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[T'Kuvma in Klingon] They are coming.
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Atom by atom...
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They will coil around us.
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And take all that we are...
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There is one way
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to confront this threat.
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By reuniting
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the twenty-four warring houses
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of our own empire.
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We have forgotten the Unforgettable.
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The last to unify our tribes.
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Kahless.
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Together under one creed,
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remain Klingon.
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[all shouting in Klingon]
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That is why
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we light our beacon this day.
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To assemble
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our people.
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To lock arms against those
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whose fatal greeting is...
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[in English] "We come in peace."
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[Burnham] We come in peace.
That's why we're here.
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- Isn't that the whole idea of Starfleet?
- [Georgiou] Hey, I taught you that.
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[Burnham] You don't trust me?
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[Georgiou] I trust you with my life,
Commander Burnham.
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But it doesn't change the fact
that you're lost.
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Very lost.
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Technically, we would be lost.
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How long until
that storm comes crashing down on us?
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I estimate one hour,
17 minutes, 22 seconds.
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Which is why
I've made sure we're not lost.
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The map says the well's this way, captain.
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This drought's gonna last 89 years.
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The Crepusculans are facing extinction
as a species.
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See those egg sacs?
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Those are their offspring.
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[Georgiou] They've survived here
for over a thousand years, Michael.
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[Burnham] If we don't do something,
they won't live another thousand hours.
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The radiation from a meteor-drilling
accident dried out their water table.
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If we get in and out without contact,
we can steer clear of General Order 1.
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And there is the well.
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[Georgiou] I stand corrected.
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[Burnham] Ye of little faith.
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[Georgiou] Never had a doubt.
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Tell me what I need
to break through.
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Point-seven-second field burst
at level setting 13.5.
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Georgiou to Shenzhou, two to transport.
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[thunder crashing nearby]
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[Burnham]
The storm is faster than I thought.
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The ship won't pick up our signatures.
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Unless we can contact Lieutenant Saru,
we could be trapped here until it's over.
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Let's take a walk.
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[creature gurgling]
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Follow my footsteps, Michael.
Even lines.
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[Burnham]
Why? Captain, where are we going?
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[Georgiou] It's your turn to trust me,
Number One.
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[Burnham] Now we're really lost.
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We're too small to be seen
with the naked eye.
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And you can't set a course without a star.
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Is it wise
to be heading away from the village?
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[Georgiou] It's hard to imagine
you've served under me for seven years.
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I think it's time that we talked about
you having your own command.
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I'm grateful, captain.
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Though I would be more so
if I thought we had any chance
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of ever returning to the ship.
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Just keep walking, Michael.
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What would you do
if you were stuck here for 89 years?
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[Burnham] A likely scenario,
unless we die here in the desert.
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But say you lived.
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As a xenoanthropologist,
I could reveal myself to the natives,
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learn their culture,
try to fit in, if possible.
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And you? What will you do
if we're trapped here for 89 years?
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That's easy. I'd escape.
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[Burnham] These are our footprints.
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- You've walked us in a circle.
- Not exactly a circle.
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[thunder crashes]
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How did they find us?
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I set a star.
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[Burnham] First officer's log,
stardate 1207.3
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On Earth, it's May 11th, 2256, a Sunday.
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The crew of the U.S.S. Shenzhou
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has been called
to the edge of Federation space
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to investigate damage done
to one of our interstellar relays.
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Blast burns around the hull
are inconclusive.
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Were they caused by an asteroid?
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Or was it deliberately destroyed
to limit Starfleet communications?
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And if so, by whom?
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Despite the risks of our mission,
I remain optimistic.
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It's hard not to be,
in the face of such beauty.
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In this case, a binary star system.
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Around these two suns,
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ice, dust and gasses collide,
to form the planets
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future generations will call home.
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A humbling reminder that all life is born
from chaos and destruction.
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[Saru] Based on readings,
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the relay doesn't appear
to have been damaged naturally.
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I don't like the look of that.
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Well, keep looking.
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The comment was figurative.
I'm expressing concern.
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Finish your scan.
Express facts instead.
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The Bridge is yours, Mr. Saru.
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Yes, commander.
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Yes, Number One?
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Your chief science officer is worried.
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Something took a bite out of our relay.
Saru thinks it was malicious.
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Saru's Kelpien.
He thinks everything's malicious.
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[Burnham chuckles]
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What do you think?
Any idea what it is?
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By all indications, nothing intelligent.
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- But?
- Starfleet's reputation for tech hygiene
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is exemplary.
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When a relay goes down,
the Federation sends a ship to fix it.
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- Someone's trying to get our attention?
- If they are, they have.
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Lieutenant Saru, what do we have?
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Ah. I am keeping us
at maximum scanning distance
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in case of anything threatening out there.
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Yes, Number One tells me
you suspect foul play.
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Well, despite the first officer's
constant need to dismiss my ideas.
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- She apparently agrees with you.
- Really?
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I'm shocked as well.
Ensign Connor.
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Agreement between my senior officers.
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- Note the date and time.
- Noted, captain.
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Is this amount of sarcasm necessary?
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Necessary? No. But I do like it.
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[Saru] There is something else out there.
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- What do you have?
- Recalibrating.
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Scans deflected.
I'm having trouble locating the source.
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Something's there,
but no one can tell where or what it is.
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Ah, wait, I have it.
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- No. Recalibrating.
- [Georgiou] Any time now, Mr. Saru.
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I have it.
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[Georgiou] Magnify.
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Is that what damaged our relay?
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What am I looking at?
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Object of unknown origin.
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- Let's get more specific.
- I'm unable to bring it into focus.
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[Georgiou] Number One?
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Range is 2000 kilometers,
bearing 358, mark 269.
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Roughly 150 meters long,
tucked into that accretion disk.
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Almost directly below us.
It's in a sensor dead zone.
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A scattering field is confounding
the ship's ability to translate the image.
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As science officer,
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I can provide a far more concrete
and in-depth analysis
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than simply reading data off a monitor.
But...
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considering it's scrambling
our optical processors,
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how are we going to see it?
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Thoughts, Number One?
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With such little data,
I'd prefer not to speculate.
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I will.
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It's lurking.
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The scattering field suggests intent.
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We see something we don't understand
and cast judgment?
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Maybe it's lost.
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- Maybe it's afraid to show its whole self.
- Hiding?
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But maybe hoping to be found.
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Here we are speculating.
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I... especially recommend
we leave it alone.
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[Georgiou] I'm not sure
we have much choice.
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We can't lock on to it.
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And we don't have a shuttle
maneuverable enough to navigate the ring.
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I'll go. All I need is a thruster pack.
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With the radiation
kicking off those binaries,
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she'll have 20 minutes until her DNA
starts to unravel like noodles.
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"Like noodles."
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I'll be back in 19. A flyby.
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A waste of resources.
What will be gained?
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Being afraid of everything
means you learn nothing.
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There's no opportunity to discover,
to explore.
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And here I thought we were doing
a deep-space relay audit.
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You're both right.
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- Saru, go with her.
- [both] Captain?
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Best keep variables to a minimum.
I don't want to put my colleague at risk.
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And you, Mr. Saru? Are you equally happy
not to be put at risk?
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Oh, on any occasion, captain.
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You realize once you reach
that scattering field,
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you could be cut off
from communication.
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We've come all this way, captain.
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It would be irresponsible
to leave whatever that is unknown.
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Just a flyby.
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Just a flyby.
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[computer] Commencing airlock
depressurization sequence.
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[Connor] Commander Burnham,
this is Ensign Danby Connor.
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On behalf of Captain Georgiou,
and the U.S.S. Shenzhou,
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we'd like to welcome you to Flight 819,
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non-stop service
to the unknown object.
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The temperature is a brisk
minus-260 degrees Celsius.
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We forecast mild debris,
but anticipate a smooth ride.
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[comm beeps]
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This is Commander Burnham.
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Commencing reconnaissance mission
to field void an unknown object.
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Data collection is on and nominal.
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All lights are green.
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[Januzzi] Establishing interlink frequency
with Burnham's EV.
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Channel clear, and ready to transmit.
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Confirming six-second directional thrust
for saucer realignment.
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[computer]
Commencing final pre-launch system checks.
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Life support: Nominal.
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Oxygen-nitrogen saturation: Nominal.
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Air pressure and flow: Nominal.
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Communication module: Active.
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Filters at 0.01 percent saturation.
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[Connor] Pre-flight checklist complete.
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Computer, enable igniter.
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[computer]
Ten seconds to thruster ignition.
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Ten, nine, eight,
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seven, six, five,
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four, three, two, one...
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[breathing heavily]
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[laughing]
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Body scan online.
Heart rate 79 and rising, BP 130 over 70.
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- It's elevated for her.
- She's having fun.
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[Detmer] Almost to the debris field.
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[Georgiou] Understood.
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Michael, watch your time.
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- Nineteen minutes, not a second longer.
- Aye, captain.
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I'm fully aware.
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- Boost signal.
- Unable to comply.
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The scattering field
must be interfering with comms.
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Mission clock at 17 minutes, 30 seconds.
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Interference is starting
to degrade resolution.
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Routing power to subspace antenna.
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Shenzhou, do you copy?
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[computer] Distance to object,
1000 kilometers.
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Shenzhou, do you copy?
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[computer] Implementing course correction.
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[breathing heavily]
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Hello.
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Shenzhou, are you able to see this?
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Michael, can you hear me? Acknowledge.
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Michael, can you hear me? Acknowledge.
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Shenzhou, do you copy?
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Data collection unit, you there?
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- [computer] Internal computer online.
- Good.
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- Mission time?
- [computer] Twelve minutes, 58 seconds.
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Plenty of time to take a peek.
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Even from this distance,
it's clearly not debris.
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Twelve minutes and 48 seconds
until maximum exposure.
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Commander is less than ten meters
from the edge of the field.
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[Burnham] I can't remember
who said sculptures
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are crystallized spirituality...
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Headlamp.
...but I see what they meant.
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This is Burnham in the blind.
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I'm above the object, which is old.
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Centuries old.
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It's difficult to tell
if it was constructed or carved.
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The only word
to effectively describe it is... "wow."
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But I'll try to be more precise.
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Its surface has the appearance of stone,
with an exoskeleton of metal alloy.
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00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:54,434
Incredibly intricate.
251
00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,277
The construction and design
are nothing short of astounding.
252
00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:01,517
I wish you could see what I'm seeing.
253
00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:03,310
It is sublime.
254
00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:10,075
It's impossible
to discern a practical purpose.
255
00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:13,672
I'm going to land on it,
get a closer look.
256
00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:18,829
Nice and easy.
257
00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:26,556
Hold on. My presence has triggered
some sort of motion response.
258
00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,758
[computer] Mission countdown,
ten minutes, 15 seconds.
259
00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:49,639
Warning: Proximity alert.
260
00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:52,720
[Burnham gasps]
261
00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:02,318
Scanning for database recognition.
262
00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:05,075
Iconography confirmed. Klingon.
263
00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:08,354
I'm Commander Burnham...
264
00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:12,593
- of the United Federation of Planets.
- [yells]
265
00:18:23,120 --> 00:18:27,160
Still no sign of Commander Burnham.
Mission clock runs out in 15 seconds.
266
00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:35,199
I have Number One. Telemetry only.
Blood pressure is 70 and falling.
267
00:18:35,360 --> 00:18:38,478
- She won't make it unless we get her now.
- Transporter. Do we have her?
268
00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:42,236
- Pattern integrity's too weak.
- Saru, get a lock, boost her signal.
269
00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:45,074
- There is no signal.
- You better get me a signal.
270
00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:48,910
- Remotely fire her jetpack.
- [robot] She's offline.
271
00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:51,276
- She's floating free.
- Engineering, tractor beam?
272
00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:53,631
Can't get a lock.
Running calculations.
273
00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:57,680
The scattering field is a problem.
We can't transport her until she clears.
274
00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:00,998
[Detmer] She'll soon exhibit symptoms
of acute radiation syndrome.
275
00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:03,157
[Connor] She's not gonna last much longer.
276
00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:04,910
Hang on.
277
00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:11,914
[Connor] Commander Burnham,
this is Shenzhou. Please respond.
278
00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:13,231
Commander Burnham?
279
00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:14,400
[alarm beeping]
280
00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:15,954
Commander, please respond.
281
00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:18,393
Shenzhou to Commander Burnham.
282
00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,590
Commander, do you read? Please respond.
283
00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:31,640
[T'Kuvma in Klingon]
Witness our brother...
284
00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:34,517
our torchbearer...
285
00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:36,678
Killed by the Federation interloper
286
00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:38,640
on our sacred beacon.
287
00:19:46,120 --> 00:19:47,474
I see you
288
00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:49,757
as you see the end.
289
00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:53,916
Our Torchbearer
290
00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:56,151
honors us.
291
00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:58,990
First to die
292
00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:00,992
in our crusade
293
00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:03,880
for self-preservation.
294
00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:39,590
[all screaming]
295
00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:53,234
Our ancestors
296
00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:55,273
welcome our fallen brother,
297
00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:56,480
Rejac,
298
00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:58,199
to their Black Fleet.
299
00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:02,276
They fight with us...
300
00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:08,599
...as we fight against our enemy.
301
00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:12,752
Remain Klingon.
302
00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:15,756
[all shouting in Klingon]
303
00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:18,675
[chattering]
304
00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:22,789
[computer] Pupil Burnham.
305
00:21:24,120 --> 00:21:25,120
Pupil Burnham.
306
00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:26,789
[chattering]
307
00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:36,877
Klingon social order rests upon?
308
00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:39,789
- Inviolable honor shame dynamic.
- [computer] Correct.
309
00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:41,713
Klingon homeworld, Qo'noS.
310
00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:44,076
- Unwelcoming to the Federation.
- Correct.
311
00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:47,352
- Klingon political order.
- Twenty-four great houses.
312
00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:51,514
Correct. Location
of the most recent Klingon terror raid.
313
00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:53,911
[buzzer beeps]
314
00:21:54,120 --> 00:21:57,079
Unacceptable duration between query
and correct response.
315
00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:00,950
Number of survivors
at the human-Vulcan science outpost
316
00:22:01,120 --> 00:22:02,270
at Doctari Alpha.
317
00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:03,960
[buzzer beeps]
318
00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:07,716
Unacceptable duration between query
and correct response.
319
00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:10,076
Number of survivors at Doctari Alpha.
320
00:22:10,360 --> 00:22:12,875
- No.
- [buzzer beeps] Unacceptable response.
321
00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:14,360
- Number of survivors...
- Please.
322
00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:16,312
[echoing] Number of survivors...
323
00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:18,720
Stop.
324
00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:20,480
Program paused.
325
00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:27,160
Sarek.
326
00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:30,312
I'm sorry. I can do better.
327
00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,395
When emotion brings us ghosts
from the past,
328
00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:36,394
only logic can root us in the present.
329
00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:38,392
Maybe I can try to learn Vulcan...
330
00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:40,518
to be quicker with my answers.
331
00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,277
Your human tongue is not the problem.
332
00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:45,353
It is your human heart.
333
00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:50,480
[gasps]
334
00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:58,194
[Nambue] Good. You're awake.
335
00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:00,316
I was dreaming.
336
00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:02,514
Oh? What about?
337
00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:05,080
Klingons.
338
00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:06,749
How did I get here?
339
00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,436
We transported you back aboard
three hours ago.
340
00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:12,720
[Burnham] Three hours?
341
00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,111
[computer]
Antiproton therapy regimen incomplete.
342
00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:17,033
[Nambue] Commander, what are you doing?
343
00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,351
- [computer] Medical emergency.
- There's no time.
344
00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:22,831
Wait, the recombination process
is nowhere near finished.
345
00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:24,872
I need you back in the chamber.
346
00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:27,475
Do you understand the effect
of genetic unspooling?
347
00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,109
You don't wanna die that way.
Commander.
348
00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:33,680
Binaries are kicking QEs
up and down the spectrum.
349
00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:36,874
[Connor] Targeting gets hot,
but I can't tell what I'm grabbing.
350
00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,555
- I wanna know what's out there.
- Go around again.
351
00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:41,712
- By the numbers.
- [Burnham] What's going on?
352
00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:45,117
Number One, you should be in Sickbay.
353
00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:46,517
What...?
354
00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:48,911
- Have they made contact?
- Who's "they"?
355
00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:52,797
- Klingons are out there. Go to red alert.
- [Georgiou] Michael...
356
00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:58,319
Almost no one has seen a Klingon
in a hundred years.
357
00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:01,598
But I have. One attacked me.
Check my helmet cam.
358
00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,799
- The footage was corrupted.
- [Saru] Sensors show the commander
359
00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:06,719
entered the Bridge in an irradiated state.
360
00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:09,913
Without treatment,
her condition will be terminal.
361
00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:12,358
He was... warrior caste.
362
00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,270
His EV suit bore a Klingon House insignia.
363
00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:17,716
- She has a concussion.
- I'm not delusional.
364
00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:20,918
This has nothing to do with a concussion.
Philippa...
365
00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:24,070
there are Klingons.
366
00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:30,720
Red alert.
367
00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:33,229
[alarm wailing]
368
00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:37,951
- Tell me what happened.
- He ambushed me.
369
00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:41,837
I hit my thruster to get away.
I knocked him into his blade.
370
00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:44,280
I killed him.
371
00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,471
That object could hide
a Klingon raiding party
372
00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:50,154
obscured behind
that scattering field.
373
00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:53,199
If there are Klingons in this sector,
they may be responsible
374
00:24:53,360 --> 00:24:55,352
for the damage to our relay.
375
00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:59,197
If there are Klingons in this sector,
we should withdraw.
376
00:24:59,360 --> 00:25:02,637
This is Federation space.
Retreat is not an option.
377
00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:07,276
Whatever is over there
needs to show itself.
378
00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:10,798
If it's hiding Klingons,
we've got to flush them out.
379
00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:13,516
Target phase cannons on the object.
380
00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:19,232
We cannot destroy another culture's
property on a whim.
381
00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:21,080
I didn't say anything about destroying it.
382
00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:23,470
Let's make them think
we're going to attack.
383
00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:25,315
Target the object.
384
00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:27,396
[Gant] We're locked on.
385
00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:29,635
Something is scanning us.
386
00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:32,317
They've detected our weapon signature.
387
00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:33,840
Wait.
388
00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:49,110
Impossible.
389
00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:53,069
- [Gant] No warp signatures detected.
- [Georgiou] Then where did they come from?
390
00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,115
Mr. Gant,
disengage phase cannon targeting.
391
00:25:57,920 --> 00:25:59,195
Number One, get to Sickbay.
392
00:25:59,360 --> 00:26:01,955
I need you fixed up
and back on the Bridge, stat.
393
00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:04,835
Mr. Januzzi, contact Starfleet Command.
394
00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:06,599
Send an encoded message.
395
00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:09,795
Tell them we have engaged the Klingons.
396
00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,952
[Januzzi] Unidentified vessel,
this is the starship Shenzhou.
397
00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:21,120
Please, respond.
398
00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:26,598
Unidentified vessel,
this is the starship Shenzhou.
399
00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:27,760
Please, respond.
400
00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:32,110
[in Klingon] All is as it is meant to be.
401
00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,994
Who is Rejac's
402
00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:38,160
next in line?
403
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,229
[Or'Eq] I am his brother.
404
00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:45,073
Or'Eq.
405
00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:46,799
The honor falls to you
406
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,276
to be our new Torchbearer.
407
00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:50,916
With respect...
408
00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:55,712
I find great wisdom in your teachings...
409
00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:57,760
But...?
410
00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:01,437
Can you be sure our brothers
and sisters will answer your call?
411
00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:04,439
They will because
the prophecy commands
412
00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:08,956
all Klingons must come
to the light of Kahless
413
00:27:09,120 --> 00:27:12,033
when it shines in the night sky.
414
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:14,637
Will ships really fly across the galaxy
415
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:16,598
because of a fable?
416
00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:19,320
So, you doubt?
417
00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:22,520
You dishonor
418
00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:25,277
only yourself.
419
00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:30,197
[Voq] I will light the beacon.
420
00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:35,871
[T'Kuvma] Speak your name.
421
00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:37,516
Voq.
422
00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:40,438
Son of none.
423
00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:47,276
You have no family blade of your own.
424
00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:51,751
You cannot assume
425
00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,116
the birthright of a noble house.
426
00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:56,994
You are unworthy.
427
00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:58,310
[Voq] I am worthy.
428
00:27:59,920 --> 00:28:00,920
Not
429
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:02,350
by blood,
430
00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:05,550
but by faith.
431
00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:14,231
I serve
432
00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:16,756
the light of Kahless.
433
00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:22,160
I am reborn
434
00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:23,390
in his flames.
435
00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:43,237
[T'Kuvma] I recognize you as one
who has lived his life on the outside
436
00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:46,151
and yearns to be part of something
437
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,551
bigger than himself.
438
00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:57,755
Some may see the color of your skin
439
00:28:57,960 --> 00:28:59,599
as nature's mistake.
440
00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:04,720
I call it a mirror,
441
00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:08,274
for I see myself in you.
442
00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:11,880
[alarm buzzing]
443
00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:13,560
[L'Rell] My Lord.
444
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,717
Long-range sensors show the movement,
445
00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:18,519
just as you predicted.
446
00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:22,677
Excellent. The time has come.
447
00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:25,995
Take my blade, Voq.
448
00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:28,758
Son of none.
449
00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:34,676
The honor of Torchbearer is yours.
450
00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:39,278
Light the beacon.
451
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:40,954
[all shouting in Klingon]
452
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:49,152
[Januzzi] Unidentified vessel,
this is the starship Shenzhou.
453
00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:50,117
Please, respond.
454
00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:53,432
Unidentified vessel,
this is the starship Shenzhou.
455
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:54,640
Please, respond.
456
00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:59,956
- Any chance they can't hear us?
- You're on every subspace channel.
457
00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:01,349
Your orders, commander.
458
00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:05,355
- Any response?
- [Saru] None.
459
00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:06,880
Commander...
460
00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:09,716
there is something I'd like to show you.
461
00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:16,670
Their hull is covered
in hollow ornamental metallic pods,
462
00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:18,957
thousands of them tightly interlocked,
463
00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:21,675
forming a kind of... armor.
464
00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:23,953
Not the most efficient defense.
465
00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:27,397
I suspect its purpose is more symbolic
than practical.
466
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:33,279
They contain Klingon biological material
in various states of decay.
467
00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:35,239
Remote dating is divergent.
468
00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:38,552
Some bones date back thousands of years.
Others, only hours old.
469
00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:41,915
Their entire ship is covered with coffins.
470
00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:45,349
Commander, the captain listens to you.
471
00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:49,551
Tell her... we must withdraw.
472
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:53,477
I'm afraid that's no longer possible.
473
00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:01,240
Your world has food chains.
474
00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:02,480
Mine does not.
475
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:07,195
Our species' map is binary.
We're either predator or prey.
476
00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:09,509
My people were hunted.
477
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:14,119
Bred, farmed...
we are your livestock of old.
478
00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:19,514
We were biologically determined
for one purpose, and one purpose alone:
479
00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:22,513
To sense the coming of death.
480
00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:27,320
I sense it coming now.
481
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,356
[Georgiou]
The Klingon flagship has a stealth mode.
482
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:39,196
It's a cloaking screen,
unlike anything we've ever seen, admiral.
483
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:41,511
There may be more vessels
than we know.
484
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:45,310
We've reached out with every form
of greeting Starfleet has.
485
00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:47,790
- They're blocking our hails.
- It feels like a setup.
486
00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:50,600
Maybe our relay got too close
for Klingon comfort
487
00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:52,712
and they destroyed it
to lure us out here.
488
00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:55,440
You remember my first officer,
Michael Burnham?
489
00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,197
Next time, try not disturbing
490
00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:01,194
a warrior race we've hardly spoken to
for a hundred years.
491
00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:03,951
Our only choice now
is to navigate this situation
492
00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:07,158
- with as much finesse as possible.
- Admiral, if I may...
493
00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:14,312
The ideal outcome
for any Klingon interaction is battle.
494
00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:16,918
They're relentlessly hostile, sir.
495
00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:20,279
- It's in their nature.
- The Federation and the Klingon empire
496
00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,114
have always been on the cold side of war.
497
00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:25,795
We've had only fleeting run-ins
with them for a century,
498
00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,276
and now you presume
to know their motivation,
499
00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:29,840
because it is in their nature?
500
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,469
Considering your background,
I'd think you the last person
501
00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:34,199
to make assumptions based on race.
502
00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:36,920
It would be unwise
to confuse race and culture.
503
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,914
The Europa
and all fleet vessels within range
504
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:42,834
will be at your coordinates in two hours.
Hold your position.
505
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,151
Do nothing absent provocation. Understood?
506
00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:46,320
Understood.
507
00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:49,593
[computer] Signal terminated.
508
00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:51,040
That went well.
509
00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:56,392
- What's the mood outside?
- Saru is the only one talking.
510
00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:00,558
He strongly believes we should about-face.
511
00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:05,389
There is a space station at Eagle 12,
three light-years away.
512
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,276
The Andorian colony at Gamma Hydra is six.
513
00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:11,831
Shenzhou is the only line of defense
if the Klingons attack.
514
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,196
Not if. When.
515
00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:17,080
I have to hope that whatever happens here
516
00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:19,630
can serve as a bridge
between our civilizations.
517
00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:22,072
That's the diplomat in you talking.
518
00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:24,720
What does the soldier say?
519
00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:28,480
Nothing good.
520
00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:33,680
[Saru] Captain, to the Bridge.
521
00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:38,912
- Status.
- Photonic activity on the Klingon object.
522
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:41,040
Output is over
1 billion lumens per square meter.
523
00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:42,496
[Connor] Optical sensors overloaded.
524
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:45,240
- Bring plasmatic filters online.
- [Connor] Rerouting power.
525
00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:49,231
- [Georgiou] Is that a weapon?
- Seems to be some sort of signal emitter.
526
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:54,478
- Where are my filters?
- [Connor] They're at 100 percent, captain.
527
00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:56,791
[high frequency buzzing]
528
00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:08,875
[Januzzi] Initiating emergency shutdown.
529
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:11,751
That noise is
electromagnetic subspace waveform.
530
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:14,833
- Narrowing channel range.
- Adjust orientation, minimize dispersal.
531
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:16,673
- Turn it down.
- Aye, captain.
532
00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:19,437
- All the way down.
- Acoustics muted.
533
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:22,718
That's the ship's superstructure
in sympathetic vibration.
534
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:25,995
- It's a signal pulse.
- Is there a message?
535
00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:27,514
This may be the message.
536
00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:30,600
What if they're calling
for the same thing we are?
537
00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:34,552
- Backup.
- Long-range sensors to the maximum, Saru.
538
00:34:34,720 --> 00:34:38,077
If more Klingons are on the way,
I want as much notice as possible.
539
00:34:38,240 --> 00:34:40,516
- Permission to leave the Bridge.
- Are you kidding?
540
00:34:40,720 --> 00:34:41,720
It's relevant.
541
00:34:43,720 --> 00:34:44,836
Granted.
542
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,720
Ensign, give me a status report,
deck by deck.
543
00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:48,880
Aye, captain.
544
00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:52,793
- Computer.
- [computer] Working.
545
00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:55,714
Open dedicated subspace channel 222AA7.
546
00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:57,599
Use of this frequency requires
547
00:34:57,760 --> 00:35:01,037
- diplomatic authorizations.
- Voiceprint authorize. Burnham...
548
00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:03,034
- Michael.
- Confirmed.
549
00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:05,800
Commander Burnham.
550
00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:07,997
Hello, Sarek. I'm happy to see you.
551
00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:09,230
So many years,
552
00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:11,836
and still,
you allow emotional considerations
553
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:13,156
to impede your logic.
554
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:15,551
They inform my logic.
555
00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:18,875
I need your help.
556
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:21,995
I assumed the timing
of the call was not coincidental.
557
00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:24,277
The quadrant reports a new star.
558
00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:29,280
What have you done there,
on the edge of Federation space?
559
00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:31,233
We've encountered the Klingons.
560
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:34,838
How rare to meet
one's own demons in the flesh.
561
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:36,000
I killed one.
562
00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:40,993
In light of the fact
that they killed your parents...
563
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:43,558
some might think that only fair.
564
00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:48,670
However... if a death was necessary,
565
00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:51,400
I am satisfied it was not yours.
566
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:56,559
I'm certain you did not call me
for emotional solace.
567
00:35:56,720 --> 00:35:57,720
We're facing off.
568
00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:01,951
No fire has been exchanged.
But they didn't turn on that beacon
569
00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:04,191
until Starfleet was on its way
to our position.
570
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:06,716
I think
they're summoning more of their kind.
571
00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:11,193
An odd proposition given that their empire
has been in disarray for generations.
572
00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:13,920
But you are describing something
out of the ordinary.
573
00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:16,437
Restraint in the face of conflict.
574
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:19,918
When a civilization acts
in opposition to its instincts,
575
00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:23,596
it may be under the influence
of something or someone new.
576
00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:29,631
Great unifiers are few and far between,
but they do come.
577
00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:33,551
Often such leaders will need
a profound cause
578
00:36:33,720 --> 00:36:35,677
for their followers to rally around.
579
00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:37,156
A war.
580
00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:39,430
Be very careful
581
00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:43,799
that your assumptions
are not being driven by your past.
582
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:48,755
This is isn't about what happened, Sarek.
It's what's happening now.
583
00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:55,038
How did the Vulcans achieve
diplomacy with the Klingons?
584
00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:57,677
That is a solution particular to us.
585
00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:00,878
One cannot assume it would work
on a ship commanded by humans.
586
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:02,440
Sarek...
587
00:37:03,720 --> 00:37:04,720
please.
588
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:06,230
I caution you...
589
00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:09,674
be considered
with how you use this information.
590
00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:13,114
You cannot save lives
that have already been lost.
591
00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:14,640
Tell me...
592
00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:17,360
how did you keep the Klingons at bay?
593
00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:22,776
- [Georgiou] Engineering, report.
- Internal damage, negative.
594
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:23,836
Core is 100 percent.
595
00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:27,478
We have to fire.
Hit that ship with everything we've got.
596
00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:30,395
Absolutely not.
They haven't powered weapons.
597
00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:32,159
They don't pose an imminent threat.
598
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:34,710
The Klingon threat is always imminent
and inevitable.
599
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:36,792
- Tactical log's ready.
- Thank you.
600
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:39,475
I'd like to remind you,
we're wildly outgunned.
601
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:43,151
Two hundred and forty years ago,
near H'Atoria,
602
00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:45,477
a Vulcan ship
crossed into Klingon space.
603
00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:48,997
The Klingons attacked immediately.
They destroyed the vessel.
604
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:51,669
Vulcans don't make the same mistake twice.
605
00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:54,435
Until formal relations were established,
606
00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:58,389
whenever Vulcans crossed paths
with Klingons, the Vulcans fired first.
607
00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:01,912
They said hello in a language
the Klingons understood.
608
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:05,273
Violence brought respect.
Respect brought peace.
609
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:09,518
Captain, we have
to give the Klingons a Vulcan hello.
610
00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:14,518
If their intention is to attack,
balling up our fists won't dissuade them.
611
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:23,357
It would be logical to take into account
my success rate during our years together,
612
00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:25,557
and execute my plan without challenge
613
00:38:25,720 --> 00:38:27,518
before we're dragged into war.
614
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:31,230
Starfleet doesn't fire first.
That's all, Number One.
615
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:32,400
We have to.
616
00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:38,352
In my ready room. Now.
617
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:42,160
Lt. Commander, you have the Bridge.
618
00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:43,640
[Saru] Yes, captain.
619
00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:49,870
Computer, privacy.
620
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:52,872
- Cap...
- How dare you challenge me?
621
00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:55,995
I apologize for my insubordination.
622
00:38:56,160 --> 00:39:00,040
- That kind of talk can destabilize a crew.
- Don't underestimate them.
623
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:02,920
I've overseen their exercises.
They're ready for battle.
624
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:07,871
Battle is not a simulation.
It's blood, and screams...
625
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:09,876
and funerals.
626
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:13,638
I taught you better.
We don't start shooting on a hunch.
627
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:16,235
And we don't take innocent lives, period.
628
00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:19,471
I understand your history.
629
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:22,633
My commitment to this course of action
is not emotional.
630
00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:26,191
- We target its neck, cut off its head...
- You're still injured.
631
00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:29,000
Thousands of lives will be lost
because of failure to act.
632
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:31,675
Whose lives?
Victims of your imaginary war?
633
00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:32,990
Your life, captain.
634
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:35,960
Yours.
635
00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:40,999
Stand down, Commander Burnham.
636
00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:42,880
That's an order.
637
00:39:45,720 --> 00:39:46,720
You're right.
638
00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:51,396
I may not be myself.
639
00:39:57,120 --> 00:39:58,120
Easy, Michael.
640
00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:05,280
I'm sorry.
641
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:12,600
You're relieved, Mr. Saru.
642
00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:14,270
Where is the captain?
643
00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:19,599
I provided her with intel from a source.
She's passing it to the admiral.
644
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:21,956
Weapons.
A pair of torpedoes in the tubes,
645
00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:25,477
and compute a firing solution,
targeting the neck of that ship.
646
00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:27,552
[Saru] Is the plan to fire
on the Klingons?
647
00:40:27,720 --> 00:40:30,918
We have to be ready in case
that's what the captain decides.
648
00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:34,155
Are you acting on the captain's orders?
649
00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:37,950
I'm your superior officer.
We are in a high-risk scenario.
650
00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:41,319
Question chain of command again,
and I'll remove you.
651
00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:43,314
Commander, it's just...
652
00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:47,398
Your breathing has elevated,
perspiration's visible.
653
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:50,837
I fear what you are doing
betrays the wishes of our captain.
654
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:53,879
Target phasers.
Take your station, commander.
655
00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:57,592
- This is mutiny.
- Move, Saru. Tactical.
656
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:00,679
- [Gant] Locked on.
- Fire.
657
00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:02,115
[Georgiou] Belay that order.
658
00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:06,560
Captain, please. I'm trying to save you.
659
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:08,919
I'm trying to save all of you.
660
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:10,556
[phaser powering up]
661
00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:13,480
Stand down.
662
00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:27,869
Captain. Incoming.
Warp signatures detected.
663
00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:29,040
Is it Starfleet?
664
00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:30,160
[alarm wailing]
665
00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:38,680
No.
666
00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:40,594
Those ships are Klingon.