1 00:00:01,711 --> 00:00:03,796 Previously on Star Trek: Discovery: 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:06,716 Michael, I was on my way to the Bajoran exchange 3 00:00:06,799 --> 00:00:09,427 when this guy sitting next to me... I think his black box 4 00:00:09,511 --> 00:00:11,031 is one of the ones you're looking for. 5 00:00:11,554 --> 00:00:14,766 It's on Hunhau, Emerald Chain territory. I won't be long. 6 00:00:14,849 --> 00:00:16,434 This was three weeks ago. 7 00:00:16,518 --> 00:00:19,729 If Book found a third black box and it shows the same variants, 8 00:00:19,812 --> 00:00:23,483 the Burn didn't happen all at once. We have got to get to Hunhau. 9 00:00:23,566 --> 00:00:26,528 - At the moment, we cannot. - Yes, sir. 10 00:00:26,611 --> 00:00:29,739 You're the only one who'd say yes to going on an unsanctioned mission. 11 00:00:29,822 --> 00:00:33,993 - Are you in or out? Georgiou? - You had me at "unsanctioned mission." 12 00:00:34,077 --> 00:00:36,287 The spore drive's new and improved. 13 00:00:36,371 --> 00:00:38,498 I redesigned it so you won't have to use those shunts. 14 00:00:38,581 --> 00:00:40,333 A little gooey. 15 00:00:40,416 --> 00:00:45,046 Commander Burnham left to pursue a mission of her own, 16 00:00:45,129 --> 00:00:46,714 against my direct orders. 17 00:00:46,798 --> 00:00:51,678 Sir, you know Michael is one of the people that I love most in this world, 18 00:00:51,761 --> 00:00:53,846 but she made a choice, and now because of that, 19 00:00:53,930 --> 00:00:55,056 you don't have one. 20 00:00:55,139 --> 00:00:58,685 - You have to tell the admiral. - That is astute, ensign. 21 00:00:59,936 --> 00:01:02,480 Commander Burnham's mission was 100 percent rogue. 22 00:01:02,564 --> 00:01:06,150 Until we solve the mystery of how the Burn happened and why, 23 00:01:06,234 --> 00:01:08,820 I believe the Federation will never be, 24 00:01:08,903 --> 00:01:11,823 can never be brought back together again. 25 00:01:11,906 --> 00:01:14,492 We'll see what your intel brings, commander. 26 00:01:15,118 --> 00:01:16,744 I will leave it up to you, captain, 27 00:01:17,745 --> 00:01:20,915 to determine the consequences of her insubordination. 28 00:01:20,999 --> 00:01:24,627 As of now, you're relieved of your duty as my Number One. 29 00:01:25,420 --> 00:01:30,049 You will restrict yourself to chief science officer duties only. 30 00:01:36,973 --> 00:01:39,017 Personal log, supplemental. 31 00:01:40,810 --> 00:01:43,396 Even after a year of finding my way alone, 32 00:01:44,439 --> 00:01:47,817 I truly believed I could find a way to fit back into this uniform, 33 00:01:48,985 --> 00:01:50,069 on to this ship. 34 00:01:51,988 --> 00:01:53,448 Now I'm not so sure. 35 00:01:55,325 --> 00:01:57,076 I've become someone new. 36 00:01:59,370 --> 00:02:02,790 Still just as committed to the Federation, to my friends, 37 00:02:04,042 --> 00:02:06,586 but there's a distance between us now. 38 00:02:08,379 --> 00:02:11,049 I'll never be at peace until I solve the Burn, 39 00:02:12,091 --> 00:02:14,427 but I don't know if I can do it from Discovery. 40 00:02:17,347 --> 00:02:19,807 This may not be my home anymore. 41 00:02:21,517 --> 00:02:23,102 I don't know what that means... 42 00:02:24,937 --> 00:02:26,439 or where it will lead me. 43 00:02:42,205 --> 00:02:43,706 When are we getting out of here? 44 00:02:45,917 --> 00:02:47,210 You really hate it. 45 00:02:47,293 --> 00:02:49,087 "Hate" is a strong word. 46 00:02:49,545 --> 00:02:52,674 But I'm also living on the Shuttlebay of a Federation starship, 47 00:02:52,757 --> 00:02:54,884 and no one knows what to make of me. 48 00:02:54,967 --> 00:02:58,012 Let's acknowledge this isn't a long-term situation. 49 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:01,933 - Where would we go? - Space. 50 00:03:02,016 --> 00:03:04,644 - Mmm. And what about...? - The Burn? 51 00:03:04,727 --> 00:03:05,727 Yeah. 52 00:03:06,062 --> 00:03:08,398 The biggest, most dangerous cosmic puzzle of all time? 53 00:03:09,357 --> 00:03:10,733 Have you always been this way? 54 00:03:15,238 --> 00:03:16,238 My brother... 55 00:03:18,074 --> 00:03:19,367 he called me on it. 56 00:03:21,953 --> 00:03:24,038 How I take responsibility for everything. 57 00:03:25,289 --> 00:03:27,458 Sounds like we'd have gotten on, me and your brother. 58 00:03:27,542 --> 00:03:28,918 - Is that right? - Yeah. 59 00:03:29,711 --> 00:03:32,505 We'd bond over your endearing messianic complex. 60 00:03:32,588 --> 00:03:36,342 Hmm. Says the man who risks his life to save helpless creatures. 61 00:03:36,426 --> 00:03:38,094 - Oh, yeah. - Mm. 62 00:03:54,986 --> 00:03:55,986 Hey. 63 00:03:56,487 --> 00:03:59,198 - Saru, uh... - Demoted me. Yeah. 64 00:04:01,451 --> 00:04:02,702 Hey, um... 65 00:04:04,162 --> 00:04:09,125 you put me in a really horrible position with Saru and with the admiral 66 00:04:09,208 --> 00:04:10,752 when you went off on your own. 67 00:04:11,294 --> 00:04:13,379 Would've been so much worse if I had told you. 68 00:04:13,463 --> 00:04:14,589 My choice. 69 00:04:16,048 --> 00:04:17,049 Not yours. 70 00:04:19,427 --> 00:04:21,179 I'm sorry, Tilly. 71 00:04:22,013 --> 00:04:24,640 This transition has been difficult for all of us. 72 00:04:24,724 --> 00:04:25,850 I had to go. 73 00:04:27,643 --> 00:04:28,728 I had to. 74 00:04:31,689 --> 00:04:32,774 The truth is... 75 00:04:35,234 --> 00:04:37,820 I don't know how I fit in anymore. 76 00:04:43,242 --> 00:04:47,997 One one-millionth of a microsecond. You were right. That was the difference. 77 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:50,333 The U.S.S. Yelchin, the first black box you found, 78 00:04:50,416 --> 00:04:52,752 when the Burn happened, it lost contact 79 00:04:52,835 --> 00:04:57,089 at precisely 81986 mark 272139. 80 00:04:57,173 --> 00:05:00,009 And now the Gav'Nor, a thousand light-years away, 81 00:05:00,092 --> 00:05:03,221 lost contact one one-millionth of a microsecond later. 82 00:05:03,304 --> 00:05:06,557 - The Giacconi? The recorder Book found? - Computer's still working on it. 83 00:05:06,641 --> 00:05:09,894 With this data, we can triangulate and pinpoint the source of the Burn. 84 00:05:09,977 --> 00:05:12,772 In two dimensions, maybe, but in three-dimensional space, 85 00:05:12,855 --> 00:05:16,484 that leaves an area far too large to explore in several lifetimes. 86 00:05:16,567 --> 00:05:18,027 So, we have to narrow it down. 87 00:05:18,528 --> 00:05:21,989 - Somehow, we need to find more data. - Well, I flagged this... 88 00:05:23,825 --> 00:05:26,869 when I was going through Federation databases, 89 00:05:26,953 --> 00:05:28,996 it's an experiment, SB-19. 90 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:31,999 They spread sensors across dozens of light-years of subspace. 91 00:05:32,083 --> 00:05:35,545 - They had a front-seat view of the Burn. - SB-19 reported no findings. 92 00:05:35,628 --> 00:05:37,630 Either the sensors didn't record anything... 93 00:05:37,713 --> 00:05:40,091 - Unlikely. - Or they didn't make their results public. 94 00:05:40,174 --> 00:05:44,220 - The admiral might have access to it. - He's not my biggest fan right now. 95 00:05:44,929 --> 00:05:48,683 This is bigger than you, bigger than him. It's bigger than everybody, heh, it's... 96 00:05:53,646 --> 00:05:55,273 What if you hadn't made it back? 97 00:05:58,025 --> 00:05:59,026 What would I do? 98 00:06:02,989 --> 00:06:04,699 Analysis complete. 99 00:06:05,783 --> 00:06:07,451 The Giacconi lost contact 100 00:06:08,244 --> 00:06:10,746 seven one-millionths of a microsecond after the Yelchin. 101 00:06:12,039 --> 00:06:13,124 That confirms it. 102 00:06:15,376 --> 00:06:18,588 You're telling me these three ships were destroyed by the Burn 103 00:06:18,671 --> 00:06:19,671 at different times? 104 00:06:21,173 --> 00:06:23,485 The difference is in millionths of a microsecond, 105 00:06:23,509 --> 00:06:26,429 but, yes, there is a difference. 106 00:06:28,264 --> 00:06:29,307 Son of a bitch. 107 00:06:29,390 --> 00:06:32,518 Are you familiar with an experiment called SB-19? 108 00:06:37,523 --> 00:06:39,400 - We can't access it. - Why? 109 00:06:41,777 --> 00:06:42,777 It's Ni'Var. 110 00:06:44,488 --> 00:06:47,742 You'd know it by its former name, Vulcan. 111 00:06:50,620 --> 00:06:52,914 Vulcans? The Vulcans changed their name? 112 00:06:53,539 --> 00:06:57,209 It's not just the Vulcans who live there. They share the planet with the Romulans. 113 00:06:57,293 --> 00:07:01,213 The Romulans were considered enemies in our time. 114 00:07:01,297 --> 00:07:03,257 And for a long time after, 115 00:07:03,341 --> 00:07:05,843 until Ambassador Spock brought them back. 116 00:07:06,344 --> 00:07:08,346 History forgot this in your time, 117 00:07:08,429 --> 00:07:12,391 but the Vulcans and the Romulans were two tribes of the same species 118 00:07:12,475 --> 00:07:14,060 that went their separate ways. 119 00:07:14,143 --> 00:07:17,939 Your brother started the process of reunifying them. 120 00:07:18,022 --> 00:07:19,357 And he succeeded. 121 00:07:20,024 --> 00:07:22,735 It took centuries after his death, but yes. 122 00:07:25,029 --> 00:07:28,824 But the Vulcans always shared their research with the Federation. 123 00:07:28,908 --> 00:07:30,368 Maybe in the past, 124 00:07:30,451 --> 00:07:33,996 but Ni'Var left the Federation nearly a hundred years ago. 125 00:09:11,177 --> 00:09:13,817 Vulcan was one of the founding members of the Federation. 126 00:09:14,597 --> 00:09:18,851 They would never abandon it. Must have been the Romulans. 127 00:09:18,934 --> 00:09:20,686 No, the Romulans wanted to stay. 128 00:09:21,771 --> 00:09:25,024 Even before the Burn, the Federation was running out of dilithium. 129 00:09:25,566 --> 00:09:27,193 All member planets were ordered 130 00:09:27,276 --> 00:09:30,488 to put their best scientists towards finding a solution. 131 00:09:31,363 --> 00:09:35,034 Ni'Var's contribution was SB-19. 132 00:09:36,118 --> 00:09:40,039 A system to transport starships thousands of light-years in an instant, 133 00:09:40,122 --> 00:09:42,083 much like your spore drive. 134 00:09:42,166 --> 00:09:44,835 - What happened? - Well, it was new technology. 135 00:09:45,461 --> 00:09:49,048 Ni'Var's scientists felt, ultimately, that it was too dangerous. 136 00:09:49,131 --> 00:09:52,093 And so they asked permission to shutter the program. 137 00:09:53,844 --> 00:09:56,722 But it was the most promising dilithium alternative of the day, 138 00:09:56,806 --> 00:09:58,808 so the Federation ordered them to proceed. 139 00:09:58,891 --> 00:10:01,519 They think they caused the Burn? 140 00:10:01,602 --> 00:10:02,602 No. 141 00:10:03,270 --> 00:10:05,940 They think we forced them to cause the Burn. 142 00:10:08,109 --> 00:10:12,863 So, they left the Federation and kept the SB-19 data from us. 143 00:10:12,947 --> 00:10:13,947 Sir... 144 00:10:14,865 --> 00:10:18,035 we have proof the Burn had a different origin. 145 00:10:18,119 --> 00:10:21,038 I don't think any claims of proof will make any difference. 146 00:10:21,122 --> 00:10:24,500 - They're convinced they're right. - Well, perhaps, then, 147 00:10:24,583 --> 00:10:29,004 this new information would be sufficient to reopen diplomatic relations. 148 00:10:29,088 --> 00:10:32,466 We have to tell them. There must be a way to get them to listen. 149 00:10:36,637 --> 00:10:37,930 Spock's sister. 150 00:10:38,013 --> 00:10:41,600 Sending Commander Burnham as our representative might tip the scales. 151 00:10:41,684 --> 00:10:44,103 Admiral, I must inform you, 152 00:10:44,186 --> 00:10:47,106 Commander Burnham was reprimanded for her insubordinate actions 153 00:10:47,189 --> 00:10:49,400 and dismissed as my First Officer. 154 00:10:49,483 --> 00:10:50,943 Insubordinate or not, 155 00:10:51,026 --> 00:10:53,737 she's the only person who could open that door, 156 00:10:53,821 --> 00:10:55,239 and with this new information... 157 00:10:55,322 --> 00:11:00,744 Sir, I don't think I can genuinely represent the Federation right now. 158 00:11:02,163 --> 00:11:03,164 Find a way. 159 00:11:03,706 --> 00:11:06,375 I'll bring the diplomatic corps into the loop. 160 00:11:06,458 --> 00:11:09,253 And I'll send a full report to Ni'Var, headline: 161 00:11:09,336 --> 00:11:11,005 "Michael Burnham is coming." 162 00:11:17,553 --> 00:11:19,113 Listen to me, little brother. 163 00:11:20,389 --> 00:11:22,808 This is the last advice I'll ever be able to give you. 164 00:11:23,475 --> 00:11:25,603 There is a whole galaxy out there 165 00:11:26,353 --> 00:11:29,523 full of people who will reach for you. 166 00:11:32,526 --> 00:11:33,903 You have to let them. 167 00:11:36,864 --> 00:11:38,032 Reach for them. 168 00:11:54,882 --> 00:11:59,053 Ambassador Spock, circa stardate 45825. 169 00:11:59,136 --> 00:12:02,389 Coordinates redacted, retrieved from classified archive. 170 00:12:02,473 --> 00:12:05,809 The personal files of Admiral Jean-Luc Picard. 171 00:12:08,145 --> 00:12:09,103 Play. 172 00:12:09,104 --> 00:12:12,400 Closed minds have kept these two worlds apart for centuries. 173 00:12:12,483 --> 00:12:16,779 We can choose to live with that enmity or seek a way to change it. 174 00:12:17,404 --> 00:12:20,074 The union of the Vulcan and the Romulan people 175 00:12:20,157 --> 00:12:22,993 will not be achieved by politics or by diplomacy. 176 00:12:24,745 --> 00:12:26,247 But it will be achieved. 177 00:12:26,330 --> 00:12:29,959 Like the first Vulcans, these people are struggling 178 00:12:30,042 --> 00:12:31,502 for a new enlightenment. 179 00:12:32,336 --> 00:12:36,382 And it may take decades or even centuries for them to reach it, 180 00:12:36,465 --> 00:12:37,841 but they will reach it. 181 00:12:39,176 --> 00:12:40,261 And I must help. 182 00:12:53,482 --> 00:12:58,112 You know, I never let myself look back to find out who he became. 183 00:12:59,113 --> 00:13:01,573 You guys are chronic overachievers. 184 00:13:08,038 --> 00:13:09,581 How am I gonna do this, Book? 185 00:13:11,625 --> 00:13:16,505 It's possible that a person who has a complex relationship with the future 186 00:13:17,298 --> 00:13:19,883 is the exact right person to do this job. 187 00:13:26,974 --> 00:13:28,809 I am sure you have heard. 188 00:13:29,685 --> 00:13:32,146 I dismissed Commander Burnham as my First Officer. 189 00:13:33,355 --> 00:13:35,316 Must've been very difficult, sir. 190 00:13:40,446 --> 00:13:43,866 I would like you to serve as my acting First Officer 191 00:13:43,949 --> 00:13:46,160 until I find a permanent replacement. 192 00:13:46,243 --> 00:13:48,245 What? Sir, what? 193 00:13:50,956 --> 00:13:53,500 I never completed the Command Training Program. 194 00:13:53,584 --> 00:13:58,630 You traveled through a wormhole 930 years into the future. 195 00:13:59,465 --> 00:14:03,969 I am confident in saying your experience now exceeds the parameters 196 00:14:04,053 --> 00:14:06,847 designed for the Command Training Program. 197 00:14:06,930 --> 00:14:08,724 Sir, I'm an ensign. I... 198 00:14:10,642 --> 00:14:12,436 I'd be responsible for lives. 199 00:14:12,519 --> 00:14:16,440 Part of leadership is the acknowledgment that one is suited to it. 200 00:14:16,523 --> 00:14:20,986 Many members of our crew have struggled with all that has changed. 201 00:14:21,070 --> 00:14:24,198 I have watched you rise to the occasion. 202 00:14:24,865 --> 00:14:27,284 I believe you can help them rise as well. 203 00:14:27,368 --> 00:14:32,581 And I believe you will always put the needs of Starfleet and the Federation 204 00:14:32,664 --> 00:14:34,541 ahead of your own wishes. 205 00:14:35,709 --> 00:14:38,462 Sir, are you asking me because I'm qualified 206 00:14:38,545 --> 00:14:41,173 or because I'm compliant? 207 00:14:42,216 --> 00:14:46,720 I'm asking because I believe this is in the best interest of our ship. 208 00:14:51,767 --> 00:14:53,644 Take a day to think about it. 209 00:14:54,895 --> 00:14:57,314 Now let us jump to Ni'Var. 210 00:15:03,237 --> 00:15:04,446 Status report, please. 211 00:15:04,988 --> 00:15:07,533 Coordinates locked in. All hands ready to jump to Ni'Var. 212 00:15:07,616 --> 00:15:10,828 - HQ confirms that Ni'Var is expecting us. - Very well. 213 00:15:10,911 --> 00:15:14,748 The people of Ni'Var have not been visited 214 00:15:14,832 --> 00:15:17,751 by a Federation starship in nearly a century. 215 00:15:17,835 --> 00:15:19,920 Let us remind them who we are 216 00:15:20,546 --> 00:15:23,465 and how important they are to us. 217 00:15:24,007 --> 00:15:25,008 Black alert. 218 00:15:54,705 --> 00:15:58,625 Sir, we are in Lagrange one for Ni'Var, formerly the planet Vulcan. 219 00:16:00,335 --> 00:16:03,088 - Incoming transmission. - Open the channel. 220 00:16:11,930 --> 00:16:15,684 I am T'Rina, president of Ni'Var. 221 00:16:16,310 --> 00:16:17,436 Greetings. 222 00:16:17,519 --> 00:16:20,856 I am Saru of the U.S.S. Discovery. 223 00:16:20,939 --> 00:16:24,943 The Federation sent word you're en route using a unique propulsion system. 224 00:16:25,027 --> 00:16:28,405 I presume that is how you evaded our long-range sensors? 225 00:16:28,489 --> 00:16:30,824 I assure you, we were not attempting to evade. 226 00:16:30,908 --> 00:16:33,035 Discovery is equipped with a system 227 00:16:33,118 --> 00:16:35,913 that allows us to travel across the mycelial network. 228 00:16:35,996 --> 00:16:39,917 We've been briefed regarding the special circumstances of Discovery's crew... 229 00:16:40,876 --> 00:16:42,961 and your special passenger. 230 00:16:48,383 --> 00:16:50,135 Greetings, Madam President. 231 00:16:50,219 --> 00:16:53,138 I am Michael Burnham, daughter of Sarek, 232 00:16:53,639 --> 00:16:54,973 sister of Spock. 233 00:16:55,057 --> 00:16:56,642 It is an honor to greet you. 234 00:16:57,601 --> 00:17:01,438 I only wish Ambassador Spock could see the fruits of his labor as you do now. 235 00:17:01,522 --> 00:17:05,484 I do believe he would find it all fascinating. 236 00:17:07,611 --> 00:17:11,406 I would be pleased to speak further, but first, we must dispense 237 00:17:11,490 --> 00:17:15,202 with the Federation's request for data related to SB-19. 238 00:17:17,663 --> 00:17:22,501 We found significant new evidence related to the cause of the Burn. 239 00:17:22,584 --> 00:17:24,753 SB-19 can help us with that. 240 00:17:24,836 --> 00:17:30,008 SB-19 is an issue of great cultural and political sensitivity here. 241 00:17:30,092 --> 00:17:32,719 Our inquiry is entirely scientific in nature. 242 00:17:32,803 --> 00:17:36,348 Even science cannot be separated from cultural and political context. 243 00:17:36,431 --> 00:17:39,351 There are always implications, as Spock himself learned. 244 00:17:39,434 --> 00:17:42,980 Ni'Var struggles with the delicate balance of reunification, 245 00:17:43,063 --> 00:17:45,899 which became more complicated after the Burn. 246 00:17:45,983 --> 00:17:49,695 Any theory Commander Burnham is developing could tear open old wounds, 247 00:17:49,778 --> 00:17:51,572 and we cannot afford that at this time. 248 00:17:52,239 --> 00:17:56,326 - Madam President... - Permission to access SB-19 is denied. 249 00:17:56,910 --> 00:17:58,829 If you persist in requesting it, 250 00:17:58,912 --> 00:18:02,332 I will have to be content with observing your spore drive in action 251 00:18:02,416 --> 00:18:04,501 as you return to Federation headquarters. 252 00:18:08,964 --> 00:18:13,343 Madam President, do the people of Ni'Var still honor any of the old ways, 253 00:18:13,427 --> 00:18:15,554 in matters of scientific inquiry? 254 00:18:17,014 --> 00:18:18,014 They do. 255 00:18:18,015 --> 00:18:20,225 Then as a graduate of the Vulcan Science Academy, 256 00:18:20,309 --> 00:18:23,020 I respectfully invoke the T'Kal-in-ket. 257 00:18:30,777 --> 00:18:32,404 I will convene a quorum. 258 00:18:40,329 --> 00:18:41,371 Commander? 259 00:18:42,039 --> 00:18:46,501 Vulcans have engaged in T'Kal-in-ket since the time of Surak. 260 00:18:46,585 --> 00:18:51,006 T'Kal-in-ket is a philosophical process designed to unearth deep truths, 261 00:18:51,089 --> 00:18:54,676 credited as being one of the engines that led to Vulcan scientific advancement. 262 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:56,094 And once invoked, 263 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:58,472 the request cannot be denied. 264 00:18:58,555 --> 00:19:00,515 So, you gave her no choice? 265 00:19:00,599 --> 00:19:02,768 It's the only way we'll have that data. 266 00:19:02,851 --> 00:19:04,519 This could help us solve the Burn. 267 00:19:06,521 --> 00:19:07,814 What is the protocol? 268 00:19:07,898 --> 00:19:10,942 I'll have to defend my hypothesis before the Science Institute. 269 00:19:11,026 --> 00:19:13,403 I assume you are prepared. 270 00:19:14,029 --> 00:19:15,989 Of course, sir. 271 00:19:24,414 --> 00:19:25,749 Welcome to Discovery. 272 00:19:32,714 --> 00:19:36,468 A special chamber has been prepared for the T'Kal-in-ket. 273 00:19:39,304 --> 00:19:40,639 Madam President, 274 00:19:41,223 --> 00:19:44,476 uh, will you permit me to give you a tour of our vessel? 275 00:19:44,559 --> 00:19:46,645 You can forego the niceties, captain. 276 00:19:47,354 --> 00:19:50,399 Your commander has already diplomatically forced me into a corner. 277 00:19:51,483 --> 00:19:54,903 - Your shalankhkai will arrive momentarily. - My shalankhkai? 278 00:19:55,404 --> 00:19:57,322 An ancient Romulan designation. 279 00:19:57,406 --> 00:19:59,491 Vulcans know it as sha-set. 280 00:20:00,075 --> 00:20:01,368 Ah, my advocate. 281 00:20:01,451 --> 00:20:04,913 What's new since your time is that only sisters from the Qowat Milat order 282 00:20:04,996 --> 00:20:07,082 can serve as advocates. 283 00:20:07,165 --> 00:20:09,960 Forgive me, I'm not familiar with the Qowat Milat. 284 00:20:10,043 --> 00:20:13,088 The Qowat Milat are an ancient Romulan sect 285 00:20:13,171 --> 00:20:16,216 that live and die by the precept of absolute candor. 286 00:20:16,299 --> 00:20:20,220 A necessary outgrowth of a Romulan culture that trafficked in secrets. 287 00:20:20,303 --> 00:20:23,390 They were essential in helping our ancestors trust one another 288 00:20:23,473 --> 00:20:25,267 during the early days of reunification. 289 00:20:25,350 --> 00:20:28,979 Today, they enable us to have a healthy discourse on the planet. 290 00:20:29,521 --> 00:20:31,523 It's an ancient story, isn't it? 291 00:20:31,606 --> 00:20:35,235 My people's fates are so intertwined and they are so similar in profound ways, 292 00:20:35,318 --> 00:20:37,028 yet they do not trust each other. 293 00:20:39,823 --> 00:20:43,660 I apologize for forcing your hand. I meant no disrespect. 294 00:20:43,744 --> 00:20:44,744 You are brave. 295 00:20:46,371 --> 00:20:48,623 And, technically, a citizen of Ni'Var. 296 00:20:48,707 --> 00:20:50,417 You are within your rights, 297 00:20:50,500 --> 00:20:54,171 but I'm sure you are aware that a classic tactic during T'Kal-in-ket 298 00:20:54,254 --> 00:20:57,883 is to ruthlessly assail the credibility of the challenger. 299 00:20:57,966 --> 00:20:58,966 I am aware. 300 00:20:58,967 --> 00:21:00,677 If you are not proved to be credible, 301 00:21:00,761 --> 00:21:03,930 it will be known that Spock's sister returned to us a dissembler. 302 00:21:04,014 --> 00:21:06,933 That will have real and grave consequences. Do you understand? 303 00:21:07,476 --> 00:21:08,476 Yes, ma'am. 304 00:21:08,935 --> 00:21:12,898 One Qowat Milat sister has taken a particular interest in your case. 305 00:21:12,981 --> 00:21:15,692 I suspect you may have a particular interest in her as well. 306 00:21:15,776 --> 00:21:18,320 She'll be transporting in momentarily. 307 00:21:23,116 --> 00:21:24,116 Be honest, 308 00:21:25,285 --> 00:21:27,162 especially to yourself. 309 00:21:53,855 --> 00:21:54,855 Mom? 310 00:21:56,149 --> 00:21:57,149 Michael! 311 00:22:00,862 --> 00:22:02,906 Oh, I hoped, but I never... 312 00:22:15,627 --> 00:22:19,047 I was informed your jump to the future is not widely known, 313 00:22:19,130 --> 00:22:20,674 even within Starfleet. 314 00:22:21,842 --> 00:22:24,553 The admiral was concerned that it could be polarizing, 315 00:22:24,636 --> 00:22:25,971 given the Temporal Accords. 316 00:22:26,555 --> 00:22:31,893 Yet there was no other way to explain to you the presence of Spock's sister. 317 00:22:31,977 --> 00:22:35,105 I confess, I am astonished at the risk taken by your crew. 318 00:22:35,188 --> 00:22:38,483 - Duty called. - I am grateful for your courage. 319 00:22:39,776 --> 00:22:41,403 What do you make of this future? 320 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:45,740 Well, I am troubled 321 00:22:46,616 --> 00:22:48,952 that the Federation is so reduced. 322 00:22:51,079 --> 00:22:55,625 But I am heartened that those who remain are committed to its core values. 323 00:22:56,668 --> 00:22:58,587 You sound quite certain of that. 324 00:22:58,670 --> 00:23:03,008 I have seen their commitment to member and non-member worlds alike. 325 00:23:04,801 --> 00:23:06,928 All personnel, Cargo Bay 3... 326 00:23:07,012 --> 00:23:08,930 Forgive me if I'm overstepping, 327 00:23:09,472 --> 00:23:14,269 but I know the Federation feels the loss of Ni'Var keenly. 328 00:23:14,352 --> 00:23:16,104 I do hope that our visit 329 00:23:16,605 --> 00:23:19,399 and Commander Burnham's discussions with the quorum 330 00:23:19,482 --> 00:23:23,194 will open new channels of diplomacy. 331 00:23:25,155 --> 00:23:27,824 That would require far more than one visit, captain. 332 00:23:27,908 --> 00:23:32,454 There had been numerous issues. SB-19 was merely the final blow. 333 00:23:34,247 --> 00:23:36,958 I would like to hear about them, if I may. 334 00:23:40,962 --> 00:23:44,674 - Did you ever make it to Terralysium? - No, landed right back on Essof IV. 335 00:23:44,758 --> 00:23:46,426 Wasn't pretty. 336 00:23:48,303 --> 00:23:51,014 Colonists brought me to the Qowat Milat, who healed me. 337 00:23:52,515 --> 00:23:55,518 - You could use a bit of that yourself. - What makes you say that? 338 00:23:56,978 --> 00:23:58,021 Well, you seem... 339 00:23:59,397 --> 00:24:00,565 between places. 340 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:05,111 This must be some of that absolute candor I've heard about. 341 00:24:06,196 --> 00:24:09,824 Actually, "between places" was my gentle way of saying "lost." 342 00:24:10,367 --> 00:24:13,995 - Thought I'd ease you in. - I'm not lost. 343 00:24:14,079 --> 00:24:16,247 Of course, I'm happy to be back, um, but... 344 00:24:19,376 --> 00:24:22,712 But you learned to live 345 00:24:22,796 --> 00:24:25,090 and maybe even like a different kind of life? 346 00:24:27,467 --> 00:24:28,467 Yeah. 347 00:24:29,970 --> 00:24:32,681 When I landed here, the sisters helped me learn 348 00:24:32,764 --> 00:24:35,308 how to just be where I am. 349 00:24:36,476 --> 00:24:38,353 However unsettling it may be. 350 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,333 Lieutenant Doss, please report to the bridge. 351 00:24:42,357 --> 00:24:44,067 I don't think I fit in here anymore. 352 00:24:44,776 --> 00:24:47,529 Hmph. And it also sounds like that terrifies you. 353 00:24:48,863 --> 00:24:51,825 - Not as much as the T'Kal-in-ket. - Mm. 354 00:24:53,159 --> 00:24:54,494 You bit off a lot this time. 355 00:24:55,036 --> 00:24:56,621 I'm right. 356 00:24:56,705 --> 00:24:58,748 I know I'm right about this. 357 00:24:58,832 --> 00:25:00,166 The Burn. 358 00:25:01,126 --> 00:25:05,255 With your help, we can convince them to give us the SB-19 data. 359 00:25:07,173 --> 00:25:08,800 You won't convince them. 360 00:25:08,883 --> 00:25:12,637 The sisters of the Qowat Milat bind themselves to lost causes, 361 00:25:13,346 --> 00:25:16,516 and right now, there's no cause more lost than yours. 362 00:25:16,599 --> 00:25:17,892 No. No, no, no. 363 00:25:17,976 --> 00:25:22,105 The whole point of the T'Kal-in-ket is to hear facts and to use logic. 364 00:25:22,188 --> 00:25:25,442 - They'll see. - What they need to see. 365 00:25:26,443 --> 00:25:27,902 Just like the rest of us. 366 00:25:28,611 --> 00:25:32,657 N'Raj is a Romulan elder who longs for greater self-governance. 367 00:25:32,741 --> 00:25:36,036 V'Kir is the young leader of a sect of Vulcan purists. 368 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:39,789 Shira speaks for the Romulo-Vulcans who are trying to forge a new path here. 369 00:25:39,873 --> 00:25:44,002 They all have their own truths, facts and logic that are vying for air. 370 00:25:44,085 --> 00:25:46,379 Okay, then we appeal to V'Kir. 371 00:25:46,463 --> 00:25:49,966 A Vulcan purist must at least respond to logic. 372 00:25:52,552 --> 00:25:54,929 I'm here for you. I am your advocate. 373 00:25:55,597 --> 00:25:59,309 But I would be betraying my sacred duty if I didn't tell you the truth. 374 00:25:59,392 --> 00:26:02,187 You're walking in there with a lot of blind spots. 375 00:26:03,229 --> 00:26:05,857 The scarcity of dilithium was caused in part 376 00:26:05,940 --> 00:26:08,568 by the sheer size of the Federation. 377 00:26:09,402 --> 00:26:11,946 To solve that problem, it stretched member worlds 378 00:26:12,030 --> 00:26:14,199 beyond capacity and comfort. 379 00:26:14,949 --> 00:26:16,618 In its desire to serve the many, 380 00:26:16,701 --> 00:26:19,788 the Federation ignored the needs of the few. 381 00:26:20,455 --> 00:26:22,707 Did your ancestors not coin the phrase: 382 00:26:22,791 --> 00:26:25,502 "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few"? 383 00:26:25,585 --> 00:26:28,880 When the people of Vulcan welcomed the Romulans home, 384 00:26:28,963 --> 00:26:33,551 we were forced to confront centuries of mistrust and brutality on both sides. 385 00:26:33,635 --> 00:26:35,678 Over time and with much effort, 386 00:26:35,762 --> 00:26:40,100 we earned the wisdom to know when to let go of maxims and proverbs. 387 00:26:41,142 --> 00:26:45,647 Of course, but perhaps the Federation has acquired 388 00:26:46,189 --> 00:26:48,358 a newfound wisdom of its own. 389 00:26:50,735 --> 00:26:52,529 It has been my experience 390 00:26:53,029 --> 00:26:58,243 that we learn our greatest lessons when we pay a heavy price. 391 00:26:59,077 --> 00:27:03,790 You must admit, the Federation has paid most dearly. 392 00:27:08,753 --> 00:27:10,171 The T'Kal-in ket is this way. 393 00:27:42,203 --> 00:27:46,624 Thank you, quorum members and peers, N'Raj, Shira and V'Kir. 394 00:27:46,708 --> 00:27:49,294 Thank you, Qowat Milat Sister Gabrielle. 395 00:27:49,377 --> 00:27:53,089 Our purpose here is the excavation of truth, 396 00:27:54,215 --> 00:27:57,844 tested by the scientific rigors of logic and fact. 397 00:27:59,220 --> 00:28:01,973 So, let us begin with the facts. 398 00:28:02,056 --> 00:28:05,268 We've already received and reviewed the data around your presentation 399 00:28:05,351 --> 00:28:06,603 and found it lacking. 400 00:28:07,187 --> 00:28:09,898 I move to dismiss and end this quorum. 401 00:28:10,690 --> 00:28:13,359 But, Peer V'Kir, you have not fully heard me out. 402 00:28:13,443 --> 00:28:15,069 In deference to Ambassador Spock, 403 00:28:15,153 --> 00:28:17,280 I prefer not to speak in such terms to you. 404 00:28:17,822 --> 00:28:20,491 But I will point out the puerility in your findings. 405 00:28:20,575 --> 00:28:23,161 Ni'Var Science Institute has never disputed 406 00:28:23,244 --> 00:28:25,246 that there's a source of the Burn. 407 00:28:25,330 --> 00:28:27,040 If that is your new theory, 408 00:28:27,123 --> 00:28:29,292 there is no need to waste our time. 409 00:28:29,375 --> 00:28:31,586 But you think that the Burn started here. 410 00:28:31,669 --> 00:28:34,380 I have evidence that shows that cannot be true. 411 00:28:34,464 --> 00:28:36,966 How long has the Federation had evidence of this? 412 00:28:37,050 --> 00:28:39,427 A great deal of suffering may have been avoided. 413 00:28:39,510 --> 00:28:42,013 I uncovered this last bit of evidence only days ago. 414 00:28:42,096 --> 00:28:45,141 Her findings are based on fractions of microseconds 415 00:28:45,225 --> 00:28:48,519 on the Burn-destruction time stamps of three starships. 416 00:28:48,603 --> 00:28:52,398 Across thousands of light-years, those numbers could've been skewed. 417 00:28:52,482 --> 00:28:54,859 We have accounted for subatomic lensing. 418 00:28:54,943 --> 00:28:57,237 Her miniscule sample size is inconsequential 419 00:28:57,320 --> 00:29:00,406 compared to what the Ni'Var Science Institute has already collected. 420 00:29:00,490 --> 00:29:03,594 - Then why won't you share that data? - The data is sensitive in nature. 421 00:29:03,618 --> 00:29:06,496 We cannot risk it falling into the wrong hands. 422 00:29:06,579 --> 00:29:09,123 We cannot risk how the Federation may use it. 423 00:29:09,207 --> 00:29:11,292 Carrying the weight of responsibility for the Burn 424 00:29:11,376 --> 00:29:14,045 has created great hardship for our planet. 425 00:29:14,545 --> 00:29:16,256 - If they can prove... - Peer N'Raj, 426 00:29:16,339 --> 00:29:18,967 given the unrest in your own province, 427 00:29:19,050 --> 00:29:23,554 how can you dispute that knowledge in the wrong hands is a dangerous thing? 428 00:29:24,430 --> 00:29:27,600 And, Peer Shira, how many additional resources 429 00:29:27,684 --> 00:29:28,768 have the Vulcans spent 430 00:29:28,851 --> 00:29:32,146 quashing insurgencies in the Romulo-Vulcan regions? 431 00:29:33,106 --> 00:29:35,400 We cannot allow further unrest. 432 00:29:36,067 --> 00:29:38,695 Peer V'Kir, my brother would have found it illogical 433 00:29:38,778 --> 00:29:41,322 to sacrifice knowledge to avoid risk. 434 00:29:41,406 --> 00:29:43,741 She invokes her own brother in an effort 435 00:29:43,825 --> 00:29:46,494 to win us to her cause through emotional appeal. 436 00:29:46,577 --> 00:29:48,955 This is a forum for logic, Commander Burnham. 437 00:29:49,038 --> 00:29:52,709 If there is even a chance we aren't responsible for the Burn, 438 00:29:53,835 --> 00:29:57,672 we must join the investigation and share our evidence. 439 00:29:57,755 --> 00:30:02,760 I would be willing to consider that, but I'm not convinced of your motives. 440 00:30:02,844 --> 00:30:05,888 I want the truth. Nothing more. 441 00:30:06,723 --> 00:30:07,723 For whom? 442 00:30:08,516 --> 00:30:11,269 For the Federation or yourself? 443 00:30:12,687 --> 00:30:14,022 For all of us. 444 00:30:14,105 --> 00:30:17,025 This is immaterial and beyond the scope of this debate. 445 00:30:17,108 --> 00:30:21,529 I am the chair of this quorum, and I move to dismiss. 446 00:30:21,612 --> 00:30:24,115 Peer V'Kir has made a motion to dismiss. 447 00:30:24,657 --> 00:30:26,701 - Is there consensus? - There is not. 448 00:30:26,784 --> 00:30:28,411 I'll abstain at this time. 449 00:30:28,494 --> 00:30:32,832 Three quorum members, three opinions, no consensus. 450 00:30:32,915 --> 00:30:36,461 Let us take a moment to adjourn to be in our thoughts. 451 00:30:39,964 --> 00:30:42,175 None of these canisters should be empty. 452 00:30:42,258 --> 00:30:45,511 - Take them to the storage bay. Please. - Aye, commander. 453 00:30:45,595 --> 00:30:46,929 What's that look? 454 00:30:47,013 --> 00:30:48,473 I need to talk to you. 455 00:30:53,978 --> 00:30:57,190 Saru asked me to be his acting First Officer. 456 00:31:03,654 --> 00:31:07,867 So, that would make you my superior officer? 457 00:31:07,950 --> 00:31:08,950 Yeah. 458 00:31:10,536 --> 00:31:12,830 Position only, not in rank. 459 00:31:12,914 --> 00:31:16,751 Most of this crew has more experience than me, so... 460 00:31:17,877 --> 00:31:21,839 I guess I'm just, like, wondering, like, um, what you would think about... 461 00:31:24,675 --> 00:31:25,968 me taking it. 462 00:31:27,929 --> 00:31:31,682 Honestly, the notion of taking orders from you 463 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:34,352 is deeply, deeply weird. 464 00:31:34,435 --> 00:31:36,938 Almost, uh, disturbing. 465 00:31:38,606 --> 00:31:41,025 What's your ETA on recalibrating for the jump back? 466 00:31:41,109 --> 00:31:43,194 Tell Detmer to relax. I'll be ready. 467 00:31:43,277 --> 00:31:46,322 - I need to... - Yeah. I know. Thank you. Sorry. Thanks. 468 00:31:48,491 --> 00:31:50,910 V'Kir made up his mind before he set foot here. 469 00:31:50,993 --> 00:31:53,204 He believes he's protecting his homeworld. 470 00:31:53,287 --> 00:31:56,541 Engaging with you means moving closer to the Federation. 471 00:31:56,624 --> 00:31:58,918 He's weighing that as well. They all are. 472 00:31:59,001 --> 00:32:01,337 He claims to be a follower of Spock. 473 00:32:02,046 --> 00:32:06,008 - That means seeking the truth. - He opened himself up and spoke the truth. 474 00:32:06,092 --> 00:32:08,052 As did I. I'm being truthful. 475 00:32:08,136 --> 00:32:11,431 Not as truthful as you were with me about whether or not you fit here. 476 00:32:11,973 --> 00:32:14,267 - That's personal. - It's relevant. 477 00:32:14,851 --> 00:32:16,978 I thought you were advocating for me. 478 00:32:17,061 --> 00:32:18,438 What do you think I am doing? 479 00:32:18,521 --> 00:32:20,440 But this is a lost cause? Right? 480 00:32:20,523 --> 00:32:22,984 They are not the only audience in the room. 481 00:32:23,526 --> 00:32:25,695 You are Qowat Milat 482 00:32:27,113 --> 00:32:28,656 and you are my mother. 483 00:32:30,992 --> 00:32:34,954 Tell them that you know me. Tell them I can be trusted. 484 00:32:35,621 --> 00:32:36,621 I'm sorry. 485 00:32:37,123 --> 00:32:41,669 Based on what you're not telling them, you cannot be trusted. 486 00:32:50,761 --> 00:32:53,514 The T'Kal-in-ket resumes. 487 00:33:03,316 --> 00:33:04,316 I... 488 00:33:10,198 --> 00:33:13,242 I have presented data that I believe shows that the Burn 489 00:33:14,368 --> 00:33:16,287 was not caused by SB-19. 490 00:33:19,832 --> 00:33:21,876 However, it is true that... 491 00:33:24,295 --> 00:33:25,755 I cannot be sure. 492 00:33:31,552 --> 00:33:33,554 With humility, I ask for your help. 493 00:33:35,223 --> 00:33:38,601 And we are telling you that the SB-19 data 494 00:33:38,684 --> 00:33:41,562 definitively concludes that the Burn started here. 495 00:33:43,064 --> 00:33:44,398 Why don't you believe us? 496 00:33:44,482 --> 00:33:48,528 Commander Burnham, are you speaking on behalf of the Federation? 497 00:33:48,611 --> 00:33:50,696 Yes, I am. 498 00:33:50,780 --> 00:33:54,367 Then everything you say must be weighted with that fact. 499 00:33:54,450 --> 00:33:58,037 Ni'Var did not take the decision to leave the Federation lightly. 500 00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:02,333 You are asking us to trust that they will not use our data unwisely, 501 00:34:02,416 --> 00:34:05,711 that they will not resume the original experiment. 502 00:34:07,755 --> 00:34:09,298 That is a big ask. 503 00:34:09,382 --> 00:34:10,383 I know. 504 00:34:13,052 --> 00:34:14,762 But the Federation can be trusted. 505 00:34:17,390 --> 00:34:20,560 She's asking this quorum to take what she says on faith. 506 00:34:21,644 --> 00:34:24,480 She demands trust, while her own actions are cynical. 507 00:34:27,441 --> 00:34:30,486 I only seek to share information that can better both of our futures. 508 00:34:30,570 --> 00:34:32,363 And we should believe you? 509 00:34:33,406 --> 00:34:34,322 Yes. 510 00:34:34,323 --> 00:34:36,163 Because you are honest when you say 511 00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:39,287 the Federation has Ni'Var's best intentions at heart? 512 00:34:39,370 --> 00:34:40,370 Yes. 513 00:34:40,413 --> 00:34:44,458 But your own story is completely incongruous to those assertions. 514 00:34:44,542 --> 00:34:45,500 What? 515 00:34:45,501 --> 00:34:49,965 Didn't you mutiny against your friend and mentor, Captain Philippa Georgiou, 516 00:34:50,047 --> 00:34:51,757 at the Battle of the Binary Stars 517 00:34:51,841 --> 00:34:54,218 so you could deal with the Klingons as you saw fit? 518 00:34:54,302 --> 00:34:57,638 - Yes, but they... - Didn't she ultimately die in that battle? 519 00:35:00,516 --> 00:35:01,434 Yes. 520 00:35:01,435 --> 00:35:03,477 Less than 48 hours ago, 521 00:35:03,561 --> 00:35:06,731 you were relieved of your duty as First Officer again 522 00:35:06,814 --> 00:35:10,693 for disobeying yet another direct command from yet another captain. 523 00:35:11,319 --> 00:35:15,114 This is who the Federation sends us after nearly a century. 524 00:35:15,197 --> 00:35:18,659 And just moments ago, she shared her misgivings with me 525 00:35:18,743 --> 00:35:20,995 about whether or not she even belongs here. 526 00:35:21,078 --> 00:35:23,164 - Isn't that true? - It's not that simple. 527 00:35:23,247 --> 00:35:24,415 It is. 528 00:35:24,999 --> 00:35:26,208 So, I will ask again. 529 00:35:26,292 --> 00:35:28,044 Why does this quorum, 530 00:35:28,127 --> 00:35:33,883 why does anyone have any reason to trust you or the Federation? 531 00:35:42,266 --> 00:35:46,646 Distinguished Peers, let me speak truth to you because she is unable to. 532 00:35:47,229 --> 00:35:49,607 She did not have the childhood I would've wished for her. 533 00:35:50,149 --> 00:35:51,317 I orphaned her. 534 00:35:52,693 --> 00:35:55,738 She may have grown up here, but she was never Vulcan. 535 00:35:55,821 --> 00:35:58,699 She is human, through and through. 536 00:35:58,783 --> 00:36:02,244 And being human, she is governed by emotion 537 00:36:02,328 --> 00:36:05,665 and a desire to insinuate herself into certain matters of import 538 00:36:05,748 --> 00:36:07,583 to fill an emotional void. 539 00:36:07,667 --> 00:36:10,878 I maintain that that void has made her vulnerable to manipulation 540 00:36:10,961 --> 00:36:12,254 by the Federation. 541 00:36:12,338 --> 00:36:14,298 I am not being manipulated. 542 00:36:14,382 --> 00:36:17,885 Then you admit to letting them exploit the fact that you're Spock's sister? 543 00:36:17,968 --> 00:36:20,388 I would never disrespect my brother. You know that. 544 00:36:20,471 --> 00:36:23,933 Your methods and motives are clouded. Even to yourself. 545 00:36:24,016 --> 00:36:26,852 You demanded this quorum without resolving to be honest. 546 00:36:26,936 --> 00:36:31,023 You thought that I would not fulfill my duty to draw the truth from you 547 00:36:31,107 --> 00:36:32,316 because I am your mother. 548 00:36:34,068 --> 00:36:35,236 But you're mistaken. 549 00:36:38,364 --> 00:36:41,033 Fine. There are things I didn't willingly share. 550 00:36:41,117 --> 00:36:44,620 But as my Qowat Milat advocate, I demand that you confirm the truth. 551 00:36:44,704 --> 00:36:47,957 Didn't the Federation give me a mission and a purpose? 552 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:49,458 - Yes. - Didn't the Federation 553 00:36:49,542 --> 00:36:51,794 give me a place and a family? 554 00:36:51,877 --> 00:36:54,672 - Yes. - Didn't my crew and I risk our lives? 555 00:36:54,755 --> 00:36:58,300 And work together in the past to save all sentient life in the universe? 556 00:36:58,884 --> 00:36:59,927 That is true. 557 00:37:00,010 --> 00:37:03,764 And isn't it true that the only reason we are all sitting here today 558 00:37:03,848 --> 00:37:06,600 is because the Federation gave the U.S.S. Discovery 559 00:37:06,684 --> 00:37:09,478 the resources and the mandate to solve the biggest, 560 00:37:09,562 --> 00:37:12,064 most troublesome problems in the galaxy? 561 00:37:12,148 --> 00:37:13,190 Yes. 562 00:37:14,108 --> 00:37:17,903 Didn't you see all of us, imperfect and flawed as we all are, 563 00:37:17,987 --> 00:37:22,324 - still live up to its best ideals? - Yes, I did. 564 00:37:22,408 --> 00:37:25,244 So, I may question and I may fear 565 00:37:25,786 --> 00:37:28,038 because the problems often seem insurmountable. 566 00:37:28,122 --> 00:37:31,167 - But haven't we always risen to meet them? - Yes. 567 00:37:31,250 --> 00:37:34,545 Why don't you believe me when I say it is the greater good I am fighting for, 568 00:37:34,628 --> 00:37:37,089 that I have always been fighting for? 569 00:37:37,173 --> 00:37:40,134 Then why are you struggling with whether or not you belong here? 570 00:37:50,978 --> 00:37:51,979 I don't know. 571 00:37:55,024 --> 00:37:57,401 Maybe because the stakes are so much higher now. 572 00:38:01,197 --> 00:38:02,531 Everything is different. 573 00:38:04,825 --> 00:38:06,410 And every day, there's this fear, 574 00:38:08,037 --> 00:38:10,623 this fear that I'm doing it wrong. 575 00:38:13,793 --> 00:38:17,213 Like I'll destroy the people I love. 576 00:38:19,673 --> 00:38:21,884 What if I lose everything and everyone? 577 00:38:23,344 --> 00:38:25,513 After all we've sacrificed. 578 00:38:28,015 --> 00:38:29,015 I know. 579 00:38:33,062 --> 00:38:35,231 Now she speaks truthfully. 580 00:38:40,027 --> 00:38:41,737 I thank you for your candor, 581 00:38:42,655 --> 00:38:43,655 daughter. 582 00:38:44,782 --> 00:38:48,911 I appreciate your sentiments, but candor will not prevent another Burn. 583 00:38:49,578 --> 00:38:53,332 Our society only wants stability and peace. 584 00:38:53,415 --> 00:38:55,626 Peer V'Kir, we are to determine 585 00:38:55,709 --> 00:38:59,839 if we're going to share the SB-19 data based on scientific evidence. 586 00:38:59,922 --> 00:39:03,133 We are not here to decide what our society wants. 587 00:39:03,217 --> 00:39:05,135 Vulcans will choose whatever serves them best 588 00:39:05,219 --> 00:39:06,804 and insist it is only logical. 589 00:39:06,887 --> 00:39:09,640 If the Vulcans won't share their data, then the Romulans will. 590 00:39:12,309 --> 00:39:13,644 My brothers! 591 00:39:13,727 --> 00:39:15,437 Peer N'Raj, this is not the way. 592 00:39:15,521 --> 00:39:17,940 What way do you know? You sit in the middle, 593 00:39:18,023 --> 00:39:20,150 - trying to be everything and nothing. - Friends! 594 00:39:23,237 --> 00:39:25,656 This is not what my brother would have wanted. 595 00:39:26,782 --> 00:39:29,034 He revealed the connection between your cultures. 596 00:39:29,118 --> 00:39:30,995 I implore you, don't lose that. 597 00:39:31,078 --> 00:39:33,330 Clearly more tenuous than we'd realized. 598 00:39:34,456 --> 00:39:37,251 - Perhaps it is already lost. - No. 599 00:39:38,544 --> 00:39:39,753 No, it is not. 600 00:39:41,005 --> 00:39:44,008 Spock believed you could create something bigger than yourselves. 601 00:39:44,091 --> 00:39:45,759 That's what this quorum is. 602 00:39:46,552 --> 00:39:48,095 That's what Ni'Var is. 603 00:39:51,974 --> 00:39:53,309 That's what the Federation is. 604 00:39:55,936 --> 00:39:57,855 You represent the Federation, 605 00:39:59,148 --> 00:40:02,484 yet you invoke Ambassador Spock, who left it behind. 606 00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:08,240 Doesn't mean he didn't love it. Doesn't mean he wouldn't have returned. 607 00:40:09,867 --> 00:40:13,579 How and if he understood love is something we can never know. 608 00:40:15,122 --> 00:40:16,373 I think I might know. 609 00:40:23,756 --> 00:40:26,091 The Burn nearly destroyed the Federation. 610 00:40:28,302 --> 00:40:32,598 I will not add the peace of Ni'Var to its list of casualties. 611 00:40:38,938 --> 00:40:40,814 I withdraw my request. 612 00:40:45,611 --> 00:40:46,820 What about the data? 613 00:40:48,697 --> 00:40:49,697 I'll keep searching. 614 00:40:50,199 --> 00:40:52,868 I'll send whatever I find to the Ni'Var Science Institute. 615 00:40:52,952 --> 00:40:56,872 You can do with it what you want. I ask you for nothing. 616 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:04,797 But I am giving you my trust, as a member of Starfleet. 617 00:41:41,583 --> 00:41:42,583 Come in. 618 00:41:49,717 --> 00:41:51,635 I got where you were going back there. 619 00:41:53,512 --> 00:41:56,056 You could've picked a better time to do some parenting. 620 00:41:56,140 --> 00:41:58,100 Is this what you were like as a 12-year-old? 621 00:42:05,065 --> 00:42:08,444 You know, the first thing you told me after all this time... 622 00:42:11,155 --> 00:42:14,366 was that you didn't know how you fit in with your family anymore. 623 00:42:16,660 --> 00:42:20,581 Michael, you don't need to choose between the person you used to be 624 00:42:20,664 --> 00:42:22,291 and the person you are now. 625 00:42:23,292 --> 00:42:24,292 You shouldn't. 626 00:42:25,210 --> 00:42:27,337 Duty and joy go hand in hand. 627 00:42:27,421 --> 00:42:30,924 Duty is there so you can continue to pursue your happiness, 628 00:42:31,008 --> 00:42:32,342 and joy is there 629 00:42:33,260 --> 00:42:35,679 so that you have something real to fight for. 630 00:42:43,479 --> 00:42:44,480 So, what now? 631 00:42:45,230 --> 00:42:47,691 I told you there was another audience. 632 00:42:48,901 --> 00:42:52,488 When President T'Rina saw you, when you let her see you, 633 00:42:55,324 --> 00:42:58,535 she decided that trusting you was worth the risk. 634 00:43:07,294 --> 00:43:11,298 And she also said she wondered how much of the man Spock became 635 00:43:12,174 --> 00:43:14,676 was the result of who his sister was. 636 00:43:34,113 --> 00:43:36,323 You're staying on Ni'Var, aren't you? 637 00:43:37,449 --> 00:43:39,034 I can't be bound to you. 638 00:43:40,661 --> 00:43:42,329 You're not a lost cause. 639 00:43:44,748 --> 00:43:47,501 But I finally get a chance to say something to you 640 00:43:48,001 --> 00:43:50,921 that I've wanted to say for a very long time. 641 00:43:53,841 --> 00:43:56,301 You always know where to find me. 642 00:44:07,146 --> 00:44:08,272 You wanted to see me? 643 00:44:14,153 --> 00:44:16,280 - You told them? - Of course I told them. 644 00:44:16,780 --> 00:44:19,867 I... I haven't given an answer yet. 645 00:44:19,950 --> 00:44:21,034 Say yes. 646 00:44:21,618 --> 00:44:23,537 - But I... - Say yes. 647 00:44:24,204 --> 00:44:26,456 - Say yes. - Say yes. 648 00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:29,168 - Say yes. - Just say it! 649 00:44:31,753 --> 00:44:32,753 Really? 650 00:44:38,010 --> 00:44:40,554 - Why? - Because... 651 00:44:40,637 --> 00:44:45,267 we know you, and knowing you, we'd all follow you anywhere. 652 00:44:45,809 --> 00:44:47,686 Saru made the right choice. 653 00:44:48,604 --> 00:44:51,481 Well, I'm gonna need all of your help. 654 00:44:51,565 --> 00:44:57,321 Of course. But first, we'd like to present a list of grievances and requests. 655 00:44:57,404 --> 00:44:58,697 - Yes. - I need 656 00:44:58,780 --> 00:45:01,366 two weeks' leave on Earth. A place called Hawaii. 657 00:45:02,284 --> 00:45:04,703 Yeah, the head in my 'fresher's leaking, so... 658 00:45:04,786 --> 00:45:06,914 I'd like quarters with a window. 659 00:45:06,997 --> 00:45:10,918 I'd like you to assign someone to help me analyze all this SB-19 data. 660 00:45:11,001 --> 00:45:12,794 No. You got it? 661 00:45:12,878 --> 00:45:14,922 Oh! That's amazing! 662 00:45:18,592 --> 00:45:20,219 I really wanted to tell you... 663 00:45:20,302 --> 00:45:22,095 Oh, did I miss the cool "say yes" part? 664 00:45:23,805 --> 00:45:25,182 I'm sorry I'm late. 665 00:45:26,391 --> 00:45:29,436 - I just wanted your blessing. - No, you don't need that. 666 00:45:31,146 --> 00:45:32,731 How can I make it easier? 667 00:45:33,482 --> 00:45:34,524 You lead me. 668 00:45:37,611 --> 00:45:39,363 Wait, you mean, you're not leaving? 669 00:45:43,909 --> 00:45:45,452 I'm here for the duration. 670 00:45:55,629 --> 00:45:57,172 Commander Burnham, 671 00:45:57,256 --> 00:46:00,342 I want you to take that data to the science lab immediately. 672 00:46:00,425 --> 00:46:03,553 You are going to figure out what caused the Burn 673 00:46:03,637 --> 00:46:05,597 and help to rebuild the Federation. 674 00:46:05,681 --> 00:46:07,349 - Yeah. - Yes. Yes! 675 00:46:11,645 --> 00:46:12,646 We all will. 676 00:46:16,692 --> 00:46:19,653 Thought you were going to ask me to switch my bed to the other side. 677 00:46:19,736 --> 00:46:21,196 Yeah, no, that's happening. 678 00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:23,198 Oh, well, whatever you say, Number One. 679 00:46:26,118 --> 00:46:27,411 Thank you, captain. 680 00:46:28,245 --> 00:46:29,245 This has been... 681 00:46:30,414 --> 00:46:33,125 quite different from what I expected. 682 00:46:38,338 --> 00:46:39,673 That was a compliment. 683 00:46:41,341 --> 00:46:42,341 Ah. 684 00:46:43,218 --> 00:46:44,218 If I may... 685 00:46:46,096 --> 00:46:49,391 I understand the situation on Ni'Var is complex. 686 00:46:49,474 --> 00:46:52,102 Contemplating a future within the Federation 687 00:46:52,602 --> 00:46:55,105 may be premature at this time. 688 00:46:55,188 --> 00:46:56,188 However... 689 00:46:57,566 --> 00:46:58,817 I would very much appreciate 690 00:46:58,900 --> 00:47:02,237 the opportunity to continue our conversation. 691 00:47:02,321 --> 00:47:03,572 As would I. 692 00:47:04,656 --> 00:47:05,656 In time. 693 00:47:07,117 --> 00:47:08,618 Thank you, Madam President. 694 00:47:11,038 --> 00:47:13,540 Live long and prosper, Captain Saru. 695 00:47:33,810 --> 00:47:36,021 - You got the data, didn't you? - I did. 696 00:47:36,104 --> 00:47:37,689 And you're not leaving, are you? 697 00:47:38,732 --> 00:47:39,732 No. 698 00:47:47,616 --> 00:47:48,658 I belong here. 699 00:47:52,496 --> 00:47:53,497 With this crew. 700 00:47:57,292 --> 00:47:58,585 True believer, right? 701 00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:06,009 What does that mean for you? 702 00:48:10,430 --> 00:48:11,556 I don't know. 703 00:48:19,731 --> 00:48:21,191 You feel like home. 704 00:48:23,318 --> 00:48:24,318 So do you.