1 00:00:08,009 --> 00:00:10,303 [narrator] Last season on Star Trek Discovery: 2 00:00:10,386 --> 00:00:14,098 [Burnham] Seven hundred years after we left, dilithium supplies dried up. 3 00:00:14,182 --> 00:00:16,768 The Federation tried alternative warp-drive designs, 4 00:00:16,851 --> 00:00:19,646 but none proved reliable. Then came the Burn. 5 00:00:19,729 --> 00:00:22,232 No one knows how or why it happened. 6 00:00:22,315 --> 00:00:25,026 But in an instant, all dilithium went inert. 7 00:00:25,109 --> 00:00:27,779 Any ship with an active warp core detonated. 8 00:00:27,862 --> 00:00:30,323 The Federation as we know it disappeared overnight. 9 00:00:30,406 --> 00:00:32,575 This is where the Burn started. 10 00:00:32,659 --> 00:00:36,412 I'm reading there is dilithium dispersed throughout this planet. 11 00:00:36,496 --> 00:00:39,332 Federation could use that news right now. 12 00:00:39,415 --> 00:00:42,085 [Adira] There's a signal coming from the center of the nebula. 13 00:00:42,168 --> 00:00:44,128 The message is over a hundred years old. 14 00:00:44,212 --> 00:00:47,257 This is Dr. Issa of the KSF Khi'eth. 15 00:00:47,340 --> 00:00:51,052 Those marks on Dr. Issa's head... She was pregnant. 16 00:00:52,345 --> 00:00:54,138 We have come to rescue the child. 17 00:00:54,222 --> 00:00:56,724 Su'Kal is his name. 18 00:00:56,808 --> 00:00:58,726 [yelling] 19 00:01:00,228 --> 00:01:02,355 We may have found the source of the Burn. 20 00:01:02,438 --> 00:01:04,732 [Saru] You are no longer alone. 21 00:01:04,816 --> 00:01:07,819 [Burnham] Saru has asked for time to consider his next steps. 22 00:01:07,902 --> 00:01:12,198 He'll return to Kaminar to help Su'Kal build a new life. 23 00:01:12,282 --> 00:01:15,285 - This is home now. - [Booker] No. Kwejian is home. 24 00:01:15,368 --> 00:01:17,453 I really liked seeing Kwejian. 25 00:01:17,537 --> 00:01:19,497 I really liked being there with you. 26 00:01:19,581 --> 00:01:22,792 - Have you spoken with Saru? - Yes, sir, I have, but... 27 00:01:22,875 --> 00:01:25,378 He wants you to captain Discovery. I do too. 28 00:01:25,461 --> 00:01:28,715 So many worlds have been struggling since the Burn. 29 00:01:28,798 --> 00:01:31,384 We found a way to mine the dilithium on that planet. 30 00:01:31,467 --> 00:01:33,553 You and your crew can bring it to them. 31 00:01:33,636 --> 00:01:36,472 You can bring them hope, Commander Burnham. 32 00:01:36,556 --> 00:01:40,018 They have waited long enough, and I think, so have you. 33 00:01:40,101 --> 00:01:41,936 Everybody ready? 34 00:01:42,020 --> 00:01:43,855 [all] Yes, captain. 35 00:01:44,772 --> 00:01:46,024 Let's fly. 36 00:01:51,529 --> 00:01:54,532 [suspenseful music playing] 37 00:02:35,281 --> 00:02:37,116 [squeaking] 38 00:02:42,997 --> 00:02:44,917 [Burnham] It is an honor to be the first visitors 39 00:02:44,957 --> 00:02:46,876 your planet has received since the Burn. 40 00:02:46,959 --> 00:02:50,463 On behalf of the United Federation of Planets, we thank you. 41 00:02:50,546 --> 00:02:52,965 We've been sent to convey their desire 42 00:02:53,049 --> 00:02:55,677 to reconnect with your great civilization 43 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,137 and to raise the possibility of sharing resources 44 00:02:58,221 --> 00:03:00,223 and technology in the future. 45 00:03:00,306 --> 00:03:04,394 It's tradition to give a gift as a means of establishing trust. 46 00:03:04,477 --> 00:03:09,315 So as a gesture of goodwill, we have dilithium on our ship, 47 00:03:09,399 --> 00:03:11,275 and we'd be pleased to offer it to you, 48 00:03:11,359 --> 00:03:13,778 as we have done with many other worlds. 49 00:03:13,861 --> 00:03:15,571 No strings attached. 50 00:03:19,867 --> 00:03:22,829 I'm sorry, that's an idiom, not a non-literal... 51 00:03:22,912 --> 00:03:24,038 We're familiar. 52 00:03:24,122 --> 00:03:26,582 Perhaps we should speak plainly. 53 00:03:26,666 --> 00:03:29,043 Forego the niceties of politics. 54 00:03:29,127 --> 00:03:32,296 - Oh, there's been a misunderstanding... - No misunderstanding. 55 00:03:32,380 --> 00:03:34,841 You brought something you think we need 56 00:03:34,924 --> 00:03:36,551 along with the tantalizing offer 57 00:03:36,634 --> 00:03:39,804 to help yourselves to our technological bounty, 58 00:03:39,887 --> 00:03:44,475 all for the low, low price of "no strings attached." 59 00:03:44,559 --> 00:03:47,729 I'm pretty sure she said the words "possibility" and "share," 60 00:03:47,812 --> 00:03:49,647 but other than that... 61 00:03:49,731 --> 00:03:50,731 Book. 62 00:03:53,735 --> 00:03:57,697 I am aware that in the decades leading up to the Burn, 63 00:03:57,780 --> 00:04:00,074 your relationship with the Federation was strained. 64 00:04:00,158 --> 00:04:01,492 But you've changed. 65 00:04:01,576 --> 00:04:04,120 Things are different now. We can trust you. 66 00:04:07,915 --> 00:04:09,500 [inaudible dialogue] 67 00:04:10,251 --> 00:04:14,088 We scanned your ship. You brought a third life form to our planet. 68 00:04:14,172 --> 00:04:16,215 Yeah, that's Grudge. 69 00:04:16,299 --> 00:04:17,299 Grudge. 70 00:04:17,300 --> 00:04:22,722 Felis catus, a domestic species of small carnivorous mammal. 71 00:04:22,805 --> 00:04:26,058 You claim to understand our culture, yet bring a carnivore to our world? 72 00:04:26,142 --> 00:04:28,019 Domestic. I said domestic. 73 00:04:28,102 --> 00:04:31,105 She's my pet. She lives on my ship. 74 00:04:31,189 --> 00:04:35,026 I feed her, love her, give her cat treats. 75 00:04:35,109 --> 00:04:37,195 - Is she grateful? - No. 76 00:04:38,237 --> 00:04:40,615 - No. In no way. - Bad attitude. 77 00:04:40,698 --> 00:04:44,076 - Yet you expect us to be. - No. Oh, no, no, no. 78 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,288 - You came to make pets of us? - We haven't come to make you anything. 79 00:04:47,371 --> 00:04:50,416 - Let me explain. She's a queen. - She's a queen. 80 00:04:50,500 --> 00:04:52,502 [ominous music playing] 81 00:04:53,419 --> 00:04:56,547 - You hold a monarch captive? - Oh, no, no, no. 82 00:04:57,423 --> 00:05:01,511 Emperor Lee'U, we have the utmost respect for you... 83 00:05:06,182 --> 00:05:09,310 - This is bad. This is really bad. - Do your empathy thing. 84 00:05:09,393 --> 00:05:12,647 - My what? - Your empathy thing, right now. 85 00:05:12,730 --> 00:05:15,983 - I brought you here to connect with them. - I don't think they want to. 86 00:05:17,527 --> 00:05:19,320 You will take us to your ship. 87 00:05:19,403 --> 00:05:21,405 We will free the queen. 88 00:05:21,489 --> 00:05:23,699 - Oh. - Yep, time to go. 89 00:05:23,783 --> 00:05:25,785 [dramatic music playing] 90 00:05:33,584 --> 00:05:36,064 [Burnham] They're not gonna be happy seeing a massive starship. 91 00:05:36,128 --> 00:05:37,880 - [Booker] They're not going to. - What? 92 00:05:37,964 --> 00:05:40,091 [Booker] Wouldn't fit. I'm sending the little guy. 93 00:05:40,174 --> 00:05:42,885 - [Burnham] It'll be here in time? - About to find out. 94 00:05:42,969 --> 00:05:45,012 [Burnham] Ugh! Why is there always a cliff? 95 00:05:46,681 --> 00:05:47,682 [both grunting] 96 00:05:50,268 --> 00:05:52,329 [Booker] Why say "carnivore" to the butterfly people? 97 00:05:52,353 --> 00:05:55,815 [Burnham] They are not butterfly people. Why do you even have a pet? 98 00:05:55,898 --> 00:05:59,443 - Why not have a hologram goldfish? - I had one. Grudge ate it. 99 00:05:59,527 --> 00:06:01,737 [Burnham] Who eats a hologram? 100 00:06:01,821 --> 00:06:04,282 The butterflies are shooting us. Bring up weapons system. 101 00:06:04,365 --> 00:06:07,368 No! Do not fire back. This is a diplomatic mission. 102 00:06:07,451 --> 00:06:08,995 Then I'm beaming us out. 103 00:06:09,078 --> 00:06:12,456 - No, we have to give them dilithium. - They don't want it. 104 00:06:12,540 --> 00:06:15,293 If we leave now, they will never trust the Federation again. 105 00:06:15,376 --> 00:06:17,795 - Or we'll come back. - Why haven't they hit us? 106 00:06:17,879 --> 00:06:19,839 - What? - The Alshain. 107 00:06:19,922 --> 00:06:22,550 - They should've hit us by now. - And that's a problem? 108 00:06:22,633 --> 00:06:24,677 [Rhys] Captain, sensors have you moving erratically. 109 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:27,388 - Everything okay? - Yep. Just negotiating. 110 00:06:27,471 --> 00:06:29,098 About to hit a tree! Hang on! 111 00:06:33,144 --> 00:06:34,353 [Burnham shouts] 112 00:06:40,276 --> 00:06:41,944 "Don't fire back," she says. 113 00:06:43,446 --> 00:06:45,072 They're having trouble navigating. 114 00:06:45,156 --> 00:06:46,908 [Booker] Still able to shoot at us. 115 00:06:57,293 --> 00:06:59,837 Great, maybe we'll live long enough to pet my hostage again. 116 00:06:59,921 --> 00:07:00,921 That's it. 117 00:07:05,176 --> 00:07:07,678 - It's their satellites. - You're not explaining, are you? 118 00:07:07,762 --> 00:07:10,222 - Rhys, some help. - Want me to send a team? 119 00:07:10,306 --> 00:07:13,017 - [Burnham] No. It's a science problem. - Is this a chase? 120 00:07:13,100 --> 00:07:14,727 Are you in a chase? 121 00:07:14,810 --> 00:07:16,771 The Alshain can't stay on course in flight. 122 00:07:16,854 --> 00:07:20,775 - We need to get their satellites working. - Aye, captain. We'll figure it out. 123 00:07:20,858 --> 00:07:21,984 Commander Stamets? 124 00:07:22,068 --> 00:07:25,112 Unless the Alshain are hitting the Romulan whiskey, which I doubt, 125 00:07:25,196 --> 00:07:28,324 - the problem has to be... - The planet's magnetic poles. 126 00:07:28,407 --> 00:07:31,535 They started shifting 300 years ago. They're now 14-degrees west 127 00:07:31,619 --> 00:07:33,746 of where they'd been for thousands of years. 128 00:07:33,829 --> 00:07:36,707 Alshain use the magnetic fields to navigate during flight. 129 00:07:36,791 --> 00:07:38,709 - Like birds? - Did you know birds are born 130 00:07:38,793 --> 00:07:40,920 with a mineral called magnetite 131 00:07:41,003 --> 00:07:43,547 that helps determine the magnetic field to find north? 132 00:07:43,631 --> 00:07:46,300 They'd have developed technology to help compensate. 133 00:07:46,384 --> 00:07:47,468 Captain was right. 134 00:07:47,551 --> 00:07:48,678 The dead satellites... 135 00:07:48,761 --> 00:07:50,513 [in unison] Geomagnetic compensators. 136 00:07:50,596 --> 00:07:52,682 [Tilly] Nice work, both of you. 137 00:07:53,307 --> 00:07:56,060 Jovar Tal loved birds, so... 138 00:07:57,144 --> 00:08:00,106 All right, what's with the compensators? Why aren't they working? 139 00:08:00,189 --> 00:08:01,941 They use dilithium to stabilize power. 140 00:08:02,024 --> 00:08:05,111 I'm not getting dilithium signatures. They're out. 141 00:08:05,194 --> 00:08:07,154 - [Rhys] Captain Burnham... - Got it. 142 00:08:07,238 --> 00:08:09,991 Send DOTs with enough dilithium to restart the array. 143 00:08:10,074 --> 00:08:11,701 Monumentally shitty idea. 144 00:08:11,784 --> 00:08:14,328 - You want them to catch us? - We have to earn their trust. 145 00:08:14,870 --> 00:08:15,950 [Rhys] More Alshain coming. 146 00:08:15,997 --> 00:08:18,791 - We can give you covering fire... - Do not fire, we've got this. 147 00:08:18,874 --> 00:08:20,251 No, Michael, we do not. 148 00:08:39,687 --> 00:08:41,605 - We're done. I'm beaming us out. - We can't. 149 00:08:41,689 --> 00:08:45,234 - Not every moment is a victory. - [Tilly] Compensators re-initialized. 150 00:08:51,741 --> 00:08:53,743 - You were saying? - Congratulations. 151 00:08:53,826 --> 00:08:56,495 Now they can shoot right at us. Can we go now? 152 00:08:58,039 --> 00:08:59,039 You tell me. 153 00:09:01,917 --> 00:09:02,918 Now. 154 00:09:06,505 --> 00:09:07,506 [Booker laughing] 155 00:09:10,968 --> 00:09:13,054 [Booker shouts] 156 00:09:35,451 --> 00:09:36,451 You're welcome. 157 00:09:55,179 --> 00:09:56,263 [door opens] 158 00:09:56,347 --> 00:09:58,891 Captain, the emperor is hailing us. 159 00:09:59,683 --> 00:10:02,645 Thank you, Lieutenant Christopher. Put him through. 160 00:10:06,565 --> 00:10:10,069 You did not experience a pleasant visit, Captain Burnham. 161 00:10:10,152 --> 00:10:12,404 - One way of putting it. - Then may I inquire: 162 00:10:12,488 --> 00:10:14,698 Why still give us your dilithium? 163 00:10:14,782 --> 00:10:17,868 Because we're the Federation. It's what we do. 164 00:10:20,371 --> 00:10:22,706 If you need anything else, we're here. 165 00:10:24,959 --> 00:10:26,544 No strings attached. 166 00:10:35,094 --> 00:10:36,178 [Burnham sighs] 167 00:10:37,263 --> 00:10:39,390 - That was a hell of a thing. - [chuckles] 168 00:10:40,015 --> 00:10:41,684 [Burnham] Thanks, everyone. 169 00:10:41,767 --> 00:10:42,977 All right. 170 00:10:44,228 --> 00:10:45,354 Let's fly. 171 00:10:46,188 --> 00:10:48,149 [theme music playing] 172 00:12:19,615 --> 00:12:22,743 [Kelpien] The Federation's gift of dilithium can take us back to the stars. 173 00:12:22,826 --> 00:12:27,456 [Ba'ul] Or it can benefit our citizens in their daily lives here on Kaminar. 174 00:12:27,539 --> 00:12:29,708 The danger of travel is too great. 175 00:12:29,792 --> 00:12:35,673 And the Burn cannot happen again, now that I have left the dilithium planet. 176 00:12:35,756 --> 00:12:37,174 [Ba'ul] How can you be sure? 177 00:12:37,258 --> 00:12:39,051 There is always a risk. 178 00:12:39,134 --> 00:12:41,095 We cannot live in fear. 179 00:12:41,845 --> 00:12:44,306 [council members chattering and shouting] 180 00:12:46,558 --> 00:12:50,145 Great Elder, you have yet to share your perspective. 181 00:12:50,229 --> 00:12:52,731 We would value your words immensely. 182 00:12:52,815 --> 00:12:54,817 [pensive music playing] 183 00:13:00,364 --> 00:13:05,160 Su'Kal is correct: There is no danger of another Burn. 184 00:13:05,244 --> 00:13:06,745 The science is clear in that regard. 185 00:13:07,371 --> 00:13:11,959 I have marveled these five months on Kaminar. 186 00:13:12,042 --> 00:13:18,132 Past generations of our species lived in fear and hatred. 187 00:13:18,215 --> 00:13:21,885 We live now together, in communion. 188 00:13:22,428 --> 00:13:24,805 And while at times we may struggle, 189 00:13:24,888 --> 00:13:28,892 I believe there is much we can share with other worlds. 190 00:13:28,976 --> 00:13:32,521 Our duty is to our home, is it not? 191 00:13:32,604 --> 00:13:35,649 If you define Kaminar alone as home, 192 00:13:36,150 --> 00:13:37,151 it is, of course. 193 00:13:38,193 --> 00:13:39,778 But consider this. 194 00:13:42,114 --> 00:13:46,577 Here, we live, love, 195 00:13:46,660 --> 00:13:49,038 grow food in the light of our sun. 196 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:51,081 However... 197 00:13:53,167 --> 00:13:56,378 it is not our sun. 198 00:13:57,254 --> 00:14:00,007 We share it with six other planets in our solar system. 199 00:14:00,799 --> 00:14:05,763 A system which is one of many in a shared galaxy. 200 00:14:06,430 --> 00:14:08,265 Beyond our galaxy... 201 00:14:09,433 --> 00:14:10,434 space. 202 00:14:11,560 --> 00:14:15,397 In truth, we are on an island together. 203 00:14:16,106 --> 00:14:19,026 We must ask ourselves: 204 00:14:19,109 --> 00:14:21,904 Do we honor our interconnection, 205 00:14:21,987 --> 00:14:28,369 or do we curl inward like a leaf pulled from its tree? 206 00:14:29,036 --> 00:14:31,872 After the Burn, that is what many chose. 207 00:14:31,955 --> 00:14:36,835 But this is a new era. Is it not? 208 00:14:38,128 --> 00:14:41,131 [Booker] If you tell me you've made a dress uniform for Grudge, I'll stay. 209 00:14:41,215 --> 00:14:43,342 Almost. I'd almost stay. 210 00:14:43,425 --> 00:14:44,468 [Burnham chuckles] 211 00:14:45,135 --> 00:14:48,389 No, you shouldn't miss your nephew's Ikhu Zhen ceremony. 212 00:14:49,056 --> 00:14:51,058 A boy only becomes a man once. 213 00:14:51,141 --> 00:14:53,394 And this is a big deal, right? 214 00:14:53,477 --> 00:14:57,106 Starfleet Academy reopening after 125 years. 215 00:14:57,189 --> 00:14:59,149 You introducing the president... 216 00:14:59,775 --> 00:15:01,860 which you're not excited about. 217 00:15:01,944 --> 00:15:04,738 - Why would you think that? - Your growly face. 218 00:15:04,822 --> 00:15:07,533 - I don't have a growly face. - Yes, you do. 219 00:15:07,616 --> 00:15:09,868 You get that 11 between your eyebrows. 220 00:15:11,954 --> 00:15:12,954 [Burnham grumbles] 221 00:15:13,580 --> 00:15:15,374 - [trilling] - Oh. 222 00:15:17,376 --> 00:15:19,795 President Rillak is using this moment. 223 00:15:19,878 --> 00:15:22,256 Should be about the cadets and the people that fought 224 00:15:22,339 --> 00:15:25,509 - to bring the Academy back to life. - She's doing what politicians do. 225 00:15:26,510 --> 00:15:29,221 - Don't punch her in the head. - I'll do my best. 226 00:15:33,100 --> 00:15:35,185 Sorry Saru's not here to see it. 227 00:15:35,811 --> 00:15:37,020 Yeah, me too. 228 00:15:38,313 --> 00:15:41,275 It's okay. He'll come back when he's ready. 229 00:15:41,942 --> 00:15:44,153 And I'll join you on Kwejian soon. 230 00:15:44,778 --> 00:15:46,572 You know, you got lucky today. 231 00:15:46,655 --> 00:15:49,575 - Luck is being ready. - Come on. We weren't ready. 232 00:15:50,576 --> 00:15:52,762 Are you seriously complimenting yourself? Nearly getting us killed. 233 00:15:52,786 --> 00:15:54,830 - It worked, didn't it? - Kind of. 234 00:15:55,664 --> 00:15:57,875 - See you soon. - Okay. 235 00:15:57,958 --> 00:15:59,042 Be safe. 236 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:04,089 Captain. 237 00:16:04,590 --> 00:16:07,009 [adventurous music playing] 238 00:16:18,270 --> 00:16:21,648 [Burnham] Last year this time, Federation Headquarters was cloaked. 239 00:16:21,732 --> 00:16:24,401 The Federation itself had 38 member worlds. 240 00:16:24,485 --> 00:16:26,278 Now we have 59. 241 00:16:26,361 --> 00:16:29,490 And the cloaking shield is nearly gone. 242 00:16:29,573 --> 00:16:31,283 There's no more need to hide. 243 00:16:31,366 --> 00:16:36,914 Today, we reopen Starfleet Academy for the first time since the Burn. 244 00:16:36,997 --> 00:16:41,126 And in this moment, I feel like anything is possible. 245 00:16:42,586 --> 00:16:48,717 You are tomorrow's ensigns, lieutenants, commanders, and captains. 246 00:16:50,093 --> 00:16:51,595 And in this new world, 247 00:16:51,678 --> 00:16:53,889 all of you will go where no one has gone before. 248 00:16:53,972 --> 00:16:56,725 And you will make the path by traveling it. 249 00:16:56,808 --> 00:16:58,352 And from what I see... 250 00:16:59,269 --> 00:17:00,979 From what I see... 251 00:17:02,689 --> 00:17:05,067 I am honored to be in your company. 252 00:17:06,818 --> 00:17:08,612 [cheering] 253 00:17:21,375 --> 00:17:25,212 And now, please allow me to introduce our special guest, 254 00:17:25,295 --> 00:17:28,840 the new president of the Federation, Laira Rillak. 255 00:17:38,141 --> 00:17:39,768 Thank you, Captain Burnham. 256 00:17:42,104 --> 00:17:47,025 Let me begin by acknowledging that today would not be possible 257 00:17:47,109 --> 00:17:48,610 without the U.S.S. Discovery... 258 00:17:49,987 --> 00:17:53,073 and your crew. 259 00:17:53,699 --> 00:17:55,534 Thanks to your efforts, 260 00:17:55,617 --> 00:17:58,579 we now have a vast supply of dilithium 261 00:17:58,662 --> 00:18:01,331 we can distribute to distant worlds. 262 00:18:01,957 --> 00:18:04,710 And we have reestablished peaceful relations 263 00:18:04,793 --> 00:18:09,756 with planets that were antagonizing our members only five months ago. 264 00:18:12,634 --> 00:18:14,261 It's a lot to live up to. 265 00:18:14,970 --> 00:18:15,886 No pressure. 266 00:18:15,887 --> 00:18:16,889 [all chuckling] 267 00:18:16,972 --> 00:18:21,977 We are learning from the mistakes of the past. 268 00:18:22,644 --> 00:18:24,479 Developing new technologies 269 00:18:24,563 --> 00:18:27,482 to reduce our collective dependence on dilithium, 270 00:18:27,566 --> 00:18:32,487 and continuing to rebuild the Federation and Starfleet. 271 00:18:36,116 --> 00:18:39,286 Not that any of you need the reminder, 272 00:18:39,369 --> 00:18:45,083 but one of Starfleet's original missions was scientific exploration. 273 00:18:46,209 --> 00:18:47,794 And now that we are able, 274 00:18:47,878 --> 00:18:50,797 we are embracing that mission once again. 275 00:18:52,132 --> 00:18:55,052 Cadets, if I may turn your attention 276 00:18:55,135 --> 00:18:58,305 to the newly constructed Archer Spacedock. 277 00:18:58,847 --> 00:19:00,849 [crowd murmuring] 278 00:19:00,932 --> 00:19:02,934 [triumphant music playing] 279 00:19:09,274 --> 00:19:12,194 Here, our existing fleet will be upgraded, 280 00:19:13,028 --> 00:19:16,448 and the next generation of Starfleet vessels constructed. 281 00:19:16,531 --> 00:19:20,202 Vessels that will, once again, take us to new worlds, 282 00:19:20,285 --> 00:19:22,037 new civilizations. 283 00:19:22,663 --> 00:19:26,458 Places we can't even begin to imagine right now. 284 00:19:32,756 --> 00:19:34,675 Isn't it amazing? Look up there. 285 00:19:37,427 --> 00:19:39,513 Heard you had fun with the Alshain. 286 00:19:39,596 --> 00:19:42,224 Yeah. I have to cover your shifts more often. 287 00:19:42,933 --> 00:19:44,101 Don't get too cozy. 288 00:19:44,184 --> 00:19:46,645 I'm only consulting on the Curie for another two days. 289 00:19:46,728 --> 00:19:50,232 - [man] It is a privilege to be here. - I wish I could thank you all 290 00:19:50,315 --> 00:19:52,150 for everything you left behind. 291 00:19:52,234 --> 00:19:53,402 [woman] We appreciate that. 292 00:19:53,485 --> 00:19:55,821 It was our duty, Madam President. 293 00:19:55,904 --> 00:19:58,448 [Rillak] Still, 930 years is a long way from home. 294 00:19:58,532 --> 00:20:01,243 From this perspective, you can't really get a sense of the scale... 295 00:20:01,326 --> 00:20:02,994 [chattering] 296 00:20:07,124 --> 00:20:10,877 Those cadets, that feels like 1000 years ago. 297 00:20:11,503 --> 00:20:14,715 And yesterday, which it was. Simultaneously. 298 00:20:15,632 --> 00:20:18,093 Did you know there are people that don't have to put up 299 00:20:18,176 --> 00:20:20,679 - with spacetime shenanigans? - I bet they sleep great. 300 00:20:20,762 --> 00:20:23,557 - Mm. Good for them. - [laughs] 301 00:20:27,144 --> 00:20:29,813 Lieutenant used to feel so far away. 302 00:20:30,439 --> 00:20:31,690 Is this about Osyraa? 303 00:20:32,190 --> 00:20:35,068 You deserve that promotion, Tilly. You all do. 304 00:20:35,152 --> 00:20:36,194 Oh, I know. 305 00:20:37,070 --> 00:20:39,156 - I think I... - [Willa] Captain. 306 00:20:39,948 --> 00:20:41,742 The admiral needs you. It's urgent. 307 00:20:45,287 --> 00:20:48,957 This is Commander Nalas from Deep Space Repair Beta Six, 308 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:51,418 sending a request for help from any Starfleet vessel 309 00:20:51,501 --> 00:20:52,919 that might hear us. 310 00:20:53,003 --> 00:20:56,840 I'm not sure what happened, but we lost reactor control thrusters. 311 00:20:56,923 --> 00:20:59,551 Gravitational stability is also compromised... 312 00:21:00,385 --> 00:21:02,471 - That's all. - How long ago was this? 313 00:21:02,554 --> 00:21:03,512 Two hours. 314 00:21:03,513 --> 00:21:06,767 Whatever affected the station also knocked out the subspace relays. 315 00:21:06,850 --> 00:21:08,477 Solar flare? 316 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:10,854 Electromagnetic pulse could've taken them offline. 317 00:21:10,937 --> 00:21:13,899 Haven't gotten any reports, but we'll check. 318 00:21:13,982 --> 00:21:15,692 Kwejian's the nearest system. 319 00:21:15,776 --> 00:21:18,737 - I'll check and see if they know anything. - [Rillak] Can Kwejian help? 320 00:21:18,820 --> 00:21:20,572 We can't allow them to wait for rescue 321 00:21:20,655 --> 00:21:23,283 to reach them at warp. Discovery will go right away. 322 00:21:23,366 --> 00:21:27,245 Repair the station's systems and report back what happened. 323 00:21:27,329 --> 00:21:30,290 - Yes, sir. - I'd like to join. 324 00:21:31,208 --> 00:21:33,376 See that spore drive in action. 325 00:21:33,460 --> 00:21:37,214 Madam President, safety protocols. We can't put you at risk, ma'am. 326 00:21:37,297 --> 00:21:39,591 Well, thank you for your concern, 327 00:21:39,674 --> 00:21:43,345 but I can't ask anyone for a sacrifice I'm not willing to make myself. 328 00:21:43,428 --> 00:21:46,431 Having you aboard Discovery heightens the danger... 329 00:21:49,976 --> 00:21:50,976 to my crew. 330 00:21:51,812 --> 00:21:56,066 I appreciate your passion, captain. I'll see you onboard. 331 00:22:04,157 --> 00:22:05,992 I know that look well enough. 332 00:22:06,618 --> 00:22:09,830 Admiral, she's trying to prove herself. She wants to say she's seen action. 333 00:22:10,455 --> 00:22:12,749 I think she's ticking off a box. 334 00:22:12,833 --> 00:22:14,960 Captain, this is a delicate time. 335 00:22:16,378 --> 00:22:19,589 We're all still learning what we need as we grow the Federation. 336 00:22:19,673 --> 00:22:22,342 I'm sure we don't need politics as usual. 337 00:22:22,425 --> 00:22:24,469 Well, you may not like to hear it, 338 00:22:24,553 --> 00:22:27,222 but an adept politician can be a powerful tool 339 00:22:27,305 --> 00:22:30,308 when the world feels upside down. And... 340 00:22:30,934 --> 00:22:34,229 the president doesn't need your permission to board Discovery. 341 00:22:36,022 --> 00:22:38,400 Now excuse me, I'm late for dinner. 342 00:22:38,483 --> 00:22:39,693 Sir. 343 00:22:41,069 --> 00:22:43,530 I'm so glad you were able to bring your family home. 344 00:22:48,618 --> 00:22:50,328 See you when you get back. 345 00:22:50,412 --> 00:22:52,080 And give Mr. Booker my best. 346 00:22:53,164 --> 00:22:55,292 [dramatic music playing] 347 00:22:55,375 --> 00:22:58,879 [Burnham] President Rillak will be joining us. 348 00:23:00,755 --> 00:23:02,883 Standard protocols apply. 349 00:23:04,175 --> 00:23:06,553 Commander Detmer, take us to safe range for the jump. 350 00:23:06,636 --> 00:23:08,638 - Black alert. - Aye, captain. 351 00:23:09,598 --> 00:23:11,892 Madam President, you may want to brace yourself. 352 00:23:11,975 --> 00:23:15,020 - The first one can be disorienting. - I'll be fine. 353 00:23:15,103 --> 00:23:17,647 Flew cargo ships for my father back in the day. 354 00:23:18,857 --> 00:23:21,526 Okay. Jump. 355 00:23:34,372 --> 00:23:37,500 - Owosekun, the station? - Locked onto it, but something's wrong. 356 00:23:37,584 --> 00:23:38,585 Onscreen. 357 00:23:42,047 --> 00:23:43,047 [Detmer] What the hell? 358 00:23:46,009 --> 00:23:47,510 What could've done that? 359 00:23:47,594 --> 00:23:49,012 Not a solar flare. 360 00:23:49,095 --> 00:23:51,681 Whatever it was, the station can't take that much longer. 361 00:23:51,765 --> 00:23:54,893 Neither can its crew. Yellow alert. Let's get into it. 362 00:24:08,114 --> 00:24:10,116 [birds squawking] 363 00:24:11,451 --> 00:24:12,953 [Booker] Wow. 364 00:24:13,411 --> 00:24:14,454 Kyheem. 365 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:17,707 So much more beautiful than I remember. 366 00:24:18,708 --> 00:24:19,709 [chuckles] 367 00:24:22,379 --> 00:24:23,379 Can you feel it? 368 00:24:25,298 --> 00:24:26,299 [emotional music playing] 369 00:24:29,886 --> 00:24:30,887 Oh, yeah. 370 00:24:32,514 --> 00:24:33,807 Hello, old friend. 371 00:24:34,391 --> 00:24:36,476 When was the last time you saw it? 372 00:24:37,227 --> 00:24:39,938 Not since I became a member of the pack myself. 373 00:24:47,487 --> 00:24:49,364 You do the honors. 374 00:25:06,423 --> 00:25:09,134 The World Root. Put your hand on it. 375 00:25:10,010 --> 00:25:13,013 The warmth you feel is the chain of a million hands. 376 00:25:13,805 --> 00:25:15,348 We do this to remember. 377 00:25:16,099 --> 00:25:18,810 We do this because the universe is unknowable. 378 00:25:19,894 --> 00:25:21,229 But we can know this. 379 00:25:22,230 --> 00:25:26,276 You're now part of a chain that goes back, unbroken. 380 00:25:27,652 --> 00:25:31,156 This root system that reaches all the way around Kwejian... 381 00:25:32,157 --> 00:25:36,661 it is our heart, and its sap is in the amulet your father wears. 382 00:25:37,746 --> 00:25:39,330 Today you'll get your own. 383 00:25:40,957 --> 00:25:42,709 It's something you never take off. 384 00:25:43,501 --> 00:25:45,920 Why aren't you wearing yours, Uncle Book? 385 00:25:47,047 --> 00:25:49,466 - A story for another day, Leto. - Okay. 386 00:25:54,929 --> 00:25:56,264 The sap of the root... 387 00:25:58,725 --> 00:26:00,602 and the blood of your family. 388 00:26:02,020 --> 00:26:03,146 Wear this. 389 00:26:03,938 --> 00:26:06,858 Carry us and Kwejian with you. 390 00:26:08,026 --> 00:26:09,026 Always. 391 00:26:16,659 --> 00:26:18,703 [all chanting in Kwejian] 392 00:26:25,794 --> 00:26:27,234 [in English] I'm proud of you, Leto. 393 00:26:27,879 --> 00:26:29,464 - Thanks. - You're very welcome. 394 00:26:30,090 --> 00:26:32,467 - Go show your friends. Go. - Okay. 395 00:26:41,935 --> 00:26:43,853 [speaks in Kwejian] 396 00:26:43,937 --> 00:26:45,313 [Kyheem chuckles] 397 00:26:46,606 --> 00:26:48,233 [Kyheem] I'm happy you're here. 398 00:26:51,069 --> 00:26:53,189 [in English] Thank you for asking me to be part of it. 399 00:26:55,740 --> 00:26:57,450 [birds squawking intensely] 400 00:27:11,798 --> 00:27:15,552 Scans show the station moving at 720 kilometers per second, 401 00:27:15,635 --> 00:27:18,304 radial velocity 22 degrees per second. 402 00:27:18,388 --> 00:27:21,474 Shields are down, with magnetization of the hull. 403 00:27:21,558 --> 00:27:24,394 - Something must've hit them. - Still no response. 404 00:27:24,477 --> 00:27:27,063 Keep hailing the station. Let me know when you have them. 405 00:27:27,147 --> 00:27:29,566 - Pull up the distress call. - Aye, captain. 406 00:27:30,358 --> 00:27:31,442 This is Commander Nalas 407 00:27:31,526 --> 00:27:33,653 - from Deep Space Repair Beta Six... - Stop. 408 00:27:37,198 --> 00:27:39,117 Beside him. Magnify that. 409 00:27:41,619 --> 00:27:46,958 Oh. Extreme lensing, two-pi steradian solid angle. 410 00:27:47,041 --> 00:27:48,626 In Federation Standard? 411 00:27:48,710 --> 00:27:51,129 Gravitational distortion. Hit the side of the station, 412 00:27:51,212 --> 00:27:53,256 must've taken out the relay. Commander Rhys? 413 00:27:53,339 --> 00:27:56,134 I don't see anything that could've created a distortion. 414 00:27:56,217 --> 00:27:59,095 Keep looking. Follow up with Kwejian, see if they have anything. 415 00:27:59,179 --> 00:28:00,095 Aye, captain. 416 00:28:00,096 --> 00:28:02,640 Captain, I have Commander Nalas. 417 00:28:04,976 --> 00:28:07,979 Commander, I'm Captain Burnham of the U.S.S. Discovery. 418 00:28:08,062 --> 00:28:09,772 President Rillak is here. 419 00:28:09,856 --> 00:28:11,566 Ma'am, it's an honor. 420 00:28:11,649 --> 00:28:13,067 Captain, thank you for coming. 421 00:28:13,151 --> 00:28:14,277 What's your status? 422 00:28:14,360 --> 00:28:16,196 We were hit by something. I don't know what. 423 00:28:16,279 --> 00:28:18,531 We've got all ten of us in the main control room. 424 00:28:18,615 --> 00:28:20,700 Life support seems to be gone everywhere else. 425 00:28:20,783 --> 00:28:24,537 Inertial dampeners are fluctuating, artificial gravity is a mess, 426 00:28:24,621 --> 00:28:26,456 and our sensors are unreliable. 427 00:28:26,539 --> 00:28:29,125 One of my engineers called it a "shit-show." 428 00:28:29,209 --> 00:28:31,336 Which is Earth for "bad," I'm told. 429 00:28:31,419 --> 00:28:33,379 It is, indeed. How can we help? 430 00:28:33,463 --> 00:28:35,965 I can fix thrusters, that'll stop the spin. 431 00:28:36,049 --> 00:28:39,928 But our Q-nodes are squiddled and they need to be replaced. 432 00:28:40,011 --> 00:28:43,097 If you can send engineers with programmable matter, 433 00:28:43,181 --> 00:28:44,224 we can get on it. 434 00:28:44,307 --> 00:28:45,934 Will do, stand by. 435 00:28:47,644 --> 00:28:48,686 "Squiddled"? 436 00:28:48,770 --> 00:28:51,648 Akoszonam expression. It means "destroyed beyond repair." 437 00:28:51,731 --> 00:28:53,858 Tilly, what do you know about replacing Q-nodes? 438 00:28:53,942 --> 00:28:57,403 I can do it, but if you want it fast, Adira grew up using this tech. 439 00:28:57,487 --> 00:28:59,280 Have them come up. I want you with them. 440 00:28:59,364 --> 00:29:02,575 Owosekun, can you get a lock on the station's control room? 441 00:29:02,659 --> 00:29:04,702 I can get coordinates within a margin of error 442 00:29:04,786 --> 00:29:07,747 - if Keyla can match speed and rotation. - What do you mean "if"? 443 00:29:08,539 --> 00:29:09,832 On your mark. 444 00:29:09,916 --> 00:29:10,916 Aye, captain. 445 00:29:12,252 --> 00:29:14,254 [dramatic music playing] 446 00:29:26,683 --> 00:29:28,184 [woman] We're at 20. 447 00:29:28,268 --> 00:29:30,019 First away mission. 448 00:29:30,103 --> 00:29:31,771 Are you nervous? 449 00:29:31,854 --> 00:29:33,690 Um... No. 450 00:29:35,525 --> 00:29:37,151 Fine, maybe. 451 00:29:37,944 --> 00:29:41,322 I just... I mean, she made me an ensign, 452 00:29:41,406 --> 00:29:43,324 so she has faith in me. 453 00:29:43,408 --> 00:29:46,953 I just want to show her she made the right choice. 454 00:29:47,036 --> 00:29:50,707 You're gonna be great. And when I incorporate... 455 00:29:50,790 --> 00:29:52,208 How about "get a body"? 456 00:29:52,292 --> 00:29:55,920 "Get a body," and I start kicking ass doing my own stuff, 457 00:29:56,004 --> 00:29:59,716 - I'd expect you to say the same thing. - But you won't need it. 458 00:29:59,799 --> 00:30:01,801 You're like the most confident person I know. 459 00:30:01,884 --> 00:30:03,636 Besides the captain, maybe. 460 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:07,348 We're now in a synchronous orbit. Owo should be good to go. 461 00:30:09,851 --> 00:30:11,060 Ensign Tal, are you ready? 462 00:30:11,144 --> 00:30:15,106 Yes, absolutely. Yeah. Um, locked and loaded. 463 00:30:15,189 --> 00:30:17,900 You know. Signed, sealed, delivered. 464 00:30:17,984 --> 00:30:20,820 Ready to stop talking now. 465 00:30:20,903 --> 00:30:23,281 [chuckles] Good luck, both of you. 466 00:30:35,084 --> 00:30:38,296 Welcome to our gravity nightmare. Q-nodes are in there. 467 00:30:38,379 --> 00:30:40,840 Uh, I have the programmable matter. 468 00:30:40,923 --> 00:30:43,301 Oh. Hey, whoa, please do not touch that. 469 00:30:43,384 --> 00:30:45,011 We're here at your request. 470 00:30:45,094 --> 00:30:48,222 Right, but it's my station, my responsibility. 471 00:30:48,306 --> 00:30:51,768 Okay, but, uh, polyhedronic quantum-data memory devices are kind of... 472 00:30:51,851 --> 00:30:54,103 Insanely tricky. I know what happens 473 00:30:54,187 --> 00:30:57,357 when they're not properly linked to the multi-phasic processing unit. 474 00:30:57,440 --> 00:30:59,567 I'm sorry. I don't mean to be rude. 475 00:30:59,650 --> 00:31:01,444 I'm just trying to protect my crew. 476 00:31:01,527 --> 00:31:05,615 Okay. Let's let Commander Nalas take the lead, since we're his guests. 477 00:31:05,698 --> 00:31:07,867 [Nalas] We gotta get thrusters working. 478 00:31:07,950 --> 00:31:10,370 I'm working on the primary processing unit. 479 00:31:10,453 --> 00:31:14,082 You two take the secondary unit. And thank you. 480 00:31:46,155 --> 00:31:48,157 [Tilly] Commander Nalas, we've got it. 481 00:31:48,241 --> 00:31:52,412 Initiating thrusters in three, two, one. 482 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,918 Captain, can you confirm that all the thrusters are currently working? 483 00:31:59,001 --> 00:31:59,917 I can. 484 00:31:59,919 --> 00:32:02,713 Radial velocities decreased by 38% and counting. 485 00:32:02,797 --> 00:32:05,049 Nice job. How are life support and sensors coming? 486 00:32:05,133 --> 00:32:06,634 Just getting started now. 487 00:32:06,717 --> 00:32:09,470 - How much longer you need? - Forty-five minutes maybe? 488 00:32:09,554 --> 00:32:10,512 You got it. 489 00:32:10,513 --> 00:32:13,307 - [panel beeping] - We've got incoming debris of some kind. 490 00:32:17,311 --> 00:32:18,646 [Burnham] Commander, analysis. 491 00:32:18,729 --> 00:32:20,398 It's frozen methane. 492 00:32:21,023 --> 00:32:24,110 Shields up. Red alert. Can we extend shields over? 493 00:32:24,193 --> 00:32:27,196 - I think so, but it will drain power. - Do it. We'll figure it out. 494 00:32:35,538 --> 00:32:37,498 Captain, what's happening? 495 00:32:37,582 --> 00:32:40,543 The edge of an Oort Cloud, methane ice, must've been carried in 496 00:32:40,626 --> 00:32:43,588 by the gravitational distortion. Hang tight. How big is it? 497 00:32:43,671 --> 00:32:46,424 - Still trying to calculate. - [Rhys] Small stuff was just the front. 498 00:32:46,507 --> 00:32:48,342 Rest is about to hit. Hold on! 499 00:32:52,930 --> 00:32:55,224 - [Burnham] How long will shields hold? - Fifteen minutes. 500 00:32:55,308 --> 00:32:57,059 Tilly, this is now a rescue mission. 501 00:32:57,143 --> 00:33:00,021 - Prepare to beam with Adira and the crew. - It's not gonna work. 502 00:33:00,104 --> 00:33:02,482 - Too much interference. - Owosekun? 503 00:33:04,025 --> 00:33:07,445 - I can't. Transporter isn't responding. - Commander Stamets. 504 00:33:09,197 --> 00:33:10,490 Commander Stamets. 505 00:33:10,573 --> 00:33:15,912 The impacts caused a power surge that blew out the Heisenberg compensator. 506 00:33:16,579 --> 00:33:17,830 How long to fix it? 507 00:33:17,914 --> 00:33:20,291 - Three hours. - We don't have that kind of time. 508 00:33:20,374 --> 00:33:24,754 What happened anyway? Is Adira okay? And Tilly and everyone? 509 00:33:24,837 --> 00:33:27,298 Everyone's fine. Skip the compensator. 510 00:33:27,381 --> 00:33:28,966 Pull power to the shields. 511 00:33:29,050 --> 00:33:31,636 - We need time to evacuate them. - On it. 512 00:33:31,719 --> 00:33:33,971 Tilly, can you get everyone to the station's shuttle bay? 513 00:33:35,097 --> 00:33:39,018 That's on deck one, and we don't have E.V. suits up here. 514 00:33:39,101 --> 00:33:41,646 What about an escape vessel? Every deck should have one. 515 00:33:41,729 --> 00:33:45,066 - They're meant for one-way trips. - I can reprogram it. 516 00:33:45,608 --> 00:33:48,528 So just trust me with this, please. I got it. 517 00:33:50,404 --> 00:33:51,572 Make it fast. 518 00:33:52,740 --> 00:33:53,741 It's this way. 519 00:34:01,624 --> 00:34:03,668 [Tilly] The door is jammed from the outside. 520 00:34:03,751 --> 00:34:05,920 We can't separate the vessel from the station. 521 00:34:06,003 --> 00:34:10,007 - Okay. We need to climb to another deck. - There's no life support. 522 00:34:11,384 --> 00:34:13,010 [Nalas] Sensors are malfunctioning. 523 00:34:13,094 --> 00:34:16,264 Commander, I understand that that seems like an option right now. 524 00:34:16,347 --> 00:34:19,850 It is an option. It's the only option. 525 00:34:20,810 --> 00:34:24,105 Uh, captain, we have a problem too. 526 00:34:24,188 --> 00:34:27,441 The de-coupler is jammed, and Nalas is losing it. 527 00:34:27,525 --> 00:34:29,735 Tilly can handle him. We're gonna get you out. 528 00:34:29,819 --> 00:34:31,529 Bring the vessel onscreen. 529 00:34:33,322 --> 00:34:35,032 Shields down to 30%. 530 00:34:35,116 --> 00:34:38,119 How long will it take DOTs to remove that debris? 531 00:34:39,620 --> 00:34:42,498 - Longer than we have. - Can we get close enough for a spacewalk? 532 00:34:42,582 --> 00:34:44,125 No, but I could take a worker bee. 533 00:34:44,208 --> 00:34:46,127 That's too dangerous. If we lose shields... 534 00:34:46,210 --> 00:34:49,922 Detmer's right. That's our best shot. But I'll do it. Rhys, you have the conn. 535 00:34:50,006 --> 00:34:52,883 Are you sure you should be leaving the ship during a red alert? 536 00:34:53,467 --> 00:34:55,136 There's no margin for error. 537 00:34:55,219 --> 00:34:58,222 I've logged more advanced E.V. hours than anyone else on board. 538 00:34:58,306 --> 00:35:00,474 That makes me the safest and the logical choice. 539 00:35:01,183 --> 00:35:02,268 Does it? 540 00:35:02,727 --> 00:35:05,271 Madam President, are you questioning my decision? 541 00:35:05,354 --> 00:35:07,982 A question doesn't imply questioning, captain. 542 00:35:11,944 --> 00:35:14,322 Whatever happens, keep those shields up. 543 00:35:14,989 --> 00:35:16,115 [Detmer] Aye, captain. 544 00:35:23,289 --> 00:35:25,291 [pensive music playing] 545 00:35:36,260 --> 00:35:38,596 You're thinking of Discovery again. 546 00:35:38,679 --> 00:35:40,056 Of your friends. 547 00:35:40,890 --> 00:35:41,932 Michael. 548 00:35:43,059 --> 00:35:44,059 I am. 549 00:35:45,144 --> 00:35:47,521 It does not mean that I am unhappy here. 550 00:35:48,606 --> 00:35:50,691 It is hard to be away. 551 00:35:51,901 --> 00:35:55,613 As it was hard to leave Kaminar all those years ago. 552 00:35:57,698 --> 00:36:01,827 One cannot have all the lives one desires. 553 00:36:03,162 --> 00:36:05,998 A choice is always necessary. 554 00:36:06,791 --> 00:36:11,587 Then, perhaps. Kaminar was very different in your time. 555 00:36:13,005 --> 00:36:17,885 Now you can serve the Federation and remain close to the council. 556 00:36:19,261 --> 00:36:20,596 To me. 557 00:36:21,597 --> 00:36:23,516 I made a promise to you, 558 00:36:23,599 --> 00:36:26,227 and it is my joy to keep that promise. 559 00:36:26,936 --> 00:36:29,146 I appreciate all you have done. 560 00:36:30,606 --> 00:36:36,445 You're the father I never knew, and my first true friend. 561 00:36:37,238 --> 00:36:39,115 But I have other friends now. 562 00:36:39,782 --> 00:36:40,782 Family. 563 00:36:40,825 --> 00:36:44,745 If you are staying for me, 564 00:36:46,205 --> 00:36:47,623 you need not. 565 00:36:48,582 --> 00:36:52,378 What of those who still turn away from you? 566 00:36:52,461 --> 00:36:55,381 Who see you and think only of the Burn? 567 00:36:55,464 --> 00:37:00,636 There will always be those who fear what they do not understand. 568 00:37:00,720 --> 00:37:07,017 But they are fewer now, thanks to you. 569 00:37:09,228 --> 00:37:10,396 I'm safe. 570 00:37:11,772 --> 00:37:12,940 I'm loved. 571 00:37:14,483 --> 00:37:15,943 I'm happy. 572 00:37:17,611 --> 00:37:22,908 My heart is here, but yours can be here and out there. 573 00:37:25,286 --> 00:37:30,750 Balance is possible. Is it not? 574 00:37:40,843 --> 00:37:42,845 [dramatic music playing] 575 00:37:57,318 --> 00:38:01,030 [Nalas] How long is this going to take? We just can't keep waiting. 576 00:38:01,697 --> 00:38:02,698 [Adira] Hey, she's here. 577 00:38:16,462 --> 00:38:18,214 Rhys, you have eyes on that? 578 00:38:18,297 --> 00:38:21,300 We do. It's clear of the vessel's launch trajectory. 579 00:38:22,092 --> 00:38:24,720 Great. Two pieces left, grabbing them now. 580 00:38:34,063 --> 00:38:35,523 [heart beating] 581 00:38:35,606 --> 00:38:37,733 [high-pitched ringing] 582 00:38:51,247 --> 00:38:53,040 [muted audio] 583 00:38:58,546 --> 00:39:00,548 [alarm wailing] 584 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:05,719 - [Rhys] Captain! Do you read? - [Burnham] I'm okay. 585 00:39:05,803 --> 00:39:08,472 I'm okay. Patch me through to Engineering. 586 00:39:08,556 --> 00:39:10,391 Stamets, how are we doing on shields? 587 00:39:10,474 --> 00:39:12,726 Uh, holding at 25%. 588 00:39:12,810 --> 00:39:14,270 [Burnham] I love 25%. 589 00:39:14,353 --> 00:39:16,188 Well, heh, don't celebrate just yet. 590 00:39:16,272 --> 00:39:18,858 I pulled all the power I can from the EPS grid. 591 00:39:18,941 --> 00:39:22,278 And we're maxed out. No more help is coming. 592 00:39:22,361 --> 00:39:23,946 [Nalas] You saw what happened. 593 00:39:24,029 --> 00:39:25,823 Your captain can't save us. Move. 594 00:39:25,906 --> 00:39:27,491 [Tilly] Commander Nalas, no. 595 00:39:27,575 --> 00:39:30,369 I can't allow you take your crew on a suicide mission. 596 00:39:31,537 --> 00:39:33,372 - Hey, please... - Adira, stay on task. 597 00:39:33,455 --> 00:39:35,082 [explosion] 598 00:39:35,165 --> 00:39:36,250 It's my crew. 599 00:39:36,333 --> 00:39:38,294 You're leading them to a very dark place. 600 00:39:38,377 --> 00:39:41,046 Put down the phaser. 601 00:39:43,132 --> 00:39:44,967 [Rillak] Nalas. It's President Rillak. 602 00:39:45,926 --> 00:39:48,596 I know this is a lot, all of it. 603 00:39:48,679 --> 00:39:52,141 But I am asking you to give Captain Burnham a few more minutes. 604 00:39:52,224 --> 00:39:54,935 I am confident she'll get you out. 605 00:39:55,019 --> 00:39:57,813 All of us want you to see your beautiful world again, 606 00:39:57,897 --> 00:40:01,483 its freshwater oceans, the Fissure of Jorat. 607 00:40:02,443 --> 00:40:06,572 How do you...? Most Akoszonam don't even know the Fissure. 608 00:40:06,655 --> 00:40:10,576 Ah, shame. It's breathtaking, isn't it? 609 00:40:10,659 --> 00:40:14,997 The way the steam explodes straight out, condensing into that iridescent mist. 610 00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:17,082 There's nothing else like it in the cosmos. 611 00:40:17,791 --> 00:40:21,003 I know you want to go home, Nalas. 612 00:40:21,086 --> 00:40:23,547 All of you do. Please. 613 00:40:33,432 --> 00:40:34,642 Yes. 614 00:40:34,725 --> 00:40:36,810 - [explosion] - [all grunting] 615 00:40:36,894 --> 00:40:38,062 [Burnham] Almost there. 616 00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:41,065 Got it. You're clear, Tilly! 617 00:40:41,148 --> 00:40:44,526 Go. We all won't fit in one trip. I'll wait with them. 618 00:41:01,627 --> 00:41:04,227 [Burnham] Lieutenant Christopher, open a channel to the president. 619 00:41:05,297 --> 00:41:06,507 Channel's open, captain. 620 00:41:07,341 --> 00:41:08,341 Captain Burnham. 621 00:41:08,384 --> 00:41:11,470 - [Burnham] Thank you for the assist. - Happy to be of service. 622 00:41:11,553 --> 00:41:13,597 Out of curiosity, were you reading his file, 623 00:41:13,681 --> 00:41:15,599 or have you been to the Fissure of Jorat? 624 00:41:15,683 --> 00:41:19,478 It's not curiosity. You're wondering if I lied to him. 625 00:41:20,604 --> 00:41:21,605 Did you? 626 00:41:21,689 --> 00:41:23,148 Does it matter? 627 00:41:28,570 --> 00:41:30,114 Station crew are safely on board. 628 00:41:30,948 --> 00:41:33,117 Vessel is leaving Discovery for its second run. 629 00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:35,577 - Should be back in five. - How much time do we have? 630 00:41:35,661 --> 00:41:37,329 Four minutes if we're lucky. 631 00:41:38,330 --> 00:41:42,292 When the shields are down, we'll be exposed. We could be destroyed. 632 00:41:43,293 --> 00:41:45,379 - Captain. - We're not going anywhere. 633 00:41:45,462 --> 00:41:48,590 That was an inspiring speech you gave at the Academy, 634 00:41:48,674 --> 00:41:52,219 but everything is not possible. You cannot defeat the mathematics of loss. 635 00:41:52,302 --> 00:41:55,222 - We have before. - So therefore you're immune to failure? 636 00:42:00,978 --> 00:42:02,688 Are you pulling me from the chair... 637 00:42:04,023 --> 00:42:05,274 Madam President? 638 00:42:06,859 --> 00:42:08,485 Because if not, I have a job to do. 639 00:42:10,279 --> 00:42:11,405 You're the captain. 640 00:42:26,211 --> 00:42:28,051 [Kyheem] Have you found what spooked the birds? 641 00:42:28,088 --> 00:42:31,300 I've searched the entire forest, nothing out of the ordinary. 642 00:42:31,383 --> 00:42:36,096 Maybe they sensed an earthquake. Too small for us to feel. 643 00:42:36,180 --> 00:42:37,639 I don't know, Kyheem. 644 00:42:37,723 --> 00:42:41,977 You've been up there for a while. Come on back. It's time for dinner. 645 00:42:43,270 --> 00:42:44,188 [alarm wailing] 646 00:42:44,189 --> 00:42:45,355 These birds. 647 00:42:47,232 --> 00:42:49,151 Take Leto and get someplace safe. 648 00:42:49,234 --> 00:42:51,695 - What is it? - Just do it. Now! 649 00:42:51,779 --> 00:42:53,447 I need to find out what's happening. 650 00:43:03,248 --> 00:43:07,628 [computer] Warning. Proximity alert. Warning. Proximity alert. 651 00:43:08,462 --> 00:43:09,546 Kyheem! 652 00:43:10,589 --> 00:43:13,842 [grunting] 653 00:43:24,728 --> 00:43:27,856 The nanosecond this is over, I'm on the first ship home. 654 00:43:27,940 --> 00:43:30,651 - When's the last time you were back? - Too long. 655 00:43:31,860 --> 00:43:33,195 Living on autopilot. 656 00:43:36,406 --> 00:43:38,867 What about you two? What's next? 657 00:43:38,951 --> 00:43:42,996 Oh, you know, sleep, tea, bubble bath. 658 00:43:45,457 --> 00:43:46,457 Lieutenant? 659 00:43:47,543 --> 00:43:49,086 Oh, uh... 660 00:43:51,547 --> 00:43:53,298 I don't know, to be honest. 661 00:43:54,591 --> 00:43:56,343 [all grunting] 662 00:43:58,303 --> 00:43:59,543 [computer] Shuttle has arrived. 663 00:43:59,596 --> 00:44:00,556 Let's go. 664 00:44:00,557 --> 00:44:02,015 We're almost home. 665 00:44:02,099 --> 00:44:04,101 [dramatic music playing] 666 00:44:16,947 --> 00:44:18,615 We've lost shields. 667 00:44:20,159 --> 00:44:21,743 Is the escape vessel okay? 668 00:44:21,827 --> 00:44:22,911 Aye, captain. 669 00:44:23,537 --> 00:44:25,831 - How much longer? - We'll have the vessel in five. 670 00:44:25,914 --> 00:44:26,874 - Black alert! - Four. 671 00:44:26,875 --> 00:44:29,209 - Three. Two. - Structural breach on Deck 8! 672 00:44:29,293 --> 00:44:31,295 - Re-routing DOTs for repair. - One. 673 00:44:31,378 --> 00:44:33,630 - They're clear. They're clear! - Jump! 674 00:44:42,389 --> 00:44:45,350 [woman over PA] All medical and emergency personnel to shuttle bay. 675 00:44:45,434 --> 00:44:48,854 Repeat. All medical and emergency personnel to shuttle bay. 676 00:44:48,937 --> 00:44:50,689 [Culber] Adira? Tilly? 677 00:44:50,772 --> 00:44:52,900 [Tilly] We're here. We're safe. We're good. 678 00:44:52,983 --> 00:44:54,359 Let me do a scan. 679 00:44:54,443 --> 00:44:56,820 Nalas? Commander Nalas? 680 00:44:56,904 --> 00:45:00,073 I don't understand. We made it. We were safe. 681 00:45:00,157 --> 00:45:03,869 Hugh! Hugh! Help me. 682 00:45:04,369 --> 00:45:06,079 - [Culber] Hold on. - I can't... 683 00:45:06,705 --> 00:45:08,248 We've almost got you. 684 00:45:16,715 --> 00:45:18,508 [woman] Over here! 685 00:45:19,384 --> 00:45:21,386 [emotional music playing] 686 00:45:31,230 --> 00:45:32,731 [Burnham] Culber, what's happening? 687 00:45:34,691 --> 00:45:35,901 Is everyone okay? 688 00:45:53,085 --> 00:45:54,503 [door chimes] 689 00:45:55,295 --> 00:45:56,296 Come. 690 00:46:07,140 --> 00:46:10,352 Three dead, four wounded. 691 00:46:10,435 --> 00:46:12,354 And nine who get to go home. 692 00:46:15,732 --> 00:46:17,067 It never gets easier. 693 00:46:19,111 --> 00:46:20,570 Kobayashi Maru. 694 00:46:22,948 --> 00:46:24,157 You're Starfleet? 695 00:46:26,076 --> 00:46:27,076 No. 696 00:46:28,453 --> 00:46:30,956 Flew cargo for my dad all over the sector. 697 00:46:34,668 --> 00:46:36,920 Taught me the value in meeting people, 698 00:46:37,004 --> 00:46:39,715 or circumstances, where they are. 699 00:46:41,300 --> 00:46:42,884 The test is rigged, you know. 700 00:46:43,802 --> 00:46:45,304 Kobayashi Maru. 701 00:46:47,014 --> 00:46:49,099 They don't tell you that up front. 702 00:46:51,518 --> 00:46:54,521 So when you fail, you go back to your quarters 703 00:46:54,604 --> 00:46:57,316 and all you can think about is how you want to retake it, 704 00:46:57,399 --> 00:46:59,443 how you can be the one to beat it. 705 00:47:00,610 --> 00:47:02,612 Then you realize you never will. 706 00:47:02,696 --> 00:47:04,281 Yeah, hence the lesson. 707 00:47:04,364 --> 00:47:05,782 Acceptance. 708 00:47:05,866 --> 00:47:10,370 There are things beyond your control. You mitigate that as much as possible... 709 00:47:10,454 --> 00:47:13,707 I can't mitigate life and death. 710 00:47:15,292 --> 00:47:17,711 I lead to bring everyone home. 711 00:47:17,794 --> 00:47:20,297 Leadership is about balance. 712 00:47:21,798 --> 00:47:26,845 Knowing what weight is yours to carry and what isn't. 713 00:47:28,472 --> 00:47:30,432 You just don't see that yet. 714 00:47:37,731 --> 00:47:41,568 You didn't come on my ship to tick a box, did you? 715 00:47:44,321 --> 00:47:47,866 Well, as you know, we are developing some new technologies. 716 00:47:47,949 --> 00:47:50,827 A next-generation spore drive is among them. 717 00:47:50,911 --> 00:47:53,413 There are still a few hurdles to overcome, 718 00:47:53,497 --> 00:47:55,290 but other technologies, 719 00:47:55,374 --> 00:48:00,212 like the pathway drive prototype, has been moving forward nicely. 720 00:48:00,796 --> 00:48:03,590 Plans are to install it in Voyager for testing. 721 00:48:03,673 --> 00:48:08,011 And I am evaluating my shortlist for the captaincy. 722 00:48:10,013 --> 00:48:11,973 I suppose I'm no longer on it. 723 00:48:13,392 --> 00:48:14,434 No. 724 00:48:16,019 --> 00:48:17,354 You're not ready. 725 00:48:19,189 --> 00:48:20,440 Define "ready." 726 00:48:20,524 --> 00:48:24,236 Don't misunderstand me, captain, you are eminently qualified... 727 00:48:24,319 --> 00:48:27,406 Untested technology is a different beast, I get that. 728 00:48:28,407 --> 00:48:29,533 But please... 729 00:48:31,368 --> 00:48:32,786 define "ready." 730 00:48:33,495 --> 00:48:36,957 The willingness to accept all potential outcomes 731 00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:41,169 of a command decision and an ability to make the hard call, regardless. 732 00:48:42,170 --> 00:48:44,339 It's a matter of experience, really. 733 00:48:45,882 --> 00:48:48,552 Respectfully, ma'am, Discovery is my home. 734 00:48:48,635 --> 00:48:50,720 I wouldn't have accepted even if you'd offered. 735 00:48:52,973 --> 00:48:57,978 That said, I don't think I'm out of line in pointing out that my experiences 736 00:48:58,061 --> 00:49:00,605 have prepared me for any kind of captaincy. 737 00:49:00,689 --> 00:49:02,232 Well, you saved us. 738 00:49:02,315 --> 00:49:05,652 You led your crew to the future. You deciphered the Burn. 739 00:49:05,735 --> 00:49:08,321 Yes. I did. 740 00:49:08,405 --> 00:49:11,283 Your acts of bravery are irrefutable. 741 00:49:12,826 --> 00:49:18,165 They are also huge swings of the pendulum. And in a time of rebuilding, 742 00:49:18,248 --> 00:49:23,920 there is a very fine line between a pendulum and a wrecking ball. 743 00:49:26,173 --> 00:49:30,385 That is quite a strong opinion for someone who's just met me. 744 00:49:31,636 --> 00:49:34,431 I read the debrief of your arrival at Federation headquarters. 745 00:49:34,514 --> 00:49:36,183 Would you like to know what it says? 746 00:49:36,892 --> 00:49:38,810 I take it that's a rhetorical question. 747 00:49:38,894 --> 00:49:41,396 It says a tremendous loss in your formative years 748 00:49:41,480 --> 00:49:45,192 has left you with a pathological need to save everyone you can. 749 00:49:45,275 --> 00:49:47,360 I fail to see the negative in that. 750 00:49:48,278 --> 00:49:52,365 Commanding from a place of personal need places others in harm's way. 751 00:49:52,449 --> 00:49:55,702 You were prepared to sacrifice the many to save the few. 752 00:49:55,785 --> 00:49:58,747 - Everyone could have died. - But they didn't. 753 00:49:58,830 --> 00:50:00,582 One day, they might. 754 00:50:02,751 --> 00:50:04,961 That is precisely the kind of Pyrrhic victory 755 00:50:05,045 --> 00:50:07,130 Kobayashi Maru trains you to avoid. 756 00:50:08,507 --> 00:50:09,423 [comm chimes] 757 00:50:09,424 --> 00:50:11,424 [Christopher over comm] Captain, Mr. Booker's here. 758 00:50:11,468 --> 00:50:14,638 His ship arrived via autopilot. Something's wrong. 759 00:50:16,640 --> 00:50:18,560 [Booker] Pull up Kwejian on the deep-space array. 760 00:50:18,642 --> 00:50:19,851 [Burnham] What happened? 761 00:50:19,935 --> 00:50:21,686 My ship was hit by something. 762 00:50:22,521 --> 00:50:24,481 The stars, everything was warped. 763 00:50:24,564 --> 00:50:26,316 The gravitational distortion. 764 00:50:26,399 --> 00:50:28,839 - Kwejian is light years away from that. - [Owosekun] Captain? 765 00:50:30,237 --> 00:50:32,072 I inputted Kwejian's coordinates, but... 766 00:50:32,906 --> 00:50:33,990 What? 767 00:50:34,074 --> 00:50:35,367 Nothing's there. 768 00:50:36,701 --> 00:50:38,286 You must've done it wrong. 769 00:50:39,412 --> 00:50:41,623 No. These are the coordinates. 770 00:50:42,332 --> 00:50:43,500 Widen the search radius. 771 00:50:45,794 --> 00:50:48,255 It's hundreds of thousands of kilometers away. 772 00:50:48,338 --> 00:50:49,296 Pull it up. 773 00:50:49,297 --> 00:50:50,591 [dramatic music playing] 774 00:51:15,782 --> 00:51:16,782 They're gone. 775 00:51:22,372 --> 00:51:23,790 They're all gone.