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[narrator] Previously
on Star Trek: Discovery:
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[Book] Michael, I was on my way
to the Bajoran exchange
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when this guy sitting next to me...
I think his black box
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is one of the ones you're looking for.
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It's on Hunhau, Emerald Chain territory.
I won't be long.
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This was three weeks ago.
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If Book found a third black box
and it shows the same variants,
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the Burn didn't happen all at once.
We have got to get to Hunhau.
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-At the moment, we cannot.
-Yes, sir.
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You're the only one who'd say yes
to going on an unsanctioned mission.
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-Are you in or out? Georgiou?
-You had me at "unsanctioned mission."
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The spore drive's new and improved.
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I redesigned it so you won't have
to use those shunts.
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A little gooey.
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Commander Burnham left
to pursue a mission of her own,
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against my direct orders.
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Sir, you know Michael is one of the people
that I love most in this world,
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but she made a choice,
and now because of that,
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you don't have one.
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-You have to tell the admiral.
-That is astute, ensign.
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Commander Burnham's mission
was 100 percent rogue.
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Until we solve the mystery
of how the Burn happened and why,
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I believe the Federation will never be,
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can never be brought back together again.
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We'll see what your intel brings,
commander.
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I will leave it up to you, captain,
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to determine the consequences
of her insubordination.
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As of now, you're relieved of your duty
as my Number One.
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You will restrict yourself
to chief science officer duties only.
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[dramatic music playing]
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[Burnham] Personal log, supplemental.
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Even after a year of finding my way alone,
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I truly believed I could find a way
to fit back into this uniform,
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on to this ship.
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Now I'm not so sure.
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I've become someone new.
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Still just as committed
to the Federation, to my friends,
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but there's a distance between us now.
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I'll never be at peace
until I solve the Burn,
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but I don't know
if I can do it from Discovery.
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This may not be my home anymore.
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I don't know what that means...
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or where it will lead me.
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[tender music playing]
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When are we getting out of here?
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You really hate it.
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[Book] "Hate" is a strong word.
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But I'm also living on the Shuttlebay
of a Federation starship,
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and no one knows what to make of me.
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Let's acknowledge
this isn't a long-term situation.
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-Where would we go?
-Space.
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-Mmm. And what about--?
-The Burn?
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Yeah.
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The biggest, most dangerous
cosmic puzzle of all time?
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Have you always been this way?
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My brother...
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he called me on it.
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How I take responsibility for everything.
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Sounds like we'd have gotten on,
me and your brother.
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-Is that right?
-Yeah.
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We'd bond over
your endearing messianic complex.
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Hmm. Says the man who risks his life
to save helpless creatures.
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-Oh, yeah.
-Mm.
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Hey.
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-Saru, uh...
-Demoted me. Yeah.
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Hey, um...
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you put me in a really horrible position
with Saru and with the admiral
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when you went off on your own.
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Would've been so much worse
if I had told you.
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My choice.
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Not yours.
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I'm sorry, Tilly.
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This transition has been difficult
for all of us.
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I had to go.
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I had to.
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The truth is...
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I don't know how I fit in anymore.
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One one-millionth of a microsecond.
You were right. That was the difference.
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The U.S.S. Yelchin,
the first black box you found,
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when the Burn happened, it lost contact
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at precisely 81986 mark 272139.
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And now the Gav'Nor,
a thousand light-years away,
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lost contact one one-millionth
of a microsecond later.
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-The Giacconi? The recorder Book found?
-Computer's still working on it.
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With this data, we can triangulate
and pinpoint the source of the Burn.
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In two dimensions, maybe,
but in three-dimensional space,
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that leaves an area far too large
to explore in several lifetimes.
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So, we have to narrow it down.
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-Somehow, we need to find more data.
-Well, I flagged this...
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when I was going through
Federation databases,
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it's an experiment, SB-19.
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They spread sensors across dozens
of light-years of subspace.
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-They had a front-seat view of the Burn.
-SB-19 reported no findings.
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Either the sensors
didn't record anything...
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-Unlikely.
-Or they didn't make their results public.
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-The admiral might have access to it.
-He's not my biggest fan right now.
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This is bigger than you, bigger than him.
It's bigger than everybody, heh, it's...
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[suspenseful music playing]
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What if you hadn't made it back?
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What would I do?
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[computer] Analysis complete.
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The Giacconi lost contact
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seven one-millionths of a microsecond
after the Yelchin.
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That confirms it.
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[Vance] You're telling me these
three ships were destroyed by the Burn
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at different times?
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[Burnham] The difference is in millionths
of a microsecond,
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but, yes, there is a difference.
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Son of a bitch.
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Are you familiar
with an experiment called SB-19?
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[woman speaking on PA indistinctly]
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-We can't access it.
-Why?
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It's Ni'Var.
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You'd know it by its former name, Vulcan.
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Vulcans? The Vulcans changed their name?
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It's not just the Vulcans who live there.
They share the planet with the Romulans.
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The Romulans were considered
enemies in our time.
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And for a long time after,
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until Ambassador Spock brought them back.
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History forgot this in your time,
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but the Vulcans and the Romulans
were two tribes of the same species
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that went their separate ways.
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Your brother started the process
of reunifying them.
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And he succeeded.
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It took centuries after his death,
but yes.
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But the Vulcans always shared
their research with the Federation.
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[Vance] Maybe in the past,
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but Ni'Var left the Federation
nearly a hundred years ago.
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[theme music playing]
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[Burnham] Vulcan was one of the founding
members of the Federation.
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They would never abandon it.
Must have been the Romulans.
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No, the Romulans wanted to stay.
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Even before the Burn, the Federation
was running out of dilithium.
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All member planets were ordered
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to put their best scientists
towards finding a solution.
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Ni'Var's contribution was SB-19.
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A system to transport starships
thousands of light-years in an instant,
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much like your spore drive.
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-What happened?
-Well, it was new technology.
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Ni'Var's scientists felt, ultimately,
that it was too dangerous.
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And so they asked permission
to shutter the program.
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But it was the most promising
dilithium alternative of the day,
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so the Federation ordered them to proceed.
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They think they caused the Burn?
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No.
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They think we forced them
to cause the Burn.
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[dramatic music playing]
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So, they left the Federation
and kept the SB-19 data from us.
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Sir...
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we have proof
the Burn had a different origin.
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I don't think any claims of proof
will make any difference.
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-They're convinced they're right.
-Well, perhaps, then,
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this new information would be sufficient
to reopen diplomatic relations.
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We have to tell them.
There must be a way to get them to listen.
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Spock's sister.
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Sending Commander Burnham as
our representative might tip the scales.
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Admiral, I must inform you,
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Commander Burnham was reprimanded
for her insubordinate actions
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and dismissed as my First Officer.
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Insubordinate or not,
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she's the only person
who could open that door,
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and with this new information--
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Sir, I don't think I can genuinely
represent the Federation right now.
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[Vance] Find a way.
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I'll bring the diplomatic corps
into the loop.
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And I'll send a full report to Ni'Var,
headline:
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"Michael Burnham is coming."
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[Burnham] Listen to me, little brother.
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This is the last advice
I'll ever be able to give you.
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There is a whole galaxy out there
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full of people who will reach for you.
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You have to let them.
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Reach for them.
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[exhales]
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[computer] Ambassador Spock,
circa stardate 45825.
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Coordinates redacted,
retrieved from classified archive.
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The personal files
of Admiral Jean-Luc Picard.
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[Burnham] Play.
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Closed minds have kept
these two worlds apart for centuries.
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We can choose to live with that enmity
or seek a way to change it.
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The union of the Vulcan
and the Romulan people
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will not be achieved by politics
or by diplomacy.
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But it will be achieved.
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Like the first Vulcans,
these people are struggling
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for a new enlightenment.
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And it may take decades
or even centuries for them to reach it,
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but they will reach it.
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And I must help.
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[tender music playing]
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You know, I never let myself look back
to find out who he became.
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You guys are chronic overachievers.
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How am I gonna do this, Book?
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It's possible that a person who has
a complex relationship with the future
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is the exact right person to do this job.
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I am sure you have heard.
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I dismissed Commander Burnham
as my First Officer.
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Must've been very difficult, sir.
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I would like you to serve
as my acting First Officer
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until I find a permanent replacement.
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What? Sir, what?
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[Tilly chuckles]
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I never completed
the Command Training Program.
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You traveled through a wormhole
930 years into the future.
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I am confident in saying your experience
now exceeds the parameters
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designed for the Command Training Program.
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Sir, I'm an ensign. I--
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I'd be responsible for lives.
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Part of leadership is the acknowledgment
that one is suited to it.
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Many members of our crew have struggled
with all that has changed.
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I have watched you rise to the occasion.
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I believe you can help them rise as well.
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And I believe you will always put
the needs of Starfleet and the Federation
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ahead of your own wishes.
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Sir, are you asking me
because I'm qualified
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or because I'm compliant?
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I'm asking because I believe
this is in the best interest of our ship.
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Take a day to think about it.
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Now let us jump to Ni'Var.
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Status report, please.
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Coordinates locked in.
All hands ready to jump to Ni'Var.
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-HQ confirms that Ni'Var is expecting us.
-[Saru] Very well.
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The people of Ni'Var have not been visited
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by a Federation starship
in nearly a century.
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Let us remind them who we are
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and how important they are to us.
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Black alert.
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[alarm wailing]
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[dramatic music playing]
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[Detmer] Sir, we are in Lagrange one
for Ni'Var, formerly the planet Vulcan.
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-Incoming transmission.
-Open the channel.
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I am T'Rina, president of Ni'Var.
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[Saru] Greetings.
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I am Saru of the U.S.S. Discovery.
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The Federation sent word you're en route
using a unique propulsion system.
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I presume that is how you evaded
our long-range sensors?
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I assure you,
we were not attempting to evade.
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Discovery is equipped with a system
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that allows us to travel
across the mycelial network.
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We've been briefed regarding the special
circumstances of Discovery's crew...
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and your special passenger.
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Greetings, Madam President.
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I am Michael Burnham, daughter of Sarek,
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sister of Spock.
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It is an honor to greet you.
245
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I only wish Ambassador Spock could see
the fruits of his labor as you do now.
246
00:17:12,532 --> 00:17:16,494
I do believe
he would find it all fascinating.
247
00:17:18,621 --> 00:17:22,416
I would be pleased to speak further,
but first, we must dispense
248
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with the Federation's request
for data related to SB-19.
249
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We found significant new evidence
related to the cause of the Burn.
250
00:17:33,594 --> 00:17:35,763
SB-19 can help us with that.
251
00:17:35,846 --> 00:17:41,018
SB-19 is an issue of great cultural
and political sensitivity here.
252
00:17:41,102 --> 00:17:43,729
Our inquiry is entirely scientific
in nature.
253
00:17:43,813 --> 00:17:47,358
Even science cannot be separated
from cultural and political context.
254
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There are always implications,
as Spock himself learned.
255
00:17:50,444 --> 00:17:53,990
Ni'Var struggles with the delicate balance
of reunification,
256
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which became more complicated
after the Burn.
257
00:17:56,993 --> 00:18:00,705
Any theory Commander Burnham
is developing could tear open old wounds,
258
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and we cannot afford that at this time.
259
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-Madam President--
-Permission to access SB-19 is denied.
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If you persist in requesting it,
261
00:18:09,922 --> 00:18:13,342
I will have to be content
with observing your spore drive in action
262
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as you return to Federation headquarters.
263
00:18:19,974 --> 00:18:24,353
Madam President, do the people of Ni'Var
still honor any of the old ways,
264
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in matters of scientific inquiry?
265
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They do.
266
00:18:29,025 --> 00:18:31,235
Then as a graduate
of the Vulcan Science Academy,
267
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I respectfully invoke the T'Kal-in-ket.
268
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[tense music playing]
269
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I will convene a quorum.
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Commander?
271
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Vulcans have engaged in T'Kal-in-ket
since the time of Surak.
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T'Kal-in-ket is a philosophical process
designed to unearth deep truths,
273
00:19:02,099 --> 00:19:05,686
credited as being one of the engines
that led to Vulcan scientific advancement.
274
00:19:05,770 --> 00:19:07,104
And once invoked,
275
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the request cannot be denied.
276
00:19:09,565 --> 00:19:11,525
So, you gave her no choice?
277
00:19:11,609 --> 00:19:13,778
[Burnham] It's the only way
we'll have that data.
278
00:19:13,861 --> 00:19:15,529
This could help us solve the Burn.
279
00:19:17,531 --> 00:19:18,824
What is the protocol?
280
00:19:18,908 --> 00:19:21,952
I'll have to defend my hypothesis
before the Science Institute.
281
00:19:22,036 --> 00:19:24,413
I assume you are prepared.
282
00:19:25,039 --> 00:19:26,999
Of course, sir.
283
00:19:35,424 --> 00:19:36,759
Welcome to Discovery.
284
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A special chamber has been prepared
for the T'Kal-in-ket.
285
00:19:50,314 --> 00:19:51,649
Madam President,
286
00:19:52,233 --> 00:19:55,486
uh, will you permit me to give you
a tour of our vessel?
287
00:19:55,569 --> 00:19:57,655
You can forego the niceties, captain.
288
00:19:58,364 --> 00:20:01,409
Your commander has already
diplomatically forced me into a corner.
289
00:20:02,493 --> 00:20:05,913
-Your shalankhkai will arrive momentarily.
-My shalankhkai?
290
00:20:06,414 --> 00:20:08,332
An ancient Romulan designation.
291
00:20:08,416 --> 00:20:10,501
Vulcans know it as sha-set.
292
00:20:11,085 --> 00:20:12,378
Ah, my advocate.
293
00:20:12,461 --> 00:20:15,923
What's new since your time is that
only sisters from the Qowat Milat order
294
00:20:16,006 --> 00:20:18,092
can serve as advocates.
295
00:20:18,175 --> 00:20:20,970
Forgive me,
I'm not familiar with the Qowat Milat.
296
00:20:21,053 --> 00:20:24,098
[T'Rina] The Qowat Milat are
an ancient Romulan sect
297
00:20:24,181 --> 00:20:27,226
that live and die
by the precept of absolute candor.
298
00:20:27,309 --> 00:20:31,230
A necessary outgrowth of a Romulan culture
that trafficked in secrets.
299
00:20:31,313 --> 00:20:34,400
They were essential in helping
our ancestors trust one another
300
00:20:34,483 --> 00:20:36,277
during the early days of reunification.
301
00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:39,989
Today, they enable us to have
a healthy discourse on the planet.
302
00:20:40,531 --> 00:20:42,533
It's an ancient story, isn't it?
303
00:20:42,616 --> 00:20:46,245
My people's fates are so intertwined
and they are so similar in profound ways,
304
00:20:46,328 --> 00:20:48,038
yet they do not trust each other.
305
00:20:50,833 --> 00:20:54,670
I apologize for forcing your hand.
I meant no disrespect.
306
00:20:54,754 --> 00:20:55,671
You are brave.
307
00:20:57,381 --> 00:20:59,633
And, technically, a citizen of Ni'Var.
308
00:20:59,717 --> 00:21:01,427
You are within your rights,
309
00:21:01,510 --> 00:21:05,181
but I'm sure you are aware
that a classic tactic during T'Kal-in-ket
310
00:21:05,264 --> 00:21:08,893
is to ruthlessly assail
the credibility of the challenger.
311
00:21:08,976 --> 00:21:09,894
I am aware.
312
00:21:09,977 --> 00:21:11,687
If you are not proved to be credible,
313
00:21:11,771 --> 00:21:14,940
it will be known that Spock's sister
returned to us a dissembler.
314
00:21:15,024 --> 00:21:17,943
That will have real
and grave consequences. Do you understand?
315
00:21:18,486 --> 00:21:19,320
Yes, ma'am.
316
00:21:19,945 --> 00:21:23,908
One Qowat Milat sister has taken
a particular interest in your case.
317
00:21:23,991 --> 00:21:26,702
I suspect you may have
a particular interest in her as well.
318
00:21:26,786 --> 00:21:29,330
She'll be transporting in momentarily.
319
00:21:34,126 --> 00:21:35,002
Be honest,
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00:21:36,295 --> 00:21:38,172
especially to yourself.
321
00:21:44,345 --> 00:21:46,347
[dramatic music playing]
322
00:22:04,865 --> 00:22:05,699
Mom?
323
00:22:07,159 --> 00:22:07,993
Michael!
324
00:22:11,872 --> 00:22:13,916
Oh, I hoped, but I never...
325
00:22:26,637 --> 00:22:30,057
[T'Rina] I was informed your jump
to the future is not widely known,
326
00:22:30,140 --> 00:22:31,684
even within Starfleet.
327
00:22:32,851 --> 00:22:35,563
The admiral was concerned
that it could be polarizing,
328
00:22:35,646 --> 00:22:36,981
given the Temporal Accords.
329
00:22:37,565 --> 00:22:42,903
Yet there was no other way to explain
to you the presence of Spock's sister.
330
00:22:42,987 --> 00:22:46,115
I confess, I am astonished
at the risk taken by your crew.
331
00:22:46,198 --> 00:22:49,493
-Duty called.
-I am grateful for your courage.
332
00:22:50,786 --> 00:22:52,413
What do you make of this future?
333
00:22:53,330 --> 00:22:56,750
[Saru] Well, I am troubled
334
00:22:57,626 --> 00:22:59,962
that the Federation is so reduced.
335
00:23:02,089 --> 00:23:06,635
But I am heartened that those who remain
are committed to its core values.
336
00:23:07,678 --> 00:23:09,597
You sound quite certain of that.
337
00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:14,018
I have seen their commitment to member
and non-member worlds alike.
338
00:23:15,811 --> 00:23:17,938
[woman on PA] All personnel,
Cargo Bay 3...
339
00:23:18,022 --> 00:23:19,940
Forgive me if I'm overstepping,
340
00:23:20,482 --> 00:23:25,279
but I know the Federation feels
the loss of Ni'Var keenly.
341
00:23:25,362 --> 00:23:27,114
I do hope that our visit
342
00:23:27,615 --> 00:23:30,409
and Commander Burnham's discussions
with the quorum
343
00:23:30,492 --> 00:23:34,204
will open new channels of diplomacy.
344
00:23:36,165 --> 00:23:38,834
That would require far more
than one visit, captain.
345
00:23:38,917 --> 00:23:43,464
There had been numerous issues.
SB-19 was merely the final blow.
346
00:23:45,257 --> 00:23:47,968
I would like to hear about them, if I may.
347
00:23:48,927 --> 00:23:51,221
[tender music playing]
348
00:23:51,972 --> 00:23:55,684
-Did you ever make it to Terralysium?
-No, landed right back on Essof IV.
349
00:23:55,768 --> 00:23:57,436
[chuckles] Wasn't pretty.
350
00:23:59,313 --> 00:24:02,024
Colonists brought me to the Qowat Milat,
who healed me.
351
00:24:03,525 --> 00:24:06,528
-You could use a bit of that yourself.
-What makes you say that?
352
00:24:07,988 --> 00:24:09,031
Well, you seem...
353
00:24:10,407 --> 00:24:11,575
between places.
354
00:24:13,369 --> 00:24:16,121
This must be some
of that absolute candor I've heard about.
355
00:24:17,206 --> 00:24:20,834
Actually, "between places" was
my gentle way of saying "lost."
356
00:24:21,377 --> 00:24:25,005
-Thought I'd ease you in.
-I'm not lost.
357
00:24:25,089 --> 00:24:27,257
Of course,
I'm happy to be back, um, but...
358
00:24:30,386 --> 00:24:33,722
But you learned to live
359
00:24:33,806 --> 00:24:36,100
and maybe even like
a different kind of life?
360
00:24:38,477 --> 00:24:39,311
Yeah.
361
00:24:40,979 --> 00:24:43,691
[Gabrielle] When I landed here,
the sisters helped me learn
362
00:24:43,774 --> 00:24:46,318
how to just be where I am.
363
00:24:47,486 --> 00:24:49,363
However unsettling it may be.
364
00:24:51,490 --> 00:24:53,283
[man on PA] Lieutenant Doss,
please report to the bridge.
365
00:24:53,367 --> 00:24:55,077
I don't think I fit in here anymore.
366
00:24:55,786 --> 00:24:58,539
Hmph. And it also sounds
like that terrifies you.
367
00:24:59,873 --> 00:25:02,835
-Not as much as the T'Kal-in-ket.
-Mm.
368
00:25:04,169 --> 00:25:05,504
You bit off a lot this time.
369
00:25:06,046 --> 00:25:07,631
I'm right.
370
00:25:07,715 --> 00:25:09,758
I know I'm right about this.
371
00:25:09,842 --> 00:25:11,176
The Burn.
372
00:25:12,136 --> 00:25:16,265
With your help, we can convince them
to give us the SB-19 data.
373
00:25:18,183 --> 00:25:19,810
You won't convince them.
374
00:25:19,893 --> 00:25:23,647
The sisters of the Qowat Milat
bind themselves to lost causes,
375
00:25:24,356 --> 00:25:27,526
and right now, there's no cause
more lost than yours.
376
00:25:27,609 --> 00:25:28,902
No. No, no, no.
377
00:25:28,986 --> 00:25:33,115
The whole point of the T'Kal-in-ket
is to hear facts and to use logic.
378
00:25:33,198 --> 00:25:36,452
-They'll see.
-[scoffs] What they need to see.
379
00:25:37,453 --> 00:25:38,912
Just like the rest of us.
380
00:25:39,621 --> 00:25:43,667
N'Raj is a Romulan elder who longs
for greater self-governance.
381
00:25:43,751 --> 00:25:47,045
V'Kir is the young leader
of a sect of Vulcan purists.
382
00:25:47,129 --> 00:25:50,799
Shira speaks for the Romulo-Vulcans
who are trying to forge a new path here.
383
00:25:50,883 --> 00:25:55,012
They all have their own truths, facts
and logic that are vying for air.
384
00:25:55,095 --> 00:25:57,389
Okay, then we appeal to V'Kir.
385
00:25:57,473 --> 00:26:00,976
A Vulcan purist
must at least respond to logic.
386
00:26:03,562 --> 00:26:05,939
I'm here for you. I am your advocate.
387
00:26:06,607 --> 00:26:10,319
But I would be betraying my sacred duty
if I didn't tell you the truth.
388
00:26:10,402 --> 00:26:13,197
You're walking in there
with a lot of blind spots.
389
00:26:14,239 --> 00:26:16,867
The scarcity of dilithium
was caused in part
390
00:26:16,950 --> 00:26:19,578
by the sheer size of the Federation.
391
00:26:20,412 --> 00:26:22,956
To solve that problem,
it stretched member worlds
392
00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:25,209
beyond capacity and comfort.
393
00:26:25,959 --> 00:26:27,628
In its desire to serve the many,
394
00:26:27,711 --> 00:26:30,798
the Federation ignored
the needs of the few.
395
00:26:31,465 --> 00:26:33,717
Did your ancestors not coin the phrase:
396
00:26:33,801 --> 00:26:36,512
"The needs of the many outweigh
the needs of the few"?
397
00:26:36,595 --> 00:26:39,890
When the people of Vulcan
welcomed the Romulans home,
398
00:26:39,973 --> 00:26:44,561
we were forced to confront centuries
of mistrust and brutality on both sides.
399
00:26:44,645 --> 00:26:46,688
Over time and with much effort,
400
00:26:46,772 --> 00:26:51,109
we earned the wisdom to know
when to let go of maxims and proverbs.
401
00:26:52,152 --> 00:26:56,657
Of course, but perhaps
the Federation has acquired
402
00:26:57,199 --> 00:26:59,368
a newfound wisdom of its own.
403
00:27:01,745 --> 00:27:03,539
It has been my experience
404
00:27:04,039 --> 00:27:09,253
that we learn our greatest lessons
when we pay a heavy price.
405
00:27:10,087 --> 00:27:14,800
You must admit,
the Federation has paid most dearly.
406
00:27:19,763 --> 00:27:21,181
The T'Kal-in ket is this way.
407
00:27:24,601 --> 00:27:26,603
[gong ringing]
408
00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:40,242
[suspenseful music playing]
409
00:27:53,213 --> 00:27:57,634
Thank you, quorum members
and peers, N'Raj, Shira and V'Kir.
410
00:27:57,718 --> 00:28:00,304
Thank you, Qowat Milat Sister Gabrielle.
411
00:28:00,387 --> 00:28:04,099
Our purpose here
is the excavation of truth,
412
00:28:05,225 --> 00:28:08,854
tested by the scientific rigors
of logic and fact.
413
00:28:10,230 --> 00:28:12,983
So, let us begin with the facts.
414
00:28:13,066 --> 00:28:16,278
We've already received and reviewed
the data around your presentation
415
00:28:16,361 --> 00:28:17,613
and found it lacking.
416
00:28:18,196 --> 00:28:20,908
I move to dismiss and end this quorum.
417
00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:24,369
But, Peer V'Kir,
you have not fully heard me out.
418
00:28:24,453 --> 00:28:26,079
In deference to Ambassador Spock,
419
00:28:26,163 --> 00:28:28,290
I prefer not to speak
in such terms to you.
420
00:28:28,832 --> 00:28:31,501
But I will point out
the puerility in your findings.
421
00:28:31,585 --> 00:28:34,171
Ni'Var Science Institute
has never disputed
422
00:28:34,254 --> 00:28:36,256
that there's a source of the Burn.
423
00:28:36,340 --> 00:28:38,050
If that is your new theory,
424
00:28:38,133 --> 00:28:40,302
there is no need to waste our time.
425
00:28:40,385 --> 00:28:42,596
But you think that the Burn started here.
426
00:28:42,679 --> 00:28:45,390
I have evidence
that shows that cannot be true.
427
00:28:45,474 --> 00:28:47,976
How long has the Federation
had evidence of this?
428
00:28:48,060 --> 00:28:50,437
A great deal of suffering
may have been avoided.
429
00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:53,023
I uncovered this last bit of evidence
only days ago.
430
00:28:53,106 --> 00:28:56,151
[V'Kir] Her findings are based
on fractions of microseconds
431
00:28:56,235 --> 00:28:59,529
on the Burn-destruction time stamps
of three starships.
432
00:28:59,613 --> 00:29:03,408
Across thousands of light-years,
those numbers could've been skewed.
433
00:29:03,492 --> 00:29:05,869
We have accounted for subatomic lensing.
434
00:29:05,953 --> 00:29:08,247
Her miniscule sample size
is inconsequential
435
00:29:08,330 --> 00:29:11,416
compared to what the Ni'Var
Science Institute has already collected.
436
00:29:11,500 --> 00:29:14,544
-Then why won't you share that data?
-[Shira] The data is sensitive in nature.
437
00:29:14,628 --> 00:29:17,506
We cannot risk it falling
into the wrong hands.
438
00:29:17,589 --> 00:29:20,133
We cannot risk
how the Federation may use it.
439
00:29:20,217 --> 00:29:22,302
Carrying the weight of responsibility
for the Burn
440
00:29:22,386 --> 00:29:25,055
has created great hardship for our planet.
441
00:29:25,555 --> 00:29:27,266
-If they can prove--
-Peer N'Raj,
442
00:29:27,349 --> 00:29:29,977
given the unrest in your own province,
443
00:29:30,060 --> 00:29:34,564
how can you dispute that knowledge
in the wrong hands is a dangerous thing?
444
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:38,610
And, Peer Shira,
how many additional resources
445
00:29:38,694 --> 00:29:39,778
have the Vulcans spent
446
00:29:39,861 --> 00:29:43,156
quashing insurgencies
in the Romulo-Vulcan regions?
447
00:29:44,116 --> 00:29:46,410
We cannot allow further unrest.
448
00:29:47,077 --> 00:29:49,705
Peer V'Kir, my brother would have
found it illogical
449
00:29:49,788 --> 00:29:52,332
to sacrifice knowledge to avoid risk.
450
00:29:52,416 --> 00:29:54,751
She invokes her own brother in an effort
451
00:29:54,835 --> 00:29:57,504
to win us to her cause
through emotional appeal.
452
00:29:57,587 --> 00:29:59,965
This is a forum for logic,
Commander Burnham.
453
00:30:00,048 --> 00:30:03,719
If there is even a chance
we aren't responsible for the Burn,
454
00:30:04,845 --> 00:30:08,682
we must join the investigation
and share our evidence.
455
00:30:08,765 --> 00:30:13,770
I would be willing to consider that,
but I'm not convinced of your motives.
456
00:30:13,854 --> 00:30:16,898
I want the truth. Nothing more.
457
00:30:17,733 --> 00:30:18,567
For whom?
458
00:30:19,526 --> 00:30:22,279
For the Federation or yourself?
459
00:30:23,697 --> 00:30:25,032
For all of us.
460
00:30:25,115 --> 00:30:28,035
This is immaterial
and beyond the scope of this debate.
461
00:30:28,118 --> 00:30:32,539
I am the chair of this quorum,
and I move to dismiss.
462
00:30:32,622 --> 00:30:35,125
Peer V'Kir has made a motion to dismiss.
463
00:30:35,667 --> 00:30:37,711
-Is there consensus?
-There is not.
464
00:30:37,794 --> 00:30:39,421
I'll abstain at this time.
465
00:30:39,504 --> 00:30:43,842
Three quorum members,
three opinions, no consensus.
466
00:30:43,925 --> 00:30:47,471
Let us take a moment to adjourn
to be in our thoughts.
467
00:30:50,974 --> 00:30:53,185
None of these canisters should be empty.
468
00:30:53,268 --> 00:30:56,521
-Take them to the storage bay. Please.
-[man] Aye, commander.
469
00:30:56,605 --> 00:30:57,939
What's that look?
470
00:30:58,023 --> 00:30:59,483
I need to talk to you.
471
00:31:04,988 --> 00:31:08,200
Saru asked me
to be his acting First Officer.
472
00:31:14,664 --> 00:31:18,877
So, that would make you
my superior officer?
473
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:19,795
Yeah.
474
00:31:21,546 --> 00:31:23,840
Position only, not in rank.
475
00:31:23,924 --> 00:31:27,761
Most of this crew
has more experience than me, so...
476
00:31:28,887 --> 00:31:32,849
I guess I'm just, like, wondering, like,
um, what you would think about...
477
00:31:35,685 --> 00:31:36,978
me taking it.
478
00:31:38,939 --> 00:31:42,692
Honestly, the notion
of taking orders from you
479
00:31:43,610 --> 00:31:45,362
is deeply, deeply weird.
480
00:31:45,445 --> 00:31:47,948
Almost, uh, disturbing.
481
00:31:49,616 --> 00:31:52,035
What's your ETA
on recalibrating for the jump back?
482
00:31:52,119 --> 00:31:54,204
Tell Detmer to relax. I'll be ready.
483
00:31:54,287 --> 00:31:57,332
-I need to--
-Yeah. I know. Thank you. Sorry. Thanks.
484
00:31:57,416 --> 00:31:59,418
[chamber opens]
485
00:31:59,501 --> 00:32:01,920
[Burnham] V'Kir made up his mind
before he set foot here.
486
00:32:02,003 --> 00:32:04,214
He believes he's protecting his homeworld.
487
00:32:04,297 --> 00:32:07,551
Engaging with you means
moving closer to the Federation.
488
00:32:07,634 --> 00:32:09,928
He's weighing that as well. They all are.
489
00:32:10,011 --> 00:32:12,347
He claims to be a follower of Spock.
490
00:32:13,056 --> 00:32:17,018
-That means seeking the truth.
-He opened himself up and spoke the truth.
491
00:32:17,102 --> 00:32:19,062
As did I. I'm being truthful.
492
00:32:19,146 --> 00:32:22,441
Not as truthful as you were with me
about whether or not you fit here.
493
00:32:22,983 --> 00:32:25,277
-That's personal.
-It's relevant.
494
00:32:25,861 --> 00:32:27,988
I thought you were advocating for me.
495
00:32:28,071 --> 00:32:29,448
What do you think I am doing?
496
00:32:29,531 --> 00:32:31,450
But this is a lost cause? Right?
497
00:32:31,533 --> 00:32:33,994
They are not
the only audience in the room.
498
00:32:34,536 --> 00:32:36,705
You are Qowat Milat
499
00:32:38,123 --> 00:32:39,666
and you are my mother.
500
00:32:42,002 --> 00:32:45,964
Tell them that you know me.
Tell them I can be trusted.
501
00:32:46,631 --> 00:32:47,466
I'm sorry.
502
00:32:48,133 --> 00:32:52,679
Based on what you're not telling them,
you cannot be trusted.
503
00:32:55,140 --> 00:32:57,142
[suspenseful music playing]
504
00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:01,688
[gong ringing]
505
00:33:01,771 --> 00:33:04,524
[woman]TheT'Kal-in-ket resumes.
506
00:33:14,326 --> 00:33:15,160
I...
507
00:33:21,208 --> 00:33:24,252
I have presented data
that I believe shows that the Burn
508
00:33:25,378 --> 00:33:27,297
was not caused by SB-19.
509
00:33:30,842 --> 00:33:32,886
However, it is true that...
510
00:33:35,305 --> 00:33:36,765
I cannot be sure.
511
00:33:42,562 --> 00:33:44,564
With humility, I ask for your help.
512
00:33:46,233 --> 00:33:49,611
And we are telling you that the SB-19 data
513
00:33:49,694 --> 00:33:52,572
definitively concludes
that the Burn started here.
514
00:33:54,074 --> 00:33:55,408
Why don't you believe us?
515
00:33:55,492 --> 00:33:59,538
Commander Burnham, are you speaking
on behalf of the Federation?
516
00:33:59,621 --> 00:34:01,706
Yes, I am.
517
00:34:01,790 --> 00:34:05,377
[Shira] Then everything you say
must be weighted with that fact.
518
00:34:05,460 --> 00:34:09,047
Ni'Var did not take the decision
to leave the Federation lightly.
519
00:34:09,130 --> 00:34:13,343
You are asking us to trust
that they will not use our data unwisely,
520
00:34:13,426 --> 00:34:16,721
that they will not resume
the original experiment.
521
00:34:16,805 --> 00:34:18,682
[audience murmuring]
522
00:34:18,765 --> 00:34:20,308
That is a big ask.
523
00:34:20,392 --> 00:34:21,393
I know.
524
00:34:24,062 --> 00:34:25,772
But the Federation can be trusted.
525
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:31,570
She's asking this quorum
to take what she says on faith.
526
00:34:32,654 --> 00:34:35,490
She demands trust,
while her own actions are cynical.
527
00:34:38,451 --> 00:34:41,496
I only seek to share information
that can better both of our futures.
528
00:34:41,580 --> 00:34:43,373
And we should believe you?
529
00:34:44,416 --> 00:34:45,250
Yes.
530
00:34:45,333 --> 00:34:47,127
[Gabrielle] Because you are honest
when you say
531
00:34:47,210 --> 00:34:50,297
the Federation has
Ni'Var's best intentions at heart?
532
00:34:50,380 --> 00:34:51,339
Yes.
533
00:34:51,423 --> 00:34:55,468
But your own story is completely
incongruous to those assertions.
534
00:34:55,552 --> 00:34:56,428
What?
535
00:34:56,511 --> 00:35:00,974
Didn't you mutiny against your friend
and mentor, Captain Philippa Georgiou,
536
00:35:01,057 --> 00:35:02,767
at the Battle of the Binary Stars
537
00:35:02,851 --> 00:35:05,228
so you could deal
with the Klingons as you saw fit?
538
00:35:05,312 --> 00:35:08,648
-Yes, but they--
-Didn't she ultimately die in that battle?
539
00:35:11,526 --> 00:35:12,360
Yes.
540
00:35:12,444 --> 00:35:14,487
[Gabrielle] Less than 48 hours ago,
541
00:35:14,571 --> 00:35:17,741
you were relieved of your duty
as First Officer again
542
00:35:17,824 --> 00:35:21,703
for disobeying yet another direct command
from yet another captain.
543
00:35:22,329 --> 00:35:26,124
This is who the Federation sends us
after nearly a century.
544
00:35:26,207 --> 00:35:29,669
And just moments ago,
she shared her misgivings with me
545
00:35:29,753 --> 00:35:32,005
about whether or not
she even belongs here.
546
00:35:32,088 --> 00:35:34,174
-Isn't that true?
-It's not that simple.
547
00:35:34,257 --> 00:35:35,425
It is.
548
00:35:36,009 --> 00:35:37,218
So, I will ask again.
549
00:35:37,302 --> 00:35:39,054
Why does this quorum,
550
00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:44,893
why does anyone have any reason
to trust you or the Federation?
551
00:35:53,276 --> 00:35:57,656
Distinguished Peers, let me speak truth
to you because she is unable to.
552
00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:00,617
She did not have the childhood
I would've wished for her.
553
00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:02,327
I orphaned her.
554
00:36:03,703 --> 00:36:06,748
She may have grown up here,
but she was never Vulcan.
555
00:36:06,831 --> 00:36:09,709
She is human, through and through.
556
00:36:09,793 --> 00:36:13,254
And being human,
she is governed by emotion
557
00:36:13,338 --> 00:36:16,675
and a desire to insinuate herself
into certain matters of import
558
00:36:16,758 --> 00:36:18,593
to fill an emotional void.
559
00:36:18,677 --> 00:36:21,888
I maintain that that void
has made her vulnerable to manipulation
560
00:36:21,971 --> 00:36:23,264
by the Federation.
561
00:36:23,348 --> 00:36:25,308
I am not being manipulated.
562
00:36:25,392 --> 00:36:28,895
Then you admit to letting them exploit
the fact that you're Spock's sister?
563
00:36:28,978 --> 00:36:31,398
I would never disrespect my brother.
You know that.
564
00:36:31,481 --> 00:36:34,943
Your methods and motives are clouded.
Even to yourself.
565
00:36:35,026 --> 00:36:37,862
You demanded this quorum
without resolving to be honest.
566
00:36:37,946 --> 00:36:43,326
You thought I would not fulfill my duty
to truth because I am your mother.
567
00:36:45,078 --> 00:36:46,246
But you're mistaken.
568
00:36:46,996 --> 00:36:49,290
[tense music playing]
569
00:36:49,374 --> 00:36:52,043
Fine. There are things
I didn't willingly share.
570
00:36:52,127 --> 00:36:55,630
But as my Qowat Milat advocate,
I demand that you confirm the truth.
571
00:36:55,714 --> 00:36:58,967
Didn't the Federation give me
a mission and a purpose?
572
00:36:59,050 --> 00:37:00,468
-Yes.
-Didn't the Federation
573
00:37:00,552 --> 00:37:02,804
give me a place and a family?
574
00:37:02,887 --> 00:37:05,682
-Yes.
-Didn't my crew and I risk our lives?
575
00:37:05,765 --> 00:37:09,310
And work together in the past
to save all sentient life in the universe?
576
00:37:09,894 --> 00:37:10,937
[Gabrielle] That is true.
577
00:37:11,020 --> 00:37:14,774
And isn't it true that the only reason
we are all sitting here today
578
00:37:14,858 --> 00:37:17,610
is because the Federation gave
the U.S.S. Discovery
579
00:37:17,694 --> 00:37:20,488
the resources and the mandate
to solve the biggest,
580
00:37:20,572 --> 00:37:23,074
most troublesome problems in the galaxy?
581
00:37:23,158 --> 00:37:24,200
Yes.
582
00:37:25,118 --> 00:37:28,913
Didn't you see all of us,
imperfect and flawed as we all are,
583
00:37:28,997 --> 00:37:33,334
-still live up to its best ideals?
-Yes, I did.
584
00:37:33,418 --> 00:37:36,254
So, I may question and I may fear
585
00:37:36,796 --> 00:37:39,048
because the problems
often seem insurmountable.
586
00:37:39,132 --> 00:37:42,177
-But haven't we always risen to meet them?
-Yes.
587
00:37:42,260 --> 00:37:45,555
Why don't you believe me when I say
it is the greater good I am fighting for,
588
00:37:45,638 --> 00:37:48,099
that I have always been fighting for?
589
00:37:48,183 --> 00:37:51,144
Then why are you struggling
with whether or not you belong here?
590
00:38:01,988 --> 00:38:02,989
I don't know.
591
00:38:06,034 --> 00:38:08,411
Maybe because the stakes
are so much higher now.
592
00:38:12,207 --> 00:38:13,541
Everything is different.
593
00:38:15,835 --> 00:38:17,420
And every day, there's this fear,
594
00:38:19,047 --> 00:38:21,633
this fear that I'm doing it wrong.
595
00:38:24,803 --> 00:38:28,223
Like I'll destroy the people I love.
596
00:38:30,683 --> 00:38:32,894
What if I lose everything and everyone?
597
00:38:34,354 --> 00:38:36,523
After all we've sacrificed.
598
00:38:39,025 --> 00:38:39,859
I know.
599
00:38:44,072 --> 00:38:46,241
Now she speaks truthfully.
600
00:38:51,037 --> 00:38:52,747
I thank you for your candor,
601
00:38:53,665 --> 00:38:54,499
daughter.
602
00:38:55,792 --> 00:38:59,921
I appreciate your sentiments,
but candor will not prevent another Burn.
603
00:39:00,588 --> 00:39:04,342
Our society only wants stability
and peace.
604
00:39:04,425 --> 00:39:06,636
Peer V'Kir, we are to determine
605
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:10,849
if we're going to share the SB-19 data
based on scientific evidence.
606
00:39:10,932 --> 00:39:14,143
We are not here to decide
what our society wants.
607
00:39:14,227 --> 00:39:16,145
Vulcans will choose
whatever serves them best
608
00:39:16,229 --> 00:39:17,814
and insist it is only logical.
609
00:39:17,897 --> 00:39:20,650
If the Vulcans won't share their data,
then the Romulans will.
610
00:39:20,733 --> 00:39:22,402
[audience murmuring]
611
00:39:23,319 --> 00:39:24,654
[Shira] My brothers!
612
00:39:24,737 --> 00:39:26,447
Peer N'Raj, this is not the way.
613
00:39:26,531 --> 00:39:28,950
What way do you know?
You sit in the middle,
614
00:39:29,033 --> 00:39:31,160
-trying to be everything and nothing.
-Friends!
615
00:39:34,247 --> 00:39:36,666
This is not
what my brother would have wanted.
616
00:39:37,792 --> 00:39:40,044
He revealed the connection
between your cultures.
617
00:39:40,128 --> 00:39:42,005
I implore you, don't lose that.
618
00:39:42,088 --> 00:39:44,340
Clearly more tenuous than we'd realized.
619
00:39:45,466 --> 00:39:48,261
-Perhaps it is already lost.
-[Burnham] No.
620
00:39:49,554 --> 00:39:50,763
No, it is not.
621
00:39:52,015 --> 00:39:55,018
Spock believed you could create
something bigger than yourselves.
622
00:39:55,101 --> 00:39:56,769
That's what this quorum is.
623
00:39:57,562 --> 00:39:59,105
That's what Ni'Var is.
624
00:40:02,984 --> 00:40:04,319
That's what the Federation is.
625
00:40:06,946 --> 00:40:08,865
[T'Rina] You represent the Federation,
626
00:40:10,158 --> 00:40:13,494
yet you invoke Ambassador Spock,
who left it behind.
627
00:40:14,370 --> 00:40:19,250
Doesn't mean he didn't love it.
Doesn't mean he wouldn't have returned.
628
00:40:20,877 --> 00:40:24,589
How and if he understood love
is something we can never know.
629
00:40:26,132 --> 00:40:27,383
I think I might know.
630
00:40:34,766 --> 00:40:37,101
The Burn nearly destroyed the Federation.
631
00:40:39,312 --> 00:40:43,608
I will not add the peace of Ni'Var
to its list of casualties.
632
00:40:49,948 --> 00:40:51,824
I withdraw my request.
633
00:40:52,825 --> 00:40:54,035
[rings]
634
00:40:56,621 --> 00:40:57,830
What about the data?
635
00:40:59,707 --> 00:41:00,667
I'll keep searching.
636
00:41:01,209 --> 00:41:03,878
I'll send whatever I find
to the Ni'Var Science Institute.
637
00:41:03,962 --> 00:41:07,882
You can do with it what you want.
I ask you for nothing.
638
00:41:11,010 --> 00:41:15,807
But I am giving you my trust,
as a member of Starfleet.
639
00:41:22,063 --> 00:41:24,065
[dramatic music playing]
640
00:41:49,257 --> 00:41:50,925
[door chimes]
641
00:41:51,009 --> 00:41:51,884
[sighs]
642
00:41:52,593 --> 00:41:53,428
Come in.
643
00:42:00,727 --> 00:42:02,645
I got where you were going back there.
644
00:42:04,522 --> 00:42:07,066
You could've picked a better time
to do some parenting.
645
00:42:07,150 --> 00:42:09,110
Is this what you were like
as a 12-year-old?
646
00:42:16,075 --> 00:42:19,454
You know, the first thing you told me
after all this time...
647
00:42:22,165 --> 00:42:25,376
was that you didn't know how you fit in
with your family anymore.
648
00:42:27,670 --> 00:42:31,591
Michael, you don't need to choose
between the person you used to be
649
00:42:31,674 --> 00:42:33,301
and the person you are now.
650
00:42:34,302 --> 00:42:35,261
You shouldn't.
651
00:42:36,220 --> 00:42:38,347
Duty and joy go hand in hand.
652
00:42:38,431 --> 00:42:41,934
Duty is there so you can continue
to pursue your happiness,
653
00:42:42,018 --> 00:42:43,352
and joy is there
654
00:42:44,270 --> 00:42:46,689
so that you have something real
to fight for.
655
00:42:47,607 --> 00:42:49,609
[tender music playing]
656
00:42:54,489 --> 00:42:55,490
So, what now?
657
00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:58,701
I told you there was another audience.
658
00:42:59,911 --> 00:43:03,498
When President T'Rina saw you,
when you let her see you,
659
00:43:06,334 --> 00:43:09,545
she decided that trusting you
was worth the risk.
660
00:43:18,304 --> 00:43:22,308
And she also said she wondered
how much of the man Spock became
661
00:43:23,184 --> 00:43:25,686
was the result of who his sister was.
662
00:43:45,123 --> 00:43:47,333
You're staying on Ni'Var, aren't you?
663
00:43:48,459 --> 00:43:50,044
I can't be bound to you.
664
00:43:51,671 --> 00:43:53,339
You're not a lost cause.
665
00:43:55,758 --> 00:43:58,511
But I finally get a chance
to say something to you
666
00:43:59,011 --> 00:44:01,931
that I've wanted to say
for a very long time.
667
00:44:04,851 --> 00:44:07,311
You always know where to find me.
668
00:44:18,156 --> 00:44:19,282
You wanted to see me?
669
00:44:25,163 --> 00:44:27,290
-You told them?
-Of course I told them.
670
00:44:27,790 --> 00:44:30,877
I-- I haven't given an answer yet.
671
00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:32,044
Say yes.
672
00:44:32,628 --> 00:44:34,547
-But I--
-Say yes.
673
00:44:35,214 --> 00:44:37,466
-Say yes.
-Say yes.
674
00:44:38,050 --> 00:44:40,178
-Say yes.
-Just say it!
675
00:44:42,763 --> 00:44:43,598
Really?
676
00:44:49,020 --> 00:44:51,564
-Why?
-Because...
677
00:44:51,647 --> 00:44:56,277
we know you, and knowing you,
we'd all follow you anywhere.
678
00:44:56,819 --> 00:44:58,696
Saru made the right choice.
679
00:44:59,614 --> 00:45:02,491
Well, I'm gonna need all of your help.
680
00:45:02,575 --> 00:45:08,331
Of course. But first, we'd like to present
a list of grievances and requests.
681
00:45:08,414 --> 00:45:09,707
-[woman] Yes.
-[Rhys] I need
682
00:45:09,790 --> 00:45:12,376
two weeks' leave on Earth.
A place called Hawaii.
683
00:45:13,294 --> 00:45:15,713
Yeah, the head
in my 'fresher's leaking, so...
684
00:45:15,796 --> 00:45:17,924
I'd like quarters with a window.
685
00:45:18,007 --> 00:45:21,928
I'd like you to assign someone
to help me analyze all this SB-19 data.
686
00:45:22,011 --> 00:45:23,804
-No. You got it?
-[Burnham chuckles]
687
00:45:23,888 --> 00:45:25,932
[Tilly] Oh! That's amazing!
688
00:45:29,602 --> 00:45:31,228
I really wanted to tell you...
689
00:45:31,312 --> 00:45:33,105
Oh, did I miss the cool "say yes" part?
690
00:45:34,815 --> 00:45:36,192
I'm sorry I'm late.
691
00:45:37,401 --> 00:45:40,446
-I just wanted your blessing.
-No, you don't need that.
692
00:45:42,156 --> 00:45:43,741
How can I make it easier?
693
00:45:44,492 --> 00:45:45,534
You lead me.
694
00:45:48,621 --> 00:45:50,373
Wait, you mean, you're not leaving?
695
00:45:54,919 --> 00:45:56,462
I'm here for the duration.
696
00:45:59,090 --> 00:46:00,216
[Burnham chuckles]
697
00:46:06,639 --> 00:46:08,182
Commander Burnham,
698
00:46:08,265 --> 00:46:11,352
I want you to take that data
to the science lab immediately.
699
00:46:11,435 --> 00:46:14,563
You are going to figure out
what caused the Burn
700
00:46:14,647 --> 00:46:16,607
and help to rebuild the Federation.
701
00:46:16,691 --> 00:46:18,359
-Yeah.
-Yes. Yes!
702
00:46:22,655 --> 00:46:23,656
We all will.
703
00:46:27,702 --> 00:46:30,663
Thought you were going to ask me
to switch my bed to the other side.
704
00:46:30,746 --> 00:46:32,206
Yeah, no, that's happening.
705
00:46:32,289 --> 00:46:34,208
Oh, well, whatever you say, Number One.
706
00:46:34,291 --> 00:46:36,502
[Tilly and Burnham laugh]
707
00:46:37,128 --> 00:46:38,421
[T'Rina] Thank you, captain.
708
00:46:39,255 --> 00:46:40,131
This has been...
709
00:46:41,424 --> 00:46:44,135
quite different from what I expected.
710
00:46:49,348 --> 00:46:50,683
That was a compliment.
711
00:46:52,351 --> 00:46:53,185
Ah.
712
00:46:54,228 --> 00:46:55,187
If I may...
713
00:46:57,106 --> 00:47:00,401
I understand
the situation on Ni'Var is complex.
714
00:47:00,484 --> 00:47:03,112
Contemplating a future
within the Federation
715
00:47:03,612 --> 00:47:06,115
may be premature at this time.
716
00:47:06,198 --> 00:47:07,116
However...
717
00:47:08,576 --> 00:47:09,827
I would very much appreciate
718
00:47:09,910 --> 00:47:13,247
the opportunity to continue
our conversation.
719
00:47:13,330 --> 00:47:14,582
As would I.
720
00:47:15,666 --> 00:47:16,542
In time.
721
00:47:18,127 --> 00:47:19,628
Thank you, Madam President.
722
00:47:22,048 --> 00:47:24,550
Live long and prosper, Captain Saru.
723
00:47:36,062 --> 00:47:38,064
[tender music playing]
724
00:47:44,820 --> 00:47:47,031
-You got the data, didn't you?
-I did.
725
00:47:47,114 --> 00:47:48,699
And you're not leaving, are you?
726
00:47:49,742 --> 00:47:50,576
No.
727
00:47:58,626 --> 00:47:59,668
I belong here.
728
00:48:03,506 --> 00:48:04,507
With this crew.
729
00:48:08,302 --> 00:48:09,595
True believer, right?
730
00:48:15,810 --> 00:48:17,019
What does that mean for you?
731
00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:22,566
I don't know.
732
00:48:23,609 --> 00:48:25,611
[purring]
733
00:48:30,741 --> 00:48:32,201
You feel like home.
734
00:48:34,328 --> 00:48:35,162
So do you.
735
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