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[narrator] Previously on
Star Trek: Discovery:
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[Detmer] We're officially
out of the galactic barrier
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and into extragalactic space.
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Whatever happened with Oros,
it drives you.
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[Tarka] I built my own transporter
to get back to him.
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Whatever we think we know
about Species Ten-C, we're wrong.
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However we think first contact will go,
it won't.
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[Burnham] The Ten-C are hidden
inside 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,
or what they even look like.
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[Book] If I know Michael, she'll find
a way into the hyperfield before we do.
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[Tarka] 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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My ship will enter
into the hyperfield attached to Discovery.
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Tarka will find the DMA's power source
and disable it.
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That'll stop the DMA.
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Earth will be safe.
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How do I fit into all of this?
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Stay in contact. That's it.
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[Rillak] 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.
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We sent DOTs down to the planet's surface.
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They recovered 16 unique compounds.
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Nothing like coming home
to an unexpected hostage, am I right?
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[tense music playing]
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Commander Detmer, how close are we?
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[Detmer] We're 250,000 kilometers out.
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Hold position at 200.
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Aye, captain.
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From Earth's sun out to Mars.
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[Owo] Yes, ma'am.
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It has a radius of 1.5 AUs.
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Gravitational presence
is approximately 1.3 solar units.
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To build anything that big...
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Lieutenant Christopher,
have they responded to our message?
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Still nothing.
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[Burnham] Keep hailing on all frequencies.
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[Christopher] Aye, captain.
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Should we raise shields?
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No, we don't want
to signal threat or aggression.
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Owosekun, do scans
show any sign of weapons?
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[Owo] Negative, captain.
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There's no sign of anything.
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No change of any kind in the hyperfield.
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It's like they don't even know we're here.
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Madam President.
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I think it's time
we let our first-contact team
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implement the contingency plan.
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The message we have been sending
has been vetted by all delegates.
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We need to give it more time to work.
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Logically speaking,
if Species Ten-C wanted to respond,
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they would have done so already.
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We've got 15 hours
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before United Earth and Ni'Var
start to feel the effects of the DMA.
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We need to try something new.
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We collected
16 complex hydrocarbon compounds
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from the Ten-C's former planet.
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Each conveys a different emotion.
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Terror,
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love,
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sadness,
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curiosity,
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peacefulness.
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[Hirai] Which is the one
that concerns us now.
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Our contingency plan entails
using that hydrocarbon
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to try to start the communication process.
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Basically, "We come in peace"
in chemical form.
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I'm told someone from Science
is prepping the operation?
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That would be Commander Stamets.
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He has replicated the hydrocarbon
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and is presently loading it
into a fleet of DOTs,
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which will apply it
to the hyperfield's surface.
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Won't we need to move closer
to the hyperfield in order to deploy them?
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Yes, general, we will.
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And at such close distance,
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the hyperfield's radiation
may impact the warp core,
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making it more difficult
to retreat if attacked.
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Well, the power drain will be small,
but it is statistically significant.
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Is taking on that level
of risk really prudent?
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We won't get a different response
without a different input.
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Besides which,
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given what we know about
the Ten-C's technological capabilities,
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there's no guarantee we could evade
any weapons they may have,
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even at full warp.
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Commander Stamets,
are you ready to proceed?
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[Stamets] Just 11 more DOTs to go.
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You can load that one up next.
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[Zora] Commander,
do you have a moment?
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Uh, yeah,
if you can talk while I'm working.
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I'm worried.
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For several hours now,
something has felt off.
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I've run multiple diagnostics,
but there seem to be no irregularities.
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- Isn't that good news?
- It should be.
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- But I've learned to trust in my feelings.
- Sorry.
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And this one hasn't gone away.
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Something's unaccounted for
in some part of my system.
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And given the importance
of our mission,
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I need to be sure
that nothing will impact it.
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Well, if anyone can help,
it's Hugh.
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When I'm done here,
let's talk to him.
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We'll figure it out, Zora.
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I appreciate the support.
Thank you.
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I never knew
being kidnapped could be so boring.
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You're not kidnapped.
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You're temporarily detained.
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Eh. Potato, "potato."
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[Book] I'm sorry about this, commander.
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We both are.
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I just finished going through
the intel from Ndoye.
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It's fascinating what they found
on the planet.
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The Ten-C know what it's like
to lose a world...
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and they created the DMA anyway.
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I don't know what to do with that.
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Do with it whatever you like.
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What matters
is what Discovery does with it,
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and if they can use the data
to get inside.
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Preferably before they realize we're here.
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Hey, blood sugar's dropping back here.
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I'd kill for some black licorice.
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How long will it take
to stop the DMA once we're in?
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[Tarka] Depends on the location
of the power source,
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the defense mechanisms.
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[Book] We have less than 15 hours.
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[Tarka] There's only so much I can do
until we get in there.
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[Book] Commander.
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Licorice, made to order.
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Much obliged.
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[Detmer] We've reached 1000 meters
from the hyperfield.
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Hydrocarbon compounds are loaded
and the DOTs are ready, captain.
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[Burnham] Okay, then.
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Let them rip.
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[tense music playing]
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Any changes?
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A response of any kind?
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No, captain.
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Nothing yet, captain.
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[warbling]
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[Nilsson] Captain, the DOTs
are registering something.
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What's happening? Owosekun?
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I'm getting significant energy spikes
on the hyperfield surface.
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[Tarka] Are you seeing this?
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What the...?
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[Burnham] Commander Nilsson,
pull them back.
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[Nilsson] I'm trying, captain.
Whatever that is, it's too fast.
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They're gone.
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Seems we've gotten their attention.
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- Shields up. Red alert.
- [alarm blaring]
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Another spike, and this one's massive.
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Commander Detmer,
get us out of here now. Maximum warp.
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[Detmer] Aye, captain.
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- [Burnham] What's happening?
- [Detmer] I'm losing engines.
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[Rhys] Weapons systems
are dropping off-line.
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Shields are failing.
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- [Burnham] Commander Detmer.
- [Detmer] I can't get us out, captain.
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[theme song playing]
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- [alarm blaring]
- Status report.
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The ship is enclosed
in a membrane of unknown substance.
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It appears to be an orb of some kind.
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Basic life support's
still fully functional.
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Shields, engines and weapons systems
are all off-line.
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They've enacted
a selective shutdown of some kind.
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We need to get those systems back up.
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- Trying, captain.
- [Detmer] Working on it.
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[Burnham] Owosekun,
what else are scans telling us?
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[Owo] Well, looks like
we're now inside the hyperfield.
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No sign of the DOTs.
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There's a solar system in here.
Three gas-giant planets.
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Mass and chemical composition
are all identical.
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The orb is taking us
to one of the planets.
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We're like a bug in a jar.
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[Burnham] Lieutenant Christopher,
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tell Stamets to assemble a team
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and figure out a way
to get us out of this thing.
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Aye, captain.
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I'm alone now. We can speak.
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We've got no weapons,
shields or propulsion.
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- [Ndoye] Same with Discovery.
- What the hell happened?
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We sent a hydrocarbon message
to the Ten-C.
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A hyperfield captured us in this orb.
That's all I know.
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Any idea if Zora's picked up
on our presence yet?
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Not that I've heard,
but I'll look into it.
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- Have you found the DMA's power source?
- [Tarka] Just did.
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Scans show it's on the far edge
of the hyperfield
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in a casement of silicon-ellanium alloy.
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Once we breach that,
we can simply pull it out.
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Were you expecting something
a little more surgical?
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Take a look at the functional flows here.
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It'll work.
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The DMA will stop immediately.
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Okay.
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General, you'll keep us posted?
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[Ndoye] Of course.
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One more thing.
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How's Michael?
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Scared, same as the rest of us.
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She just hides it better.
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I have to go.
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[comm disconnects]
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[Book] Hey, what are you doing?
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I'm making some adjustments
to the energy transfer rate
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so my transporter works
when I hook it to the power source.
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Why don't you find a way
to get us out of the orb first?
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I'll work on systems, get us back online.
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[tense music playing]
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[Reno whispering] Come on.
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Come on.
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Shit.
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[Detmer] Captain, the orb we're in
has stopped moving.
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Looks like we're in the upper layers
of the planet's atmosphere.
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Sensors show life signs all around us.
Hundreds of them.
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They're also scanning us.
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Every millimeter of the bridge.
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Any progress restoring systems?
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Engineering says that the orb
is somehow keeping them powered down.
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Nothing they've tried has worked.
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[Burnham] Have them try something else.
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[Saru over comm] Captain, we need you
for a first-contact discussion.
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Commander Rhys, you have the conn.
Let me know if anything changes.
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[Stamets] She says there's
a malfunction in her system somewhere,
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but I checked the logs.
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Zora ran diagnostics.
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Nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
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Well, sometimes getting
to the root cause of a feeling
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is helped by focusing
on the feeling itself.
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We'll talk.
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[Zora] I appreciate that.
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Thank you.
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[Stamets] Hugh?
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Are you all right?
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Yeah. I just...
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I keep thinking about what I felt
down on that planet.
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Peace, calm, comfort.
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It's been a long time since I had that,
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and I'm not sure
how to get back there, you know?
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Well, I need to get back to Adira
and the team.
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but when this is all over,
we're taking a vacation.
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Just the two of us.
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Deal.
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All right.
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Let's get started.
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[Zora] How?
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Well, we'll play the Trill game
while we talk.
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- It helped you before.
- I'll set it up for us.
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[Rillak] But why would
the Ten-C bring us in here,
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scan us extensively,
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and then not even engage with us?
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I might speculate that they are
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attempting to understand our technology
before proceeding.
251
00:14:38,295 --> 00:14:40,798
Speculation is of little use
in this moment.
252
00:14:40,881 --> 00:14:42,257
We require answers.
253
00:14:45,052 --> 00:14:46,237
Could it be that they're using
254
00:14:46,261 --> 00:14:48,389
a communication frequency
we're unaware of?
255
00:14:48,472 --> 00:14:51,850
More likely they're waiting for us
to communicate a sense of purpose.
256
00:14:51,934 --> 00:14:55,437
Our message conveyed no intent,
merely a lack of threat.
257
00:14:55,521 --> 00:14:58,565
We cannot hope to conduct
effective diplomacy as prisoners.
258
00:14:58,649 --> 00:15:01,443
Communication is our only option
right now.
259
00:15:01,527 --> 00:15:03,654
We don't even know
how to get them to speak to us.
260
00:15:08,075 --> 00:15:09,159
[Burnham] I have an idea.
261
00:15:09,785 --> 00:15:12,371
For centuries, it's been
Federation tradition to present a gift
262
00:15:12,454 --> 00:15:15,457
during first contact
as a way of building trust.
263
00:15:16,250 --> 00:15:18,210
Stamets collected
a few samples of boronite
264
00:15:18,293 --> 00:15:19,837
from the site of the DMA implosion.
265
00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:22,631
Gift-giving can be culturally complex.
266
00:15:22,714 --> 00:15:25,801
The Ten-C may not perceive it
as we intend.
267
00:15:25,884 --> 00:15:28,095
It's the only thing
we know for sure they want.
268
00:15:28,178 --> 00:15:30,097
I'm not sure what other choice we have.
269
00:15:30,722 --> 00:15:31,722
Hmm.
270
00:15:32,599 --> 00:15:34,852
How could we possibly deliver it?
271
00:15:35,936 --> 00:15:38,605
We could beam the particles
directly onto the orb membrane.
272
00:15:39,481 --> 00:15:41,775
It sized itself to fit our ship.
273
00:15:41,859 --> 00:15:43,694
It has to have sensor capabilities.
274
00:15:48,282 --> 00:15:49,700
Let's give it a shot.
275
00:15:56,582 --> 00:15:59,877
Engines, shields, weapons, all still down.
276
00:16:01,795 --> 00:16:03,380
Nothing's working.
277
00:16:03,464 --> 00:16:05,549
[Tarka] The Ten-C
must be blocking those systems.
278
00:16:05,632 --> 00:16:08,260
Don't worry, they'll all come back
once I get us out of this orb.
279
00:16:08,343 --> 00:16:09,386
You found a way?
280
00:16:09,887 --> 00:16:14,808
When the nightsprey's done nesting,
there's only one way to leave a jajtspat.
281
00:16:17,644 --> 00:16:18,729
[Reno] Hey.
282
00:16:19,521 --> 00:16:21,815
Why exactly did you team up with that guy?
283
00:16:21,899 --> 00:16:24,735
He seems a couple of cherries
short of a sundae.
284
00:16:25,402 --> 00:16:26,653
He lost someone.
285
00:16:27,488 --> 00:16:29,198
And made a vow to get back to him.
286
00:16:29,281 --> 00:16:30,616
I respect that.
287
00:16:33,452 --> 00:16:35,454
My mentor, Cleveland Booker, used to say
288
00:16:35,537 --> 00:16:38,165
the measure of someone
is in how they honor their promises.
289
00:16:38,248 --> 00:16:39,750
[Reno] You share a name with someone?
290
00:16:39,833 --> 00:16:41,627
That's not confusing at all.
291
00:16:43,086 --> 00:16:44,838
He's not called Book anymore.
292
00:16:47,090 --> 00:16:49,676
In the courier world, trust is everything.
293
00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:52,471
Trust that someone will do the job
you paid them for,
294
00:16:52,554 --> 00:16:54,556
not rip you off or sell you out.
295
00:16:57,100 --> 00:17:00,395
The name Cleveland Booker
earned trust for generations,
296
00:17:01,063 --> 00:17:02,648
passed from one to another.
297
00:17:02,731 --> 00:17:04,441
Mine was the fourth in the line.
298
00:17:05,692 --> 00:17:09,238
When he retired,
he gave his name and his clients to me.
299
00:17:13,075 --> 00:17:14,451
I became the fifth.
300
00:17:15,285 --> 00:17:17,621
You think he'd approve of Tarka?
301
00:17:17,704 --> 00:17:19,414
I think he'd understand him.
302
00:17:26,088 --> 00:17:29,550
When my wife died, I needed a focus.
303
00:17:29,633 --> 00:17:32,302
So I joined the Hiawatha.
304
00:17:32,386 --> 00:17:34,179
After we crashed...
305
00:17:35,472 --> 00:17:36,974
there was an ensign...
306
00:17:37,808 --> 00:17:39,226
horribly burned.
307
00:17:40,060 --> 00:17:41,895
He begged me to let him go.
308
00:17:43,397 --> 00:17:46,650
I told him it was my duty
to keep him alive.
309
00:17:48,318 --> 00:17:51,321
I kept replicating skin grafts.
310
00:17:53,824 --> 00:17:56,326
It took 11 days for him to die.
311
00:17:57,828 --> 00:17:59,413
After he finally did,
312
00:17:59,496 --> 00:18:02,708
that's when I saw that his eyes...
313
00:18:03,792 --> 00:18:06,044
were the same color as hers.
314
00:18:06,128 --> 00:18:08,005
Exact same green.
315
00:18:08,755 --> 00:18:10,716
That is why I couldn't let him go.
316
00:18:10,799 --> 00:18:12,009
Not because of him.
317
00:18:12,092 --> 00:18:13,218
Because of me.
318
00:18:16,346 --> 00:18:19,516
You and Tarka have made
some dubious choices
319
00:18:20,183 --> 00:18:23,353
because you're both in pain
and you can't see it.
320
00:18:23,437 --> 00:18:26,231
I see you're trying to work on me.
321
00:18:27,691 --> 00:18:28,942
Doesn't mean I'm wrong.
322
00:18:34,364 --> 00:18:36,074
[Book] How much longer until we're free?
323
00:18:36,158 --> 00:18:37,159
[Tarka] Soon.
324
00:18:39,036 --> 00:18:40,495
[Saru] The boronite has been sent.
325
00:18:41,038 --> 00:18:42,497
No response yet, captain.
326
00:18:43,540 --> 00:18:46,585
You're feeling it out as you go,
adapting, making choices.
327
00:18:46,668 --> 00:18:48,045
I respect that.
328
00:18:48,879 --> 00:18:50,815
But a soldier has to accept
when they've hit a wall.
329
00:18:50,839 --> 00:18:53,508
That's when the truly hard choices
need to be made.
330
00:18:56,136 --> 00:18:58,138
I used to think there was no wall.
331
00:18:58,972 --> 00:19:01,808
As captain, my experience
has taught me otherwise.
332
00:19:03,268 --> 00:19:05,145
But, general, we haven't hit it yet.
333
00:19:12,736 --> 00:19:16,573
[Zora] Captain, scans show changes
to the orb membrane near the shuttlebay.
334
00:19:19,993 --> 00:19:21,286
[Burnham] Here we go.
335
00:19:22,537 --> 00:19:24,539
[suspenseful music playing]
336
00:19:37,302 --> 00:19:38,553
Something is coming.
337
00:19:39,721 --> 00:19:40,806
A life-form.
338
00:19:55,987 --> 00:19:57,989
[creature trilling]
339
00:20:04,996 --> 00:20:07,124
Seems they've decided to say hello.
340
00:20:16,842 --> 00:20:20,137
It has visual receptors
and pheromone glands.
341
00:20:21,388 --> 00:20:24,808
Not sure if these are auditory receptors
or electrical sensors.
342
00:20:24,891 --> 00:20:27,936
Its brain structure is wildly unusual.
343
00:20:29,730 --> 00:20:32,232
The universal translator won't be helpful.
344
00:20:33,859 --> 00:20:36,153
So we'll have to learn
another way to talk to each other.
345
00:20:36,236 --> 00:20:40,782
[Zora] Captain, the being is excreting
a mist of large organic molecule clusters.
346
00:20:40,866 --> 00:20:42,409
[Burnham] Can you analyze them, Zora?
347
00:20:42,492 --> 00:20:43,493
Of course.
348
00:20:44,286 --> 00:20:46,913
All of the supramolecules are identical.
349
00:20:46,997 --> 00:20:49,958
Each is comprised of dozens
of the same hydrocarbons
350
00:20:50,041 --> 00:20:51,501
you found on their home planet.
351
00:20:52,085 --> 00:20:53,920
Which hydrocarbons, exactly?
352
00:20:54,004 --> 00:20:56,923
Each molecule is 25% joy,
353
00:20:57,007 --> 00:20:58,717
22% sadness,
354
00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:00,927
17% peacefulness,
355
00:21:01,011 --> 00:21:02,804
14% irritation,
356
00:21:02,888 --> 00:21:04,389
12% surprise,
357
00:21:04,473 --> 00:21:06,224
and 10% fear.
358
00:21:06,308 --> 00:21:09,227
That's six of the 16 emotions
we know they can feel.
359
00:21:09,311 --> 00:21:10,520
It's nonsensical.
360
00:21:10,604 --> 00:21:14,816
Perhaps it is attempting to convey
all six emotions simultaneously?
361
00:21:16,902 --> 00:21:18,862
[creature trilling]
362
00:21:23,325 --> 00:21:24,367
[Rillak] Incredible.
363
00:21:24,451 --> 00:21:26,161
What could that mean?
364
00:21:26,244 --> 00:21:29,414
That complex of a pattern
has to be for communication somehow.
365
00:21:32,876 --> 00:21:34,586
[Zora] You may be right, captain.
366
00:21:34,669 --> 00:21:36,922
The light pattern
was identical both times.
367
00:21:37,005 --> 00:21:38,590
If that's their language,
368
00:21:38,673 --> 00:21:43,720
then the hydrocarbons must convey
emotional inflection and context.
369
00:21:44,221 --> 00:21:46,640
We need to mirror
the light pattern back to them.
370
00:21:46,723 --> 00:21:48,308
How will that move us forward?
371
00:21:48,391 --> 00:21:51,102
It will show them we recognize this
as an effort to communicate.
372
00:21:51,186 --> 00:21:53,230
From there, we'll need to find a way
373
00:21:53,313 --> 00:21:56,441
to convey simple
and then more complex thoughts.
374
00:21:56,525 --> 00:21:59,319
Sounds like the start
of a frighteningly long process.
375
00:21:59,903 --> 00:22:02,447
- Could be.
- Hmm.
376
00:22:02,531 --> 00:22:04,991
Zora, can you project the light pattern
back to the Ten-C?
377
00:22:05,075 --> 00:22:06,033
Yes, captain.
378
00:22:06,034 --> 00:22:07,410
I just need a moment.
379
00:22:10,038 --> 00:22:11,957
Something's happening near shuttlebay.
380
00:22:12,707 --> 00:22:13,875
Hey. Take a look.
381
00:22:14,751 --> 00:22:16,211
Lights of some kind.
382
00:22:19,673 --> 00:22:20,673
What are they?
383
00:22:22,342 --> 00:22:23,510
Doesn't matter.
384
00:22:24,010 --> 00:22:25,010
You found us a way out?
385
00:22:25,053 --> 00:22:26,263
- [chuckles]
- [comm beeps]
386
00:22:26,346 --> 00:22:28,473
[over comm] It's Ndoye.
We have a problem.
387
00:22:28,557 --> 00:22:30,684
What is it? Is everyone okay?
388
00:22:30,767 --> 00:22:31,767
Fine.
389
00:22:31,768 --> 00:22:34,188
Except that the universal translators
won't work.
390
00:22:34,271 --> 00:22:35,951
Communication needs to start
from scratch,
391
00:22:36,022 --> 00:22:39,067
and we have only 12 hours
before the DMA reaches Earth.
392
00:22:40,151 --> 00:22:42,654
Won't take nearly that long
to get us out of here,
393
00:22:42,737 --> 00:22:45,198
but we will need help
pushing off Discovery.
394
00:22:45,282 --> 00:22:46,575
What kind of help?
395
00:22:46,658 --> 00:22:51,496
I need to ignite a plasma stream
so I can burn a hole in the Ten-C's orb.
396
00:22:51,580 --> 00:22:54,708
From there, a simple reverse tractor beam
will repel us back out of the hole,
397
00:22:54,791 --> 00:22:55,792
no engines required.
398
00:22:55,876 --> 00:22:57,335
[Ndoye] Where do I come in?
399
00:22:57,419 --> 00:23:01,131
You'll hack Discovery's systems and
vent the plasma through the starboard nacelle.
400
00:23:02,674 --> 00:23:03,925
You must be joking.
401
00:23:04,009 --> 00:23:05,552
[Tarka] I assure you,
I'm not.
402
00:23:06,303 --> 00:23:09,014
Feeding information is one thing.
This is a betrayal.
403
00:23:09,097 --> 00:23:11,182
If diplomacy starts working,
we'll stand down,
404
00:23:11,266 --> 00:23:13,386
but right now,
it sounds like we can't even say hello.
405
00:23:17,314 --> 00:23:18,648
This will stop the DMA.
406
00:23:20,025 --> 00:23:21,276
No one else has to die.
407
00:23:21,818 --> 00:23:22,818
Please.
408
00:23:24,070 --> 00:23:25,780
We can't do this without you.
409
00:23:28,658 --> 00:23:29,951
Let me know when he's ready.
410
00:23:32,871 --> 00:23:34,497
Sending the override codes now.
411
00:23:35,248 --> 00:23:37,751
And, general, thank you.
412
00:23:41,129 --> 00:23:43,173
Once Zora projects
the pattern back to them,
413
00:23:43,256 --> 00:23:45,467
hopefully, the Ten-C respond
with a new message.
414
00:23:45,550 --> 00:23:48,094
Mr. Saru, stand by for analysis.
415
00:23:48,178 --> 00:23:49,178
Ready, Zora?
416
00:23:49,179 --> 00:23:50,137
[Zora] I am.
417
00:23:50,138 --> 00:23:51,556
Sending the message now.
418
00:24:11,368 --> 00:24:12,577
[T'Rina] What happened?
419
00:24:12,661 --> 00:24:13,662
Why is it leaving?
420
00:24:13,745 --> 00:24:16,539
Did Zora replicate
the light pattern exactly?
421
00:24:16,623 --> 00:24:17,749
She did.
422
00:24:17,832 --> 00:24:20,961
The Ten-C sent the same pattern
back to us once again.
423
00:24:21,044 --> 00:24:22,253
Curious.
424
00:24:22,337 --> 00:24:25,340
Maybe they want us
to answer back, not just mimic.
425
00:24:25,423 --> 00:24:28,969
It is possible they do not yet see us
as sentient beings.
426
00:24:29,052 --> 00:24:30,303
We have a spaceship.
427
00:24:30,387 --> 00:24:31,888
We warped here.
428
00:24:31,972 --> 00:24:33,306
Clearly we're sentient.
429
00:24:33,390 --> 00:24:35,976
[Hirai] Compared to them,
our technology's primitive.
430
00:24:36,685 --> 00:24:40,313
They've achieved Level 2
on the Kardashev scale, maybe beyond.
431
00:24:40,397 --> 00:24:43,566
It's like comparing a human
to a monkey with a rock.
432
00:24:45,735 --> 00:24:47,320
Zora, compare the pattern
433
00:24:47,404 --> 00:24:50,824
to both Federation
and non-Federation linguistic databases.
434
00:24:50,907 --> 00:24:52,283
Great minds think alike, captain.
435
00:24:52,367 --> 00:24:53,827
I was just doing so.
436
00:24:53,910 --> 00:24:56,287
Unfortunately,
there's no known comparison.
437
00:24:56,371 --> 00:24:58,915
I'm not seeing
the redundancy in patterning
438
00:24:58,999 --> 00:25:00,583
I'd expect from language, either.
439
00:25:00,667 --> 00:25:03,044
You're saying it's not a language?
440
00:25:03,128 --> 00:25:04,170
It may be.
441
00:25:04,254 --> 00:25:06,423
But it's unlike any I've ever encountered.
442
00:25:06,923 --> 00:25:11,219
We lack the tools to understand it,
in which case it may as well not be.
443
00:25:11,845 --> 00:25:13,322
[Burnham] No, there is a pattern here.
444
00:25:13,346 --> 00:25:14,806
We just have to find it.
445
00:25:14,889 --> 00:25:19,602
Solving the hydrocarbon mystery
required a variety of perspectives.
446
00:25:19,686 --> 00:25:22,397
Perhaps that would help us again?
447
00:25:24,774 --> 00:25:28,528
Detmer, Nilsson, Christopher,
please report to shuttlebay now.
448
00:25:31,823 --> 00:25:32,949
[Culber] Nice move.
449
00:25:33,033 --> 00:25:34,784
Your sine wave is stabilized.
450
00:25:34,868 --> 00:25:36,244
[Zora] The game's helping.
451
00:25:36,327 --> 00:25:39,873
I still can't identify the exact moment
I started feeling so distracted,
452
00:25:39,956 --> 00:25:43,334
but I found an anomalous event
that occurred around the same time,
453
00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:45,712
a replicator system malfunction.
454
00:25:45,795 --> 00:25:47,338
Commander Reno fixed it.
455
00:25:47,422 --> 00:25:49,049
Oh, well, maybe she can shed some light.
456
00:25:49,132 --> 00:25:50,925
Commander Reno, it's Dr. Culber.
457
00:25:53,386 --> 00:25:55,013
Zora, where's Commander Reno?
458
00:25:55,096 --> 00:25:57,140
My sensors show her in Engineering.
459
00:25:57,223 --> 00:26:00,435
Oh. She's probably helping Paul
figure out a way out of this orb.
460
00:26:00,518 --> 00:26:01,561
I'll talk to her.
461
00:26:02,771 --> 00:26:04,999
[Christopher] One of my professors
at the Academy used to say
462
00:26:05,023 --> 00:26:08,401
that if a problem stumps you,
examine your assumptions.
463
00:26:08,485 --> 00:26:11,738
Now, we're assuming that
the hydrocarbons are only about emotions,
464
00:26:11,821 --> 00:26:15,408
but what if it's also
a language of some kind?
465
00:26:15,492 --> 00:26:19,037
How could the hydrocarbons
contain emotional and semantic content?
466
00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:20,622
[Nilsson] Maybe it's like music.
467
00:26:20,705 --> 00:26:22,582
A piano piece evokes emotion
468
00:26:22,665 --> 00:26:26,169
but also has a structure
of pitches, note lengths, tempo.
469
00:26:26,252 --> 00:26:28,922
[Burnham] What if
the hydrocarbons are the structure?
470
00:26:29,005 --> 00:26:31,925
If each is a symbol or a word,
471
00:26:32,008 --> 00:26:34,594
then the molecules themselves
are the message.
472
00:26:34,677 --> 00:26:39,182
Zora, will you display a holo
of one of the molecules we received?
473
00:26:41,267 --> 00:26:44,270
[Burnham] Okay, if we're meant
to read this, how do we do it?
474
00:26:44,354 --> 00:26:47,023
Where do we start?
Which direction do we go?
475
00:26:47,107 --> 00:26:48,900
[Christopher] It's like
an encrypted message,
476
00:26:48,983 --> 00:26:50,860
but we're missing a key.
477
00:26:51,736 --> 00:26:53,822
Maybe the lights are a key.
478
00:26:54,447 --> 00:26:58,451
A starmap is a 2D rendering
to help us navigate 3D space.
479
00:26:58,535 --> 00:27:00,662
Maybe the Ten-C's light pattern is a map
480
00:27:00,745 --> 00:27:03,790
to help us read the hydrocarbons
in a specific order?
481
00:27:03,873 --> 00:27:05,667
[Burnham] Zora, show us the light pattern.
482
00:27:08,503 --> 00:27:11,756
Can you turn this into a 3D model
483
00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,717
using maximum brightness levels
as the Z-axis variable?
484
00:27:14,801 --> 00:27:16,136
[Zora] Of course, captain.
485
00:27:23,685 --> 00:27:25,805
[Burnham] If I move the light map
over the molecule...
486
00:27:28,565 --> 00:27:29,566
[gasps]
487
00:27:32,485 --> 00:27:34,821
Zora, try the lights again.
488
00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:38,700
[Burnham] And there we go.
489
00:27:39,701 --> 00:27:42,579
Now we can read the message
in the order they intended.
490
00:27:43,079 --> 00:27:45,582
But what it means
to read the message, however...
491
00:27:46,332 --> 00:27:47,834
Zora, start analyzing.
492
00:27:47,917 --> 00:27:49,085
Yes, captain.
493
00:27:49,752 --> 00:27:50,670
Thank you.
494
00:27:50,671 --> 00:27:52,589
We'll see you all on the bridge.
495
00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:04,851
[Reno] Hey, Book the Fifth,
496
00:28:04,934 --> 00:28:09,189
you've been replicating
my licorice refill since the dawn of time.
497
00:28:09,272 --> 00:28:10,940
It was literally ten seconds.
498
00:28:16,446 --> 00:28:17,697
Be a gentleman.
499
00:28:17,780 --> 00:28:21,075
Hand that to me like the lady that I am.
500
00:28:24,954 --> 00:28:27,332
Your friend Tarka is gonna kill us all.
501
00:28:27,415 --> 00:28:28,541
What are you talking about?
502
00:28:28,625 --> 00:28:30,168
I saw his calculations.
503
00:28:30,251 --> 00:28:33,463
If he pulls the power source
while the DMA's up and running,
504
00:28:33,546 --> 00:28:35,173
the hyperfield will implode,
505
00:28:35,256 --> 00:28:37,634
destroying everything
and anyone inside of it.
506
00:28:37,717 --> 00:28:39,010
He said it'd be safe.
507
00:28:39,093 --> 00:28:40,386
He lied.
508
00:28:40,470 --> 00:28:42,847
And the subspace rift
it will leave near Earth
509
00:28:42,931 --> 00:28:45,975
will kill everyone
almost as fast as the DMA would.
510
00:28:47,227 --> 00:28:48,704
You're saying that so I'll let you out.
511
00:28:48,728 --> 00:28:50,355
Tell him to show you the math.
512
00:28:50,438 --> 00:28:54,150
His equations won't make any sense,
but the look on his face will.
513
00:28:54,776 --> 00:28:57,987
Like I said, pain makes people blind.
514
00:28:58,655 --> 00:28:59,864
You need to make this right.
515
00:29:11,042 --> 00:29:12,710
[Burnham] How are we doing, Zora?
516
00:29:12,794 --> 00:29:14,671
Were you able to decode the molecule?
517
00:29:14,754 --> 00:29:16,089
[Zora] I believe so.
518
00:29:16,172 --> 00:29:19,092
I assigned a letter to each
of the individual hydrocarbons
519
00:29:19,175 --> 00:29:22,595
and then placed them
in the order designated by the lights.
520
00:29:22,679 --> 00:29:26,891
The resulting pattern seems to represent
a series of mathematical equations.
521
00:29:26,975 --> 00:29:28,476
Of course.
522
00:29:28,559 --> 00:29:29,894
You say that like it's obvious.
523
00:29:29,978 --> 00:29:31,646
[Hirai] Take a look at this arrangement.
524
00:29:33,147 --> 00:29:36,526
Three of hydrocarbon A, one B, then one A.
525
00:29:37,151 --> 00:29:39,195
Four A's, one B, three A's.
526
00:29:40,113 --> 00:29:43,616
Here we have four A's, one B, two A's.
527
00:29:43,700 --> 00:29:45,034
That's the pattern.
528
00:29:45,118 --> 00:29:48,204
The first group of A's
is always larger than the next,
529
00:29:48,288 --> 00:29:52,208
indicating that the B compound
in the middle means "greater than."
530
00:29:52,875 --> 00:29:55,211
Now, there are other patterns as well.
531
00:29:55,295 --> 00:29:56,462
[Rillak] Mr. Saru?
532
00:29:57,380 --> 00:30:01,884
Simply put, they are trying to teach us
a bridge language, such as Lincos.
533
00:30:01,968 --> 00:30:02,968
Exactly.
534
00:30:03,011 --> 00:30:04,011
Lincos?
535
00:30:04,053 --> 00:30:05,471
[Burnham] A language based on math.
536
00:30:05,555 --> 00:30:09,642
The 21st-century Earth organization METI
predicted that it would be helpful
537
00:30:09,726 --> 00:30:11,561
in extraplanetary communication.
538
00:30:11,644 --> 00:30:14,540
The Ten-C must think that their language
is too complicated for us to understand,
539
00:30:14,564 --> 00:30:16,566
so they're using this simpler one.
540
00:30:16,649 --> 00:30:17,775
They're reaching back.
541
00:30:17,859 --> 00:30:20,862
From here, we can build
all sorts of communication.
542
00:30:20,945 --> 00:30:23,781
If-then statements, complex logic.
543
00:30:23,865 --> 00:30:27,035
We need to show them
that we understand.
544
00:30:28,244 --> 00:30:30,246
Can we send an equation of our own?
545
00:30:30,330 --> 00:30:32,832
If Zora gives me access
to the ship's replicator,
546
00:30:32,915 --> 00:30:35,835
I can build a molecule
and beam it directly onto the orb.
547
00:30:35,918 --> 00:30:39,839
Then she'd just need to show them
the map of lights so they can read it.
548
00:30:39,922 --> 00:30:41,507
[Zora] I'd be happy to assist,
doctor.
549
00:30:41,591 --> 00:30:43,593
Great. Get to work, both of you.
550
00:30:45,094 --> 00:30:47,889
[Ndoye] President T'Rina,
may I have a word?
551
00:30:50,850 --> 00:30:53,603
Shouldn't we be using this time
to try to get out of the orb?
552
00:30:53,686 --> 00:30:55,355
Everything all right?
553
00:30:55,438 --> 00:30:58,107
It seemed we were getting along so well.
554
00:30:58,775 --> 00:31:00,735
But at the meeting earlier, ah,
555
00:31:00,818 --> 00:31:02,779
she was rather strident.
556
00:31:03,571 --> 00:31:05,531
Makes no sense for us
to suggest prisons.
557
00:31:05,615 --> 00:31:07,825
Ah, but there are more important things.
558
00:31:07,909 --> 00:31:10,453
It's not surprising. Logic above all.
559
00:31:11,204 --> 00:31:14,749
Vulcans often overcompensate
in public to prove a point,
560
00:31:15,375 --> 00:31:17,418
especially when
close relationships are involved.
561
00:31:19,170 --> 00:31:22,382
Sarek used to do it all the time,
and it drove me crazy.
562
00:31:22,465 --> 00:31:23,465
Huh.
563
00:31:24,092 --> 00:31:27,428
This context is most appreciated.
564
00:31:27,512 --> 00:31:30,723
[chuckles] Happy to serve
as a translator whenever you need.
565
00:31:30,807 --> 00:31:32,141
[Hirai] Message is ready.
566
00:31:32,934 --> 00:31:35,937
How do we feel about
"four plus five equals nine"?
567
00:31:36,729 --> 00:31:37,980
I love math.
568
00:31:38,064 --> 00:31:39,792
Let's just hope
it's enough to bring them back.
569
00:31:39,816 --> 00:31:41,651
[Book] You said no one would get hurt.
570
00:31:42,402 --> 00:31:45,655
You've already given up
so much for this. I didn't...
571
00:31:47,323 --> 00:31:49,909
- I didn't wanna make it harder for you.
- Youlied!
572
00:31:52,620 --> 00:31:54,664
What matters is we're stopping the DMA.
573
00:31:54,747 --> 00:31:56,916
I won't do to the Ten-C
what they did to Kwejian.
574
00:31:57,834 --> 00:31:59,836
And I sure as hell
won't put Discovery at risk.
575
00:31:59,919 --> 00:32:03,965
You're talking like it's certain
the hyperfield will implode,
576
00:32:04,048 --> 00:32:05,174
and maybe it won't.
577
00:32:05,758 --> 00:32:09,220
Besides, total implosion will take
a good three minutes or so.
578
00:32:09,303 --> 00:32:11,931
It's enough time for us to warp to safety,
579
00:32:12,014 --> 00:32:14,600
for Discovery to get away too,
maybe even the Ten-C.
580
00:32:14,684 --> 00:32:15,685
[Book] What about Earth?
581
00:32:16,394 --> 00:32:18,062
By my calculations,
582
00:32:18,146 --> 00:32:19,986
the void will take a month
to reach the planet.
583
00:32:21,149 --> 00:32:24,110
It's plenty of time for their scientists
to find some sort of solution.
584
00:32:24,193 --> 00:32:25,570
You should've told me.
585
00:32:25,653 --> 00:32:27,530
This has to be a last resort.
586
00:32:28,197 --> 00:32:29,615
I'm telling Ndoye to stand down.
587
00:32:29,699 --> 00:32:30,699
[Tarka] No!
588
00:32:32,493 --> 00:32:33,493
No.
589
00:32:34,704 --> 00:32:36,622
In 40 minutes,
we're getting out of this orb.
590
00:32:36,706 --> 00:32:38,875
We have ten hours
before the DMA starts to hit.
591
00:32:38,958 --> 00:32:41,270
- Who knows what'll happen?
- We need to give first contact time.
592
00:32:41,294 --> 00:32:43,534
- We have to do something while we can!
- We can't! Stop!
593
00:32:44,672 --> 00:32:45,882
Step away!
594
00:32:47,008 --> 00:32:49,552
Stay away from the consoles.
595
00:32:49,635 --> 00:32:52,138
I cannot do that. Not when I'm this close.
596
00:32:52,221 --> 00:32:54,223
- This is my ship.
- [computer] Warning.
597
00:32:54,724 --> 00:32:57,059
[dramatic music playing]
598
00:33:01,689 --> 00:33:03,065
[Saru] The Ten-C are back.
599
00:33:04,233 --> 00:33:07,278
It seems the message was a success.
600
00:33:07,361 --> 00:33:09,197
[Zora] We're receiving new molecules.
601
00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:12,825
Sending the hydrocarbon analysis
to your holopad, Dr. Hirai.
602
00:33:15,495 --> 00:33:17,830
[Hirai] Applying the light pattern
to decode.
603
00:33:20,416 --> 00:33:22,752
It's more mathematical equations.
604
00:33:24,170 --> 00:33:25,630
All of them equaling nine.
605
00:33:25,713 --> 00:33:28,966
Ah. We have started to communicate.
606
00:33:29,050 --> 00:33:30,510
Well done, all.
607
00:33:31,135 --> 00:33:33,095
[Zora] Captain, an object is approaching.
608
00:33:49,153 --> 00:33:50,154
Mr. Saru?
609
00:33:52,823 --> 00:33:56,285
I register no radiation or toxins.
610
00:33:56,953 --> 00:34:01,290
The exterior is coated
in the hydrocarbon for peacefulness.
611
00:34:01,374 --> 00:34:02,750
The interior...
612
00:34:03,876 --> 00:34:05,711
contains a breathable atmosphere.
613
00:34:12,301 --> 00:34:14,178
That's how they wanna keep talking.
614
00:34:16,389 --> 00:34:17,932
They want us to go inside.
615
00:34:24,647 --> 00:34:27,692
[Book] More defense improvements,
well done.
616
00:34:27,775 --> 00:34:29,068
[Tarka] Book...
617
00:34:30,027 --> 00:34:31,320
come on.
618
00:34:31,404 --> 00:34:33,614
Please, stop.
619
00:34:33,698 --> 00:34:34,949
You first.
620
00:34:37,952 --> 00:34:39,829
[groaning]
621
00:34:46,043 --> 00:34:48,337
I'm sorry. I have to take this badge.
622
00:35:01,350 --> 00:35:03,769
I never wanted this, Book, ever.
623
00:35:13,738 --> 00:35:15,489
I've had two real friends in my life.
624
00:35:18,993 --> 00:35:20,202
You were one of them.
625
00:35:23,748 --> 00:35:26,000
You have a funny way of showing it.
626
00:35:34,216 --> 00:35:36,218
What you're doing is wrong.
627
00:35:40,306 --> 00:35:41,807
Thirty minutes left.
628
00:35:43,392 --> 00:35:45,519
Then we're out of this orb and on our way.
629
00:35:46,562 --> 00:35:48,981
We can't be sure
it's even safe to go inside.
630
00:35:49,065 --> 00:35:51,400
If they wanted to hurt us,
they could have done it already.
631
00:35:51,484 --> 00:35:54,487
And if diplomacy fails,
the consequences would be far greater
632
00:35:54,570 --> 00:35:56,739
than any immediate risk to us.
633
00:36:00,034 --> 00:36:01,035
I'll go.
634
00:36:04,997 --> 00:36:08,417
Captain Burnham, Mr. Saru,
I'd like you to join me.
635
00:36:08,501 --> 00:36:12,505
Your skill set as a xenoanthropologist
and a linguist will be invaluable.
636
00:36:14,298 --> 00:36:17,593
Dr. Hirai, I'd ask that you stay.
637
00:36:19,303 --> 00:36:23,099
If... something happens,
638
00:36:23,683 --> 00:36:27,103
you should resume diplomacy without us.
639
00:36:32,692 --> 00:36:34,527
President T'Rina, General Ndoye,
640
00:36:35,444 --> 00:36:37,738
your presence would be welcome,
641
00:36:38,572 --> 00:36:42,576
as the delegates whose planets
are under the most direct threat.
642
00:36:43,369 --> 00:36:45,371
I will advocate for my planet,
643
00:36:46,247 --> 00:36:47,540
whatever is required.
644
00:36:49,125 --> 00:36:51,836
I have faith you'll convey
the necessary message.
645
00:36:52,461 --> 00:36:54,422
I'm of greater use here on the outside.
646
00:36:56,298 --> 00:36:57,466
Very well.
647
00:36:58,217 --> 00:36:59,552
Zora shouldn't come.
648
00:37:00,261 --> 00:37:01,887
Given all the unknowns.
649
00:37:01,971 --> 00:37:03,097
Agreed.
650
00:37:03,180 --> 00:37:05,433
[Saru] I will assemble
a portable transporter unit
651
00:37:05,516 --> 00:37:07,643
and some samples of the hydrocarbons.
652
00:37:07,727 --> 00:37:10,730
Perhaps Commander Stamets can suggest
something to project a light map.
653
00:37:10,813 --> 00:37:12,333
Actually, have him handle all of that.
654
00:37:13,941 --> 00:37:15,651
I need to borrow you for a moment.
655
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:18,612
You're the only one I can say this to.
656
00:37:20,114 --> 00:37:21,741
But I think it needs to be said.
657
00:37:24,869 --> 00:37:26,162
The Ten-C...
658
00:37:27,621 --> 00:37:29,498
they hold all the cards here.
659
00:37:32,293 --> 00:37:34,754
I feel like everything is just...
660
00:37:37,006 --> 00:37:38,841
slipping through my fingers.
661
00:37:40,509 --> 00:37:43,387
I have also struggled
when I feel a lack of control.
662
00:37:43,471 --> 00:37:44,513
Mm.
663
00:37:46,015 --> 00:37:49,518
Yet it is something
with which we must make peace.
664
00:37:52,646 --> 00:37:55,566
Strangely enough,
Mr. Tarka showed me a technique
665
00:37:55,649 --> 00:37:57,610
that has proven helpful,
666
00:37:57,693 --> 00:38:00,279
though unorthodox.
667
00:38:00,905 --> 00:38:01,905
What is it?
668
00:38:02,531 --> 00:38:03,866
Well, simply put...
669
00:38:04,784 --> 00:38:05,784
yelling.
670
00:38:08,788 --> 00:38:10,372
I could demonstrate.
671
00:38:12,041 --> 00:38:13,041
Okay.
672
00:38:14,585 --> 00:38:15,586
[clears throat]
673
00:38:17,254 --> 00:38:19,590
[yelling]
674
00:38:21,509 --> 00:38:22,509
[clears throat]
675
00:38:23,886 --> 00:38:24,929
- I'm sorry.
- No.
676
00:38:25,012 --> 00:38:26,138
Don't be.
677
00:38:26,722 --> 00:38:29,242
It's not even close to the weirdest thing
that's happened today.
678
00:38:37,441 --> 00:38:39,777
[yelling]
679
00:38:40,361 --> 00:38:42,363
[both yelling]
680
00:38:44,949 --> 00:38:46,951
[both laughing]
681
00:38:52,373 --> 00:38:54,083
I think I needed that.
682
00:38:56,001 --> 00:38:58,212
- Apparently, Grudge did not need that.
- [yowls]
683
00:39:03,008 --> 00:39:05,761
There is no one
I would rather go into this with.
684
00:39:07,096 --> 00:39:11,058
It is an honor to be at your side,
today and always.
685
00:39:11,141 --> 00:39:13,143
[poignant music playing]
686
00:39:22,736 --> 00:39:25,322
Zora, are you positive Reno's in here?
687
00:39:25,406 --> 00:39:27,366
[Zora] My sensors say she's present.
688
00:39:28,033 --> 00:39:31,245
We've been in here all day,
and I haven't seen her once.
689
00:39:32,121 --> 00:39:33,706
Maybe Paul found her?
690
00:39:33,789 --> 00:39:34,789
Should be back soon.
691
00:39:34,790 --> 00:39:36,876
He is on his way back now,
ensign.
692
00:39:36,959 --> 00:39:38,419
It's so strange.
693
00:39:42,965 --> 00:39:44,967
[pensive music playing]
694
00:39:52,808 --> 00:39:55,185
- Is that her badge?
- Yeah. Look.
695
00:39:55,269 --> 00:39:58,981
I'm receiving full biometric data,
even though she's not wearing it.
696
00:39:59,064 --> 00:40:00,107
Very odd.
697
00:40:00,649 --> 00:40:03,903
I'll run an analysis subroutine
to locate the malfunction.
698
00:40:04,403 --> 00:40:05,946
And we should page her too.
699
00:40:06,947 --> 00:40:08,490
She's gotta be on the ship somewhere.
700
00:40:09,283 --> 00:40:12,244
[Zora over comm] Commander Jett Reno,
please report to Engineering.
701
00:40:12,328 --> 00:40:14,288
- Commander Reno...
- Madam President?
702
00:40:16,165 --> 00:40:20,336
If it helps to hear this,
I do not believe we have cause to fear.
703
00:40:21,503 --> 00:40:23,130
I wish I could say the same.
704
00:40:25,299 --> 00:40:28,719
I must admit, I am not certain
how to step into danger
705
00:40:28,802 --> 00:40:31,847
with one for whom
I have such personal fondness.
706
00:40:33,182 --> 00:40:37,686
Perhaps this is one of the reasons
I avoid closeness with others.
707
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:40,731
Um...
708
00:40:42,232 --> 00:40:43,984
- Mr. Saru?
- Oh.
709
00:40:44,068 --> 00:40:45,361
From Commander Stamets.
710
00:40:45,444 --> 00:40:46,654
[Saru] Ah. Thank you.
711
00:40:47,571 --> 00:40:51,200
Uh... hmm. Hmm.
712
00:40:52,326 --> 00:40:53,410
[Burnham] All right.
713
00:41:00,709 --> 00:41:01,709
Let's go.
714
00:41:02,711 --> 00:41:04,964
[dramatic music playing]
715
00:41:35,244 --> 00:41:37,246
[tense music playing]
716
00:41:47,756 --> 00:41:49,883
[T'Rina] Were we beamed onto the bridge?
717
00:41:51,260 --> 00:41:52,302
Where is everyone?
718
00:41:52,386 --> 00:41:55,848
I believe it is a replica.
719
00:41:58,142 --> 00:42:03,355
The Ten-C created an environment
where they thought we'd be comfortable.
720
00:42:03,856 --> 00:42:05,941
We've lost contact with Discovery.
721
00:42:07,276 --> 00:42:08,694
We're on our own.
722
00:42:09,778 --> 00:42:11,530
[device humming]
723
00:42:11,613 --> 00:42:12,948
Not entirely.
724
00:42:21,665 --> 00:42:23,292
An isolytic weapon.
725
00:42:29,256 --> 00:42:30,299
It's not armed.
726
00:42:30,924 --> 00:42:33,010
They must've built it
from data they collected
727
00:42:33,093 --> 00:42:35,721
on the one Tarka detonated in the DMA.
728
00:42:35,804 --> 00:42:37,973
[T'Rina] Is it intended as a threat?
729
00:42:38,057 --> 00:42:41,727
Or a gift in return for boronite?
730
00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:45,522
[orb beeps]
731
00:42:48,609 --> 00:42:53,864
Sensors show they have sent
a mist of molecules onto the viewscreen.
732
00:42:53,947 --> 00:42:55,199
And there are the lights.
733
00:43:05,584 --> 00:43:06,744
I will translate the message.
734
00:43:13,258 --> 00:43:18,347
One hundred seventy-eight
plus this mathematical equation
735
00:43:18,430 --> 00:43:21,892
equals a curiosity hydrocarbon.
736
00:43:21,975 --> 00:43:23,727
Is the message about the weapon?
737
00:43:24,436 --> 00:43:27,481
One hundred and seventy-eight
is the atomic number for isolynium.
738
00:43:28,107 --> 00:43:30,859
[Saru] I believe this equation
is an expression of volume
739
00:43:30,943 --> 00:43:34,279
for a convex lens-like shape.
740
00:43:37,991 --> 00:43:39,326
The DMA.
741
00:43:41,703 --> 00:43:45,833
Isolytic weapon plus DMA equals curiosity.
742
00:43:46,333 --> 00:43:47,543
It's a question.
743
00:43:47,626 --> 00:43:49,795
They put the weapon here
to help us understand.
744
00:43:49,878 --> 00:43:52,464
They wanna know
why the weapon was put in the DMA.
745
00:43:52,548 --> 00:43:56,593
This implies they may be unaware
of the damage the DMA has caused.
746
00:43:56,677 --> 00:43:59,263
Well, our response needs
to make them understand.
747
00:43:59,346 --> 00:44:01,056
They need to make it stop.
748
00:44:01,682 --> 00:44:02,682
[Burnham] Okay.
749
00:44:03,392 --> 00:44:05,185
Let's figure out
how to say that with math.
750
00:44:15,779 --> 00:44:18,073
- [comm beeps]
- Booker, it's Ndoye.
751
00:44:18,157 --> 00:44:21,577
Your captain and a team went to talk
with the Ten-C, and now they're gone.
752
00:44:21,660 --> 00:44:23,662
Scans can't find
the orb they entered into.
753
00:44:23,745 --> 00:44:24,788
Can you see it at all?
754
00:44:24,872 --> 00:44:26,582
Tell her to stand down.
755
00:44:26,665 --> 00:44:27,958
Give the talks a chance.
756
00:44:28,041 --> 00:44:29,501
[Ndoye] Booker, do you copy?
757
00:44:29,585 --> 00:44:31,170
They could be dead, for all we know.
758
00:44:31,253 --> 00:44:33,672
If the Ten-C wanted to kill any of us,
we'd already be dead.
759
00:44:33,755 --> 00:44:36,425
Assuming they do come back,
we have no idea when that will be.
760
00:44:37,176 --> 00:44:40,095
It could be hours, weeks, years.
761
00:44:40,804 --> 00:44:42,139
Tarka, don't!
762
00:44:42,222 --> 00:44:44,016
[suspenseful music playing]
763
00:44:56,945 --> 00:44:58,197
It's done.
764
00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:00,908
Just make sure
you stop the damn thing in time.
765
00:45:01,450 --> 00:45:03,368
[Burnham] So we agree on our response?
766
00:45:03,452 --> 00:45:06,163
DMA plus us equals
the terror hydrocarbon.
767
00:45:06,246 --> 00:45:08,207
As they felt
when their world was being destroyed.
768
00:45:09,124 --> 00:45:14,421
The only question is,
how do we convey the concept of us?
769
00:45:18,258 --> 00:45:19,885
The number four, maybe?
770
00:45:19,968 --> 00:45:21,345
There are four of us.
771
00:45:21,428 --> 00:45:23,722
Or six, the atomic number of carbon?
772
00:45:23,805 --> 00:45:25,265
We are carbon-based.
773
00:45:25,891 --> 00:45:31,355
I fear that such numbers could hold
other significance for the Ten-C.
774
00:45:31,438 --> 00:45:33,565
It is easy for misunderstanding to occur
775
00:45:33,649 --> 00:45:37,319
between different cultures
when one lacks context.
776
00:45:39,196 --> 00:45:40,864
But what President T'Rina said,
777
00:45:41,782 --> 00:45:43,408
using our own biology...
778
00:45:46,870 --> 00:45:47,870
The air?
779
00:45:48,497 --> 00:45:49,831
The air.
780
00:45:49,915 --> 00:45:52,000
They've created an artificial atmosphere
781
00:45:52,084 --> 00:45:55,879
based on the exact ratio
of gases we need to breathe,
782
00:45:55,963 --> 00:45:58,715
78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen,
783
00:45:58,799 --> 00:46:02,719
0.93% argon and 0.04% carbon dioxide.
784
00:46:02,803 --> 00:46:04,388
They will recognize that as us.
785
00:46:04,471 --> 00:46:07,182
[Saru] "DMA plus us equals terror."
786
00:46:07,266 --> 00:46:09,184
I will code and send it.
787
00:46:15,732 --> 00:46:17,859
Ah, we are receiving
a new message already.
788
00:46:22,155 --> 00:46:26,201
They have sent us
a greater-than symbol and...
789
00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:29,496
a sadness hydrocarbon.
790
00:46:31,456 --> 00:46:32,708
Great sadness.
791
00:46:33,917 --> 00:46:38,672
Ah. That means they understand,
and it means they have empathy.
792
00:46:39,214 --> 00:46:41,258
And if they have empathy for us,
793
00:46:41,341 --> 00:46:43,552
diplomacy can work.
794
00:46:45,178 --> 00:46:46,178
Ah.
795
00:46:46,555 --> 00:46:50,142
Now we just need to figure out
how to ask them to turn off the DMA.
796
00:46:50,225 --> 00:46:51,183
[Stamets] Reno's gone?
797
00:46:51,184 --> 00:46:54,230
Zora's analysis proves
that someone tampered with her badge.
798
00:46:54,313 --> 00:46:55,856
Yeah, but why would anyone do that?
799
00:46:55,939 --> 00:46:57,419
If it didn't sound completely insane,
800
00:46:57,482 --> 00:47:00,527
I would guess that somebody took her
off the ship and covered it up.
801
00:47:00,610 --> 00:47:02,490
[Stamets] I should've known
something was wrong.
802
00:47:02,571 --> 00:47:05,365
I've been trying to find her all day
to help us get out of this orb.
803
00:47:05,991 --> 00:47:06,991
It's not your fault.
804
00:47:06,992 --> 00:47:08,952
[Zora] I think I found something.
805
00:47:09,036 --> 00:47:12,164
I've been analyzing every discrete event
in this sector of the ship
806
00:47:12,247 --> 00:47:14,124
during the time range in question.
807
00:47:14,207 --> 00:47:18,545
Access Panel 4351
was opened briefly at one point,
808
00:47:18,628 --> 00:47:21,548
but the maintenance check
isn't scheduled until tomorrow.
809
00:47:28,764 --> 00:47:30,891
Okay, well, this should not be here.
810
00:47:30,974 --> 00:47:34,436
[Zora] That's it. That's the source
of what I've been feeling.
811
00:47:34,519 --> 00:47:35,771
And now...
812
00:47:35,854 --> 00:47:37,481
- Oh, no.
- What? What's wrong?
813
00:47:37,564 --> 00:47:39,358
There's a cloaked vessel
attached to me.
814
00:47:39,441 --> 00:47:40,776
It's Book's ship.
815
00:47:41,443 --> 00:47:42,569
What's happening?
816
00:47:42,652 --> 00:47:44,363
Plasma's venting
from one of the nacelles.
817
00:47:44,446 --> 00:47:45,614
Here we go.
818
00:47:45,697 --> 00:47:47,866
[suspenseful music playing]
819
00:47:53,038 --> 00:47:55,040
- [alarm blaring]
- It's burning a hole in the orb.
820
00:47:55,123 --> 00:47:56,541
What about the emergency shutoff?
821
00:47:56,625 --> 00:47:58,001
Someone entered override codes.
822
00:47:58,085 --> 00:48:00,629
[Stamets] Commander, Book's ship
is attached to our underbelly.
823
00:48:00,712 --> 00:48:01,912
We know. We see them on scans.
824
00:48:15,102 --> 00:48:16,770
No response to hails, commander.
825
00:48:16,853 --> 00:48:18,897
- What else can we do here?
- Nothing.
826
00:48:18,980 --> 00:48:20,107
They're gone.
827
00:48:22,818 --> 00:48:25,487
I'll be ready
with the DMA message in one moment.
828
00:48:29,116 --> 00:48:30,575
Oh, that's new.
829
00:48:34,246 --> 00:48:35,497
They sent us back.
830
00:48:36,331 --> 00:48:37,374
Why?
831
00:48:37,457 --> 00:48:40,252
Booker's ship was attached to ours.
They just escaped the orb.
832
00:48:40,335 --> 00:48:42,546
What? They're here?
833
00:48:43,171 --> 00:48:44,840
The Ten-C's defenses were breached.
834
00:48:44,923 --> 00:48:46,425
That's why we're back.
835
00:48:46,508 --> 00:48:47,634
How much time do we have?
836
00:48:47,717 --> 00:48:50,053
Four hours left
until the Earth starts getting hit.
837
00:48:50,137 --> 00:48:52,305
The impulse engines are back online.
838
00:48:52,389 --> 00:48:54,784
Weapons and warp drives
are still down, but it doesn't matter.
839
00:48:54,808 --> 00:48:56,309
We're almost at the power source.
840
00:48:56,393 --> 00:48:58,728
We just need to figure out
how to fly this damn thing.
841
00:48:58,812 --> 00:48:59,855
You were right.
842
00:48:59,938 --> 00:49:01,982
I should have listened to you.
843
00:49:02,065 --> 00:49:03,817
I know it might feel like all is lost.
844
00:49:04,568 --> 00:49:07,195
And okay, maybe it is.
845
00:49:07,279 --> 00:49:09,197
But I do have something that can help.
846
00:49:09,656 --> 00:49:11,116
It's a communicator chip.
847
00:49:11,783 --> 00:49:15,454
I stashed it when I ran into Psycho-Pants
when I realized he was gonna stun me.
848
00:49:15,537 --> 00:49:16,580
What's the licorice do?
849
00:49:17,956 --> 00:49:19,916
The glycyrrhizic acid in licorice,
850
00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:22,711
when it dissolves,
it conducts electricity.
851
00:49:22,794 --> 00:49:24,546
I can use it to call Discovery,
852
00:49:24,629 --> 00:49:28,425
but I haven't been able to make it
past your ship's security protocols.
853
00:49:28,508 --> 00:49:30,218
You need my access codes.
854
00:49:32,220 --> 00:49:33,430
We won't have long.
855
00:49:33,513 --> 00:49:34,639
I'll talk fast.
856
00:49:37,893 --> 00:49:39,519
Can we get out the same way they did?
857
00:49:39,603 --> 00:49:41,021
We've got nothing to repel against.
858
00:49:41,104 --> 00:49:42,874
And the hole they've made
has sealed itself up.
859
00:49:42,898 --> 00:49:46,026
Captain, we just received
an urgent message from Booker's ship.
860
00:49:46,902 --> 00:49:47,902
Play it.
861
00:49:48,987 --> 00:49:50,530
[over comm] Captain, it's Reno.
862
00:49:50,614 --> 00:49:52,491
Tarka's got me and Book locked up.
863
00:49:53,200 --> 00:49:55,785
And if he takes out
the DMA way he wants to,
864
00:49:55,869 --> 00:50:00,332
it will destroy the hyperfield,
the Ten-C, probably Discovery too.
865
00:50:00,415 --> 00:50:03,668
It'll also leave a toxic waste dump
heading straight for Earth.
866
00:50:03,752 --> 00:50:06,922
You have to stop us, whatever it takes.
867
00:50:13,386 --> 00:50:15,388
[theme song playing]