1 00:00:01,001 --> 00:00:02,993 [narrator] Previously on Star Trek: Discovery: 2 00:00:03,086 --> 00:00:05,126 Captain Christopher Pike, requesting to come aboard. 3 00:00:05,214 --> 00:00:08,048 I'm here at Starfleet's order, to command the Discovery. 4 00:00:08,133 --> 00:00:10,591 In the past 24 hours, Federation sensors picked up 5 00:00:10,677 --> 00:00:13,761 seven red bursts spread out across more than 30,000 light-years. 6 00:00:13,847 --> 00:00:16,510 And right now, this little dot is the only one willing 7 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:18,216 - to tell us where it is. - Hit it. 8 00:00:20,103 --> 00:00:22,140 Pike to Discovery, get us out of here. 9 00:00:22,231 --> 00:00:23,438 Wait! 10 00:00:25,025 --> 00:00:26,641 [Tilly] I need a sample of the asteroid. 11 00:00:26,735 --> 00:00:29,227 If my theory is correct, we'll interact with dark matter, sir. 12 00:00:29,321 --> 00:00:31,654 The asteroid has been shedding rocks all over the place. 13 00:00:31,740 --> 00:00:33,356 We still have time to reach one. 14 00:00:34,910 --> 00:00:36,262 - It's in the bay. - [Saru] Status? 15 00:00:36,286 --> 00:00:39,279 [Tilly] The shuttle bay needs a little TLC but all is well, commander. 16 00:00:39,373 --> 00:00:40,409 I saw you die. 17 00:00:40,499 --> 00:00:42,411 I watched Tyler kill you. 18 00:00:42,501 --> 00:00:44,458 I held your body in my arms. 19 00:00:44,545 --> 00:00:45,752 I believe in you, Paul. 20 00:00:45,837 --> 00:00:46,797 I love you. 21 00:00:46,798 --> 00:00:48,334 I'd like to go to Enterprise. 22 00:00:48,423 --> 00:00:50,756 I am sorry, Burnham, but Spock's not there. 23 00:00:50,842 --> 00:00:53,459 A few months ago, I felt something shift in him. 24 00:00:53,554 --> 00:00:55,841 As if he'd run into a question he couldn't answer. 25 00:00:56,890 --> 00:00:58,847 He asked me for time. I gave it to him. 26 00:00:59,434 --> 00:01:00,434 Oh, Spock. 27 00:01:08,026 --> 00:01:10,946 [Spock on recording] As a child, I had what my mother called "nightmares." 28 00:01:12,406 --> 00:01:14,568 She taught me to control my fear by drawing, 29 00:01:15,158 --> 00:01:16,399 rendering fear powerless. 30 00:01:17,703 --> 00:01:19,160 The nightmares have returned. 31 00:01:19,621 --> 00:01:21,738 The same vision, again and again. 32 00:01:22,791 --> 00:01:25,534 I now understand its meaning, and where it must lead me. 33 00:01:26,712 --> 00:01:29,955 I have encoded it within this audio file in the event of my death. 34 00:01:30,924 --> 00:01:33,462 This may be my last entry aboard the Enterprise. 35 00:01:38,390 --> 00:01:40,598 Spock has had this tablet since he was a boy. 36 00:01:41,184 --> 00:01:42,800 I took it from his quarters. 37 00:01:42,894 --> 00:01:46,262 He drew these signals, two months before they appeared to us. 38 00:01:46,356 --> 00:01:49,064 Computer, show me Starfleet's rendering of the seven signals. 39 00:01:50,319 --> 00:01:52,276 Rotate 90 degrees counterclockwise. 40 00:01:53,113 --> 00:01:54,604 It's damn near identical. 41 00:01:54,698 --> 00:01:56,735 - Any more sketches like this one? - No. 42 00:01:58,243 --> 00:02:00,906 Sir, my brother sounds deeply troubled. 43 00:02:00,996 --> 00:02:03,909 I know he's on leave, but we need to contact him, 44 00:02:03,999 --> 00:02:06,116 find out what he knows about these signals. 45 00:02:07,753 --> 00:02:09,335 I know where Spock is, Burnham. 46 00:02:11,006 --> 00:02:12,006 Have a seat. 47 00:02:19,556 --> 00:02:20,556 Your brother... 48 00:02:21,683 --> 00:02:24,016 is in the psychiatric unit on Starbase 5... 49 00:02:25,771 --> 00:02:27,728 since about a week after he took leave. 50 00:02:28,982 --> 00:02:30,723 Committed to the facility at his request. 51 00:02:32,778 --> 00:02:35,987 Why weren't my parents or I told about this request? 52 00:02:37,115 --> 00:02:39,778 It's Starfleet protocol to reach out to the families... 53 00:02:39,868 --> 00:02:42,702 Unless the patient doesn't want that, and Spock said no. 54 00:02:43,997 --> 00:02:44,997 Emphatically. 55 00:02:45,749 --> 00:02:46,785 With that said... 56 00:02:47,959 --> 00:02:49,825 his association with these signals 57 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:52,503 outweighs his desire for absolute privacy. 58 00:02:53,131 --> 00:02:56,590 You could extend an olive branch to your brother, 59 00:02:57,219 --> 00:02:59,336 but he'll need to decide to take it. 60 00:02:59,429 --> 00:03:00,429 He won't. 61 00:03:03,016 --> 00:03:04,302 At least not from me. 62 00:03:05,060 --> 00:03:11,022 The way I left things with my brother, we haven't spoken in years. 63 00:03:11,942 --> 00:03:13,899 Family dynamics can be complicated. 64 00:03:15,112 --> 00:03:16,774 My father was a science teacher. 65 00:03:16,863 --> 00:03:19,480 When he wasn't doing that, he taught Comparative Religion. 66 00:03:20,117 --> 00:03:23,326 It was a confusing household, and we didn't agree on a lot. 67 00:03:24,746 --> 00:03:26,954 Look, I've shared with you everything I know. 68 00:03:27,999 --> 00:03:29,706 Trust you can do the same with me. 69 00:03:30,168 --> 00:03:33,002 If there's ever anything you feel you ought to tell me... 70 00:03:39,177 --> 00:03:41,089 Sir, when we were on that asteroid... 71 00:03:48,061 --> 00:03:49,097 I... 72 00:03:51,898 --> 00:03:55,938 I never properly thanked you for coming back to get me. 73 00:03:57,154 --> 00:03:59,396 - You're welcome. - [PA beeps] 74 00:03:59,489 --> 00:04:01,572 [Saru] Captain Pike to the bridge immediately. 75 00:04:01,658 --> 00:04:03,024 [Bryce] Captain on the bridge. 76 00:04:03,827 --> 00:04:06,365 Ah. Captain, another signal has just appeared. 77 00:04:08,373 --> 00:04:11,582 The transmission is too faint to determine the exact coordinates. 78 00:04:11,668 --> 00:04:15,287 Commander, I was using your station to run calibration modeling programs. 79 00:04:15,380 --> 00:04:16,871 Let me close some of this. 80 00:04:16,965 --> 00:04:19,833 Ensign Tilly had a notion to pinpoint the signals. 81 00:04:19,926 --> 00:04:22,168 - I gave her permission to try it. - Excellent. 82 00:04:22,262 --> 00:04:24,470 I'm modulating Discovery's deflector dish. 83 00:04:24,556 --> 00:04:26,969 The idea is it will create gravimetric distortion 84 00:04:27,058 --> 00:04:28,344 that will act like sonar. 85 00:04:28,435 --> 00:04:31,519 That's a good plan, but the signal's too far away to register. 86 00:04:32,314 --> 00:04:35,523 If we were closer, we might detect gravitational redshift 87 00:04:35,609 --> 00:04:37,601 and use that to calculate its position. 88 00:04:37,694 --> 00:04:39,811 I suggest we go to warp momentarily, 89 00:04:39,905 --> 00:04:42,345 then target it with long-range sensors as soon as we drop out. 90 00:04:42,908 --> 00:04:45,070 Take us to maximum warp for five seconds. 91 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:46,160 Aye, sir. 92 00:04:51,082 --> 00:04:54,325 Signal coordinates received, and it's in the Beta Quadrant, 93 00:04:54,419 --> 00:04:56,877 51,450 light-years away. 94 00:04:56,963 --> 00:05:00,957 At top speed, that would take us 150 years to get that far. 95 00:05:01,051 --> 00:05:03,759 My unborn children's kids would be lucky to get there. 96 00:05:03,845 --> 00:05:05,052 - Ideas? - The spore drive. 97 00:05:05,138 --> 00:05:07,221 But until a nonhuman interface is found, 98 00:05:07,307 --> 00:05:08,889 Starfleet has decommissioned it, 99 00:05:08,975 --> 00:05:10,136 or its navigator, really. 100 00:05:10,602 --> 00:05:12,685 To guide us through the mycelial network, 101 00:05:12,771 --> 00:05:15,104 Stamets injected himself with Tardigrade DNA, 102 00:05:15,732 --> 00:05:18,816 a violation of Starfleet's ban on genetic manipulation. 103 00:05:18,902 --> 00:05:21,235 They were willing to overlook this during the war. 104 00:05:21,321 --> 00:05:24,189 - A Tardigrade? - I suppose you had to be there. 105 00:05:24,282 --> 00:05:26,069 Getting to the bottom of these signals 106 00:05:26,159 --> 00:05:28,116 is of utmost importance to the Federation. 107 00:05:28,203 --> 00:05:30,616 They let you use the drive to fight the Klingons. 108 00:05:30,705 --> 00:05:32,025 They'll give us dispensation now. 109 00:05:32,082 --> 00:05:33,448 When can it be operational? 110 00:05:33,542 --> 00:05:36,125 Once I begin prepping Commander Stamets, 20 minutes. 111 00:05:36,336 --> 00:05:37,336 Get to it. 112 00:05:38,421 --> 00:05:40,101 [Tilly] Bet you're glad you stayed onboard. 113 00:05:40,173 --> 00:05:41,091 Hmm? 114 00:05:41,092 --> 00:05:44,334 Being back in the saddle, you and me, doing our thing. 115 00:05:44,928 --> 00:05:48,717 I thought the jump to Qo'noS would be the last time in a long time. 116 00:05:55,689 --> 00:05:56,689 What's wrong? 117 00:05:58,316 --> 00:06:00,353 I saw Hugh in the network. 118 00:06:01,027 --> 00:06:02,563 What, you mean after he...? 119 00:06:02,654 --> 00:06:03,770 - After he died? - Yes. 120 00:06:05,198 --> 00:06:08,316 When I was trapped there, he comforted me. 121 00:06:08,910 --> 00:06:11,698 He pushed me to escape, when I was ready to give up. 122 00:06:12,414 --> 00:06:15,373 He helped pilot Discovery out of the Terran universe, Tilly. 123 00:06:15,458 --> 00:06:16,458 He saved us all. 124 00:06:16,459 --> 00:06:19,668 - I... - I know how this sounds. 125 00:06:21,006 --> 00:06:24,625 At first I told myself it was a fabrication of my own mind, 126 00:06:24,718 --> 00:06:26,801 culled from my memories by the mycelia. 127 00:06:27,929 --> 00:06:31,047 But since then, I'm not so sure. 128 00:06:31,558 --> 00:06:34,676 I didn't see him the last time I jumped, 129 00:06:34,769 --> 00:06:36,385 but knowing it's a possibility... 130 00:06:36,479 --> 00:06:38,846 I'd think that possibility would make you happy. 131 00:06:39,482 --> 00:06:43,852 Astromycology has taught me that nothing is ever truly gone. 132 00:06:45,196 --> 00:06:47,108 Fungi are the universe's recyclers. 133 00:06:47,198 --> 00:06:50,191 This is how termination begets creation. 134 00:06:50,285 --> 00:06:52,151 It's why life is eternal. 135 00:06:53,204 --> 00:06:55,321 And my place is on this side of that cycle. 136 00:06:56,166 --> 00:06:58,453 If I return to the network and see him again... 137 00:06:58,543 --> 00:06:59,829 [Pike] We good to go, Stamets? 138 00:07:07,928 --> 00:07:10,136 [man] All personnel, prepare for black alert. 139 00:07:10,221 --> 00:07:11,428 This is not a drill. 140 00:07:11,514 --> 00:07:12,925 Repeat, this is not a drill. 141 00:07:14,517 --> 00:07:16,349 Spore drive is online. 142 00:07:19,230 --> 00:07:20,846 Spore drive is ready, captain. 143 00:07:20,941 --> 00:07:23,900 Questions or concerns before we depart, captain? 144 00:07:23,985 --> 00:07:27,194 If you're telling me that this ship can skip across the universe 145 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:29,772 on a highway made of mushrooms, I'll go on faith. 146 00:07:31,952 --> 00:07:33,193 Be bold. 147 00:07:33,286 --> 00:07:35,243 Be brave. Be courageous. 148 00:07:35,330 --> 00:07:36,330 Black alert. 149 00:07:36,957 --> 00:07:38,448 Black alert coming online. 150 00:07:39,084 --> 00:07:41,326 All personnel, black alert. 151 00:07:46,591 --> 00:07:47,591 Let's jump. 152 00:08:04,067 --> 00:08:05,729 Whoo! [chuckles] 153 00:08:06,111 --> 00:08:07,977 You never forget your first, sir. 154 00:08:09,781 --> 00:08:10,781 Ah. 155 00:08:17,747 --> 00:08:19,488 - Commander Stamets. - Not now, Tilly. 156 00:08:22,377 --> 00:08:23,493 No sign of the signal. 157 00:08:24,212 --> 00:08:26,078 - We where we should be? - Affirmative. 158 00:08:26,506 --> 00:08:28,873 - Report. - [Burnham] Class-M planet. 159 00:08:28,967 --> 00:08:31,254 No power signatures or starships in the area. 160 00:08:31,344 --> 00:08:32,835 No one scanning us from the surface. 161 00:08:32,929 --> 00:08:35,672 Wait. I detect human life signs. 162 00:08:38,476 --> 00:08:40,889 No humans have settled this far out in the Beta Quadrant. 163 00:08:40,979 --> 00:08:43,972 Captain, I'm picking up a transmission from the surface. 164 00:08:44,065 --> 00:08:45,065 Send it through, Bryce. 165 00:08:47,110 --> 00:08:49,102 - [people screaming] - [man] We're under attack. 166 00:08:49,195 --> 00:08:50,606 - We're holed up inside. - [gunfire] 167 00:08:50,697 --> 00:08:51,733 A few hundred souls. 168 00:08:51,823 --> 00:08:53,906 Men, women, and children. 169 00:08:53,992 --> 00:08:55,949 Red alert. Ready photon torpedoes. 170 00:08:56,036 --> 00:08:58,323 - Sure nobody else is out there? - We're alone. 171 00:08:58,413 --> 00:09:00,279 Pinpoint the call. Show me where it came from. 172 00:09:05,211 --> 00:09:06,247 Enhance. 173 00:09:14,304 --> 00:09:16,671 They do not seem to be in any sort of distress. 174 00:09:17,974 --> 00:09:20,682 Trace any warp signatures of starships near the planet? 175 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:24,480 Not a single one. 176 00:09:26,232 --> 00:09:29,851 I can, however, confirm that, based on audiophonic degradation, 177 00:09:29,944 --> 00:09:32,937 the transmission has been broadcasting on a loop for... 178 00:09:34,616 --> 00:09:36,482 200 years. 179 00:09:37,118 --> 00:09:38,825 Before warp was even invented. 180 00:09:40,914 --> 00:09:43,122 Somebody wanna tell me how they got here? 181 00:11:21,389 --> 00:11:24,348 The arrival of those people on the planet directly coincides 182 00:11:24,434 --> 00:11:27,222 with World War Three on Earth, a nuclear cataclysm 183 00:11:27,312 --> 00:11:29,929 that left 600 million dead and governments destroyed. 184 00:11:30,023 --> 00:11:33,232 The broadcast frequency from the surface is obsolete, 185 00:11:33,318 --> 00:11:34,934 too weak for interstellar communication. 186 00:11:35,028 --> 00:11:37,736 - It's all coming from this structure. - It's a church. 187 00:11:39,699 --> 00:11:42,487 - Yes, sir. - They speak Federation Standard. 188 00:11:42,577 --> 00:11:44,457 They had to have a starship to get out this far. 189 00:11:44,495 --> 00:11:47,203 The only way we got here was by using a spore drive. 190 00:11:47,290 --> 00:11:49,327 Yet, with the roughly 11,000 people 191 00:11:49,417 --> 00:11:51,500 spread over ten settlements across the planet, 192 00:11:51,586 --> 00:11:54,420 there is no ship or power signature to speak of. 193 00:11:54,505 --> 00:11:55,962 They don't use electricity. 194 00:11:56,049 --> 00:11:57,381 Since their society is pre-warp, 195 00:11:57,467 --> 00:11:59,584 we have to assume General Order 1 applies. 196 00:12:00,637 --> 00:12:03,596 Why did that second signal want us to come here? 197 00:12:04,265 --> 00:12:07,724 As Science Officer, I advise restraint in ascribing motivation 198 00:12:07,810 --> 00:12:12,100 to what are now simply unidentifiable energy bursts. 199 00:12:12,732 --> 00:12:14,974 "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio..." 200 00:12:15,735 --> 00:12:17,476 I know my Shakespeare, captain. 201 00:12:17,570 --> 00:12:19,812 Are you suggesting that divine intervention 202 00:12:19,906 --> 00:12:21,488 put those people on the planet? 203 00:12:21,574 --> 00:12:23,134 You're familiar with Clarke's Third Law? 204 00:12:23,201 --> 00:12:24,118 [Burnham] Yes. 205 00:12:24,119 --> 00:12:26,235 In the 20th century, Arthur C. Clarke said, 206 00:12:26,329 --> 00:12:29,743 any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. 207 00:12:29,832 --> 00:12:32,290 The law was debated by scientists and theologians, 208 00:12:32,377 --> 00:12:34,369 and later reinterpreted to say, 209 00:12:34,462 --> 00:12:37,671 "Any sufficiently advanced extraterrestrial intelligence 210 00:12:37,757 --> 00:12:40,465 is indistinguishable from God." 211 00:12:41,552 --> 00:12:44,590 I have no idea how or why they're here, 212 00:12:45,306 --> 00:12:47,423 but I highly doubt it's by accident. 213 00:12:48,101 --> 00:12:50,013 Certainly a bold interpretation, sir. 214 00:12:50,645 --> 00:12:52,136 What else do we know about the planet? 215 00:12:53,690 --> 00:12:55,602 Well, it is surprisingly Earth-like. 216 00:12:55,692 --> 00:12:56,692 However, 217 00:12:56,776 --> 00:13:00,520 the interweaving orbital rings are comprised 218 00:13:00,613 --> 00:13:03,777 of radioactive debris, unlike anything we've ever seen before. 219 00:13:03,866 --> 00:13:05,823 Figuring out how these people got there 220 00:13:05,910 --> 00:13:09,074 may shed some light on the nature of the signals themselves. 221 00:13:09,163 --> 00:13:11,444 Who's best suited to come with us to the surface, Burnham? 222 00:13:13,084 --> 00:13:14,291 Lieutenant Owosekun. 223 00:13:14,961 --> 00:13:17,328 She grew up in a Luddite collective on Earth. 224 00:13:17,422 --> 00:13:19,880 She'll know how to imbed, per General Order 1. 225 00:13:20,675 --> 00:13:21,916 Brief her and let's move. 226 00:13:22,468 --> 00:13:23,959 [computer] Your personal shielding 227 00:13:24,053 --> 00:13:25,840 is phase-locked with the gravity simulator. 228 00:13:25,930 --> 00:13:28,422 A change in gravimetric stability will result in... 229 00:13:28,516 --> 00:13:29,516 Boom. 230 00:13:30,226 --> 00:13:31,226 Confirmed. 231 00:13:31,769 --> 00:13:32,769 [sighs] 232 00:13:38,276 --> 00:13:41,064 As theorized, there are periodic concentrations 233 00:13:41,154 --> 00:13:42,611 of metreon particles. 234 00:13:43,990 --> 00:13:45,822 Yeah. Here looks promising. 235 00:13:47,660 --> 00:13:48,696 Okey-dokey. 236 00:13:52,915 --> 00:13:54,497 Activating laser core sampler, 237 00:13:54,584 --> 00:13:56,792 and corresponding internal artificial grav. 238 00:13:59,589 --> 00:14:01,046 Computer, by my calculations, 239 00:14:01,132 --> 00:14:04,091 1 cubic centimeter of metreon-charged asteroid weighs in 240 00:14:04,177 --> 00:14:06,419 at a portly 1.5 metric tons. 241 00:14:14,979 --> 00:14:18,518 - [gasps] - Metreon fluctuation detected. 242 00:14:18,608 --> 00:14:19,608 Adjust grav sim. 243 00:14:19,609 --> 00:14:22,272 - Project termination advised. - Not yet. 244 00:14:22,362 --> 00:14:24,479 Metreon-charged dark matter's our only lead 245 00:14:24,572 --> 00:14:27,531 to find a new spore-drive interface, and Stamets needs this. 246 00:14:34,832 --> 00:14:35,832 Got it. 247 00:14:36,334 --> 00:14:37,334 Secure sample. 248 00:14:39,003 --> 00:14:40,960 [woman on PA] Lieutenant Gavin to the bridge. 249 00:14:41,297 --> 00:14:43,163 Lieutenant Gavin to the bridge. 250 00:14:44,967 --> 00:14:45,967 [sighs] 251 00:14:50,139 --> 00:14:51,675 Hello, gorgeous. 252 00:14:56,521 --> 00:14:59,138 [computer] Alert. Energy discharge of unknown origin 253 00:14:59,232 --> 00:15:01,565 detected in main shuttle bay. Engineering... 254 00:15:19,293 --> 00:15:20,909 [tricorder beeping] 255 00:15:21,212 --> 00:15:22,373 No life signs inside. 256 00:15:24,257 --> 00:15:25,293 Set phasers to stun. 257 00:15:26,384 --> 00:15:29,468 - Keep them handy, but out of sight. - [phasers beeping] 258 00:15:44,694 --> 00:15:46,213 Have either of you ever been in a church? 259 00:15:46,237 --> 00:15:48,775 No. My family are non-believers. 260 00:15:49,615 --> 00:15:51,732 I'm familiar with the texts of Earth's religions. 261 00:15:52,618 --> 00:15:53,618 All right. 262 00:15:53,744 --> 00:15:57,203 Let's find out who these people are, and why they're calling for help. 263 00:16:02,462 --> 00:16:04,203 This glass is two centuries old. 264 00:16:04,630 --> 00:16:06,963 It represents not just Christianity, 265 00:16:07,049 --> 00:16:08,049 but Judaism, 266 00:16:08,551 --> 00:16:09,551 Islam, 267 00:16:09,802 --> 00:16:11,634 Hinduism, Buddhism, 268 00:16:12,263 --> 00:16:13,299 Shinto, and Wicca. 269 00:16:14,098 --> 00:16:15,885 The call is coming from beneath us. 270 00:16:17,143 --> 00:16:18,679 I'll look for the basement. 271 00:16:28,779 --> 00:16:31,442 "For those who live the old way, burn. 272 00:16:33,075 --> 00:16:36,568 Those who sin against us shall be cut down by our gods." 273 00:16:36,662 --> 00:16:38,574 That's light and welcoming. 274 00:16:39,207 --> 00:16:41,415 "When those who believe our signs come to thee, 275 00:16:41,501 --> 00:16:44,084 say, 'Peace be upon you."' 276 00:16:46,923 --> 00:16:48,289 Anthropologically speaking, 277 00:16:48,382 --> 00:16:50,302 it appears that they cobbled together a religion, 278 00:16:50,343 --> 00:16:52,335 based on the primary faiths of Earth. 279 00:16:52,428 --> 00:16:53,760 This book is 280 00:16:54,305 --> 00:16:55,671 some sort of new scripture. 281 00:16:56,182 --> 00:16:57,673 Maybe their historical record. 282 00:16:57,767 --> 00:16:59,053 I'll scan the text. 283 00:17:02,563 --> 00:17:04,225 Or we could look at the pictures. 284 00:17:04,315 --> 00:17:06,978 That was the original purpose for a window like this, 285 00:17:07,068 --> 00:17:09,606 is to teach the Gospel to those who couldn't read. 286 00:17:21,541 --> 00:17:22,998 Why aren't you in the fields? 287 00:17:24,460 --> 00:17:25,496 We're not from here. 288 00:17:27,588 --> 00:17:28,795 My name is Christopher. 289 00:17:29,423 --> 00:17:30,789 This is Michael and Joann. 290 00:17:31,342 --> 00:17:34,176 Is this your first time in New Eden? 291 00:17:34,262 --> 00:17:36,049 Yes. We're from the North. 292 00:17:37,765 --> 00:17:40,052 The All-Mother will want to see you. 293 00:17:42,311 --> 00:17:45,770 [all chanting] We welcome our new friends from the Northern Territory, 294 00:17:46,274 --> 00:17:49,062 and pledge gratitude to our creators 295 00:17:49,151 --> 00:17:52,770 for their love and deliverance to New Eden, 296 00:17:52,863 --> 00:17:54,946 on our planet, Terralysium. 297 00:17:56,617 --> 00:17:58,984 [Amesha] Tonight, on the harvest moon, 298 00:17:59,078 --> 00:18:03,823 we remember that, over 200 years ago, in 2053, 299 00:18:03,916 --> 00:18:08,081 the First Saved, soldiers and civilians among them, 300 00:18:08,170 --> 00:18:10,002 took cover in the white church 301 00:18:11,048 --> 00:18:13,335 from the devastation of World War Three. 302 00:18:14,719 --> 00:18:17,803 Jets overhead dropped nuclear bombs. 303 00:18:18,222 --> 00:18:20,680 Our ancestors knew death was coming. 304 00:18:21,309 --> 00:18:23,972 But just before the explosions, 305 00:18:24,687 --> 00:18:26,849 an angel appeared to them, 306 00:18:26,939 --> 00:18:29,477 surrounded by pillars of fire, 307 00:18:29,567 --> 00:18:32,901 and delivered our church, and those taking shelter in it, 308 00:18:32,987 --> 00:18:34,478 here to Terralysium. 309 00:18:37,366 --> 00:18:40,825 They awoke here, and founded New Eden. 310 00:18:42,455 --> 00:18:45,448 But who should they thank for this salvation? 311 00:18:46,250 --> 00:18:49,209 Which god? There were so many faiths among them. 312 00:18:49,754 --> 00:18:51,620 How would they solve such a quandary? 313 00:18:52,256 --> 00:18:54,088 By combining all religions into one. 314 00:18:56,844 --> 00:18:58,585 Say my religion is science. 315 00:18:59,388 --> 00:19:02,256 Has anyone used it to find an alternate answer 316 00:19:02,350 --> 00:19:03,932 to how our ancestors got here? 317 00:19:04,018 --> 00:19:07,102 How? Without the proper technology, 318 00:19:07,188 --> 00:19:10,602 all we've got are decaying relics that came with the First Saved. 319 00:19:11,108 --> 00:19:15,773 For years, Jacob and Rose have tried to get the church lights back on. 320 00:19:15,863 --> 00:19:19,652 Since the battery units died, and the windows went dark, 321 00:19:19,742 --> 00:19:23,201 pilgrimages to our shrine have dwindled. 322 00:19:23,287 --> 00:19:25,825 Still, there must be some rational theories 323 00:19:25,915 --> 00:19:28,032 about how the church was transported here. 324 00:19:28,542 --> 00:19:34,004 A camera attached to a soldier's helmet exists from that time, 325 00:19:34,090 --> 00:19:35,456 but it's broken. 326 00:19:36,384 --> 00:19:38,296 [Amesha] We have no need for proof. 327 00:19:38,386 --> 00:19:42,096 We are guided by the existence of something greater than ourselves. 328 00:19:42,723 --> 00:19:43,723 Our faith. 329 00:19:45,768 --> 00:19:46,768 It's getting late. 330 00:19:47,603 --> 00:19:49,265 We're setting out early tomorrow. 331 00:19:50,231 --> 00:19:52,689 Would you mind if we take shelter in your church? 332 00:19:53,234 --> 00:19:54,645 Of course not. 333 00:19:54,735 --> 00:19:56,271 Thank you for the fellowship. 334 00:19:57,863 --> 00:19:58,899 Peace be with you. 335 00:19:59,699 --> 00:20:00,815 And also with you. 336 00:20:06,747 --> 00:20:07,747 [May] Tilly. 337 00:20:08,833 --> 00:20:10,040 Tilly, wake up. 338 00:20:11,252 --> 00:20:12,252 What? 339 00:20:12,545 --> 00:20:14,002 - Where am I? - Don't worry. 340 00:20:14,088 --> 00:20:15,499 They're helping you. 341 00:20:15,589 --> 00:20:19,458 I was there when you got hurt. It was so scary. I thought I'd lost you. 342 00:20:20,052 --> 00:20:22,419 - You shouldn't do that. - [alarm beeping] 343 00:20:22,513 --> 00:20:23,970 Oh, no. Help. 344 00:20:25,349 --> 00:20:27,181 - What's going on? - [Saru] Ensign Tilly, 345 00:20:27,268 --> 00:20:30,306 dissecting a highly unstable interstellar asteroid, 346 00:20:30,396 --> 00:20:31,477 by yourself? 347 00:20:31,564 --> 00:20:33,977 This lapse in judgment put your shipmates at risk 348 00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:35,398 and nearly got you killed. 349 00:20:35,484 --> 00:20:39,103 - Will you corroborate that, Dr. Pollard? - He's correct. Almost dead. You. 350 00:20:39,196 --> 00:20:40,732 But you're gonna be okay. 351 00:20:40,823 --> 00:20:43,531 Sorry, sir. I was trying to help Commander Stamets. 352 00:20:43,617 --> 00:20:45,449 I do not see how one leads to the other. 353 00:20:45,536 --> 00:20:47,243 I took the asteroid sample in the hopes 354 00:20:47,329 --> 00:20:49,412 that I could design a coherent resonator 355 00:20:49,498 --> 00:20:51,080 to work with the spores instead. 356 00:20:51,709 --> 00:20:54,201 Building a dark-matter navigational interface, 357 00:20:54,837 --> 00:20:58,080 so Stamets would no longer have to interface with the spore drive. 358 00:20:59,550 --> 00:21:00,550 [sighs] 359 00:21:02,595 --> 00:21:06,464 Before we can care for others, we must care for ourselves. 360 00:21:07,558 --> 00:21:10,175 Has this jeopardized my placement in the Command Training Program? 361 00:21:10,269 --> 00:21:11,269 It has not, 362 00:21:11,353 --> 00:21:15,313 as long as it is not an indicator of more reckless behavior. 363 00:21:15,399 --> 00:21:20,269 You are the youngest candidate ever accepted into the C.T.P. 364 00:21:20,905 --> 00:21:22,817 Being the only Kelpien in Starfleet, 365 00:21:23,491 --> 00:21:26,825 I know how it feels to want to prove your worth. 366 00:21:26,911 --> 00:21:30,325 I was so determined to be a good example of my race, 367 00:21:30,414 --> 00:21:32,576 I learned 90 different Federation languages. 368 00:21:32,958 --> 00:21:33,958 Fluently? 369 00:21:35,878 --> 00:21:37,414 My point is... 370 00:21:38,255 --> 00:21:41,123 I put an inordinate amount of responsibility 371 00:21:41,217 --> 00:21:44,551 on these slender shoulders, often to my detriment. 372 00:21:45,638 --> 00:21:49,473 I expect you to take better care. 373 00:21:51,227 --> 00:21:52,227 You're important. 374 00:21:55,439 --> 00:21:56,439 [PA beeps] 375 00:21:56,482 --> 00:21:58,394 [Rhys] Mr. Saru, to the bridge, immediately. 376 00:21:59,068 --> 00:21:59,984 Report. 377 00:21:59,985 --> 00:22:02,568 Sensors detect a massive spike of ionizing radiation 378 00:22:02,655 --> 00:22:04,021 in the upper atmosphere. 379 00:22:04,114 --> 00:22:06,447 There's a disruption in the gravitational stability 380 00:22:06,534 --> 00:22:08,116 of the planet's outermost ring. 381 00:22:08,619 --> 00:22:10,360 This could relate to the signals. 382 00:22:10,454 --> 00:22:13,947 Radioactive particles from the ring are on the way to the planet's surface. 383 00:22:14,041 --> 00:22:15,452 - [Saru] Levels? - Bad. 384 00:22:15,543 --> 00:22:17,205 - Bad? - Really bad. 385 00:22:17,294 --> 00:22:20,128 In 64 minutes, radiation will reach the upper atmosphere, 386 00:22:20,214 --> 00:22:23,548 causing an extinction-level event. 387 00:22:27,388 --> 00:22:29,095 Tell transporters to stand by. 388 00:22:29,181 --> 00:22:31,389 Bryce, please contact the captain. 389 00:22:31,475 --> 00:22:32,591 Not possible, sir. 390 00:22:33,060 --> 00:22:34,740 Radiation's interfering with communication. 391 00:22:35,104 --> 00:22:37,016 We won't be able to transport, either. 392 00:22:37,106 --> 00:22:39,387 - Shall I send a shuttle to get them, sir? - [Stamets] No. 393 00:22:39,441 --> 00:22:41,979 The shuttle's ionized carbon exhaust will create 394 00:22:42,069 --> 00:22:45,653 a runaway positive-feedback loop that will accelerate the particles' arrival. 395 00:22:46,991 --> 00:22:48,402 I heard there was a problem. 396 00:22:49,076 --> 00:22:50,692 Happy to have you, as always. 397 00:22:50,786 --> 00:22:51,867 Especially now. 398 00:22:52,788 --> 00:22:55,576 It's highly unlikely that they can see the outer ring 399 00:22:55,666 --> 00:22:57,032 from the planet's surface. 400 00:22:57,126 --> 00:22:59,539 They'll never know it's coming until it hits. 401 00:22:59,628 --> 00:23:00,744 Time? 402 00:23:00,838 --> 00:23:03,831 Sixty-two minutes before nuclear winter becomes irreversible. 403 00:23:05,634 --> 00:23:07,500 If we were brought here... 404 00:23:09,388 --> 00:23:11,050 perhaps this is why. 405 00:23:12,766 --> 00:23:15,383 We are responsible not only to our landing party, 406 00:23:15,477 --> 00:23:18,390 but to every living being on that planet. 407 00:23:19,356 --> 00:23:22,440 Discovery will not allow a catastrophe on her watch. 408 00:23:23,193 --> 00:23:25,059 Clock is ticking. Let us get to work. 409 00:23:32,328 --> 00:23:35,696 That distress beacon's broadcasting without these people knowing it. 410 00:23:36,248 --> 00:23:38,911 We'll turn it off, so no one disturbs them, then beam up. 411 00:23:39,001 --> 00:23:40,037 [door creaking] 412 00:23:40,628 --> 00:23:42,870 [Owosekun] I isolated the distress beacon signal. 413 00:23:42,963 --> 00:23:44,170 It's coming from down here. 414 00:23:44,256 --> 00:23:46,122 [Pike] Hope that helmet camera's here, too. 415 00:23:52,348 --> 00:23:55,716 I'm sorry, sir. You can't be suggesting that we leave them here. 416 00:23:57,394 --> 00:23:59,351 Find that beacon, please, Owosekun. 417 00:24:00,564 --> 00:24:03,307 Before we transported down, you said you had a hunch 418 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:06,143 the signal we followed was leading to a rescue mission. 419 00:24:06,236 --> 00:24:07,898 No one needs rescuing, Burnham. 420 00:24:08,322 --> 00:24:10,484 This place really is a New Eden. 421 00:24:10,574 --> 00:24:12,531 Amesha and the others are kin to us. 422 00:24:13,369 --> 00:24:15,952 They deserve to be reintegrated into modern society. 423 00:24:16,038 --> 00:24:18,280 By their own account, they left Earth in 2053. 424 00:24:18,374 --> 00:24:19,831 They did not use a starship. 425 00:24:19,917 --> 00:24:22,660 That makes them pre-warp, subject to General Order 1. 426 00:24:22,753 --> 00:24:25,917 We cannot interfere with their natural development. 427 00:24:26,006 --> 00:24:28,874 But they believe Earth and the human race were destroyed. 428 00:24:28,968 --> 00:24:32,427 They're wrong. Worse, the faith they cling to is a lie. 429 00:24:32,846 --> 00:24:33,846 Can you prove that? 430 00:24:34,848 --> 00:24:39,468 What I will prove is that none of this happened because of some miracle. 431 00:24:39,561 --> 00:24:40,597 [Owosekun] Got it. 432 00:24:41,313 --> 00:24:42,645 The battery's dead, but... 433 00:24:43,816 --> 00:24:44,897 This is strange. 434 00:24:45,943 --> 00:24:49,107 Someone jury-rigged it to continue transmitting a distress call. 435 00:24:49,196 --> 00:24:50,528 [Jacob] And you answered. 436 00:24:53,075 --> 00:24:55,909 There were scientists among the First Saved, too. 437 00:24:56,704 --> 00:24:59,412 My family. For generations, we tended to that beacon. 438 00:24:59,498 --> 00:25:02,491 No one else knew it was here. You found it with that device. 439 00:25:03,127 --> 00:25:05,540 My ancestors were right, weren't they? 440 00:25:06,255 --> 00:25:08,463 The Earth wasn't destroyed. 441 00:25:08,549 --> 00:25:09,665 Mankind evolved. 442 00:25:10,300 --> 00:25:11,300 Jacob... 443 00:25:11,719 --> 00:25:15,303 This device, this has always been in my family. 444 00:25:15,389 --> 00:25:16,389 It's for navigation. 445 00:25:17,141 --> 00:25:20,725 Since the other day, when the red burst appeared in the sky, 446 00:25:20,811 --> 00:25:22,143 I knew you were coming. 447 00:25:22,229 --> 00:25:24,312 That was the light from your ship, right? 448 00:25:24,398 --> 00:25:27,891 Your hands, your skin, unravaged by the labor we do here. 449 00:25:28,610 --> 00:25:32,069 You're not from Terralysium. I can see the truth in your eyes. 450 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:34,731 Jacob, listen to me. 451 00:25:34,825 --> 00:25:35,861 You are mistaken. 452 00:25:35,951 --> 00:25:36,909 No, I'm not. 453 00:25:36,910 --> 00:25:40,028 I have been waiting for this day for a long time, 454 00:25:40,956 --> 00:25:42,117 for our true salvation. 455 00:25:43,625 --> 00:25:44,625 [Pike] Let's go. 456 00:25:45,669 --> 00:25:48,753 - We're sorry for trespassing. - No, wait. No, don't go. Wait. 457 00:25:49,173 --> 00:25:51,165 Wait. Stop. 458 00:25:53,427 --> 00:25:54,588 [shouts] 459 00:25:59,475 --> 00:26:00,591 [gasps] 460 00:26:02,019 --> 00:26:03,305 [grunting] 461 00:26:07,483 --> 00:26:08,399 It's locked. 462 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:11,017 If it's just a slide bolt, I can use a magnet to get us out. 463 00:26:12,821 --> 00:26:13,821 [coughs] 464 00:26:15,365 --> 00:26:19,075 Our utility bags are gone. Jacob must've taken all of our tech. 465 00:26:19,161 --> 00:26:21,153 To prove his case to the others, no doubt. 466 00:26:21,705 --> 00:26:22,741 Aha. Got it. 467 00:26:32,758 --> 00:26:34,590 [grunts] Yep, I can feel it. 468 00:26:42,142 --> 00:26:44,885 God or no god, we are still bound by General Order 1. 469 00:26:46,188 --> 00:26:48,646 You will not break cover, under any circumstances. 470 00:26:49,274 --> 00:26:50,856 Do you both understand? 471 00:26:51,235 --> 00:26:52,235 [both] Yes, sir. 472 00:27:00,077 --> 00:27:04,913 If X doesn't work, try Y. If Y doesn't work, try Z. 473 00:27:04,998 --> 00:27:06,330 If Z doesn't work, 474 00:27:07,042 --> 00:27:10,410 try drowning your ineptitude in a Risan mai tai. 475 00:27:10,504 --> 00:27:11,836 Where the hell is Burnham? 476 00:27:11,922 --> 00:27:14,414 I need her to, like, be here, and "yes, and" me. 477 00:27:14,508 --> 00:27:16,249 Can I help you with something? 478 00:27:16,343 --> 00:27:18,255 Yes. Yes, thank you. 479 00:27:18,887 --> 00:27:20,970 You know, I'm supposed to be on bed rest, 480 00:27:21,056 --> 00:27:23,298 but that is an affront to my very existence. 481 00:27:23,934 --> 00:27:24,934 The ship's in high alert. 482 00:27:25,018 --> 00:27:28,477 The captain, Burnham, Owo, not to mention an entire planet, 483 00:27:29,106 --> 00:27:31,223 could be nuked, and that is not happening. 484 00:27:31,316 --> 00:27:33,524 Why are you looking at me like that? You're May, right? 485 00:27:33,610 --> 00:27:35,317 Am I talking too fast? I'm problem-solving. 486 00:27:35,404 --> 00:27:36,404 I've had espressos. 487 00:27:36,446 --> 00:27:37,406 In sickbay? 488 00:27:37,407 --> 00:27:39,615 - Yeah. - Lives are at stake. 489 00:27:40,033 --> 00:27:42,901 It's always better to ask for forgiveness than permission. 490 00:27:42,995 --> 00:27:43,995 Exactly. 491 00:27:44,121 --> 00:27:46,613 I'm trying to figure out a way to stop the downflow 492 00:27:46,707 --> 00:27:48,915 of radioactive debris, then it occurred to me 493 00:27:49,001 --> 00:27:50,742 if we target the source of debris... 494 00:27:50,836 --> 00:27:52,919 - The ring itself. - Yes, thank you. 495 00:27:53,005 --> 00:27:55,122 We'd pull the debris away from the planet, 496 00:27:55,215 --> 00:27:57,707 and then we're alive, and alive is optimal. 497 00:27:57,801 --> 00:28:01,260 And I've been running models using a tractor beam, but... 498 00:28:01,346 --> 00:28:04,033 Discovery wouldn't be able to generate graviton beams powerful enough 499 00:28:04,057 --> 00:28:06,140 to change the course of the debris field. 500 00:28:06,226 --> 00:28:07,226 You read my mind. 501 00:28:07,603 --> 00:28:09,060 Your mind is so much fun. 502 00:28:10,314 --> 00:28:12,306 If only there was something on this ship 503 00:28:12,399 --> 00:28:15,062 that could generate a massive gravitational field. 504 00:28:17,738 --> 00:28:21,823 The asteroid. Dark matter. It's in the shuttle bay. It's... 505 00:28:21,909 --> 00:28:24,117 A tiny piece of it destroyed an entire table. 506 00:28:24,203 --> 00:28:26,741 It was awesome. You're a genius. 507 00:28:26,830 --> 00:28:28,492 No, you're a genius. 508 00:28:35,756 --> 00:28:37,622 The ring's radioactive wave will hit the planet 509 00:28:37,716 --> 00:28:39,252 in four minutes, 32 seconds. 510 00:28:39,343 --> 00:28:41,505 What if we throw auxiliary power to phasers, 511 00:28:41,595 --> 00:28:44,324 destroy the radioactive debris before it reaches the lower atmosphere? 512 00:28:44,348 --> 00:28:46,510 That would give it a greater concentration. 513 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:48,387 I got it. I got it, I got it. 514 00:28:48,477 --> 00:28:51,720 Tilly, how many times in a day must we have this conversation? 515 00:28:51,813 --> 00:28:54,931 No, please, sir, just hear me out. The dark-matter asteroid. 516 00:28:55,609 --> 00:28:56,645 Right, it's massive. 517 00:28:56,735 --> 00:29:00,604 And the more mass an object has, the greater its gravitational pull, right? 518 00:29:00,697 --> 00:29:02,029 You know this. 519 00:29:02,115 --> 00:29:04,732 Can I just scooch in there? Thank you. 520 00:29:04,826 --> 00:29:08,194 Yeah, so, if we launch the dark-matter asteroid 521 00:29:08,288 --> 00:29:10,826 from the shuttle bay in just the right trajectory, 522 00:29:11,458 --> 00:29:13,620 its gravity will pull the radioactive debris 523 00:29:13,710 --> 00:29:15,201 away from the planet like a... 524 00:29:15,295 --> 00:29:17,252 uh, invisible magnet. 525 00:29:18,423 --> 00:29:19,423 See? 526 00:29:22,094 --> 00:29:24,131 For the asteroid to exit at the correct angle, 527 00:29:24,221 --> 00:29:26,713 - I'd execute a sustained circular drift. - A donut. 528 00:29:27,182 --> 00:29:29,970 You would be doing a donut in a starship. 529 00:29:30,060 --> 00:29:32,894 - That's true. - Is this possible? 530 00:29:32,980 --> 00:29:34,937 Yes. Except no. 531 00:29:35,023 --> 00:29:36,639 We'd have to launch the asteroid 532 00:29:36,733 --> 00:29:39,601 from within the center of the ring's debris field. 533 00:29:39,695 --> 00:29:41,937 There is no way I can pilot us from in there. 534 00:29:42,030 --> 00:29:43,111 I can. 535 00:29:43,991 --> 00:29:45,402 We could jump. 536 00:29:47,202 --> 00:29:49,194 You have exactly two minutes, 11 seconds 537 00:29:49,288 --> 00:29:52,452 before the radioactive debris crosses the point of no return. 538 00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:54,832 Run, Mr. Stamets. 539 00:29:55,585 --> 00:29:57,702 Tell Engineering to ready the spore drive. 540 00:30:02,968 --> 00:30:05,176 [Jacob] The visitors are from the First Earth. 541 00:30:05,262 --> 00:30:06,753 They brought amazing things. 542 00:30:06,847 --> 00:30:08,008 Communication devices. 543 00:30:08,682 --> 00:30:10,048 Scientific data collectors. 544 00:30:10,142 --> 00:30:11,553 Look inside. You'll believe. 545 00:30:11,643 --> 00:30:13,805 [Pike] What happened to "Thou shalt not steal"? 546 00:30:14,688 --> 00:30:17,772 - I wanted to see the truth. - [Pike] The truth is that he attacked us. 547 00:30:17,858 --> 00:30:20,566 He violated everything that the faith holds dear. 548 00:30:20,652 --> 00:30:23,144 You give us back what you took, and we'll leave. 549 00:30:23,238 --> 00:30:26,402 Listen to me. They came on a starship. 550 00:30:27,075 --> 00:30:31,661 They can take us back home. We can experience the real Earth. 551 00:30:31,747 --> 00:30:33,830 This is your home. 552 00:30:33,915 --> 00:30:37,875 You are living by the corrupt way of the old Earth, Jacob. 553 00:30:41,298 --> 00:30:42,414 You're the scientist. 554 00:30:44,343 --> 00:30:45,504 Tell her I'm right. 555 00:30:46,261 --> 00:30:47,261 [phaser beeps] 556 00:30:47,346 --> 00:30:48,346 Look. 557 00:30:50,307 --> 00:30:51,843 Captain. No. 558 00:30:51,933 --> 00:30:52,933 No. 559 00:31:00,734 --> 00:31:01,770 He's dying. 560 00:31:03,528 --> 00:31:05,269 Save him with your technology. 561 00:31:05,364 --> 00:31:06,946 I know you can. 562 00:31:07,407 --> 00:31:09,719 We need to get to the church, pray for another deliverance. 563 00:31:09,743 --> 00:31:10,824 Yes, okay. 564 00:31:15,165 --> 00:31:16,445 [Stamets] Bridge, ready to jump. 565 00:31:17,042 --> 00:31:18,042 Are you ready? 566 00:31:18,668 --> 00:31:21,035 Had my pilot's license since 12, sir. 567 00:31:21,671 --> 00:31:22,787 Black alert. 568 00:31:24,216 --> 00:31:26,549 Airiam, now. 569 00:31:43,276 --> 00:31:45,984 - Detmer. - Initiating donut maneuver, sir. 570 00:32:23,733 --> 00:32:26,897 - It's working, sir. - Let us get our landing party. Now. 571 00:32:33,618 --> 00:32:35,200 Wait, wait. Hey, no, let me in. 572 00:32:35,912 --> 00:32:37,824 Jacob, no. Jacob. 573 00:32:48,133 --> 00:32:50,170 The gods have answered our prayer. 574 00:32:50,802 --> 00:32:52,964 The angel returned to save them. 575 00:32:53,513 --> 00:32:55,550 Transport confirms all are on board. 576 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:59,350 The asteroid diverted all the debris from the planet's atmosphere. 577 00:32:59,436 --> 00:33:00,472 Yes. 578 00:33:00,562 --> 00:33:01,562 [all cheering] 579 00:33:11,990 --> 00:33:15,825 Perhaps you should disobey my direct orders more often, ensign. 580 00:33:15,911 --> 00:33:18,528 No, I think your orders are probably really good. 581 00:33:18,622 --> 00:33:19,954 I need to pass out now. 582 00:33:20,582 --> 00:33:23,575 - Do you need assistance? - No, I'm good. Straight to bed. 583 00:33:36,056 --> 00:33:37,263 Way to go, Stilly. 584 00:33:38,391 --> 00:33:39,391 "Stilly"? 585 00:33:40,435 --> 00:33:41,471 Wait, are you...? 586 00:33:48,860 --> 00:33:49,860 [gasps] 587 00:33:58,161 --> 00:33:59,441 [Pollard] Welcome back, captain. 588 00:33:59,955 --> 00:34:00,955 You made it. 589 00:34:01,373 --> 00:34:02,580 But your ribs, 590 00:34:02,958 --> 00:34:06,201 they're gonna feel like the xylophone in a Klingon marching band. 591 00:34:06,294 --> 00:34:08,411 Consider yourself lucky to be alive. 592 00:34:08,505 --> 00:34:09,505 [gasps] 593 00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:15,544 [computer] Musk Junior High School, Class of 2247. 594 00:34:16,179 --> 00:34:17,179 Signatures page. 595 00:34:17,806 --> 00:34:20,423 Um, name, May something. 596 00:34:21,685 --> 00:34:22,971 Stilly, what the heck? 597 00:34:23,061 --> 00:34:24,723 You're moving again? 598 00:34:24,813 --> 00:34:26,725 It's only been six months. 599 00:34:27,315 --> 00:34:30,023 You're the nicest person I've met at this awful school. 600 00:34:30,652 --> 00:34:31,938 I'll miss our lunches. 601 00:34:32,028 --> 00:34:35,271 They were like little earthquakes, bounce, bounce, bounce. 602 00:34:35,365 --> 00:34:37,231 Please, stay in touch. 603 00:34:37,325 --> 00:34:38,816 Love, May Ahearn. 604 00:34:38,910 --> 00:34:39,946 Ahearn. 605 00:34:40,036 --> 00:34:41,197 Knew it. [chuckles] 606 00:34:42,455 --> 00:34:46,415 Computer, locate quarters for Ahearn, May. 607 00:34:47,127 --> 00:34:49,494 [computer] Ship's manifest has no such name. 608 00:34:49,588 --> 00:34:53,707 Computer, search Federation database for the whereabouts of Ahearn, May, 609 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:56,884 originally from San Francisco, California, Earth. 610 00:34:56,970 --> 00:34:58,006 Working. 611 00:34:59,097 --> 00:35:01,134 Ahearn, May Theresa. 612 00:35:01,224 --> 00:35:03,932 Born April 30th, 2236. 613 00:35:04,519 --> 00:35:08,138 Deceased June 9th, 2252. 614 00:35:14,112 --> 00:35:15,228 [door beeping] 615 00:35:15,614 --> 00:35:16,614 Come. 616 00:35:19,868 --> 00:35:23,612 - You wanted to see me? - Yes. And don't make me laugh. 617 00:35:23,705 --> 00:35:26,789 Fortunately for you, I was raised on Vulcan. We don't do funny. 618 00:35:27,417 --> 00:35:28,417 [chuckles] 619 00:35:28,627 --> 00:35:30,084 Maybe I should just shut up. 620 00:35:36,509 --> 00:35:37,795 I wanted to thank you 621 00:35:38,511 --> 00:35:40,844 for following orders and maintaining our cover, 622 00:35:40,930 --> 00:35:42,637 despite your captain's impairment. 623 00:35:42,849 --> 00:35:46,593 And by impairment, I mean, having a phaser go off in my chest. 624 00:35:48,521 --> 00:35:51,730 I learned the hard way what not following orders can lead to. 625 00:35:53,526 --> 00:35:54,526 In fact, 626 00:35:54,527 --> 00:35:57,486 you asked earlier if there was anything I ought to tell you. 627 00:35:57,739 --> 00:36:00,152 There is, and I didn't. 628 00:36:01,326 --> 00:36:04,160 The angelic being they worship on Terralysium, 629 00:36:04,871 --> 00:36:07,579 it appeared to me on the asteroid. 630 00:36:08,583 --> 00:36:10,199 Why didn't you say anything? 631 00:36:10,293 --> 00:36:12,159 I was injured. I thought I was hallucinating. 632 00:36:13,338 --> 00:36:14,749 That can't be a coincidence. 633 00:36:16,299 --> 00:36:18,291 Two signals, two angel sightings. 634 00:36:18,385 --> 00:36:19,717 With all due respect, sir, 635 00:36:19,803 --> 00:36:23,092 the word "angel" does carry with it certain implications. 636 00:36:24,766 --> 00:36:26,758 I saw a form. 637 00:36:27,394 --> 00:36:28,726 It hovered above me. 638 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:31,480 And it was... 639 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:35,232 to be honest, quite beautiful. 640 00:36:36,611 --> 00:36:37,611 But beyond that, 641 00:36:37,654 --> 00:36:39,771 I wouldn't ascribe to it divine properties. 642 00:36:41,574 --> 00:36:43,531 Those people in New Eden do. 643 00:36:45,912 --> 00:36:48,529 They'd find your experience to be quite a revelation. 644 00:36:48,623 --> 00:36:50,034 Is that how you see it, sir? 645 00:36:51,042 --> 00:36:52,042 As a revelation? 646 00:36:53,420 --> 00:36:54,420 At the very least. 647 00:36:56,715 --> 00:37:00,174 This new information creates more context. 648 00:37:02,095 --> 00:37:06,385 And context can alter our perspective. 649 00:37:10,145 --> 00:37:11,226 What about Jacob? 650 00:37:13,314 --> 00:37:15,055 Is he entitled to a little context? 651 00:37:16,276 --> 00:37:18,768 He knows in his heart who and what we are, 652 00:37:19,404 --> 00:37:20,770 and we chose to lie to him. 653 00:37:21,823 --> 00:37:24,031 We have the power to help him solve a mystery 654 00:37:24,117 --> 00:37:26,575 that's plagued his family for 200 years. 655 00:37:26,661 --> 00:37:29,825 - We could alter his perspective. - Look, I feel for the guy too. 656 00:37:31,708 --> 00:37:35,998 But even angels are no excuse for violating General Order 1. 657 00:37:36,087 --> 00:37:39,080 Yeah, well, I have a better excuse. His helmet camera. 658 00:37:39,716 --> 00:37:44,131 Jacob said it recorded whatever was in that church the day they were taken. 659 00:37:44,220 --> 00:37:46,837 And as I see it, sir, the urgency of our mission 660 00:37:46,931 --> 00:37:49,093 directly contradicts Starfleet's first rule. 661 00:37:49,184 --> 00:37:51,927 To serve one goal, the other has to be sacrificed. 662 00:37:53,563 --> 00:37:55,976 But that's a choice only a captain can make. 663 00:38:05,617 --> 00:38:06,617 [groans] 664 00:38:08,828 --> 00:38:09,828 [Pike] I lied. 665 00:38:11,581 --> 00:38:13,447 To protect the others from the truth. 666 00:38:13,541 --> 00:38:14,541 The truth is... 667 00:38:17,128 --> 00:38:18,335 you were right about us. 668 00:38:19,506 --> 00:38:23,591 I know what it's like to live with doubt, and I guess I didn't want that for you. 669 00:38:24,594 --> 00:38:25,594 How'd you get here? 670 00:38:27,222 --> 00:38:29,430 - Beam of light? - Yes, actually. 671 00:38:29,516 --> 00:38:30,848 It's called a transporter. 672 00:38:31,601 --> 00:38:35,936 It converts a person, or an object, into an energy pattern, 673 00:38:36,022 --> 00:38:38,014 and then beams it to a target, 674 00:38:38,107 --> 00:38:40,724 where it's eventually reconverted back into matter. 675 00:38:41,736 --> 00:38:42,736 Do you have a ship? 676 00:38:45,698 --> 00:38:46,698 Do you, uh... 677 00:38:47,909 --> 00:38:50,492 fly among the stars? 678 00:38:51,079 --> 00:38:52,079 [chuckles] 679 00:38:52,705 --> 00:38:53,705 Yeah. 680 00:38:59,337 --> 00:39:00,544 And... 681 00:39:00,630 --> 00:39:01,630 Earth? 682 00:39:01,714 --> 00:39:05,253 Well, we're part of a galactic Federation now, 683 00:39:05,885 --> 00:39:10,255 dedicated to peace, exploration, and protecting places such as your planet. 684 00:39:11,432 --> 00:39:14,641 Jacob, we cannot intervene. 685 00:39:15,603 --> 00:39:18,562 Your society has to evolve in its own way. 686 00:39:20,900 --> 00:39:25,770 My entire family spent their whole lives 687 00:39:26,406 --> 00:39:28,272 hoping to get a confirmation 688 00:39:28,366 --> 00:39:29,948 that what we believed was true. 689 00:39:33,705 --> 00:39:34,741 And you... 690 00:39:35,999 --> 00:39:37,206 gave me that answer. 691 00:39:39,127 --> 00:39:41,665 Something none of them ever got. 692 00:39:41,754 --> 00:39:44,997 And that is enough for me. 693 00:39:49,137 --> 00:39:50,344 [sighs] 694 00:39:56,144 --> 00:39:59,933 Thank you. Because of you, we're not lost anymore. 695 00:40:05,987 --> 00:40:09,321 How about this power cell, 696 00:40:10,116 --> 00:40:11,448 with a very long lifespan, 697 00:40:11,868 --> 00:40:16,954 in exchange for a soldier's broken camera, circa 2053? 698 00:40:26,883 --> 00:40:27,883 [sighs] 699 00:40:33,890 --> 00:40:35,301 I hope we meet again, Jacob. 700 00:40:36,267 --> 00:40:37,348 I know we will. 701 00:40:39,437 --> 00:40:40,848 You might wanna stand back. 702 00:40:44,233 --> 00:40:45,269 Pike to Discovery. 703 00:40:46,110 --> 00:40:47,110 One to transport. 704 00:41:56,180 --> 00:41:58,763 [man on video] We're under attack. We're holed up inside. 705 00:41:58,850 --> 00:42:01,843 A few hundred souls, men, women, and children. 706 00:42:01,936 --> 00:42:03,472 [gunfire and people screaming on video] 707 00:42:03,563 --> 00:42:05,270 Wait. Something's happening. 708 00:42:07,608 --> 00:42:09,315 My God, we're taking off! 709 00:42:10,028 --> 00:42:11,644 Oh, a blinding light! 710 00:42:12,321 --> 00:42:13,732 God help us!