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[narrator] Previously on
Star Trek: Discovery:
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[Book] Pull up Kwejian
on the deep-space array.
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[Burnham] What happened?
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My ship was hit by something.
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They're gone.
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[Stamets] Five light-years across.
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That's the size of the gravitational
anomaly that hit Kwejian.
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The DMA disappeared. It reappeared
4.2 seconds later, 1000 light-years away.
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The only logical explanation is
someone created it.
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For now, we're classifying those
responsible as Unknown Species Ten-C.
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[Zora] Thank you, commander,
for reaching toward me.
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[Gray] What are those?
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The coordinates to Species Ten-C.
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I'm struggling. The DMA has brought up
a lot of uncertainty.
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You are only human.
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If you don't find fulfillment
in something other than work,
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then you will fail those
in the chair in front of you.
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And I designed this.
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A weapon capable of destroying the DMA.
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A cascading subspace burst sounds a lot
like the result of an isolytic explosion.
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My proposal carries some risk
but not nearly as much as doing nothing.
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We need to defend ourselves.
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If we make first contact peacefully, then
we can determine intent before we act.
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Introducing
the next-generation spore drive.
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We have 94 seconds before they realize
it's gone and I took it.
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Next part's all you.
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Book, no.
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[Vance] I need Booker's ship found.
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Scramble every available vessel.
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Eisenberg-class, shuttle, I don't care.
They've stolen classified tech.
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- Do we have any idea where it is?
- Negative, sir. It spore-jumped.
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Any idea where it's headed?
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Not yet, sir.
All available personnel are looking.
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Can anyone please tell me,
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how the hell did our prototype get out
in the first place?
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- Security requires dual authorization.
- Yes, sir.
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It has dual authorization. Uh...
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Ruon Tarka entered his code somehow
in conjunction with...
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Yours, sir.
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- [footsteps approaching]
- [Rillak] Admiral.
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I'll ask you both just once.
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Did you have any idea this was coming?
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- No, Madam President.
- No, Madam President.
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Okay, then.
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How did you have no idea it was coming?
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Tarka was your guy, admiral.
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Handpicked. You gave him free rein,
barely any oversight.
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And it is one thing to miss the capacity
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for criminal misbehavior
in a professional relationship,
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but yours was also personal.
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I knew Book was struggling, but he gave
no indication that he would do this.
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Hmm.
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That spore-drive technology
is the closest we have come
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to ending our dilithium dependence.
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If word gets out that the only
functional prototype has been stolen,
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it will threaten everything,
including trust that we have the ability
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to pull off
this monumental first-contact mission
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that you just helped to sell
a few hours ago.
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That doesn't even take into account
the risk we now run
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of provoking a highly advanced species
who are capable of destroying us all
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if Booker and Tarka succeed.
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With all due respect, ma'am, he's
a good man who's not thinking clearly.
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He's grieving.
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He's dealing with unimaginable loss.
He thinks he's preventing another Kwejian.
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We are trying to prevent
something even worse.
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I can get him to see that
before it's too late.
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In order to build an isolytic weapon,
Tarka needs isolynium.
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That's a black-market element
that is not easy to track down.
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That buys us time to find them.
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Discovery's repairs are done.
We could leave immediately.
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I know you wanna help, captain, but you're
too close to this. You cannot be involved.
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I'm told intelligence has
identified four vendors
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believed to have access to isolynium.
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I'm deploying ships to all locations
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with orders to detain
Booker and Tarka on sight.
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Good.
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In the meantime, I'd ask that
Discovery gather data on Species Ten-C.
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We have to prepare
for a first contact,
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provided our rogue associates
don't beat us to it.
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I agree.
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You have your orders,
Captain Burnham. Dismissed.
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[Tarka] So how'd it feel, the spore drive?
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The interface? Efficiency? Hit me.
Come on. You're the first beta tester.
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It's impressive.
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Oh, come on now. Specifics.
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It works. It'll help us stop the DMA.
That's all that matters to me.
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Can't fault your honesty.
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We're safe for now,
out of scanner range.
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- How long do you need to build the weapon?
- Twenty-four hours.
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- [comms chiming]
- She's hailing you again.
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Yep.
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And there's this too.
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[screen beeping]
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[Tarka] It's not the most flattering
picture of me, but you look fantastic.
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It's not lost on me
what you're giving up to do this.
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It's worth it,
whatever my sentence turns out to be.
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Your sentence? Once billions of lives
are saved, you'll be a hero.
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That's not how the Federation works.
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You had half the assembly
eating out of your hand.
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- We still lost the vote.
- Rillak's a political animal.
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Once the DMA is gone, she'll face
political pressure to pardon us.
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She'll find a way to explain that in
this case, the ends justified the means.
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Let's just worry about saving
the billions of lives first, okay?
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Very well.
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Once you've secured isolynium,
I can finish the third phase...
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Wait, what?
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You made it sound like
you knew exactly how to get it.
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I was counting on the Federation's help.
We don't have that now.
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Unbelievable.
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What's the issue here? I thought
couriers could find anything.
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Buying something dangerous and rare
is never easy,
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especially with Starfleet
on our asses.
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[suspenseful music playing]
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I know a place
that won't be on their radar.
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But it's gonna cost us.
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See? That's the spirit.
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And don't worry,
cost won't be an issue.
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[doorbell chimes]
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- Come.
- [door opens]
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Admiral.
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I first met Ruon Tarka
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when he was giving a lecture
ten years ago.
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One of the most brilliant minds
I've ever encountered.
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He had all these ideas for
new propulsion systems and power sources.
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Made it sound like anything was possible.
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And I believed him.
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I still do.
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I keep asking myself,
why would he do this?
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What am I missing?
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Sir, I wish I had answers.
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Maybe Tarka couldn't handle
the council voting down his plan?
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Well, he has quite the ego.
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But I don't think that's it.
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[pensive music playing]
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I just got my family back, captain.
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The thought that I will have to send them
away again for their protection
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because someone I brought into the fold
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might invite a war
that we couldn't possibly win...
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We will figure this out.
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I will do everything
to help make things right.
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We can both agree Booker's
not foolish enough to buy isolynium
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from any of the known suspects.
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Sir, you and President Rillak
were pretty clear.
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Yes, and it's very important
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for the Federation president and I
to present a united front,
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so I would never
publicly contradict her.
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But I can take a page out of her own book
and encourage you,
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as one of the most creative
and adept officers in my service,
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to do everything you can to stop them,
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within the parameters
of the mission you were given.
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You find a way, Captain Burnham.
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That's also an order.
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[theme music playing]
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Well, the president wants us to make
first contact sooner rather than later.
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What have we found at the coordinates?
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Commander Stamets was just updating me.
But may I say first...?
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We support you, captain. We all do.
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And, uh, we hope Book's okay.
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Thank you.
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What have we got?
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Well, unfortunately, not much.
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Data on what lies beyond
the galactic barrier is extremely limited.
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That gap in the center?
Is that where the Ten-C are located?
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Well, um, like I said, it's limited,
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but the orbits
of the extragalactic stars nearby
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indicate
a significant gravitational presence.
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There's definitely something there.
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To find out what,
we'll need a visual on the area.
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- Any idea how to do that?
- Zora?
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[Zora] Yes, Commander Stamets.
I may have something.
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The sphere data has records
of a civilization
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30 light-years away
from these coordinates,
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just inside the galactic barrier.
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The Stilph. They're warp-capable.
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So they're advanced enough
and close enough
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that their standard stellar surveys
should cover the area we need.
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Zora, has the Federation ever
crossed paths with the Stilph?
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No. And no diplomatic relations exist.
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But they've dealt
with the Orions in the past.
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Hmm. Rather complicated intermediaries.
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We don't have to go through them.
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I know a broker on Porathia.
He has relationships with everyone.
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- He can get us what we need.
- A broker?
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He's an old friend.
I will have to make the request myself.
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Keep combing through for more data points.
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Yes, captain.
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I'd be happy to complete that task myself.
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It is perhaps more tedious
than is worthy of your time.
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Thank you. Uh, I'd appreciate that.
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Mr. Saru?
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I'm bringing Commander Owosekun
to verify the surveys.
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The Federation isn't welcome on Porathia.
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So once we jump there,
Discovery will keep its distance.
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We'll take a shuttle down.
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Captain, am I correct
in assuming that this broker
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is from your courier days with Mr. Booker?
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Yes.
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And are President Rillak and Admiral Vance
aware that you are planning to pursue him?
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You don't miss much, do you?
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Only when sleep-deprived.
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Vance unofficially ordered me
to kill two birds with one stone.
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And I believe this broker is where
Book will go to get the isolynium.
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- I see.
- You think I'm too close to this?
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I believe there is no one else
who could possibly convince Mr. Booker
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to correct his path.
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But I do not envy
your position should he refuse.
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I'll be back as soon as I can.
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Be safe, captain, above all.
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[woman speaking indistinctly over PA]
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[Book]
Welcome to Haz Mazaro's Karma Barge.
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We're gonna need to make this fast.
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Not what I was expecting
when you said we'd find isolynium here.
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There's nothing Haz won't take bets on
in the front or sell in the back.
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He'll have it, or know someone who does.
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Charming place.
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I should probably mention that
we didn't part on the greatest of terms.
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Do I need to know the particulars?
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Only that it was something
I did on my own.
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Hopefully he's forgotten 'cause it doesn't
look like a good day to be here.
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[man 1] Empty out your pockets.
Show me your hands.
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[man 2] Nothing.
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Always wondered
where Emerald Chain dimwits went to die.
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Listen. Haz is fun until he's not.
So let me do the talking.
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Think of me as a shadow.
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[dance music playing over speakers]
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Haz know you?
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Tell him it's Glow-Worm.
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Glow-Worm?
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[Haz] Glow-Worm!
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A swamp cat could have learned
the Hortan Hustle since I last saw you.
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- Seems like good terms to me.
- Your timing's perfect.
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I'm having a special on Devore scanners
and modified scan deflectors.
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Who's Mr. Personality?
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My shadow.
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Where's Michael?
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Not here, obviously.
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Come on, tell your buddy Haz.
What's the what with you two?
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Still none of your business. Look,
I'm here for something important, okay?
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This Devore scanner couldn't pick out
a Betazoid alone in a Nieser cage.
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Apologies for my associate. His filter was
taken from him by cognition pirates, sad.
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I'm here for isolynium.
242
00:15:25,801 --> 00:15:27,261
Heavy stuff.
243
00:15:28,137 --> 00:15:30,597
Why exactly do you need it?
244
00:15:36,812 --> 00:15:39,106
Chatty as always, I see. Not that I mind.
245
00:15:39,189 --> 00:15:42,943
Each to his own, her own, their own,
all the things.
246
00:15:43,026 --> 00:15:47,072
I do happen to have access.
But it'll cost you more than that.
247
00:15:47,156 --> 00:15:52,327
We need proof it's pure.
Not the usual stuff cut with sammonium.
248
00:15:52,411 --> 00:15:56,165
Pay first, inspect later, shadow.
249
00:15:56,248 --> 00:15:58,250
[suspenseful music playing]
250
00:16:07,468 --> 00:16:10,053
Take it all. We have a deal?
251
00:16:10,137 --> 00:16:12,347
[Haz] I'll take your latinum,
but we don't have a deal.
252
00:16:12,431 --> 00:16:16,018
Old score to settle, or did you forget?
253
00:16:16,101 --> 00:16:18,187
Course not. But it wasn't on me.
254
00:16:18,270 --> 00:16:21,190
I warned Ertel to stop delivering
tranceworms. It's dangerous business.
255
00:16:21,273 --> 00:16:23,400
It wasn't until you stole his cargo,
256
00:16:23,484 --> 00:16:26,570
and he spent six months
trying to get back his losses!
257
00:16:27,237 --> 00:16:29,656
Cost me my best customer in the meantime.
258
00:16:29,740 --> 00:16:31,241
I'd say that about covers it.
259
00:16:31,783 --> 00:16:32,826
[Haz sighs]
260
00:16:34,536 --> 00:16:35,996
We need the isolynium, Haz.
261
00:16:36,580 --> 00:16:39,458
Weren't you listening?
I said not without more latinum.
262
00:16:41,168 --> 00:16:42,669
It'll take a few days.
263
00:16:42,753 --> 00:16:44,171
We don't have a few days.
264
00:16:44,671 --> 00:16:45,756
Sorry, Glow-Worm.
265
00:16:46,340 --> 00:16:48,592
Nice seeing you.
Give Michael a hug for me.
266
00:16:49,968 --> 00:16:52,846
Haz, Haz, wait, wait, wait!
267
00:16:52,930 --> 00:16:55,770
Your guys out there, they're looking
for crooks or card counters, right?
268
00:16:58,060 --> 00:16:59,728
Detection tech hasn't worked.
269
00:16:59,811 --> 00:17:02,606
I can't even tell you
how many are in the ring.
270
00:17:03,106 --> 00:17:05,234
So you've got nothing to lose
by letting us try.
271
00:17:05,859 --> 00:17:10,113
You keep the latinum.
We get the isolynium. Win-win.
272
00:17:11,949 --> 00:17:13,492
You got yourself a deal.
273
00:17:13,575 --> 00:17:18,121
But jab a Brussel fly
and I'll scoot some greenbread. Clear?
274
00:17:19,414 --> 00:17:20,666
Crystal.
275
00:17:21,542 --> 00:17:24,044
[Burnham] The casino is a dead zone
by design.
276
00:17:24,127 --> 00:17:27,631
So all of our weapons, tech,
and comms have to be checked at the door.
277
00:17:27,714 --> 00:17:31,426
The Federation has no authority
on Porathia, so we'll be on our own.
278
00:17:32,177 --> 00:17:35,138
And there may be a few surprises.
I'm not sure.
279
00:17:37,099 --> 00:17:38,392
Any questions?
280
00:17:40,310 --> 00:17:41,311
Just one.
281
00:17:42,854 --> 00:17:45,857
You can verify stellar surveys yourself.
Why bring me?
282
00:17:51,863 --> 00:17:54,241
Saru told me
what happened at the subspace rift.
283
00:17:54,324 --> 00:17:56,118
How you didn't wanna stand down.
284
00:17:56,201 --> 00:17:58,537
I was out of bounds. I apologized to him.
285
00:17:58,620 --> 00:17:59,621
I know.
286
00:18:00,664 --> 00:18:07,546
But I also know how it feels
to want to do something, anything.
287
00:18:07,629 --> 00:18:09,256
And how it feels when you can't.
288
00:18:10,465 --> 00:18:11,466
Thank you.
289
00:18:15,679 --> 00:18:17,681
[dramatic music playing]
290
00:18:39,745 --> 00:18:40,787
Just wait for it.
291
00:18:50,047 --> 00:18:51,048
We're here.
292
00:18:53,759 --> 00:18:54,801
"Karma Barge"?
293
00:18:57,512 --> 00:18:59,514
[dance music playing over speakers]
294
00:19:09,816 --> 00:19:11,818
- Friendly bunch.
- Always.
295
00:19:14,821 --> 00:19:17,574
Watch yourselves, Starfleet.
296
00:19:18,825 --> 00:19:20,577
Oh, we're good, don't worry.
297
00:19:21,161 --> 00:19:22,537
I heard we had Starfleet guests,
298
00:19:22,621 --> 00:19:25,499
so I just had to scurry like a spider cow
to welcome you.
299
00:19:26,583 --> 00:19:28,126
- Right Hook?
- [Burnham chuckles]
300
00:19:28,210 --> 00:19:30,962
Starfleet Captain Right Hook? [laughs]
301
00:19:31,046 --> 00:19:32,297
Tale for another time.
302
00:19:32,381 --> 00:19:35,425
This is Lieutenant Commander Owosekun.
This is Haz Mazaro.
303
00:19:37,427 --> 00:19:39,596
I feel like I'm in a time warp today.
304
00:19:40,472 --> 00:19:45,310
So, uh, are you here as part of Starfleet,
or are we still friends?
305
00:19:45,394 --> 00:19:46,603
Both. Both.
306
00:19:47,771 --> 00:19:50,607
We're here to buy
some extragalactic stellar surveys
307
00:19:50,691 --> 00:19:52,609
from a civilization called the Stilph.
308
00:19:52,693 --> 00:19:54,611
They've had some run-ins with the Orions.
309
00:19:56,446 --> 00:19:58,281
I may know an Orion or two.
310
00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:05,539
But why would you want pictures of stars?
311
00:20:05,622 --> 00:20:06,707
Stars are pretty.
312
00:20:06,790 --> 00:20:07,833
[Haz chuckles]
313
00:20:09,084 --> 00:20:11,420
Everyone is so secretive nowadays.
314
00:20:12,045 --> 00:20:14,965
I have missed you
like a Cardassian misses cake.
315
00:20:15,632 --> 00:20:17,384
Unfortunately, that won't be enough.
316
00:20:18,427 --> 00:20:19,469
Hmm.
317
00:20:19,553 --> 00:20:22,180
And yet she remembers
the way to his heart.
318
00:20:22,264 --> 00:20:24,224
It's true what the Elasians say.
319
00:20:24,307 --> 00:20:27,227
"Give a man a tor-bak
and you are warm in the desert."
320
00:20:27,310 --> 00:20:29,938
Anything else you need, it's yours.
321
00:20:30,021 --> 00:20:31,273
How about isolynium?
322
00:20:31,732 --> 00:20:33,316
The plot thickens.
323
00:20:35,569 --> 00:20:39,072
You said anything else I need.
Should be enough latinum to cover it.
324
00:20:39,156 --> 00:20:42,701
Mm. Sadly, the price goes up
with multiple bidders.
325
00:20:42,784 --> 00:20:45,746
And there's already someone else in play,
but perhaps you knew that?
326
00:20:46,455 --> 00:20:50,709
- Is the other bidder here now?
- Might be sniffing out some vermin for me.
327
00:20:51,710 --> 00:20:54,963
Which gives you two lovelies
a chance to hit the tables.
328
00:20:55,046 --> 00:20:59,676
See if you can at least double that.
I'll get your star charts. Open them up.
329
00:21:00,802 --> 00:21:02,929
Let's get some tables going in here
while I'm out.
330
00:21:03,013 --> 00:21:04,806
[man] The new room is now open!
331
00:21:05,432 --> 00:21:08,393
It's Book, isn't it? The other bidder.
332
00:21:09,060 --> 00:21:10,937
I had a hunch, but I wasn't certain.
333
00:21:11,897 --> 00:21:15,901
- If you wanna wait in the shuttle...
- No. I'm in.
334
00:21:16,610 --> 00:21:17,611
All the way.
335
00:21:19,571 --> 00:21:23,700
And for what it's worth, there's no way
you could have seen this coming.
336
00:21:25,744 --> 00:21:26,953
Thank you, Owo.
337
00:21:29,289 --> 00:21:30,874
All right, let's do this.
338
00:21:32,626 --> 00:21:34,628
[chattering]
339
00:21:36,505 --> 00:21:38,566
Haz said his detection tech
couldn't find the cheaters.
340
00:21:38,590 --> 00:21:40,067
What makes you think that thing will?
341
00:21:40,091 --> 00:21:43,220
Given the obsolete kernel patches
on the translators he was hawking,
342
00:21:43,303 --> 00:21:45,806
I wouldn't put any faith
in Mr. Mazaro's judgment
343
00:21:45,889 --> 00:21:48,517
of what technology can or cannot do.
344
00:21:49,226 --> 00:21:51,102
[Book] Lots of possible cheats in here.
345
00:21:52,312 --> 00:21:54,940
Pickpockets, card counters...
346
00:21:57,609 --> 00:21:58,693
and that guy.
347
00:22:00,403 --> 00:22:01,488
Check out his eyes.
348
00:22:04,324 --> 00:22:05,324
Where?
349
00:22:07,869 --> 00:22:09,913
I lost them.
The eyes were locked on the deck,
350
00:22:09,996 --> 00:22:12,123
and they had this rhythmic blink,
like a signal.
351
00:22:12,624 --> 00:22:13,917
Maybe it's how they communicate.
352
00:22:14,417 --> 00:22:17,420
- Good, that's good. I'll be back.
- Hey. What...?
353
00:22:22,384 --> 00:22:23,677
We need to talk.
354
00:22:29,599 --> 00:22:30,600
How did you find me?
355
00:22:31,434 --> 00:22:33,019
You really need to ask?
356
00:22:33,562 --> 00:22:35,897
- You shouldn't be here.
- Neither should you.
357
00:22:36,398 --> 00:22:40,569
Whatever Tarka did or said
to sell you on this doesn't matter now.
358
00:22:41,278 --> 00:22:42,863
Just come back while you still can.
359
00:22:44,573 --> 00:22:47,826
If you take the isolynium
off the market and out of Tarka's hands,
360
00:22:47,909 --> 00:22:49,870
you could earn some grace
with the Federation.
361
00:22:49,953 --> 00:22:51,913
They'll understand
how you got pulled into this.
362
00:22:51,997 --> 00:22:56,918
I wasn't pulled into anything.
Tarka and I came to this together, okay?
363
00:22:59,880 --> 00:23:01,006
You broke a half-dozen laws.
364
00:23:01,089 --> 00:23:03,568
That's what it takes to stop that thing
from killing more people...
365
00:23:03,592 --> 00:23:06,303
- But that's not how... This isn't the way.
- When you first met me,
366
00:23:06,386 --> 00:23:09,222
I had just hijacked someone else's cargo
to save an endangered species.
367
00:23:09,306 --> 00:23:11,641
Are you really surprised by this, Michael?
368
00:23:14,936 --> 00:23:18,982
If you buy that isolynium, you'll be
crossing a line you cannot come back from.
369
00:23:22,611 --> 00:23:27,282
You should leave, Michael, okay?
Just go back and say you never saw me.
370
00:23:28,617 --> 00:23:29,826
I can't do that.
371
00:23:31,995 --> 00:23:33,455
Then what are you gonna do?
372
00:23:37,626 --> 00:23:38,627
Stop you.
373
00:23:48,929 --> 00:23:50,931
[chattering]
374
00:23:51,514 --> 00:23:56,019
[man] If you like a challenge,
we need challengers!
375
00:23:56,102 --> 00:23:59,606
I was just telling your associate that
the stellar surveys won't be an issue,
376
00:23:59,689 --> 00:24:01,524
but, uh, they'll take time.
377
00:24:01,608 --> 00:24:05,111
No problem. We have
some other business to attend to anyway.
378
00:24:05,820 --> 00:24:09,199
Haz, how much do you want
to take the isolynium out of play?
379
00:24:10,408 --> 00:24:12,035
Three times what you have now.
380
00:24:12,118 --> 00:24:14,621
Fine. I just need access
to a comms channel.
381
00:24:14,704 --> 00:24:18,667
Nah. Last thing I need is
more Starfleet sweeping in, no offense.
382
00:24:18,750 --> 00:24:22,170
And that's exactly what'll happen
when they find out Book's here.
383
00:24:22,253 --> 00:24:25,006
I monitor Federation channels.
I know what's what.
384
00:24:25,507 --> 00:24:27,759
Then you know
you cannot sell him the isolynium.
385
00:24:27,842 --> 00:24:28,885
Sure, I can.
386
00:24:29,469 --> 00:24:31,179
Unless I sell it to you.
387
00:24:32,305 --> 00:24:34,099
I'm a banta tree either way.
388
00:24:38,478 --> 00:24:40,278
[Owo] Book's not gonna
change his mind, is he?
389
00:24:41,481 --> 00:24:44,401
Which means we need
to score a lot of latinum, fast.
390
00:24:49,990 --> 00:24:51,408
[Owo] I've got an idea.
391
00:24:52,909 --> 00:24:54,411
It's a little crazy.
392
00:24:54,494 --> 00:24:58,999
[man] Visit us up here in the fight ring,
and we'll match your first bet up to 5...
393
00:25:09,426 --> 00:25:13,013
Um, Hugh, the ship cleans for us.
394
00:25:13,096 --> 00:25:16,683
Yeah, well,
sometimes it needs a little zhuzh.
395
00:25:16,766 --> 00:25:20,687
No! How many times
do I have to say it? Return to dock!
396
00:25:23,023 --> 00:25:24,232
You're stressed.
397
00:25:24,315 --> 00:25:25,316
I'm not stressed.
398
00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:28,778
You're also cleaning. Ergo, stressed.
399
00:25:29,612 --> 00:25:31,990
Just clearing my head.
400
00:25:35,410 --> 00:25:36,953
Is this about Book?
401
00:25:39,706 --> 00:25:42,792
He was in a volatile emotional state
and I didn't do enough.
402
00:25:43,668 --> 00:25:45,308
This is what Kovich was warning me about.
403
00:25:45,795 --> 00:25:49,132
Pushing myself,
wearing myself out, failing people.
404
00:25:50,133 --> 00:25:52,218
What he did is not on you.
405
00:25:52,302 --> 00:25:53,720
But it is.
406
00:25:53,803 --> 00:25:58,349
I'm responsible for the psychological and
emotional health of everyone on this ship.
407
00:25:58,433 --> 00:25:59,559
Book included.
408
00:26:00,060 --> 00:26:04,814
You know, that's a completely
unreasonable expectation to bear.
409
00:26:09,402 --> 00:26:12,363
You can't solve your patient's problems.
410
00:26:12,906 --> 00:26:16,659
All you can do is help them
find their own answers.
411
00:26:17,952 --> 00:26:19,579
I know that, I do. I just...
412
00:26:22,332 --> 00:26:26,503
It's all I can think about,
what I could have done differently.
413
00:26:27,087 --> 00:26:28,797
Hugh, listen to me.
414
00:26:29,714 --> 00:26:31,508
I get anxiety.
415
00:26:32,092 --> 00:26:35,929
I mean, right now,
I'm toggling between the DMA
416
00:26:36,012 --> 00:26:39,849
and how Gray is settling
into life on Trill.
417
00:26:39,933 --> 00:26:42,352
Is Book okay? Wherever he is.
418
00:26:42,435 --> 00:26:47,982
And let's not forget about how badly
I handled the situation with Zora, so...
419
00:26:50,819 --> 00:26:56,157
It's not the same as yours,
but it all comes from the same place:
420
00:26:57,408 --> 00:26:58,618
uncertainty.
421
00:27:01,121 --> 00:27:03,540
Which is terrifying.
422
00:27:04,207 --> 00:27:07,293
So let's be terrified together.
423
00:27:08,378 --> 00:27:11,714
Kovich said you need
to take some time for yourself, right?
424
00:27:12,966 --> 00:27:18,888
The holodeck just got updated with
the Venabalia bloom from Salata Major.
425
00:27:18,972 --> 00:27:25,186
So how about we take a little stroll
through a field full of flowers for a bit?
426
00:27:27,147 --> 00:27:28,314
I'd like that.
427
00:27:48,668 --> 00:27:50,670
[chattering]
428
00:27:50,753 --> 00:27:53,089
[suspenseful music playing]
429
00:27:57,927 --> 00:27:59,429
Are you sure about this?
430
00:28:02,974 --> 00:28:05,685
[referee] Things are gonna be heating up
in the ring soon, folks!
431
00:28:05,768 --> 00:28:07,854
You won't want to miss it.
432
00:28:09,647 --> 00:28:11,900
Place your bets now.
433
00:28:12,567 --> 00:28:17,822
Don't miss your chance to score
on Joann "Oh, Wow" Owosekun,
434
00:28:18,656 --> 00:28:21,993
the most ferocious fighter
this side of Felton Prime!
435
00:28:22,076 --> 00:28:26,414
Two-to-one odds are a steal, folks.
Double your money now.
436
00:28:26,497 --> 00:28:29,792
We have one rule.
First one to hit the mat loses.
437
00:28:29,876 --> 00:28:32,295
How you get there is up to you.
438
00:28:33,171 --> 00:28:34,631
- Fight.
- [bell dings]
439
00:28:34,714 --> 00:28:36,132
[spectators clamoring]
440
00:28:42,222 --> 00:28:45,475
That's right. Keep your feet.
Limit vulnerabilities. You've got this.
441
00:28:49,312 --> 00:28:50,396
[man] Come on!
442
00:28:53,066 --> 00:28:54,400
[Burnham] Wait for your moment.
443
00:29:03,993 --> 00:29:05,745
[spectators shouting]
444
00:29:06,412 --> 00:29:09,415
[referee] At 2-to-1, your winner,
445
00:29:09,499 --> 00:29:12,085
Ato Kurr!
446
00:29:12,168 --> 00:29:15,004
- I want another shot.
- I don't think that's a good idea.
447
00:29:15,838 --> 00:29:19,133
We need the win.
Come on, let me try. I can do this.
448
00:29:19,217 --> 00:29:21,135
[referee] Who's gonna finally...?
449
00:29:21,219 --> 00:29:22,345
Come on.
450
00:29:23,638 --> 00:29:25,848
[Burnham] That was just a warm-up, folks.
451
00:29:25,932 --> 00:29:28,559
Don't miss out on the rematch.
452
00:29:28,643 --> 00:29:32,772
You'll regret it if you don't bet it.
Owosekun for the win!
453
00:29:32,855 --> 00:29:36,109
- [all laughing]
- [referee] New odds are 10-to-1.
454
00:29:36,192 --> 00:29:38,236
Place your bets now.
455
00:29:41,406 --> 00:29:42,448
Michael's here.
456
00:29:42,532 --> 00:29:44,158
What? How?
457
00:29:44,242 --> 00:29:47,453
She guessed this is where I'd go.
The Federation has no authority here.
458
00:29:47,537 --> 00:29:49,163
I didn't think she'd risk it.
459
00:29:50,123 --> 00:29:52,750
She's gonna try
to buy the isolynium out from under us.
460
00:29:52,834 --> 00:29:54,043
[bell dinging]
461
00:29:54,127 --> 00:29:55,043
[referee] Fight!
462
00:29:55,044 --> 00:29:57,732
I doubt she'll have enough to get
a sandwich, seeing how that's going.
463
00:29:57,755 --> 00:29:58,965
She always finds a way,
464
00:29:59,465 --> 00:30:03,720
so if you can manage to help find
the cheaters, ASAP, I'd appreciate that.
465
00:30:03,803 --> 00:30:05,555
Does it look like I'm having fun here?
466
00:30:05,638 --> 00:30:08,850
I had to get into the mindset.
I had to see the action up close.
467
00:30:08,933 --> 00:30:12,895
Found another cog in your network,
by the way. You're welcome.
468
00:30:14,022 --> 00:30:17,859
His variances between his large
and small bets is far too sporadic.
469
00:30:17,942 --> 00:30:19,277
Plus, look at his eyes.
470
00:30:21,696 --> 00:30:24,407
Pardon me if I mispronounce this,
but you were right.
471
00:30:25,033 --> 00:30:26,951
That is how they signal each other.
472
00:30:27,035 --> 00:30:29,037
[mysterious music playing]
473
00:30:34,208 --> 00:30:35,418
Thanks for the drink.
474
00:30:46,971 --> 00:30:50,641
It's a Changeling.
The network is a ring of one.
475
00:30:52,852 --> 00:30:55,897
- Blinking must be a nervous tic.
- Everybody's got a tell.
476
00:30:56,898 --> 00:30:58,024
Keep on him.
477
00:30:58,816 --> 00:31:01,420
I'll put together a little something
to make sure he can't get away.
478
00:31:01,444 --> 00:31:03,446
[fight spectators cheering]
479
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,711
[referee] Ato Kurr has to lose
at some point.
480
00:31:18,795 --> 00:31:21,798
- That's enough. We're done here.
- I'm not quitting.
481
00:31:21,881 --> 00:31:23,275
[Burnham] I won't let you get killed.
482
00:31:23,299 --> 00:31:26,070
- He's twice your size. You can't win.
- You don't get to decide this for me!
483
00:31:26,094 --> 00:31:27,595
Please. Let's just cut our losses.
484
00:31:27,678 --> 00:31:30,056
- Come on!
- Fine. Okay, okay.
485
00:31:30,598 --> 00:31:33,768
Okay, rematch. Last one. All in.
486
00:31:36,562 --> 00:31:39,273
[referee] We have ourselves a rematch!
487
00:31:39,357 --> 00:31:42,735
- Odds coming in at 45-to-1.
- [Burnham] Wait.
488
00:31:42,819 --> 00:31:44,445
[referee] Place your bets now.
489
00:31:44,529 --> 00:31:45,822
I want the moneyline.
490
00:31:46,781 --> 00:31:47,949
Bet it all on Owosekun.
491
00:31:49,909 --> 00:31:51,911
[suspenseful music playing]
492
00:31:56,124 --> 00:31:58,334
Someone should teach you when to quit.
493
00:31:58,876 --> 00:32:01,712
Someone should teach you
and your friend some manners.
494
00:32:05,091 --> 00:32:06,384
[chuckling]
495
00:32:18,438 --> 00:32:20,106
- [bell dings]
- [referee] Fight.
496
00:32:20,189 --> 00:32:21,774
[both yell]
497
00:32:34,704 --> 00:32:35,705
Finish this!
498
00:32:52,388 --> 00:32:54,765
- [crowd cheering]
- [bell dinging]
499
00:32:54,849 --> 00:32:59,061
At 45-to-1, your winner,
500
00:32:59,729 --> 00:33:04,358
Joann "Oh, Wow" Owosekun!
501
00:33:04,859 --> 00:33:05,985
[cheering]
502
00:33:10,740 --> 00:33:12,241
We need to move. Now.
503
00:33:12,950 --> 00:33:16,329
You can't rush genius.
504
00:33:17,455 --> 00:33:19,081
Congratulations.
505
00:33:19,165 --> 00:33:23,002
Everyone's a winner
on Haz Mazaro's Karma Barge.
506
00:33:24,086 --> 00:33:26,297
Do you want a bag? Because there's more.
507
00:33:26,380 --> 00:33:28,132
Actually, you can just send it all to Haz.
508
00:33:28,216 --> 00:33:31,260
Actually, we'll take it. You hustled us.
509
00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:34,263
You don't wanna do that.
510
00:33:38,309 --> 00:33:40,436
You definitely don't wanna do that.
511
00:33:45,107 --> 00:33:47,109
- Thanks for the assist.
- My pleasure.
512
00:33:47,193 --> 00:33:49,946
- Want me to, uh...?
- Nah, I got it.
513
00:33:53,783 --> 00:33:54,784
[Book] Ouch.
514
00:33:55,284 --> 00:33:58,079
Ooh! I see where
the "Right Hook" comes from.
515
00:33:59,622 --> 00:34:02,500
The Changeling.
Could use an assist myself.
516
00:34:02,583 --> 00:34:04,794
[exciting music playing]
517
00:34:12,468 --> 00:34:14,136
[chirping]
518
00:34:29,527 --> 00:34:32,780
What in the Katterpod
and Calaman sherry is going on here?
519
00:34:32,863 --> 00:34:34,863
- We've got your latinum.
- We've got your cheater.
520
00:34:34,907 --> 00:34:36,242
Looks like we got a draw.
521
00:34:41,706 --> 00:34:43,267
You should have enough for the isolynium.
522
00:34:43,291 --> 00:34:44,601
Doesn't matter, he already agreed.
523
00:34:44,625 --> 00:34:47,795
- We saved you more than we owed you, Haz.
- Latinum talks, Haz, loud and clear.
524
00:34:47,878 --> 00:34:49,797
- And you always liked me more.
- Enough!
525
00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:51,880
That Changeling would've ripped you off
for months.
526
00:34:51,924 --> 00:34:55,678
While you two were strutting around
like Klingons in a disco,
527
00:34:55,761 --> 00:34:57,972
I reached out to some of my regulars
528
00:34:58,055 --> 00:35:01,684
and found two who'd be happy
to take the isolynium off your hands,
529
00:35:01,767 --> 00:35:04,437
so you can get back
to your relationship whatnot.
530
00:35:06,814 --> 00:35:09,400
There are many ways
we can solve this conundrum,
531
00:35:10,484 --> 00:35:14,071
but I thought, in honor of how I met you,
532
00:35:14,155 --> 00:35:17,283
we should settle it
in the traditional courier fashion.
533
00:35:17,950 --> 00:35:19,619
With a game of Leonian Poker.
534
00:35:19,702 --> 00:35:20,911
We had a deal, Haz.
535
00:35:20,995 --> 00:35:22,747
[Haz] My raft, my rules.
536
00:35:22,830 --> 00:35:24,790
You want the isolynium or not?
537
00:35:28,878 --> 00:35:29,879
I'm in.
538
00:35:30,963 --> 00:35:32,256
Then so am I.
539
00:35:33,049 --> 00:35:34,050
[Haz] Delightful.
540
00:35:35,051 --> 00:35:36,552
Usual rules apply.
541
00:35:37,053 --> 00:35:39,680
Your latinum buys you in.
I keep all of that, of course.
542
00:35:39,764 --> 00:35:42,725
The winner gets the isolynium,
the rest get nothing.
543
00:35:42,808 --> 00:35:44,352
Drop out? Still nothing.
544
00:35:44,435 --> 00:35:45,895
Act like an Armus?
545
00:35:45,978 --> 00:35:48,564
Swim the Porathian Ocean
with weighted boots.
546
00:35:49,315 --> 00:35:50,566
Any questions?
547
00:35:50,650 --> 00:35:51,734
Yes.
548
00:35:54,362 --> 00:35:56,989
For a gamble this big,
549
00:35:57,073 --> 00:35:59,313
shouldn't we get a chance
to verify the quality of goods?
550
00:36:02,161 --> 00:36:03,454
Fair enough.
551
00:36:03,537 --> 00:36:04,747
You first.
552
00:36:15,966 --> 00:36:17,885
You know who those two are, right?
553
00:36:17,968 --> 00:36:21,806
Emerald Chain holdouts,
hoping to be the next Osyraa. I know.
554
00:36:21,889 --> 00:36:24,183
Yeah, so we don't agree
on a lot of things right now.
555
00:36:24,266 --> 00:36:26,602
But we both know
they cannot get the isolynium.
556
00:36:26,686 --> 00:36:30,773
I don't plan on losing it to them.
Or to you, for that matter.
557
00:36:31,273 --> 00:36:34,193
You're great at Leonian Poker.
You're a hell of a lot better than me.
558
00:36:34,694 --> 00:36:37,613
But you're no sure thing.
No one is.
559
00:36:38,114 --> 00:36:39,114
So...
560
00:36:39,115 --> 00:36:42,411
So... you remember Schaefer Colony?
561
00:36:42,493 --> 00:36:43,493
Uh-huh.
562
00:36:44,620 --> 00:36:48,499
Odds can be modified if we work together.
563
00:36:50,334 --> 00:36:51,544
[Haz] Next!
564
00:36:57,216 --> 00:36:59,552
I got your pretty star pictures.
565
00:36:59,635 --> 00:37:01,053
I knew you'd come through.
566
00:37:01,554 --> 00:37:04,849
Want a Tetryonic Dosimeter
to measure potency?
567
00:37:04,932 --> 00:37:06,350
No, thank you.
568
00:37:06,434 --> 00:37:09,103
Isolynium has
the same metallic luster as pyrite,
569
00:37:09,186 --> 00:37:14,233
and its crystals are equant, meaning
they have roughly equal dimensions.
570
00:37:14,859 --> 00:37:20,030
And when cut with impurities,
opacity and shape are affected, so...
571
00:37:20,614 --> 00:37:23,826
Learn a lot of useful things
as a courier. This is the real deal.
572
00:37:24,744 --> 00:37:26,912
I don't know
what's happening between you two,
573
00:37:26,996 --> 00:37:29,331
and I've never really been much for love,
574
00:37:29,415 --> 00:37:33,502
but for what it's worth,
I hope it still works out.
575
00:37:43,596 --> 00:37:46,807
Now for the fifth stretch,
last bet on the hand.
576
00:37:46,891 --> 00:37:51,228
And as the saying goes,
"To the Souvlo goes the spud."
577
00:37:58,027 --> 00:37:59,028
Wow!
578
00:38:00,529 --> 00:38:02,198
Spices things up a bit.
579
00:38:03,240 --> 00:38:04,241
Check.
580
00:38:07,578 --> 00:38:08,788
How are you folks doing?
581
00:38:09,371 --> 00:38:11,457
Things going well
in the intimidation industry?
582
00:38:15,961 --> 00:38:18,047
[playful music playing]
583
00:38:22,218 --> 00:38:24,386
[Mat'trub] Bet. Ten thousand.
584
00:38:35,481 --> 00:38:37,399
You know, I've played this guy before.
585
00:38:37,483 --> 00:38:39,693
He's good, but he has a tell.
586
00:38:40,194 --> 00:38:41,754
[whispers] Rubs his ear on a good hand.
587
00:38:47,368 --> 00:38:48,369
[Book] Call.
588
00:38:50,496 --> 00:38:54,583
Oh, what to do? What to do? What to do?
589
00:38:56,335 --> 00:38:59,797
You know, I played a game once
at Schaefer Colony.
590
00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:02,383
There was this guy
who bet it all on a new wardrobe,
591
00:39:02,466 --> 00:39:03,676
thinking it was his night,
592
00:39:03,759 --> 00:39:06,762
only to go home in the emperor's
new clothes on a flush draw.
593
00:39:08,597 --> 00:39:10,432
Not that anybody was complaining.
594
00:39:31,328 --> 00:39:33,163
Well, looks like I'm all talk.
595
00:39:44,466 --> 00:39:45,801
Let's see it.
596
00:40:00,149 --> 00:40:02,401
[Haz laughing]
597
00:40:06,572 --> 00:40:08,741
Great action
in those Schaefer Colony games.
598
00:40:19,126 --> 00:40:20,252
[yawns]
599
00:40:20,336 --> 00:40:21,795
I'll raise.
600
00:40:27,009 --> 00:40:30,179
Just a little one. Little baby bet, yeah.
601
00:40:35,392 --> 00:40:38,103
I'm stunned too. Who would've thought
with a four and a six?
602
00:40:39,355 --> 00:40:41,357
It's the best night of my life.
603
00:40:42,191 --> 00:40:43,400
I don't...
604
00:40:50,783 --> 00:40:52,242
They make a pretty good team.
605
00:40:52,868 --> 00:40:54,828
I'd be sweating a little if I were you.
606
00:40:58,332 --> 00:40:59,667
And you are?
607
00:40:59,750 --> 00:41:01,627
Lieutenant Commander Owosekun.
608
00:41:04,713 --> 00:41:08,717
Tell me, Lieutenant Commander Owosekun,
609
00:41:09,468 --> 00:41:11,595
what's your opinion
of what Book and I are doing?
610
00:41:11,679 --> 00:41:13,889
I assume you toe the company line?
611
00:41:14,974 --> 00:41:17,851
I actually understand
why you saw this as a way to go.
612
00:41:17,935 --> 00:41:19,103
Hmm.
613
00:41:19,186 --> 00:41:23,315
Still a gigantic risk,
hoping it doesn't blow back on all of us.
614
00:41:23,399 --> 00:41:25,818
And to do this against the advice
and will of so many...
615
00:41:26,652 --> 00:41:28,404
takes a hell of a big ego, no?
616
00:41:30,572 --> 00:41:32,616
I'm not surprised you think that.
617
00:41:34,034 --> 00:41:35,160
What is it, then?
618
00:41:36,078 --> 00:41:38,359
You're Federation's genius darling.
Why throw it all away?
619
00:41:38,414 --> 00:41:39,581
Makes no damn sense.
620
00:41:39,665 --> 00:41:42,418
I couldn't care less
what the Federation thinks of me.
621
00:41:42,501 --> 00:41:43,627
It's not about them.
622
00:41:44,294 --> 00:41:45,713
So who is it about, then?
623
00:41:47,673 --> 00:41:48,841
Someone who's gone?
624
00:41:49,758 --> 00:41:50,759
Died?
625
00:41:52,886 --> 00:41:54,596
So this is, what, revenge?
626
00:41:55,806 --> 00:41:57,391
You're getting back at someone?
627
00:42:01,311 --> 00:42:03,605
Or keeping a promise, maybe,
to that someone who died?
628
00:42:03,689 --> 00:42:06,275
Okay, you're boring me.
Go stand somewhere else.
629
00:42:12,156 --> 00:42:13,949
I know what it is to lose someone.
630
00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:18,400
But you can choose
to make something good come out of it.
631
00:42:22,750 --> 00:42:26,336
There are varying degrees of loss,
Lieutenant Commander Owosekun.
632
00:42:28,464 --> 00:42:30,549
And if you could feel the weight of mine,
633
00:42:31,508 --> 00:42:33,135
if only for a fleeting moment,
634
00:42:34,636 --> 00:42:39,183
you'd reconsider how much choice one has
with regards to what comes out of it.
635
00:42:40,726 --> 00:42:42,311
[pounding on table]
636
00:42:42,394 --> 00:42:45,647
[Haz] I don't appreciate
bad behavior at my table.
637
00:42:46,190 --> 00:42:47,191
Goodbye.
638
00:42:48,734 --> 00:42:51,195
Now for the Battle of Bygone Love.
639
00:43:21,058 --> 00:43:23,268
You know, if you win this
and you take that isolynium,
640
00:43:23,352 --> 00:43:26,855
every bridge you have ever built
will be incinerated instantly.
641
00:43:29,650 --> 00:43:31,068
The bridge between us...
642
00:43:32,653 --> 00:43:33,987
will that be gone too?
643
00:43:37,324 --> 00:43:38,951
You'd leave me no choice.
644
00:43:40,327 --> 00:43:42,871
Starfleet will come after you
with everything they've got.
645
00:43:43,914 --> 00:43:45,958
I'll be one of the tools they use.
646
00:43:54,925 --> 00:43:56,385
Doesn't have to be like that.
647
00:44:00,430 --> 00:44:01,682
We can end this.
648
00:44:02,933 --> 00:44:04,184
Let's end this.
649
00:44:05,394 --> 00:44:06,395
All right.
650
00:44:09,815 --> 00:44:10,899
Let's end it.
651
00:44:24,913 --> 00:44:26,248
The bet's to you, Michael.
652
00:44:36,592 --> 00:44:37,593
All in.
653
00:44:48,937 --> 00:44:49,938
Straight.
654
00:45:09,082 --> 00:45:10,167
[Haz] Flush.
655
00:45:18,342 --> 00:45:20,344
Congratulations, Glow-Worm.
656
00:45:27,643 --> 00:45:28,644
I'm sorry.
657
00:45:42,824 --> 00:45:44,743
[Tarka] Sacrifice is always heavy.
658
00:45:48,038 --> 00:45:50,499
And though doing it
for the right reasons should help,
659
00:45:51,541 --> 00:45:52,918
it never does.
660
00:45:59,466 --> 00:46:03,011
In time, I do believe
Burnham and others will understand.
661
00:46:05,013 --> 00:46:06,014
Maybe.
662
00:46:07,057 --> 00:46:09,017
The only thing that would be worse
663
00:46:09,977 --> 00:46:12,104
is that sacrifice done for nothing.
664
00:46:12,187 --> 00:46:13,188
Hmm.
665
00:46:15,023 --> 00:46:16,858
So let's do what we came here to do.
666
00:46:17,859 --> 00:46:18,860
End the DMA.
667
00:46:20,362 --> 00:46:21,363
For good.
668
00:46:22,531 --> 00:46:26,159
As I understood it,
you were gathering data for first contact.
669
00:46:26,243 --> 00:46:28,704
And doing nothing else.
670
00:46:28,787 --> 00:46:31,206
I was there to acquire
a rare set of stellar surveys
671
00:46:31,290 --> 00:46:34,668
that would shed some light on
what's located at the Ten-Cs' coordinates.
672
00:46:34,751 --> 00:46:36,253
They're being analyzed now.
673
00:46:36,837 --> 00:46:38,517
Did I hope to run into Book
in the process?
674
00:46:38,588 --> 00:46:40,465
Yes, that is also true.
675
00:46:41,675 --> 00:46:45,304
I can't help but be impressed by your
ability to navigate a loophole, captain.
676
00:46:46,263 --> 00:46:49,933
Wouldn't be surprised
if you had some inspiration either.
677
00:46:50,017 --> 00:46:55,272
I am troubled, however, that you were
not able to make your loophole count.
678
00:46:55,355 --> 00:46:58,358
You should have found a way
to drag Booker and Tarka back here.
679
00:46:58,442 --> 00:47:02,821
With respect, Madam President,
she was outside Federation territory,
680
00:47:02,904 --> 00:47:05,532
without a weapon,
without a badge, without authority.
681
00:47:05,615 --> 00:47:09,870
Be that as it may,
she literally bet it all and lost.
682
00:47:09,953 --> 00:47:11,163
Not quite.
683
00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:14,291
Book is incredible at Leonian Poker,
684
00:47:14,374 --> 00:47:16,668
so going into the game
I already knew that I would lose.
685
00:47:17,252 --> 00:47:22,257
So I made the best play that I could
with the hand that I was dealt.
686
00:47:22,341 --> 00:47:26,261
When cut with impurities,
opacity and shape are affected.
687
00:47:26,345 --> 00:47:27,596
I planted a tracker.
688
00:47:28,138 --> 00:47:30,891
Same kind Starfleet put
in dilithium shipments
689
00:47:30,974 --> 00:47:32,976
back when deliveries were being stolen.
690
00:47:33,810 --> 00:47:36,021
And as you may remember, Madam President,
691
00:47:36,104 --> 00:47:38,607
the signal can be detected
from multiple sectors away.
692
00:47:47,074 --> 00:47:51,453
Not many people have the ability
to surprise me, Captain Burnham.
693
00:47:51,536 --> 00:47:53,497
I won't deny what Book means to me.
694
00:47:56,792 --> 00:47:59,795
But I also won't compromise my commitment
695
00:48:00,587 --> 00:48:03,715
to the safety of the Federation
and everyone in it.
696
00:48:06,176 --> 00:48:07,469
They're not moving.
697
00:48:08,845 --> 00:48:10,180
Tarka's assembling the weapon.
698
00:48:11,848 --> 00:48:14,184
We'll only have one shot
at surprising them.
699
00:48:14,267 --> 00:48:15,685
It has to count.
700
00:48:15,769 --> 00:48:17,521
We'll begin mission-planning immediately.
701
00:48:17,604 --> 00:48:18,688
[PA chimes]
702
00:48:18,772 --> 00:48:20,666
[Saru on PA] Apologies
for the interruption, admiral,
703
00:48:20,690 --> 00:48:23,652
but Commander Stamets
has something important to show you.
704
00:48:23,735 --> 00:48:24,735
It cannot wait.
705
00:48:26,613 --> 00:48:29,574
This is what we found
at the species' coordinates.
706
00:48:31,451 --> 00:48:36,456
Their technological capabilities
are beyond our wildest assumptions.
707
00:48:36,540 --> 00:48:38,542
How do you conclude that from this?
708
00:48:38,625 --> 00:48:40,502
It looks like a blob.
709
00:48:41,211 --> 00:48:43,255
Natural astrophysical objects
710
00:48:43,338 --> 00:48:45,757
emit a broad spectrum
of black body radiation.
711
00:48:45,841 --> 00:48:46,841
This does not.
712
00:48:46,883 --> 00:48:48,969
Therefore, it can only be artificial.
713
00:48:49,052 --> 00:48:51,388
And whatever it is,
714
00:48:51,471 --> 00:48:55,350
it's 228 million kilometers in radius.
715
00:48:55,434 --> 00:48:57,936
That's enough to contain a host star
716
00:48:58,019 --> 00:49:00,439
with two or three orbiting bodies.
717
00:49:00,522 --> 00:49:03,024
Any signals being emitted
from inside of this thing?
718
00:49:03,108 --> 00:49:04,651
None that we can register.
719
00:49:05,444 --> 00:49:08,780
The structure, a hyperfield of some kind,
720
00:49:08,864 --> 00:49:11,450
seems to function
as some sort of Faraday cage.
721
00:49:11,533 --> 00:49:14,786
We have no way of knowing what's inside.
722
00:49:14,870 --> 00:49:18,039
Must be astronomical, the amount
of energy required to maintain that.
723
00:49:18,623 --> 00:49:21,042
[Stamets] Where would
all that energy come from?
724
00:49:22,335 --> 00:49:24,713
Zora, analyze the areas
of space left behind
725
00:49:24,796 --> 00:49:26,756
after the DMA changed location.
726
00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:29,593
- What are you thinking?
- The remaining gases and elements
727
00:49:29,676 --> 00:49:32,262
should all fall
within known statistical parameters.
728
00:49:32,345 --> 00:49:35,265
But if something specific is missing,
like boronite...
729
00:49:36,308 --> 00:49:38,602
Boronite, of course.
730
00:49:38,685 --> 00:49:41,146
Mr. Saru, if you don't mind.
731
00:49:41,229 --> 00:49:44,024
Boronite is an element
that forms naturally,
732
00:49:44,107 --> 00:49:47,110
albeit in infinitesimal quantities.
733
00:49:47,194 --> 00:49:49,404
In sufficient amounts, however,
734
00:49:49,488 --> 00:49:51,239
it can be synthesized
735
00:49:51,323 --> 00:49:55,035
into some of
the most powerful substances in existence.
736
00:49:55,118 --> 00:49:59,623
Would there be enough energy
for this hyperfield of theirs?
737
00:49:59,706 --> 00:50:00,664
And then some.
738
00:50:00,665 --> 00:50:02,919
[Zora] Your hypothesis was correct,
captain.
739
00:50:03,001 --> 00:50:06,963
There's no trace of boronite
at any of the DMA's prior known locations.
740
00:50:07,047 --> 00:50:08,423
The DMA removed it.
741
00:50:08,507 --> 00:50:09,508
They mined it.
742
00:50:10,759 --> 00:50:12,344
That's the purpose of the DMA.
743
00:50:13,178 --> 00:50:17,849
That's why it seems to move so randomly.
It's not a weapon, it's a dredge.
744
00:50:17,933 --> 00:50:20,852
If the DMA is their mining equipment,
745
00:50:20,936 --> 00:50:23,271
I can only imagine
what their weapons are like.
746
00:50:23,355 --> 00:50:26,066
And if their power supply is threatened,
747
00:50:26,149 --> 00:50:28,985
it will almost certainly be seen
as a hostile act.
748
00:50:30,278 --> 00:50:33,281
Booker and Tarka must be stopped.
749
00:50:35,367 --> 00:50:36,785
Whatever the cost.
750
00:50:38,662 --> 00:50:39,663
I know.
751
00:50:46,586 --> 00:50:48,588
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