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Previously on Star Trek: Discovery...
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You're losing sight of the real problem.
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The Anomaly. I took what I learned
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about the device at
the center of the DMA
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and designed this, a weapon
capable of destroying it.
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If we detonate this weapon,
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we cannot control the
message we're sending.
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If we make first contact peacefully,
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carefully, we can.
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And I understand the
appeal of Tarka's plan.
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But communication and diplomacy,
this is why the Federation
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has lasted for so long.
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It'll save more lives in the long run.
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All we know for sure is that
the DMA will keep killing
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if we do nothing.
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Power source that controls that device?
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I need it to go home.
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Book, no.
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In order to build an isolytic weapon,
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Tarka needs isolynium.
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That's a black-market element
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that is not easy to track down.
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I planted a tracker.
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The signal can be detected
from multiple sectors away.
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If the DMA is their mining equipment,
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I can only imagine what
their weapons are like.
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And if their power supply is threatened,
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it will almost certainly
be seen as a hostile act.
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Booker and Tarka must be stopped.
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I know.
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Not as much isolynium
in here as I thought.
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Will it be enough?
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Federation banned it for a good reason.
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A little goes a long way.
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Is it enough to destroy the DMA?
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And then some.
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Careful.
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Careful...
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And we have ourselves a weapon.
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How long till it's ready?
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Five or six hours.
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I need to calibrate
to destroy the DMA controller
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but protect the internal power source.
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As long as I can generate
a null-space bubble
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within the isolytic detonation field,
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the power source should be fine.
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Just... speed it up.
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She'll understand, once this is over.
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They all will.
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We're not gonna lose
anyone else to that thing.
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Come.
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- Captain?
- Finally got a response from Book.
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It's encrypted, so it can't be traced.
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I thought you should see it.
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Michael.
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Hey.
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I went through all the data you sent.
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Makes sense the DMA could be
some kind of mining device
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and all that's happened
is collateral damage.
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But even if this is true,
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it doesn't change how many lives
have been lost.
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How many more will be lost if
we don't do something right now.
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The DMA could move again at any time.
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We just can't afford to wait.
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I love you, Michael.
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I wish there was a way to find
a middle ground on this, but...
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I just don't see it.
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I'm sorry.
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Goodbye.
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Well...
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I really thought it
would make a difference
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if he knew it wasn't an attack.
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Now, if we don't stop them,
that could be what comes next.
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It would seem he has
left us with no choice.
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To say that this wasn't easy
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would be an insult to understatement.
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The optics, the complexities.
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Sir,
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am I able to lead this mission or not?
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Are you sure that that's what you want?
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It is.
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Well, President Rillak had
quite a lot to say about this.
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But she does understand
that Discovery is the only ship
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capable of reaching Mr. Booker on time,
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and no one knows him better than you.
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I also reminded her
that you have never let me down.
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Thank you, sir.
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Don't thank me yet.
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The president remains concerned
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that if things don't go smoothly,
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you might be too emotionally compromised
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to make the hard call.
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I have the same concern,
so I'm going to send
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another officer with you.
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Someone who will be empowered
to step in, if needed,
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and issue the necessary orders
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with the full backing of my authority.
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With respect, Admiral,
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that-that is Captain Saru's job.
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He, too, is close to Book, is he not?
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I understand this is awkward, Captain.
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May I ask who the officer is?
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A friendly face,
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which I hope will make
it easier on everyone.
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Commander, will you please join us?
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Captain.
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Commander Nhan?
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- It's good to see you.
- You, too.
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Uh, sir, I-I have to say,
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if the concern is my connection to Book,
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Nhan and I go way back.
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I'm aware. But she's also a Barzan.
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And there's a reason
so many of her world
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serve in the security forces.
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Duty above all.
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I'll give you two a minute.
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I, uh...
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I'd only met Book in passing,
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but he sounds like a good man.
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I'm sorry it's come to this.
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Thank you for that, Nhan.
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So, when did you join
Federation Security?
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I thought you were
still living on Barzan.
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I was, but after completing
the seed-vault mission,
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I ended up not staying too long.
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Hmm.
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Upgraded my breathers, though.
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- Real eyes, real you.
- Mm-hmm.
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Were you able to find your family line
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and connect with them?
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Uh, yeah.
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Didn't work out.
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And Security asked me
to lead a cleanup task force
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against the Emerald Chain.
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Covert ops. I couldn't tell anyone.
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I read the reports.
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Bloody skirmishes in the outer sectors.
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This isn't the way I
wanted to come back.
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But I figured, better me
than someone you don't know.
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I'm glad it's you.
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Mr. Saru.
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I hope I'm not disturbing you.
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Not at all. It is always
a pleasure to hear from you.
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Well, I wonder if I may ask a favor.
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On Ni'Var, I joined you in
a thresh-tor kashek meditation.
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I found it greatly helpful
in settling my mind.
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I could use such help now.
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Of course.
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Your hands.
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Breathe deeply.
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You are having difficulty focusing.
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I am distracted, yes.
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The mission to stop Mr. Booker
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will be a most unfortunate
undertaking.
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Indeed it will.
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But I sense that is not all.
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You are insightful, as ever.
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My ward, Su'Kal.
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He is deeply worried about the Anomaly.
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I do not know how to comfort him.
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Ah, of course, at such a dire time,
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these personal feelings
are of little import.
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Such feelings are always of import.
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May I suggest,
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when formal meditation
proves challenging,
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I find the peaceful
routines of daily life
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and the joyful connection therein
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can help reestablish inner balance.
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A walk, perhaps, or a-a shared
meal between friends.
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I would be pleased to join you,
if you'd like.
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I w... I will, uh, consider that.
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Thank you, Madam President.
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Of course.
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Good luck, Mr. Saru.
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The captain is on her way.
Let us prepare for departure.
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I can't believe we're
actually doing this.
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Book hasn't exactly given us
much of an option.
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He thinks he's doing the right
thing. A lot of people agree.
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Whatever one's opinions,
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we all have our orders.
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Hey, look who's back.
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You're Federation Security now?
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- Damn.
- You look great.
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It's so good to see you.
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This is a wonderful surprise, Commander.
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Thank you, sir. I've
really missed all of you.
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And feel free to ignore me.
I'm just observing.
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Seeing how the pros do it.
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No, they should know.
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Commander Nhan is here because
of my personal connection
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to this mission.
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We need to stop Book and Tarka,
and she's going to help
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make sure the job is done right.
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I would have made
the same choice
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if I were
in the admiral's shoes.
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This isn't an easy mission.
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Not for any of us.
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But it is critical that we succeed.
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Commander Owosekun, on screen.
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The tracker in Book's ship
tells us that they're here,
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hiding in this uninhabited rogue planet.
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We believe they're
finishing construction
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on the isolytic weapon.
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We'll have the element of surprise.
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We need to use it well.
If they manage to jump
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into the DMA before we detain them,
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pursuit will become much more dangerous.
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Black alert.
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Activate cloak.
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Let's fly.
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Status report.
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Book's ship is inside
a cavity 4,000 meters in.
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No sensors or security
around the outside perimeter.
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Okay.
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Let's get into position.
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Take us as close as you can, Commander.
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Aye, Captain. Coming in.
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Stopping in three, two...
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... one.
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We're ready.
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Bringing Book's
ship on screen, Captain.
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Mr. Saru, Commander
Nhan, in my ready room.
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Have Dr. Culber join.
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Book's ship has a built-in
security disruption field,
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so we can't beam directly on board,
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but a cloaked shuttle can slip in
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close to this maintenance hatch.
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That'll be our entry point.
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Respectfully, I'm not sure you
should be leading this mission.
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I wasn't planning to.
Mr. Saru will be taking point.
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Dr. Culber will be joining
with Commander Rhys,
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- and Commander Bryce will pilot.
- What about
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Bryce's work for Dr. Kovich?
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We still need to make first contact.
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I'll have Zora keep looking
for communication frequencies
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that can pass through
the Galactic Barrier.
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Then Commander Bryce will
have plenty to analyze
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when he gets back from the mission.
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- Mr. Saru, please take her through it.
- Of course, Captain.
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We will use a multi-phasic
signal discriminator to override
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external proximity sensors
and gain entrance
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before Mr. Booker and Tarka
are notified of our arrival.
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Once we make our way to the bridge,
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Dr. Culber will help deescalate
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the situation so we may take the ship.
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Book is acting out of anger and grief.
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He's doing what he thinks is right,
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but he's not unreasonable.
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Tarka's the wild card here.
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We will have our phasers
with us, but set to stun.
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Only to be used if necessity requires.
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I know you'll make the right call.
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Be safe.
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3,000 meters and closing.
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Book will be locked up for life.
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He stole classified tech.
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He's about to use an isolytic weapon.
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Because the Federation
isn't acting fast enough.
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You don't know what it's like
to lose everything.
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What do you want us to do,
launch an attack?
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I'm not saying we should attack. But...
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00:15:11,710 --> 00:15:13,178
Stop comparing pain, man.
264
00:15:13,245 --> 00:15:14,413
- You have no idea.
- Gentlemen,
265
00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:16,148
you are here to execute your orders,
266
00:15:16,215 --> 00:15:19,285
however you may feel about them,
or one another in this moment.
267
00:15:19,351 --> 00:15:22,921
Listen, this is tough for everyone.
268
00:15:22,988 --> 00:15:25,357
And we all have different views
on what Book's done,
269
00:15:25,424 --> 00:15:27,359
but we're here to fix this,
270
00:15:27,426 --> 00:15:29,461
and that's what we're gonna do.
271
00:15:29,528 --> 00:15:32,398
Together. Okay?
272
00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:37,036
Thank you, Dr. Culber.
273
00:15:37,670 --> 00:15:41,173
Prepare the shuttle
for docking, Commander Rhys.
274
00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:43,375
Commander Bryce, take us in.
275
00:15:43,442 --> 00:15:45,611
- Aye, Mr. Saru.
- Aye, Mr. Saru.
276
00:15:45,678 --> 00:15:49,248
Protective shielding deployed.
277
00:15:49,315 --> 00:15:50,649
We're now at full stop
278
00:15:50,716 --> 00:15:52,251
two meters from the maintenance hatch.
279
00:15:52,318 --> 00:15:54,053
Engaging airlock field.
280
00:15:54,119 --> 00:15:56,655
Commander Owosekun, isolate the
shuttle's cloaking signature.
281
00:15:56,722 --> 00:15:59,058
Aye, Captain.
282
00:16:01,193 --> 00:16:03,128
The shuttle's soft dock
is complete, Captain.
283
00:16:03,195 --> 00:16:05,531
No response from Booker's
proximity sensors.
284
00:16:05,597 --> 00:16:07,166
They don't seem to know we're here.
285
00:16:07,232 --> 00:16:08,701
Proceed, Mr. Saru.
286
00:16:08,767 --> 00:16:11,370
Commander Rhys, prepare
the signal discriminator.
287
00:16:11,437 --> 00:16:12,705
Are you good?
288
00:16:15,541 --> 00:16:17,976
Captain, something's not right.
289
00:16:18,043 --> 00:16:20,112
Disco Two, report!
290
00:16:20,179 --> 00:16:21,413
Saru?
291
00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:23,215
Something is on the shuttle, Captain.
292
00:16:25,484 --> 00:16:27,753
Like, all over the shuttle.
293
00:16:35,627 --> 00:16:37,563
I've never heard an alarm
like this on my ship.
294
00:16:37,629 --> 00:16:39,431
It's our new defense system.
295
00:16:39,498 --> 00:16:41,233
It's just a little
something I threw together
296
00:16:41,300 --> 00:16:42,501
on our way to Porathia.
297
00:16:42,568 --> 00:16:44,436
Without telling me?
298
00:16:44,503 --> 00:16:46,138
We were buying banned weapons tech
299
00:16:46,205 --> 00:16:47,406
from an underworld market.
300
00:16:47,473 --> 00:16:49,708
It's an intrusion warning.
301
00:16:49,775 --> 00:16:51,543
It's one of Discovery's shuttles.
302
00:16:51,610 --> 00:16:53,712
Michael must've slipped
a tracker on the isolynium.
303
00:16:53,779 --> 00:16:55,481
Did you know his ship could do that?
304
00:16:55,547 --> 00:16:57,182
No. Commander Owosekun,
can you beam them back?
305
00:16:57,249 --> 00:17:00,018
I can't. Too much interference
from the disruption field.
306
00:17:00,085 --> 00:17:02,287
- I'm losing comms, Captain.
- Saru, you need to abort!
307
00:17:02,354 --> 00:17:03,689
Understood, Captain.
308
00:17:03,756 --> 00:17:05,724
Commander Bryce, get
us back to Discovery.
309
00:17:05,791 --> 00:17:07,159
I'm trying, sir.
310
00:17:07,226 --> 00:17:09,461
You need to stop it! They'll be killed!
311
00:17:09,528 --> 00:17:11,130
I designed the system to be autonomous.
312
00:17:11,196 --> 00:17:12,197
They'll be dead before I can
313
00:17:12,264 --> 00:17:13,365
even reprogram the first layer.
314
00:17:13,432 --> 00:17:14,733
Come on! We've got to do something!
315
00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:17,136
We're stuck! I-I can't disengage!
316
00:17:19,086 --> 00:17:21,573
Structural integrity compromised.
317
00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:23,742
Fire an EMP charge through the hull.
318
00:17:23,809 --> 00:17:26,078
Might slow it down enough
for the shuttle to break free.
319
00:17:26,145 --> 00:17:27,613
Got it.
320
00:17:27,679 --> 00:17:29,481
Owosekun, how much
time do they have left?
321
00:17:29,548 --> 00:17:31,250
Hull integrity down to ten percent.
322
00:17:31,316 --> 00:17:33,185
Oxygen levels are dropping, Captain.
323
00:17:33,252 --> 00:17:35,120
Discovery shuttle, ready thrusters
324
00:17:35,187 --> 00:17:36,488
- to blast yourselves free.
- Book?
325
00:17:36,555 --> 00:17:38,557
Captain, there's a
massive electromagnetic
326
00:17:38,624 --> 00:17:40,192
surge coming from Book's ship.
327
00:17:40,259 --> 00:17:41,727
Saru, maximum thrusters!
328
00:17:41,794 --> 00:17:43,729
- Now!
- Go, Mr. Bryce.
329
00:17:47,833 --> 00:17:49,768
Hull breach imminent.
330
00:17:49,835 --> 00:17:52,704
- Saru!
- We are trying, Captain.
331
00:17:53,839 --> 00:17:56,241
Come on. Get out of there.
332
00:17:56,308 --> 00:17:57,342
Can you get a lock now?
333
00:17:57,409 --> 00:17:58,644
I'm working on it, Captain.
334
00:17:58,710 --> 00:18:00,746
The shuttle's breaking apart.
335
00:18:00,813 --> 00:18:04,183
- Owosekun?
- Almost got them.
336
00:18:13,225 --> 00:18:14,593
Is everyone all right?
337
00:18:14,660 --> 00:18:16,595
We are, indeed.
338
00:18:16,662 --> 00:18:19,131
Thank you all for your assistance.
339
00:18:19,198 --> 00:18:21,366
Okay, let's get back to stations.
340
00:18:21,433 --> 00:18:23,368
Commander Bryce, let me know
what you find with Dr. Kovich.
341
00:18:23,435 --> 00:18:24,670
Aye, Captain.
342
00:18:24,736 --> 00:18:28,474
Captain, we just lost
the tracker signal.
343
00:18:29,308 --> 00:18:32,611
It's probably because
they found it. Hail him.
344
00:18:32,678 --> 00:18:34,613
Did everyone make it off in time?
345
00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:38,250
- Yes. Book, listen...
- I'm sorry, Michael.
346
00:18:38,317 --> 00:18:39,551
I have a job to do.
347
00:18:39,618 --> 00:18:41,353
They jumped, Captain.
348
00:18:41,420 --> 00:18:43,422
- He's gone.
- Damn it.
349
00:18:43,489 --> 00:18:45,190
They're going to the DMA.
350
00:18:45,257 --> 00:18:46,892
Then so are we.
351
00:18:46,959 --> 00:18:48,694
We cannot allow them
to destroy that controller.
352
00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:52,431
We cannot let our first contact
with Species Ten-C
353
00:18:52,498 --> 00:18:54,299
be an act of aggression.
354
00:18:54,366 --> 00:18:55,834
Not if we want peace.
355
00:18:55,901 --> 00:18:58,504
We have no idea where the controller is.
356
00:18:58,570 --> 00:19:01,240
We don't know what exactly
we'll find when we jump in,
357
00:19:01,306 --> 00:19:04,643
so let's be prepared for anything.
358
00:19:04,710 --> 00:19:07,179
Black alert.
359
00:19:29,935 --> 00:19:32,604
Shields up.
360
00:19:32,671 --> 00:19:35,574
And let's find that
controller before they do.
361
00:19:36,942 --> 00:19:39,344
If we beat them to it, what then?
362
00:19:39,411 --> 00:19:41,880
How do you plan on stopping them
from using their weapon?
363
00:19:41,947 --> 00:19:44,883
Figuring that out is next on my list.
364
00:19:44,950 --> 00:19:47,352
Captain, dark matter interference
365
00:19:47,419 --> 00:19:49,354
is greater than expected.
366
00:19:49,421 --> 00:19:50,556
Cloaking will be spotty, at best.
367
00:19:50,622 --> 00:19:51,823
It's impacting shield stability.
368
00:19:51,890 --> 00:19:53,625
Scanning range is limited, as well.
369
00:19:53,692 --> 00:19:55,727
It's like finding a
needle in a haystack,
370
00:19:55,794 --> 00:19:57,229
as my grandma used to say.
371
00:19:57,296 --> 00:19:59,498
Mr. Booker will be facing
similar challenges.
372
00:19:59,565 --> 00:20:01,233
Yes, but he has a head start.
373
00:20:01,300 --> 00:20:02,734
Detmer, plot a grid search pattern.
374
00:20:02,801 --> 00:20:04,436
- Aye, Captain.
- Owosekun,
375
00:20:04,503 --> 00:20:06,939
scan for the subspace rift
around the DMA controller.
376
00:20:07,005 --> 00:20:08,907
Given its size, it should be easier
377
00:20:08,974 --> 00:20:10,509
to find than the device itself.
378
00:20:10,576 --> 00:20:11,643
Aye, Captain.
379
00:20:11,710 --> 00:20:14,680
Captain, Mr. Saru,
380
00:20:14,746 --> 00:20:17,816
I need to request that
we speak privately.
381
00:20:19,585 --> 00:20:21,820
Commander Nilsson, you have the conn.
382
00:20:26,592 --> 00:20:29,328
My orders were to let you carry
out this tactical operation
383
00:20:29,394 --> 00:20:30,896
without intervening.
384
00:20:30,963 --> 00:20:33,565
If it failed, I was to
give you this briefing.
385
00:20:34,466 --> 00:20:36,768
There's a vulnerability that'll
allow us to disable Book's ship
386
00:20:36,835 --> 00:20:38,837
before they can fire their weapon.
387
00:20:38,904 --> 00:20:40,672
I know Book's ship. It's airtight.
388
00:20:40,739 --> 00:20:42,941
Not with the prototype
spore drive, it isn't.
389
00:20:43,775 --> 00:20:46,812
If we fire a photon torpedo
at the impulse manifold,
390
00:20:46,878 --> 00:20:48,814
the detonation will
cause a chain reaction,
391
00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:50,916
hit a weak spot in the drive
392
00:20:50,983 --> 00:20:53,018
and destroy the whole thing.
393
00:20:53,085 --> 00:20:54,987
With all the interference here,
394
00:20:55,053 --> 00:20:56,922
we wouldn't be able to beam them out.
395
00:20:57,923 --> 00:20:59,825
Which is why it's a last resort.
396
00:20:59,891 --> 00:21:02,361
If the explosion sets
off the isolytic weapon,
397
00:21:02,427 --> 00:21:04,997
it could destroy
Discovery in the process.
398
00:21:05,063 --> 00:21:07,299
Not if we can jump away first.
399
00:21:07,366 --> 00:21:08,934
If?
400
00:21:09,001 --> 00:21:12,638
Billions of lives will
be saved either way.
401
00:21:13,472 --> 00:21:15,674
Look, I'm sorry about Book,
402
00:21:15,741 --> 00:21:16,908
and I know the options
aren't pleasant...
403
00:21:16,975 --> 00:21:18,844
It isn't just about Book or Discovery.
404
00:21:18,910 --> 00:21:20,912
The Federation needs that spore drive.
405
00:21:20,979 --> 00:21:23,048
We have to at least consider this.
406
00:21:23,115 --> 00:21:25,817
There's too much at stake.
If there's any other way...
407
00:21:25,884 --> 00:21:28,053
And if you wait too long
to realize there isn't?
408
00:21:28,120 --> 00:21:30,690
- That won't happen.
- And I will not let you...
409
00:21:30,714 --> 00:21:31,765
I'm authorized
410
00:21:31,790 --> 00:21:32,891
to relieve you of command
and issue the order...
411
00:21:32,958 --> 00:21:34,292
I will not let you take over my ship
412
00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:36,028
- while I safely weigh...
- Please. Please.
413
00:21:36,094 --> 00:21:37,796
If I may.
414
00:21:39,097 --> 00:21:42,434
Dr. Culber offered
some sage advice earlier.
415
00:21:42,501 --> 00:21:44,002
That in times of division,
416
00:21:44,069 --> 00:21:47,439
we identify that upon
which we can agree.
417
00:21:47,506 --> 00:21:51,677
A shared goal, perhaps,
that can lead to compromise.
418
00:21:51,743 --> 00:21:53,745
You're right.
419
00:21:53,812 --> 00:21:55,814
We need to find middle ground
420
00:21:55,881 --> 00:21:57,983
between us, and with Book.
421
00:22:00,786 --> 00:22:03,021
A shared goal.
422
00:22:04,057 --> 00:22:05,390
Engineering.
423
00:22:05,457 --> 00:22:06,892
Stamets.
424
00:22:06,958 --> 00:22:09,327
I'm working fast as I can
to increase the scanning range.
425
00:22:09,394 --> 00:22:11,897
Put Reno on it.
I need you for something else.
426
00:22:11,963 --> 00:22:13,832
Check my logic here.
427
00:22:13,899 --> 00:22:15,434
If you needed something,
428
00:22:15,500 --> 00:22:17,035
you wouldn't stop until
you got it, right?
429
00:22:17,102 --> 00:22:18,904
Or at least until you had no choice
430
00:22:18,970 --> 00:22:21,039
but to move on and look
somewhere else for it.
431
00:22:21,106 --> 00:22:23,942
I... have no idea
what you're talking about.
432
00:22:24,009 --> 00:22:25,510
Boronite.
433
00:22:25,577 --> 00:22:27,012
That's what the DMA is mining,
434
00:22:27,079 --> 00:22:28,880
and they wouldn't leave an area
435
00:22:28,947 --> 00:22:30,749
until the boronite in
that area was exhausted.
436
00:22:30,816 --> 00:22:32,417
So if we scan
437
00:22:32,484 --> 00:22:33,985
for the remaining boronite
in this subsector...
438
00:22:34,052 --> 00:22:35,987
We can calculate the rate of consumption
439
00:22:36,054 --> 00:22:39,357
and predict how much longer
before the DMA jumps again.
440
00:22:39,424 --> 00:22:40,659
Exactly.
441
00:22:40,726 --> 00:22:42,127
Ah, but the, uh, margin of error.
442
00:22:42,194 --> 00:22:44,029
I don't have a large enough sample size.
443
00:22:44,096 --> 00:22:46,531
Work with Zora to build a model
based on what we've got.
444
00:22:46,598 --> 00:22:48,100
If we can get a timetable,
we might be able
445
00:22:48,166 --> 00:22:49,801
to use it to get Book to stand down.
446
00:22:49,868 --> 00:22:51,536
On it.
447
00:22:51,603 --> 00:22:52,771
We should call the admiral.
448
00:22:52,838 --> 00:22:54,873
Let's do it together.
449
00:22:58,009 --> 00:23:00,712
- Any sign of the controller?
- Not yet.
450
00:23:00,779 --> 00:23:01,980
And with all the interference,
451
00:23:02,047 --> 00:23:04,449
our cloak keeps going in and out.
452
00:23:05,884 --> 00:23:07,552
Listen. About the shuttle...
453
00:23:07,619 --> 00:23:09,521
They almost died.
454
00:23:09,588 --> 00:23:11,523
I'm sorry.
455
00:23:11,590 --> 00:23:14,693
This mission is ten years
in the making for me.
456
00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,129
I need this to work.
457
00:23:17,195 --> 00:23:20,766
And I understand very well
what all this means to you.
458
00:23:20,832 --> 00:23:23,502
With Discovery in the way,
459
00:23:23,568 --> 00:23:25,504
there will come a point
460
00:23:25,570 --> 00:23:28,173
when you have to decide
what's more important...
461
00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:31,977
Your feelings for them,
or stopping the DMA.
462
00:23:34,045 --> 00:23:36,581
Don't go behind my back again.
463
00:23:37,849 --> 00:23:40,018
- Finish the weapon.
- It is finished.
464
00:23:40,085 --> 00:23:42,120
I asked you five minutes
ago where to load it,
465
00:23:42,187 --> 00:23:43,955
and you were too distracted to hear me.
466
00:23:44,022 --> 00:23:45,957
Torpedo Tube Six.
467
00:23:48,059 --> 00:23:50,195
I'll continue scanning
for the controller.
468
00:23:57,502 --> 00:23:58,970
Sensors are picking up an energy spike.
469
00:23:59,037 --> 00:24:00,839
Is it the controller?
470
00:24:00,906 --> 00:24:02,574
I-I can't tell.
471
00:24:02,641 --> 00:24:04,576
It's an object of some kind.
472
00:24:06,545 --> 00:24:08,647
Booker's ship dead ahead!
473
00:24:08,713 --> 00:24:09,848
Ten degrees hard to port!
474
00:24:09,915 --> 00:24:11,983
Aye, Captain.
475
00:24:17,088 --> 00:24:18,824
I knew you were out here somewhere.
476
00:24:18,890 --> 00:24:20,525
We have a shot. We could take it.
477
00:24:20,592 --> 00:24:22,160
Or we could burn out Book's scanners,
478
00:24:22,227 --> 00:24:24,029
make it impossible for them
to find the controller.
479
00:24:24,095 --> 00:24:27,032
Rhys, launch a full spread
of sensor-blinding bursts
480
00:24:27,098 --> 00:24:29,000
at Book's ship as we pass,
481
00:24:29,067 --> 00:24:31,236
- maximum energy yield.
- Aye, Captain.
482
00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:36,241
Where did they come from?
483
00:24:39,611 --> 00:24:41,179
She's trying to blind our scanners.
484
00:24:41,246 --> 00:24:42,747
Well done, them.
485
00:24:42,814 --> 00:24:44,482
Scanner function's down to 40%.
486
00:24:44,549 --> 00:24:46,651
- Can you fix it?
- Yes, but not if they hit us again.
487
00:24:46,718 --> 00:24:49,087
They won't. See the
hydrogen cloud ahead?
488
00:24:49,154 --> 00:24:51,523
We're gonna give them a taste
of their own medicine.
489
00:24:51,590 --> 00:24:53,091
Book just fired something
in the direction
490
00:24:53,158 --> 00:24:54,726
of that hydrogen cloud.
491
00:24:54,793 --> 00:24:57,195
A magnesium charge.
492
00:24:57,262 --> 00:24:59,231
He's going to ignite it in 20 seconds.
493
00:24:59,297 --> 00:25:01,499
- How do you know that?
- We had a run-in with pirates
494
00:25:01,566 --> 00:25:04,169
in Breen space, back in the day.
He pulled the same move.
495
00:25:04,236 --> 00:25:05,904
Detmer, take us toward it.
496
00:25:05,971 --> 00:25:07,539
Captain, with compromised shields,
497
00:25:07,606 --> 00:25:09,507
the heat blast will burn out
our thermal regulators.
498
00:25:09,574 --> 00:25:10,942
We will avoid the blast
if we dive in low,
499
00:25:11,009 --> 00:25:12,110
and that'll blind Book long enough
500
00:25:12,177 --> 00:25:13,578
for us to get out of here.
501
00:25:13,645 --> 00:25:15,947
Detmer, on my mark, full power astern,
502
00:25:16,014 --> 00:25:17,782
adjust course, 1-8 mark 4.
503
00:25:17,849 --> 00:25:20,218
- Aye, Captain.
- Here comes the blast.
504
00:25:21,319 --> 00:25:23,588
Now!
505
00:25:31,596 --> 00:25:33,899
Take us into that dark
matter dust cloud,
506
00:25:33,965 --> 00:25:35,634
20 degrees off our starboard beam.
507
00:25:35,700 --> 00:25:36,968
Once we're in, resume the grid search.
508
00:25:37,035 --> 00:25:38,136
Aye, Captain.
509
00:25:38,203 --> 00:25:40,238
That was an act of aggression.
510
00:25:40,305 --> 00:25:42,807
He knew whatever damage
would be temporary.
511
00:25:42,874 --> 00:25:45,076
We're not out of options yet.
512
00:25:46,011 --> 00:25:48,280
Where'd they go?
513
00:25:48,346 --> 00:25:50,282
The Breen gambit.
514
00:25:50,348 --> 00:25:52,784
- She's got a good memory.
- What does that mean?
515
00:25:52,851 --> 00:25:53,985
And why the hell are you laughing?
516
00:25:54,052 --> 00:25:55,186
There's nothing funny about this.
517
00:25:55,253 --> 00:25:56,788
We don't know where they went.
518
00:25:56,855 --> 00:25:59,991
I'm guessing somewhere
in that dark matter cloud.
519
00:26:00,058 --> 00:26:02,127
This isn't a game, Book.
You're costing us time.
520
00:26:02,193 --> 00:26:04,863
No, I'm saving our asses.
The only thing we've got going
521
00:26:04,930 --> 00:26:06,865
is that I know Michael's
tactics, and I know her crew.
522
00:26:06,932 --> 00:26:09,734
Yeah, maybe you know them too
well. Maybe that's the problem.
523
00:26:09,801 --> 00:26:11,136
Just fix the damn scanner
524
00:26:11,202 --> 00:26:13,705
so we can find the
controller before they do.
525
00:26:13,772 --> 00:26:15,307
Captain, I'm getting
strong sensor contact...
526
00:26:15,373 --> 00:26:18,009
High concentration
of galactic barrier particles.
527
00:26:18,076 --> 00:26:20,345
- It's the subspace rift.
- Great work, Owosekun.
528
00:26:20,412 --> 00:26:22,914
Detmer, set a course.
Stamets, where are we
529
00:26:22,981 --> 00:26:24,282
with that boronite timetable?
530
00:26:24,349 --> 00:26:26,117
We're working as fast as we can.
531
00:26:26,184 --> 00:26:28,019
We're crunching gigaquads of raw data.
532
00:26:28,086 --> 00:26:29,621
Can you crunch faster?
533
00:26:29,688 --> 00:26:32,190
Is there an acceptable
answer other than "yes"?
534
00:26:32,257 --> 00:26:35,226
- No.
- Then yes.
535
00:26:42,133 --> 00:26:43,835
That's it, Captain...
536
00:26:43,902 --> 00:26:45,603
The DMA controller.
537
00:26:55,213 --> 00:26:57,382
Give us a closer look.
538
00:27:00,986 --> 00:27:03,321
The Ten-C don't care, do they?
539
00:27:03,388 --> 00:27:05,890
Churn space, take boronite.
540
00:27:05,957 --> 00:27:07,892
Rinse and repeat.
541
00:27:07,959 --> 00:27:11,830
We will stop them,
and we'll do it the right way.
542
00:27:11,896 --> 00:27:15,033
Won't be long before
Book's here to try his way.
543
00:27:15,100 --> 00:27:16,901
And we'll be ready.
544
00:27:16,968 --> 00:27:18,903
Commander Detmer, bring us in
as close as possible.
545
00:27:18,970 --> 00:27:23,742
I want to put ourselves between
Book's ship and that controller.
546
00:27:26,478 --> 00:27:30,115
And we are going to hold
as long as we possibly can.
547
00:27:39,891 --> 00:27:41,926
Stamets, I need that timetable.
548
00:27:41,993 --> 00:27:43,161
Working on it with Zora.
549
00:27:43,228 --> 00:27:45,163
Just need a little bit longer.
550
00:27:45,230 --> 00:27:47,132
We can't keep playing
cat and mouse forever.
551
00:27:47,198 --> 00:27:48,900
Once they get here, we'll need to make
552
00:27:48,967 --> 00:27:51,036
a decisive move, or they will.
553
00:27:51,102 --> 00:27:53,038
We just need
to stall long enough for Stamets
554
00:27:53,104 --> 00:27:54,906
to get the data I need
to talk Book down.
555
00:27:54,973 --> 00:27:56,775
Getting new data didn't
change his mind before.
556
00:27:56,841 --> 00:27:57,942
Why would it now?
557
00:27:58,009 --> 00:27:59,944
Because he's reasonable,
558
00:28:00,011 --> 00:28:01,880
and he's logical,
559
00:28:01,946 --> 00:28:04,249
and he really doesn't want
to see anyone hurt.
560
00:28:04,315 --> 00:28:07,986
I know he'll give us more time.
I know he will.
561
00:28:08,053 --> 00:28:09,788
We'll just need to know how much.
562
00:28:09,854 --> 00:28:11,856
And what if you're wrong?
563
00:28:11,923 --> 00:28:14,192
Then we can find another way.
564
00:28:14,259 --> 00:28:17,862
We already have another way.
565
00:28:17,929 --> 00:28:20,331
We need to be ready.
566
00:28:23,802 --> 00:28:25,804
Commander Rhys.
567
00:28:28,206 --> 00:28:30,375
This tactical program...
568
00:28:30,442 --> 00:28:32,877
it would destroy Book's ship.
569
00:28:32,944 --> 00:28:34,946
We're not there yet.
570
00:28:35,013 --> 00:28:36,481
That's a last resort.
571
00:28:41,786 --> 00:28:44,856
We hope to avoid this option...
for everyone's sake.
572
00:28:44,923 --> 00:28:47,158
But my orders are
to prevent them from firing
573
00:28:47,225 --> 00:28:50,495
on that controller at any cost.
574
00:28:50,562 --> 00:28:52,230
Sensors are picking up Booker's ship.
575
00:28:52,297 --> 00:28:53,431
He's coming in fast.
576
00:28:53,498 --> 00:28:55,133
Okay, he'll have to decloak
577
00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:56,434
to get a target lock.
578
00:28:56,501 --> 00:28:59,304
Maintain our cloaking
as best as you can.
579
00:28:59,370 --> 00:29:01,139
Drop it on my mark.
580
00:29:01,206 --> 00:29:03,108
Aye, Captain.
581
00:29:03,174 --> 00:29:05,944
Stamets, let Zora take over.
582
00:29:06,010 --> 00:29:07,345
I need you to jump.
583
00:29:07,412 --> 00:29:11,416
It's genius. The controller.
584
00:29:12,851 --> 00:29:14,452
This is going to work.
585
00:29:14,519 --> 00:29:17,222
What we're doing is
really going to work.
586
00:29:17,288 --> 00:29:18,990
Is the weapon loaded?
587
00:29:19,057 --> 00:29:20,325
On your mark.
588
00:29:20,350 --> 00:29:21,367
Warning.
589
00:29:21,392 --> 00:29:23,061
Proximity alert.
590
00:29:23,128 --> 00:29:25,997
Damn it. They found us,
and they're blocking our shot.
591
00:29:26,064 --> 00:29:27,298
Can you beam it in?
592
00:29:27,365 --> 00:29:28,967
I'll have to lower the disruption field.
593
00:29:29,033 --> 00:29:31,002
- They'd be able to beam us out.
- Well, go around them.
594
00:29:31,069 --> 00:29:32,504
Jump!
595
00:29:37,342 --> 00:29:39,310
Stamets, get ready to jump again.
596
00:29:39,377 --> 00:29:41,012
Detmer, stay between him
and that controller.
597
00:29:41,079 --> 00:29:43,548
- Do not let them get a clean shot.
- Aye, Captain.
598
00:29:43,615 --> 00:29:44,916
You had a shot at the controller.
599
00:29:44,983 --> 00:29:46,217
You should have taken it.
600
00:29:46,284 --> 00:29:47,519
We have one weapon.
We can't afford to miss.
601
00:29:47,585 --> 00:29:49,888
I'm gonna warn them off.
Target their shields.
602
00:29:52,557 --> 00:29:54,259
Shields down to 50%, Captain.
603
00:29:54,325 --> 00:29:55,560
- Captain...
- He's not trying to hurt us,
604
00:29:55,585 --> 00:29:56,603
just warn us off.
605
00:29:56,628 --> 00:29:58,830
We can argue semantics
all we want, but I think
606
00:29:58,897 --> 00:30:02,100
we can both agree
that Book is shooting at us.
607
00:30:03,434 --> 00:30:06,271
- Rhys, return fire.
- Aye, Captain.
608
00:30:11,943 --> 00:30:14,379
So, how long are you planning
on letting them hit us?
609
00:30:14,445 --> 00:30:17,549
She's doing the same thing
we are... warning us off.
610
00:30:19,050 --> 00:30:21,119
Look, I know you love her,
611
00:30:21,186 --> 00:30:23,922
I know you care for her crew,
but this needs to stop.
612
00:30:23,988 --> 00:30:26,090
You want to go to some home
in another universe.
613
00:30:26,157 --> 00:30:27,859
I lost my entire home here.
614
00:30:27,926 --> 00:30:29,928
Don't you dare tell me how to do this.
615
00:30:29,994 --> 00:30:32,130
I'm firing another
round of warning shots,
616
00:30:32,197 --> 00:30:34,199
then we jump again. Get ready.
617
00:30:42,006 --> 00:30:43,608
Damn it! Enough!
618
00:30:43,675 --> 00:30:45,343
No!
619
00:30:53,651 --> 00:30:57,155
That was a full spread
of quantum torpedoes.
620
00:30:57,222 --> 00:30:58,389
Shields down to 20%.
621
00:30:58,456 --> 00:30:59,991
Give the order or I will, Captain.
622
00:31:00,058 --> 00:31:01,926
There is no way Book was
responsible for that attack.
623
00:31:01,993 --> 00:31:04,529
It doesn't matter. I lost half
my team on my last mission
624
00:31:04,596 --> 00:31:07,232
waiting too long to make a call
I knew needed to be made.
625
00:31:07,298 --> 00:31:08,900
I will not let that happen again.
626
00:31:08,967 --> 00:31:11,336
You said it yourself.
The stakes are too high.
627
00:31:11,402 --> 00:31:13,905
It's time.
628
00:31:16,007 --> 00:31:17,642
I fear she may be right.
629
00:31:33,391 --> 00:31:36,160
Captain, we've
finished our calculations.
630
00:31:36,227 --> 00:31:39,497
It should take 154 hours...
About a full week...
631
00:31:39,564 --> 00:31:41,132
Before the DMA gets
all the boronite in this area
632
00:31:41,199 --> 00:31:42,934
and jumps again.
633
00:31:43,001 --> 00:31:44,269
Great work.
634
00:31:44,335 --> 00:31:47,005
Lieutenant Christopher,
hail Book's ship.
635
00:31:49,374 --> 00:31:50,675
No response, Captain.
636
00:31:50,742 --> 00:31:53,478
Keep trying. Commander Rhys...
637
00:31:55,146 --> 00:31:57,015
I want you to obey the order
638
00:31:57,081 --> 00:31:59,284
if Commander Nhan gives it.
639
00:32:02,186 --> 00:32:04,355
Mr. Saru, you have the conn.
640
00:32:04,422 --> 00:32:07,659
Commander Nhan, with me.
641
00:32:11,195 --> 00:32:14,232
With your team,
how many lives did you save?
642
00:32:14,299 --> 00:32:16,334
- I don't understand.
- How many?
643
00:32:16,401 --> 00:32:18,703
115.
644
00:32:19,537 --> 00:32:23,141
Not too long ago, I made
a choice that saved lives, too.
645
00:32:23,207 --> 00:32:25,109
In the process, I lost others.
646
00:32:25,176 --> 00:32:28,346
As leaders, we see success
or failure, right or wrong,
647
00:32:28,413 --> 00:32:31,382
but it's never that binary. Nothing is.
648
00:32:31,449 --> 00:32:33,451
There is a middle ground here.
649
00:32:33,518 --> 00:32:36,521
And I know that I can
get Book to see it.
650
00:32:36,587 --> 00:32:39,357
I just have to make him look.
651
00:32:39,424 --> 00:32:41,192
What can you do, put on an EV suit
652
00:32:41,259 --> 00:32:42,493
and pound on his viewscreen?
653
00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:44,128
I was thinking more fly a shuttle
654
00:32:44,195 --> 00:32:46,331
in front of his viewscreen.
655
00:32:48,533 --> 00:32:51,469
If they try to launch
their weapon, we will fire.
656
00:32:53,037 --> 00:32:55,006
You won't survive.
657
00:32:55,073 --> 00:32:57,075
I believe in Book.
658
00:32:57,141 --> 00:32:59,477
But if I'm wrong, if anything happens,
659
00:32:59,544 --> 00:33:02,146
I know you'll save my team.
660
00:33:02,213 --> 00:33:04,382
Your team.
661
00:33:06,417 --> 00:33:08,720
Good luck, Michael.
662
00:33:26,504 --> 00:33:28,439
We are standing by, Captain.
663
00:33:28,506 --> 00:33:30,341
Commander Rhys is locked on target.
664
00:33:30,408 --> 00:33:32,210
Understood.
665
00:33:33,077 --> 00:33:35,046
Touch the console again,
and I'll take your hands off.
666
00:33:35,113 --> 00:33:37,181
We came here to put a stop to the DMA.
667
00:33:41,185 --> 00:33:42,754
Shuttle, identify yourself.
668
00:33:42,820 --> 00:33:45,289
Book, it's me.
669
00:33:45,356 --> 00:33:47,658
Michael.
670
00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:51,462
Commander Rhys, stand by.
671
00:33:51,529 --> 00:33:53,131
Aye, Commander.
672
00:34:05,309 --> 00:34:07,612
You haven't been answering our hails.
673
00:34:07,678 --> 00:34:10,047
Been a little busy.
674
00:34:10,114 --> 00:34:12,216
Impressive maneuvering, by the way.
675
00:34:12,283 --> 00:34:13,785
You, too.
676
00:34:14,819 --> 00:34:18,656
Book, we can't go on like this.
677
00:34:20,491 --> 00:34:22,760
If we keep digging in
on our own sides,
678
00:34:22,827 --> 00:34:27,131
we'll keep battling each other
and not the real threat.
679
00:34:27,198 --> 00:34:30,067
I know you get that.
680
00:34:30,134 --> 00:34:32,737
You said you wished
there was a middle ground?
681
00:34:32,804 --> 00:34:34,839
I do.
682
00:34:35,706 --> 00:34:37,341
I'm sending you new data.
683
00:34:38,176 --> 00:34:41,345
Now, given the rate
the DMA is mining boronite,
684
00:34:41,412 --> 00:34:43,381
we expect it to remain
in this uninhabited area
685
00:34:43,448 --> 00:34:44,849
of space for another week.
686
00:34:44,916 --> 00:34:48,586
No lives will be in
danger during that time.
687
00:34:48,653 --> 00:34:52,623
And what I'm about to propose
is a plan President Rillak
688
00:34:52,690 --> 00:34:54,692
and Admiral Vance both approved.
689
00:34:54,759 --> 00:34:56,794
You stand down for the week,
690
00:34:56,861 --> 00:34:58,529
you come aboard Discovery,
691
00:34:58,596 --> 00:35:00,531
- we hold you there.
- Hold us?
692
00:35:00,598 --> 00:35:02,366
Not in the brig.
693
00:35:02,433 --> 00:35:06,337
Just there, for safety's sake,
and it's just one week.
694
00:35:06,404 --> 00:35:09,674
And the Federation uses
that time to make first contact
695
00:35:09,740 --> 00:35:11,676
and work to convince
whoever created this thing
696
00:35:11,742 --> 00:35:13,644
to withdraw it.
697
00:35:13,711 --> 00:35:16,347
And if that fails,
698
00:35:16,414 --> 00:35:19,884
they'll back your plan
to destroy the controller.
699
00:35:24,288 --> 00:35:26,624
Privacy settings activated.
700
00:35:26,691 --> 00:35:28,292
We can't take this deal.
701
00:35:28,359 --> 00:35:31,162
You lost voting rights
when you fired those torpedoes.
702
00:35:31,229 --> 00:35:33,498
We both have so much at stake here.
703
00:35:33,564 --> 00:35:35,233
You can't just decide to...
704
00:35:35,299 --> 00:35:36,834
It's a viable compromise.
705
00:35:36,901 --> 00:35:38,302
Or it's a lie!
706
00:35:38,369 --> 00:35:40,471
She would say anything
to get you to back off.
707
00:35:40,538 --> 00:35:43,641
I trust Michael. Completely.
708
00:35:44,876 --> 00:35:47,178
And it's the right choice.
709
00:35:47,245 --> 00:35:50,548
I need that power source.
I need to go home.
710
00:35:50,615 --> 00:35:53,584
Book...
711
00:35:53,651 --> 00:35:56,821
Don't do this. Please.
712
00:36:01,792 --> 00:36:04,595
We'll stand down for a week.
713
00:36:07,798 --> 00:36:10,568
Thank you.
714
00:36:12,403 --> 00:36:14,438
Discovery,
715
00:36:14,505 --> 00:36:16,340
I'm on my way back.
716
00:36:16,407 --> 00:36:17,708
Cancel black alert.
717
00:36:17,775 --> 00:36:19,343
Book and Tarka are standing down.
718
00:36:19,410 --> 00:36:20,878
Prepare for them in shuttle bay.
719
00:36:30,855 --> 00:36:35,560
Are you familiar with
the concept "expected utility"?
720
00:36:35,626 --> 00:36:37,895
It's a core tenet of game theory.
721
00:36:37,962 --> 00:36:41,632
A mathematical method to help
determine the optimal move
722
00:36:41,699 --> 00:36:43,868
in a situation where risk is high
723
00:36:43,935 --> 00:36:47,672
and the outcome is unclear.
724
00:36:47,738 --> 00:36:50,841
Such analysis can lead
to unexpected solutions.
725
00:36:50,908 --> 00:36:54,512
Of course, one needs
to be clear-headed
726
00:36:54,579 --> 00:36:57,348
to make the right move.
727
00:36:59,584 --> 00:37:00,785
What are you doing?
728
00:37:00,851 --> 00:37:03,621
- I'm being clear-headed.
- No!
729
00:37:03,688 --> 00:37:05,590
Captain,
730
00:37:05,656 --> 00:37:07,658
they lowered the disruption field.
731
00:37:07,725 --> 00:37:09,493
I'm reading a transporter signature.
732
00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:12,330
And a massive tachyon surge
inside the DMA controller.
733
00:37:12,396 --> 00:37:14,865
Michael, Tarka beamed
the weapon into the controller.
734
00:37:14,932 --> 00:37:16,934
It'll go off any second!
You have to move!
735
00:37:17,001 --> 00:37:19,370
Can we do anything? Can we stop it?
736
00:37:19,437 --> 00:37:21,405
I do not believe so, Captain.
737
00:37:21,472 --> 00:37:24,609
The detonation will stretch
half a parsec. We need to go.
738
00:37:24,675 --> 00:37:25,810
Not until I know they're safe.
739
00:37:25,876 --> 00:37:27,411
The null-space bubble
740
00:37:27,478 --> 00:37:28,946
will protect the internal
power source, not us.
741
00:37:29,013 --> 00:37:31,749
We're waiting until they jump.
742
00:37:36,787 --> 00:37:38,322
You tried. Let's go.
743
00:37:38,389 --> 00:37:41,325
Damn it. Black alert! Jump! Now!
744
00:37:58,409 --> 00:38:01,545
I understand it was a risk,
but it needed to be done.
745
00:38:01,612 --> 00:38:03,881
And it worked.
746
00:38:04,682 --> 00:38:07,318
Everyone's safe. The DMA's gone.
747
00:38:07,385 --> 00:38:09,720
No more worlds will be destroyed.
748
00:38:09,787 --> 00:38:12,456
You can go back, I can go home.
749
00:38:12,523 --> 00:38:15,693
Once we get the power source...
750
00:38:18,863 --> 00:38:21,399
I just need to find it.
751
00:38:24,135 --> 00:38:25,903
No.
752
00:38:25,970 --> 00:38:28,472
No, it's here. It has to be.
753
00:38:28,539 --> 00:38:31,075
It's not here!
754
00:38:33,044 --> 00:38:35,079
Tarka.
755
00:38:45,823 --> 00:38:48,859
It's powered from the other side
of the wormhole.
756
00:38:50,428 --> 00:38:52,697
Outside the galaxy.
757
00:39:08,446 --> 00:39:10,481
Come.
758
00:39:11,882 --> 00:39:14,385
Any word from Book?
759
00:39:15,720 --> 00:39:17,788
I keep hailing.
760
00:39:17,855 --> 00:39:20,791
He won't answer.
761
00:39:20,858 --> 00:39:23,027
What happens now?
762
00:39:23,094 --> 00:39:25,996
We have no idea
how the Ten-C will respond, so,
763
00:39:26,063 --> 00:39:27,898
the admiral's implementing
emergency protocols
764
00:39:27,965 --> 00:39:29,533
in case of retaliation.
765
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:31,702
We're fast-tracking
the first contact mission.
766
00:39:31,769 --> 00:39:33,571
Commander Bryce is still
looking for ways
767
00:39:33,637 --> 00:39:35,806
to communicate
through the Galactic Barrier.
768
00:39:35,873 --> 00:39:37,875
The rest of us leave tomorrow.
769
00:39:37,942 --> 00:39:39,877
Did you say your goodbyes?
770
00:39:39,944 --> 00:39:43,013
They made me promise
I won't be a stranger.
771
00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:45,716
I'm going to hold you to that, too.
772
00:39:45,783 --> 00:39:47,985
Please.
773
00:39:52,890 --> 00:39:55,893
Thank you for supporting me...
774
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:59,897
reaching out to him one last time.
775
00:40:01,832 --> 00:40:04,435
What you said earlier...
776
00:40:04,502 --> 00:40:06,904
How nothing's ever black and white...
777
00:40:06,971 --> 00:40:09,974
I actually did find my family.
778
00:40:10,975 --> 00:40:13,577
Most live in this one village.
779
00:40:13,644 --> 00:40:16,647
So I went to a park there.
780
00:40:16,714 --> 00:40:21,354
There were kids playing
and parents hovering.
781
00:40:21,464 --> 00:40:23,020
Same as my parents did.
782
00:40:23,087 --> 00:40:25,856
I tried to talk to them, but...
783
00:40:25,923 --> 00:40:28,793
there was so much I couldn't say.
784
00:40:29,927 --> 00:40:32,530
That I'm from the past, for starters.
785
00:40:33,731 --> 00:40:38,202
So, I figured, if I couldn't
be fully honest with them...
786
00:40:38,269 --> 00:40:41,105
Like with us? Hmm.
787
00:40:41,172 --> 00:40:44,041
You couldn't tell us
you were back in uniform, so...
788
00:40:44,108 --> 00:40:48,445
All or nothing? That's me.
789
00:40:49,079 --> 00:40:53,484
Anyhow, I think it's time
for me to get okay
790
00:40:53,551 --> 00:40:56,020
with some middle ground.
791
00:40:56,086 --> 00:40:58,122
Hmm.
792
00:40:59,256 --> 00:41:03,060
I'd love to come back
to Discovery one of these days.
793
00:41:03,127 --> 00:41:06,063
- If that's okay?
- Oh, you always have a home here.
794
00:41:06,897 --> 00:41:09,233
Good luck out there.
795
00:41:09,300 --> 00:41:11,869
You, too.
796
00:41:24,648 --> 00:41:26,217
Mr. Saru.
797
00:41:26,283 --> 00:41:30,154
Long day. How are you holding up?
798
00:41:30,221 --> 00:41:32,656
Ah, as well as could be
expected, all things considered.
799
00:41:32,723 --> 00:41:36,827
I wanted to commend you for your calm
800
00:41:36,894 --> 00:41:38,863
during today's mission.
801
00:41:38,929 --> 00:41:40,664
I only wish we'd found success.
802
00:41:40,731 --> 00:41:42,166
Yeah.
803
00:41:42,233 --> 00:41:45,502
I, uh... considering
what we're dealing with...
804
00:41:45,569 --> 00:41:47,771
Feel silly bringing this up, but
805
00:41:47,838 --> 00:41:52,042
I'm in need of advice
on how best to respond to...
806
00:41:52,109 --> 00:41:55,079
an overture from President T'Rina.
807
00:41:55,913 --> 00:41:58,115
An overture?
808
00:41:59,316 --> 00:42:03,220
She asked me to join her for dinner.
809
00:42:04,788 --> 00:42:07,224
Uh... socially.
810
00:42:07,291 --> 00:42:09,760
- Oh.
- Uh, of course, I cannot,
811
00:42:09,827 --> 00:42:12,830
given the mission at hand,
but I'm unsure how best
812
00:42:12,897 --> 00:42:15,566
to convey that,
813
00:42:15,633 --> 00:42:18,035
even if it were possible,
814
00:42:18,102 --> 00:42:22,006
I would... decline.
815
00:42:22,072 --> 00:42:24,942
We... she and I...
816
00:42:25,009 --> 00:42:28,078
Hail from vastly different cultures.
817
00:42:28,145 --> 00:42:31,849
I already feel pulled
between my commitments
818
00:42:31,916 --> 00:42:33,851
to Kaminar and Starfleet and...
819
00:42:33,918 --> 00:42:36,320
Do you have feelings for her?
820
00:42:38,022 --> 00:42:40,824
I think...
821
00:42:40,891 --> 00:42:43,594
perhaps I do?
822
00:42:43,661 --> 00:42:46,997
With respect, sir,
in my professional opinion,
823
00:42:47,064 --> 00:42:49,033
you're being an idiot.
824
00:42:49,099 --> 00:42:51,568
Connection is always a risk,
825
00:42:51,635 --> 00:42:55,639
but compared to everything else
we're dealing with right now...
826
00:42:55,706 --> 00:42:57,808
I'd say it's one that you can handle.
827
00:42:57,875 --> 00:43:00,010
Mm. Mm.
828
00:43:00,077 --> 00:43:01,645
Mr. Saru,
829
00:43:01,712 --> 00:43:04,214
you're requested
on the bridge immediately.
830
00:43:05,749 --> 00:43:07,318
Thank you, Doctor,
831
00:43:07,384 --> 00:43:11,121
for that... unexpected candor.
832
00:43:16,827 --> 00:43:18,929
Is everything all right, Captain?
833
00:43:18,996 --> 00:43:21,265
The USS Mitchell is monitoring
834
00:43:21,332 --> 00:43:23,634
the area where the DMA was located.
835
00:43:23,701 --> 00:43:25,169
They just sent this.
836
00:43:25,235 --> 00:43:28,372
A new DMA has appeared?
837
00:43:28,439 --> 00:43:32,009
In the exact same place.
838
00:43:32,977 --> 00:43:36,313
Then, it would seem, like it or not...
839
00:43:36,380 --> 00:43:39,316
We just made first contact.
840
00:43:39,655 --> 00:43:43,655
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