1 00:00:34,990 --> 00:00:37,124 - No! - Mama? 2 00:00:52,790 --> 00:00:55,316 Hey. Hello, Little Fish. 3 00:00:56,185 --> 00:00:57,491 Anisha Mir, 4 00:00:57,579 --> 00:01:00,320 you will be placed in a rehabilitation camp. 5 00:01:00,494 --> 00:01:02,844 Ha! 6 00:01:03,018 --> 00:01:05,587 Y-You said you'd help me. 7 00:01:05,716 --> 00:01:07,545 A Federation officer died, Ms. Mir. 8 00:01:09,504 --> 00:01:11,070 What's gonna happen to my son? 9 00:01:11,245 --> 00:01:13,203 He'll become a ward of the Federation. 10 00:01:13,334 --> 00:01:14,725 Oh, yes. 11 00:01:14,813 --> 00:01:16,902 Don't trust them! Trust me. 12 00:01:17,033 --> 00:01:18,164 I love you! 13 00:01:22,168 --> 00:01:24,084 Hello, Ms. Mir. 14 00:01:24,213 --> 00:01:25,694 This is the Athena... 15 00:01:25,823 --> 00:01:27,956 Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom. 16 00:01:28,043 --> 00:01:29,914 - You're just recovering-- - Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom. 17 00:01:30,045 --> 00:01:32,569 No! We can't be here. No, we can't be here. 18 00:01:32,700 --> 00:01:34,093 - It's okay. - I-I don't know 19 00:01:34,222 --> 00:01:36,008 what she told you but we have to leave. 20 00:01:36,096 --> 00:01:37,227 - Ms. Mir. - No. How can we leave? 21 00:01:37,401 --> 00:01:38,445 - We have to leave. - Ms. Mir. 22 00:01:38,620 --> 00:01:40,228 - We have a situation. - No! 23 00:01:40,359 --> 00:01:42,319 No! 24 00:01:42,450 --> 00:01:44,146 No. 25 00:01:45,627 --> 00:01:47,716 Captain, I was able 26 00:01:47,890 --> 00:01:51,502 to punch a subspace comms hole through Braka's wall of death. 27 00:01:51,633 --> 00:01:54,114 I can get Admiral Vance and Lura for two minutes if we're lucky. 28 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:56,027 Under any other circumstances, 29 00:01:56,158 --> 00:01:59,162 I would give you a ship of your own to go wherever you want. 30 00:01:59,293 --> 00:02:01,164 Caleb too, if that's his choice. 31 00:02:01,251 --> 00:02:02,817 But right now, 32 00:02:02,905 --> 00:02:06,037 it's only a matter of time before Nus Braka finds us 33 00:02:06,168 --> 00:02:08,084 and shoots us out of the sky. 34 00:02:12,348 --> 00:02:16,223 Please come with me to the bridge. 35 00:02:22,359 --> 00:02:24,187 Is the Athena the only Starfleet vessel 36 00:02:24,274 --> 00:02:26,711 - outside this thing? - You are. 37 00:02:26,884 --> 00:02:29,104 Our analysis confirms that the wall is made up 38 00:02:29,235 --> 00:02:30,671 of hundreds of individual mines, 39 00:02:30,801 --> 00:02:34,283 each containing a single particle of Omega-47, 40 00:02:34,457 --> 00:02:36,417 and each surrounded by an energy field 41 00:02:36,546 --> 00:02:37,983 that will detonate the mines if breached. 42 00:02:38,114 --> 00:02:40,855 The energy fields are overlapping 43 00:02:40,985 --> 00:02:43,250 and we couldn't find an opening. 44 00:02:43,379 --> 00:02:46,252 If Nus detonates the entire wall, what's the blast yield? 45 00:02:46,340 --> 00:02:49,168 80,000 cubic light-years of space destroyed. 46 00:02:49,299 --> 00:02:52,520 We estimate 240 inhabited planets within the blast area 47 00:02:52,606 --> 00:02:57,133 will be immediately affected and at least 160 billion dead. 48 00:02:59,048 --> 00:03:00,745 It'll be worse than the Burn. 49 00:03:00,876 --> 00:03:02,616 What about Discovery? 50 00:03:02,747 --> 00:03:05,489 Can they jump the perimeter through the mycelial network? 51 00:03:05,663 --> 00:03:08,840 No, the fields are synchronized on a subspace frequency. 52 00:03:08,926 --> 00:03:11,060 A jump might trigger a detonation. 53 00:03:11,191 --> 00:03:14,236 Nahla, what is your current complement? 54 00:03:14,367 --> 00:03:16,456 Commander Reno, The Doctor, myself, 55 00:03:16,544 --> 00:03:18,849 six first-year cadets... 56 00:03:21,157 --> 00:03:23,507 Commander Thok, Admiral Vance, 57 00:03:23,638 --> 00:03:28,076 this is Anisha Mir, Caleb Mir's mother. 58 00:03:28,860 --> 00:03:30,645 Ms. Mir... 59 00:03:30,731 --> 00:03:32,385 Save it. I'm taking my son 60 00:03:32,515 --> 00:03:33,691 and I'm getting us both off this ship 61 00:03:33,822 --> 00:03:34,865 as soon as it's safe. 62 00:03:34,997 --> 00:03:37,564 Ms. Mir, I understand you... 63 00:03:37,694 --> 00:03:38,956 Captain, we're losing them. 64 00:03:39,087 --> 00:03:41,002 Admiral, is there any intelligence 65 00:03:41,133 --> 00:03:42,787 on what Braka's thinking? 66 00:03:42,918 --> 00:03:44,353 There must be chatter. 67 00:03:44,527 --> 00:03:46,442 We're hearing he's trying to organize a coalition 68 00:03:46,574 --> 00:03:49,140 of some sort of mutual protection pact. 69 00:03:49,271 --> 00:03:51,491 A cartel of non-member worlds. 70 00:03:51,622 --> 00:03:54,843 Free to pillage any planet under threat of Omega-47. 71 00:03:54,973 --> 00:03:56,888 I've transmitted all Omega data, 72 00:03:56,974 --> 00:03:58,412 including classified files. 73 00:03:58,586 --> 00:04:01,502 Our analysts believe that the energy fields 74 00:04:01,632 --> 00:04:03,155 surrounding the mines are controlled 75 00:04:03,286 --> 00:04:05,549 by a single subspace signal, 76 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:07,550 but we can't locate it from behind the wall. 77 00:04:07,681 --> 00:04:09,292 Athena could. 78 00:04:09,423 --> 00:04:12,076 If we find and isolate that signal, 79 00:04:12,207 --> 00:04:14,992 we could jam it, bring the whole thing down. 80 00:04:15,123 --> 00:04:16,733 Braka isn't stupid. 81 00:04:16,821 --> 00:04:18,867 If that signal controls his operation, 82 00:04:18,997 --> 00:04:20,824 it's gonna be rigged with a fail-safe. 83 00:04:20,999 --> 00:04:23,827 Any interference and the entire wall could blow. 84 00:04:24,002 --> 00:04:26,656 She's right. We have to take control 85 00:04:26,788 --> 00:04:28,615 of the signal without disrupting it 86 00:04:28,745 --> 00:04:30,834 to shut down those mines. There's no other way. 87 00:04:30,966 --> 00:04:33,925 Do it. Contact us again as soon as you-- 88 00:04:34,012 --> 00:04:36,014 Incoming warp signatures! 89 00:04:36,187 --> 00:04:38,581 Venari Ral. At least six vessels. 90 00:04:38,755 --> 00:04:40,279 Warp drive isn't responding. 91 00:04:40,408 --> 00:04:42,759 There's a plasma leak. No time to lock it down. 92 00:04:42,891 --> 00:04:45,588 Red Alert, shields up, evasive maneuvers. 93 00:04:45,762 --> 00:04:46,894 Keep 'em off us. 94 00:04:46,981 --> 00:04:48,810 Everybody else, hold on. 95 00:05:05,216 --> 00:05:07,959 Maintain power to shields. If they drop, he'll scan us 96 00:05:08,089 --> 00:05:10,483 and Braka will know he's up against a skeleton crew. 97 00:05:12,702 --> 00:05:14,661 Shields are down to 80% and falling. 98 00:05:14,836 --> 00:05:17,752 Reno, gather up all the cadets and hide them in Airlock B. 99 00:05:17,882 --> 00:05:20,536 Kraag and Sadal went undetected for hours in there 100 00:05:20,624 --> 00:05:22,233 by increasing the pressure. 101 00:05:22,322 --> 00:05:24,062 - You too, Ms. Mir. - You're going to need a reason 102 00:05:24,192 --> 00:05:26,151 to be outside of Federation space. 103 00:05:26,281 --> 00:05:27,891 A reason that Braka will believe. 104 00:05:28,023 --> 00:05:29,894 And he thinks I'm dead, so I might 105 00:05:30,024 --> 00:05:32,461 distract him for a couple minutes. 106 00:05:32,636 --> 00:05:34,072 Cadet Mir, 107 00:05:34,202 --> 00:05:35,944 - you're with Reno. - No, I'm not leaving you, Mom. 108 00:05:36,074 --> 00:05:39,338 No. Go, Caleb. He'll only use you to hurt me. 109 00:05:43,865 --> 00:05:45,562 Energizing. 110 00:05:46,781 --> 00:05:49,913 Do you know how to operate a tactical panel? 111 00:05:51,612 --> 00:05:53,004 Take that station and tell me 112 00:05:53,134 --> 00:05:55,310 if you see incoming transporter signals. 113 00:05:55,442 --> 00:05:57,704 If anything happens to my son, I'm gonna kill you. 114 00:05:57,879 --> 00:06:01,665 If anything happens to your son, you'll be doing me a favor. 115 00:06:06,757 --> 00:06:08,932 Okay. You might be hiding in here for a while, 116 00:06:09,064 --> 00:06:11,326 so remember, tiny sips of air. 117 00:06:11,500 --> 00:06:14,329 You may feel dizzy or off-balance 118 00:06:14,461 --> 00:06:16,026 since the air pressure is rising. 119 00:06:16,113 --> 00:06:18,725 If you have shortness of breath, take down the pressure a notch. 120 00:06:18,855 --> 00:06:22,903 Also, don't leave the airlock until I sound the all-clear. 121 00:06:23,033 --> 00:06:26,386 Increasing airlock pressure by 0.029%. 122 00:06:43,314 --> 00:06:45,055 What I said earlier on Ukeck... 123 00:06:45,143 --> 00:06:46,362 You're wasting your breath. 124 00:06:48,930 --> 00:06:50,757 And ours. 125 00:06:59,723 --> 00:07:00,942 Plasma leak detected. 126 00:07:01,072 --> 00:07:02,117 Sensors coming back on line. 127 00:07:02,290 --> 00:07:03,726 Assessing structural damage. 128 00:07:03,901 --> 00:07:05,163 We just lost our shields. 129 00:07:05,293 --> 00:07:07,470 Reno, make that plasma leak worse. 130 00:07:07,557 --> 00:07:10,298 Uh, we don't normally do that, but okay. 131 00:07:10,473 --> 00:07:13,257 Incoming transports, three, two... 132 00:07:13,389 --> 00:07:14,694 one. 133 00:07:17,218 --> 00:07:19,002 Come on, who you kidding? 134 00:07:19,177 --> 00:07:21,615 It was always gonna be me in this chair. 135 00:07:25,574 --> 00:07:29,579 Oh, my stars. 136 00:07:31,276 --> 00:07:32,973 Can it be? 137 00:07:33,148 --> 00:07:35,629 My two best gals? 138 00:07:35,759 --> 00:07:39,327 Anisha! Well, you're alive! 139 00:07:39,415 --> 00:07:41,807 Like Lazarus! But shorter. 140 00:07:41,939 --> 00:07:43,898 And a girl. 141 00:07:43,985 --> 00:07:47,117 Well, I, uh, I admit, I'm surprised. 142 00:07:47,204 --> 00:07:49,903 But not really. I mean, what does surprise me 143 00:07:49,990 --> 00:07:52,341 is just seeing you here with her. 144 00:07:54,211 --> 00:07:55,865 Nothing to say? 145 00:07:55,997 --> 00:07:57,564 Hmm? Hmm? 146 00:07:57,737 --> 00:07:59,783 Oh, you were awfully chatty when I busted you 147 00:07:59,913 --> 00:08:01,218 out of prison two years ago. 148 00:08:01,392 --> 00:08:03,091 You practically sang the Pledge of Allegiance. 149 00:08:03,221 --> 00:08:06,877 Three Federation stooges and a ghost. 150 00:08:06,963 --> 00:08:08,574 Boo. 151 00:08:08,704 --> 00:08:10,663 What the hell are you all doing out here? 152 00:08:10,793 --> 00:08:13,492 You're supposed to be in there, with the rest of the baboons. 153 00:08:13,622 --> 00:08:16,800 What are the only two people in the universe 154 00:08:16,930 --> 00:08:20,543 who hate each other more than they hate me doing together? 155 00:08:20,673 --> 00:08:23,197 Hmm. What a puzzle. 156 00:08:23,285 --> 00:08:25,853 Is this like an "enemy of my enemy" thing? 157 00:08:26,026 --> 00:08:28,158 Oh, uh, enemies-in-law? 158 00:08:30,466 --> 00:08:32,163 Hey, I just coined that. That's funny. 159 00:08:32,293 --> 00:08:34,470 Somebody write that down. 160 00:08:36,037 --> 00:08:39,605 Come on, guys, I made a funny. Laugh! 161 00:08:40,735 --> 00:08:42,216 How about this one? 162 00:08:42,346 --> 00:08:43,956 Four Federation officers were spotted shooting up 163 00:08:44,086 --> 00:08:46,437 my marketplace on Ukeck. One was a hologram. 164 00:08:46,568 --> 00:08:48,658 - That would be me. - That would be us. 165 00:08:48,831 --> 00:08:50,616 Bullshit. You people never travel light. 166 00:08:50,703 --> 00:08:51,922 There isn't anybody else on this ship. 167 00:08:52,052 --> 00:08:53,793 I wasn't about to risk more lives. 168 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:56,884 I made a promise to Caleb Mir to find his mother. 169 00:08:57,014 --> 00:08:58,972 I found her on a planet you're in the middle of annexing. 170 00:08:59,974 --> 00:09:02,802 Boy, that trauma loop must really be working on you. 171 00:09:02,932 --> 00:09:06,327 Hmm? To go through all this for a family 172 00:09:06,501 --> 00:09:08,808 that despises you so very much. 173 00:09:10,418 --> 00:09:13,552 Ship's clear. There's no one here. 174 00:09:15,250 --> 00:09:18,427 Run it again. 175 00:09:18,514 --> 00:09:19,775 Caution, 176 00:09:19,907 --> 00:09:22,299 warp core containment breach imminent. 177 00:09:22,431 --> 00:09:24,519 That old chestnut again? Come on. 178 00:09:24,650 --> 00:09:26,696 You pounded our hull with torpedoes. 179 00:09:26,870 --> 00:09:28,741 We're pretty screwed. 180 00:09:28,871 --> 00:09:32,005 You know what? You, I don't like. 181 00:09:32,092 --> 00:09:33,006 At all. 182 00:09:33,136 --> 00:09:35,443 But you two... 183 00:09:35,575 --> 00:09:38,490 you two may be very useful today. 184 00:09:39,664 --> 00:09:42,058 Yeah, why prolong the inevitable? 185 00:09:42,232 --> 00:09:43,495 You're coming with me 186 00:09:43,625 --> 00:09:44,408 but they're going down with the ship. 187 00:09:44,495 --> 00:09:46,673 Sound good? Good. 188 00:09:46,846 --> 00:09:48,587 Any last words for the... 189 00:09:48,717 --> 00:09:51,328 pathetically loyal, nearly departed? 190 00:09:53,984 --> 00:09:56,943 "Leap clear of all that is corporeal... 191 00:09:58,553 --> 00:10:00,817 ...and make yourself greater." 192 00:10:00,947 --> 00:10:04,254 Ack. Literature. 193 00:10:04,385 --> 00:10:06,605 Quelle sophistication. 194 00:10:06,735 --> 00:10:08,782 Ack! 195 00:10:10,697 --> 00:10:12,263 Get us out of here! 196 00:10:13,307 --> 00:10:14,875 What the hell was that about? 197 00:10:15,004 --> 00:10:17,921 She was telling me to run Training Mission Hermes 19. 198 00:10:18,052 --> 00:10:20,183 Doc, are you sure? We've never run this. 199 00:10:20,357 --> 00:10:21,837 We're running it now. 200 00:10:22,011 --> 00:10:25,668 Gently. I've had it for almost a thousand years. 201 00:10:31,979 --> 00:10:34,328 - Shields, come on. - Impact in three... 202 00:10:34,503 --> 00:10:35,634 No, damn it. 203 00:10:35,764 --> 00:10:37,811 ...two, one. 204 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:21,201 The Doctor's holographic decoy worked, 205 00:11:21,375 --> 00:11:22,551 Commander Reno. 206 00:11:22,638 --> 00:11:23,943 The Venari Ral ships have gone. 207 00:11:24,073 --> 00:11:25,684 However, structural integrity is failing, 208 00:11:25,815 --> 00:11:27,599 and there are multiple hull breaches. 209 00:11:27,774 --> 00:11:30,254 Emergency bulkheads deployed. 210 00:11:31,254 --> 00:11:32,778 Everyone present and accounted for? 211 00:11:32,908 --> 00:11:34,432 Aye, Commander. 212 00:11:34,562 --> 00:11:36,129 Where's my mother? 213 00:11:36,216 --> 00:11:40,350 Braka took her. And the captain. 214 00:11:40,524 --> 00:11:41,788 Where's my dad? 215 00:11:41,918 --> 00:11:43,398 He's inside the main computer. 216 00:11:43,528 --> 00:11:46,269 He extended his matrix through the deflector dish 217 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:49,490 to create a hologram. It's an illusion to make the ship 218 00:11:49,620 --> 00:11:50,927 appear to have been destroyed. 219 00:11:51,057 --> 00:11:54,017 Shields protected us mostly from Braka's torpedoes. 220 00:11:54,148 --> 00:11:56,539 Everybody grab a station, let's go. 221 00:11:56,672 --> 00:12:00,589 Sam, don't worry, I've got him. 222 00:12:05,725 --> 00:12:11,426 Reuben will tango parrot shoes to the mango patch. 223 00:12:12,644 --> 00:12:16,431 Bonding? Use more glue. 224 00:12:16,518 --> 00:12:19,042 Uh, let's get him down to the chancellor's office, 225 00:12:19,173 --> 00:12:20,826 run a level-10 diagnostic on him. 226 00:12:20,913 --> 00:12:22,871 - Obviously, something's wrong. - Dad. 227 00:12:23,003 --> 00:12:23,743 There's glue in the shoe. 228 00:12:23,873 --> 00:12:25,657 Come with me. 229 00:12:25,788 --> 00:12:27,094 - Find the shoe. - Commander? 230 00:12:27,268 --> 00:12:28,922 - Where do you need me? - You're medical 231 00:12:29,096 --> 00:12:32,403 - for the duration. Go. - Find-find the glue. 232 00:12:32,533 --> 00:12:35,624 Uh, the warp core's leaking plasma. It's about to breach. 233 00:12:35,711 --> 00:12:38,539 No, it's not. Uh, that was just me saucing the goose. 234 00:12:38,669 --> 00:12:40,889 I'm using what's left from the power reserve 235 00:12:41,020 --> 00:12:43,500 to patch the leak with a force field. 236 00:12:43,631 --> 00:12:45,328 It's not going to hold much longer. 237 00:12:45,503 --> 00:12:47,461 Long and short-range sensors are down. 238 00:12:47,591 --> 00:12:48,768 How much of a head start does Nus have? 239 00:12:48,898 --> 00:12:50,682 - Do we have their warp trail? - Pop quiz: 240 00:12:50,812 --> 00:12:53,293 eight of us on a busted saucer 241 00:12:53,423 --> 00:12:57,471 on a suicide run against Braka and his entire armada, 242 00:12:57,601 --> 00:13:02,085 or 100 Starfleet ships armed to the teeth 243 00:13:02,216 --> 00:13:05,306 flying in for the rescue once we take down the wall 244 00:13:05,436 --> 00:13:07,481 like we were ordered to do by our captain. 245 00:13:07,568 --> 00:13:09,875 I thought Starfleet doesn't leave anyone behind. 246 00:13:10,658 --> 00:13:11,921 Caleb. 247 00:13:12,052 --> 00:13:14,706 I know what you're feeling, 248 00:13:14,836 --> 00:13:17,534 but if he blows those mines, it's the end of the Federation 249 00:13:17,666 --> 00:13:21,104 and a death sentence for all the worlds trapped inside. 250 00:13:21,235 --> 00:13:26,936 We're talking about two very important lives... or trillions. 251 00:13:28,024 --> 00:13:30,678 All right, who can tell me what I need to fix first? 252 00:13:30,809 --> 00:13:32,201 Um... sensors. 253 00:13:32,332 --> 00:13:34,378 A minus for hesitating, but yes, 254 00:13:34,552 --> 00:13:36,859 without those, we are sitting ducks. 255 00:13:36,990 --> 00:13:38,947 In the meantime, Lythe, plot us a course 256 00:13:39,121 --> 00:13:41,558 that's far from anything known. 257 00:13:41,690 --> 00:13:44,345 We need to create space from where we are in this spot. 258 00:13:44,475 --> 00:13:47,347 Reymi, you're gonna keep us at one-eighth impulse. 259 00:13:47,434 --> 00:13:50,567 One-eighth? That's less than 1,000 kilometers per second. 260 00:13:50,698 --> 00:13:51,700 We may as well crawl. 261 00:13:51,831 --> 00:13:52,875 Solid B. 262 00:13:53,005 --> 00:13:54,572 Good calculating 263 00:13:54,702 --> 00:13:56,399 but I am gonna have to dock points for the attitude. 264 00:13:56,573 --> 00:13:59,533 That's all the power we can spare for thrusters right now. 265 00:13:59,620 --> 00:14:02,798 Look sharp in case anything approaches our position. 266 00:14:02,928 --> 00:14:05,932 Sadal, start scanning subspace for the frequency 267 00:14:06,062 --> 00:14:07,889 Braka's using to control the wall. 268 00:14:08,020 --> 00:14:09,239 What am I listening for? 269 00:14:09,370 --> 00:14:10,761 Something constant in the upper bands 270 00:14:10,893 --> 00:14:13,461 that doesn't sound like standard chatter. 271 00:14:13,591 --> 00:14:15,985 Mir, once we find the frequency, 272 00:14:16,158 --> 00:14:18,118 we'll need a program that will allow us 273 00:14:18,205 --> 00:14:20,554 to intercept the control without interfering with it. 274 00:14:20,642 --> 00:14:22,904 - How does that help us? - You tell me. 275 00:14:25,168 --> 00:14:27,256 If we can control it, we can use it 276 00:14:27,388 --> 00:14:28,736 to send a signal to shut the wall down. 277 00:14:28,868 --> 00:14:30,652 Uh-huh. There's a lot of math 278 00:14:30,782 --> 00:14:34,264 between here and there but basically: bingo. 279 00:14:34,394 --> 00:14:38,051 Everyone understand their assignments? What do we say? 280 00:14:38,225 --> 00:14:39,835 - Aye, Commander. - Aye, Captain. 281 00:14:40,009 --> 00:14:41,793 - Uh, not a captain. - Fine. 282 00:14:43,447 --> 00:14:48,017 All ships, I want those grappling cables tight. 283 00:14:48,148 --> 00:14:50,453 Tighter than every single 284 00:14:50,628 --> 00:14:52,760 self-righteous Starfleet sphincter 285 00:14:52,847 --> 00:14:55,677 when they realize I took their favorite toy. 286 00:14:55,850 --> 00:14:58,679 And their puberty guidance counselor. 287 00:15:00,376 --> 00:15:04,511 Today, the revolution will be televised! 288 00:15:20,309 --> 00:15:22,572 Caleb is alive. 289 00:15:24,532 --> 00:15:26,620 Caleb is alive. 290 00:15:32,975 --> 00:15:35,890 Put your arms around me. 291 00:15:40,982 --> 00:15:42,811 He's safe, he's okay. 292 00:15:42,985 --> 00:15:45,030 We had a plan. 293 00:15:45,205 --> 00:15:48,817 Nus cannot know. He will find them and kill them. 294 00:15:48,947 --> 00:15:51,341 The only way out is together. 295 00:15:59,697 --> 00:16:02,525 Showtime, girls! 296 00:16:02,657 --> 00:16:05,355 And have I got a surprise for you. 297 00:16:16,235 --> 00:16:20,500 Honored guests, friends both near and far, 298 00:16:20,630 --> 00:16:23,721 thank you for making time in your busy schedules 299 00:16:23,894 --> 00:16:26,462 on such short notice. 300 00:16:26,594 --> 00:16:29,596 This is Nus Braka of the Venari Ral, 301 00:16:29,726 --> 00:16:33,383 broadcasting to each of you across the quadrant. 302 00:16:33,514 --> 00:16:38,345 I'm speaking to the desperate, the ignored, the left behind, 303 00:16:38,475 --> 00:16:44,220 and I'm here to tell you... you're not alone. 304 00:16:44,350 --> 00:16:45,830 No. 305 00:16:45,961 --> 00:16:49,095 Hell, like a lot of us, I don't know where I was born. 306 00:16:51,096 --> 00:16:53,663 I only remember we had nothing. 307 00:16:53,794 --> 00:16:55,491 So we just kept moving. 308 00:16:55,623 --> 00:16:59,582 When we were sick. When we were tired. 309 00:16:59,713 --> 00:17:04,240 You know, the one constant in our lives was a steady stream 310 00:17:04,413 --> 00:17:08,068 of Federation supply ships flying over our little colony. 311 00:17:08,201 --> 00:17:11,376 Oh, I gotta say, to a little kid, 312 00:17:11,508 --> 00:17:13,162 they were beautiful. 313 00:17:13,291 --> 00:17:16,296 We waited hours to see them. 314 00:17:16,424 --> 00:17:22,519 We killed time just playing tic-tac-toe in the dirt. 315 00:17:22,605 --> 00:17:25,781 And then, whoosh! 316 00:17:25,957 --> 00:17:30,527 Everything we needed: Food, water, medicine. 317 00:17:32,528 --> 00:17:35,357 Every part of the galaxy. 318 00:17:36,837 --> 00:17:39,710 But not for us. 319 00:17:39,884 --> 00:17:42,757 They never stopped for us. 320 00:17:42,886 --> 00:17:45,499 Maybe they didn't know about our little mining colony. 321 00:17:45,628 --> 00:17:48,109 Maybe they didn't see us. 322 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:50,155 They didn't know that we were starving. 323 00:17:52,635 --> 00:17:54,028 We tried to stop 'em. 324 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:58,772 We shot up flares. We built fires. 325 00:17:58,903 --> 00:18:02,819 They just kept flying. 326 00:18:02,951 --> 00:18:06,432 It pushed my poor father to his limit. 327 00:18:06,606 --> 00:18:08,217 He rigged up a weapon. 328 00:18:08,347 --> 00:18:10,959 Crude, but he wanted to take down one of those 329 00:18:11,089 --> 00:18:13,092 life-saving ships. 330 00:18:13,221 --> 00:18:15,223 He knew he was signing his death warrant, 331 00:18:15,355 --> 00:18:18,140 but it was the only thing that could save us. 332 00:18:21,448 --> 00:18:23,318 And he missed. 333 00:18:25,016 --> 00:18:27,410 Oh, and in response, the Federation 334 00:18:27,540 --> 00:18:30,586 strafed us with missiles. 335 00:18:31,587 --> 00:18:35,635 They rained red hellfire down on us. 336 00:18:35,766 --> 00:18:39,117 My family didn't survive. 337 00:18:40,815 --> 00:18:46,559 From our colony, eight of us survived. 338 00:18:46,646 --> 00:18:50,867 Oh, the Federation survived. 339 00:18:51,041 --> 00:18:56,003 The Federation that is now rebuilding itself. 340 00:18:56,134 --> 00:18:58,875 The Federation that says: Oh, by the way, 341 00:18:59,007 --> 00:19:01,923 the Burn can never happen again. 342 00:19:02,053 --> 00:19:03,663 But it can. 343 00:19:03,794 --> 00:19:07,276 In fact, they've developed a weapon called Omega-47 344 00:19:07,450 --> 00:19:09,712 that all but ensures it will, 345 00:19:09,799 --> 00:19:12,846 and right now the only thing standing between us and them 346 00:19:13,020 --> 00:19:17,199 is me. And I am fed up! 347 00:19:21,550 --> 00:19:26,730 So, today we're putting the Federation on trial 348 00:19:26,903 --> 00:19:31,299 for their lies, for their crimes against democracy-- 349 00:19:31,431 --> 00:19:33,432 the true democracy. 350 00:19:33,563 --> 00:19:36,131 I never got a real trial. 351 00:19:36,305 --> 00:19:39,265 Neither did this woman next to me. 352 00:19:39,439 --> 00:19:41,396 We did, however, receive sentences. 353 00:19:41,528 --> 00:19:45,401 Oh, it's funny how that works. Right? 354 00:19:45,488 --> 00:19:47,490 But we are better than they are. 355 00:19:47,621 --> 00:19:49,752 Today, we will hold a fair trial, 356 00:19:49,884 --> 00:19:51,667 and broadcast it to you: 357 00:19:51,798 --> 00:19:56,455 you, the people, will not be kept in the dark anymore. 358 00:19:56,586 --> 00:19:58,240 You, the people, 359 00:19:58,326 --> 00:20:00,981 will know that in our new world-- 360 00:20:01,155 --> 00:20:03,070 the world we build together-- 361 00:20:03,157 --> 00:20:04,986 everybody will have a voice! 362 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:09,643 Anyone who yearns for transparency, 363 00:20:09,730 --> 00:20:13,211 for truth, is welcome in my tent. 364 00:20:15,300 --> 00:20:19,218 I can think of no better proxy for the Federation 365 00:20:19,347 --> 00:20:21,045 than Starfleet Academy Chancellor 366 00:20:21,132 --> 00:20:24,048 and Captain Nahla Ake. 367 00:20:24,179 --> 00:20:28,791 And no better proxy for us as judge and jury 368 00:20:28,923 --> 00:20:31,055 than Anisha Mir, 369 00:20:31,185 --> 00:20:34,971 who lost a child at their hands. 370 00:20:35,145 --> 00:20:38,976 She alone will decide whether the Federation 371 00:20:39,106 --> 00:20:42,762 deserves a reprieve, or a more final penalty. 372 00:20:42,936 --> 00:20:47,897 Justice will be served here today, folks. 373 00:20:48,028 --> 00:20:50,204 Piping hot. 374 00:20:51,031 --> 00:20:52,729 How's our speed? 375 00:20:52,859 --> 00:20:56,342 There. Put our speed up to one-quarter impulse. 376 00:20:56,471 --> 00:20:57,733 Live a little. 377 00:21:00,214 --> 00:21:02,347 What was that? 378 00:21:02,478 --> 00:21:05,220 According to our newly repaired short-range sensors, 379 00:21:05,351 --> 00:21:07,178 we've drifted into a gravitational eddy. 380 00:21:07,353 --> 00:21:08,788 Okay, okay, got it. 381 00:21:08,962 --> 00:21:10,834 Reversing thrusters. 382 00:21:11,008 --> 00:21:12,401 Reymi, don't try and fight it. 383 00:21:12,531 --> 00:21:13,923 Accelerate into it. 384 00:21:14,055 --> 00:21:16,186 I know it's counterintuitive... 385 00:21:16,362 --> 00:21:17,711 I... I can't. 386 00:21:17,798 --> 00:21:19,278 Don't overcorrect. 387 00:21:19,407 --> 00:21:20,365 - Do you want to take the helm? - No! I'm just, 388 00:21:20,496 --> 00:21:21,671 I'm trying to help. 389 00:21:21,801 --> 00:21:22,846 Oh, is that what you're doing? 390 00:21:22,977 --> 00:21:24,282 'Cause it doesn't sound like it. 391 00:21:24,457 --> 00:21:25,195 Knock it off, you two. And focus. 392 00:21:25,371 --> 00:21:26,414 I'm just saying, 393 00:21:26,588 --> 00:21:28,025 it doesn't help, it's not helping. 394 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:41,256 Your inhibitor. 395 00:21:41,386 --> 00:21:42,648 You okay? 396 00:21:42,823 --> 00:21:45,739 Tarima? Are you okay? 397 00:21:46,957 --> 00:21:48,001 Your inhibitor. 398 00:21:48,175 --> 00:21:50,439 - Is... is it broken? - It's... 399 00:21:50,613 --> 00:21:52,397 - It's... I'm fine. - Warning. 400 00:21:52,528 --> 00:21:55,138 Gravitational shear beyond acceptable limits. 401 00:21:55,269 --> 00:21:56,402 Stabilize trajectory immediately. 402 00:21:56,531 --> 00:21:58,925 Okay, got it. We're clear. 403 00:21:59,056 --> 00:22:01,624 Damage is minimal-ish. 404 00:22:01,755 --> 00:22:03,844 Why couldn't I compensate for the gravitational shear? 405 00:22:03,973 --> 00:22:06,237 Because you were going too fast when we hit it and you tried 406 00:22:06,367 --> 00:22:08,500 to stop. Could've been worse. 407 00:22:08,674 --> 00:22:11,765 I, uh, totaled the first three shuttles I ever flew. 408 00:22:11,894 --> 00:22:16,551 It's not easy to total a shuttle, but I had a gift. 409 00:22:16,726 --> 00:22:19,772 We learn more when things go wrong than when they go right. 410 00:22:19,946 --> 00:22:24,038 Cadets, this is what it's like to be alone in space 411 00:22:24,167 --> 00:22:26,736 with no hope of rescue on a broken ship. 412 00:22:26,866 --> 00:22:29,086 You can let your fear take you down, 413 00:22:29,217 --> 00:22:31,219 or you can identify it as useless 414 00:22:31,349 --> 00:22:34,482 and step into a better solution. It's either that, or death. 415 00:22:34,656 --> 00:22:37,529 Pick one. Mir, how's the frequency hack? 416 00:22:37,660 --> 00:22:39,357 Uh, it's ready, 417 00:22:39,531 --> 00:22:41,142 but we need to deploy it at the signal's point of origin. 418 00:22:41,271 --> 00:22:43,317 Which is gonna be wherever Braka is. 419 00:22:43,449 --> 00:22:46,407 He probably sleeps with the master control 420 00:22:46,538 --> 00:22:48,018 under his pillow. Sadal? 421 00:22:48,148 --> 00:22:49,367 I'm still narrowing it down, 422 00:22:49,454 --> 00:22:51,194 but I've got a few likely contenders. 423 00:22:51,326 --> 00:22:53,240 Keep at it. What's next? 424 00:22:53,372 --> 00:22:55,286 We only have ten percent power to impulse engines, 425 00:22:55,461 --> 00:22:57,201 no shields, no weapons. 426 00:22:57,288 --> 00:22:58,681 No long-range sensors, 427 00:22:58,811 --> 00:23:01,641 and our warp drive is still offline 428 00:23:01,770 --> 00:23:05,122 because our patch failed, and we're leaking plasma again. 429 00:23:05,252 --> 00:23:09,299 Okay, I'm gonna need to pay that a visit in person. 430 00:23:09,474 --> 00:23:10,779 And how are we going to locate Braka 431 00:23:10,911 --> 00:23:12,346 without long-range sensors? 432 00:23:12,478 --> 00:23:14,000 Listen to me. We'll get that wall down, 433 00:23:14,131 --> 00:23:16,133 but we do one emergency at a time. 434 00:23:16,263 --> 00:23:18,353 I'm gonna head down and fix the warp core. 435 00:23:18,483 --> 00:23:19,788 You're with me. 436 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:21,703 Reymi, you're still at the helm. 437 00:23:21,877 --> 00:23:24,271 Steer clear of literally everything, 438 00:23:24,403 --> 00:23:26,230 keep the short-range sensors at full 439 00:23:26,404 --> 00:23:27,536 and let me know if anything approaches. 440 00:23:27,666 --> 00:23:28,755 Aye, Commander. 441 00:23:28,884 --> 00:23:31,365 Mir, come. Let's go, rocket boy. 442 00:23:31,539 --> 00:23:34,020 What are my orders, Commander? 443 00:23:34,151 --> 00:23:38,241 The conn is yours, Cadet Lythe. Don't screw it up. Please. 444 00:23:38,373 --> 00:23:41,462 Please, please, please. 445 00:23:59,786 --> 00:24:01,134 Wait. 446 00:24:02,615 --> 00:24:04,964 I think I have to pee. 447 00:24:09,317 --> 00:24:11,013 Now, Captain Ake, 448 00:24:11,144 --> 00:24:14,365 you have the right not to answer any questions. 449 00:24:14,452 --> 00:24:16,977 You understand? But if you don't, 450 00:24:17,064 --> 00:24:19,153 I can't say what the hardworking folks 451 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:21,111 in our audience might think. They might think 452 00:24:21,241 --> 00:24:23,592 that the Federation has something to hide. 453 00:24:23,766 --> 00:24:25,724 I have nothing to hide. 454 00:24:25,855 --> 00:24:27,727 And if we're going to pretend this is a trial, 455 00:24:27,856 --> 00:24:29,771 you missed a few facts in your opening argument. 456 00:24:29,903 --> 00:24:32,905 There is no occasion in the history of Starfleet 457 00:24:33,036 --> 00:24:35,909 when we have opened fire on civilians. 458 00:24:36,038 --> 00:24:37,953 - Ever. - But who writes the history, 459 00:24:38,085 --> 00:24:39,390 Chancellor? 460 00:24:39,478 --> 00:24:42,741 We weren't studying Omega-47 to make a weapon. 461 00:24:42,915 --> 00:24:46,222 We-we were trying to create a new power source. 462 00:24:46,354 --> 00:24:50,183 A single particle can provide for an entire planet 463 00:24:50,314 --> 00:24:51,924 for a million years. 464 00:24:52,055 --> 00:24:55,667 And you're now holding not only the Federation fleet, 465 00:24:55,798 --> 00:24:58,365 but the entire quadrant hostage with it. 466 00:24:58,497 --> 00:25:01,020 Oh, "hostage" is entirely subjective. 467 00:25:01,151 --> 00:25:03,719 And knowing you as I do, I bet you have a detonator on you. 468 00:25:03,849 --> 00:25:07,069 I'd ask the people listening how they feel about a man 469 00:25:07,201 --> 00:25:09,898 who's making his case with an arsenal of warheads. 470 00:25:10,073 --> 00:25:14,773 Yes, I put the Federation behind a wall! 471 00:25:14,903 --> 00:25:17,516 But I had the stones to lock the bastards up 472 00:25:17,645 --> 00:25:19,647 so the truth could be revealed. 473 00:25:19,734 --> 00:25:21,693 They would have kept you in the dark forever. 474 00:25:21,780 --> 00:25:24,044 I'm what you call a liberator, Chancellor. 475 00:25:24,173 --> 00:25:25,785 Liberators don't take hostages. 476 00:25:25,914 --> 00:25:28,482 Oh, but you took this woman's son hostage. 477 00:25:28,569 --> 00:25:32,008 Tell us something, did he come running to you for protection 478 00:25:32,095 --> 00:25:33,662 when you brought him to the Academy? 479 00:25:33,792 --> 00:25:35,795 He was on his way to a prison camp. 480 00:25:35,924 --> 00:25:37,099 He would have died there. 481 00:25:37,230 --> 00:25:38,840 Ah, had you not reached down 482 00:25:38,927 --> 00:25:41,322 from your exalted perch and intervened. 483 00:25:41,451 --> 00:25:44,499 So, you tracked him, stalked him and told him 484 00:25:44,630 --> 00:25:47,849 it's Starfleet or jail. Correct? 485 00:25:47,980 --> 00:25:49,590 - Yes. - And when you put him 486 00:25:49,765 --> 00:25:51,157 in the uniform of his mother's jailers, 487 00:25:51,332 --> 00:25:53,682 was he happy about that? Did he want that? 488 00:25:53,813 --> 00:25:55,162 No. He did not. 489 00:25:55,336 --> 00:25:56,816 He didn't want to stay. 490 00:25:56,990 --> 00:25:58,512 And how did you get him to stay, by the way? 491 00:25:58,686 --> 00:26:00,645 I told him I'd help him find his mother. 492 00:26:00,776 --> 00:26:02,256 Ah. 493 00:26:02,385 --> 00:26:03,605 No pressure there. 494 00:26:03,736 --> 00:26:05,738 And it's ironic because you were the one 495 00:26:05,825 --> 00:26:08,261 who separated him from her in the first place, am I right? 496 00:26:08,392 --> 00:26:10,438 - Yes. - Yes. 497 00:26:14,223 --> 00:26:15,922 No further questions. 498 00:26:16,096 --> 00:26:18,054 I have a question for you. 499 00:26:20,230 --> 00:26:24,320 The colony you were on, you said it was a mining operation. 500 00:26:24,451 --> 00:26:26,148 It's a little late to give a damn, Captain. 501 00:26:26,323 --> 00:26:29,065 - What did you mine? - Strontium. 502 00:26:29,195 --> 00:26:32,547 We signaled the Federation that we wanted to trade. 503 00:26:32,634 --> 00:26:33,895 We weren't looking for a handout. 504 00:26:34,027 --> 00:26:36,898 But I guess they had more important fish to fry. 505 00:26:37,029 --> 00:26:39,597 The shuttles we deployed went to the planets 506 00:26:39,728 --> 00:26:42,601 with the worst humanitarian crises. 507 00:26:42,730 --> 00:26:46,778 Plagues. Starvation in the millions. 508 00:26:46,865 --> 00:26:51,086 We had to make hard choices in an impossible time. 509 00:26:51,218 --> 00:26:54,438 Your colony, if you had strontium, you had something. 510 00:26:54,525 --> 00:26:56,615 There were worlds that, well-- 511 00:26:56,788 --> 00:26:59,182 as many of our observers can attest-- 512 00:26:59,355 --> 00:27:02,445 some of them just needed body bags. 513 00:27:02,532 --> 00:27:04,535 Leadership, Braka-- 514 00:27:04,665 --> 00:27:06,972 it's not for the faint of heart. 515 00:27:10,585 --> 00:27:14,633 Anisha Mir, come on down. 516 00:27:20,115 --> 00:27:22,423 Pressure check? 517 00:27:22,553 --> 00:27:23,990 Pressure check! 518 00:27:25,121 --> 00:27:27,950 Anti-matter flow rate at 0.862. 519 00:27:29,430 --> 00:27:33,607 I told you to let me know if the pressure rose above 0.86. 520 00:27:33,694 --> 00:27:36,045 This is the only thing you need to be focused on right now. 521 00:27:36,175 --> 00:27:37,699 I know it's hard but it'll help. 522 00:27:37,829 --> 00:27:39,701 One of the relays for our reserve nacelles 523 00:27:39,788 --> 00:27:41,268 is out of alignment. 524 00:27:41,442 --> 00:27:43,226 I need to lock 'em down and then we'll check them 525 00:27:43,356 --> 00:27:44,836 one at a time. 526 00:27:48,623 --> 00:27:52,278 Relay 9-Gamma-6, what do you got? 527 00:27:52,452 --> 00:27:54,280 I shouldn't be helping anybody. 528 00:27:54,411 --> 00:27:55,804 I'm shit at it. 529 00:27:55,934 --> 00:27:57,326 Eh, you never learned how. 530 00:27:57,458 --> 00:27:59,025 Cue the violins. 531 00:27:59,154 --> 00:28:01,680 Let me ask you something. You already found your mom. 532 00:28:01,809 --> 00:28:04,290 And you were headed off that planet with her, right? 533 00:28:04,464 --> 00:28:05,901 Just the two of you? 534 00:28:06,031 --> 00:28:07,381 You had your chance and you didn't take it. 535 00:28:07,468 --> 00:28:09,296 - Why? - They were going to get shot. 536 00:28:09,425 --> 00:28:11,166 - Who was going to get shot? - Sam. 537 00:28:11,298 --> 00:28:12,603 Darem. Genesis. 538 00:28:12,691 --> 00:28:13,952 They were about to get executed. I couldn't just-- 539 00:28:14,083 --> 00:28:15,171 Right. 540 00:28:15,258 --> 00:28:16,606 Anybody would have done what I did. 541 00:28:16,738 --> 00:28:18,000 No. 542 00:28:18,086 --> 00:28:20,915 I've lived in two very different centuries. 543 00:28:21,047 --> 00:28:22,743 And I'm telling you... No. 544 00:28:22,875 --> 00:28:25,398 Very few people would have turned around. 545 00:28:27,096 --> 00:28:29,358 Remember the first day of class when I asked you to tell me 546 00:28:29,490 --> 00:28:30,838 who you are? 547 00:28:32,405 --> 00:28:34,190 You just told me. 548 00:28:35,887 --> 00:28:37,977 You're not essentially broken, kid. 549 00:28:38,106 --> 00:28:41,414 I know it was a bumpy road getting here, 550 00:28:41,545 --> 00:28:43,721 but I'm sorry to say, 551 00:28:43,852 --> 00:28:46,072 you already give a damn about your friends, 552 00:28:46,201 --> 00:28:47,202 - and about Starfleet. - I just don't wanna keep 553 00:28:47,376 --> 00:28:48,943 hurting people. 554 00:28:51,468 --> 00:28:54,036 I'm gonna mess it up again. 555 00:28:54,123 --> 00:28:56,125 I'm gonna act like an arrogant little shit. 556 00:28:56,298 --> 00:28:59,346 I have absolutely no doubt about that. 557 00:29:03,785 --> 00:29:06,832 Pressure's at 0.8615 and climbing. 558 00:29:06,961 --> 00:29:08,223 That's the misaligned relay, right? 559 00:29:08,355 --> 00:29:10,009 Great job, kid. 560 00:29:10,096 --> 00:29:12,445 That wasn't so hard, was it? 561 00:29:12,576 --> 00:29:14,403 Turns out you don't even need your friends 562 00:29:14,535 --> 00:29:17,277 to be held at gunpoint to do the right thing. 563 00:29:18,538 --> 00:29:20,366 Well, maybe Darem. 564 00:29:20,497 --> 00:29:22,586 Eh, he'll make a good pilot one day. 565 00:29:22,673 --> 00:29:23,935 All right. 566 00:29:24,066 --> 00:29:29,593 Let's check 9-Gamma-6 again. Pressure? 567 00:29:29,768 --> 00:29:33,815 0.86. Right where it's supposed to be. 568 00:29:41,257 --> 00:29:43,432 Anisha Mir, 569 00:29:43,564 --> 00:29:45,653 you have the galaxy's attention. 570 00:29:52,007 --> 00:29:54,923 I-I don't know if everyone knows what you did. 571 00:29:56,619 --> 00:29:58,099 Say it. 572 00:30:00,015 --> 00:30:02,974 You were convicted of felony theft. 573 00:30:03,105 --> 00:30:05,759 I sent you to a rehabilitation camp. 574 00:30:05,846 --> 00:30:08,240 I made your son a ward of the Federation. 575 00:30:08,327 --> 00:30:10,155 It was the law. 576 00:30:10,286 --> 00:30:11,417 Yes. 577 00:30:11,592 --> 00:30:13,028 You were just following orders. 578 00:30:13,159 --> 00:30:15,901 I am haunted that all I did was resign. 579 00:30:15,988 --> 00:30:18,163 You tracked my son down. 580 00:30:18,294 --> 00:30:20,426 Like a dog. 581 00:30:20,557 --> 00:30:21,950 Why didn't you track me down? 582 00:30:23,343 --> 00:30:25,213 We tried. We didn't know where you were. 583 00:30:25,345 --> 00:30:28,869 - You escaped from prison. - What did you expect me to do? 584 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:32,177 Sit in a cell while my son was out there? 585 00:30:32,352 --> 00:30:33,527 Is that what you would do? 586 00:30:33,701 --> 00:30:35,049 No. 587 00:30:35,181 --> 00:30:38,705 No. But it was good enough for the likes of me? 588 00:30:38,792 --> 00:30:41,273 I had no one. 589 00:30:41,403 --> 00:30:46,018 Braka was the only one who risked anything for me. 590 00:30:47,148 --> 00:30:49,064 What did you risk for me? 591 00:30:49,194 --> 00:30:51,153 What did the Federation risk? 592 00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:56,070 I needed what they said they believed in, I needed 593 00:30:56,201 --> 00:30:59,552 understanding and decency. 594 00:30:59,682 --> 00:31:01,510 I needed you. 595 00:31:01,642 --> 00:31:03,035 I know you did. 596 00:31:04,513 --> 00:31:05,602 I tried. 597 00:31:05,776 --> 00:31:07,256 Tried what? 598 00:31:07,386 --> 00:31:09,911 You made a little show of yourself. 599 00:31:10,041 --> 00:31:11,652 I can guess it: "We're the Federation. 600 00:31:11,781 --> 00:31:14,175 This isn't what I signed up for!" 601 00:31:14,307 --> 00:31:15,699 And that didn't work. 602 00:31:15,829 --> 00:31:18,920 So then you made another little show of resigning. 603 00:31:19,007 --> 00:31:21,617 But you didn't resign before. 604 00:31:21,791 --> 00:31:23,490 You resigned after. 605 00:31:23,663 --> 00:31:25,057 And then took your job as what? 606 00:31:25,186 --> 00:31:26,318 A teacher. 607 00:31:27,798 --> 00:31:30,323 Nothing like a soft landing. 608 00:31:31,890 --> 00:31:33,194 Tell me what you want from me. 609 00:31:33,326 --> 00:31:38,374 I want you to have no shelter from this. 610 00:31:38,461 --> 00:31:41,855 I want you to feel it every day, 611 00:31:41,942 --> 00:31:45,642 like the cold, or hunger, or a broken bone. 612 00:31:45,729 --> 00:31:47,817 I want it there when you close your eyes. 613 00:31:47,949 --> 00:31:51,647 I want it there when you're laughing, when you're drinking. 614 00:31:51,778 --> 00:31:54,738 I want it there when you are grieving. 615 00:31:54,868 --> 00:31:56,871 You're 400-something years old now 616 00:31:57,001 --> 00:31:59,090 and for the rest of your life, I want you to close your eyes 617 00:31:59,221 --> 00:32:00,482 and see me. 618 00:32:00,614 --> 00:32:03,224 That is the only way I get justice. 619 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:08,403 The only way I get to dance on your grave. 620 00:32:15,063 --> 00:32:20,286 Well, and on that note, 621 00:32:20,415 --> 00:32:22,417 I'm calling a recess. 622 00:32:33,994 --> 00:32:35,648 Cadet Kraag to the bridge. 623 00:32:35,778 --> 00:32:37,041 - Go ahead. - We've completed 624 00:32:37,172 --> 00:32:38,957 The Doctor's defragmentation routine, 625 00:32:39,086 --> 00:32:41,349 but nothing has changed. He remains... 626 00:32:41,436 --> 00:32:42,916 unwell. 627 00:32:43,048 --> 00:32:47,835 And Cadet Sam is becoming un... grounded. 628 00:32:49,705 --> 00:32:51,056 She needs you. 629 00:32:53,449 --> 00:32:54,667 How we coming on Braka's frequency? 630 00:32:54,798 --> 00:32:55,494 I've almost got it. 631 00:32:55,625 --> 00:32:56,757 Keep at it. 632 00:32:56,844 --> 00:32:58,279 Jay-Den, I'm on my way. 633 00:32:58,453 --> 00:32:59,499 Darem, you have the conn. 634 00:32:59,673 --> 00:33:01,369 Aye, Captain. 635 00:33:06,896 --> 00:33:10,596 Find the glue. The glue is the bond. 636 00:33:10,727 --> 00:33:12,250 Um... 637 00:33:12,381 --> 00:33:15,210 Why is he still spouting nonsense? 638 00:33:15,297 --> 00:33:18,952 From a medical point of view, that is a symptom. 639 00:33:19,126 --> 00:33:22,130 But we cannot find a solution until we understand the problem. 640 00:33:22,260 --> 00:33:25,220 What if we reset his matrix to its original parameters? 641 00:33:25,351 --> 00:33:26,874 We could reattach him to the mainframe 642 00:33:26,961 --> 00:33:28,570 and then if we reintegrate him properly, 643 00:33:28,701 --> 00:33:30,182 - maybe then-- - "If"? 644 00:33:30,311 --> 00:33:33,054 Are you for real? We're going to go with "if"? 645 00:33:33,184 --> 00:33:34,663 You want to make it worse? 646 00:33:34,795 --> 00:33:36,536 Did you come down here to be a hero or something? 647 00:33:36,665 --> 00:33:38,319 Why would you say something like that? 648 00:33:38,493 --> 00:33:40,626 Because it was the basis of our whole relationship. 649 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:42,063 Before I left for Kasq, 650 00:33:42,193 --> 00:33:43,325 you were the hero 651 00:33:43,499 --> 00:33:47,894 and I was always just a mirror for you. 652 00:33:48,026 --> 00:33:50,680 Following you around like a puppy. 653 00:33:50,810 --> 00:33:54,509 - Shoe is the glue. - You might have felt that way. 654 00:33:54,641 --> 00:33:55,729 But I didn't. 655 00:33:56,903 --> 00:33:58,165 I'm not that Sam anymore. 656 00:33:58,297 --> 00:34:01,125 I have her memories, 657 00:34:01,212 --> 00:34:05,346 her-her awkward and ridiculous memories, 658 00:34:05,478 --> 00:34:09,525 but I'm not that Sam anymore. 659 00:34:12,659 --> 00:34:14,748 You've been looking at me with that same expectation 660 00:34:14,878 --> 00:34:16,315 since I came back. 661 00:34:16,445 --> 00:34:19,969 No, Sam. I look at you like you're the hero. 662 00:34:20,101 --> 00:34:23,148 What you came through? How you handled it? 663 00:34:23,277 --> 00:34:24,322 It'd be weird if you expected everything 664 00:34:24,452 --> 00:34:25,411 to just stay the same. 665 00:34:25,541 --> 00:34:27,369 It'd be weird if I did, too. 666 00:34:29,327 --> 00:34:31,416 Do I miss the other you sometimes? 667 00:34:31,547 --> 00:34:33,766 Sure. 668 00:34:33,896 --> 00:34:35,637 But the Sam standing in front of me right now, 669 00:34:35,768 --> 00:34:37,639 that is the Sam that I love. 670 00:34:39,554 --> 00:34:42,340 The Sam that's going to save her dad. 671 00:34:45,561 --> 00:34:48,128 We have to be who we are right now. 672 00:34:49,043 --> 00:34:50,349 Yes. 673 00:34:51,567 --> 00:34:52,786 Yes. 674 00:34:55,789 --> 00:34:59,358 The other me felt strongest 675 00:34:59,532 --> 00:35:01,315 when I was speaking Tamza. 676 00:35:01,402 --> 00:35:03,405 Because it was just mine. 677 00:35:04,927 --> 00:35:08,193 And then I met you. 678 00:35:30,606 --> 00:35:35,655 You communicate in a language that makes no sense... 679 00:35:35,784 --> 00:35:38,179 but you understand each other. 680 00:35:38,266 --> 00:35:40,181 What if your father has been trying 681 00:35:40,311 --> 00:35:42,748 to communicate with us this entire time 682 00:35:42,835 --> 00:35:46,056 but we simply do not understand his language? 683 00:35:46,186 --> 00:35:50,670 Yes! Don't cross the Rubincon 684 00:35:50,844 --> 00:35:53,324 with glue on your shoes. 685 00:35:53,411 --> 00:35:58,286 Ham Sam hued shoes. 686 00:35:58,416 --> 00:36:01,898 Dad, you just said my name. 687 00:36:01,985 --> 00:36:04,813 "Crossing the Rubicon," that was an ancient military campaign. 688 00:36:04,945 --> 00:36:05,902 A point of no return. 689 00:36:05,989 --> 00:36:09,471 Sam, who used all the glue? 690 00:36:09,601 --> 00:36:12,431 What are you trying to tell me, Dad? 691 00:36:13,561 --> 00:36:16,608 Don't cross the Rubincon. 692 00:36:17,784 --> 00:36:21,003 The Rubin-part. 693 00:36:22,657 --> 00:36:26,487 Find the glue on your shoe. 694 00:36:26,619 --> 00:36:28,273 Rubin-part? 695 00:36:30,579 --> 00:36:33,233 Do you mean Rubin particles? 696 00:36:34,496 --> 00:36:36,759 What's a Rubin particle? 697 00:36:36,889 --> 00:36:39,458 When Starfleet created Omega-47, 698 00:36:39,545 --> 00:36:42,590 they used Rubin particles to make it easier to stabilize. 699 00:36:42,722 --> 00:36:44,724 And added gluons 700 00:36:44,898 --> 00:36:47,030 to increase the strength of the molecular bonds. 701 00:36:47,161 --> 00:36:50,512 - Mm-hmm. - "Don't cross the Rubicon, 702 00:36:50,643 --> 00:36:51,773 find the glue on..." 703 00:36:51,905 --> 00:36:54,646 A gluon is an elementary particle. 704 00:36:54,777 --> 00:36:56,518 It glues quarks together. 705 00:36:56,605 --> 00:37:00,652 I think he is trying to tell us how to stabilize Omega-47. 706 00:37:00,782 --> 00:37:02,916 Permanently. 707 00:37:08,530 --> 00:37:10,139 If we try to get into Federation territory, 708 00:37:10,315 --> 00:37:13,231 or anyone tries to get out, it all goes boom, 709 00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:15,842 destroying everything. 710 00:37:15,972 --> 00:37:18,844 Dad thinks, and I agree, if we reduce the Rubin particles, 711 00:37:18,931 --> 00:37:20,367 the remaining gluons 712 00:37:20,498 --> 00:37:21,978 might be able to stabilize those molecules 713 00:37:22,108 --> 00:37:23,980 at the heart of those mines. 714 00:37:24,067 --> 00:37:28,246 Computer, run a simulation by reducing Omega-47 concentration 715 00:37:28,376 --> 00:37:30,291 of Rubin particles by one-tenth of a percent 716 00:37:30,422 --> 00:37:32,945 prior to harmonic stabilization. 717 00:37:33,119 --> 00:37:35,253 Running mine stability simulation. 718 00:37:38,081 --> 00:37:39,300 Stability failure. 719 00:37:39,431 --> 00:37:41,563 Continue reducing concentration by one 720 00:37:41,693 --> 00:37:43,347 one-hundredth of a percent. 721 00:37:43,478 --> 00:37:46,786 Concentration: 67.976%. 722 00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:48,135 Stability failure. 723 00:37:48,309 --> 00:37:52,878 Concentration: 67.969%. 724 00:37:53,009 --> 00:37:54,228 Stability failure. 725 00:37:54,315 --> 00:37:56,012 The Rubin particle concentration... 726 00:37:57,971 --> 00:38:00,016 - Failure. - The Rubin particle... 727 00:38:02,018 --> 00:38:04,063 - Stability improving. - Stability improving. 728 00:38:04,193 --> 00:38:05,326 Rubin particle concentration... 729 00:38:05,456 --> 00:38:07,110 - Stability improving. - ...improving. 730 00:38:07,197 --> 00:38:08,590 - 94%. - Stability improving. 731 00:38:08,677 --> 00:38:09,983 98%. 732 00:38:10,112 --> 00:38:13,333 100%. Stability achieved. 733 00:38:15,771 --> 00:38:18,382 If we can transmit an algorithm over Braka's frequency 734 00:38:18,469 --> 00:38:20,385 that adjusts the particles to this concentration, 735 00:38:20,514 --> 00:38:22,125 the mines will be stable, and harmless. 736 00:38:22,211 --> 00:38:23,605 We could bring down the wall. 737 00:38:23,735 --> 00:38:27,173 "Science is the captain, practice the soldiers." Anyone? 738 00:38:27,260 --> 00:38:29,088 - DaVinci. - Nice. 739 00:38:29,219 --> 00:38:31,047 Sam, get working on that algorithm. 740 00:38:31,134 --> 00:38:33,702 And, uh, by the way, I've just isolated the subspace frequency. 741 00:38:33,833 --> 00:38:37,010 Okay. That means if we can get close enough to him, 742 00:38:37,139 --> 00:38:39,186 we can capture his control frequency with my program. 743 00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:40,708 So where's Braka now? 744 00:38:40,795 --> 00:38:41,971 I've narrowed down the origin of his frequency 745 00:38:42,101 --> 00:38:43,451 to this star system, 746 00:38:43,625 --> 00:38:45,105 but I still don't have the exact coordinates. 747 00:38:45,235 --> 00:38:47,760 But it's a big planetary system 748 00:38:47,889 --> 00:38:49,414 with over 167 moons, 749 00:38:49,501 --> 00:38:52,025 and our long-range sensors are still busted. 750 00:38:52,155 --> 00:38:53,679 We'd be going in blind. 751 00:38:54,766 --> 00:38:56,943 Unless we find another way. 752 00:38:57,943 --> 00:39:00,163 See this gas giant in the Beithir star system? 753 00:39:00,293 --> 00:39:01,947 If we approach from the right vector, and drop out of warp 754 00:39:02,034 --> 00:39:03,210 just as we reach its orbit, 755 00:39:03,340 --> 00:39:04,777 it'll act like a... like a mask, 756 00:39:04,864 --> 00:39:06,255 distorting its sensors. 757 00:39:06,387 --> 00:39:07,954 It'll give us time to keep looking. 758 00:39:08,041 --> 00:39:09,259 Nicely done, Reymi. 759 00:39:09,389 --> 00:39:10,782 If the Venari Ral detect us, 760 00:39:10,913 --> 00:39:12,219 we won't stand a chance. 761 00:39:12,393 --> 00:39:14,568 The ship is not battle-ready. 762 00:39:14,699 --> 00:39:16,309 So we have to know their exact coordinates 763 00:39:16,396 --> 00:39:18,443 before we get to that gas giant. 764 00:39:20,967 --> 00:39:22,577 All right, everyone, back to your stations. 765 00:39:22,708 --> 00:39:23,969 Let's work on finding an answer. 766 00:39:24,143 --> 00:39:26,538 Aye, Commander. 767 00:39:35,068 --> 00:39:37,505 Do you trust me? 768 00:39:39,463 --> 00:39:41,769 I trust you. 769 00:39:44,293 --> 00:39:46,427 Please trust me. 770 00:40:16,936 --> 00:40:20,068 You know, I never got the chance to thank you for this place. 771 00:40:21,244 --> 00:40:23,115 I thought you hated it. 772 00:40:24,813 --> 00:40:26,467 No. 773 00:40:27,599 --> 00:40:30,471 Why are we here? 774 00:40:30,644 --> 00:40:33,126 Privacy. 775 00:40:33,255 --> 00:40:35,257 Stop me if I say something stupid. 776 00:40:35,389 --> 00:40:36,869 Stop. 777 00:40:44,746 --> 00:40:46,268 Your whole life, 778 00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:48,967 people have been telling you that you're dangerous. 779 00:40:49,141 --> 00:40:50,969 That you're a weapon, 780 00:40:51,099 --> 00:40:52,797 and that without an implant, you can't control 781 00:40:52,927 --> 00:40:54,494 this incredible gift that you have. 782 00:40:54,626 --> 00:40:56,061 It's not a gift, Caleb. 783 00:40:56,148 --> 00:40:58,150 And what if it is a gift? Hmm? 784 00:40:59,456 --> 00:41:01,936 What if it is? 785 00:41:02,023 --> 00:41:04,548 What if every ounce of struggle you've had with yourself 786 00:41:04,679 --> 00:41:06,246 has been to bring you here? 787 00:41:06,376 --> 00:41:09,554 Because I believe you can control it, 788 00:41:09,728 --> 00:41:11,512 and I know you're the only one 789 00:41:11,686 --> 00:41:14,297 to guide us through. The only one. 790 00:41:14,427 --> 00:41:19,085 How? I'm not magic, Caleb. 791 00:41:19,215 --> 00:41:21,869 Magic is the last thing that we need. 792 00:41:21,956 --> 00:41:23,958 Do you remember the whales? 793 00:41:24,132 --> 00:41:26,657 How they never got lost in the entire ocean? 794 00:41:28,094 --> 00:41:29,878 Echolocation? 795 00:41:30,009 --> 00:41:32,619 Mm-hmm. Yeah. 796 00:41:32,751 --> 00:41:34,795 The first time you got into my head, 797 00:41:34,882 --> 00:41:36,885 you found my connection with my mother. 798 00:41:36,972 --> 00:41:41,019 Can you find her again, through me? 799 00:41:41,193 --> 00:41:42,543 And lead us to her? 800 00:41:44,284 --> 00:41:46,547 Wherever she'll be, that's where we'll find Braka. 801 00:41:48,331 --> 00:41:50,768 Are you letting me? 802 00:41:52,335 --> 00:41:53,771 I am. 803 00:41:55,643 --> 00:41:59,603 It's you. It's always been you. 804 00:42:05,391 --> 00:42:07,525 I'm willing to put my life on it. 805 00:42:12,485 --> 00:42:13,878 Okay. 806 00:42:28,240 --> 00:42:29,155 Tarima's gonna use my connection 807 00:42:29,284 --> 00:42:31,286 to my mother to find her. 808 00:42:31,460 --> 00:42:32,375 And if we can find her, 809 00:42:32,505 --> 00:42:34,246 we can find Nus. 810 00:42:39,034 --> 00:42:40,775 You've got this. 811 00:43:07,106 --> 00:43:08,628 Okay. 812 00:43:10,195 --> 00:43:11,806 Show me. 813 00:43:26,994 --> 00:43:28,387 We'll always be together. 814 00:43:31,565 --> 00:43:32,478 I feel her. 815 00:43:37,876 --> 00:43:39,704 Can you help me? 816 00:43:39,833 --> 00:43:43,532 Adjust course to 018 Mark... 817 00:43:53,500 --> 00:43:56,110 291... 818 00:43:58,460 --> 00:43:59,724 I got it. 819 00:44:03,378 --> 00:44:04,510 She found the atrium. 820 00:44:17,784 --> 00:44:19,918 I love you, too. 821 00:44:22,833 --> 00:44:24,922 Course plotted, Commander. 822 00:44:25,052 --> 00:44:27,621 Adjusting to 018 Mark 291. 823 00:44:27,751 --> 00:44:29,971 Sam, how's that stability algorithm coming? 824 00:44:30,057 --> 00:44:32,626 I'm gonna need every minute of the half-hour it takes 825 00:44:32,757 --> 00:44:34,496 to get there and then some, Commander. 826 00:44:34,628 --> 00:44:36,195 The gas giant's not far from Nus's coordinates. 827 00:44:36,369 --> 00:44:38,719 Once we're inside the cloud, we can capture the frequencies 828 00:44:38,849 --> 00:44:40,329 and send the algorithm from there. 829 00:44:40,460 --> 00:44:41,766 You make a teacher proud. 830 00:44:41,940 --> 00:44:44,115 You guys together, I like it. 831 00:44:44,246 --> 00:44:46,117 Hell of a lot better than that simulation debacle. 832 00:44:46,204 --> 00:44:49,208 All right, this is the last step. 833 00:44:49,338 --> 00:44:53,298 As far as final exams go, this one is a doozy. 834 00:44:53,429 --> 00:44:55,387 If you pass, we live. 835 00:44:55,518 --> 00:44:57,737 If you fail, we're all dead. 836 00:44:57,869 --> 00:45:00,045 - No problem. - Right. 837 00:45:00,175 --> 00:45:04,876 Good talk. Now show me pretty streaks of light. 838 00:45:27,420 --> 00:45:28,813 Venari Ral could be anywhere. 839 00:45:28,943 --> 00:45:30,422 Make sure you keep us hidden. 840 00:45:30,552 --> 00:45:31,815 There's a thick pocket of gas just ahead 841 00:45:31,989 --> 00:45:34,469 that will camouflage us nicely, if I can just 842 00:45:34,643 --> 00:45:36,297 nudge us right in it. 843 00:45:36,385 --> 00:45:38,344 There. 844 00:45:38,474 --> 00:45:41,041 No sign that we've activated any of their sensors. 845 00:45:41,172 --> 00:45:42,565 That's some smooth flying, Reymi. 846 00:45:42,695 --> 00:45:43,871 What about those mines? 847 00:45:44,001 --> 00:45:46,481 Isolating their control frequency. 848 00:45:46,568 --> 00:45:49,007 It's coming from the atrium. 849 00:45:49,137 --> 00:45:52,052 Wait. There's something else coming from there, too. 850 00:45:52,226 --> 00:45:54,315 It's broadcasting on all available comms frequencies. 851 00:45:54,447 --> 00:45:56,014 Let's hear it. 852 00:45:56,143 --> 00:45:58,668 Well, folks, we've laughed, we've cried, 853 00:45:58,842 --> 00:46:01,628 and now it would seem that at long last, 854 00:46:01,759 --> 00:46:03,630 we have come to the end of the line. 855 00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:05,632 I have some final questions. 856 00:46:05,806 --> 00:46:08,503 Presuming this is a true democracy 857 00:46:08,635 --> 00:46:09,983 and we're abiding due process. 858 00:46:15,510 --> 00:46:17,862 By all means, Captain. 859 00:46:24,476 --> 00:46:26,304 You want to dance on my grave. 860 00:46:27,914 --> 00:46:29,873 There's another grave you should know about. 861 00:46:30,003 --> 00:46:33,833 No one wants to hear any more about your dead son. 862 00:46:33,965 --> 00:46:37,315 I'm speaking about the pilot you murdered. 863 00:46:37,489 --> 00:46:40,144 The reason you went away to jail, remember? 864 00:46:40,275 --> 00:46:43,016 Anisha, you stole the schematics. 865 00:46:43,148 --> 00:46:45,018 You made it possible 866 00:46:45,106 --> 00:46:48,456 for Nus Braka to board a Federation ship. 867 00:46:48,588 --> 00:46:51,112 It was a supply ship. We had no food. 868 00:46:51,199 --> 00:46:53,070 I know. 869 00:46:54,855 --> 00:46:58,336 The pilot was Lieutenant Akamu Lee. 870 00:46:58,467 --> 00:47:01,688 He was originally from Sol III-- 871 00:47:02,557 --> 00:47:04,211 Earth. 872 00:47:04,342 --> 00:47:06,213 A place called Hawaii. 873 00:47:07,824 --> 00:47:09,695 We served together. 874 00:47:09,782 --> 00:47:14,918 He stayed with the Federation even when Earth left. 875 00:47:17,746 --> 00:47:20,489 He wore this long braid 876 00:47:20,619 --> 00:47:24,885 and all his kids wore the braid as well. 877 00:47:25,016 --> 00:47:26,931 A family thing. 878 00:47:27,670 --> 00:47:31,978 He was... 879 00:47:32,110 --> 00:47:34,025 a lousy singer. 880 00:47:36,548 --> 00:47:40,074 That supply ship was supposed to be his last rotation before 881 00:47:40,204 --> 00:47:42,032 he retired. 882 00:47:43,599 --> 00:47:46,166 What did you think was going to happen 883 00:47:46,297 --> 00:47:49,431 when you boarded that shuttle? 884 00:47:49,561 --> 00:47:51,606 You both had weapons, right? 885 00:47:51,737 --> 00:47:53,608 And you were prepared to use them? 886 00:47:57,177 --> 00:47:58,092 Yes. 887 00:47:59,137 --> 00:48:01,400 Who shot Lieutenant Lee? 888 00:48:01,530 --> 00:48:03,271 Nus. 889 00:48:03,358 --> 00:48:05,099 He pulled his weapon. 890 00:48:06,099 --> 00:48:09,451 I had to fire back. Self-defense. 891 00:48:09,581 --> 00:48:11,061 Could you have stopped him? 892 00:48:12,193 --> 00:48:13,498 I don't know. 893 00:48:14,630 --> 00:48:16,023 Maybe. 894 00:48:18,373 --> 00:48:21,072 Could you have saved his life? 895 00:48:21,202 --> 00:48:22,115 I said maybe. 896 00:48:22,246 --> 00:48:24,161 Maybe is not enough. 897 00:48:24,335 --> 00:48:26,425 In that moment, 898 00:48:26,599 --> 00:48:30,081 you altered the lives of Akamu Lee's children, too. 899 00:48:30,210 --> 00:48:32,213 Forever. 900 00:48:32,344 --> 00:48:35,302 You altered your son's life. 901 00:48:35,389 --> 00:48:37,001 So have I. 902 00:48:37,130 --> 00:48:40,873 We all have to live with it. 903 00:48:41,005 --> 00:48:44,094 But we don't have to live with him. 904 00:48:48,621 --> 00:48:53,581 There is so much anger 905 00:48:53,668 --> 00:48:55,844 in the universe. 906 00:48:57,543 --> 00:48:59,545 So much atrocity. 907 00:49:00,719 --> 00:49:03,679 All of it started with some guy saying what Nus is saying 908 00:49:03,809 --> 00:49:07,335 right now: "It's us or them. 909 00:49:07,422 --> 00:49:10,556 Your hate will set you free." 910 00:49:10,686 --> 00:49:13,210 You hate me. 911 00:49:14,385 --> 00:49:15,822 More than you'll ever know. 912 00:49:15,996 --> 00:49:17,431 Ah. 913 00:49:19,130 --> 00:49:23,221 You still think I'm the monster that took your son. 914 00:49:23,351 --> 00:49:24,657 Yes, I do. 915 00:49:25,701 --> 00:49:28,487 The monster that took my son is time. 916 00:49:30,402 --> 00:49:34,231 Because there was no time. 917 00:49:35,797 --> 00:49:38,105 I had no time to save him. 918 00:49:40,280 --> 00:49:41,804 I'll never be free of it. 919 00:49:41,934 --> 00:49:46,635 That's the grave I cannot escape. 920 00:49:48,507 --> 00:49:50,378 I promise you... 921 00:49:50,465 --> 00:49:52,989 you're already dancing on it, Anisha. 922 00:50:03,434 --> 00:50:05,175 Nahla Ake is guilty. 923 00:50:19,320 --> 00:50:20,842 You heard her! 924 00:50:20,974 --> 00:50:25,282 Guilty! Nahla Ake is guilty! 925 00:50:25,456 --> 00:50:28,851 The Federation is guilty! 926 00:50:28,938 --> 00:50:32,855 Oh, folks, we finally got it right. 927 00:50:32,942 --> 00:50:36,858 The people have spoken. And they are pissed! 928 00:50:36,989 --> 00:50:38,686 You heard her! 929 00:50:38,860 --> 00:50:40,514 Guilty! 930 00:50:40,646 --> 00:50:43,561 Guilty! Guilty! 931 00:50:49,088 --> 00:50:51,396 This is it! 932 00:50:51,525 --> 00:50:54,920 There's only one thing left and that is the sentence. 933 00:50:56,530 --> 00:50:59,664 The people of the galaxy, they want balance. 934 00:50:59,795 --> 00:51:01,188 Justice! 935 00:51:01,318 --> 00:51:05,018 We have heard lies. We have heard hypocrisies. 936 00:51:05,148 --> 00:51:08,804 For this woman's crimes against your family 937 00:51:08,978 --> 00:51:10,545 and so many others, Anisha Mir, 938 00:51:10,632 --> 00:51:12,764 - will you please present the s-- - Excuse me, sir. 939 00:51:14,548 --> 00:51:15,811 What? 940 00:51:15,898 --> 00:51:17,813 There's an incoming shuttle. 941 00:51:17,943 --> 00:51:20,728 One occupant. Requesting asylum. 942 00:51:20,860 --> 00:51:22,469 Signaling "Caleb Mir." 943 00:51:30,391 --> 00:51:32,349 Reymi, don't let us drift out into the open. 944 00:51:32,480 --> 00:51:33,829 - Aye, Commander. - Lythe? 945 00:51:33,960 --> 00:51:35,266 Still no sensor contact. 946 00:51:35,440 --> 00:51:36,789 Sam, Mir's shuttle just docked. 947 00:51:36,918 --> 00:51:39,574 Stabilization's still at 42%. 948 00:51:39,748 --> 00:51:41,489 42% of stable is not... 949 00:51:41,663 --> 00:51:42,925 Stable, I'm aware. 950 00:51:43,056 --> 00:51:45,101 Caleb will buy us the time we need. 951 00:51:57,592 --> 00:51:59,811 Well, hello, Little Fish. 952 00:51:59,942 --> 00:52:01,813 I'm so glad you could join us. 953 00:52:01,943 --> 00:52:03,771 I have something to say. 954 00:52:06,297 --> 00:52:07,820 Trial's over. 955 00:52:07,949 --> 00:52:09,952 You made me a part of this, 956 00:52:10,039 --> 00:52:12,650 now you want to silence me? 957 00:52:12,780 --> 00:52:14,434 In front of the entire quadrant? 958 00:52:17,612 --> 00:52:19,309 Well played. 959 00:52:21,789 --> 00:52:23,748 Clever lad. 960 00:52:23,878 --> 00:52:26,403 Oh, silence you? 961 00:52:26,534 --> 00:52:27,666 Never. 962 00:52:27,795 --> 00:52:30,494 Share your thoughts with us, please. 963 00:52:36,762 --> 00:52:39,547 Running out of time to shut down those mines, guys. 964 00:52:39,677 --> 00:52:42,550 Stabilization at 68%. 965 00:52:42,681 --> 00:52:44,769 - Come on, Sam, you got this. - This is an algorithm, 966 00:52:44,856 --> 00:52:47,728 not a pineapple cake. It takes time! 967 00:52:47,815 --> 00:52:49,688 Mom, 968 00:52:49,818 --> 00:52:51,297 I would ask, 969 00:52:51,429 --> 00:52:55,389 in this moment, for you to listen. 970 00:53:00,873 --> 00:53:02,831 I love you. 971 00:53:06,661 --> 00:53:09,097 You always told me to look up at the stars. 972 00:53:10,795 --> 00:53:13,972 You said the infinity that's out there... 973 00:53:14,103 --> 00:53:16,367 the same one was in here. 974 00:53:17,802 --> 00:53:20,719 I never understood that until Starfleet. 975 00:53:24,070 --> 00:53:25,637 I know it's a betrayal. 976 00:53:25,766 --> 00:53:27,943 I felt that every day. 977 00:53:28,117 --> 00:53:30,858 And it killed me. You have to know that, 978 00:53:30,989 --> 00:53:34,253 just like I know what the death of that officer did to you. 979 00:53:36,909 --> 00:53:39,041 But the Academy kept pushing me 980 00:53:39,128 --> 00:53:40,956 until, for the first time in my life, 981 00:53:41,130 --> 00:53:42,827 I realized I have something to offer. 982 00:53:45,090 --> 00:53:46,570 I never knew that before. 983 00:53:48,572 --> 00:53:50,487 I can be more than just a space rat. 984 00:53:50,574 --> 00:53:55,143 A lost son. I can be part of a community. 985 00:53:55,275 --> 00:53:58,496 And these people, Mom, these friends of mine? 986 00:53:58,583 --> 00:54:00,672 I have to tell you, I've laughed more in the past year 987 00:54:00,802 --> 00:54:02,804 than I have in my entire life. 988 00:54:04,675 --> 00:54:06,634 I didn't even know what it really felt like 989 00:54:06,764 --> 00:54:07,896 just to laugh. 990 00:54:08,027 --> 00:54:10,898 But I was a coward 991 00:54:11,030 --> 00:54:12,422 and I fought them. 992 00:54:12,552 --> 00:54:14,860 I said horrible things. 993 00:54:14,947 --> 00:54:18,123 And they deserved so much better. 994 00:54:19,168 --> 00:54:21,213 I kept trying to push them away. 995 00:54:21,387 --> 00:54:23,302 To just not care. But they wouldn't let me-- 996 00:54:23,434 --> 00:54:24,956 you know why? 997 00:54:25,086 --> 00:54:27,351 They all live for something bigger than themselves. 998 00:54:31,311 --> 00:54:34,793 And when that gets hard... we look to Nahla. 999 00:54:36,969 --> 00:54:39,753 She believed in me, Mom. 1000 00:54:39,885 --> 00:54:41,452 She's never given up on us. 1001 00:54:42,757 --> 00:54:46,326 She believes that we can make a difference. She listens. 1002 00:54:46,456 --> 00:54:49,110 I know what happened 16 years ago, 1003 00:54:49,242 --> 00:54:51,940 and she's the one who taught me I can't stay there forever. 1004 00:54:52,940 --> 00:54:55,465 I can be a part of this world 1005 00:54:55,596 --> 00:54:57,771 without forgetting where I come from. 1006 00:54:57,902 --> 00:54:59,731 Without forgetting you. 1007 00:55:03,211 --> 00:55:06,259 And that's Starfleet. 1008 00:55:06,389 --> 00:55:08,478 They know what they stand for. 1009 00:55:14,179 --> 00:55:15,920 It's not this. 1010 00:55:19,358 --> 00:55:21,927 I've been searching for you my whole life. 1011 00:55:22,056 --> 00:55:26,583 I've been looking for home so long. 1012 00:55:29,456 --> 00:55:32,284 And I think I finally found it. 1013 00:55:36,985 --> 00:55:39,639 Oh, my God. Oh, my God. 1014 00:55:39,813 --> 00:55:41,599 That's brainwashing! 1015 00:55:41,773 --> 00:55:46,211 They probably held him in the brig for a long time 1016 00:55:46,385 --> 00:55:47,865 until he memorized that garbage, 1017 00:55:48,039 --> 00:55:51,652 along with the, uh... with the Starfleet Anthem! 1018 00:55:51,739 --> 00:55:53,436 Well, there-there is no Starfleet Anthem, 1019 00:55:53,567 --> 00:55:55,307 but what a good suggestion. 1020 00:55:55,481 --> 00:56:00,181 Caleb, was exochemistry one of your classes at the Academy? 1021 00:56:00,313 --> 00:56:02,402 Yes. 1022 00:56:05,099 --> 00:56:06,579 Tell me about strontium. 1023 00:56:10,018 --> 00:56:12,063 It's a fuel source. 1024 00:56:12,193 --> 00:56:14,152 Cheap, but lethal. 1025 00:56:14,239 --> 00:56:16,023 Why? 1026 00:56:16,110 --> 00:56:18,722 Because when strontium hits anything volatile, it explodes. 1027 00:56:18,853 --> 00:56:24,423 Like, say, a buildup of toxic oxides in an atmosphere. 1028 00:56:26,686 --> 00:56:28,472 Yes. 1029 00:56:28,646 --> 00:56:31,474 What color does strontium burn? 1030 00:56:32,476 --> 00:56:35,043 Red. Like a match in a tinderbox. 1031 00:56:35,130 --> 00:56:39,525 Nus said the Federation rained red hellfire on his colony. 1032 00:56:39,657 --> 00:56:40,701 That's impossible. 1033 00:56:40,875 --> 00:56:41,746 - Why? - Federation weaponry, 1034 00:56:41,876 --> 00:56:43,400 Federation fire, 1035 00:56:43,530 --> 00:56:45,358 at least for the last few hundred years, 1036 00:56:45,489 --> 00:56:48,012 has always been blue or green. 1037 00:56:48,186 --> 00:56:49,927 Not red. 1038 00:56:52,583 --> 00:56:56,543 Braka, the Federation didn't destroy your colony. 1039 00:56:56,673 --> 00:57:00,938 Your father built a weapon using the only fuel he had, 1040 00:57:01,112 --> 00:57:03,550 and it ignited the atmosphere. 1041 00:57:08,032 --> 00:57:09,990 That's a lie. 1042 00:57:11,557 --> 00:57:16,083 That is a vicious lie. 1043 00:57:16,215 --> 00:57:17,998 That-- Lies. 1044 00:57:18,130 --> 00:57:19,827 Do you hear that? 1045 00:57:19,914 --> 00:57:22,873 That's a lie! Lies! 1046 00:57:23,003 --> 00:57:25,092 Lies and propaganda! 1047 00:57:25,179 --> 00:57:26,746 No, it's science. 1048 00:57:26,920 --> 00:57:28,922 You were a little kid when it happened. 1049 00:57:29,097 --> 00:57:31,490 You still see everything through the eyes of that kid. 1050 00:57:31,621 --> 00:57:35,713 You never grew up. And it got us right here. 1051 00:57:37,496 --> 00:57:41,152 So the question I'd ask to all these people watching: 1052 00:57:41,282 --> 00:57:43,721 Is this the person you want to follow into the future? 1053 00:57:43,894 --> 00:57:47,246 An angry child with his finger on the trigger 1054 00:57:47,376 --> 00:57:50,335 whose entire worldview... 1055 00:57:50,467 --> 00:57:53,382 is based on a lie? 1056 00:58:01,913 --> 00:58:06,003 No! No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! 1057 00:58:06,134 --> 00:58:08,572 Now he's desperate. What do we got? 1058 00:58:08,746 --> 00:58:11,661 Stabilization at 82%. 1059 00:58:13,141 --> 00:58:14,795 No, don't go! 1060 00:58:14,969 --> 00:58:16,579 Don't go! 1061 00:58:18,103 --> 00:58:19,670 Oh, no. 1062 00:58:19,800 --> 00:58:20,713 No! 1063 00:58:20,844 --> 00:58:23,150 This is not how it ends! 1064 00:58:27,329 --> 00:58:30,157 This is how it ends! 1065 00:58:34,380 --> 00:58:38,210 This is how it ends! 1066 00:58:50,222 --> 00:58:52,224 Error. 1067 00:58:52,398 --> 00:58:53,965 Error. 1068 00:58:54,052 --> 00:58:56,358 Computer, what the hell is happening?! 1069 00:58:56,489 --> 00:58:58,230 Mine field deactivated. 1070 00:58:58,360 --> 00:59:00,972 Omega-47 particles stabilized. 1071 00:59:04,148 --> 00:59:05,280 Incoming ships! 1072 00:59:05,411 --> 00:59:06,804 - What? - It's the Federation. 1073 00:59:06,934 --> 00:59:08,369 What? 1074 00:59:22,166 --> 00:59:24,385 Thank you for your service, Athena. 1075 00:59:25,431 --> 00:59:28,260 You've gone above and beyond. 1076 00:59:28,389 --> 00:59:30,436 The fleet can take it from here. 1077 00:59:30,610 --> 00:59:33,438 Let's go! 1078 00:59:33,525 --> 00:59:35,353 - Let's go! - Yeah, Sam! 1079 00:59:38,617 --> 00:59:41,099 Yes! 1080 00:59:41,186 --> 00:59:44,275 Whoopee! It's 100%! 1081 00:59:44,405 --> 00:59:45,494 Let's go! 1082 00:59:45,625 --> 00:59:47,105 Nus Braka and Venari Ral, 1083 00:59:47,235 --> 00:59:48,585 you are surrounded. 1084 00:59:48,715 --> 00:59:50,195 Prepare to be boarded. 1085 00:59:50,324 --> 00:59:52,849 Well, hold on to how much you hate me, Little Fish. 1086 00:59:53,023 --> 00:59:55,155 It'll help keep you warm at night. 1087 00:59:59,378 --> 01:00:01,815 You are hereby remanded into Federation custody. 1088 01:00:01,902 --> 01:00:04,034 Comply immediately. 1089 01:00:14,697 --> 01:00:17,657 That's it? You call that a punch? Hmm? 1090 01:00:19,137 --> 01:00:22,530 Oh, Anisha Mir, when you close your eyes, 1091 01:00:22,706 --> 01:00:24,489 you'll see me in your nightmares. 1092 01:00:24,621 --> 01:00:26,447 You too, Nahla Ake! 1093 01:00:26,623 --> 01:00:28,494 Oh! 1094 01:00:29,755 --> 01:00:31,670 Get him the hell out of here. 1095 01:01:14,800 --> 01:01:16,063 Can I please just have, like, 1096 01:01:16,193 --> 01:01:18,065 50 hours of menial labor instead? 1097 01:01:18,152 --> 01:01:19,501 Nope. 1098 01:01:19,632 --> 01:01:21,329 Please. Come on, you gotta give me something. 1099 01:01:21,416 --> 01:01:23,201 - Vomit monitor. - It's out of my hands. 1100 01:01:23,375 --> 01:01:26,552 You and the others will be present in full dress uniforms 1101 01:01:26,639 --> 01:01:29,686 at 1800 hours for a private reception with the president. 1102 01:01:29,773 --> 01:01:32,079 You gotta let her express her gratitude. 1103 01:01:32,166 --> 01:01:34,038 Politicians love that shit. 1104 01:01:34,168 --> 01:01:36,431 Yeah, but don't they make you use, like, ten different forks? 1105 01:01:36,518 --> 01:01:38,432 Yeah. 1106 01:01:38,606 --> 01:01:41,306 We don't cover etiquette until year two. 1107 01:01:41,393 --> 01:01:43,394 Maybe I should revisit that. 1108 01:01:43,525 --> 01:01:45,092 MALE All final evaluations 1109 01:01:45,179 --> 01:01:48,052 for graduating cadets to the Academy register's office 1110 01:01:48,181 --> 01:01:49,880 no later than 1800 hours tomorrow. 1111 01:01:53,318 --> 01:01:54,623 Go ahead. 1112 01:01:54,753 --> 01:01:56,103 I'll be here when you get back. 1113 01:01:56,190 --> 01:01:58,018 Give you the crash course in forks. 1114 01:02:01,978 --> 01:02:03,501 I should have told you about my mom 1115 01:02:03,632 --> 01:02:05,547 when I had the chance. 1116 01:02:05,677 --> 01:02:08,550 I didn't think you'd listen. 1117 01:02:09,813 --> 01:02:10,943 I was wrong. 1118 01:02:12,771 --> 01:02:16,123 Get out of here. Go. Shoo. 1119 01:02:16,253 --> 01:02:17,820 Vamoose. 1120 01:02:28,527 --> 01:02:30,746 Specialist Krebs, 1121 01:02:30,876 --> 01:02:32,574 your Talaxian Furfly has left the replicator, 1122 01:02:32,704 --> 01:02:34,619 and is now mating with itself. 1123 01:02:34,751 --> 01:02:36,664 Does that seem okay to you? 1124 01:02:36,795 --> 01:02:39,146 - Hey. - So, we're cleared to go 1125 01:02:39,277 --> 01:02:40,277 tomorrow morning. 1126 01:02:40,364 --> 01:02:41,974 First stop: Earth. 1127 01:02:43,585 --> 01:02:45,543 Big universe out there. 1128 01:02:45,630 --> 01:02:46,980 Yep. 1129 01:02:48,373 --> 01:02:51,027 Summer's almost here. 1130 01:02:51,157 --> 01:02:54,291 I'm itching to get out there. See it with you. 1131 01:02:54,378 --> 01:02:57,425 Part of me hopes that you won't want to come back. 1132 01:02:57,556 --> 01:02:59,862 But we both know... 1133 01:03:02,909 --> 01:03:05,956 Well, you'll always know where to find me, Mom. 1134 01:03:07,260 --> 01:03:09,045 I know. 1135 01:03:13,572 --> 01:03:15,878 I'm looking at you. 1136 01:03:18,358 --> 01:03:20,840 I'm so proud. 1137 01:03:20,971 --> 01:03:23,711 I know this is your home. 1138 01:03:23,842 --> 01:03:26,018 You always have another one here. 1139 01:03:32,677 --> 01:03:34,766 You too, Mom. 1140 01:03:36,943 --> 01:03:40,077 - Come on, I'll show you around. - Okay. 1141 01:03:41,947 --> 01:03:43,036 Attention, cadets. 1142 01:03:43,166 --> 01:03:44,994 We have arrived at Betazed. 1143 01:03:45,168 --> 01:03:47,344 Please be sure to respect and follow all local customs 1144 01:03:47,518 --> 01:03:48,563 when visiting cultural sites, 1145 01:03:48,650 --> 01:03:50,086 observing religious ceremonies, 1146 01:03:50,217 --> 01:03:52,393 or attending any weddings. 1147 01:03:52,523 --> 01:03:53,829 Don't forget your sunscreen. 1148 01:03:53,916 --> 01:03:55,135 Have a great summer. 1149 01:03:55,309 --> 01:03:57,007 And be safe, fellow travelers. 1150 01:03:59,182 --> 01:04:01,097 When you reach the end of a journey, 1151 01:04:01,184 --> 01:04:04,188 you find yourself looking back at the beginning. 1152 01:04:05,275 --> 01:04:08,278 All I ever wanted was to find my mom, 1153 01:04:08,365 --> 01:04:09,976 and run away. 1154 01:04:10,150 --> 01:04:12,891 I didn't know life could be more than survival. 1155 01:04:13,023 --> 01:04:15,112 That it can be an adventure. 1156 01:04:15,242 --> 01:04:17,896 That there are people I can rely on, 1157 01:04:18,027 --> 01:04:19,333 who rely on me. 1158 01:04:19,463 --> 01:04:22,119 Friends, family. 1159 01:04:22,248 --> 01:04:25,121 Home was never something I could even imagine. 1160 01:04:25,295 --> 01:04:27,079 That's what I found here. 1161 01:04:27,210 --> 01:04:29,474 A change like that, it's not easy. 1162 01:04:29,648 --> 01:04:31,344 You have to trust people. 1163 01:04:31,476 --> 01:04:33,913 I'm still learning how. 1164 01:04:34,086 --> 01:04:35,914 How are you feeling, Dad? 1165 01:04:36,001 --> 01:04:38,222 Right as rain, Sam. Right as rain. 1166 01:04:38,351 --> 01:04:40,092 Okay. 1167 01:04:40,179 --> 01:04:41,528 Um... 1168 01:04:42,965 --> 01:04:45,271 - Hi, friends. Hi. - Hi. 1169 01:04:45,358 --> 01:04:47,012 My name is Caleb Mir, 1170 01:04:47,143 --> 01:04:49,407 Cadet Second Class, Starfleet Academy. 1171 01:04:49,536 --> 01:04:52,278 Stardate 869631.7. 1172 01:04:52,365 --> 01:04:55,717 This is my first cadet's log entry. 1173 01:04:57,458 --> 01:04:59,983 And the last thing I ever would have expected.