow. 595 00:33:03,024 --> 00:33:04,721 You okay? 596 00:33:04,765 --> 00:33:07,507 I wish I'd gone home. 597 00:33:07,550 --> 00:33:09,204 Before we came to the future. 598 00:33:10,814 --> 00:33:12,947 My species is known for two things: 599 00:33:12,991 --> 00:33:15,341 diligence and poverty. 600 00:33:15,384 --> 00:33:18,213 What little we get, we invest in our children. 601 00:33:18,257 --> 00:33:21,129 Your family must have been soproud when you joined Starfleet. 602 00:33:21,173 --> 00:33:23,653 They were devastated. 603 00:33:25,525 --> 00:33:27,614 I can only imagine when they heard about my death. 604 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:34,880 When was the last time you heard your own language? 605 00:33:35,839 --> 00:33:37,667 Now. 606 00:33:39,756 --> 00:33:42,194 Now is the last time. 607 00:33:42,237 --> 00:33:44,457 I'll check in with Burnham. 608 00:33:44,500 --> 00:33:46,850 If you want to search the logs, I'll be fine. 609 00:33:46,894 --> 00:33:48,243 Yeah? 610 00:33:48,287 --> 00:33:50,158 Yeah. 611 00:34:00,125 --> 00:34:02,127 Personal log, Dr. Attis. 612 00:34:02,170 --> 00:34:04,694 Stardate 802861. 613 00:34:04,738 --> 00:34:06,479 Living aboard the Tikhov 614 00:34:06,522 --> 00:34:08,437 and caring for the Federation seed vault 615 00:34:08,481 --> 00:34:12,137 these past four monthshas brought us closer than ever. 616 00:34:14,443 --> 00:34:17,316 Get out of the ion storm, distress calls 617 00:34:17,359 --> 00:34:20,145 go nowhere, still can't identifythe light that hurt them. 618 00:34:20,188 --> 00:34:22,321 I'm trying. I'm trying! 619 00:34:24,758 --> 00:34:26,542 The vault. 620 00:34:26,586 --> 00:34:28,066 I must find a cure... 621 00:34:43,081 --> 00:34:44,821 Nhan, come here. 622 00:34:50,827 --> 00:34:53,700 The rest of the ship is on auxiliary, but... 623 00:34:53,743 --> 00:34:55,876 whatever's behind here seems to be... 624 00:34:55,919 --> 00:34:57,443 Running on full power? 625 00:35:01,751 --> 00:35:02,796 Do it. 626 00:35:21,771 --> 00:35:24,339 Cryostasis is normally used 627 00:35:24,383 --> 00:35:27,473 to preserve the living for revival, but... 628 00:35:27,516 --> 00:35:29,997 - they're already gone. - You're sure? 629 00:35:37,004 --> 00:35:39,311 Attis. 630 00:35:39,354 --> 00:35:41,313 Attis is alive. 631 00:35:41,356 --> 00:35:44,533 He's still trying to save them. 632 00:35:44,577 --> 00:35:47,754 That's what all these plants are about. 633 00:35:47,797 --> 00:35:51,758 He broke open the seed vault trying to grow a... 634 00:35:51,801 --> 00:35:53,803 a cure. 635 00:35:53,847 --> 00:35:57,155 I think you mean a miracle. 636 00:35:57,198 --> 00:35:59,418 And if he's still alive, where is he? 637 00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:03,335 Verbalize code for entry. 638 00:36:03,378 --> 00:36:05,206 Uh... 639 00:36:05,250 --> 00:36:06,816 - Access denied. - Damn it. 640 00:36:06,860 --> 00:36:08,862 Access denied. 641 00:36:12,822 --> 00:36:15,085 No, the seeds are not yours! 642 00:36:17,305 --> 00:36:20,700 They're ours. They need them. 643 00:36:20,743 --> 00:36:23,063 - They're going to come back. - Please, we're here to help! 644 00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:27,924 What? 645 00:36:34,844 --> 00:36:36,542 He was fighting me. 646 00:36:36,585 --> 00:36:38,425 He didn't want me to get to those seeds, and... 647 00:36:38,457 --> 00:36:41,024 there was something about his face. 648 00:36:41,068 --> 00:36:43,853 It... folded in on itself before he disappeared. 649 00:36:43,897 --> 00:36:45,594 It was as if his entire body was 650 00:36:45,638 --> 00:36:48,249 out of phase, somehow. 651 00:36:48,293 --> 00:36:50,599 I saw something like that on the log. 652 00:36:50,643 --> 00:36:53,254 It was like he was out of sync with himself. 653 00:36:53,298 --> 00:36:55,430 Well, any ideas as to what might have caused this? 654 00:36:55,474 --> 00:36:58,433 Well, I'd have to examine him first, but I'm not confident 655 00:36:58,477 --> 00:37:00,455 he'd be able to fill in any morethan we already know. 656 00:37:00,479 --> 00:37:02,263 But from what you're saying, 657 00:37:02,307 --> 00:37:06,398 his grief seems to have disconnected him from reality. 658 00:37:06,441 --> 00:37:09,531 He hasn't gone crazy, if that's what you're suggesting. 659 00:37:09,575 --> 00:37:11,490 Well, his family is clearly deceased, 660 00:37:11,533 --> 00:37:12,969 and he won't accept that. 661 00:37:13,013 --> 00:37:15,972 Barzans don't have the same ideaof death as humans. 662 00:37:16,016 --> 00:37:18,497 If there's logic to his behavior, 663 00:37:18,540 --> 00:37:20,499 then maybe we can reason with him. 664 00:37:20,542 --> 00:37:23,632 And we need his voice code to access the vault, 665 00:37:23,676 --> 00:37:25,678 or those refugees are as good as dead. 666 00:37:25,721 --> 00:37:27,462 The admiral has given us this chance. 667 00:37:27,506 --> 00:37:29,290 We can't fail. 668 00:37:29,334 --> 00:37:30,528 Any ideas on how to stop the phasing 669 00:37:30,552 --> 00:37:32,554 long enough to talk to him? 670 00:37:32,598 --> 00:37:35,209 The phasing itself... 671 00:37:35,253 --> 00:37:39,039 It might explain why he survivedand his family didn't. 672 00:37:40,388 --> 00:37:42,608 If we can figure out what happened, 673 00:37:42,651 --> 00:37:43,609 then maybe we can fix him. 674 00:37:43,652 --> 00:37:45,132 The team should be nearly done 675 00:37:45,175 --> 00:37:46,351 analyzing the radiation. 676 00:37:46,394 --> 00:37:48,048 Are these values from a magnetic 677 00:37:48,091 --> 00:37:49,267 or a mass spectrometer? 678 00:37:49,310 --> 00:37:50,268 Duh. 679 00:37:50,311 --> 00:37:51,834 Which means magnetic. 680 00:37:51,878 --> 00:37:53,358 I know what "duh" means. 681 00:37:53,401 --> 00:37:56,274 Can we just irradiate your entire personality? 682 00:37:56,317 --> 00:37:58,232 Calibrating for cosmic background radiation. 683 00:37:58,276 --> 00:37:59,775 I was just going to ask you to do that. 684 00:37:59,799 --> 00:38:01,235 - Ask me to do that? - Duh. 685 00:38:01,279 --> 00:38:03,542 Your relationship isn't very professional. 686 00:38:03,585 --> 00:38:05,239 It's how we work. 687 00:38:05,283 --> 00:38:06,632 I've been trying to raise the bar. 688 00:38:06,675 --> 00:38:08,721 - Tilly? - Yes, hi, Michael. 689 00:38:08,764 --> 00:38:10,331 I'm here. You also have 690 00:38:10,375 --> 00:38:11,482 Commander Stamets and Commander Reno. 691 00:38:11,506 --> 00:38:12,464 We're analyzing the radiation. 692 00:38:12,507 --> 00:38:13,465 Listen. 693 00:38:13,508 --> 00:38:16,032 Dr. Attis is the only survivor. 694 00:38:16,076 --> 00:38:18,557 He described the ship being hit by a bright light 695 00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:20,602 and the bodies of his family are showing 696 00:38:20,646 --> 00:38:22,300 high concentrations of beta particles. 697 00:38:22,343 --> 00:38:24,345 Well, that could be any number of things. I mean... 698 00:38:24,389 --> 00:38:25,912 He's also phasing uncontrollably. 699 00:38:25,955 --> 00:38:27,435 Okay. Now we're on to something. 700 00:38:27,479 --> 00:38:29,524 Beaming is the only way in or out 701 00:38:29,568 --> 00:38:31,439 of the seed vault, right? 702 00:38:31,483 --> 00:38:32,919 I'm gonna look for the nearest star. 703 00:38:32,962 --> 00:38:34,616 You're thinking CME. 704 00:38:34,660 --> 00:38:36,531 - Yup. - What am I missing? 705 00:38:36,575 --> 00:38:38,533 The ship may have been hit by a CME... 706 00:38:38,577 --> 00:38:40,666 A coronal mass ejection. 707 00:38:40,709 --> 00:38:42,450 Kind of like a star burp. 708 00:38:42,494 --> 00:38:43,906 "Burp" in this instance would be 709 00:38:43,930 --> 00:38:46,498 a- a massive radioactive proton storm. 710 00:38:46,541 --> 00:38:49,457 It should kill anyone instantly, but if Dr. Attis was 711 00:38:49,501 --> 00:38:52,460 in the process of beaming into the vault when the CME hit, 712 00:38:52,504 --> 00:38:54,656 the protons would've interfered with the ship's magnetic 713 00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:57,683 shielding and destabilized his body's polarization on 714 00:38:57,726 --> 00:38:58,684 a quantum level. 715 00:38:58,727 --> 00:39:00,294 - Right. - Bingo! 716 00:39:00,338 --> 00:39:02,775 Oh, yup, CME almost, uh, six weeks ago. 717 00:39:02,818 --> 00:39:04,516 And now his body's in limbo. 718 00:39:04,559 --> 00:39:06,953 May I never say the same about myself. 719 00:39:06,996 --> 00:39:08,694 Is there a way to bring him back in phase? 720 00:39:08,737 --> 00:39:09,999 I think so. 721 00:39:10,043 --> 00:39:12,306 But I'm pretty sure he's not gonna like it. 722 00:39:14,047 --> 00:39:16,005 Warning. 723 00:39:16,049 --> 00:39:18,704 Power failure. 724 00:39:18,747 --> 00:39:20,227 Warning. 725 00:39:20,270 --> 00:39:22,142 Power failure. 726 00:39:23,622 --> 00:39:25,928 Warning. Power failure. 727 00:39:25,972 --> 00:39:27,234 No! No, no, no, no, no, no! 728 00:39:27,277 --> 00:39:28,801 Warning. Power failure. 729 00:39:28,844 --> 00:39:30,629 Tilly, do you have him? 730 00:39:30,672 --> 00:39:32,587 Boosting our transporter's magnetic field 731 00:39:32,631 --> 00:39:34,720 to match stable radiance. 732 00:39:34,763 --> 00:39:36,286 You should see him... 733 00:39:37,679 --> 00:39:39,681 now. 734 00:39:41,204 --> 00:39:43,032 Got him, thank you. 735 00:39:44,904 --> 00:39:46,732 Dysfunction aside... 736 00:39:46,775 --> 00:39:48,647 you all make a pretty good team. 737 00:39:48,690 --> 00:39:50,257 Dysfunction is the team. 738 00:39:50,300 --> 00:39:52,259 We've just accepted it. 739 00:39:52,302 --> 00:39:53,826 No, we haven't. 740 00:39:55,828 --> 00:39:57,917 We're not trying to stop you 741 00:39:57,960 --> 00:39:59,527 from finding a cure. 742 00:39:59,571 --> 00:40:02,704 We just need one set of seeds. 743 00:40:02,748 --> 00:40:04,576 There are other families in trouble. 744 00:40:04,619 --> 00:40:07,361 We want to help them, too. 745 00:40:13,541 --> 00:40:15,238 You need to talk to him. 746 00:40:15,282 --> 00:40:17,284 I couldn't even come close to understanding him 747 00:40:17,327 --> 00:40:19,460 - the way Nhan does. - That's my point. 748 00:40:19,504 --> 00:40:21,244 It's too personal for her. 749 00:40:21,288 --> 00:40:22,985 Because they share the same ethos, 750 00:40:23,029 --> 00:40:25,118 she's not being honest with him. 751 00:40:25,161 --> 00:40:27,642 He needs to know that his family is gone, 752 00:40:27,686 --> 00:40:29,339 however brutal that may be, 753 00:40:29,383 --> 00:40:31,777 and that if he doesn't get help soon, he's going to die. 754 00:40:31,820 --> 00:40:33,561 He has limits. 755 00:40:35,084 --> 00:40:36,608 And the Kili do, too. 756 00:40:51,405 --> 00:40:54,930 Dr. Attis, it's time to let go. 757 00:40:54,974 --> 00:40:56,889 Your family's gone. 758 00:41:00,022 --> 00:41:02,503 And I think you know that. 759 00:41:02,547 --> 00:41:04,766 Just like I think you know there isn't anything 760 00:41:04,810 --> 00:41:07,421 on board that can change that. 761 00:41:07,465 --> 00:41:09,728 But there is something on board 762 00:41:09,771 --> 00:41:11,773 that can help other families. 763 00:41:11,817 --> 00:41:13,819 Like yours. 764 00:41:19,346 --> 00:41:21,827 I know you had to watch them die. 765 00:41:23,568 --> 00:41:25,483 I'm sorry. 766 00:41:27,397 --> 00:41:30,488 No one should ever have to go through that. 767 00:41:32,664 --> 00:41:34,666 But there are others that are about to walk 768 00:41:34,709 --> 00:41:36,624 where you've been walking, 769 00:41:36,668 --> 00:41:38,844 and you have a chance to stop it. 770 00:41:38,887 --> 00:41:41,324 Please help us. 771 00:41:44,893 --> 00:41:47,505 Help them. 772 00:42:14,836 --> 00:42:17,796 Verbalize code for entry. 773 00:42:17,839 --> 00:42:20,189 Amma. 774 00:42:20,233 --> 00:42:22,104 Tolpra. 775 00:42:22,148 --> 00:42:24,237 Amma and Tolpra. 776 00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:29,764 Two most beautiful moons in our entire star system. 777 00:42:31,636 --> 00:42:33,986 They're my daughters. 778 00:42:37,772 --> 00:42:40,732 Dr. Attis... 779 00:42:40,775 --> 00:42:43,212 thank you. 780 00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:52,760 Tilly, prepare to beam Dr. Attisdirectly to sickbay. 781 00:43:52,804 --> 00:43:54,327 No. 782 00:43:54,370 --> 00:43:56,329 - I won't go. - Dr. Attis, 783 00:43:56,372 --> 00:43:59,637 you are severely irradiated from the original CME. 784 00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:01,943 All of your internal organs will have been damaged. 785 00:44:01,987 --> 00:44:04,903 Without treatment, you will die within days. 786 00:44:04,946 --> 00:44:06,818 I won't leave my family. 787 00:44:11,866 --> 00:44:15,043 That man in there is incapable of making rational decisions 788 00:44:15,087 --> 00:44:16,523 about his own health. 789 00:44:16,566 --> 00:44:18,220 Just because you don't understand a choice 790 00:44:18,264 --> 00:44:20,092 doesn't make it irrational. 791 00:44:20,135 --> 00:44:21,833 Well, think of the ship itself, then. 792 00:44:21,876 --> 00:44:24,879 It contains a living history of the Federation. 793 00:44:24,923 --> 00:44:26,794 We need that now more than ever. 794 00:44:26,838 --> 00:44:29,057 We can't take him against his will, either. 795 00:44:29,101 --> 00:44:31,799 He expressed his wishes clearly. 796 00:44:31,843 --> 00:44:34,584 Since when does Starfleet not consider cultural mitigations? 797 00:44:34,628 --> 00:44:36,848 Hugh, why don't you take these seeds back to Discovery, 798 00:44:36,891 --> 00:44:38,632 start working on an antidote? 799 00:44:42,201 --> 00:44:44,072 Thank you. 800 00:44:46,422 --> 00:44:47,815 One to science lab. 801 00:44:54,779 --> 00:44:57,825 I respect Dr. Attis's personal choice, 802 00:44:57,869 --> 00:45:01,350 but Starfleet has always had its own mores. 803 00:45:01,394 --> 00:45:06,051 One of them being never to leave a person behind. 804 00:45:06,094 --> 00:45:08,444 So it's him versus Starfleet, then? 805 00:45:08,488 --> 00:45:11,970 Sometimes there is no good choice. 806 00:45:14,102 --> 00:45:15,887 Only what you can live with. 807 00:45:15,930 --> 00:45:19,412 I don't think that I can live with letting 808 00:45:19,455 --> 00:45:21,719 part of the Federation's historydie with him. 809 00:45:27,899 --> 00:45:29,291 Then I'll stay. 810 00:45:37,865 --> 00:45:42,914 Nhan, if you stay, you'd be giving up your career. 811 00:45:45,003 --> 00:45:48,789 Considering what Airiam and I went through, 812 00:45:48,833 --> 00:45:52,532 let's just say... I'm good here. 813 00:45:52,575 --> 00:45:56,928 I'll make sure Attis's family gets home for a proper burial. 814 00:45:56,971 --> 00:46:01,062 And that the first Barzan watch is completed successfully. 815 00:46:03,108 --> 00:46:06,415 And I'd like to see my home again. 816 00:46:06,459 --> 00:46:08,766 I never thought I would. 817 00:46:10,376 --> 00:46:13,118 Are you gonna argue with me? 818 00:46:18,645 --> 00:46:21,213 A year ago, I would have. 819 00:46:23,215 --> 00:46:27,088 You know, I have never forgotten 820 00:46:27,132 --> 00:46:29,047 what you said at Airiam's funeral. 821 00:46:29,090 --> 00:46:32,964 That one of the reasons we join Starfleet is 822 00:46:33,007 --> 00:46:37,533 to reach for the best in ourselves and each other. 823 00:46:39,622 --> 00:46:41,537 And I have never seen 824 00:46:41,581 --> 00:46:46,151 anyone reach for the best in others quite like you, Michael. 825 00:46:48,153 --> 00:46:50,546 Don't ever stop. 826 00:47:00,339 --> 00:47:03,124 I really hope our paths cross again. 827 00:47:03,168 --> 00:47:04,952 Me, too. 828 00:47:12,786 --> 00:47:14,919 One to beam back. 829 00:47:44,687 --> 00:47:47,038 It's my understanding, per Lieutenant Willa's report, 830 00:47:47,081 --> 00:47:48,430 that Lieutenant Detmer and... 831 00:47:48,474 --> 00:47:50,215 Lieutenant Owosekun successfully 832 00:47:50,258 --> 00:47:54,001 took Discovery into an ion storm to get to the Tikhov. 833 00:47:54,045 --> 00:47:56,047 Yes, sir. 834 00:47:56,090 --> 00:47:59,093 And Commander Nhan remained on duty there for the Federation. 835 00:47:59,137 --> 00:48:00,921 Our entire crew understood 836 00:48:00,965 --> 00:48:04,316 the mission and were prepared for any potential implications. 837 00:48:04,359 --> 00:48:07,232 We stand ready for more. 838 00:48:07,275 --> 00:48:09,887 Well, you should know we don'thave five-year missions anymore. 839 00:48:09,930 --> 00:48:13,978 Exploration is a-a luxury we cannot afford. 840 00:48:14,021 --> 00:48:16,894 Admiral, are you familiar 841 00:48:16,937 --> 00:48:20,158 with Earth's Renaissance painter Giotto? 842 00:48:20,201 --> 00:48:21,222 Where are you going with this? 843 00:48:21,246 --> 00:48:22,353 The period before the Renaissance 844 00:48:22,377 --> 00:48:25,554 was referred to as the "Dark Ages. " 845 00:48:25,598 --> 00:48:27,034 A frightening time. 846 00:48:27,078 --> 00:48:29,210 Humanity was under siege from wars 847 00:48:29,254 --> 00:48:33,258 and plagues and was, well, losing its way. 848 00:48:33,301 --> 00:48:35,825 Giotto helped spark the Renaissance 849 00:48:35,869 --> 00:48:38,916 when, with his art, he helped create 850 00:48:38,959 --> 00:48:41,222 the three-point perspective. 851 00:48:41,266 --> 00:48:43,529 He saw depth. 852 00:48:43,572 --> 00:48:45,139 He saw entirety. 853 00:48:45,183 --> 00:48:47,794 And he gave what he saw to the world. 854 00:48:47,837 --> 00:48:49,839 It made a difference. 855 00:48:49,883 --> 00:48:53,669 For the first time in a long time, humans looked up. 856 00:48:53,713 --> 00:48:58,196 Discovery is a servantof the Federation, but I believe 857 00:48:58,239 --> 00:49:01,199 that our unique perspective from a revered time may... 858 00:49:01,242 --> 00:49:04,332 May help us to look up. 859 00:49:05,464 --> 00:49:07,161 Yes, sir. 860 00:49:10,164 --> 00:49:12,732 We have been in triage for a long time. 861 00:49:14,864 --> 00:49:16,997 Sir. 862 00:49:17,041 --> 00:49:20,522 We have a spore drive that can take us anywhere, 863 00:49:20,566 --> 00:49:24,135 and a crew that operates as one breathing organism, 864 00:49:24,178 --> 00:49:26,964 and Sphere data that offers thousands of years of wisdom. 865 00:49:27,007 --> 00:49:32,143 Keep us together and let us help. 866 00:49:32,186 --> 00:49:34,754 That's all we ask. 867 00:49:38,801 --> 00:49:41,979 But your crew... They're only now beginning 868 00:49:42,022 --> 00:49:43,782 to wrangle with the trauma they went through. 869 00:49:43,806 --> 00:49:45,895 Your pilot Detmer... 870 00:49:45,939 --> 00:49:49,290 Her baselines are unsteady, to put it mildly. 871 00:49:49,334 --> 00:49:50,528 We've all put our lives in Detmer's hands, 872 00:49:50,552 --> 00:49:52,119 and we'd do it again, sir. 873 00:49:57,429 --> 00:49:59,170 All right. 874 00:50:00,432 --> 00:50:04,044 But you go where I say, when I say. 875 00:50:04,088 --> 00:50:05,393 We're not in the Renaissance yet. 876 00:50:05,437 --> 00:50:07,134 Yes, sir. 877 00:50:07,178 --> 00:50:08,483 Anything else? 878 00:50:08,527 --> 00:50:10,268 - No, sir... - The Burn. 879 00:50:10,311 --> 00:50:12,139 Sir. 880 00:50:13,358 --> 00:50:15,795 Are you at liberty to discuss it with us now? 881 00:50:15,838 --> 00:50:19,625 We have more theories than shipsin the fleet at the moment. 882 00:50:19,668 --> 00:50:22,323 The Federation never found 883 00:50:22,367 --> 00:50:24,891 enough data to support one over the other. 884 00:50:24,934 --> 00:50:27,981 - Which theory do you believe? - Doesn't matter. 885 00:50:28,025 --> 00:50:30,394 Unless you have a new piece ofevidence that has gone unnoticed 886 00:50:30,418 --> 00:50:32,377 for 120 years... 887 00:50:32,420 --> 00:50:35,380 we have far more immediate concerns. 888 00:50:35,423 --> 00:50:37,425 Challenge accepted. 889 00:50:39,384 --> 00:50:41,647 And understood, sir. 890 00:50:43,866 --> 00:50:47,174 Captain. Commander. 891 00:50:47,218 --> 00:50:49,176 Welcome home. 892 00:51:07,281 --> 00:51:09,240 Oh, Lieutenant Willa. 893 00:51:09,283 --> 00:51:12,069 Did you find anything about thatmusic that I asked you about? 894 00:51:12,112 --> 00:51:13,853 Nothing to find. 895 00:51:13,896 --> 00:51:16,725 Half the people here know some version of it, including me. 896 00:51:16,769 --> 00:51:19,250 Don't you find that strange? 897 00:51:19,293 --> 00:51:21,295 The Barzan planet, the Tikhov, 898 00:51:21,339 --> 00:51:24,559 they're unimaginably far away from here without dilithium. 899 00:51:24,603 --> 00:51:26,039 And there's no way Dr. Attis 900 00:51:26,083 --> 00:51:28,346 could have come anywhere near this sector. 901 00:51:28,389 --> 00:51:32,176 How is it that everyone knows the same piece of music? 902 00:51:33,264 --> 00:51:35,396 Some things get in the ether. 903 00:51:43,665 --> 00:51:46,190 Philippa. Let me run 904 00:51:46,233 --> 00:51:48,931 something by you. There's this piece of music... 905 00:51:50,150 --> 00:51:51,717 Philippa. 906 00:51:57,201 --> 00:51:59,246 Philippa? 907 00:52:02,423 --> 00:52:04,251 Are you okay? 908 00:52:04,295 --> 00:52:06,384 Michael. 909 00:52:07,472 --> 00:52:09,430 I asked if you were okay. 910 00:52:09,474 --> 00:52:14,261 Why would you ever, ever ask me a question like that? 911 00:52:22,487 --> 00:52:25,272 Does it feel like home to you? 912 00:52:25,316 --> 00:52:27,361 Not yet. 913 00:52:29,494 --> 00:52:31,974 But I truly hope it will. 914 00:52:34,542 --> 00:52:37,937 The Federation is an ideal that saved my life. 915 00:52:37,980 --> 00:52:41,245 Not once, but many, many times. 916 00:52:41,288 --> 00:52:43,769 It's the people who saved mine. 917 00:52:45,771 --> 00:52:48,730 Over the last year, I've come to realize that... 918 00:52:48,774 --> 00:52:52,473 the Federation is its people. 919 00:52:55,128 --> 00:52:58,349 I can't separate the two anymore. 920 00:52:58,392 --> 00:53:00,655 One living organism? 921 00:53:01,743 --> 00:53:03,223 Yeah. 922 00:53:03,267 --> 00:53:06,531 I do value your perspective, Michael. 923 00:53:10,491 --> 00:53:15,757 But I would ask that you choose your words more carefully 924 00:53:15,801 --> 00:53:19,065 with the admiral than you did before your departure, 925 00:53:19,108 --> 00:53:21,372 or it will impact us both. 926 00:53:23,461 --> 00:53:25,158 Yes, sir. 927 00:53:31,817 --> 00:53:34,559 So much we still do not know. 928 00:53:35,473 --> 00:53:38,171 But I am certain of one thing. 929 00:53:40,478 --> 00:53:43,350 We are both looking up.