1 00:00:12,012 --> 00:00:14,014 [NARRATOR] Previously on Star Trek: Discovery: 2 00:00:14,097 --> 00:00:16,141 Captain Christopher Pike, requesting to come aboard. 3 00:00:16,225 --> 00:00:19,061 I'm here at Starfleet's order, to command the Discovery. 4 00:00:19,144 --> 00:00:21,605 In the past 24 hours, Federation sensors picked up 5 00:00:21,688 --> 00:00:24,775 seven red bursts spread out across more than 30,000 light-years. 6 00:00:24,858 --> 00:00:27,527 And right now, this little dot is the only one willing 7 00:00:27,611 --> 00:00:29,238 - to tell us where it is. - Hit it. 8 00:00:31,114 --> 00:00:33,158 Pike to Discovery, get us out of here. 9 00:00:33,242 --> 00:00:34,451 Wait! 10 00:00:36,036 --> 00:00:37,663 [TILLY] I need a sample of the asteroid. 11 00:00:37,746 --> 00:00:40,249 If my theory is correct, we'll interact with dark matter, sir. 12 00:00:40,332 --> 00:00:42,668 The asteroid has been shedding rocks all over the place. 13 00:00:42,751 --> 00:00:44,378 We still have time to reach one. 14 00:00:45,921 --> 00:00:47,214 - It's in the bay. - [SARU] Status? 15 00:00:47,297 --> 00:00:50,300 [TILLY] The shuttle bay needs a little TLC but all is well, commander. 16 00:00:50,384 --> 00:00:51,426 I saw you die. 17 00:00:51,510 --> 00:00:53,428 I watched Tyler kill you. 18 00:00:53,512 --> 00:00:55,472 I held your body in my arms. 19 00:00:55,555 --> 00:00:56,765 I believe in you, Paul. 20 00:00:56,848 --> 00:00:57,724 I love you. 21 00:00:57,808 --> 00:00:59,351 I'd like to go to Enterprise. 22 00:00:59,434 --> 00:01:01,770 I am sorry, Burnham, but Spock's not there. 23 00:01:01,853 --> 00:01:04,481 A few months ago, I felt something shift in him. 24 00:01:04,565 --> 00:01:06,858 As if he'd run into a question he couldn't answer. 25 00:01:07,901 --> 00:01:09,861 He asked me for time. I gave it to him. 26 00:01:10,445 --> 00:01:11,280 Oh, Spock. 27 00:01:19,037 --> 00:01:21,957 [SPOCK ON RECORDING] As a child, I had what my mother called "nightmares." 28 00:01:23,417 --> 00:01:25,586 She taught me to control my fear by drawing, 29 00:01:26,169 --> 00:01:27,421 rendering fear powerless. 30 00:01:28,714 --> 00:01:30,173 The nightmares have returned. 31 00:01:30,632 --> 00:01:32,759 The same vision, again and again. 32 00:01:33,802 --> 00:01:36,555 I now understand its meaning, and where it must lead me. 33 00:01:37,723 --> 00:01:40,976 I have encoded it within this audio file in the event of my death. 34 00:01:41,935 --> 00:01:44,479 This may be my last entry aboard the Enterprise. 35 00:01:49,401 --> 00:01:51,611 Spock has had this tablet since he was a boy. 36 00:01:52,195 --> 00:01:53,822 I took it from his quarters. 37 00:01:53,905 --> 00:01:57,284 He drew these signals, two months before they appeared to us. 38 00:01:57,367 --> 00:02:00,078 Computer, show me Starfleet's rendering of the seven signals. 39 00:02:01,330 --> 00:02:03,290 Rotate 90 degrees counterclockwise. 40 00:02:04,124 --> 00:02:05,626 It's damn near identical. 41 00:02:05,709 --> 00:02:07,753 - Any more sketches like this one? - No. 42 00:02:09,254 --> 00:02:11,923 Sir, my brother sounds deeply troubled. 43 00:02:12,007 --> 00:02:14,926 I know he's on leave, but we need to contact him, 44 00:02:15,010 --> 00:02:17,137 find out what he knows about these signals. 45 00:02:18,764 --> 00:02:20,349 I know where Spock is, Burnham. 46 00:02:22,017 --> 00:02:22,851 Have a seat. 47 00:02:30,567 --> 00:02:31,401 Your brother... 48 00:02:32,694 --> 00:02:35,030 is in the psychiatric unit on Starbase 5... 49 00:02:36,782 --> 00:02:38,742 since about a week after he took leave. 50 00:02:39,993 --> 00:02:41,745 Committed to the facility at his request. 51 00:02:43,789 --> 00:02:47,000 Why weren't my parents or I told about this request? 52 00:02:48,126 --> 00:02:50,796 It's Starfleet protocol to reach out to the families... 53 00:02:50,879 --> 00:02:53,715 Unless the patient doesn't want that, and Spock said no. 54 00:02:55,008 --> 00:02:56,009 Emphatically. 55 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:57,803 With that said... 56 00:02:58,970 --> 00:03:03,517 his association with these signals outweighs his desire for absolute privacy. 57 00:03:04,142 --> 00:03:07,604 You could extend an olive branch to your brother, 58 00:03:08,230 --> 00:03:10,357 but he'll need to decide to take it. 59 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:11,358 He won't. 60 00:03:14,027 --> 00:03:15,320 At least not from me. 61 00:03:16,071 --> 00:03:22,035 The way I left things with my brother, we haven't spoken in years. 62 00:03:22,953 --> 00:03:24,913 Family dynamics can be complicated. 63 00:03:26,123 --> 00:03:27,791 My father was a science teacher. 64 00:03:27,874 --> 00:03:30,502 When he wasn't doing that, he taught Comparative Religion. 65 00:03:31,128 --> 00:03:34,339 It was a confusing household, and we didn't agree on a lot. 66 00:03:35,757 --> 00:03:37,968 Look, I've shared with you everything I know. 67 00:03:39,010 --> 00:03:40,721 Trust you can do the same with me. 68 00:03:41,179 --> 00:03:44,015 If there's ever anything you feel you ought to tell me... 69 00:03:50,188 --> 00:03:52,107 Sir, when we were on that asteroid... 70 00:03:59,072 --> 00:04:00,115 I... 71 00:04:02,909 --> 00:04:06,955 I never properly thanked you for coming back to get me. 72 00:04:08,165 --> 00:04:10,417 - You're welcome. - [PA BEEPS] 73 00:04:10,500 --> 00:04:12,586 [SARU] Captain Pike to the bridge immediately. 74 00:04:12,669 --> 00:04:14,045 [BRYCE] Captain on the bridge. 75 00:04:14,838 --> 00:04:17,382 Ah. Captain, another signal has just appeared. 76 00:04:19,384 --> 00:04:22,596 The transmission is too faint to determine the exact coordinates. 77 00:04:22,679 --> 00:04:26,308 Commander, I was using your station to run calibration modeling programs. 78 00:04:26,391 --> 00:04:27,893 Let me close some of this. 79 00:04:27,976 --> 00:04:30,854 Ensign Tilly had a notion to pinpoint the signals. 80 00:04:30,937 --> 00:04:33,190 - I gave her permission to try it. - Excellent. 81 00:04:33,273 --> 00:04:35,484 I'm modulating Discovery's deflector dish. 82 00:04:35,567 --> 00:04:37,986 The idea is it will create gravimetric distortion 83 00:04:38,069 --> 00:04:39,362 that will act like sonar. 84 00:04:39,446 --> 00:04:42,532 That's a good plan, but the signal's too far away to register. 85 00:04:43,325 --> 00:04:46,536 If we were closer, we might detect gravitational redshift 86 00:04:46,620 --> 00:04:48,622 and use that to calculate its position. 87 00:04:48,705 --> 00:04:50,832 I suggest we go to warp momentarily, 88 00:04:50,916 --> 00:04:53,293 then target it with long-range sensors as soon as we drop out. 89 00:04:53,919 --> 00:04:57,005 - Take us to maximum warp for five seconds. - Aye, sir. 90 00:05:02,093 --> 00:05:05,347 Signal coordinates received, and it's in the Beta Quadrant, 91 00:05:05,430 --> 00:05:07,891 51,450 light-years away. 92 00:05:07,974 --> 00:05:11,978 At top speed, that would take us 150 years to get that far. 93 00:05:12,062 --> 00:05:14,773 My unborn children's kids would be lucky to get there. 94 00:05:14,856 --> 00:05:16,066 - Ideas? - The spore drive. 95 00:05:16,149 --> 00:05:19,903 But until a nonhuman interface is found, Starfleet has decommissioned it, 96 00:05:19,986 --> 00:05:21,154 or its navigator, really. 97 00:05:21,613 --> 00:05:23,698 To guide us through the mycelial network, 98 00:05:23,782 --> 00:05:26,117 Stamets injected himself with Tardigrade DNA, 99 00:05:26,743 --> 00:05:29,830 a violation of Starfleet's ban on genetic manipulation. 100 00:05:29,913 --> 00:05:32,249 They were willing to overlook this during the war. 101 00:05:32,332 --> 00:05:35,210 - A Tardigrade? - I suppose you had to be there. 102 00:05:35,293 --> 00:05:39,130 Getting to the bottom of these signals is of utmost importance to the Federation. 103 00:05:39,214 --> 00:05:41,633 They let you use the drive to fight the Klingons. 104 00:05:41,716 --> 00:05:43,009 They'll give us dispensation now. 105 00:05:43,093 --> 00:05:44,469 When can it be operational? 106 00:05:44,553 --> 00:05:47,138 Once I begin prepping Commander Stamets, 20 minutes. 107 00:05:47,347 --> 00:05:48,181 Get to it. 108 00:05:49,432 --> 00:05:51,101 [TILLY] Bet you're glad you stayed on board. 109 00:05:51,184 --> 00:05:52,018 Hmm? 110 00:05:52,102 --> 00:05:55,355 Being back in the saddle, you and me, doing our thing. 111 00:05:55,939 --> 00:05:59,734 I thought the jump to Qo'noS would be the last time in a long time. 112 00:06:06,700 --> 00:06:07,534 What's wrong? 113 00:06:09,327 --> 00:06:11,371 I saw Hugh in the network. 114 00:06:12,038 --> 00:06:13,582 What, you mean after he...? 115 00:06:13,665 --> 00:06:14,791 - After he died? - Yes. 116 00:06:16,209 --> 00:06:19,337 When I was trapped there, he comforted me. 117 00:06:19,921 --> 00:06:22,716 He pushed me to escape, when I was ready to give up. 118 00:06:23,425 --> 00:06:26,386 He helped pilot Discovery out of the Terran universe, Tilly. 119 00:06:26,469 --> 00:06:27,387 He saved us all. 120 00:06:27,470 --> 00:06:30,682 - I... - I know how this sounds. 121 00:06:32,017 --> 00:06:35,645 At first I told myself it was a fabrication of my own mind, 122 00:06:35,729 --> 00:06:37,814 culled from my memories by the mycelia. 123 00:06:38,940 --> 00:06:42,068 But since then, I'm not so sure. 124 00:06:42,569 --> 00:06:45,697 I didn't see him the last time I jumped, 125 00:06:45,780 --> 00:06:47,407 but knowing it's a possibility... 126 00:06:47,490 --> 00:06:49,868 I'd think that possibility would make you happy. 127 00:06:50,493 --> 00:06:54,873 Astromycology has taught me that nothing is ever truly gone. 128 00:06:56,207 --> 00:06:58,126 Fungi are the universe's recyclers. 129 00:06:58,209 --> 00:07:01,212 This is how termination begets creation. 130 00:07:01,296 --> 00:07:03,173 It's why life is eternal. 131 00:07:04,215 --> 00:07:06,343 And my place is on this side of that cycle. 132 00:07:07,177 --> 00:07:09,471 If I return to the network and see him again... 133 00:07:09,554 --> 00:07:10,847 [PIKE] We good to go, Stamets? 134 00:07:18,939 --> 00:07:21,149 [MAN] All personnel, prepare for black alert. 135 00:07:21,232 --> 00:07:22,442 This is not a drill. 136 00:07:22,525 --> 00:07:23,944 Repeat, this is not a drill. 137 00:07:25,528 --> 00:07:27,364 Spore drive is online. 138 00:07:30,241 --> 00:07:31,868 Spore drive is ready, captain. 139 00:07:31,952 --> 00:07:34,913 Questions or concerns before we depart, captain? 140 00:07:34,996 --> 00:07:38,208 If you're telling me that this ship can skip across the universe 141 00:07:38,291 --> 00:07:40,794 on a highway made of mushrooms, I'll go on faith. 142 00:07:42,963 --> 00:07:44,214 Be bold. 143 00:07:44,297 --> 00:07:46,257 Be brave. Be courageous. 144 00:07:46,341 --> 00:07:47,342 Black alert. 145 00:07:47,968 --> 00:07:49,469 Black alert coming online. 146 00:07:50,095 --> 00:07:52,347 All personnel, black alert. 147 00:07:57,602 --> 00:07:58,436 Let's jump. 148 00:08:15,078 --> 00:08:16,746 Whoo! [CHUCKLES] 149 00:08:17,122 --> 00:08:18,999 You never forget your first, sir. 150 00:08:20,792 --> 00:08:21,626 Ah. 151 00:08:28,758 --> 00:08:30,510 - Commander Stamets. - Not now, Tilly. 152 00:08:33,388 --> 00:08:34,514 No sign of the signal. 153 00:08:35,223 --> 00:08:37,100 - We where we should be? - Affirmative. 154 00:08:37,517 --> 00:08:39,894 - Report. - [BURNHAM] Class-M planet. 155 00:08:39,978 --> 00:08:42,272 No power signatures or starships in the area. 156 00:08:42,355 --> 00:08:43,857 No one scanning us from the surface. 157 00:08:43,940 --> 00:08:46,693 Wait. I detect human life signs. 158 00:08:49,487 --> 00:08:51,906 No humans have settled this far out in the Beta Quadrant. 159 00:08:51,990 --> 00:08:54,993 Captain, I'm picking up a transmission from the surface. 160 00:08:55,076 --> 00:08:56,036 Send it through, Bryce. 161 00:08:58,121 --> 00:09:00,123 - [PEOPLE SCREAMING] - [MAN] We're under attack. 162 00:09:00,206 --> 00:09:01,624 - We're holed up inside. - [GUNFIRE] 163 00:09:01,708 --> 00:09:02,751 A few hundred souls. 164 00:09:02,834 --> 00:09:04,919 Men, women, and children. 165 00:09:05,003 --> 00:09:06,963 Red alert. Ready photon torpedoes. 166 00:09:07,047 --> 00:09:09,340 - Sure nobody else is out there? - We're alone. 167 00:09:09,424 --> 00:09:11,301 Pinpoint the call. Show me where it came from. 168 00:09:16,222 --> 00:09:17,265 Enhance. 169 00:09:25,315 --> 00:09:27,692 They do not seem to be in any sort of distress. 170 00:09:28,985 --> 00:09:31,696 Trace any warp signatures of starships near the planet? 171 00:09:34,491 --> 00:09:35,366 Not a single one. 172 00:09:37,243 --> 00:09:40,872 I can, however, confirm that, based on audiophonic degradation, 173 00:09:40,955 --> 00:09:43,958 the transmission has been broadcasting on a loop for... 174 00:09:45,627 --> 00:09:47,504 200 years. 175 00:09:48,129 --> 00:09:49,839 Before warp was even invented. 176 00:09:51,925 --> 00:09:54,135 Somebody wanna tell me how they got here? 177 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:35,361 The arrival of those people on the planet directly coincides 178 00:11:35,445 --> 00:11:38,239 with World War Three on Earth, a nuclear cataclysm 179 00:11:38,323 --> 00:11:40,950 that left 600 million dead and governments destroyed. 180 00:11:41,034 --> 00:11:44,245 The broadcast frequency from the surface is obsolete, 181 00:11:44,329 --> 00:11:45,955 too weak for interstellar communication. 182 00:11:46,039 --> 00:11:48,750 - It's all coming from this structure. - It's a church. 183 00:11:50,710 --> 00:11:53,504 - Yes, sir. - They're speaking Federation Standard. 184 00:11:53,588 --> 00:11:55,423 They had to have a starship to get out this far. 185 00:11:55,506 --> 00:11:58,217 The only way we got here was by using a spore drive. 186 00:11:58,301 --> 00:12:00,345 Yet, with the roughly 11,000 people 187 00:12:00,428 --> 00:12:02,513 spread over ten settlements across the planet, 188 00:12:02,597 --> 00:12:05,433 there is no ship or power signature to speak of. 189 00:12:05,516 --> 00:12:06,976 They don't use electricity. 190 00:12:07,060 --> 00:12:08,394 Since their society is pre-warp, 191 00:12:08,478 --> 00:12:10,605 we have to assume General Order 1 applies. 192 00:12:11,648 --> 00:12:14,609 Why did that second signal want us to come here? 193 00:12:15,276 --> 00:12:18,738 As Science Officer, I advise restraint in ascribing motivation 194 00:12:18,821 --> 00:12:23,117 to what are now simply unidentifiable energy bursts. 195 00:12:23,743 --> 00:12:25,995 "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio..." 196 00:12:26,746 --> 00:12:28,498 I know my Shakespeare, captain. 197 00:12:28,581 --> 00:12:30,833 Are you suggesting that divine intervention 198 00:12:30,917 --> 00:12:32,502 put those people on the planet? 199 00:12:32,585 --> 00:12:35,046 - You're familiar with Clarke's Third Law? - [BURNHAM] Yes. 200 00:12:35,129 --> 00:12:37,256 In the 20th century, Arthur C. Clarke said, 201 00:12:37,340 --> 00:12:40,760 any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. 202 00:12:40,843 --> 00:12:43,304 The law was debated by scientists and theologians, 203 00:12:43,388 --> 00:12:45,390 and later reinterpreted to say, 204 00:12:45,473 --> 00:12:48,685 "Any sufficiently advanced extraterrestrial intelligence 205 00:12:48,768 --> 00:12:51,479 is indistinguishable from God." 206 00:12:52,563 --> 00:12:58,444 I have no idea how or why they're here, but I highly doubt it's by accident. 207 00:12:59,112 --> 00:13:01,030 Certainly a bold interpretation, sir. 208 00:13:01,656 --> 00:13:03,157 What else do we know about the planet? 209 00:13:04,701 --> 00:13:06,619 Well, it is surprisingly Earth-like. 210 00:13:06,703 --> 00:13:07,704 However, 211 00:13:07,787 --> 00:13:11,541 the interweaving orbital rings are comprised 212 00:13:11,624 --> 00:13:14,794 of radioactive debris, unlike anything we've ever seen before. 213 00:13:14,877 --> 00:13:16,838 Figuring out how these people got there 214 00:13:16,921 --> 00:13:20,091 may shed some light on the nature of the signals themselves. 215 00:13:20,174 --> 00:13:22,385 Who's best suited to come with us to the surface, Burnham? 216 00:13:24,095 --> 00:13:25,304 Lieutenant Owosekun. 217 00:13:25,972 --> 00:13:28,349 She grew up in a Luddite collective on Earth. 218 00:13:28,433 --> 00:13:30,893 She'll know how to imbed, per General Order 1. 219 00:13:31,686 --> 00:13:32,937 Brief her and let's move. 220 00:13:33,479 --> 00:13:36,858 [COMPUTER] Your personal shielding is phase-locked with the gravity simulator. 221 00:13:36,941 --> 00:13:39,444 A change in gravimetric stability will result in... 222 00:13:39,527 --> 00:13:40,361 Boom. 223 00:13:41,237 --> 00:13:42,071 Confirmed. 224 00:13:42,780 --> 00:13:43,614 [SIGHS] 225 00:13:49,287 --> 00:13:52,081 As theorized, there are periodic concentrations 226 00:13:52,165 --> 00:13:53,624 of metreon particles. 227 00:13:55,001 --> 00:13:56,836 Yeah. Here looks promising. 228 00:13:58,671 --> 00:13:59,714 Okey-dokey. 229 00:14:03,926 --> 00:14:05,511 Activating laser core sampler, 230 00:14:05,595 --> 00:14:07,805 and corresponding internal artificial grav. 231 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:12,060 Computer, by my calculations, 232 00:14:12,143 --> 00:14:15,104 1 cubic centimeter of metreon-charged asteroid weighs in 233 00:14:15,188 --> 00:14:17,440 at a portly 1.5 metric tons. 234 00:14:25,990 --> 00:14:29,535 - [GASPS] - Metreon fluctuation detected. 235 00:14:29,619 --> 00:14:30,536 Adjust grav sim. 236 00:14:30,620 --> 00:14:33,289 - Project termination advised. - Not yet. 237 00:14:33,373 --> 00:14:35,500 Metreon-charged dark matter's our only lead 238 00:14:35,583 --> 00:14:38,544 to find a new spore-drive interface, and Stamets needs this. 239 00:14:45,843 --> 00:14:46,677 Got it. 240 00:14:47,345 --> 00:14:48,179 Secure sample. 241 00:14:50,014 --> 00:14:51,974 [WOMAN ON PA] Lieutenant Gavin to the bridge. 242 00:14:52,308 --> 00:14:54,185 Lieutenant Gavin to the bridge. 243 00:14:55,978 --> 00:14:56,813 [SIGHS] 244 00:15:01,150 --> 00:15:02,693 Hello, gorgeous. 245 00:15:07,532 --> 00:15:10,159 [COMPUTER] Alert. Energy discharge of unknown origin 246 00:15:10,243 --> 00:15:12,578 detected in main shuttle bay. Engineering... 247 00:15:30,304 --> 00:15:31,931 [TRICORDER BEEPING] 248 00:15:32,223 --> 00:15:33,391 No life signs inside. 249 00:15:35,268 --> 00:15:36,310 Set phasers to stun. 250 00:15:37,395 --> 00:15:40,481 - Keep them handy, but out of sight. - [PHASERS BEEPING] 251 00:15:55,705 --> 00:15:59,792 - Have either of you ever been in a church? - No. My family are non-believers. 252 00:16:00,626 --> 00:16:02,753 I'm familiar with the texts of Earth's religions. 253 00:16:03,629 --> 00:16:04,464 All right. 254 00:16:04,755 --> 00:16:08,217 Let's find out who these people are, and why they're calling for help. 255 00:16:13,473 --> 00:16:15,224 This glass is two centuries old. 256 00:16:15,641 --> 00:16:17,977 It represents not just Christianity, 257 00:16:18,060 --> 00:16:18,895 but Judaism, 258 00:16:19,562 --> 00:16:20,396 Islam, 259 00:16:20,813 --> 00:16:22,648 Hinduism, Buddhism, 260 00:16:23,274 --> 00:16:24,317 Shinto, and Wicca. 261 00:16:25,109 --> 00:16:26,903 The call is coming from beneath us. 262 00:16:28,154 --> 00:16:29,697 I'll look for the basement. 263 00:16:39,790 --> 00:16:42,460 "For those who live the old way, burn." 264 00:16:44,086 --> 00:16:47,590 "Those who sin against us shall be cut down by our gods." 265 00:16:47,673 --> 00:16:49,592 That's light and welcoming. 266 00:16:50,218 --> 00:16:52,428 "When those who believe our signs come to thee, 267 00:16:52,512 --> 00:16:55,097 say, 'Peace be upon you.'" 268 00:16:57,934 --> 00:16:59,310 Anthropologically speaking, 269 00:16:59,393 --> 00:17:01,270 it appears that they cobbled together a religion, 270 00:17:01,354 --> 00:17:03,356 based on the primary faiths of Earth. 271 00:17:03,439 --> 00:17:04,774 This book is 272 00:17:05,316 --> 00:17:06,692 some sort of new scripture. 273 00:17:07,193 --> 00:17:08,694 Maybe their historical record. 274 00:17:08,778 --> 00:17:10,071 I'll scan the text. 275 00:17:13,574 --> 00:17:15,243 Or we could look at the pictures. 276 00:17:15,326 --> 00:17:17,995 That was the original purpose for a window like this, 277 00:17:18,079 --> 00:17:20,623 is to teach the Gospel to those who couldn't read. 278 00:17:32,552 --> 00:17:34,011 Why aren't you in the fields? 279 00:17:35,471 --> 00:17:36,514 We're not from here. 280 00:17:38,599 --> 00:17:39,809 My name is Christopher. 281 00:17:40,434 --> 00:17:41,811 This is Michael and Joann. 282 00:17:42,353 --> 00:17:45,189 Is this your first time in New Eden? 283 00:17:45,273 --> 00:17:47,066 Yes. We're from the North. 284 00:17:48,776 --> 00:17:51,070 The All-Mother will want to see you. 285 00:17:53,322 --> 00:17:56,784 [ALL CHANTING] We welcome our new friends from the Northern Territory, 286 00:17:57,285 --> 00:18:00,079 and pledge gratitude to our creators 287 00:18:00,162 --> 00:18:03,791 for their love and deliverance to New Eden, 288 00:18:03,874 --> 00:18:05,960 on our planet, Terralysium. 289 00:18:07,628 --> 00:18:10,006 [AMESHA] Tonight, on the harvest moon, 290 00:18:10,089 --> 00:18:14,844 we remember that, over 200 years ago, in 2053, 291 00:18:14,927 --> 00:18:19,098 the First Saved, soldiers and civilians among them, 292 00:18:19,181 --> 00:18:21,017 took cover in the white church 293 00:18:22,059 --> 00:18:24,353 from the devastation of World War Three. 294 00:18:25,730 --> 00:18:28,816 Jets overhead dropped nuclear bombs. 295 00:18:29,233 --> 00:18:31,694 Our ancestors knew death was coming. 296 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:34,989 But just before the explosions, 297 00:18:35,698 --> 00:18:37,867 an angel appeared to them, 298 00:18:37,950 --> 00:18:40,494 surrounded by pillars of fire, 299 00:18:40,578 --> 00:18:43,914 and delivered our church, and those taking shelter in it, 300 00:18:43,998 --> 00:18:45,499 here to Terralysium. 301 00:18:48,377 --> 00:18:51,839 They awoke here, and founded New Eden. 302 00:18:53,466 --> 00:18:56,469 But who should they thank for this salvation? 303 00:18:57,261 --> 00:19:00,222 Which god? There were so many faiths among them. 304 00:19:00,765 --> 00:19:02,642 How would they solve such a quandary? 305 00:19:03,267 --> 00:19:05,102 By combining all religions into one. 306 00:19:07,855 --> 00:19:09,607 Say my religion is science. 307 00:19:10,399 --> 00:19:13,277 Has anyone used it to find an alternate answer 308 00:19:13,361 --> 00:19:14,945 to how our ancestors got here? 309 00:19:15,029 --> 00:19:18,115 How? Without the proper technology, 310 00:19:18,199 --> 00:19:21,619 all we've got are decaying relics that came with the First Saved. 311 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:26,791 For years, Jacob and Rose have tried to get the church lights back on. 312 00:19:26,874 --> 00:19:30,670 Since the battery units died, and the windows went dark, 313 00:19:30,753 --> 00:19:34,215 pilgrimages to our shrine have dwindled. 314 00:19:34,298 --> 00:19:36,842 Still, there must be some rational theories 315 00:19:36,926 --> 00:19:39,053 about how the church was transported here. 316 00:19:39,553 --> 00:19:45,017 A camera attached to a soldier's helmet exists from that time, 317 00:19:45,101 --> 00:19:46,477 but it's broken. 318 00:19:47,395 --> 00:19:49,313 [AMESHA] We have no need for proof. 319 00:19:49,397 --> 00:19:53,109 We are guided by the existence of something greater than ourselves. 320 00:19:53,734 --> 00:19:54,568 Our faith. 321 00:19:56,779 --> 00:19:57,697 It's getting late. 322 00:19:58,614 --> 00:20:00,282 We're setting out early tomorrow. 323 00:20:01,242 --> 00:20:03,703 Would you mind if we take shelter in your church? 324 00:20:04,245 --> 00:20:05,663 Of course not. 325 00:20:05,746 --> 00:20:07,289 Thank you for the fellowship. 326 00:20:08,874 --> 00:20:09,917 Peace be with you. 327 00:20:10,710 --> 00:20:11,836 And also with you. 328 00:20:17,758 --> 00:20:18,592 [MAY] Tilly. 329 00:20:19,844 --> 00:20:21,053 Tilly, wake up. 330 00:20:22,263 --> 00:20:23,097 What? 331 00:20:23,556 --> 00:20:25,015 - Where am I? - Don't worry. 332 00:20:25,099 --> 00:20:26,517 They're helping you. 333 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:30,479 I was there when you got hurt. It was so scary. I thought I'd lost you. 334 00:20:31,063 --> 00:20:33,441 - You shouldn't do that. - [ALARM BEEPING] 335 00:20:33,524 --> 00:20:34,984 Oh, no. Help. 336 00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:38,195 - What's going on? - [SARU] Ensign Tilly, 337 00:20:38,279 --> 00:20:41,323 dissecting a highly unstable interstellar asteroid, 338 00:20:41,407 --> 00:20:42,491 by yourself? 339 00:20:42,575 --> 00:20:44,994 This lapse in judgment put your shipmates at risk 340 00:20:45,077 --> 00:20:46,412 and nearly got you killed. 341 00:20:46,495 --> 00:20:50,124 - Will you corroborate that, Dr. Pollard? - He's correct. Almost dead. You. 342 00:20:50,207 --> 00:20:51,751 But you're gonna be okay. 343 00:20:51,834 --> 00:20:54,545 Sorry, sir. I was trying to help Commander Stamets. 344 00:20:54,628 --> 00:20:56,464 I do not see how one leads to the other. 345 00:20:56,547 --> 00:20:58,257 I took the asteroid sample in the hopes 346 00:20:58,340 --> 00:21:02,094 that I could design a coherent resonator to work with the spores instead. 347 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:05,222 Building a dark-matter navigational interface, 348 00:21:05,848 --> 00:21:09,101 so Stamets would no longer have to interface with the spore drive. 349 00:21:10,561 --> 00:21:11,562 [SIGHS] 350 00:21:13,606 --> 00:21:17,485 Before we can care for others, we must care for ourselves. 351 00:21:18,569 --> 00:21:21,197 Has this jeopardized my placement in the Command Training Program? 352 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:22,281 It has not, 353 00:21:22,364 --> 00:21:26,327 as long as it is not an indicator of more reckless behavior. 354 00:21:26,410 --> 00:21:31,290 You are the youngest candidate ever accepted into the C.T.P. 355 00:21:31,916 --> 00:21:33,834 Being the only Kelpien in Starfleet, 356 00:21:34,502 --> 00:21:37,838 I know how it feels to want to prove your worth. 357 00:21:37,922 --> 00:21:41,342 I was so determined to be a good example of my race, 358 00:21:41,425 --> 00:21:43,594 I learned 90 different Federation languages. 359 00:21:43,969 --> 00:21:44,804 Fluently? 360 00:21:46,889 --> 00:21:48,432 My point is... 361 00:21:49,266 --> 00:21:52,144 I put an inordinate amount of responsibility 362 00:21:52,228 --> 00:21:55,564 on these slender shoulders, often to my detriment. 363 00:21:56,649 --> 00:22:00,486 I expect you to take better care. 364 00:22:02,238 --> 00:22:03,239 You're important. 365 00:22:06,450 --> 00:22:07,409 [PA BEEPS] 366 00:22:07,493 --> 00:22:09,411 [RHYS] Mr. Saru, to the bridge, immediately. 367 00:22:10,079 --> 00:22:10,913 Report. 368 00:22:10,996 --> 00:22:13,582 Sensors detect a massive spike of ionizing radiation 369 00:22:13,666 --> 00:22:15,042 in the upper atmosphere. 370 00:22:15,125 --> 00:22:17,461 There's a disruption in the gravitational stability 371 00:22:17,545 --> 00:22:19,129 of the planet's outermost ring. 372 00:22:19,630 --> 00:22:21,382 This could relate to the signals. 373 00:22:21,465 --> 00:22:24,969 Radioactive particles from the ring are on the way to the planet's surface. 374 00:22:25,052 --> 00:22:26,470 - [SARU] Levels? - Bad. 375 00:22:26,554 --> 00:22:28,222 - Bad? - Really bad. 376 00:22:28,305 --> 00:22:31,141 In 64 minutes, radiation will reach the upper atmosphere, 377 00:22:31,225 --> 00:22:34,562 causing an extinction-level event. 378 00:22:38,399 --> 00:22:40,109 Tell transporters to stand by. 379 00:22:40,192 --> 00:22:42,403 Bryce, please contact the captain. 380 00:22:42,486 --> 00:22:43,612 Not possible, sir. 381 00:22:44,071 --> 00:22:45,698 Radiation's interfering with communication. 382 00:22:46,115 --> 00:22:48,033 We won't be able to transport, either. 383 00:22:48,117 --> 00:22:50,369 - Shall I send a shuttle to get them, sir? - [STAMETS] No. 384 00:22:50,452 --> 00:22:52,997 The shuttle's ionized carbon exhaust will create 385 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:56,667 a runaway positive-feedback loop that will accelerate the particles' arrival. 386 00:22:58,002 --> 00:22:59,420 I heard there was a problem. 387 00:23:00,087 --> 00:23:01,714 Happy to have you, as always. 388 00:23:01,797 --> 00:23:02,881 Especially now. 389 00:23:03,799 --> 00:23:06,594 It's highly unlikely that they can see the outer ring 390 00:23:06,677 --> 00:23:08,053 from the planet's surface. 391 00:23:08,137 --> 00:23:10,556 They'll never know it's coming until it hits. 392 00:23:10,639 --> 00:23:11,765 Time? 393 00:23:11,849 --> 00:23:14,852 Sixty-two minutes before nuclear winter becomes irreversible. 394 00:23:16,645 --> 00:23:18,522 If we were brought here... 395 00:23:20,399 --> 00:23:22,067 perhaps this is why. 396 00:23:23,777 --> 00:23:26,405 We are responsible not only to our landing party, 397 00:23:26,488 --> 00:23:29,408 but to every living being on that planet. 398 00:23:30,367 --> 00:23:33,454 Discovery will not allow a catastrophe on her watch. 399 00:23:34,204 --> 00:23:36,081 Clock is ticking. Let us get to work. 400 00:23:43,339 --> 00:23:46,717 That distress beacon's broadcasting without these people knowing it. 401 00:23:47,259 --> 00:23:49,928 We'll turn it off, so no one disturbs them, then beam up. 402 00:23:50,012 --> 00:23:51,055 [DOOR CREAKING] 403 00:23:51,639 --> 00:23:55,184 [OWOSEKUN] I isolated the distress beacon signal. It's coming from down here. 404 00:23:55,267 --> 00:23:57,144 [PIKE] Hope that helmet camera's here, too. 405 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:06,737 I'm sorry, sir. You can't be suggesting that we leave them here. 406 00:24:08,405 --> 00:24:10,366 Find that beacon, please, Owosekun. 407 00:24:11,575 --> 00:24:14,328 Before we transported down, you said you had a hunch 408 00:24:14,411 --> 00:24:17,164 the signal we followed was leading to a rescue mission. 409 00:24:17,247 --> 00:24:18,916 No one needs rescuing, Burnham. 410 00:24:19,333 --> 00:24:21,502 This place really is a New Eden. 411 00:24:21,585 --> 00:24:23,545 Amesha and the others are kin to us. 412 00:24:24,380 --> 00:24:26,965 They deserve to be reintegrated into modern society. 413 00:24:27,049 --> 00:24:29,301 By their own account, they left Earth in 2053. 414 00:24:29,385 --> 00:24:30,844 They did not use a starship. 415 00:24:30,928 --> 00:24:33,681 That makes them pre-warp, subject to General Order 1. 416 00:24:33,764 --> 00:24:36,934 We cannot interfere with their natural development. 417 00:24:37,017 --> 00:24:39,895 But they believe Earth and the human race were destroyed. 418 00:24:39,978 --> 00:24:43,440 They're wrong. Worse, the faith they cling to is a lie. 419 00:24:43,857 --> 00:24:44,817 Can you prove that? 420 00:24:45,859 --> 00:24:50,489 What I will prove is that none of this happened because of some miracle. 421 00:24:50,572 --> 00:24:51,615 [OWOSEKUN] Got it. 422 00:24:52,324 --> 00:24:53,659 The battery's dead, but... 423 00:24:54,827 --> 00:24:55,911 This is strange. 424 00:24:56,954 --> 00:25:00,124 Someone jury-rigged it to continue transmitting a distress call. 425 00:25:00,207 --> 00:25:01,542 [JACOB] And you answered. 426 00:25:04,086 --> 00:25:06,922 There were scientists among the First Saved, too. 427 00:25:07,715 --> 00:25:10,426 My family. For generations, we tended to that beacon. 428 00:25:10,509 --> 00:25:13,512 No one else knew it was here. You found it with that device. 429 00:25:14,138 --> 00:25:16,557 My ancestors were right, weren't they? 430 00:25:17,266 --> 00:25:19,476 The Earth wasn't destroyed. 431 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:20,686 Mankind evolved. 432 00:25:21,311 --> 00:25:22,146 Jacob... 433 00:25:22,730 --> 00:25:26,316 This device, this has always been in my family. 434 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:27,359 It's for navigation. 435 00:25:28,152 --> 00:25:31,739 Since the other day, when the red burst appeared in the sky, 436 00:25:31,822 --> 00:25:33,157 I knew you were coming. 437 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:35,325 That was the light from your ship, right? 438 00:25:35,409 --> 00:25:38,912 Your hands, your skin, unravaged by the labor we do here. 439 00:25:39,621 --> 00:25:43,083 You're not from Terralysium. I can see the truth in your eyes. 440 00:25:44,251 --> 00:25:45,753 Jacob, listen to me. 441 00:25:45,836 --> 00:25:46,879 You are mistaken. 442 00:25:46,962 --> 00:25:47,838 No, I'm not. 443 00:25:47,921 --> 00:25:51,049 I have been waiting for this day for a long time, 444 00:25:51,967 --> 00:25:53,135 for our true salvation. 445 00:25:54,636 --> 00:25:55,471 [PIKE] Let's go. 446 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,767 - We're sorry for trespassing. - No, wait. No, don't go. Wait. 447 00:26:00,184 --> 00:26:02,186 Wait. Stop. 448 00:26:04,438 --> 00:26:05,606 [SHOUTS] 449 00:26:10,486 --> 00:26:11,612 [GASPS] 450 00:26:13,030 --> 00:26:14,323 [GRUNTING] 451 00:26:18,494 --> 00:26:19,328 It's locked. 452 00:26:19,411 --> 00:26:22,039 If it's just a slide bolt, I can use a magnet to get us out. 453 00:26:23,832 --> 00:26:24,792 [COUGHS] 454 00:26:26,376 --> 00:26:30,088 Our utility bags are gone. Jacob must've taken all of our tech. 455 00:26:30,172 --> 00:26:32,174 To prove his case to the others, no doubt. 456 00:26:32,716 --> 00:26:33,759 Aha. Got it. 457 00:26:43,769 --> 00:26:45,604 [GRUNTS] Yep, I can feel it. 458 00:26:53,153 --> 00:26:55,906 God or no god, we are still bound by General Order 1. 459 00:26:57,199 --> 00:26:59,660 You will not break cover, under any circumstances. 460 00:27:00,285 --> 00:27:01,870 Do you both understand? 461 00:27:02,246 --> 00:27:03,247 [BOTH] Yes, sir. 462 00:27:11,088 --> 00:27:15,926 If X doesn't work, try Y. If Y doesn't work, try Z. 463 00:27:16,009 --> 00:27:17,344 If Z doesn't work, 464 00:27:18,053 --> 00:27:21,431 try drowning your ineptitude in a Risan mai tai. 465 00:27:21,515 --> 00:27:22,850 Where the hell is Burnham? 466 00:27:22,933 --> 00:27:25,435 I need her to, like, be here, and "yes, and" me. 467 00:27:25,519 --> 00:27:27,271 Can I help you with something? 468 00:27:27,354 --> 00:27:29,273 Yes. Yes, thank you. 469 00:27:29,898 --> 00:27:31,984 You know, I'm supposed to be on bed rest, 470 00:27:32,067 --> 00:27:34,319 but that is an affront to my very existence. 471 00:27:34,945 --> 00:27:35,946 The ship's in high alert. 472 00:27:36,029 --> 00:27:39,491 The captain, Burnham, Owo, not to mention an entire planet, 473 00:27:40,117 --> 00:27:42,244 could be nuked, and that is not happening. 474 00:27:42,327 --> 00:27:44,538 Why are you looking at me like that? You're May, right? 475 00:27:44,621 --> 00:27:46,331 Am I talking too fast? I'm problem-solving. 476 00:27:46,415 --> 00:27:47,374 I've had espressos. 477 00:27:47,457 --> 00:27:48,333 In sickbay? 478 00:27:48,417 --> 00:27:50,627 - Yeah. - Lives are at stake. 479 00:27:51,044 --> 00:27:53,922 It's always better to ask for forgiveness than permission. 480 00:27:54,006 --> 00:27:54,840 Exactly. 481 00:27:55,132 --> 00:27:57,634 I'm trying to figure out a way to stop the downflow 482 00:27:57,718 --> 00:27:59,928 of radioactive debris, then it occurred to me 483 00:28:00,012 --> 00:28:01,763 if we target the source of debris... 484 00:28:01,847 --> 00:28:03,932 - The ring itself. - Yes, thank you. 485 00:28:04,016 --> 00:28:06,143 We'd pull the debris away from the planet, 486 00:28:06,226 --> 00:28:08,729 and then we're alive, and alive is optimal. 487 00:28:08,812 --> 00:28:12,274 And I've been running models using a tractor beam, but... 488 00:28:12,357 --> 00:28:14,985 Discovery wouldn't be able to generate graviton beams powerful enough 489 00:28:15,068 --> 00:28:17,154 to change the course of the debris field. 490 00:28:17,237 --> 00:28:18,113 You read my mind. 491 00:28:18,614 --> 00:28:20,073 Your mind is so much fun. 492 00:28:21,325 --> 00:28:23,327 If only there was something on this ship 493 00:28:23,410 --> 00:28:26,079 that could generate a massive gravitational field. 494 00:28:28,749 --> 00:28:32,836 The asteroid. Dark matter. It's in the shuttle bay. It's... 495 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:35,130 A tiny piece of it destroyed an entire table. 496 00:28:35,213 --> 00:28:37,758 It was awesome. You're a genius. 497 00:28:37,841 --> 00:28:39,509 No, you're a genius. 498 00:28:46,767 --> 00:28:48,644 The ring's radioactive wave will hit the planet 499 00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:50,270 in four minutes, 32 seconds. 500 00:28:50,354 --> 00:28:52,522 What if we throw auxiliary power to phasers, 501 00:28:52,606 --> 00:28:55,275 destroy the radioactive debris before it reaches the lower atmosphere? 502 00:28:55,359 --> 00:28:57,527 That would give it a greater concentration. 503 00:28:57,611 --> 00:28:59,404 I got it. I got it, I got it. 504 00:28:59,488 --> 00:29:02,741 Tilly, how many times in a day must we have this conversation? 505 00:29:02,824 --> 00:29:05,953 No, please, sir, just hear me out. The dark-matter asteroid. 506 00:29:06,620 --> 00:29:07,663 Right, it's massive. 507 00:29:07,746 --> 00:29:11,625 And the more mass an object has, the greater its gravitational pull, right? 508 00:29:11,708 --> 00:29:13,043 You know this. 509 00:29:13,126 --> 00:29:15,754 Can I just scooch in there? Thank you. 510 00:29:15,837 --> 00:29:19,216 Yeah, so, if we launch the dark-matter asteroid 511 00:29:19,299 --> 00:29:21,843 from the shuttle bay in just the right trajectory, 512 00:29:22,469 --> 00:29:24,638 its gravity will pull the radioactive debris 513 00:29:24,721 --> 00:29:26,223 away from the planet like a... 514 00:29:26,306 --> 00:29:28,267 uh, invisible magnet. 515 00:29:29,434 --> 00:29:30,269 See? 516 00:29:33,105 --> 00:29:35,148 For the asteroid to exit at the correct angle, 517 00:29:35,232 --> 00:29:37,734 - I'd execute a sustained circular drift. - A donut. 518 00:29:38,193 --> 00:29:40,988 You would be doing a donut in a starship. 519 00:29:41,071 --> 00:29:43,907 - That's true. - Is this possible? 520 00:29:43,991 --> 00:29:45,951 Yes. Except no. 521 00:29:46,034 --> 00:29:47,661 We'd have to launch the asteroid 522 00:29:47,744 --> 00:29:50,622 from within the center of the ring's debris field. 523 00:29:50,706 --> 00:29:52,958 There is no way I can pilot us from in there. 524 00:29:53,041 --> 00:29:54,126 I can. 525 00:29:55,002 --> 00:29:56,420 We could jump. 526 00:29:58,213 --> 00:30:00,215 You have exactly two minutes, 11 seconds 527 00:30:00,299 --> 00:30:03,468 before the radioactive debris crosses the point of no return. 528 00:30:04,511 --> 00:30:05,846 Run, Mr. Stamets. 529 00:30:06,596 --> 00:30:08,724 Tell Engineering to ready the spore drive. 530 00:30:13,979 --> 00:30:16,189 [JACOB] The visitors are from the First Earth. 531 00:30:16,273 --> 00:30:17,774 They brought amazing things. 532 00:30:17,858 --> 00:30:19,026 Communication devices. 533 00:30:19,693 --> 00:30:21,069 Scientific data collectors. 534 00:30:21,153 --> 00:30:22,571 Look inside. You'll believe. 535 00:30:22,654 --> 00:30:24,823 [PIKE] What happened to "Thou shalt not steal"? 536 00:30:25,699 --> 00:30:28,785 - I wanted to see the truth. - [PIKE] The truth is that he attacked us. 537 00:30:28,869 --> 00:30:31,580 He violated everything that the faith holds dear. 538 00:30:31,663 --> 00:30:34,166 You give us back what you took, and we'll leave. 539 00:30:34,249 --> 00:30:37,419 Listen to me. They came on a starship. 540 00:30:38,086 --> 00:30:42,674 They can take us back home. We can experience the real Earth. 541 00:30:42,758 --> 00:30:44,843 This is your home. 542 00:30:44,926 --> 00:30:48,889 You are living by the corrupt way of the old Earth, Jacob. 543 00:30:52,309 --> 00:30:53,435 You're the scientist. 544 00:30:55,354 --> 00:30:56,521 Tell her I'm right. 545 00:30:57,272 --> 00:30:58,273 [PHASER BEEPS] 546 00:30:58,357 --> 00:30:59,232 Look. 547 00:31:01,318 --> 00:31:02,861 Captain. No. 548 00:31:02,944 --> 00:31:03,945 No. 549 00:31:11,745 --> 00:31:12,788 He's dying. 550 00:31:14,539 --> 00:31:16,291 Save him with your technology. 551 00:31:16,375 --> 00:31:17,959 I know you can. 552 00:31:18,418 --> 00:31:20,670 We need to get to the church, pray for another deliverance. 553 00:31:20,754 --> 00:31:21,838 Yes, okay. 554 00:31:26,176 --> 00:31:27,427 [STAMETS] Bridge, ready to jump. 555 00:31:28,053 --> 00:31:29,054 Are you ready? 556 00:31:29,679 --> 00:31:32,057 Had my pilot's license since 12, sir. 557 00:31:32,682 --> 00:31:33,809 Black alert. 558 00:31:35,227 --> 00:31:37,562 Airiam, now. 559 00:31:54,287 --> 00:31:56,998 - Detmer. - Initiating donut maneuver, sir. 560 00:32:34,744 --> 00:32:37,914 - It's working, sir. - Let us get our landing party. Now. 561 00:32:44,629 --> 00:32:46,214 Wait, wait. Hey, no, let me in. 562 00:32:46,923 --> 00:32:48,842 Jacob, no. Jacob. 563 00:32:59,144 --> 00:33:01,188 The gods have answered our prayer. 564 00:33:01,813 --> 00:33:03,982 The angel returned to save them. 565 00:33:04,524 --> 00:33:06,568 Transport confirms all are on board. 566 00:33:06,651 --> 00:33:10,363 The asteroid diverted all the debris from the planet's atmosphere. 567 00:33:10,447 --> 00:33:11,490 Yes. 568 00:33:11,573 --> 00:33:12,574 [ALL CHEERING] 569 00:33:23,001 --> 00:33:26,838 Perhaps you should disobey my direct orders more often, ensign. 570 00:33:26,922 --> 00:33:29,549 No, I think your orders are probably really good. 571 00:33:29,633 --> 00:33:30,967 I need to pass out now. 572 00:33:31,593 --> 00:33:34,596 - Do you need assistance? - No, I'm good. Straight to bed. 573 00:33:47,067 --> 00:33:48,276 Way to go, Stilly. 574 00:33:49,402 --> 00:33:50,237 "Stilly"? 575 00:33:51,446 --> 00:33:52,489 Wait, are you...? 576 00:33:59,871 --> 00:34:00,830 [GASPS] 577 00:34:09,172 --> 00:34:10,423 [POLLARD] Welcome back, captain. 578 00:34:10,966 --> 00:34:11,800 You made it. 579 00:34:12,384 --> 00:34:13,593 But your ribs, 580 00:34:13,969 --> 00:34:17,222 they're gonna feel like the xylophone in a Klingon marching band. 581 00:34:17,305 --> 00:34:19,432 Consider yourself lucky to be alive. 582 00:34:19,516 --> 00:34:20,475 [GASPS] 583 00:34:22,811 --> 00:34:26,565 [COMPUTER] Musk Junior High School, Class of 2247. 584 00:34:27,190 --> 00:34:28,149 Signatures page. 585 00:34:28,817 --> 00:34:31,444 Um, name, May something. 586 00:34:32,696 --> 00:34:33,989 Stilly, what the heck? 587 00:34:34,072 --> 00:34:35,740 You're moving again? 588 00:34:35,824 --> 00:34:37,742 It's only been six months. 589 00:34:38,326 --> 00:34:41,037 You're the nicest person I've met at this awful school. 590 00:34:41,663 --> 00:34:42,956 I'll miss our lunches. 591 00:34:43,039 --> 00:34:46,293 They were like little earthquakes, bounce, bounce, bounce. 592 00:34:46,376 --> 00:34:48,253 Please, stay in touch. 593 00:34:48,336 --> 00:34:49,838 Love, May Ahearn. 594 00:34:49,921 --> 00:34:50,964 Ahearn. 595 00:34:51,047 --> 00:34:52,215 Knew it. [CHUCKLES] 596 00:34:53,466 --> 00:34:57,429 Computer, locate quarters for Ahearn, May. 597 00:34:58,138 --> 00:35:00,515 [COMPUTER] Ship's manifest has no such name. 598 00:35:00,599 --> 00:35:04,728 Computer, search Federation database for the whereabouts of Ahearn, May, 599 00:35:04,811 --> 00:35:07,897 originally from San Francisco, California, Earth. 600 00:35:07,981 --> 00:35:09,024 Working. 601 00:35:10,108 --> 00:35:12,152 Ahearn, May Theresa. 602 00:35:12,235 --> 00:35:14,946 Born April 30th, 2236. 603 00:35:15,530 --> 00:35:19,159 Deceased June 9th, 2252. 604 00:35:25,123 --> 00:35:26,249 [DOOR BEEPING] 605 00:35:26,625 --> 00:35:27,459 Come. 606 00:35:30,879 --> 00:35:34,633 - You wanted to see me? - Yes. And don't make me laugh. 607 00:35:34,716 --> 00:35:37,802 Fortunately for you, I was raised on Vulcan. We don't do funny. 608 00:35:38,428 --> 00:35:39,262 [CHUCKLES] 609 00:35:39,638 --> 00:35:41,097 Maybe I should just shut up. 610 00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:48,813 I wanted to thank you 611 00:35:49,522 --> 00:35:51,858 for following orders and maintaining our cover, 612 00:35:51,941 --> 00:35:53,652 despite your captain's impairment. 613 00:35:53,860 --> 00:35:57,614 And by impairment, I mean, having a phaser go off in my chest. 614 00:35:59,532 --> 00:36:02,744 I learned the hard way what not following orders can lead to. 615 00:36:04,537 --> 00:36:05,455 In fact, 616 00:36:05,538 --> 00:36:08,500 you asked earlier if there was anything I ought to tell you. 617 00:36:08,750 --> 00:36:11,169 There is, and I didn't. 618 00:36:12,337 --> 00:36:15,173 The angelic being they worship on Terralysium, 619 00:36:15,882 --> 00:36:18,593 it appeared to me on the asteroid. 620 00:36:19,594 --> 00:36:21,221 Why didn't you say anything? 621 00:36:21,304 --> 00:36:23,181 I was injured. I thought I was hallucinating. 622 00:36:24,349 --> 00:36:25,767 That can't be a coincidence. 623 00:36:27,310 --> 00:36:29,312 Two signals, two angel sightings. 624 00:36:29,396 --> 00:36:30,730 With all due respect, sir, 625 00:36:30,814 --> 00:36:34,109 the word "angel" does carry with it certain implications. 626 00:36:35,777 --> 00:36:37,779 I saw a form. 627 00:36:38,405 --> 00:36:39,739 It hovered above me. 628 00:36:41,491 --> 00:36:42,325 And it was... 629 00:36:44,411 --> 00:36:46,246 to be honest, quite beautiful. 630 00:36:47,622 --> 00:36:48,581 But beyond that, 631 00:36:48,665 --> 00:36:50,792 I wouldn't ascribe to it divine properties. 632 00:36:52,585 --> 00:36:54,546 Those people in New Eden do. 633 00:36:56,923 --> 00:36:59,551 They'd find your experience to be quite a revelation. 634 00:36:59,634 --> 00:37:01,052 Is that how you see it, sir? 635 00:37:02,053 --> 00:37:03,012 As a revelation? 636 00:37:04,431 --> 00:37:05,432 At the very least. 637 00:37:07,726 --> 00:37:11,187 This new information creates more context. 638 00:37:13,106 --> 00:37:17,402 And context can alter our perspective. 639 00:37:21,156 --> 00:37:22,240 What about Jacob? 640 00:37:24,325 --> 00:37:26,077 Is he entitled to a little context? 641 00:37:27,287 --> 00:37:29,789 He knows in his heart who and what we are, 642 00:37:30,415 --> 00:37:31,791 and we chose to lie to him. 643 00:37:32,834 --> 00:37:35,044 We have the power to help him solve a mystery 644 00:37:35,128 --> 00:37:37,589 that's plagued his family for 200 years. 645 00:37:37,672 --> 00:37:40,842 - We could alter his perspective. - Look, I feel for the guy, too. 646 00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:47,015 But even angels are no excuse for violating General Order 1. 647 00:37:47,098 --> 00:37:50,101 Yeah, well, I have a better excuse. His helmet camera. 648 00:37:50,727 --> 00:37:55,148 Jacob said it recorded whatever was in that church the day they were taken. 649 00:37:55,231 --> 00:37:57,859 And as I see it, sir, the urgency of our mission 650 00:37:57,942 --> 00:38:00,111 directly contradicts Starfleet's first rule. 651 00:38:00,195 --> 00:38:02,947 To serve one goal, the other has to be sacrificed. 652 00:38:04,574 --> 00:38:06,993 But that's a choice only a captain can make. 653 00:38:16,628 --> 00:38:17,545 [GROANS] 654 00:38:19,839 --> 00:38:20,673 [PIKE] I lied. 655 00:38:22,592 --> 00:38:24,469 To protect the others from the truth. 656 00:38:24,552 --> 00:38:25,512 The truth is... 657 00:38:28,139 --> 00:38:29,349 you were right about us. 658 00:38:30,517 --> 00:38:34,604 I know what it's like to live with doubt, and I guess I didn't want that for you. 659 00:38:35,605 --> 00:38:36,606 How'd you get here? 660 00:38:38,233 --> 00:38:40,443 - Beam of light? - Yes, actually. 661 00:38:40,527 --> 00:38:41,861 It's called a transporter. 662 00:38:42,612 --> 00:38:46,950 It converts a person, or an object, into an energy pattern, 663 00:38:47,033 --> 00:38:49,035 and then beams it to a target, 664 00:38:49,118 --> 00:38:51,746 where it's eventually reconverted back into matter. 665 00:38:52,747 --> 00:38:53,706 Do you have a ship? 666 00:38:56,709 --> 00:38:57,627 Do you, uh... 667 00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:01,506 fly among the stars? 668 00:39:02,090 --> 00:39:02,924 [CHUCKLES] 669 00:39:03,716 --> 00:39:04,551 Yeah. 670 00:39:10,348 --> 00:39:11,558 And... 671 00:39:11,641 --> 00:39:12,642 Earth? 672 00:39:12,725 --> 00:39:16,271 Well, we're part of a galactic Federation now, 673 00:39:16,896 --> 00:39:21,276 dedicated to peace, exploration, and protecting places such as your planet. 674 00:39:22,443 --> 00:39:25,655 Jacob, we cannot intervene. 675 00:39:26,614 --> 00:39:29,576 Your society has to evolve in its own way. 676 00:39:31,911 --> 00:39:36,791 My entire family spent their whole lives 677 00:39:37,417 --> 00:39:39,294 hoping to get a confirmation 678 00:39:39,377 --> 00:39:40,962 that what we believed was true. 679 00:39:44,716 --> 00:39:45,758 And you... 680 00:39:47,010 --> 00:39:48,219 gave me that answer. 681 00:39:50,138 --> 00:39:52,682 Something none of them ever got. 682 00:39:52,765 --> 00:39:56,019 And that is enough for me. 683 00:40:00,148 --> 00:40:01,357 [SIGHS] 684 00:40:07,155 --> 00:40:10,950 Thank you. Because of you, we're not lost anymore. 685 00:40:16,998 --> 00:40:20,335 How about this power cell, 686 00:40:21,127 --> 00:40:22,462 with a very long lifespan, 687 00:40:22,879 --> 00:40:27,967 in exchange for a soldier's broken camera, circa 2053? 688 00:40:37,894 --> 00:40:38,853 [SIGHS] 689 00:40:44,901 --> 00:40:46,319 I hope we meet again, Jacob. 690 00:40:47,278 --> 00:40:48,363 I know we will. 691 00:40:50,448 --> 00:40:51,866 You might wanna stand back. 692 00:40:55,244 --> 00:40:56,287 Pike to Discovery. 693 00:40:57,121 --> 00:40:58,122 One to transport. 694 00:42:07,191 --> 00:42:09,777 [MAN ON VIDEO] We're under attack. We're holed up inside. 695 00:42:09,861 --> 00:42:12,864 A few hundred souls, men, women, and children. 696 00:42:12,947 --> 00:42:14,490 [GUNFIRE AND PEOPLE SCREAMING ON VIDEO] 697 00:42:14,574 --> 00:42:16,284 Wait. Something's happening. 698 00:42:18,619 --> 00:42:20,329 My God, we're taking off! 699 00:42:21,039 --> 00:42:22,665 Oh, a blinding light! 700 00:42:23,332 --> 00:42:24,751 God help us!