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"We come in peace."

We come in peace--
that's why we're here.

Isn't that the whole
idea of Starfleet?

Hey, I taught you that.

You don't trust me, Captain?

I trust you with my life,
Commander Burnham,

but it doesn't change the
fact that you're lost.

Very lost.

Technically, we would be lost.

How long until that storm

comes crashing down on us?

I estimate one hour,

17 minutes, 22 seconds.

Which is why I've made
sure we're not lost.

The map says the well
is this way, Captain.

This drought's going
to last 89 years.

The Crepusculans are facing
extinction as a species.

See those egg sacs?

Those are their offspring.

They've survived here for over
a thousand years, Michael.

Right, and if we don't
do something now,

they won't live another
thousand hours.

The ambient radiation

from a nearby drilling accident
dried out their water table.

If we can get in and out
without making contact,

we can steer clear of
General Order One.

And there is the well.

I stand corrected.

Ye of little faith.

Oh, never had a doubt.

Tell me what I need to break
through this bedrock.

.7-second field burst
at level setting 13.5.

Georgiou to Shenzhou.

Two to transport.

The storm is moving
faster than I thought.

The ship won't be able to
pick up our signatures.

Unless we can contact
Lieutenant Saru,

we could be trapped
here until it's over.

Let's take a walk.

Follow my footsteps,
Michael, even lines.

Why? Captain, where
are we going?

It's your turn to
trust me, Number One.

But now we're really lost.

We're far too small to be
seen with the naked eye.

And you can't set a
course without a star.

Is it wise to be heading

away from the village?

It's hard to imagine

you've served under
me for seven years.

I think it's time

that we talked about you
having your own command.

I'm grateful, Captain.

Though I would be
significantly more so

if I thought we had any chance
of ever returning to the ship.

Just keep walking, Michael.

What will you do

if you were stuck
here for 89 years?

A likely scenario--

unless we die here
in the desert.

But say you lived.

As a xenoanthropologist,
I could reveal myself

to the natives, learn
their culture,

try to fit in... if possible.

And you, Captain?

What will you do if we're
trapped here for 89 years?

That's easy. I'd escape.

These are our footprints.

You've walked us in a circle.

Not exactly a circle.

How did they find us?

I set a star.

First Officer's Log,
Stardate 1207.3.

On Earth, it's May 11, 2256,

a Sunday.

The crew of the U.S.S. Shenzhou

has been called to the
edge of Federation space

to investigate damage done to
one of our interstellar relays.

Blast burns around the
hole are inconclusive.

Were they caused
by an asteroid,

or was it
deliberately destroyed

to limit Starfleet
communications?

And if so, by whom?

Despite the risks
of our mission,

I remain optimistic.

It's hard not to be in
the face of such beauty--

in this case, a
binary star system.

Around these two suns,

ice, dust and gasses collide

to form the planets future
generations will call home.

A humbling reminder
that all life

is born from chaos
and destruction.

Based on initial readings,

I would say the
relay doesn't appear

to have been damaged naturally.

I don't like the look of that.

Well, keep looking.

Well, the comment
was figurative;

I'm expressing concern.

Finish your scans so you
can express facts instead.

The bridge is yours, Mr. Saru.

Yes...

Commander.

Yes, Number One.

Your chief science
officer is worried.

Something took a bite
out of our relay.

Saru thinks it was malicious.

Saru's Kelpien-- he thinks
everything's malicious.

What do you think?

Any idea what it is?

By all indications,
nothing intelligent.

But...?

Starfleet's reputation for
tech hygiene is exemplary.

When a relay goes down,

the Federation sends
a ship to fix it.

You think someone's trying
to get our attention?

If they are, they have.

Lieutenant Saru,
what do we have?

Ah. I have taken the
initiative of keeping us

at maximum scanning distance

in case of anything threatening
out there, Captain.

Yes. Number One tells me
you suspect foul play.

Despite the first
officer's constant need

to dismiss my ideas...

She apparently agrees with you.

Really?

I'm shocked as well.

Ensign Connor,

agreement between
my senior officers.

Note the date and time.

Noted, Captain.

Is this amount of sarcasm

always necessary?

Necessary? No.

But I do like it.

There is something
else out there.

What do you have, Saru?

Recalibrating sensors.

Electronic alignment in process.

Active scans are
being deflected.

I'm having trouble
locating the source.

So something's out there,

but no one can tell me
where or what it is.

Ah, wait.

I have it.

No. Recalibrating.

Any time now, Mr. Saru.

I have it.

Magnify.

Is that what damaged our relay?

What am I looking at?

Object of unknown origin.

Let's get more specific.

I'm unable to bring
it into focus.

Number One?

Range is 2,000 kilometers.

Bearing 358 mark 269.

Roughly 150 meters long, tucked
into that accretion disk.

Almost directly below us.

It's in a sensor dead zone.

Some kind of scattering field is
confounding the ship's ability

to translate the image.

As science officer,

I can provide a far more
concrete and in-depth analysis

than simply reading
data off a monitor.

But considering it's scrambling
our optical processors,

how are we going to
be able to see it?

Thoughts, Number One?

With such little data, I'd
prefer not to speculate.

Oh, I will. It's lurking.

The scattering field it's
emitting suggests intent.

We see something we
don't understand

and instantly cast judgment?

Maybe it's lost.

Maybe it's afraid to
show us its whole self.

Hiding, but maybe
hoping to be found.

Here we are, speculating.

I respectfully recommend
we leave it alone.

I'm not sure we
have much choice.

We can't lock on to it, and
we don't have a shuttle

maneuverable enough
to navigate the ring.

I'll go.

All I need is a thruster pack.

With the high
levels of radiation

kicking off those binaries,
she'll have 20 minutes

until her DNA starts to
unravel like noodles.

Like noodles?

I'll be back in 19. A flyby.

It seems a waste of the ship's

resources. What will be gained?

You do understand
that being afraid

of everything means
you learn nothing.

There's no opportunity
to discover,

to explore.

And here I thought

we were doing a deep-space
communication relay audit.

You're both right.

Saru, go with her.

Captain!

Captain!

Best to keep variables

to a minimum. I wouldn't want

to put my colleague at risk.

And you, Mr. Saru,
are you equally

happy not to be put at risk?

Oh, on any occasion, Captain.

You realize,

once you reach that
scattering field,

you could be cut off
from all communication.

We've come all
this way, Captain.

It would be... irresponsible

to leave whatever
that is unknown.

Just a flyby.

Just a flyby.

Commencing airlock

depressurization sequence.

Commander Burnham, this
is Ensign Danby Connor.

On behalf of Captain
Georgiou and the entire crew

of the U.S.S. Shenzhou,

we'd like to welcome
you to flight 819

with non-stop service to the
"object of unknown origin."

The temperature outside is a
brisk minus-260 degrees Celsius.

We are forecasting
some mild debris,

but anticipate a smooth ride.

This is Commander Burnham.

Commencing
reconnaissance mission

to field void and
unknown object.

Data collection is
on and nominal.

All lights are green.

Establishing interlink frequency

with Commander Burnham's EV.

Channel clear...

and ready to transmit.

Confirming six-second
directional thrust

for saucer realignment.

Commencing final
prelaunch system checks.

nominal.

Oxygen/nitrogen
saturation: nominal.

nominal.

active.

Filters at 0.01% saturation.

Preflight checklist complete.

The object is 2,000
kilometers...

Computer, enable igniter.

Ten seconds to
thruster ignition.

Ten, nine, eight,

seven, six, five,

four, three, two, one.

Body scan on line, heart rate

79 and rising, BP 130/70.

That's a little
elevated for her.

She's having fun.

Almost to the debris
field, Captain.

Understood.

Michael, watch your time.

19 minutes, not a
nanosecond longer.

Aye, Captain.

I'm fully aware.

Boost signal.

Unable to comply.
Scattering field.

It must be interfering
with comms.

Mission clock at 17 minutes,

30 seconds.

Interference is starting

to degrade resolution.

Routing additional power

to subspace antenna.

Distance to object
1,000 kilometers...

Shenzhou, do you copy?

...and closing.

Shenzhou, do you copy?

Implementing automatic
course correction.

Hello.

Shenzhou, are you
able to see this?

Michael, can you hear me?
Acknowledge.

Michael? Can you hear me?

Acknowledge.

There's just too
much interference.

Shenzhou, do you copy?

Data Collection Unit,
are you there?

Internal computer on line.

Good. Mission time?

12 minutes, 58 seconds.

Plenty of time to take a peek.

Even from this distance,
it's clearly not debris.

12 minutes and 48 seconds
until maximum radiation

exposure.

The commander is less than ten
meters from the outermost

edge of the scattering field.

I can't remember who
said sculptures are

crystallized spirituality.

Headlamp.

But I see what they meant.

This is Burnham in the blind.

I'm above the object,
which is old.

Centuries old.

It's difficult to tell if it
was constructed or carved.

The only word to effectively
describe it is...

wow.

But I'll try to be more precise.

Its surface has the
appearance of stone

with an exoskeleton
of metal alloy.

Incredibly intricate.

The construction and design are
nothing short of astounding.

I wish you could see
what I'm seeing.

It is sublime.

It's impossible to discern
a practical purpose.

Going to land on it,
get a closer look.

Nice and easy.

Hold on.

My presence has triggered
some sort of motion response.

ten minutes, 15 seconds.

Warning. Proximity alert.

Scanning for database
recognition.

Klingon.

I'm Commander Burnham

of the United Federation of....

Still no sign of
Commander Burnham.

Mission clock

runs out in 15 seconds.

There's still too
much interference.

Initiating...

I have Number One.

Telemetry only.

Blood pressure is
70 and falling.

She won't make it unless
we get her back now.

Transporter Control.

Do we have her, Mr. Weeton?

Pattern integrity's
too weak, Captain.

Saru, get a lock on her.
Boost her signal.

Captain, there is no signal.

You better get me a signal.

Remotely fire her jetpack.

She's off line.

She's floating free.

Engineering. Tractor beam?

Can't get a lock. We're
running manual calculations.

The scattering field is
still a problem, Captain.

We can't transport her
until she clears it.

She'll soon exhibit symptoms

of acute radiation syndrome.

She's not gonna
last much longer.

Hang on.

...Shenzhou, please respond.

Commander Burnham?

Commander, please respond.

Control to Commander Burnham.

Commander, do you read?

Please respond.

Pupil Burnham.

Pupil Burnham.

...14 solar years.

Klingon social order rests upon?

Inviolable honor/shame dynamic.

Correct. Klingon
homeworld Qo'noS.

Unwelcoming to the Federation.

Correct. Klingon
political order.

24 great houses.

Correct. Location of the most
recent Klingon terror raid.

Unacceptable duration between
query and correct response.

Number of survivors at the
Human-Vulcan science outpost

at Doctari Alpha.

Unacceptable duration between
query and correct response.

Number of survivors
at Doctari Alpha.

No.

Unacceptable response.

Number of survivors...

Please.

Stop!

Program paused.

Sarek.

I'm sorry.

I can do better.

When emotion brings us
ghosts from the past,

only logic can root
us in the present.

Maybe I can try to learn Vulcan.

To be quicker with my answers.

Your human tongue
is not the problem.

It is your human heart.

Good. You're awake.

I was dreaming.

Oh? What about?

Klingons.

How did I get here?

We transported you back
aboard three hours ago.

Three hours?

Antiproton therapy
regimen incomplete.

Session terminated prematurely.

Commander, what are you doing?

There's no time.

Commander, wait. The
recombination process

is nowhere near finished.

I need you back in the
antiproton chamber.

Do you understand the effect
of genetic unspooling?

You don't want to die that way.

Commander!

The binaries are kicking off

serious QEs up and
down the spectrum.

Targeting gets hot, but I still

can't tell what I'm
grabbing onto.

I want to know what's
out there, people.

Okay, let's go around the
horn again, by the numbers.

What's going on?

Number One, you
should be in sickbay.

What...

Have they made contact?

Who's "they"?

There are Klingons out there.

We need to go to red alert.

Michael.

Almost no one has seen a
Klingon in a hundred years.

I have. One attacked
me on that object.

Check my helmet cam.

The footage was corrupted.

Internal sensors show that the
commander has entered the bridge

in an irradiated state.

Without immediate treatment,

her condition will most
certainly be terminal.

He was warrior caste.

His-his EV suit bore a
Klingon house insignia.

She also has a
grade-three concussion.

I'm not delusional.

This has nothing to
do with a concussion.

Philippa...

...there are Klingons.

Red alert.

Tell me what happened.

He ambushed me.

I hit my thruster
pack to get away.

I somehow knocked
him into his blade.

I killed him.

But that object could be hiding
a Klingon raiding party,

obscured behind that
scattering field.

If there are Klingons
in this sector,

they may be responsible for
the damage to our relay.

If there are Klingons
in this sector,

we should withdraw immediately.

This is Federation space.

Retreat is not an option.

Whatever is over there

needs to show itself.

If it's hiding Klingons,
we've got to flush them out.

Target phase cannons
on the object.

We cannot destroy another
culture's property on a whim.

I didn't say anything
about destroying it.

Let's make them think
we're going to attack.

Target the object.

We're locked on.

Something is scanning us.

They've detected our
weapons signature.

Wait.

Impossible.

No warp signatures
detected, Captain.

Then where did they come from?

Mr. Gant, disengage
phase-cannon targeting.

Number One, get to sickbay.

I need you fixed up and
back on the bridge, stat.

Mr. Januzzi, contact
Starfleet Command.

Send an encoded message.

Tell them we have
engaged the Klingons.

Unidentified Klingon vessel,

this is the Federation
Starship Shenzhou.

Please respond.

Unidentified Klingon vessel,

this is the Federation Starship Shenzhou.
Please respond.

Unidentified Klingon vessel,

this is the Federation Starship Shenzhou.
Please respond.

Unidentified Klingon vessel,

this is the Federation
Starship Shenzhou.

Please respond.

Is there any chance
they can't hear us?

You're transmitting on every
subspace channel there is.

Your orders, Commander?

Any response?

None.

Commander, there is something

I'd like to show you.

Their hull is covered in hollow,
ornamental, metallic pods,

thousands of them,
tightly interlocked,

forming a kind of... armor.

Not the most efficient defense.

I suspect its purpose is more
symbolic than practical.

They contain Klingon
biological material

in various states of decay.

Remote dating is
wildly divergent.

Some bones date back
thousands of years,

others only hours old.

Their entire ship is
covered with coffins.

Commander, the captain
listens to you.

Tell her.

We must withdraw.

I'm afraid that's
no longer possible.

Your world has food chains.

Mine does not.

Our species map is binary.

We are either predator or prey.

My people were hunted.

Bred. Farmed.

We are your livestock of old.

We were biologically
determined for one purpose

and one purpose alone:

to sense the coming of death.

I sense it coming now.

The Klingon flagship
has a stealth mode.

It's some kind of
cloaking screen,

unlike anything we've
ever seen, Admiral.

There may be more vessels
out there than we know.

We've reached out
with every form

of friendship greeting
Starfleet has.

They're blocking our hails.

Uh, it feels like a setup.

Maybe our relay got too
close for Klingon comfort,

and they destroyed it
to lure us out here.

You remember my first officer

Michael Burnham?

Next time, you might
try not disturbing

the property of a warrior race

we've hardly spoken to
for a hundred years.

Our only choice now is to
navigate this situation

with as much finesse
as possible.

Admiral, if I may.

The ideal outcome for any
Klingon interaction is battle.

They're relentlessly
hostile, sir.

It's in their nature.

The Federation and
the Klingon Empire

have always been on
the cold side of war.

We've had only fleeting run-ins
with them for a century.

And now you presume

to know their motivation

because it is "in their nature"?

Considering your
background, I would think

you're the last person to make
assumptions based on race.

With respect, it would be unwise
to confuse race and culture.

The Europa and all fleet
vessels within range

will be at your
coordinates in two hours.

Hold your position.

Do nothing absent
provocation, understood?

Understood, Admiral.

Signal terminated.

That went well.

What's the mood outside?

Saru is the only one talking.

He strongly believes
we should about-face.

There is a space station
at Eagle-Twelve,

three light-years away.

The Andorian colony at
Gamma-Hydra is six.

Shenzhou is their only line of
defense if the Klingons attack.

Not if... when.

I have to hope that
whatever happens here

can serve as a bridge
between our civilizations.

That's the diplomat
in you talking.

What does the soldier say?

Nothing good.

Captain to the bridge.

Status?

Massive photonic activity on
the Klingon object, Captain.

Output is over one billion
lumens per square meter.

Optical sensors overloading.

Bring plasmatic filters on line.

Rerouting power.

Is that a weapon?

It seems to be some
sort of signal emitter.

Where are my filters?

They're at 100%, Captain.

Initiating emergency shutdown.

That noise is some kind of

electromagnetic
subspace wave-form.

Narrowing channel range.

Adjusting orientation
to minimize dispersal.

Somebody turn it down.

Aye, Captain.

All the way down.

Acoustics are muted.

That's the ship's superstructure
in sympathetic vibration.

It's a signal pulse.

Is there a message?

This may be the message.

Captain, what if they're calling
for the same thing we are?

Backup.

Long-range sensors to
the maximum, Saru.

If more Klingons
are on their way,

I want as much
notice as possible.

Permission to leave
the bridge, Captain?

Are you kidding?

It's relevant.

Granted.

Ensign, get me a status
report, deck by deck.

Aye, Captain.

Computer.

Working.

Open dedicated subspace
channel 222AA7.

Use of this frequency requires

diplomatic authorization.

Voiceprint authorize.

Burnham... Michael.

Confirmed.

Commander Burnham.

Hello, Sarek.

I'm happy to see you.

So many years.

And still you allow
emotional considerations

to impede your logic.

They inform my logic.

I need your help.

I assume the timing of the
call was not coincidental.

The quadrant reports a
new star in the sky.

What have you done out there, on
the edge of Federation space?

We've encountered the Klingons.

How rare to meet one's
own demons in the flesh.

I killed one.

In light of the fact that
they killed your parents,

some might think that only fair.

However,

if a death was necessary,

I am satisfied it was not yours.

I'm most certain you did not
call me for emotional solace.

We're facing off.

No fire has been exchanged.

But they didn't
turn on that beacon

until Starfleet was on
its way to our position.

I think they're summoning
more of their kind.

An odd proposition given
that their empire

has been in disarray
for generations.

But you are describing
something out of the ordinary.

Restraint in the
face of conflict.

When a civilization acts in
opposition to its instincts,

it may be under the influence
of something, or someone, new.

Great unifiers are
few and far between,

but they do come.

Often, such leaders will
need a profound cause

for their followers
to rally around.

A war.

Be very careful that
your assumptions

are not being driven
by your past.

This isn't about what
happened, Sarek.

It's what's happening now.

How did the Vulcans achieve
diplomatic relations

with the Klingons?

That is a solution
particular to us.

One cannot assume it would work
on a ship commanded by humans.

Sarek... please.

I caution you, be considered

with how you use
this information.

You cannot save lives that
have already been lost.

Tell me.

How did you keep the
Klingons at bay?

Engineering, report.

Internal damage, negative.

Core is 100%.

Captain, we have
to fire on them.

Hit that ship with
everything we've got.

Absolutely not. They
haven't powered weapons.

They don't appear to
pose an imminent threat.

The Klingon threat is always
imminent and inevitable.

Tactical log's ready.

Thank you, Mr. Gant.

I'd like to remind you,
we're wildly outgunned.

240 years ago, near H'Atoria,

a Vulcan ship crossed
into Klingon space.

The Klingons attacked
immediately.

They destroyed the vessel.

Vulcans don't make the
same mistake twice.

From then on, until formal
relations were established,

whenever the Vulcans crossed
paths with Klingons,

the Vulcans fired first.

They said "hello" in a language
the Klingons understood.

Violence brought respect.

Respect brought peace.

Captain. We have to give the
Klingons a Vulcan "hello."

If their intention is to attack,

balling up our fists
won't dissuade them.

It would be logical for
you to take into account

my success rate during our
seven years together,

and execute my plan
without further challenge

before we're dragged into war.

Starfleet doesn't fire first.

That's all, Number One.

We have to.

In my ready room. Now.

Lieutenant Commander,
you have the bridge.

Yes, Captain.

Computer, privacy.

Captain...

How dare you challenge me?

I apologize for my
insubordination.

Don't you realize that kind of
talk can destabilize a crew?

Don't underestimate them.

I've overseen their exercises;

they're ready for battle.

Battle is not a simulation.

It's blood and screams
and funerals.

I taught you better than this.

We don't start
shooting on a hunch,

and we don't take innocent lives.
Period.

I understand your history
with the Klingons.

My commitment to this
course of action

is not emotional.

We target its neck,
cut off its head...

You're still injured.

You're not thinking clearly...

Thousands of lives

will be lost because
of failure to act.

Whose lives?

Victims of your imaginary war?

And your life, Captain.

Yours.

Stand down, Commander Burnham.

That's an order.

You're right.

I may not be myself.

Easy, Michael.

I'm sorry.

You're relieved, Mr. Saru.

Where is the captain?

I provided her
with Klingon intel

from a personal
source on Vulcan.

She's passing it to the admiral.

Weapons, slot a pair of
photon torpedoes in the tubes

and compute a firing solution

targeting the neck of
that Klingon ship.

Is the plan to fire on
the Klingons, Commander?

We have to be ready in case
that's what the captain decides.

Are you acting on the
captain's orders?

I'm your superior officer.

We are in a high-risk scenario.

Question chain of command
again and I'll remove you.

Commander. It's just...

Your breathing is elevated.

Perspiration's visible
at your hairline.

I fear what you are doing

betrays the wishes
of our captain.

Target phasers.

Take your station, Commander.

This is mutiny.

Move, Saru. Tactical.

We're locked on.

Fire!

Belay that order!

Captain, please.

I'm trying to save you.

I'm trying to save all of you.

Stand down.

Captain! Incoming!

Warp signatures detected.

Is it Starfleet?

No.

Those ships are Klingon.

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