1 00:00:07,090 --> 00:00:09,009 Previously on Star Trek: Discovery: 2 00:00:09,092 --> 00:00:12,888 All those in favor of peaceful efforts at first contact, 3 00:00:12,971 --> 00:00:14,598 please raise a hand. 4 00:00:14,681 --> 00:00:17,935 Those in favor of striking the anomaly, do not. 5 00:00:18,018 --> 00:00:19,770 Why do you care so much about this? 6 00:00:19,853 --> 00:00:22,356 The power source that controls the device, 7 00:00:22,439 --> 00:00:24,650 I need it to go home. 8 00:00:26,777 --> 00:00:30,364 Is now days away from ni'var, titan and earth. 9 00:00:30,447 --> 00:00:31,448 What happens now? 10 00:00:31,532 --> 00:00:33,332 We're fast-tracking the first-contact mission. 11 00:00:33,408 --> 00:00:36,286 Whatever we think we know about species ten-c, 12 00:00:36,370 --> 00:00:37,371 we're wrong. 13 00:00:37,454 --> 00:00:39,915 However we think first contact will go, it won't. 14 00:00:39,998 --> 00:00:41,708 So that's the hyperfield. 15 00:00:41,792 --> 00:00:44,920 There is a planet about two light-years away from it. 16 00:00:45,003 --> 00:00:47,589 I really think we should check it out once we get closer. 17 00:00:47,673 --> 00:00:49,192 What do you think we'll find? 18 00:00:49,216 --> 00:00:51,134 I have no idea. 19 00:00:53,887 --> 00:00:58,267 Captain's log, stardate 865783.7. 20 00:00:58,350 --> 00:01:01,812 We have less than 29 hours before united earth and ni'var 21 00:01:01,895 --> 00:01:04,189 start getting hit by debris from the dma. 22 00:01:05,357 --> 00:01:07,025 Twenty-nine hours. 23 00:01:07,109 --> 00:01:08,527 Billions of lives. 24 00:01:10,487 --> 00:01:13,448 Until I figure out how to get us in front of the ten-c, 25 00:01:13,532 --> 00:01:16,034 there's nothing we can do to stop this. 26 00:01:16,118 --> 00:01:18,120 They live inside of a hyperfield, 27 00:01:18,203 --> 00:01:20,789 and right now, I have no idea how to get in, 28 00:01:20,872 --> 00:01:22,624 what we'll find once we do, 29 00:01:22,708 --> 00:01:24,376 how to communicate with them, 30 00:01:24,459 --> 00:01:26,336 what they even look like. 31 00:01:26,420 --> 00:01:29,590 As a xenoanthropologist, I've never had less to work with. 32 00:01:30,173 --> 00:01:31,883 And as a captain, 33 00:01:32,342 --> 00:01:34,428 I've never been more afraid. 34 00:01:35,637 --> 00:01:38,557 Our only hope is the dead planet we 're orbiting right now. 35 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,643 It was a gas giant until a series of massive asteroids hit 36 00:01:41,727 --> 00:01:43,645 and burned the gas away. 37 00:01:43,729 --> 00:01:45,606 Its star is surrounded by Dyson rings 38 00:01:45,689 --> 00:01:49,151 made from the same rare material as the dma controller. 39 00:01:49,234 --> 00:01:51,653 And my gut tells me there has to be a connection, 40 00:01:51,737 --> 00:01:55,032 that this planet must have been the ten-c's home at some point. 41 00:01:55,115 --> 00:01:58,493 And the ruins down there can tell us how they lived, 42 00:01:58,577 --> 00:01:59,911 what's important to them. 43 00:01:59,995 --> 00:02:02,122 Cultural context, 44 00:02:02,205 --> 00:02:03,957 a way to begin communicating. 45 00:02:04,958 --> 00:02:05,876 If I'm wrong, 46 00:02:05,959 --> 00:02:09,087 we 'i/ have no way to make up the time we spend down there, 47 00:02:09,963 --> 00:02:12,758 and the dma will be that much closer to our homes. 48 00:02:14,051 --> 00:02:16,094 Hey, um, fly good. 49 00:02:16,178 --> 00:02:17,304 You got it. 50 00:02:20,474 --> 00:02:21,850 But if I'm right, 51 00:02:21,933 --> 00:02:24,936 and something we find can help us connect with the ten-c, 52 00:02:25,020 --> 00:02:28,523 then maybe we have a shot at stopping this before it's too late. 53 00:02:29,316 --> 00:02:31,026 I have to be right. 54 00:02:31,443 --> 00:02:32,778 I have to. 55 00:02:36,657 --> 00:02:37,741 Scan it again. 56 00:02:37,824 --> 00:02:39,076 There has to be a way in. 57 00:02:39,159 --> 00:02:42,287 A new scan won't tell us anything the last dozen hasn't. 58 00:02:42,371 --> 00:02:44,571 Any chance the dma could be powered from somewhere else? 59 00:02:47,668 --> 00:02:48,710 We get in, 60 00:02:49,419 --> 00:02:51,588 find the power source, we shut it down. 61 00:02:51,672 --> 00:02:52,881 Everybody wins. 62 00:02:54,091 --> 00:02:56,218 We just need to get in. 63 00:02:57,010 --> 00:02:57,928 If I know Michael, 64 00:02:58,011 --> 00:03:00,514 she'll find a way into the hyperfield before we do. 65 00:03:00,597 --> 00:03:02,599 Kick me while I'm down, why don't you? 66 00:03:04,851 --> 00:03:06,395 Maybe if we stay cloaked 67 00:03:06,478 --> 00:03:09,022 and keep close to discovery, we can slip in behind them. 68 00:03:09,106 --> 00:03:10,190 I'll go one better. 69 00:03:11,441 --> 00:03:13,360 We hitch a ride with discovery. 70 00:03:14,277 --> 00:03:16,071 There's an animal on kwejian... 71 00:03:17,489 --> 00:03:18,865 Was an animal. 72 00:03:20,033 --> 00:03:21,535 The kowolian nightsprey. 73 00:03:22,285 --> 00:03:24,496 To survive, it nested on the back of a jajtspat. 74 00:03:24,579 --> 00:03:25,747 So we attach like a parasite. 75 00:03:25,831 --> 00:03:28,542 - Yeah, that's a good idea. - No. Not like a parasite. 76 00:03:28,625 --> 00:03:31,336 The nightsprey takes nothing, brings no harm. 77 00:03:32,337 --> 00:03:34,047 Jajtspat can't even tell it's there. 78 00:03:34,131 --> 00:03:37,217 It's a tonal difference, I get it, but still, 79 00:03:37,300 --> 00:03:39,761 it's probably safe to assume the jajtspat 80 00:03:39,845 --> 00:03:43,140 didn't have a sentient supercomputer monitoring all of its perimeters. 81 00:03:43,223 --> 00:03:44,599 You don't seem worried. 82 00:03:44,683 --> 00:03:47,269 There's nothing I love more than a problem to solve. 83 00:03:49,396 --> 00:03:50,396 Okay. 84 00:03:50,439 --> 00:03:51,857 I can create a patch. 85 00:03:54,234 --> 00:03:56,945 It'll numb the sensors on a section of discovery's hull 86 00:03:57,028 --> 00:04:00,115 just big enough to attach your ship without zora realizing it. 87 00:04:00,198 --> 00:04:01,074 Like a blind spot? 88 00:04:01,158 --> 00:04:04,411 Well, with zora's new sentience, she'll pick up on it eventually, 89 00:04:04,494 --> 00:04:06,246 but with any luck, 90 00:04:06,329 --> 00:04:08,766 we'll nightsprey ourselves into the hyperfield before that happens. 91 00:04:08,790 --> 00:04:09,875 There's just one catch. 92 00:04:09,958 --> 00:04:11,460 I don't like the sound of that. 93 00:04:11,543 --> 00:04:13,378 Well, you're not gonna like this, either. 94 00:04:13,879 --> 00:04:16,089 Patch has to be installed manually. 95 00:04:16,840 --> 00:04:18,383 You wanna go on board? 96 00:04:18,467 --> 00:04:20,719 No, in fact, that's the last thing I wanna do. 97 00:04:20,802 --> 00:04:22,846 But the access point I need is in engineering. 98 00:04:22,929 --> 00:04:23,972 I'm going with you. 99 00:04:24,556 --> 00:04:26,057 I can move faster on my own. 100 00:04:26,141 --> 00:04:27,785 You don't know the ship half as well as I do. 101 00:04:27,809 --> 00:04:29,186 What if you see Michael? 102 00:04:29,978 --> 00:04:33,315 One wrong move, and it's over for both of us. 103 00:04:33,398 --> 00:04:35,484 We're doing this together, okay? 104 00:04:36,485 --> 00:04:37,527 End of story. 105 00:04:48,955 --> 00:04:49,956 Captain? 106 00:04:54,711 --> 00:04:56,713 When we agreed to survey the planet, 107 00:04:56,797 --> 00:05:01,426 I didn't expect discovery would be losing her captain and her first officer. 108 00:05:01,510 --> 00:05:04,095 Nilsson has the conn. You are in excellent hands. 109 00:05:04,179 --> 00:05:05,639 I'm sure we are. 110 00:05:05,722 --> 00:05:07,933 And while a xenoanthropologist 111 00:05:08,016 --> 00:05:11,019 is understandably the best choice to lead this mission, 112 00:05:11,102 --> 00:05:15,106 is captain saru's presence truly necessary? 113 00:05:16,399 --> 00:05:18,819 Mr. Saru can speak over a hundred languages, 114 00:05:18,902 --> 00:05:21,947 and his sensory capabilities dwarf ours. 115 00:05:22,030 --> 00:05:24,157 He might see something that I can't. 116 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,000 And every minute that we spend on that planet, 117 00:05:27,035 --> 00:05:29,496 the dma is that much closer to killing billions. 118 00:05:31,540 --> 00:05:33,166 I have to make that time count. 119 00:05:35,085 --> 00:05:36,169 Understood. 120 00:05:38,296 --> 00:05:39,589 What about the others? 121 00:05:39,673 --> 00:05:40,841 Do they understand? 122 00:05:40,924 --> 00:05:43,218 Hmm, as you said, a lot at stake here. 123 00:05:45,011 --> 00:05:45,846 Madam president. 124 00:05:45,929 --> 00:05:47,305 General. 125 00:05:47,389 --> 00:05:48,265 Doctor. 126 00:05:48,348 --> 00:05:49,933 I appreciate you seeing us off. 127 00:05:50,016 --> 00:05:50,892 Captain. 128 00:05:50,976 --> 00:05:53,103 I cannot express a greater need for urgency 129 00:05:53,186 --> 00:05:54,521 than you must already feel. 130 00:05:55,814 --> 00:05:58,859 Please, all of you, travel safely. 131 00:05:58,942 --> 00:06:02,362 May you find answers in whatever form they take, and quickly. 132 00:06:03,113 --> 00:06:06,575 In other words, make the trip count and don't screw it up. 133 00:06:12,038 --> 00:06:13,206 Captain Burnham, 134 00:06:13,290 --> 00:06:15,542 I must voice my dismay at this decision. 135 00:06:15,625 --> 00:06:19,129 We left delegates behind because time is of the essence. 136 00:06:20,171 --> 00:06:22,674 On behalf of the citizens of united earth, 137 00:06:22,757 --> 00:06:25,969 whose lives are in danger in this very moment, 138 00:06:26,052 --> 00:06:27,637 I ask that you reconsider, 139 00:06:27,721 --> 00:06:30,807 so that we might better commit the precious time that they have left 140 00:06:30,891 --> 00:06:33,643 to actually attempting to communicate with the ten-c. 141 00:06:34,603 --> 00:06:35,854 We have much to convey 142 00:06:35,937 --> 00:06:38,273 and no idea how long it will take to do so. 143 00:06:38,356 --> 00:06:40,191 I hear you, general. 144 00:06:40,775 --> 00:06:41,775 I do. 145 00:06:43,028 --> 00:06:44,821 Both earth and ni'var 146 00:06:45,488 --> 00:06:47,115 are home to me. 147 00:06:47,198 --> 00:06:49,826 But whatever we might find down on that planet, 148 00:06:50,493 --> 00:06:52,662 it could cut our communication time in half. 149 00:06:52,746 --> 00:06:53,788 Might? 150 00:06:56,541 --> 00:06:59,169 This is quite the gamble for so much uncertainty. 151 00:06:59,753 --> 00:07:03,715 I am certain that first contact will not go well 152 00:07:03,798 --> 00:07:06,635 if we show up to the ten-c knowing nothing about them. 153 00:07:11,348 --> 00:07:13,099 I will find something down there. 154 00:07:15,268 --> 00:07:16,811 I promise. 155 00:07:27,697 --> 00:07:28,531 We ready? 156 00:07:28,615 --> 00:07:29,908 Aye, captain. 157 00:07:40,919 --> 00:07:41,919 Captain Burnham? 158 00:07:43,630 --> 00:07:44,714 Good luck. 159 00:09:33,740 --> 00:09:35,617 Disco 09 to discovery, 160 00:09:35,700 --> 00:09:37,994 we're about to enter the ionosphere. 161 00:09:38,078 --> 00:09:39,662 Losing comms from there. 162 00:09:39,746 --> 00:09:41,015 Understood, commander. 163 00:09:41,039 --> 00:09:43,792 Good luck. Hope you find what you're looking for. 164 00:09:44,793 --> 00:09:46,920 Protective shielding deployed. 165 00:09:47,003 --> 00:09:50,548 Good to know that the laws of physics still apply outside of our galaxy. 166 00:09:51,132 --> 00:09:53,259 Hang on. Ride'll smooth out in a minute. 167 00:09:53,927 --> 00:09:55,887 Scans show numerous impact craters, 168 00:09:55,970 --> 00:09:58,264 presumably caused by the asteroids. 169 00:09:59,015 --> 00:10:01,768 Based on the rate of atmospheric dissipation, 170 00:10:01,851 --> 00:10:04,729 these would have occurred approximately 1000 years ago. 171 00:10:05,396 --> 00:10:08,566 Around the time the hyperfield itself was constructed. 172 00:10:08,650 --> 00:10:09,835 Well, that makes sense. 173 00:10:09,859 --> 00:10:12,797 Given how advanced they are, they would've had some idea of what was coming 174 00:10:12,821 --> 00:10:13,863 and evacuated beforehand. 175 00:10:13,947 --> 00:10:15,323 Take a look at these ruins. 176 00:10:16,116 --> 00:10:17,551 The way the buildings have collapsed. 177 00:10:17,575 --> 00:10:19,160 I cannot think of any materials 178 00:10:19,244 --> 00:10:23,081 that could withstand the extreme pressures at the core of a gas giant. 179 00:10:23,164 --> 00:10:26,334 It seems rather impossible for biological entities as well. 180 00:10:26,417 --> 00:10:29,129 The ten-c must've lived in the gas layers. 181 00:10:29,212 --> 00:10:30,088 But how? 182 00:10:30,171 --> 00:10:32,674 They must be unlike any species we've ever encountered. 183 00:10:32,757 --> 00:10:35,917 There has to be something down there to help us communicate with them. 184 00:10:35,969 --> 00:10:38,346 One structure looks like it's still intact. 185 00:10:38,429 --> 00:10:40,682 Perhaps it was reinforced in some way? 186 00:10:40,765 --> 00:10:41,766 But why? 187 00:10:41,850 --> 00:10:43,059 We're about to find out. 188 00:11:06,875 --> 00:11:08,042 Any life signs? 189 00:11:08,543 --> 00:11:09,919 None whatsoever. 190 00:11:10,003 --> 00:11:11,504 One less thing to worry about. 191 00:11:11,588 --> 00:11:14,883 Oh, well, apologies, I should have clarified. 192 00:11:14,966 --> 00:11:17,552 I do not read any life signs, 193 00:11:17,635 --> 00:11:18,970 including ours. 194 00:11:20,847 --> 00:11:22,724 So we might not be alone. 195 00:11:22,807 --> 00:11:24,350 Make sure they're set to stun. 196 00:11:56,925 --> 00:11:58,468 We're under attack! Take cover! 197 00:12:09,103 --> 00:12:10,605 Mr. Saru, it's okay. 198 00:12:11,314 --> 00:12:12,607 Breathe. 199 00:12:19,322 --> 00:12:20,698 Are you all right? 200 00:12:21,324 --> 00:12:22,909 I... I'm fine. 201 00:12:22,992 --> 00:12:25,703 Just, uh, disoriented. 202 00:12:25,787 --> 00:12:26,913 Are you sure? 203 00:12:26,996 --> 00:12:28,915 I said, I am fine, commander. 204 00:12:32,543 --> 00:12:34,921 It must have been vertigo. 205 00:12:35,004 --> 00:12:37,882 A glint of light coming off of that. 206 00:12:41,094 --> 00:12:42,720 What is that? 207 00:12:42,804 --> 00:12:47,350 If I'm not mistaken, we're looking at the cusp of an extremely large bone. 208 00:12:50,061 --> 00:12:52,790 Scans show their shuttle went all the way down to the surface. 209 00:12:52,814 --> 00:12:55,650 Discovery's not going anywhere while part of their crew's gone, 210 00:12:55,733 --> 00:12:57,986 but who knows how much time that buys us. 211 00:13:00,571 --> 00:13:03,950 These will camouflage our biosigns from zora's sensors. 212 00:13:08,162 --> 00:13:11,666 Listen, if you're not all-in on this, you need to level with me right now. 213 00:13:11,749 --> 00:13:13,626 Because if you lose focus 214 00:13:13,710 --> 00:13:16,879 and we're still on board discovery when that shuttle gets back... 215 00:13:16,963 --> 00:13:17,963 These people... 216 00:13:19,590 --> 00:13:21,342 They've become family to me. 217 00:13:22,427 --> 00:13:23,845 Your conscience... 218 00:13:24,429 --> 00:13:27,849 Versus the billions of lives that are at stake. 219 00:13:28,433 --> 00:13:29,892 You can't have everything. 220 00:13:31,436 --> 00:13:34,022 I know it's complicated, especially with Michael, 221 00:13:34,605 --> 00:13:36,983 but the lives we're trying to save include hers, 222 00:13:37,066 --> 00:13:38,901 and everyone else over there. 223 00:13:38,985 --> 00:13:40,903 Whether or not they realize it. 224 00:13:57,086 --> 00:13:59,213 Is that a kwejian thing? 225 00:13:59,297 --> 00:14:01,966 No. I just like having a torso. 226 00:14:08,097 --> 00:14:09,223 On my Mark. 227 00:14:09,724 --> 00:14:11,267 Three, two... 228 00:14:13,936 --> 00:14:15,229 Hey. 229 00:14:15,313 --> 00:14:17,065 A little more clarity next time. 230 00:14:17,148 --> 00:14:18,148 Seriously? 231 00:14:27,825 --> 00:14:29,077 Engineering's this way. 232 00:14:31,829 --> 00:14:32,955 Let's stay alert. 233 00:14:33,039 --> 00:14:35,208 Dr. Culber, what are your scans telling you? 234 00:14:35,291 --> 00:14:38,878 Well, it looks like the bone structure is of unusually low density. 235 00:14:39,462 --> 00:14:42,215 Before it was fossilized, it would've been flexible, 236 00:14:42,298 --> 00:14:43,633 almost like cartilage. 237 00:14:46,552 --> 00:14:50,515 Their physiology was perfectly adapted for floating in the gas layers. 238 00:14:50,973 --> 00:14:52,975 What do you think all the blue dust is? 239 00:14:53,476 --> 00:14:54,560 It's not soil. 240 00:14:54,644 --> 00:14:58,147 It's some kind of complex hydrocarbon compound. 241 00:14:58,815 --> 00:15:00,233 No idea what, though. It's... 242 00:15:00,983 --> 00:15:02,693 It's not in federation databases. 243 00:15:02,777 --> 00:15:04,278 Check this out. 244 00:15:10,701 --> 00:15:12,161 A mass grave? 245 00:15:13,079 --> 00:15:17,166 The way they're all gathered, it's like they were bracing themselves. 246 00:15:17,250 --> 00:15:20,461 Scans date these bones to the same time as the fragment strikes. 247 00:15:20,545 --> 00:15:22,213 So they didn't all escape. 248 00:15:22,296 --> 00:15:23,923 Even with all their tech. 249 00:15:24,006 --> 00:15:26,300 A full-planet evacuation was impossible. 250 00:15:28,678 --> 00:15:29,929 Would be for anyone. 251 00:15:33,683 --> 00:15:34,993 We need to get into that building, 252 00:15:35,017 --> 00:15:37,311 figure out who they are and how to talk to them. 253 00:15:37,395 --> 00:15:38,395 Let's go. 254 00:15:47,613 --> 00:15:48,739 Saru. 255 00:15:49,657 --> 00:15:50,950 What's going on for you? 256 00:15:51,701 --> 00:15:53,077 I apologize, captain. 257 00:15:53,703 --> 00:15:57,331 I seem to be feeling things I have not felt for quite some time. 258 00:15:58,249 --> 00:15:59,542 What are you feeling? 259 00:16:00,668 --> 00:16:02,587 The coming of death. 260 00:16:19,896 --> 00:16:21,606 Ah. A puzzle. 261 00:16:23,107 --> 00:16:24,107 Altonian? 262 00:16:26,611 --> 00:16:28,779 Dr. Kovich introduced me to it. 263 00:16:30,656 --> 00:16:35,203 I need an act which a person is bound to complete. 264 00:16:36,037 --> 00:16:36,871 Mission. 265 00:16:36,954 --> 00:16:40,249 Exactly what I'd like to discuss, in fact. 266 00:16:40,333 --> 00:16:42,210 "Mission" is seven letters. 267 00:16:42,293 --> 00:16:43,127 This is ten. 268 00:16:43,211 --> 00:16:44,337 Fifth letter g. 269 00:16:45,254 --> 00:16:47,381 We need to talk about your bedside manner. 270 00:16:48,841 --> 00:16:51,552 The bluntness with which you spoke to the captain today 271 00:16:51,636 --> 00:16:52,929 was not entirely appropriate. 272 00:16:53,012 --> 00:16:55,473 And you saw how it affected general ndoye. 273 00:16:56,641 --> 00:17:00,895 I am doing everything in my power 274 00:17:00,978 --> 00:17:03,689 to contain the delegates' stress and panic. 275 00:17:04,524 --> 00:17:06,192 I need you to help me. 276 00:17:06,275 --> 00:17:08,402 Whether they worry about tomorrow or not, 277 00:17:08,486 --> 00:17:10,112 it'll arrive all the same. 278 00:17:11,489 --> 00:17:14,867 I'm not sure how we can help with their lack of perspective on that. 279 00:17:15,660 --> 00:17:19,580 While I admire your commitment to the long view... 280 00:17:20,581 --> 00:17:23,501 My concern is for those who are struggling right now. 281 00:17:24,460 --> 00:17:28,047 They need to feel supported in order to do their best work. 282 00:17:31,509 --> 00:17:32,843 Moving fonnard, 283 00:17:32,927 --> 00:17:37,265 I would like you to exercise a bit more tact... 284 00:17:38,266 --> 00:17:41,769 Starting upon our return to first-contact planning in ten minutes. 285 00:17:49,485 --> 00:17:51,696 Okay. We're at the mess hall. 286 00:17:51,779 --> 00:17:54,198 If it's empty, we could drop down and take a shortcut. 287 00:18:05,334 --> 00:18:06,770 - It was worth a shot. - Wait. 288 00:18:06,794 --> 00:18:09,130 If I were home, at least I could be helping 289 00:18:09,213 --> 00:18:11,882 with evacuations, mounting a defense. 290 00:18:11,966 --> 00:18:13,718 We still have time, general. 291 00:18:13,801 --> 00:18:16,596 - Captain Burnham's mission... - Is a waste of that time. 292 00:18:16,679 --> 00:18:19,932 The dma could destroy both of our worlds within days. 293 00:18:20,433 --> 00:18:21,892 How can you be so calm? 294 00:18:21,976 --> 00:18:24,729 Ni'var's emergency protocols are well defined. 295 00:18:25,605 --> 00:18:28,816 I trust my vice president is doing everything according to our plans. 296 00:18:28,899 --> 00:18:30,318 The math doesn't lie. 297 00:18:30,401 --> 00:18:31,777 There are too many. 298 00:18:31,861 --> 00:18:33,613 Most will not be saved. 299 00:18:33,696 --> 00:18:37,491 We are here to prevent such catastrophe. 300 00:18:38,659 --> 00:18:40,786 This is where we can best serve our people. 301 00:18:40,870 --> 00:18:42,288 If we act, 302 00:18:42,371 --> 00:18:44,123 we could be meeting with the ten-c even now, 303 00:18:44,206 --> 00:18:46,459 demanding they turn off their bloody device. 304 00:18:46,542 --> 00:18:49,545 We cannot communicate if we know nothing about them. 305 00:18:49,629 --> 00:18:52,214 Opportunities multiply as they are seized. 306 00:18:54,175 --> 00:18:56,594 We should have gone directly into the hyperfield. 307 00:19:01,807 --> 00:19:02,975 That was tense. 308 00:19:05,645 --> 00:19:06,645 Let's go. 309 00:19:49,689 --> 00:19:52,274 I thought his extreme fear response was lost after vahar'ai. 310 00:19:52,358 --> 00:19:53,192 So did I. 311 00:19:53,275 --> 00:19:56,737 But his cortisol and adrenaline levels are dangerously elevated. 312 00:19:56,821 --> 00:19:59,365 See if you can stabilize him. I'll continue with detmer. 313 00:19:59,448 --> 00:20:00,616 Yes, captain. 314 00:20:00,700 --> 00:20:01,742 Mr. Saru. 315 00:20:03,786 --> 00:20:05,955 Come on. Let's get you checked out. 316 00:20:28,144 --> 00:20:29,729 What do you think this was? 317 00:20:30,312 --> 00:20:31,355 Meeting space. 318 00:20:32,356 --> 00:20:33,524 Worship area. 319 00:20:35,109 --> 00:20:36,277 Maybe an arena. 320 00:20:36,777 --> 00:20:39,089 Community structures are common in a large variety of cultures. 321 00:20:39,113 --> 00:20:41,907 Maybe we'll find something that'll tell us. 322 00:20:42,867 --> 00:20:44,869 We're looking for technology, artifacts, 323 00:20:44,952 --> 00:20:46,596 anything that can provide cultural context. 324 00:20:46,620 --> 00:20:47,620 Got it. 325 00:20:51,917 --> 00:20:53,461 Easy, there. 326 00:20:54,837 --> 00:20:56,130 Something is wrong here. 327 00:20:56,756 --> 00:20:59,550 Something is causing me to feel this. 328 00:21:01,510 --> 00:21:04,805 Our ev suits protect us from any external elements. 329 00:21:04,889 --> 00:21:06,182 Here. 330 00:21:15,566 --> 00:21:17,151 Do you understand now? 331 00:21:18,694 --> 00:21:19,694 I do. 332 00:21:28,245 --> 00:21:29,789 Deck's empty. We're okay. 333 00:21:30,706 --> 00:21:31,540 Okay. 334 00:21:31,624 --> 00:21:33,167 We're right below engineering. 335 00:21:33,250 --> 00:21:34,627 Three biosigns. 336 00:21:35,419 --> 00:21:36,879 We have to create a diversion 337 00:21:36,962 --> 00:21:39,340 to pull them away long enough for me to install the patch. 338 00:21:39,423 --> 00:21:42,301 Once your ship is invisible to zora... 339 00:21:42,384 --> 00:21:44,665 What? You're looking at me like you have something to say. 340 00:21:44,970 --> 00:21:46,690 I have an idea for a slight change of plans. 341 00:21:46,722 --> 00:21:47,807 How slight? 342 00:21:47,890 --> 00:21:49,683 I want to ask general ndoye to help us. 343 00:21:49,767 --> 00:21:52,603 Well, that sounds like a great idea to put us in the brig. 344 00:21:52,686 --> 00:21:55,397 And I prefer not to spend any more years under someone else's thumb. 345 00:21:55,481 --> 00:21:56,816 I know it's a risk. 346 00:21:56,899 --> 00:21:59,068 But if she could give us intel about discovery's plans, 347 00:21:59,151 --> 00:22:01,529 we could get right in front of any issues, adapt. 348 00:22:02,029 --> 00:22:04,865 She voted in support of our plans at the assembly. 349 00:22:05,366 --> 00:22:08,244 And you heard what she just said, she needs this as much as we do. 350 00:22:08,327 --> 00:22:09,912 Her planet's running out of time. 351 00:22:09,995 --> 00:22:13,499 I think that she'll see the best way to stop the dma and save lives 352 00:22:13,582 --> 00:22:14,959 is to take control of this. 353 00:22:15,042 --> 00:22:16,877 The shuttle could be back any minute. 354 00:22:16,961 --> 00:22:17,962 I'll talk fast. 355 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:22,925 I put in the patch, you track down ndoye. 356 00:22:23,008 --> 00:22:24,468 See you back on my ship. 357 00:22:24,552 --> 00:22:25,552 Hey, book. 358 00:22:26,595 --> 00:22:28,013 Be convincing. 359 00:22:51,912 --> 00:22:53,497 Room's empty, captain. 360 00:22:53,581 --> 00:22:55,249 No cultural relics. 361 00:22:56,083 --> 00:22:57,710 Nothing on the walls. 362 00:23:00,921 --> 00:23:03,507 Do you want me to take Mr. Saru back to the shuttle? 363 00:23:04,341 --> 00:23:05,843 I've never seen him like this. 364 00:23:06,427 --> 00:23:07,928 No. Let's see if culber can help him. 365 00:23:08,012 --> 00:23:09,805 We don't have any data yet. 366 00:23:09,889 --> 00:23:11,849 I have to make this mission count. 367 00:23:12,433 --> 00:23:14,143 It's not all on you, captain. 368 00:23:15,436 --> 00:23:17,156 We're all here to help. 369 00:23:22,610 --> 00:23:23,610 Captain? 370 00:23:25,029 --> 00:23:26,029 Stay back. 371 00:23:29,950 --> 00:23:30,950 Stay back. 372 00:23:32,286 --> 00:23:34,966 Captain, your biometrics are elevating rapidly. 373 00:23:35,497 --> 00:23:36,582 Something's wrong. 374 00:23:36,665 --> 00:23:37,665 Hallucinations? 375 00:23:39,293 --> 00:23:41,503 What's happening to saru is happening to me. 376 00:23:41,587 --> 00:23:42,463 And now you. 377 00:23:42,546 --> 00:23:44,757 - Shadows, lights? - Screaming. 378 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:48,344 Our fear responses are being triggered to an exceptional degree. 379 00:23:49,261 --> 00:23:50,763 Except commander detmer. 380 00:23:51,347 --> 00:23:53,682 Her biosigns haven't changed at all. 381 00:23:53,766 --> 00:23:54,850 Yet. 382 00:23:55,809 --> 00:23:58,020 How is it that we're experiencing the same visions? 383 00:23:58,103 --> 00:23:59,897 Something must be affecting our minds 384 00:23:59,980 --> 00:24:03,317 and causing these physiological responses. 385 00:24:06,862 --> 00:24:10,032 And there's no evidence of psionic energy or infrasound. 386 00:24:11,909 --> 00:24:14,370 Our suits filter out environmental factors. 387 00:24:14,453 --> 00:24:17,289 No fluctuations in magnetic or electrical fields, either. 388 00:24:17,706 --> 00:24:20,626 So whatever's doing this is doing it in some other way. 389 00:24:24,046 --> 00:24:25,422 Five minutes. 390 00:24:26,173 --> 00:24:29,218 We will retrace our steps and figure out what's going on. 391 00:24:30,511 --> 00:24:32,638 Detmer, you stay back and keep safe, okay? 392 00:24:33,138 --> 00:24:36,100 This mission comes first. 393 00:24:37,768 --> 00:24:38,912 If we're not able to fix this, 394 00:24:38,936 --> 00:24:42,189 we're gonna need you to go back to the shuttle and contact discovery. 395 00:24:44,316 --> 00:24:45,316 Alone. 396 00:25:04,169 --> 00:25:08,424 Triple-brewed raktajino. Hot as hell. Hold the nutmeg. 397 00:25:11,135 --> 00:25:12,386 You want one? 398 00:25:14,430 --> 00:25:15,889 Suit yourself. 399 00:25:15,973 --> 00:25:18,017 These puppies saved me on the hiawatha. 400 00:25:18,100 --> 00:25:19,285 When you have to power through, 401 00:25:19,309 --> 00:25:22,813 nothing beats the bitter elixir of klingon warriors. 402 00:25:27,651 --> 00:25:29,528 Oh, that's my head. 403 00:25:29,611 --> 00:25:32,698 There must be something pretty darn interesting in there 404 00:25:32,781 --> 00:25:34,950 to upstage klingon warriors. 405 00:25:35,993 --> 00:25:37,703 I... sorry. 406 00:25:38,579 --> 00:25:41,832 I was just thinking about commander detmer. 407 00:25:41,915 --> 00:25:44,293 Oh, I see. When gray's away... 408 00:25:44,376 --> 00:25:45,376 Okay, no. 409 00:25:48,672 --> 00:25:53,469 I just sometimes wish that I could be a little bit more like her. 410 00:25:53,552 --> 00:25:57,139 Confident and, um, you know, able to go on a mission 411 00:25:57,222 --> 00:26:00,726 without worrying about all of the ways that I could screw it up. 412 00:26:01,685 --> 00:26:04,688 I think it's pretty safe to assume that everyone, 413 00:26:04,772 --> 00:26:07,524 no matter what calm veneer they present, 414 00:26:08,150 --> 00:26:09,693 is kind of a mess. 415 00:26:09,777 --> 00:26:12,154 I've just never seen her flinch. 416 00:26:12,654 --> 00:26:15,074 You know, she's always really got it together. 417 00:26:15,157 --> 00:26:18,869 Ask her how she was after we flew out of a wormhole and crashed. 418 00:26:21,205 --> 00:26:24,374 No one's always okay, kid. 419 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,378 And it takes a hell of a lot of strength to admit when you're not. 420 00:26:29,463 --> 00:26:34,134 Which, I guess, makes detmer, in fact, the shit. 421 00:26:37,179 --> 00:26:39,681 If you admire her so much, why don't you get to know her? 422 00:26:39,765 --> 00:26:41,475 Have you ever had a conversation? 423 00:26:41,558 --> 00:26:44,353 Not like just us in the same... 424 00:26:44,436 --> 00:26:47,523 I wouldn't really know how to start that. 425 00:26:48,190 --> 00:26:49,190 Pro tip, 426 00:26:50,025 --> 00:26:52,611 don't start with "I wanna be you." 427 00:26:52,694 --> 00:26:53,904 It's kind of creepy. 428 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:57,407 You'll figure it out. 429 00:27:14,466 --> 00:27:17,136 Saru was touching my arm right before it happened. 430 00:27:17,219 --> 00:27:21,473 But neither of us were touching captain Burnham 431 00:27:21,557 --> 00:27:23,183 when she became affected. 432 00:27:26,228 --> 00:27:30,649 And... and I was outside when the symptoms hit. 433 00:27:30,732 --> 00:27:33,110 You and the captain were inside. 434 00:27:37,364 --> 00:27:38,866 Could our suits be malfunctioning? 435 00:27:40,033 --> 00:27:42,244 Detmer, are your settings any different than ours? 436 00:27:42,870 --> 00:27:44,670 No. They're all the same. 437 00:27:44,997 --> 00:27:47,124 There's no reason I should be fine. 438 00:27:48,125 --> 00:27:49,918 This doesn't make any sense. 439 00:27:51,545 --> 00:27:53,213 Is there any chance... 440 00:27:55,674 --> 00:27:56,967 It could be the dust? 441 00:28:02,514 --> 00:28:06,768 There... there was a patch of ground, unstable. 442 00:28:06,852 --> 00:28:09,396 I recall stepping through it 443 00:28:09,479 --> 00:28:11,523 just before the hallucinations began. 444 00:28:12,024 --> 00:28:13,233 It was filled with dust. 445 00:28:13,317 --> 00:28:16,862 Yes, and I knelt in it when I was treating you. 446 00:28:16,945 --> 00:28:19,072 And I touched it when I was examining the trichome. 447 00:28:19,156 --> 00:28:21,366 And I haven't come into direct contact with it. 448 00:28:22,701 --> 00:28:23,701 Okay. 449 00:28:24,703 --> 00:28:26,997 The hydrocarbons that you analyzed earlier, 450 00:28:27,956 --> 00:28:30,375 they weren't found in any of the federation databases, 451 00:28:30,459 --> 00:28:32,961 so maybe our suits wouldn't know how to block them. 452 00:28:33,045 --> 00:28:37,299 An unknown substance could get through if its structure was unusual enough. 453 00:28:43,263 --> 00:28:47,017 Okay, let me recalibrate the programmable-matter filtering system. 454 00:29:03,033 --> 00:29:05,233 So glad you were paying attention in those ev trainings. 455 00:29:08,121 --> 00:29:12,125 Mr. Saru, your respiration is still somewhat elevated. 456 00:29:13,168 --> 00:29:15,837 No, I'm all right, doctor. 457 00:29:16,672 --> 00:29:17,672 It is just... 458 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:21,385 I had forgotten the sensation of fear. 459 00:29:22,844 --> 00:29:25,305 It brings back memories. 460 00:29:27,015 --> 00:29:28,684 It is nothing. It'll pass. 461 00:29:30,352 --> 00:29:32,688 But I must say, commander detmer, 462 00:29:34,147 --> 00:29:37,150 you remained remarkably calm as we struggled with the unknown. 463 00:29:37,234 --> 00:29:39,653 PTSD therapy came in handy. 464 00:29:39,736 --> 00:29:40,946 Plus the way I grew up, 465 00:29:41,029 --> 00:29:43,907 I'm sort of the queen of putting things in boxes. 466 00:29:46,618 --> 00:29:47,953 Take a look at this. 467 00:29:48,036 --> 00:29:49,454 Think I got something. 468 00:29:52,291 --> 00:29:54,459 Through the archway, look at that. 469 00:29:54,543 --> 00:29:57,170 It appears the ten-c left something behind after all. 470 00:29:59,506 --> 00:30:00,716 Let's go find out what. 471 00:30:05,345 --> 00:30:09,516 Shield upgrade means increasing nominal system output. 472 00:30:09,599 --> 00:30:11,369 - You get that, right? - Yes, commander. 473 00:30:11,393 --> 00:30:15,105 Commander Reno, I require some assistance. 474 00:30:15,188 --> 00:30:16,940 I live to serve. 475 00:30:18,066 --> 00:30:19,276 What do you need? 476 00:30:19,359 --> 00:30:22,362 The deck 6 tech-hub replicator is malfunctioning. 477 00:30:22,446 --> 00:30:23,864 What? I was just there. 478 00:30:23,947 --> 00:30:27,117 I'm receiving similar reports from decks 2 and 3, 479 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:28,910 and just now on deck 5, 480 00:30:28,994 --> 00:30:31,955 it started making steamed bananas. 481 00:30:32,664 --> 00:30:35,083 Okay. Every word of that is bad news. 482 00:30:35,167 --> 00:30:36,418 Get moving. 483 00:30:36,501 --> 00:30:38,962 If we lose replicators out here, we starve to death. 484 00:30:39,046 --> 00:30:40,255 No pressure. 485 00:31:06,156 --> 00:31:07,616 President t'rina? 486 00:31:07,699 --> 00:31:09,117 You wished to speak further? 487 00:31:09,910 --> 00:31:10,910 Hello? 488 00:31:15,415 --> 00:31:16,500 President t'rina? 489 00:31:20,837 --> 00:31:22,089 That message was from you? 490 00:31:22,172 --> 00:31:23,548 I need you to listen. 491 00:31:24,341 --> 00:31:25,801 How the hell are you even here? 492 00:31:25,884 --> 00:31:27,427 My ship is nearby, cloaked. 493 00:31:27,511 --> 00:31:29,238 This is blocking zora's sensors for the moment, 494 00:31:29,262 --> 00:31:30,639 but we don't have much time. 495 00:31:30,722 --> 00:31:33,266 Give me one reason why I shouldn't call security right now. 496 00:31:33,350 --> 00:31:34,434 Because I'm here to help. 497 00:31:34,518 --> 00:31:36,395 But to do that, I need your help. 498 00:31:37,020 --> 00:31:39,898 Two minutes, that's all I ask. 499 00:31:47,406 --> 00:31:51,618 United earth is now in the path of a more powerful dma, thanks to you. 500 00:31:51,701 --> 00:31:54,621 If we'd succeeded, you and your home would be safe right now. 501 00:31:54,704 --> 00:31:56,081 Everyone would be. 502 00:31:56,706 --> 00:31:58,708 That was my goal then, it's my goal now. 503 00:32:00,585 --> 00:32:02,254 You have one minute left. 504 00:32:02,337 --> 00:32:03,922 I've lost my home. 505 00:32:04,714 --> 00:32:06,216 You're about to lose yours. 506 00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:09,845 I know what it's like to feel there's nothing you can do 507 00:32:09,928 --> 00:32:12,139 when all you wanna do is take action. 508 00:32:13,432 --> 00:32:14,766 We can, general. 509 00:32:15,392 --> 00:32:17,144 We can end the dma for good. 510 00:32:19,104 --> 00:32:22,274 If you have a plan, I'll need every detail. 511 00:32:22,357 --> 00:32:25,235 Right now, one of discovery's shuttles is down on that planet. 512 00:32:25,318 --> 00:32:27,672 They're looking for something to help with first contact, right? 513 00:32:27,696 --> 00:32:29,239 That was the intent. 514 00:32:29,322 --> 00:32:30,866 Is it Michael down there? 515 00:32:32,367 --> 00:32:34,202 She'll get what they need. 516 00:32:34,286 --> 00:32:38,081 Once she does, my ship will enter into the hyperfield attached to discovery. 517 00:32:38,165 --> 00:32:40,500 Tarka will find the dma's power source and disable it. 518 00:32:40,584 --> 00:32:42,210 That will stop the dma. 519 00:32:42,836 --> 00:32:44,463 Earth will be safe. 520 00:32:45,797 --> 00:32:47,859 If you believe so firmly in captain Burnham's abilities, 521 00:32:47,883 --> 00:32:50,594 why not simply trust that first contact will succeed? 522 00:32:50,677 --> 00:32:52,929 I have faith in Michael, not the ten-c. 523 00:32:54,014 --> 00:32:55,616 I can't let the lives of billions of people 524 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:57,680 hang on a hope that they'll be sympathetic. Can you? 525 00:33:03,565 --> 00:33:05,484 How do I fit into all of this? 526 00:33:05,567 --> 00:33:06,943 Stay in contact. That's it. 527 00:33:07,736 --> 00:33:10,056 Tell us what she's planning so we can do what we need to do 528 00:33:10,113 --> 00:33:12,115 without putting discovery or anyone on it at risk. 529 00:33:12,199 --> 00:33:14,826 What you're asking already involves significant risk. 530 00:33:15,827 --> 00:33:18,205 So I must insist that it be a backup plan only. 531 00:33:18,830 --> 00:33:20,749 You need to give diplomacy time to work. 532 00:33:20,832 --> 00:33:23,960 If the ten-c capitulate before united earth is in the red zone, 533 00:33:24,044 --> 00:33:26,087 you and Mr. Tarka must stand down. 534 00:33:26,171 --> 00:33:27,797 You have my word on that, general. 535 00:33:28,256 --> 00:33:29,424 Do I have yours? 536 00:33:36,556 --> 00:33:39,643 It can't be coincidence that you all had the same hallucinations. 537 00:33:39,726 --> 00:33:40,726 It's not. 538 00:33:41,102 --> 00:33:44,523 Somehow, the hydrocarbons let us see and hear what they did, 539 00:33:44,606 --> 00:33:47,108 what it was like when their planet was destroyed. 540 00:33:47,192 --> 00:33:48,610 How is that even possible? 541 00:33:49,236 --> 00:33:50,779 I don't know yet. 542 00:33:50,862 --> 00:33:52,531 I may have something. 543 00:33:54,533 --> 00:33:56,618 This hydrocarbon is markedly different 544 00:33:56,701 --> 00:33:58,995 than the variety we initially encountered. 545 00:33:59,079 --> 00:34:01,456 I fail to see why that should be the case. 546 00:34:01,540 --> 00:34:03,458 Captain, over here. 547 00:34:05,377 --> 00:34:09,339 These pillars contain traces of what I presume is their DNA. 548 00:34:09,422 --> 00:34:10,882 It matches the bones outside. 549 00:34:10,966 --> 00:34:14,427 But based on the differences in methylation profiles, 550 00:34:15,095 --> 00:34:17,264 the DNA inside of here 551 00:34:17,347 --> 00:34:19,140 would've belonged to infants. 552 00:34:21,768 --> 00:34:24,354 This must be a cocoon of some kind. 553 00:34:28,733 --> 00:34:30,277 This room was a nursery. 554 00:34:30,902 --> 00:34:33,697 That must be why this structure was reinforced, 555 00:34:33,780 --> 00:34:35,282 to protect their young. 556 00:34:35,365 --> 00:34:39,327 Which means these beings prioritize children. 557 00:34:40,537 --> 00:34:42,163 They value life. 558 00:34:42,247 --> 00:34:43,873 Cultural context. 559 00:34:44,874 --> 00:34:46,543 I wonder... 560 00:34:51,172 --> 00:34:52,799 Monitor my biosigns. 561 00:34:56,928 --> 00:34:58,054 What are you doing? 562 00:34:58,805 --> 00:35:00,432 I'm gonna let it in. 563 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:28,710 It feels like love. 564 00:35:50,357 --> 00:35:51,650 It's peaceful. 565 00:35:53,151 --> 00:35:56,196 It feels... safe. 566 00:35:57,614 --> 00:36:00,367 I remember feeling this with my parents. 567 00:36:05,580 --> 00:36:08,041 Commander, are you all right? 568 00:36:10,835 --> 00:36:12,671 I've just never felt... 569 00:36:17,050 --> 00:36:18,259 My dad... 570 00:36:22,889 --> 00:36:24,099 He wasn't well. 571 00:36:24,891 --> 00:36:28,228 There was a disconnect between him and reality. 572 00:36:29,229 --> 00:36:31,106 After my mom died, 573 00:36:31,606 --> 00:36:33,733 it was just the two of us, so... 574 00:36:37,028 --> 00:36:38,238 Oh, detmer. 575 00:36:42,117 --> 00:36:46,788 I, too, am a stranger to some of these feelings. 576 00:36:46,871 --> 00:36:51,584 I do not believe I knew an easy breath on kaminar. 577 00:36:52,711 --> 00:36:57,882 I was ashamed when I felt afraid again today. 578 00:37:00,260 --> 00:37:02,137 But I was not alone. 579 00:37:03,722 --> 00:37:05,056 Neither are you. 580 00:37:08,351 --> 00:37:12,188 We're feeling love and safety here in the nursery, 581 00:37:13,148 --> 00:37:15,150 but outside, where so many of them died, 582 00:37:15,233 --> 00:37:18,820 we experienced panic and fear, like they must have. 583 00:37:19,446 --> 00:37:22,741 Kelpien and human biology are significantly different, 584 00:37:23,366 --> 00:37:26,161 but these hydrocarbons are affecting us almost identically. 585 00:37:26,244 --> 00:37:28,872 Maybe some emotions are universal. 586 00:37:28,955 --> 00:37:32,000 If true, that would connect us all 587 00:37:32,083 --> 00:37:34,711 in quite a profound way. 588 00:37:35,336 --> 00:37:40,592 But I do not yet see how we might make use of this for first contact. 589 00:37:42,552 --> 00:37:45,305 But there is something here. 590 00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:50,143 Let's reset our ev suit filters. 591 00:37:50,226 --> 00:37:52,353 Finish scans, and get some samples. 592 00:37:52,437 --> 00:37:53,938 We can talk while we work. 593 00:37:54,022 --> 00:37:55,398 We've gotta get back to discovery. 594 00:38:04,240 --> 00:38:05,742 Installing the patch now. 595 00:38:05,825 --> 00:38:07,952 All sensors will go numb in five. 596 00:38:08,036 --> 00:38:09,704 What's your status with ndoye? 597 00:38:10,330 --> 00:38:13,541 We're good. I'll fill you in when we 're back on board. 598 00:38:14,125 --> 00:38:17,170 There must be some reason for the malfunction. 599 00:38:17,253 --> 00:38:19,453 - Gotta go. - It almost feels deliberate. 600 00:38:20,340 --> 00:38:23,218 What kind of idiot would pull a practical joke 601 00:38:23,301 --> 00:38:25,386 in the middle of an existential threat? 602 00:38:25,470 --> 00:38:26,387 I don't know. 603 00:38:26,471 --> 00:38:28,890 Well, then get off comms, and get me an answer. 604 00:38:28,973 --> 00:38:30,183 Aye, commander. 605 00:38:35,271 --> 00:38:36,271 Who's here? 606 00:38:36,815 --> 00:38:40,485 If someone's screwing around, today is not the day. 607 00:38:43,154 --> 00:38:46,157 Please tell me I just spoiled a surprise party. 608 00:38:48,701 --> 00:38:51,871 Okay, we know the hydrocarbons convey different emotions. 609 00:38:51,955 --> 00:38:53,456 But how? 610 00:38:54,290 --> 00:38:55,290 And why? 611 00:38:55,667 --> 00:38:58,795 Well, a number of chemicals correspond to emotional states, 612 00:39:00,088 --> 00:39:03,675 norepinephrine, serotonin, dopamine. 613 00:39:03,758 --> 00:39:05,236 There are also numerous species 614 00:39:05,260 --> 00:39:08,680 whose means of expression are entirely chemical. 615 00:39:09,389 --> 00:39:13,017 For instance, the plim of asp-27 communicate 616 00:39:13,101 --> 00:39:15,270 by changing the scent of their breath. 617 00:39:15,353 --> 00:39:17,105 Chemicals in the air. 618 00:39:17,647 --> 00:39:19,482 But you have to be with someone. 619 00:39:20,066 --> 00:39:22,819 Is there a chemical for "not with someone"? 620 00:39:22,902 --> 00:39:26,447 Like, when I was a kid, I didn't need to be in the same room as my dad 621 00:39:26,531 --> 00:39:27,967 to know that he was in a dark place. 622 00:39:27,991 --> 00:39:30,869 I could just... feel it. 623 00:39:30,952 --> 00:39:35,707 A lot of earth species, bees, wolves, use pheromones. 624 00:39:36,332 --> 00:39:38,209 Which are often hydrocarbon chains. 625 00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:41,796 Maybe these hydrocarbons are the pheromones of the ten-c, 626 00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:44,340 a way for them to communicate with one another. 627 00:39:48,094 --> 00:39:49,137 What if... 628 00:39:50,847 --> 00:39:54,684 This is our rosetta stone? 629 00:39:55,768 --> 00:39:57,770 Are you referring to the ancient earth artifact? 630 00:39:57,854 --> 00:40:02,525 It provided context that was crucial to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs. 631 00:40:02,609 --> 00:40:04,694 No one could understand them before that. 632 00:40:04,777 --> 00:40:07,363 And you think these hydrocarbons can do that for us, 633 00:40:07,989 --> 00:40:10,408 help us find a way to communicate with the ten-c? 634 00:40:10,491 --> 00:40:13,411 Their emotions tell a story, give us context. 635 00:40:13,494 --> 00:40:15,455 We need more pieces to the puzzle, 636 00:40:15,538 --> 00:40:18,124 but, yeah, I think that's exactly what they can do. 637 00:40:21,210 --> 00:40:23,421 Nice work, all of you. 638 00:40:23,922 --> 00:40:26,925 This is what we came for. Let's get this back to the team. 639 00:40:52,033 --> 00:40:54,953 Disco 09 to discovery, we're back in comms range 640 00:40:55,036 --> 00:40:56,329 and on our way home. 641 00:40:56,412 --> 00:40:57,848 Glad to hear it, commander. 642 00:40:57,872 --> 00:40:58,872 See you all soon. 643 00:41:05,713 --> 00:41:06,713 Captain? 644 00:41:08,299 --> 00:41:09,884 Back in the nursery, I... 645 00:41:10,468 --> 00:41:13,346 I just want to apologize for letting my personal issues compromise... 646 00:41:13,429 --> 00:41:16,808 If you finish that sentence, I will demote you to ensign. 647 00:41:19,686 --> 00:41:22,647 It's okay to not be in control for five minutes. 648 00:41:24,691 --> 00:41:28,987 For as much as we would like to Bury certain emotions, 649 00:41:29,070 --> 00:41:32,824 perhaps it is freeing to acknowledge that 650 00:41:32,907 --> 00:41:36,828 we would not be who we are had we not experienced all that we did. 651 00:41:37,453 --> 00:41:40,331 Maybe that's why the ten-c created the hyperfield... 652 00:41:41,624 --> 00:41:43,167 To protect themselves. 653 00:41:44,669 --> 00:41:48,339 So they would never again have to experience that kind of fear and pain. 654 00:41:49,173 --> 00:41:50,425 The thing I can't reconcile is, 655 00:41:50,508 --> 00:41:53,344 they understand what it's like to have their home destroyed, 656 00:41:54,679 --> 00:41:56,389 and now they're doing the same to us. 657 00:41:56,472 --> 00:41:57,974 If they can feel, they can connect. 658 00:41:58,057 --> 00:42:00,202 And if we can make them aware of what the dma is doing, 659 00:42:00,226 --> 00:42:02,812 we have every reason to believe that they'll stop it. 660 00:42:02,895 --> 00:42:06,524 I regret to say, doctor, it is equally possible 661 00:42:06,607 --> 00:42:10,486 that they already know and simply do not care. 662 00:42:17,702 --> 00:42:22,540 We sent dots down to the planet's surface to scan for more of the hydrocarbons. 663 00:42:22,623 --> 00:42:25,877 They recovered 16 unique compounds, 664 00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:28,296 including the two that you interacted with today. 665 00:42:28,379 --> 00:42:32,300 We've begun testing, and initial results indicate 666 00:42:32,383 --> 00:42:35,595 that each corresponds with a different emotional state. 667 00:42:35,678 --> 00:42:36,763 Fascinating. 668 00:42:37,346 --> 00:42:42,226 Of course, the rosetta stone required two languages to understand the third. 669 00:42:44,479 --> 00:42:49,400 However, uh, this is still an excellent starting point for communication. 670 00:42:49,484 --> 00:42:50,484 Good job. 671 00:42:53,988 --> 00:42:57,116 Nice work, captain, and Mr. Saru. 672 00:42:59,577 --> 00:43:02,663 I'll have my crew set course for the hyperfield immediately. 673 00:43:10,922 --> 00:43:14,342 If you could use a moment of respite after the challenges of the day, 674 00:43:14,425 --> 00:43:17,303 you are welcome to join me for a stroll on the holodeck. 675 00:43:20,223 --> 00:43:22,725 I would enjoy that immensely. 676 00:43:33,027 --> 00:43:35,947 Take whoever you need to assist with testing the chemicals. 677 00:43:36,489 --> 00:43:40,076 This data, captain, changes everything. 678 00:43:41,285 --> 00:43:43,579 For the first time in a long time, 679 00:43:44,205 --> 00:43:45,331 I feel hope. 680 00:43:46,749 --> 00:43:48,501 Like we can really do this. 681 00:43:48,584 --> 00:43:51,212 We can really find a way to communicate with them. 682 00:43:53,172 --> 00:43:54,172 Thank you. 683 00:43:55,508 --> 00:43:56,843 It was all of us. 684 00:43:58,302 --> 00:44:01,889 And it will continue to be moving fonnard. 685 00:44:04,350 --> 00:44:05,560 Thank you. 686 00:44:25,872 --> 00:44:28,666 - General ndoye? - What is it? 687 00:44:32,253 --> 00:44:33,754 It was good to see her. 688 00:44:37,258 --> 00:44:39,177 Thank you for letting me know she was back. 689 00:44:39,719 --> 00:44:40,720 You're welcome. 690 00:44:57,612 --> 00:44:58,863 Hi. 691 00:44:58,946 --> 00:45:02,366 I heard about the hydrocarbons. 692 00:45:04,577 --> 00:45:07,496 Game-changer. 693 00:45:07,580 --> 00:45:08,581 Yeah, I'm glad. 694 00:45:09,707 --> 00:45:11,751 How... how are you doing? 695 00:45:13,669 --> 00:45:15,922 It was a tough day. 696 00:45:16,589 --> 00:45:18,132 Good, but tough. 697 00:45:18,758 --> 00:45:21,594 If you wanna be alone, that's totally cool. 698 00:45:21,677 --> 00:45:24,889 I just, um, thought maybe if you wanted company, 699 00:45:24,972 --> 00:45:27,141 I was just gonna hang around here for a little bit. 700 00:45:27,225 --> 00:45:28,684 Company sounds good. 701 00:45:28,768 --> 00:45:31,020 Okay. Um... 702 00:45:33,397 --> 00:45:34,649 All right. 703 00:45:35,441 --> 00:45:38,110 Oh, by the way, um, I did fly good today, 704 00:45:38,194 --> 00:45:39,862 so thank you for that. 705 00:45:40,488 --> 00:45:45,117 Yes. We maybe just don't even ever have to mention that, like, ever again. 706 00:45:45,201 --> 00:45:48,120 Or we can mention it every day for the rest of your life. 707 00:45:48,204 --> 00:45:49,204 Okay. 708 00:45:57,672 --> 00:45:58,965 You asked to see me? 709 00:45:59,674 --> 00:46:00,674 Please, sit. 710 00:46:10,601 --> 00:46:11,811 Is this mavi? 711 00:46:19,151 --> 00:46:20,653 Tastes like home. 712 00:46:20,736 --> 00:46:22,822 I'm glad the replicator got it right. 713 00:46:27,326 --> 00:46:30,621 I saw you lingering in the nursery 714 00:46:31,247 --> 00:46:32,331 when we were leaving. 715 00:46:34,458 --> 00:46:35,584 It was nice... 716 00:46:37,837 --> 00:46:40,047 To feel those few moments of peace. 717 00:46:42,008 --> 00:46:45,428 I just wished I could stay in that a little longer. 718 00:46:48,431 --> 00:46:49,724 Now, a while ago, 719 00:46:50,766 --> 00:46:54,353 Dr. Kovich told me to take some time for myself, 720 00:46:54,437 --> 00:46:55,646 and I've tried. 721 00:46:56,480 --> 00:46:57,523 But, uh... 722 00:47:01,444 --> 00:47:03,904 Seems I've got deeper work to do. 723 00:47:08,534 --> 00:47:09,660 I'm not okay. 724 00:47:10,870 --> 00:47:14,874 How could you be, with everything you're facing? 725 00:47:15,583 --> 00:47:18,919 I mean, with everything we're facing, I don't think anyone is okay. 726 00:47:19,337 --> 00:47:22,798 I keep thinking about how we felt what the ten-c felt today. 727 00:47:24,258 --> 00:47:27,386 Their fear, their love. 728 00:47:28,012 --> 00:47:32,433 And they destroyed kwejian and radvek 5. 729 00:47:34,477 --> 00:47:36,687 Sometimes empathy can be uncomfortable. 730 00:47:37,104 --> 00:47:40,566 And it's the only way to connect... 731 00:47:41,901 --> 00:47:45,488 To find common ground for communication. 732 00:47:46,113 --> 00:47:47,865 What if saru is right? 733 00:47:47,948 --> 00:47:49,950 What if they know what they've done... 734 00:47:51,452 --> 00:47:52,620 And they don't care? 735 00:47:53,245 --> 00:47:56,624 I mean, how do we connect with a species like that? 736 00:47:58,584 --> 00:47:59,752 We'll find a way. 737 00:48:11,889 --> 00:48:13,409 The patch worked like a charm. 738 00:48:13,474 --> 00:48:16,268 We're attached to the hull, and zora's sensors don't have a clue. 739 00:48:18,187 --> 00:48:20,523 Got some news about the mission to their planet. 740 00:48:20,606 --> 00:48:22,686 They're hoping to try and... 741 00:48:24,652 --> 00:48:27,947 Nothing like coming home to an unexpected hostage, am I right?