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[narrator] Previously on
Star Trek: Discovery:
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All those in favor
of peaceful efforts at first contact,
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please raise a hand.
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Those in favor
of striking the anomaly, do not.
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Why do you care so much about this?
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The power source that controls the device,
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I need it to go home.
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We have received word that the DMA
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is now days away
from Ni'Var, Titan and Earth.
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What happens now?
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We're fast-tracking
the first-contact mission.
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Whatever we think
we know about Species Ten-C,
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we're wrong.
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However we think
first contact will go, it won't.
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So that's the hyperfield.
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There is a planet
about two light-years away from it.
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I really think we should check it out
once we get closer.
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[Rillak] What do you think we'll find?
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[Burnham] I have no idea.
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[Burnham] Captain's log,
stardate 865783.7.
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We have less than 29 hours
before United Earth and Ni'Var
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start getting hit by debris from the DMA.
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[dramatic music playing]
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Twenty-nine hours.
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Billions of lives.
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Until I figure out how
to get us in front of the Ten-C,
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there's nothing we can do to stop this.
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They live inside of a hyperfield,
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and right now,
I have no idea how to get in,
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what we'll find once we do,
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how to communicate with them,
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what they even look like.
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As a xenoanthropologist,
I've never had less to work with.
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And as a captain,
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I've never been more afraid.
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Our only hope is the dead planet
we're orbiting right now.
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It was a gas giant
until a series of massive asteroids hit
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and burned the gas away.
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Its star is surrounded by Dyson rings
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made from the same rare material
as the DMA controller.
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And my gut tells me
there has to be a connection,
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that this planet must have been
the Ten-C's home at some point.
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And the ruins down there
can tell us how they lived,
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what's important to them.
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Cultural context,
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a way to begin communicating.
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If I'm wrong,
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we'll have no way
to make up the time we spend down there,
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and the DMA will be
that much closer to our homes.
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Hey, um, fly good.
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You got it.
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[Burnham] But if I'm right,
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and something we find
can help us connect with the Ten-C,
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then maybe we have a shot
at stopping this before it's too late.
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I have to be right.
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I have to.
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[Book] Scan it again.
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There has to be a way in.
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A new scan won't tell us anything
the last dozen hasn't.
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Any chance the DMA could be
powered from somewhere else?
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No.
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We get in,
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find the power source, we shut it down.
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Everybody wins.
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We just need to get in.
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[Book] If I know Michael,
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she'll find a way
into the hyperfield before we do.
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[Tarka] Kick me while I'm down,
why don't you?
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Maybe if we stay cloaked
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and keep close to Discovery,
we can slip in behind them.
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I'll go one better.
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We hitch a ride with Discovery.
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There's an animal on Kwejian...
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Was an animal.
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The Kowolian nightsprey.
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To survive,
it nested on the back of a jajtspat.
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So we attach like a parasite.
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- Yeah, that's a good idea.
- No. Not like a parasite.
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The nightsprey takes nothing,
brings no harm.
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Jajtspat can't even tell it's there.
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It's a tonal difference,
I get it, but still,
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it's probably safe to assume the jajtspat
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didn't have a sentient supercomputer
monitoring all of its perimeters.
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You don't seem worried.
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[Tarka] There's nothing I love more
than a problem to solve.
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Okay.
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I can create a patch.
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It'll numb the sensors
on a section of Discovery's hull
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just big enough to attach your ship
without Zora realizing it.
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Like a blind spot?
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Well, with Zora's new sentience,
she'll pick up on it eventually,
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but with any luck,
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we'll nightsprey ourselves
into the hyperfield before that happens.
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There's just one catch.
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I don't like the sound of that.
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Well, you're not gonna like this, either.
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Patch has to be installed manually.
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You wanna go onboard?
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No, in fact,
that's the last thing I wanna do.
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But the access point I need
is in Engineering.
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I'm going with you.
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I can move faster on my own.
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You don't know the ship
half as well as I do.
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What if you see Michael?
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One wrong move,
and it's over for both of us.
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We're doing this together, okay?
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End of story.
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[Rillak] Captain?
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When we agreed to survey the planet,
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I didn't expect Discovery would be
losing her captain and her first officer.
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Nilsson has the conn.
You are in excellent hands.
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I'm sure we are.
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And while a xenoanthropologist
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is understandably the best choice
to lead this mission,
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is Captain Saru's presence
truly necessary?
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Mr. Saru can speak
over a hundred languages,
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and his sensory capabilities dwarf ours.
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He might see something that I can't.
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And every minute
that we spend on that planet,
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the DMA is
that much closer to killing billions.
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I have to make that time count.
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Understood.
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[Burnham] What about the others?
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Do they understand?
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Hmm, as you said, a lot at stake here.
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Madam President.
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General.
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Doctor.
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I appreciate you seeing us off.
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[T'Rina] Captain.
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I cannot express
a greater need for urgency
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than you must already feel.
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Please, all of you, travel safely.
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May you find answers in whatever
form they take, and quickly.
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In other words, make the trip count
and don't screw it up.
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Captain Burnham,
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I must voice my dismay
at this decision.
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We left delegates behind
because time is of the essence.
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On behalf of the citizens of United Earth,
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whose lives are in danger
in this very moment,
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I ask that you reconsider,
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so that we might better commit
the precious time that they have left
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to actually attempting
to communicate with the Ten-C.
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We have much to convey
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and no idea
how long it will take to do so.
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I hear you, general.
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I do.
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Both Earth and Ni'Var
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are home to me.
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But whatever we might find
down on that planet,
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it could cut
our communication time in half.
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Might?
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Could?
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This is quite the gamble
for so much uncertainty.
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I am certain
that first contact will not go well
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if we show up to the Ten-C
knowing nothing about them.
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I will find something down there.
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I promise.
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[dramatic music playing]
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We ready?
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[both] Aye, captain.
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Captain Burnham?
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Good luck.
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[theme music playing]
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[alarm blaring]
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[Detmer] Disco 09 to Discovery,
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we're about to enter the ionosphere.
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Losing comms from there.
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[officer] Understood, commander.
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[static breaking] Good luck.
Hope you find what you're looking for.
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[computer]
Protective shielding deployed.
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Good to know that the laws of physics
still apply outside of our galaxy.
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Hang on. Ride'll smooth out in a minute.
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[Saru] Scans show numerous impact craters,
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presumably caused by the asteroids.
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Based on the rate
of atmospheric dissipation,
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these would have occurred
approximately 1000 years ago.
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Around the time
the hyperfield itself was constructed.
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[Culber] Well, that makes sense.
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Given how advanced they are, they
would've had some idea of what was coming
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and evacuated beforehand.
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Take a look at these ruins.
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The way the buildings have collapsed.
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I cannot think of any materials
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that could withstand the extreme pressures
at the core of a gas giant.
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It seems rather impossible
for biological entities as well.
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The Ten-C must've lived
in the gas layers.
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[Detmer] But how?
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They must be unlike
any species we've ever encountered.
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[Burnham] There has to be something down
there to help us communicate with them.
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One structure
looks like it's still intact.
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Perhaps it was reinforced in some way?
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But why?
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We're about to find out.
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Any life signs?
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None whatsoever.
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One less thing to worry about.
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Oh, well, apologies,
I should have clarified.
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I do not read any life signs,
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including ours.
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So we might not be alone.
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Make sure they're set to stun.
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[suspenseful music playing]
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[Saru gasps]
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[Saru groaning]
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[creature shrieking]
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We're under attack! Take cover!
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[Saru whimpering]
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Mr. Saru, it's okay.
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[in distorted voice] Breathe.
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Are you all right?
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I... I'm fine.
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Just, uh, disoriented.
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Are you sure?
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I said, I am fine, commander.
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It must have been vertigo.
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A glint of light coming off of that.
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What is that?
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If I'm not mistaken, we're looking
at the cusp of an extremely large bone.
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[Tarka] Scans show their shuttle
went all the way down to the surface.
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Discovery's not going anywhere
while part of their crew's gone,
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but who knows how much time that buys us.
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These will camouflage
our biosigns from Zora's sensors.
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[device whirring]
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Listen, if you're not all-in on this,
you need to level with me right now.
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Because if you lose focus
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and we're still onboard Discovery
when that shuttle gets back...
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These people...
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they've become family to me.
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Your conscience...
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versus the billions of lives
that are at stake.
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You can't have everything.
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I know it's complicated,
especially with Michael,
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but the lives
we're trying to save include hers,
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and everyone else over there.
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Whether or not they realize it.
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[device whirring]
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[dramatic music playing]
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Is that a Kwejian thing?
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No. I just like having a torso.
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On my mark.
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Three, two...
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- [yells]
- Hey.
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A little more clarity next time.
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Seriously?
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Engineering's this way.
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[Burnham] Let's stay alert.
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Dr. Culber,
what are your scans telling you?
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[Culber] Well, it looks like the bone
structure is of unusually low density.
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Before it was fossilized,
it would've been flexible,
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almost like cartilage.
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[gasping]
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[Culber] Their physiology was perfectly
adapted for floating in the gas layers.
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What do you think all the blue dust is?
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[Culber] It's not soil.
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It's some kind
of complex hydrocarbon compound.
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No idea what, though. It's...
258
00:15:00,984 --> 00:15:02,694
It's not in Federation databases.
259
00:15:02,778 --> 00:15:04,279
Check this out.
260
00:15:10,702 --> 00:15:12,162
A mass grave?
261
00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:17,167
The way they're all gathered,
it's like they were bracing themselves.
262
00:15:17,251 --> 00:15:20,462
Scans date these bones
to the same time as the fragment strikes.
263
00:15:20,546 --> 00:15:22,214
So they didn't all escape.
264
00:15:22,297 --> 00:15:23,924
Even with all their tech.
265
00:15:24,007 --> 00:15:26,301
A full-planet evacuation was impossible.
266
00:15:28,679 --> 00:15:29,930
Would be for anyone.
267
00:15:33,684 --> 00:15:34,994
We need to get into that building,
268
00:15:35,018 --> 00:15:37,312
figure out who they are
and how to talk to them.
269
00:15:37,396 --> 00:15:38,396
Let's go.
270
00:15:43,694 --> 00:15:45,696
[breathing shakily]
271
00:15:47,614 --> 00:15:48,740
[Burnham] Saru.
272
00:15:49,658 --> 00:15:50,951
What's going on for you?
273
00:15:51,702 --> 00:15:53,078
I apologize, captain.
274
00:15:53,704 --> 00:15:57,332
I seem to be feeling things
I have not felt for quite some time.
275
00:15:58,250 --> 00:15:59,543
What are you feeling?
276
00:16:00,669 --> 00:16:02,588
The coming of death.
277
00:16:03,213 --> 00:16:05,215
[ominous music playing]
278
00:16:19,897 --> 00:16:21,607
Ah. A puzzle.
279
00:16:23,108 --> 00:16:24,108
Altonian?
280
00:16:25,152 --> 00:16:26,528
Ancient Earth.
281
00:16:26,612 --> 00:16:28,780
Dr. Kovich introduced me to it.
282
00:16:30,657 --> 00:16:35,204
I need an act
which a person is bound to complete.
283
00:16:36,038 --> 00:16:36,954
Mission.
284
00:16:36,955 --> 00:16:40,251
Exactly what I'd like to discuss,
in fact.
285
00:16:40,334 --> 00:16:42,211
"Mission" is seven letters.
286
00:16:42,294 --> 00:16:43,210
This is ten.
287
00:16:43,212 --> 00:16:44,338
Fifth letter G.
288
00:16:45,255 --> 00:16:47,382
We need to talk
about your bedside manner.
289
00:16:48,842 --> 00:16:51,553
The bluntness with which
you spoke to the captain today
290
00:16:51,637 --> 00:16:52,930
was not entirely appropriate.
291
00:16:53,013 --> 00:16:55,474
And you saw how it affected General Ndoye.
292
00:16:56,642 --> 00:17:00,896
I am doing everything in my power
293
00:17:00,979 --> 00:17:03,690
to contain
the delegates' stress and panic.
294
00:17:04,525 --> 00:17:06,193
I need you to help me.
295
00:17:06,276 --> 00:17:08,403
Whether they worry about tomorrow or not,
296
00:17:08,487 --> 00:17:10,113
it'll arrive all the same.
297
00:17:11,490 --> 00:17:14,868
I'm not sure how we can help
with their lack of perspective on that.
298
00:17:15,661 --> 00:17:19,581
While I admire
your commitment to the long view...
299
00:17:20,582 --> 00:17:23,502
my concern is for those
who are struggling right now.
300
00:17:24,461 --> 00:17:28,048
They need to feel supported
in order to do their best work.
301
00:17:29,716 --> 00:17:30,926
So...
302
00:17:31,510 --> 00:17:32,844
moving forward,
303
00:17:32,928 --> 00:17:37,266
I would like you
to exercise a bit more tact...
304
00:17:38,267 --> 00:17:41,770
starting upon our return
to first-contact planning in ten minutes.
305
00:17:49,486 --> 00:17:51,697
Okay. We're at the mess hall.
306
00:17:51,780 --> 00:17:54,199
If it's empty,
we could drop down and take a shortcut.
307
00:18:05,335 --> 00:18:06,771
- [Tarka] It was worth a shot.
- Wait.
308
00:18:06,795 --> 00:18:09,131
[Ndoye] If I were home,
at least I could be helping
309
00:18:09,214 --> 00:18:11,883
with evacuations, mounting a defense.
310
00:18:11,967 --> 00:18:13,719
We still have time, general.
311
00:18:13,802 --> 00:18:16,597
- Captain Burnham's mission...
- Is a waste of that time.
312
00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:19,933
The DMA could destroy
both of our worlds within days.
313
00:18:20,434 --> 00:18:21,893
How can you be so calm?
314
00:18:21,977 --> 00:18:24,730
Ni'Var's emergency protocols
are well defined.
315
00:18:25,606 --> 00:18:28,817
I trust my vice president is doing
everything according to our plans.
316
00:18:28,900 --> 00:18:30,319
The math doesn't lie.
317
00:18:30,402 --> 00:18:31,778
There are too many.
318
00:18:31,862 --> 00:18:33,614
Most will not be saved.
319
00:18:33,697 --> 00:18:37,492
We are here to prevent such catastrophe.
320
00:18:38,660 --> 00:18:40,787
This is where
we can best serve our people.
321
00:18:40,871 --> 00:18:42,289
If we act,
322
00:18:42,372 --> 00:18:44,124
we could be meeting
with the Ten-C even now,
323
00:18:44,207 --> 00:18:46,460
demanding they turn off
their bloody device.
324
00:18:46,543 --> 00:18:49,546
[T'Rina] We cannot communicate
if we know nothing about them.
325
00:18:49,630 --> 00:18:52,215
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
326
00:18:54,176 --> 00:18:56,595
We should have gone
directly into the hyperfield.
327
00:19:01,808 --> 00:19:02,976
That was tense.
328
00:19:05,646 --> 00:19:06,646
Let's go.
329
00:19:28,919 --> 00:19:30,921
[eerie music playing]
330
00:19:49,690 --> 00:19:52,275
I thought his extreme fear response
was lost after Vahar'ai.
331
00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:53,275
So did I.
332
00:19:53,276 --> 00:19:56,738
But his cortisol and adrenaline levels
are dangerously elevated.
333
00:19:56,822 --> 00:19:59,366
See if you can stabilize him.
I'll continue with Detmer.
334
00:19:59,449 --> 00:20:00,617
Yes, captain.
335
00:20:00,701 --> 00:20:01,743
Mr. Saru.
336
00:20:03,787 --> 00:20:05,956
Come on. Let's get you checked out.
337
00:20:10,752 --> 00:20:13,964
- [ominous music playing]
- [creature shrieking]
338
00:20:28,145 --> 00:20:29,730
What do you think this was?
339
00:20:30,313 --> 00:20:31,356
[Burnham] Meeting space.
340
00:20:32,357 --> 00:20:33,525
Worship area.
341
00:20:35,110 --> 00:20:36,278
Maybe an arena.
342
00:20:36,778 --> 00:20:39,090
Community structures are common
in a large variety of cultures.
343
00:20:39,114 --> 00:20:41,908
Maybe we'll find something
that'll tell us.
344
00:20:42,868 --> 00:20:44,870
We're looking for technology, artifacts,
345
00:20:44,953 --> 00:20:46,597
anything that
can provide cultural context.
346
00:20:46,621 --> 00:20:47,621
Got it.
347
00:20:51,918 --> 00:20:53,462
[in distorted voice] Easy, there.
348
00:20:54,838 --> 00:20:56,131
Something is wrong here.
349
00:20:56,757 --> 00:20:59,551
Something is causing me to feel this.
350
00:20:59,634 --> 00:21:00,802
I don't think so.
351
00:21:01,511 --> 00:21:04,806
Our EV suits protect us
from any external elements.
352
00:21:04,890 --> 00:21:06,183
Here.
353
00:21:07,017 --> 00:21:08,560
[creature shrieking]
354
00:21:11,521 --> 00:21:12,939
[Culber gasping]
355
00:21:15,567 --> 00:21:17,152
Do you understand now?
356
00:21:18,695 --> 00:21:19,695
I do.
357
00:21:28,246 --> 00:21:29,790
Deck's empty. We're okay.
358
00:21:30,707 --> 00:21:31,625
Okay.
359
00:21:31,626 --> 00:21:33,168
We're right below Engineering.
360
00:21:33,251 --> 00:21:34,628
Three biosigns.
361
00:21:35,420 --> 00:21:36,880
We have to create a diversion
362
00:21:36,963 --> 00:21:39,341
to pull them away long enough
for me to install the patch.
363
00:21:39,424 --> 00:21:42,302
Once your ship is invisible to Zora...
364
00:21:42,385 --> 00:21:44,666
What? You're looking at me
like you have something to say.
365
00:21:44,971 --> 00:21:46,691
I have an idea
for a slight change of plans.
366
00:21:46,723 --> 00:21:47,808
How slight?
367
00:21:47,891 --> 00:21:49,684
I want to ask General Ndoye to help us.
368
00:21:49,768 --> 00:21:52,604
Well, that sounds like a great idea
to put us in the brig.
369
00:21:52,687 --> 00:21:55,398
And I prefer not to spend any more years
under someone else's thumb.
370
00:21:55,482 --> 00:21:56,817
I know it's a risk.
371
00:21:56,900 --> 00:21:59,069
But if she could give us intel
about Discovery's plans,
372
00:21:59,152 --> 00:22:01,530
we could get right
in front of any issues, adapt.
373
00:22:02,030 --> 00:22:04,866
She voted in support of our plans
at the assembly.
374
00:22:05,367 --> 00:22:08,245
And you heard what she just said,
she needs this as much as we do.
375
00:22:08,328 --> 00:22:09,913
Her planet's running out of time.
376
00:22:09,996 --> 00:22:13,500
I think that she'll see the best way
to stop the DMA and save lives
377
00:22:13,583 --> 00:22:14,960
is to take control of this.
378
00:22:15,043 --> 00:22:16,878
The shuttle could be back any minute.
379
00:22:16,962 --> 00:22:17,963
I'll talk fast.
380
00:22:20,841 --> 00:22:22,926
I put in the patch, you track down Ndoye.
381
00:22:23,009 --> 00:22:24,469
See you back on my ship.
382
00:22:24,553 --> 00:22:25,553
[Tarka] Hey, Book.
383
00:22:26,596 --> 00:22:28,014
Be convincing.
384
00:22:29,641 --> 00:22:31,643
[dramatic music playing]
385
00:22:40,694 --> 00:22:42,696
[eerie music playing]
386
00:22:51,913 --> 00:22:53,498
Room's empty, captain.
387
00:22:53,582 --> 00:22:55,250
No cultural relics.
388
00:22:56,084 --> 00:22:57,711
Nothing on the walls.
389
00:23:00,005 --> 00:23:00,921
I...
390
00:23:00,922 --> 00:23:03,508
Do you want me
to take Mr. Saru back to the shuttle?
391
00:23:04,342 --> 00:23:05,844
I've never seen him like this.
392
00:23:06,428 --> 00:23:07,929
No. Let's see if Culber can help him.
393
00:23:08,013 --> 00:23:09,806
We don't have any data yet.
394
00:23:09,890 --> 00:23:11,850
I have to make this mission count.
395
00:23:12,434 --> 00:23:14,144
It's not all on you, captain.
396
00:23:15,437 --> 00:23:17,157
[in distorted voice]
We're all here to help.
397
00:23:17,814 --> 00:23:19,774
[creature shrieking]
398
00:23:19,858 --> 00:23:21,860
[Burnham screaming]
399
00:23:22,611 --> 00:23:23,611
Captain?
400
00:23:23,653 --> 00:23:24,653
No.
401
00:23:25,030 --> 00:23:26,030
Stay back.
402
00:23:29,951 --> 00:23:30,951
Stay back.
403
00:23:32,287 --> 00:23:34,967
[in distorted voice] Captain,
your biometrics are elevating rapidly.
404
00:23:35,498 --> 00:23:36,583
Something's wrong.
405
00:23:36,666 --> 00:23:37,666
Hallucinations?
406
00:23:39,294 --> 00:23:41,504
What's happening to Saru
is happening to me.
407
00:23:41,588 --> 00:23:42,546
And now you.
408
00:23:42,547 --> 00:23:44,759
- Shadows, lights?
- Screaming.
409
00:23:44,841 --> 00:23:48,345
Our fear responses are being triggered
to an exceptional degree.
410
00:23:49,262 --> 00:23:50,764
[Culber] Except Commander Detmer.
411
00:23:51,348 --> 00:23:53,683
Her biosigns haven't changed at all.
412
00:23:53,767 --> 00:23:54,851
Yet.
413
00:23:55,810 --> 00:23:58,021
How is it that
we're experiencing the same visions?
414
00:23:58,104 --> 00:23:59,898
Something must be affecting our minds
415
00:23:59,981 --> 00:24:03,318
and causing these physiological responses.
416
00:24:06,863 --> 00:24:10,033
And there's no evidence
of psionic energy or infrasound.
417
00:24:11,910 --> 00:24:14,371
Our suits filter out
environmental factors.
418
00:24:14,454 --> 00:24:17,290
No fluctuations
in magnetic or electrical fields, either.
419
00:24:17,707 --> 00:24:20,627
So whatever's doing this
is doing it in some other way.
420
00:24:24,047 --> 00:24:25,423
Five minutes.
421
00:24:26,174 --> 00:24:29,219
We will retrace our steps
and figure out what's going on.
422
00:24:30,512 --> 00:24:32,639
Detmer, you stay back and keep safe, okay?
423
00:24:33,139 --> 00:24:36,101
This mission comes first.
424
00:24:37,769 --> 00:24:38,913
If we're not able to fix this,
425
00:24:38,937 --> 00:24:42,190
we're gonna need you to go back
to the shuttle and contact Discovery.
426
00:24:44,317 --> 00:24:45,317
Alone.
427
00:24:46,486 --> 00:24:48,488
[dramatic music playing]
428
00:25:04,170 --> 00:25:08,425
Triple-brewed raktajino.
Hot as hell. Hold the nutmeg.
429
00:25:10,093 --> 00:25:11,093
[bell dings]
430
00:25:11,136 --> 00:25:12,387
[Reno] You want one?
431
00:25:13,054 --> 00:25:14,054
Mm.
432
00:25:14,431 --> 00:25:15,890
Suit yourself.
433
00:25:15,974 --> 00:25:18,018
These puppies saved me on the Hiawatha.
434
00:25:18,101 --> 00:25:19,286
When you have to power through,
435
00:25:19,310 --> 00:25:22,814
nothing beats
the bitter elixir of Klingon warriors.
436
00:25:27,652 --> 00:25:29,529
Oh, that's my head.
437
00:25:29,612 --> 00:25:32,699
There must be something
pretty darn interesting in there
438
00:25:32,782 --> 00:25:34,951
to upstage Klingon warriors.
439
00:25:35,994 --> 00:25:37,704
I... Sorry.
440
00:25:38,580 --> 00:25:41,833
I was just thinking
about Commander Detmer.
441
00:25:41,916 --> 00:25:44,294
Oh, I see. When Gray's away...
442
00:25:44,377 --> 00:25:45,377
Okay, no.
443
00:25:45,420 --> 00:25:47,422
Not like that. I...
444
00:25:48,673 --> 00:25:53,470
I just sometimes wish that
I could be a little bit more like her.
445
00:25:53,553 --> 00:25:57,140
Confident and, um,
you know, able to go on a mission
446
00:25:57,223 --> 00:26:00,727
without worrying about
all of the ways that I could screw it up.
447
00:26:01,686 --> 00:26:04,689
I think it's pretty safe
to assume that everyone,
448
00:26:04,773 --> 00:26:07,525
no matter what calm veneer they present,
449
00:26:08,151 --> 00:26:09,694
is kind of a mess.
450
00:26:09,778 --> 00:26:12,155
I've just never seen her flinch.
451
00:26:12,655 --> 00:26:15,075
You know,
she's always really got it together.
452
00:26:15,158 --> 00:26:18,870
Ask her how she was after
we flew out of a wormhole and crashed.
453
00:26:21,206 --> 00:26:24,375
No one's always okay, kid.
454
00:26:25,001 --> 00:26:28,379
And it takes a hell of a lot
of strength to admit when you're not.
455
00:26:29,464 --> 00:26:34,135
Which, I guess,
makes Detmer, in fact, the shit.
456
00:26:37,180 --> 00:26:39,682
If you admire her so much,
why don't you get to know her?
457
00:26:39,766 --> 00:26:41,476
Have you ever had a conversation?
458
00:26:41,559 --> 00:26:44,354
Not like just us in the same...
459
00:26:44,437 --> 00:26:47,524
I wouldn't really know how to start that.
460
00:26:48,191 --> 00:26:49,191
Pro tip,
461
00:26:50,026 --> 00:26:52,612
don't start with "I wanna be you."
462
00:26:52,695 --> 00:26:53,905
It's kind of creepy.
463
00:26:56,241 --> 00:26:57,408
You'll figure it out.
464
00:27:07,127 --> 00:27:09,129
[pensive music playing]
465
00:27:14,467 --> 00:27:17,137
[Culber] Saru was touching my arm
right before it happened.
466
00:27:17,220 --> 00:27:21,474
But neither of us
were touching Captain Burnham
467
00:27:21,558 --> 00:27:23,184
when she became affected.
468
00:27:23,268 --> 00:27:25,395
[ominous music playing]
469
00:27:26,229 --> 00:27:30,650
And... And I was outside
when the symptoms hit.
470
00:27:30,733 --> 00:27:33,111
You and the captain were inside.
471
00:27:37,365 --> 00:27:38,867
Could our suits be malfunctioning?
472
00:27:40,034 --> 00:27:42,245
Detmer, are your settings
any different than ours?
473
00:27:42,871 --> 00:27:44,671
[in distorted voice]
No. They're all the same.
474
00:27:44,998 --> 00:27:47,125
There's no reason I should be fine.
475
00:27:48,126 --> 00:27:49,919
This doesn't make any sense.
476
00:27:51,546 --> 00:27:53,214
Is there any chance...
477
00:27:55,675 --> 00:27:56,968
it could be the dust?
478
00:28:02,515 --> 00:28:06,769
There... There was
a patch of ground, unstable.
479
00:28:06,853 --> 00:28:09,397
I recall stepping through it
480
00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:11,524
just before the hallucinations began.
481
00:28:12,025 --> 00:28:13,234
It was filled with dust.
482
00:28:13,318 --> 00:28:16,863
Yes, and I knelt in it
when I was treating you.
483
00:28:16,946 --> 00:28:19,073
And I touched it
when I was examining the trichome.
484
00:28:19,157 --> 00:28:21,367
And I haven't come
into direct contact with it.
485
00:28:22,702 --> 00:28:23,702
Okay.
486
00:28:24,704 --> 00:28:26,998
The hydrocarbons
that you analyzed earlier,
487
00:28:27,957 --> 00:28:30,376
they weren't found
in any of the Federation databases,
488
00:28:30,460 --> 00:28:32,962
so maybe our suits
wouldn't know how to block them.
489
00:28:33,046 --> 00:28:37,300
An unknown substance could get through
if its structure was unusual enough.
490
00:28:38,218 --> 00:28:40,178
[creature screaming]
491
00:28:43,264 --> 00:28:47,018
[Detmer] Okay, let me recalibrate
the programmable-matter filtering system.
492
00:28:48,061 --> 00:28:49,061
There.
493
00:28:52,857 --> 00:28:54,234
[sighs]
494
00:28:55,652 --> 00:28:57,820
[sighs, then laughs]
495
00:28:59,072 --> 00:29:00,114
[chuckles]
496
00:29:03,034 --> 00:29:05,234
So glad you were paying attention
in those EV trainings.
497
00:29:08,122 --> 00:29:12,126
Mr. Saru, your respiration
is still somewhat elevated.
498
00:29:13,169 --> 00:29:15,838
No, I'm all right, doctor.
499
00:29:16,673 --> 00:29:17,673
It is just...
500
00:29:18,841 --> 00:29:21,386
I had forgotten the sensation of fear.
501
00:29:22,845 --> 00:29:25,306
It brings back memories.
502
00:29:27,016 --> 00:29:28,685
It is nothing. It'll pass.
503
00:29:30,353 --> 00:29:32,689
But I must say, Commander Detmer,
504
00:29:34,148 --> 00:29:37,151
you remained remarkably calm
as we struggled with the unknown.
505
00:29:37,235 --> 00:29:39,654
PTSD therapy came in handy.
506
00:29:39,737 --> 00:29:40,947
Plus the way I grew up,
507
00:29:41,030 --> 00:29:43,908
I'm sort of the queen
of putting things in boxes.
508
00:29:46,619 --> 00:29:47,954
[Burnham] Take a look at this.
509
00:29:48,037 --> 00:29:49,455
Think I got something.
510
00:29:52,292 --> 00:29:54,460
Through the archway, look at that.
511
00:29:54,544 --> 00:29:57,171
It appears the Ten-C
left something behind after all.
512
00:29:59,507 --> 00:30:00,717
Let's go find out what.
513
00:30:05,346 --> 00:30:09,517
Shield upgrade means
increasing nominal system output.
514
00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:11,370
- You get that, right?
- [man] Yes, commander.
515
00:30:11,394 --> 00:30:15,106
Commander Reno,
I require some assistance.
516
00:30:15,189 --> 00:30:16,941
I live to serve.
517
00:30:18,067 --> 00:30:19,277
What do you need?
518
00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:22,363
The Deck 6 tech-hub replicator
is malfunctioning.
519
00:30:22,447 --> 00:30:23,865
What? I was just there.
520
00:30:23,948 --> 00:30:27,118
I'm receiving similar reports
from Decks 2 and 3,
521
00:30:27,201 --> 00:30:28,911
and just now on Deck 5,
522
00:30:28,995 --> 00:30:31,956
it started making steamed bananas.
523
00:30:32,665 --> 00:30:35,084
Okay. Every word of that is bad news.
524
00:30:35,168 --> 00:30:36,419
Get moving.
525
00:30:36,502 --> 00:30:38,963
If we lose replicators out here,
we starve to death.
526
00:30:39,047 --> 00:30:40,256
No pressure.
527
00:30:44,469 --> 00:30:46,471
[dramatic music playing]
528
00:31:06,157 --> 00:31:07,617
President T'Rina?
529
00:31:07,700 --> 00:31:09,118
You wished to speak further?
530
00:31:09,911 --> 00:31:10,911
Hello?
531
00:31:15,416 --> 00:31:16,501
President T'Rina?
532
00:31:20,838 --> 00:31:22,090
That message was from you?
533
00:31:22,173 --> 00:31:23,549
I need you to listen.
534
00:31:24,342 --> 00:31:25,802
How the hell are you even here?
535
00:31:25,885 --> 00:31:27,428
My ship is nearby, cloaked.
536
00:31:27,512 --> 00:31:29,239
This is blocking
Zora's sensors for the moment,
537
00:31:29,263 --> 00:31:30,640
but we don't have much time.
538
00:31:30,723 --> 00:31:33,267
Give me one reason
why I shouldn't call security right now.
539
00:31:33,351 --> 00:31:34,435
Because I'm here to help.
540
00:31:34,519 --> 00:31:36,396
But to do that, I need your help.
541
00:31:37,021 --> 00:31:39,899
Two minutes, that's all I ask.
542
00:31:47,407 --> 00:31:51,619
United Earth is now in the path
of a more powerful DMA, thanks to you.
543
00:31:51,702 --> 00:31:54,622
If we'd succeeded,
you and your home would be safe right now.
544
00:31:54,705 --> 00:31:56,082
Everyone would be.
545
00:31:56,707 --> 00:31:58,709
That was my goal then, it's my goal now.
546
00:32:00,586 --> 00:32:02,255
You have one minute left.
547
00:32:02,338 --> 00:32:03,923
I've lost my home.
548
00:32:04,715 --> 00:32:06,217
You're about to lose yours.
549
00:32:07,301 --> 00:32:09,846
I know what it's like
to feel there's nothing you can do
550
00:32:09,929 --> 00:32:12,140
when all you wanna do is take action.
551
00:32:13,433 --> 00:32:14,767
We can, general.
552
00:32:15,393 --> 00:32:17,145
We can end the DMA for good.
553
00:32:19,105 --> 00:32:22,275
If you have a plan,
I'll need every detail.
554
00:32:22,358 --> 00:32:25,236
Right now, one of Discovery's shuttles
is down on that planet.
555
00:32:25,319 --> 00:32:27,673
They're looking for something
to help with first contact, right?
556
00:32:27,697 --> 00:32:29,240
That was the intent.
557
00:32:29,323 --> 00:32:30,867
Is it Michael down there?
558
00:32:32,368 --> 00:32:34,203
She'll get what they need.
559
00:32:34,287 --> 00:32:38,082
Once she does, my ship will enter
into the hyperfield attached to Discovery.
560
00:32:38,166 --> 00:32:40,501
Tarka will find
the DMA's power source and disable it.
561
00:32:40,585 --> 00:32:42,211
That will stop the DMA.
562
00:32:42,837 --> 00:32:44,464
Earth will be safe.
563
00:32:45,798 --> 00:32:47,860
If you believe so firmly
in Captain Burnham's abilities,
564
00:32:47,884 --> 00:32:50,595
why not simply trust
that first contact will succeed?
565
00:32:50,678 --> 00:32:52,930
I have faith in Michael, not the Ten-C.
566
00:32:54,015 --> 00:32:55,617
I can't let
the lives of billions of people
567
00:32:55,641 --> 00:32:57,681
hang on a hope that
they'll be sympathetic. Can you?
568
00:33:03,566 --> 00:33:05,485
How do I fit into all of this?
569
00:33:05,568 --> 00:33:06,944
Stay in contact. That's it.
570
00:33:07,737 --> 00:33:10,057
Tell us what she's planning
so we can do what we need to do
571
00:33:10,114 --> 00:33:12,116
without putting Discovery
or anyone on it at risk.
572
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,827
What you're asking
already involves significant risk.
573
00:33:15,828 --> 00:33:18,206
So I must insist
that it be a backup plan only.
574
00:33:18,831 --> 00:33:20,750
You need to give diplomacy time to work.
575
00:33:20,833 --> 00:33:23,961
If the Ten-C capitulate before
United Earth is in the red zone,
576
00:33:24,045 --> 00:33:26,088
you and Mr. Tarka must stand down.
577
00:33:26,172 --> 00:33:27,798
You have my word on that, general.
578
00:33:28,257 --> 00:33:29,425
Do I have yours?
579
00:33:36,557 --> 00:33:39,644
[Detmer] It can't be coincidence that
you all had the same hallucinations.
580
00:33:39,727 --> 00:33:40,727
[Burnham] It's not.
581
00:33:41,103 --> 00:33:44,524
Somehow, the hydrocarbons
let us see and hear what they did,
582
00:33:44,607 --> 00:33:47,109
what it was like
when their planet was destroyed.
583
00:33:47,193 --> 00:33:48,611
[Culber] How is that even possible?
584
00:33:49,237 --> 00:33:50,780
[Burnham] I don't know yet.
585
00:33:50,863 --> 00:33:52,532
[Saru] I may have something.
586
00:33:52,615 --> 00:33:53,699
Mr. Saru?
587
00:33:54,534 --> 00:33:56,619
This hydrocarbon is markedly different
588
00:33:56,702 --> 00:33:58,996
than the variety we initially encountered.
589
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:01,457
I fail to see why that should be the case.
590
00:34:01,541 --> 00:34:03,459
[Culber] Captain, over here.
591
00:34:05,378 --> 00:34:09,340
These pillars contain traces
of what I presume is their DNA.
592
00:34:09,423 --> 00:34:10,883
It matches the bones outside.
593
00:34:10,967 --> 00:34:14,428
But based on the differences
in methylation profiles,
594
00:34:15,096 --> 00:34:17,265
the DNA inside of here
595
00:34:17,348 --> 00:34:19,141
would've belonged to infants.
596
00:34:21,769 --> 00:34:24,355
This must be a cocoon of some kind.
597
00:34:28,734 --> 00:34:30,278
This room was a nursery.
598
00:34:30,903 --> 00:34:33,698
That must be why
this structure was reinforced,
599
00:34:33,781 --> 00:34:35,283
to protect their young.
600
00:34:35,366 --> 00:34:39,328
Which means
these beings prioritize children.
601
00:34:40,538 --> 00:34:42,164
They value life.
602
00:34:42,248 --> 00:34:43,874
Cultural context.
603
00:34:44,875 --> 00:34:46,544
I wonder...
604
00:34:51,173 --> 00:34:52,800
Monitor my biosigns.
605
00:34:56,929 --> 00:34:58,055
What are you doing?
606
00:34:58,806 --> 00:35:00,433
I'm gonna let it in.
607
00:35:12,945 --> 00:35:14,196
[poignant music playing]
608
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:16,073
[voices whispering]
609
00:35:16,157 --> 00:35:17,575
[gasping]
610
00:35:27,001 --> 00:35:28,711
It feels like love.
611
00:35:42,683 --> 00:35:43,683
[gasps]
612
00:35:50,358 --> 00:35:51,651
It's peaceful.
613
00:35:53,152 --> 00:35:56,197
It feels... safe.
614
00:35:57,615 --> 00:36:00,368
I remember feeling this with my parents.
615
00:36:05,581 --> 00:36:08,042
Commander, are you all right?
616
00:36:10,836 --> 00:36:12,672
I've just never felt...
617
00:36:17,051 --> 00:36:18,260
My dad...
618
00:36:22,890 --> 00:36:24,100
He wasn't well.
619
00:36:24,892 --> 00:36:28,229
There was a disconnect
between him and reality.
620
00:36:29,230 --> 00:36:31,107
After my mom died,
621
00:36:31,607 --> 00:36:33,734
it was just the two of us, so...
622
00:36:37,029 --> 00:36:38,239
Oh, Detmer.
623
00:36:42,118 --> 00:36:46,789
I, too, am a stranger
to some of these feelings.
624
00:36:46,872 --> 00:36:51,585
I do not believe
I knew an easy breath on Kaminar.
625
00:36:52,712 --> 00:36:57,883
I was ashamed
when I felt afraid again today.
626
00:37:00,261 --> 00:37:02,138
But I was not alone.
627
00:37:03,723 --> 00:37:05,057
Neither are you.
628
00:37:08,352 --> 00:37:12,189
We're feeling love
and safety here in the nursery,
629
00:37:13,149 --> 00:37:15,151
but outside, where so many of them died,
630
00:37:15,234 --> 00:37:18,821
we experienced panic and fear,
like they must have.
631
00:37:19,447 --> 00:37:22,742
Kelpien and human biology
are significantly different,
632
00:37:23,367 --> 00:37:26,162
but these hydrocarbons
are affecting us almost identically.
633
00:37:26,245 --> 00:37:28,873
[Detmer] Maybe some emotions
are universal.
634
00:37:28,956 --> 00:37:32,001
If true, that would connect us all
635
00:37:32,084 --> 00:37:34,712
in quite a profound way.
636
00:37:35,337 --> 00:37:40,593
But I do not yet see how we might
make use of this for first contact.
637
00:37:40,676 --> 00:37:42,470
Neither do I.
638
00:37:42,553 --> 00:37:45,306
But there is something here.
639
00:37:47,641 --> 00:37:50,144
Let's reset our EV suit filters.
640
00:37:50,227 --> 00:37:52,354
Finish scans, and get some samples.
641
00:37:52,438 --> 00:37:53,939
We can talk while we work.
642
00:37:54,023 --> 00:37:55,399
We've gotta get back to Discovery.
643
00:38:04,241 --> 00:38:05,743
[Tarka] Installing the patch now.
644
00:38:05,826 --> 00:38:07,953
All sensors will go numb in five.
645
00:38:08,037 --> 00:38:09,705
What's your status with Ndoye?
646
00:38:10,331 --> 00:38:13,542
[Book over comm] We're good.
I'll fill you in when we're back onboard.
647
00:38:14,126 --> 00:38:17,171
[Linus over comm] There must be
some reason for the malfunction.
648
00:38:17,254 --> 00:38:19,454
- [Tarka] Gotta go.
- [Reno] It almost feels deliberate.
649
00:38:20,341 --> 00:38:23,219
What kind of idiot
would pull a practical joke
650
00:38:23,302 --> 00:38:25,387
in the middle of
an existential threat?
651
00:38:25,471 --> 00:38:26,471
[Linus] I don't know.
652
00:38:26,472 --> 00:38:28,892
[Reno] Well, then get off comms,
and get me an answer.
653
00:38:28,974 --> 00:38:30,184
[Linus] Aye, commander.
654
00:38:30,684 --> 00:38:31,811
[creaking nearby]
655
00:38:35,272 --> 00:38:36,272
Who's here?
656
00:38:36,816 --> 00:38:40,486
If someone's screwing around,
today is not the day.
657
00:38:43,155 --> 00:38:46,158
Please tell me
I just spoiled a surprise party.
658
00:38:48,702 --> 00:38:51,872
[Burnham] Okay, we know the hydrocarbons
convey different emotions.
659
00:38:51,956 --> 00:38:53,457
But how?
660
00:38:54,291 --> 00:38:55,291
And why?
661
00:38:55,668 --> 00:38:58,796
[Culber] Well, a number of chemicals
correspond to emotional states,
662
00:39:00,089 --> 00:39:03,676
norepinephrine, serotonin, dopamine.
663
00:39:03,759 --> 00:39:05,237
[Saru] There are also numerous species
664
00:39:05,261 --> 00:39:08,681
whose means of expression
are entirely chemical.
665
00:39:09,390 --> 00:39:13,018
For instance,
the Plim of ASP-27 communicate
666
00:39:13,102 --> 00:39:15,271
by changing the scent of their breath.
667
00:39:15,354 --> 00:39:17,106
Chemicals in the air.
668
00:39:17,648 --> 00:39:19,483
But you have to be with someone.
669
00:39:20,067 --> 00:39:22,820
Is there a chemical for
"not with someone"?
670
00:39:22,903 --> 00:39:26,448
Like, when I was a kid, I didn't need
to be in the same room as my dad
671
00:39:26,532 --> 00:39:27,968
to know that he was in a dark place.
672
00:39:27,992 --> 00:39:30,870
I could just... feel it.
673
00:39:30,953 --> 00:39:35,708
A lot of Earth species,
bees, wolves, use pheromones.
674
00:39:36,333 --> 00:39:38,210
[Culber] Which are often
hydrocarbon chains.
675
00:39:38,961 --> 00:39:41,797
Maybe these hydrocarbons
are the pheromones of the Ten-C,
676
00:39:41,881 --> 00:39:44,341
a way for them
to communicate with one another.
677
00:39:45,759 --> 00:39:46,759
Hmm.
678
00:39:48,095 --> 00:39:49,138
What if...
679
00:39:50,848 --> 00:39:54,685
this is our Rosetta Stone?
680
00:39:55,769 --> 00:39:57,771
Are you referring
to the ancient Earth artifact?
681
00:39:57,855 --> 00:40:02,526
It provided context that was crucial
to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs.
682
00:40:02,610 --> 00:40:04,695
No one could understand them before that.
683
00:40:04,778 --> 00:40:07,364
And you think
these hydrocarbons can do that for us,
684
00:40:07,990 --> 00:40:10,409
help us find a way
to communicate with the Ten-C?
685
00:40:10,492 --> 00:40:13,412
Their emotions tell a story,
give us context.
686
00:40:13,495 --> 00:40:15,456
We need more pieces to the puzzle,
687
00:40:15,539 --> 00:40:18,125
but, yeah,
I think that's exactly what they can do.
688
00:40:18,667 --> 00:40:20,002
[Burnham chuckles]
689
00:40:21,211 --> 00:40:23,422
Nice work, all of you.
690
00:40:23,923 --> 00:40:26,926
This is what we came for.
Let's get this back to the team.
691
00:40:27,009 --> 00:40:29,345
[pensive music playing]
692
00:40:52,034 --> 00:40:54,954
[Detmer] Disco 09 to Discovery,
we're back in comms range
693
00:40:55,037 --> 00:40:56,330
and on our way home.
694
00:40:56,413 --> 00:40:57,849
[officer] Glad to hear it, commander.
695
00:40:57,873 --> 00:40:58,873
See you all soon.
696
00:41:05,714 --> 00:41:06,714
Captain?
697
00:41:08,300 --> 00:41:09,885
Back in the nursery, I...
698
00:41:10,469 --> 00:41:13,347
I just want to apologize for letting
my personal issues compromise...
699
00:41:13,430 --> 00:41:16,809
If you finish that sentence,
I will demote you to ensign.
700
00:41:19,687 --> 00:41:22,648
It's okay to
not be in control for five minutes.
701
00:41:24,692 --> 00:41:28,988
For as much as
we would like to bury certain emotions,
702
00:41:29,071 --> 00:41:32,825
perhaps it is freeing to acknowledge that
703
00:41:32,908 --> 00:41:36,829
we would not be who we are
had we not experienced all that we did.
704
00:41:37,454 --> 00:41:40,332
Maybe that's why
the Ten-C created the hyperfield...
705
00:41:41,625 --> 00:41:43,168
to protect themselves.
706
00:41:44,670 --> 00:41:48,340
So they would never again have
to experience that kind of fear and pain.
707
00:41:49,174 --> 00:41:50,426
The thing I can't reconcile is,
708
00:41:50,509 --> 00:41:53,345
they understand what it's like
to have their home destroyed,
709
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:56,390
and now they're doing the same to us.
710
00:41:56,473 --> 00:41:57,975
If they can feel, they can connect.
711
00:41:58,058 --> 00:42:00,203
And if we can make them aware
of what the DMA is doing,
712
00:42:00,227 --> 00:42:02,813
we have every reason
to believe that they'll stop it.
713
00:42:02,896 --> 00:42:06,525
I regret to say,
doctor, it is equally possible
714
00:42:06,608 --> 00:42:10,487
that they already know
and simply do not care.
715
00:42:17,703 --> 00:42:22,541
We sent DOTs down to the planet's surface
to scan for more of the hydrocarbons.
716
00:42:22,624 --> 00:42:25,878
They recovered 16 unique compounds,
717
00:42:25,961 --> 00:42:28,297
including the two
that you interacted with today.
718
00:42:28,380 --> 00:42:32,301
We've begun testing,
and initial results indicate
719
00:42:32,384 --> 00:42:35,596
that each corresponds
with a different emotional state.
720
00:42:35,679 --> 00:42:36,764
Fascinating.
721
00:42:37,347 --> 00:42:42,227
Of course, the Rosetta Stone required
two languages to understand the third.
722
00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:49,401
However, uh, this is still an excellent
starting point for communication.
723
00:42:49,485 --> 00:42:50,485
Good job.
724
00:42:51,612 --> 00:42:52,613
Well done.
725
00:42:53,989 --> 00:42:57,117
Nice work, captain, and Mr. Saru.
726
00:42:59,578 --> 00:43:02,664
I'll have my crew set course
for the hyperfield immediately.
727
00:43:08,420 --> 00:43:09,588
Mr. Saru?
728
00:43:10,923 --> 00:43:14,343
If you could use a moment of respite
after the challenges of the day,
729
00:43:14,426 --> 00:43:17,304
you are welcome to join me
for a stroll on the holodeck.
730
00:43:20,224 --> 00:43:22,726
I would enjoy that immensely.
731
00:43:30,192 --> 00:43:31,944
DMA hits in 25 hours.
732
00:43:33,028 --> 00:43:35,948
Take whoever you need
to assist with testing the chemicals.
733
00:43:36,490 --> 00:43:40,077
This data, captain, changes everything.
734
00:43:41,286 --> 00:43:43,580
For the first time in a long time,
735
00:43:44,206 --> 00:43:45,332
I feel hope.
736
00:43:46,750 --> 00:43:48,502
Like we can really do this.
737
00:43:48,585 --> 00:43:51,213
We can really find a way
to communicate with them.
738
00:43:53,173 --> 00:43:54,173
Thank you.
739
00:43:55,509 --> 00:43:56,844
It was all of us.
740
00:43:58,303 --> 00:44:01,890
And it will continue to be moving forward.
741
00:44:01,974 --> 00:44:03,100
So...
742
00:44:04,351 --> 00:44:05,561
thank you.
743
00:44:12,568 --> 00:44:13,569
[sighs]
744
00:44:25,873 --> 00:44:28,667
- General Ndoye?
- [Ndoye over comm] What is it?
745
00:44:32,254 --> 00:44:33,755
It was good to see her.
746
00:44:37,259 --> 00:44:39,178
Thank you
for letting me know she was back.
747
00:44:39,720 --> 00:44:40,721
You're welcome.
748
00:44:57,613 --> 00:44:58,864
[Adira] Hi.
749
00:44:58,947 --> 00:45:02,367
I heard about the hydrocarbons.
750
00:45:04,578 --> 00:45:07,497
[mimics explosion]
Game-changer. [chuckles]
751
00:45:07,581 --> 00:45:08,582
Yeah, I'm glad.
752
00:45:09,708 --> 00:45:11,752
How... How are you doing?
753
00:45:13,670 --> 00:45:15,923
It was a tough day.
754
00:45:16,590 --> 00:45:18,133
Good, but tough.
755
00:45:18,759 --> 00:45:21,595
If you wanna be alone,
that's totally cool.
756
00:45:21,678 --> 00:45:24,890
I just, um, thought maybe
if you wanted company,
757
00:45:24,973 --> 00:45:27,142
I was just gonna hang
around here for a little bit.
758
00:45:27,226 --> 00:45:28,685
Company sounds good.
759
00:45:28,769 --> 00:45:31,021
Okay. Um...
760
00:45:33,398 --> 00:45:34,650
All right.
761
00:45:35,442 --> 00:45:38,111
Oh, by the way, um, I did fly good today,
762
00:45:38,195 --> 00:45:39,863
so thank you for that.
763
00:45:40,489 --> 00:45:45,118
Yes. We maybe just don't even ever
have to mention that, like, ever again.
764
00:45:45,202 --> 00:45:48,121
Or we can mention it
every day for the rest of your life.
765
00:45:48,205 --> 00:45:49,205
Okay.
766
00:45:50,791 --> 00:45:51,791
Good.
767
00:45:57,673 --> 00:45:58,966
You asked to see me?
768
00:45:59,675 --> 00:46:00,675
Please, sit.
769
00:46:10,602 --> 00:46:11,812
Is this mavi?
770
00:46:12,771 --> 00:46:14,773
[poignant music playing]
771
00:46:19,152 --> 00:46:20,654
Tastes like home.
772
00:46:20,737 --> 00:46:22,823
I'm glad the replicator got it right.
773
00:46:27,327 --> 00:46:30,622
I saw you lingering in the nursery
774
00:46:31,248 --> 00:46:32,332
when we were leaving.
775
00:46:34,459 --> 00:46:35,585
It was nice...
776
00:46:37,838 --> 00:46:40,048
to feel those few moments of peace.
777
00:46:42,009 --> 00:46:45,429
I just wished
I could stay in that a little longer.
778
00:46:48,432 --> 00:46:49,725
Now, a while ago,
779
00:46:50,767 --> 00:46:54,354
Dr. Kovich told me
to take some time for myself,
780
00:46:54,438 --> 00:46:55,647
and I've tried.
781
00:46:56,481 --> 00:46:57,524
But, uh...
782
00:47:01,445 --> 00:47:03,905
seems I've got deeper work to do.
783
00:47:08,535 --> 00:47:09,661
I'm not okay.
784
00:47:10,871 --> 00:47:14,875
How could you be,
with everything you're facing?
785
00:47:15,584 --> 00:47:18,920
I mean, with everything we're facing,
I don't think anyone is okay.
786
00:47:19,338 --> 00:47:22,799
I keep thinking about
how we felt what the Ten-C felt today.
787
00:47:24,259 --> 00:47:27,387
Their fear, their love.
788
00:47:28,013 --> 00:47:32,434
And they destroyed
Kwejian and Radvek 5.
789
00:47:34,478 --> 00:47:36,688
Sometimes empathy can be uncomfortable.
790
00:47:37,105 --> 00:47:40,567
And it's the only way to connect...
791
00:47:41,902 --> 00:47:45,489
to find common ground for communication.
792
00:47:46,114 --> 00:47:47,866
What if Saru is right?
793
00:47:47,949 --> 00:47:49,951
What if they know what they've done...
794
00:47:51,453 --> 00:47:52,621
and they don't care?
795
00:47:53,246 --> 00:47:56,625
I mean, how do we connect
with a species like that?
796
00:47:58,585 --> 00:47:59,753
We'll find a way.
797
00:48:11,890 --> 00:48:13,410
[Tarka] The patch worked like a charm.
798
00:48:13,475 --> 00:48:16,269
We're attached to the hull,
and Zora's sensors don't have a clue.
799
00:48:16,353 --> 00:48:17,353
Well done.
800
00:48:18,188 --> 00:48:20,524
Got some news
about the mission to their planet.
801
00:48:20,607 --> 00:48:22,687
- [Reno clears throat]
- They're hoping to try and...
802
00:48:24,653 --> 00:48:27,948
Nothing like coming home
to an unexpected hostage, am I right?
803
00:48:28,031 --> 00:48:30,367
[dramatic music playing]
804
00:48:40,752 --> 00:48:42,754
[theme song playing]