1 00:00:20,687 --> 00:00:23,065 Previously on Star Trek Strange New Worlds... 2 00:00:23,148 --> 00:00:25,650 Spock, meet James Kirk, first officer of the Farragut. 3 00:00:25,733 --> 00:00:26,944 When I took my commission, 4 00:00:27,027 --> 00:00:30,072 I spent a week shadowing Pike. It made all the difference. 5 00:00:30,155 --> 00:00:31,614 You want to know the worst thing 6 00:00:31,698 --> 00:00:33,951 about living almost forever? 7 00:00:34,034 --> 00:00:35,368 The loss of those you love. 8 00:00:36,202 --> 00:00:38,455 It wasn't your fault, Chris. - I led the mission. 9 00:00:38,539 --> 00:00:40,082 We're responsible for other people's lives. 10 00:00:40,165 --> 00:00:42,667 The lives of my crew mean everything to me. 11 00:00:42,750 --> 00:00:46,338 Our job puts us up against death more than is fair. 12 00:00:46,422 --> 00:00:48,631 Now, you can let death win 13 00:00:48,715 --> 00:00:50,675 or you can fight back. 14 00:00:57,348 --> 00:01:00,019 First officer's personal log. Stardate... 15 00:01:00,978 --> 00:01:03,062 What is the stardate? 16 00:01:04,023 --> 00:01:06,275 They're all blending together. 17 00:01:06,358 --> 00:01:08,611 Farragut is conducting a planetary survey 18 00:01:08,694 --> 00:01:11,613 of Helicon Gamma, an uninhabited M-class world 19 00:01:11,696 --> 00:01:13,531 outside Federation space, and... 20 00:01:16,410 --> 00:01:19,830 I am so deeply bored. 21 00:01:20,998 --> 00:01:24,834 I find myself constantly questioning Captain V'Rel's orders. 22 00:01:25,418 --> 00:01:27,378 It's like she's allergic to risk. 23 00:01:28,004 --> 00:01:29,839 We're out here to get our hands dirty, 24 00:01:29,924 --> 00:01:31,717 to be explorers, 25 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,303 not to triple-check every sensor reading. 26 00:01:34,970 --> 00:01:36,263 I get it. 27 00:01:36,347 --> 00:01:38,056 She wants to do everything by the book. 28 00:01:38,139 --> 00:01:40,475 Any changes since last night? 29 00:01:40,975 --> 00:01:42,560 I just think the book would be more interesting 30 00:01:42,644 --> 00:01:44,021 if I got to write it. 31 00:01:44,103 --> 00:01:45,189 Helm, 32 00:01:45,272 --> 00:01:47,066 bring us into a low geosynchronous orbit 33 00:01:47,149 --> 00:01:48,651 over the northern continent. 34 00:01:49,693 --> 00:01:52,070 Captain V'Rel, if I may, 35 00:01:52,987 --> 00:01:55,281 we could get much more detailed readings 36 00:01:55,365 --> 00:01:57,075 from an even lower orbit. 37 00:01:57,158 --> 00:01:59,495 How low do you suggest? Lowest orbit there is. 38 00:01:59,578 --> 00:02:01,413 Our boots on the ground. 39 00:02:02,206 --> 00:02:03,582 Given the geological instability, 40 00:02:03,666 --> 00:02:05,416 it seems an unwarranted risk. 41 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:07,794 Risk is why we're here, isn't it? 42 00:02:07,877 --> 00:02:09,421 Starfleet could have sent a probe, 43 00:02:09,505 --> 00:02:10,755 but instead they sent us 44 00:02:10,839 --> 00:02:13,300 because some things you need to see for yourself 45 00:02:13,384 --> 00:02:15,093 to truly understand. Captain, 46 00:02:15,177 --> 00:02:16,595 an unknown force just impacted 47 00:02:16,679 --> 00:02:18,639 Helicon Gamma's surface. Report. 48 00:02:18,722 --> 00:02:21,057 There's a seismic disturbance in the planet's crust. 49 00:02:24,645 --> 00:02:26,604 Red alert. 50 00:02:28,022 --> 00:02:29,565 Helm, take evasive action. 51 00:02:29,649 --> 00:02:31,110 All hands, brace for... 52 00:03:07,270 --> 00:03:08,647 Medical team to the bridge. 53 00:03:12,692 --> 00:03:14,570 This is the U.S.S. Farragut. 54 00:03:14,652 --> 00:03:16,488 We need immediate assistance. We've taken heavy... 55 00:03:16,572 --> 00:03:18,615 Sir, something's interfering with the comms signal. 56 00:03:18,699 --> 00:03:20,408 I'm trying to identify the source. 57 00:03:29,460 --> 00:03:30,960 It's coming from that. 58 00:03:36,716 --> 00:03:38,259 Space. 59 00:03:39,761 --> 00:03:41,722 The final frontier. 60 00:03:44,098 --> 00:03:47,143 These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. 61 00:03:49,395 --> 00:03:51,190 Its five-year mission, 62 00:03:51,272 --> 00:03:54,276 to explore strange new worlds... 63 00:03:56,570 --> 00:03:58,906 to seek out new life 64 00:03:59,615 --> 00:04:01,365 and new civilizations, 65 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:04,744 to boldly go 66 00:04:04,828 --> 00:04:06,662 where no one has gone before. 67 00:05:36,420 --> 00:05:37,545 Readings? 68 00:05:39,506 --> 00:05:40,841 Life signs on board, 69 00:05:40,924 --> 00:05:42,759 but barely enough to crew the ship. 70 00:05:42,842 --> 00:05:44,928 Multiple systems nonfunctioning. 71 00:05:45,011 --> 00:05:47,930 What in Baird's name happened here? Whose name? 72 00:05:48,015 --> 00:05:49,098 The Scottish inventor. 73 00:05:49,725 --> 00:05:51,559 Everyone knows John Logie Baird. 74 00:05:58,524 --> 00:06:00,067 Rescue? That is our purpose. 75 00:06:00,152 --> 00:06:01,778 The question is rescue from what? 76 00:06:01,861 --> 00:06:04,614 I only saw a glimpse. It was huge. 77 00:06:05,199 --> 00:06:06,908 He's got internal bleeding. 78 00:06:06,992 --> 00:06:07,993 I need to get him to sickbay. 79 00:06:08,075 --> 00:06:10,829 I'd better go to Engineering and check there's still a warp core. 80 00:06:10,912 --> 00:06:11,997 Report back with your findings. 81 00:06:12,079 --> 00:06:14,540 We will offer our assistance to Captain V'Rel on the bridge. 82 00:06:14,625 --> 00:06:16,126 Wait. 83 00:06:16,209 --> 00:06:17,627 It's not just ship to ship. 84 00:06:17,710 --> 00:06:19,045 All comms are down. 85 00:06:19,128 --> 00:06:20,380 We'll have no way to get in touch with each other. 86 00:06:20,463 --> 00:06:23,424 Go. But find your way to the bridge as soon as you can. 87 00:06:27,136 --> 00:06:28,846 Don't you shut down on me. 88 00:06:29,597 --> 00:06:31,015 Reinforcements have arrived. 89 00:06:34,101 --> 00:06:35,269 Where's your CMO, Ensign? 90 00:06:39,441 --> 00:06:40,441 Just you, then. 91 00:06:41,777 --> 00:06:43,403 I'm seeing a lot of blunt-force injuries in here. 92 00:06:43,486 --> 00:06:45,571 What happened? You should ask the captain. 93 00:06:45,656 --> 00:06:46,697 Bed four. 94 00:06:49,283 --> 00:06:51,661 Captain V'Rel, I'm Nurse Chapel. 95 00:06:54,414 --> 00:06:56,959 You have a cerebral contusion. There's no cranial swelling. 96 00:06:57,041 --> 00:06:58,459 I need to get back to the bridge. 97 00:06:58,542 --> 00:07:01,505 Mm-hmm, right after we make sure that your brain isn't herniating. 98 00:07:01,588 --> 00:07:03,298 Stay. 99 00:07:04,632 --> 00:07:06,425 Our away team is heading to the bridge. 100 00:07:06,510 --> 00:07:07,552 They can help. 101 00:07:09,763 --> 00:07:11,555 Try bypassing primary sensors. 102 00:07:12,140 --> 00:07:14,268 See if anything's functioning in the lateral array. 103 00:07:15,851 --> 00:07:17,479 Alvarez, get us out of this debris. 104 00:07:17,562 --> 00:07:19,815 Sir, it's too dangerous without the sensors. 105 00:07:19,898 --> 00:07:21,774 Captain... Captain V'Rel left me the conn, 106 00:07:21,858 --> 00:07:23,902 and it's up to me to return it intact. 107 00:07:25,736 --> 00:07:26,989 Mr. Spock. 108 00:07:27,071 --> 00:07:29,407 Ensign Uhura. La'An. 109 00:07:29,490 --> 00:07:30,908 Welcome aboard. James. 110 00:07:30,993 --> 00:07:32,536 Quite a mess you've gotten yourself into. 111 00:07:32,618 --> 00:07:34,287 Seems to be my specialty. 112 00:07:34,371 --> 00:07:36,290 It's a miracle you got our distress call. 113 00:07:36,372 --> 00:07:37,708 Signal was jammed. The interference has 114 00:07:37,790 --> 00:07:38,916 wreaked havoc with us, too. 115 00:07:39,001 --> 00:07:40,919 But I might be able to set up line of sight. 116 00:07:41,002 --> 00:07:42,878 Permission to borrow your telemetry? More than granted. 117 00:07:45,966 --> 00:07:48,677 Alvarez, aim us at the Enterprise. 118 00:07:51,429 --> 00:07:52,596 Stand by for the captain. 119 00:07:58,144 --> 00:07:59,145 Captain Pike. 120 00:07:59,229 --> 00:08:00,730 I'll dispense with the pleasantries 121 00:08:00,813 --> 00:08:02,441 since we're still in a critical situation. 122 00:08:02,523 --> 00:08:03,774 Is the threat still in the area? 123 00:08:03,859 --> 00:08:05,027 Unknown. 124 00:08:05,109 --> 00:08:06,153 Tell me what you do know. 125 00:08:06,235 --> 00:08:08,321 We were in the middle of a geological survey 126 00:08:08,404 --> 00:08:09,906 of Helicon Gamma when... 127 00:08:10,740 --> 00:08:12,450 Well, there's no scientific way to put it, 128 00:08:12,533 --> 00:08:14,286 all hell broke loose. 129 00:08:14,786 --> 00:08:16,496 Planetary instability? No. 130 00:08:16,579 --> 00:08:19,207 A focused gravitational beam aimed at the planet. 131 00:08:19,290 --> 00:08:20,584 Aimed by what? 132 00:08:20,666 --> 00:08:22,002 A ship capable of generating 133 00:08:22,084 --> 00:08:23,502 a tractor beam that powerful would have to be... 134 00:08:23,587 --> 00:08:27,131 Several orders of magnitude bigger than any starship on record. 135 00:08:27,716 --> 00:08:30,010 I know. It sounds crazy, but it's true. 136 00:08:30,092 --> 00:08:33,013 We barely saw it. It wasn't interested in us. 137 00:08:33,096 --> 00:08:34,221 We were just collateral damage. 138 00:08:34,306 --> 00:08:36,015 Destroyer of Worlds. 139 00:08:36,098 --> 00:08:37,142 And it just disappeared? 140 00:08:37,224 --> 00:08:41,062 When the debris hit, we lost sensors, comms, all critical systems. 141 00:08:41,145 --> 00:08:43,315 Captain V'Rel was injured but lucid enough 142 00:08:43,398 --> 00:08:44,398 to give the evacuation order. 143 00:08:44,482 --> 00:08:45,984 Escape pods have been deployed. 144 00:08:46,067 --> 00:08:47,611 I'm keeping a skeleton crew aboard 145 00:08:47,693 --> 00:08:49,570 so Farragut doesn't become a salvage job. 146 00:08:49,653 --> 00:08:51,822 Well, you've performed commendably, 147 00:08:51,906 --> 00:08:53,700 but let's get you all to safety. 148 00:08:53,783 --> 00:08:55,452 Number One, I want all Farragut crew 149 00:08:55,534 --> 00:08:56,869 beamed aboard immediately. Aye, Captain. 150 00:08:56,953 --> 00:08:59,122 Full evacuation. We'll start with the escape pods. 151 00:08:59,205 --> 00:09:00,289 Proceed. Captain Pike... 152 00:09:00,374 --> 00:09:02,541 I know, I wouldn't want to give up my ship either, 153 00:09:02,625 --> 00:09:04,585 but the safety of the crew has to come first. 154 00:09:04,669 --> 00:09:05,669 It's the right call. 155 00:09:05,754 --> 00:09:07,880 We have some critically injured patients in sickbay 156 00:09:07,963 --> 00:09:09,216 and no doctor. Ensign Uhura, 157 00:09:09,299 --> 00:09:10,926 confirm with Chapel which patients require 158 00:09:11,008 --> 00:09:12,385 immediate evac and get them to Enterprise. 159 00:09:12,468 --> 00:09:13,844 On it, Captain. Before you evacuate, 160 00:09:13,929 --> 00:09:16,431 transfer all tactical info on this mystery ship. 161 00:09:16,515 --> 00:09:18,015 I want to be ready if they take another swing. 162 00:09:18,099 --> 00:09:19,684 I have restored some function to sensors. 163 00:09:19,768 --> 00:09:22,270 Sending what little data we have back with Lieutenant Noonien-Singh. 164 00:09:22,354 --> 00:09:23,437 Beaming back now, Captain. 165 00:09:23,521 --> 00:09:25,315 I'll hand this to you personally. 166 00:09:25,398 --> 00:09:26,400 Energize. 167 00:09:27,484 --> 00:09:29,486 Now put all your systems... 168 00:09:30,153 --> 00:09:31,153 Uhura, get him back. 169 00:09:31,237 --> 00:09:32,531 What happened? 170 00:09:35,783 --> 00:09:37,869 I don't think I can. Why not? 171 00:09:45,335 --> 00:09:47,129 Alvarez, I need you on tactical. 172 00:09:47,211 --> 00:09:49,380 Prepare all weapons. Aye, Commander. 173 00:09:49,463 --> 00:09:51,591 We have visual on Enterprise. They are engaging. 174 00:09:59,974 --> 00:10:02,059 Whatever we've got, fire at that thing. 175 00:10:02,143 --> 00:10:03,437 That is illogical. 176 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:05,020 Enterprise's weapons were clearly ineffective. 177 00:10:05,104 --> 00:10:06,356 Our targeting systems are down. 178 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:08,817 Firing would serve little purpose and risk damaging Enterprise. 179 00:10:08,900 --> 00:10:10,943 Well, we have to do something. We can't just sit here. 180 00:10:17,408 --> 00:10:18,409 At present, 181 00:10:19,619 --> 00:10:21,495 I am afraid that is all we can do. 182 00:10:35,468 --> 00:10:38,304 Diagnostic. I want a complete ship diagnostic right now. 183 00:10:38,388 --> 00:10:41,015 Uh, well, here's some good news. 184 00:10:41,098 --> 00:10:43,101 We're not being jammed anymore. Great. 185 00:10:44,185 --> 00:10:46,896 Bridge to sickbay. I need to speak to Captain V'Rel ASAP. 186 00:10:46,979 --> 00:10:48,106 Nurse Chapel reporting. 187 00:10:48,190 --> 00:10:50,025 She required an emergency craniectomy, 188 00:10:50,107 --> 00:10:51,567 which I'm not qualified to perform, 189 00:10:51,651 --> 00:10:53,986 so I beamed her to the Enterprise two minutes ago. 190 00:10:57,448 --> 00:11:00,117 Commander, you are now captain of the Farragut. 191 00:11:00,202 --> 00:11:01,994 We await your orders, Sir. 192 00:11:24,142 --> 00:11:25,809 Anything you recognize? 193 00:11:26,810 --> 00:11:28,521 Klingon maybe. Hard to say. 194 00:11:28,604 --> 00:11:30,356 There's not much left to recognize. 195 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:31,942 Some of them seem ancient. 196 00:11:32,609 --> 00:11:33,943 Damage report. 197 00:11:34,026 --> 00:11:36,362 Main power's off-line, all network systems are down. 198 00:11:36,445 --> 00:11:38,364 Engines, weapons, internal comms. 199 00:11:38,447 --> 00:11:39,783 Hand communicators still are not working. 200 00:11:39,866 --> 00:11:41,033 Too much interference. 201 00:11:41,117 --> 00:11:42,911 Life support? Working but minimal. 202 00:11:42,994 --> 00:11:44,328 Send a runner. 203 00:11:44,411 --> 00:11:46,205 Tell the crew to gather in central spaces. 204 00:11:46,289 --> 00:11:48,375 Areas near the outer hull are gonna get pretty damn cold. 205 00:11:48,458 --> 00:11:51,544 Captain, the last runner we sent to Engineering hasn't come back. 206 00:11:51,627 --> 00:11:53,380 Then we have to assume that we've been boarded. 207 00:11:53,463 --> 00:11:55,340 Did the Farragut's sensor logs tell us anything 208 00:11:55,422 --> 00:11:56,757 about the species that built this thing? 209 00:11:56,841 --> 00:11:58,802 Their hull is nearly impenetrable to our sensors, 210 00:11:58,885 --> 00:12:00,762 but it's clear they're incredibly advanced. 211 00:12:00,844 --> 00:12:04,098 Sir, have you heard of Asaaslich, Destroyer of Worlds? 212 00:12:04,182 --> 00:12:06,851 It-it also translates as Astrovore. 213 00:12:06,934 --> 00:12:08,270 Astrovore? No. 214 00:12:08,353 --> 00:12:11,356 Well, every child growing up on a remote colony world has. 215 00:12:11,439 --> 00:12:14,442 Different names, same story. 216 00:12:14,526 --> 00:12:16,820 Scavenger ship, hundreds of years old, 217 00:12:16,903 --> 00:12:19,239 prowling just beyond the edges of known space. 218 00:12:19,322 --> 00:12:20,489 Consuming resources from planets 219 00:12:20,573 --> 00:12:22,658 and any ship unlucky enough to cross its path. 220 00:12:22,742 --> 00:12:24,828 I heard a version when I was posted near the border. 221 00:12:24,911 --> 00:12:28,080 Klingons called it Chach-Ka."The Annihilator." 222 00:12:28,164 --> 00:12:30,041 Admiral Sawyer told a story like that 223 00:12:30,125 --> 00:12:31,375 in his Stellar Cartography class. 224 00:12:31,458 --> 00:12:33,335 The monster past the edge of the map. 225 00:12:33,419 --> 00:12:35,921 Whether or not this is that ship, we know it's a scavenger. 226 00:12:36,005 --> 00:12:37,882 We have to assume that their intention 227 00:12:37,966 --> 00:12:39,508 is to tear the Enterprise apart as well. 228 00:12:39,593 --> 00:12:41,260 Number One, I need you and Ortegas to find a way 229 00:12:41,343 --> 00:12:42,596 to get engine control back online 230 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:45,432 so that when we get to Engineering and we stop the power drain, 231 00:12:45,515 --> 00:12:46,974 we're ready to make a run for it. 232 00:12:52,814 --> 00:12:54,023 Acting captain's log. 233 00:12:54,857 --> 00:12:56,401 Feels strange to say that. 234 00:12:57,151 --> 00:12:59,862 Under better circumstances, it would be thrilling. 235 00:13:01,489 --> 00:13:03,198 I've asked the Enterprise officers to fill in 236 00:13:03,283 --> 00:13:04,908 for our missing bridge crew. 237 00:13:05,744 --> 00:13:06,911 But they barely know me, 238 00:13:06,994 --> 00:13:08,288 and now I have to ask them to trust me. 239 00:13:09,955 --> 00:13:11,958 If I were in their shoes... 240 00:13:13,835 --> 00:13:15,044 Pause recording. Come in. 241 00:13:16,379 --> 00:13:18,672 Captain Kirk, we compiled all of the data 242 00:13:18,757 --> 00:13:19,966 from our encounter with the alien vessel. 243 00:13:20,049 --> 00:13:21,343 What do we know? 244 00:13:22,093 --> 00:13:24,012 Our sensors cannot fully penetrate its hull, 245 00:13:24,094 --> 00:13:25,888 so we can ascertain little of its composition, 246 00:13:25,971 --> 00:13:27,348 capabilities or crew complement. 247 00:13:27,432 --> 00:13:28,515 What about weaknesses? 248 00:13:28,599 --> 00:13:30,351 Fundamental math? Its size. 249 00:13:30,434 --> 00:13:32,812 It would be hard to generate a stable warp field 250 00:13:32,895 --> 00:13:34,021 at that scale, wouldn't it? 251 00:13:34,104 --> 00:13:35,481 Well, odds are, it's slow, but... 252 00:13:35,565 --> 00:13:37,442 But then we can catch it. Regulations... 253 00:13:37,525 --> 00:13:41,362 Regulations would have us tuck tail and run back to Federation space. 254 00:13:41,445 --> 00:13:44,198 By the time we reach a subspace relay and get reinforcements, 255 00:13:44,281 --> 00:13:45,992 Enterprise will have been ripped to scraps. 256 00:13:52,374 --> 00:13:54,166 We all have people on... 257 00:13:55,710 --> 00:13:57,127 My brother is on that ship. 258 00:13:57,211 --> 00:13:59,797 As the ranking officer, we will follow your orders. 259 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:02,257 I merely wished to provide you with all relevant information. 260 00:14:02,883 --> 00:14:04,093 Those are the signatures 261 00:14:04,177 --> 00:14:06,388 from the picked-apart alien ships we saw in Nessie's gob. 262 00:14:07,429 --> 00:14:08,807 Enhance that bit, would you? 263 00:14:13,603 --> 00:14:15,814 One of the vessels is a D7-class Klingon cruiser. 264 00:14:15,896 --> 00:14:17,440 Could any of them have survived? 265 00:14:17,523 --> 00:14:18,732 Highly unlikely. 266 00:14:18,817 --> 00:14:20,109 The hull plating would be disassembled, 267 00:14:20,192 --> 00:14:21,236 venting all breathable air. 268 00:14:21,318 --> 00:14:23,320 Even the Klingons couldn't fight their way out. 269 00:14:23,405 --> 00:14:26,323 These scavengers, they take what they please from ships, 270 00:14:26,408 --> 00:14:29,034 damn the crew, and pervert the tech into their own. 271 00:14:29,119 --> 00:14:30,953 We've no idea what they're capable of. 272 00:14:31,036 --> 00:14:32,580 Chapel's right. If speed is our weapon, 273 00:14:32,664 --> 00:14:34,374 then we have to press it. What speed? 274 00:14:34,958 --> 00:14:36,583 With all due respect, Commander... 275 00:14:36,668 --> 00:14:38,627 I mean, Acting Captain? 276 00:14:38,711 --> 00:14:40,130 Is it just Captain? 277 00:14:40,796 --> 00:14:43,549 Sir, they easily could've destroyed the Farragut 278 00:14:43,632 --> 00:14:46,135 or made off with us tucked in their bloody huge pouch, 279 00:14:46,218 --> 00:14:47,219 but they didn't. 280 00:14:47,302 --> 00:14:48,388 And you have a theory as to why? 281 00:14:48,471 --> 00:14:52,349 Because your ship's so banged up it wasn't worth stealing? 282 00:14:53,976 --> 00:14:56,395 Well, then I need you to perform some miracles, Mr. Scott. 283 00:14:56,479 --> 00:14:58,398 We need engines and weapons, in that order. 284 00:14:58,481 --> 00:14:59,940 Aye. Patch up the wounded. 285 00:15:00,023 --> 00:15:01,192 Get them back to work as soon as you can. 286 00:15:01,276 --> 00:15:03,361 We need to figure out where that scavenger ship is headed 287 00:15:03,445 --> 00:15:04,862 so we can find a way to get there first. 288 00:15:04,945 --> 00:15:07,489 That's it. Let's get going. 289 00:15:20,377 --> 00:15:21,963 Really missing the turbolift. 290 00:15:22,046 --> 00:15:24,757 Only eight decks and two access ladders left to go. 291 00:15:29,471 --> 00:15:31,513 No, don't shoot. 292 00:15:31,598 --> 00:15:34,768 You don't live to be 5,000 by getting yourself shot a lot. 293 00:15:34,851 --> 00:15:36,226 We're on our way to Engineering. 294 00:15:36,310 --> 00:15:38,771 Bad place to be right now unless you're fond 295 00:15:38,854 --> 00:15:42,859 of choking to death on your own gurgling blood. 296 00:15:42,942 --> 00:15:44,443 Wh... From what? 297 00:15:44,526 --> 00:15:46,153 The umbilical! 298 00:15:47,405 --> 00:15:48,614 Come with me. Come. 299 00:15:48,697 --> 00:15:51,283 It's flooded with toxic gas. 300 00:15:51,367 --> 00:15:54,161 It's tunneled straight through our hull. 301 00:15:54,244 --> 00:15:56,164 It's tapped into our power systems, 302 00:15:56,247 --> 00:15:59,083 our computer network, our fuel storage. 303 00:15:59,166 --> 00:16:02,336 We've barely any auxiliary power left. 304 00:16:02,419 --> 00:16:05,632 If we don't disconnect it, we will not have enough to escape. 305 00:16:05,715 --> 00:16:07,257 If the air is toxic, we'll need breathers 306 00:16:07,341 --> 00:16:08,551 to get close to the umbilical. 307 00:16:08,635 --> 00:16:11,054 Grab them. Ensign Miller will escort your team. 308 00:16:11,137 --> 00:16:12,471 The second we disconnect from that thing, 309 00:16:12,554 --> 00:16:13,973 we need to be ready to fly. 310 00:16:14,057 --> 00:16:15,809 Yes, Captain. 311 00:16:22,023 --> 00:16:23,273 Yeah, you heard right. 312 00:16:23,357 --> 00:16:25,943 You better start doing your job, you daft piece of... 313 00:16:26,026 --> 00:16:28,530 Mr. Scott? Everything okay in there? 314 00:16:28,612 --> 00:16:31,323 Soon will be, once I've torn a few things out 315 00:16:31,406 --> 00:16:33,033 and put them back proper. 316 00:16:33,117 --> 00:16:34,786 An-And how long will that take? 317 00:16:34,869 --> 00:16:37,038 To do it right? Two days. 318 00:16:37,580 --> 00:16:38,580 Hmm. 319 00:16:39,874 --> 00:16:41,625 Why don't you start with doing it the way 320 00:16:41,708 --> 00:16:43,627 where we won't immediately explode, 321 00:16:43,710 --> 00:16:44,754 and we'll take it from there? 322 00:16:46,547 --> 00:16:47,799 Spock and Uhura made a breakthrough. 323 00:16:47,882 --> 00:16:49,676 Oh, aye? Oh. 324 00:16:49,758 --> 00:16:51,552 The mineral that the scavenger ship was collecting 325 00:16:51,635 --> 00:16:53,554 at Helicon Gamma, it was aldentium. 326 00:16:53,638 --> 00:16:55,098 Oh, I've heard of it. 327 00:16:55,181 --> 00:16:58,059 A few species use it in their... propulsion systems. 328 00:16:58,142 --> 00:17:00,812 There's another world nearby with significant deposits, 329 00:17:00,895 --> 00:17:03,273 Sullivan's Planet, directly in their path. 330 00:17:05,191 --> 00:17:06,234 Inhabited? 331 00:17:06,317 --> 00:17:07,985 Over a hundred million people. 332 00:17:08,777 --> 00:17:10,864 Pre-warp, so the non-interference directive 333 00:17:10,947 --> 00:17:12,364 means we can't warn them. 334 00:17:12,447 --> 00:17:14,199 Not that there's anything we could do anyway. 335 00:17:14,284 --> 00:17:16,160 Listen, we need to get there first. 336 00:17:16,244 --> 00:17:17,828 Set a trap for the scavengers. 337 00:17:17,911 --> 00:17:20,498 You're not asking me to warp us past them, 338 00:17:20,582 --> 00:17:22,000 with the head start they've got? 339 00:17:22,083 --> 00:17:23,917 Look, I can give us warp power, 340 00:17:24,001 --> 00:17:25,962 but if you think this tub will hold together 341 00:17:26,045 --> 00:17:28,922 at high speed after the beating she just took, 342 00:17:29,423 --> 00:17:30,717 your bum's out the window. 343 00:17:31,801 --> 00:17:33,135 The plasma manifolds... 344 00:17:33,218 --> 00:17:34,469 I understand. 345 00:17:34,553 --> 00:17:36,097 No, I'm not sure you do. 346 00:17:36,180 --> 00:17:37,723 You were handed a raw deal, all right? 347 00:17:37,807 --> 00:17:39,224 No one can fault you for that. 348 00:17:39,308 --> 00:17:42,186 But if we push this ship too hard and it fails, 349 00:17:42,270 --> 00:17:44,313 that's our fault, not theirs. 350 00:17:44,396 --> 00:17:45,564 It's a risk. 351 00:17:46,316 --> 00:17:48,484 But I am betting on us. 352 00:17:49,276 --> 00:17:50,777 Prepare for maximum warp. 353 00:18:01,623 --> 00:18:02,665 Huh. 354 00:18:02,749 --> 00:18:04,083 What's the problem? 355 00:18:04,166 --> 00:18:05,834 I just bypassed every safety feature 356 00:18:05,918 --> 00:18:08,504 to make a direct connection to the helm controls. 357 00:18:08,588 --> 00:18:10,631 I should've shocked the bejesus out of myself. 358 00:18:10,714 --> 00:18:12,759 Disappointed you didn't set your hair on fire? 359 00:18:12,842 --> 00:18:14,135 If there's not enough power to do that, 360 00:18:14,218 --> 00:18:16,428 there's nowhere near enough to steer the ship. 361 00:18:17,805 --> 00:18:19,098 That's a good sound, right? 362 00:18:19,182 --> 00:18:20,891 The ship is happy screaming? 363 00:18:20,974 --> 00:18:23,102 It's a reminder to work faster. 364 00:18:23,186 --> 00:18:24,812 Can we fire the thrusters manually? 365 00:18:26,688 --> 00:18:29,734 I mean, we can if we want to very quickly die. 366 00:18:30,401 --> 00:18:32,194 The maneuvering thrusters use a chemical reaction. 367 00:18:32,277 --> 00:18:33,655 They can be triggered by hand. 368 00:18:33,738 --> 00:18:36,448 But with no comms, we'd have no way to coordinate them. 369 00:18:36,531 --> 00:18:38,993 With no sensors, we'd be flying literally blind... 370 00:18:39,077 --> 00:18:40,994 Who needs sensors? We have eyes. 371 00:18:41,078 --> 00:18:43,331 Add to that no shields or navigational deflector. 372 00:18:43,413 --> 00:18:46,041 If we make a mistake, which we definitely would, 373 00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:47,584 we end up a scorch mark on the wall. 374 00:18:47,668 --> 00:18:49,420 Communication issue? 375 00:18:49,504 --> 00:18:51,296 I got here just in time, then. 376 00:18:51,380 --> 00:18:57,135 This may be the first time I'm glad to have lived through the 1980s. 377 00:18:59,222 --> 00:19:00,390 Captain. 378 00:19:04,227 --> 00:19:06,229 It is hooked directly into our power grid, 379 00:19:06,312 --> 00:19:07,980 our computer systems, and our fuel pods. 380 00:19:08,063 --> 00:19:10,191 We could try to sever it with our phasers. 381 00:19:10,274 --> 00:19:11,984 That much energy would take out half the ship. 382 00:19:13,819 --> 00:19:14,946 Cover! 383 00:19:36,884 --> 00:19:38,385 I don't think they can see us through the smoke. 384 00:19:38,468 --> 00:19:39,511 Let's get her out of here. 385 00:19:46,394 --> 00:19:47,770 Uhura, status. 386 00:19:48,604 --> 00:19:50,605 Approaching warp 7, sir. 387 00:19:52,859 --> 00:19:56,069 Well, Farragut may be held together by duct tape at this point, 388 00:19:56,154 --> 00:19:58,697 but as long as it holds... 389 00:19:59,614 --> 00:20:01,868 Sensors indicate we have overtaken the scavenger vessel. 390 00:20:03,036 --> 00:20:04,619 Excellent work, everyone. 391 00:20:04,703 --> 00:20:06,456 How long until we reach Sullivan's Planet? 392 00:20:06,538 --> 00:20:09,041 Two hours, if we can maintain this speed. 393 00:20:09,125 --> 00:20:12,754 I will be accepting drinks in the galley 394 00:20:12,837 --> 00:20:17,425 from everyone who said that this was impossible. 395 00:20:19,177 --> 00:20:22,220 After we have saved your ship, of course. 396 00:20:23,014 --> 00:20:24,015 Of course. 397 00:20:54,879 --> 00:20:57,506 Report. Well, we've dropped out of warp, 398 00:20:57,589 --> 00:20:58,800 and I've lost all engine power. 399 00:20:58,883 --> 00:21:00,218 Captain, our stratagem has put us 400 00:21:00,301 --> 00:21:01,510 directly in the path of the scavenger vessel. 401 00:21:01,593 --> 00:21:02,844 I am aware, Spock. 402 00:21:02,928 --> 00:21:04,097 It's the plasma manifolds. They've blown out. 403 00:21:04,180 --> 00:21:05,223 Well, then take whoever you need 404 00:21:05,306 --> 00:21:07,974 and get down there and fix them. They are gone! Beyond repair! 405 00:21:08,058 --> 00:21:10,311 We'll need to put into spacedock now and replace them. 406 00:21:10,978 --> 00:21:13,980 We just... we pushed her too hard. 407 00:21:14,899 --> 00:21:16,400 We're dead in the water. 408 00:21:25,368 --> 00:21:27,036 I told you, I rechecked the numbers 409 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:29,831 and re-rechecked them, and all three times confirmed 410 00:21:29,913 --> 00:21:32,541 the warp engines are now giant paperweights. 411 00:21:32,625 --> 00:21:33,917 We still have some impulse power. 412 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:35,293 Not nearly enough. 413 00:21:35,378 --> 00:21:37,255 I'm afraid all we can do is play dead 414 00:21:37,338 --> 00:21:39,840 and hope the scavenger ignores us. 415 00:21:39,923 --> 00:21:42,593 There's a chance it'll just go on its merry planet-eating way. 416 00:21:42,677 --> 00:21:46,012 Our other option is to abandon ship and escape by shuttle. 417 00:21:46,097 --> 00:21:48,015 We could take one to the nearest subspace relay 418 00:21:48,098 --> 00:21:49,683 and hail Starfleet. By the time we get there, 419 00:21:49,766 --> 00:21:51,811 everyone on Sullivan's Planet will be dead. 420 00:21:51,894 --> 00:21:53,729 So we're agreed, both options are terrible, 421 00:21:53,812 --> 00:21:55,982 but we have to pick one. In one hour it'll be here. 422 00:21:56,064 --> 00:21:59,401 That's how long we've got to decide which is least terrible. 423 00:21:59,484 --> 00:22:01,487 That is not our decision to make. 424 00:22:05,782 --> 00:22:07,201 I pick neither option. 425 00:22:09,286 --> 00:22:12,540 Okay. That is a bold and, if you don't mind me saying, 426 00:22:12,623 --> 00:22:14,125 highly unorthodox choice. 427 00:22:14,208 --> 00:22:15,458 Okay. 428 00:22:15,542 --> 00:22:16,918 Sir, he's just concerned. 429 00:22:17,003 --> 00:22:18,421 They have our crew, 430 00:22:18,504 --> 00:22:20,547 and the planet they're headed for is inhabited. 431 00:22:20,630 --> 00:22:22,133 We won't be able to warn them without... 432 00:22:22,215 --> 00:22:23,843 Thank you, Ensign Uhura. 433 00:22:23,926 --> 00:22:25,802 I'm up to speed on the particulars. 434 00:22:25,886 --> 00:22:27,512 No need for further discussion. 435 00:22:27,597 --> 00:22:29,182 Then how will we provide you with options? 436 00:22:29,265 --> 00:22:31,057 I don't need options. 437 00:22:31,892 --> 00:22:33,436 I don't need chattering voices. 438 00:22:33,519 --> 00:22:35,145 What I need is to clear my head. 439 00:22:35,229 --> 00:22:37,189 And I can't do it with all this... 440 00:22:44,614 --> 00:22:46,740 Well, that could have gone better. 441 00:22:46,823 --> 00:22:48,534 No. How? 442 00:22:48,618 --> 00:22:50,369 This is his first time in the chair, right? 443 00:22:50,453 --> 00:22:52,829 He's had the conn before but never like this. 444 00:22:54,207 --> 00:22:56,666 He's showing classic signs of strain under duress. 445 00:22:56,750 --> 00:22:57,834 The pressure he must be feeling... 446 00:22:57,918 --> 00:22:59,712 Aye, great. First he's reckless, 447 00:22:59,795 --> 00:23:02,047 now he's liable to snap like a twig. 448 00:23:02,130 --> 00:23:04,133 Let's say he does. What then? 449 00:23:04,217 --> 00:23:08,178 We would take steps to... remove him from command. 450 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:12,015 And... what would those steps be, exactly? 451 00:23:12,098 --> 00:23:14,560 As ranking medical officer on board, 452 00:23:14,644 --> 00:23:16,770 it's within my power to evaluate him 453 00:23:16,854 --> 00:23:19,607 and, if he is mentally unfit, remove him from duty. 454 00:23:19,689 --> 00:23:23,151 Okay, before we even think about going down this road, 455 00:23:23,235 --> 00:23:24,654 we should consider 456 00:23:24,737 --> 00:23:26,572 that he's still working on his command style. 457 00:23:26,656 --> 00:23:29,532 Aye. Right now, his style is lacking. 458 00:23:29,616 --> 00:23:31,327 That's my point. 459 00:23:31,410 --> 00:23:32,911 Maybe we can help him find it. 460 00:23:32,994 --> 00:23:35,081 I've seen him in a crisis before, 461 00:23:35,163 --> 00:23:37,333 when he didn't have the pressures of being captain. 462 00:23:37,416 --> 00:23:41,212 He saw something in me that I hadn't seen in myself. 463 00:23:42,046 --> 00:23:43,171 It saved my life. 464 00:23:44,881 --> 00:23:48,343 I think he just needs to be reminded that same thing is in him. 465 00:23:48,427 --> 00:23:50,095 Well, one of us should talk to him. 466 00:23:50,178 --> 00:23:51,973 He is clearly agitated. 467 00:23:52,056 --> 00:23:54,057 Perhaps someone with a less emotional style 468 00:23:54,140 --> 00:23:55,685 might be more effective. 469 00:24:06,862 --> 00:24:08,531 Maurer... come on. 470 00:24:08,614 --> 00:24:10,073 Maurer, stay with us. 471 00:24:10,156 --> 00:24:11,659 She can't wait. We have to treat her now. 472 00:24:11,741 --> 00:24:13,202 With those two things roaming around? 473 00:24:13,286 --> 00:24:14,661 We have no choice. 474 00:24:22,211 --> 00:24:24,005 They're not taking any damage. 475 00:24:24,088 --> 00:24:25,922 In here, the Port Galley. 476 00:24:31,469 --> 00:24:32,637 No fumes. We're safe. 477 00:24:37,435 --> 00:24:38,686 She's bleeding out. 478 00:24:38,769 --> 00:24:41,730 I need a medkit. Wait, wait, wait, I think... 479 00:24:47,027 --> 00:24:48,738 If we had comms and a functioning transporter, 480 00:24:48,821 --> 00:24:50,114 we could have saved her. 481 00:24:50,197 --> 00:24:52,991 You don't know. Those ion particles are like bullets. 482 00:24:53,074 --> 00:24:55,202 They rip through flesh and bone, primitive but effective. 483 00:25:07,964 --> 00:25:09,342 And yet their suits are highly advanced. 484 00:25:09,425 --> 00:25:11,510 I have never seen a device absorb phaser fire like that. 485 00:25:11,593 --> 00:25:13,178 It doesn't make sense. Maybe they're from some 486 00:25:13,261 --> 00:25:15,139 dark corner of the cosmos that'll never make sense. 487 00:25:15,222 --> 00:25:17,849 We have to find a way to get through their defenses somehow. 488 00:25:19,727 --> 00:25:20,978 No one has ever seen them, but I know 489 00:25:21,062 --> 00:25:23,229 they were considered monsters, even by the Gorn. 490 00:25:24,022 --> 00:25:25,232 Set phasers to kill. 491 00:25:45,878 --> 00:25:48,130 I had this imported from an Ithenite distillery. 492 00:25:49,297 --> 00:25:50,465 I'll get you another one. 493 00:26:17,243 --> 00:26:19,786 As an old friend of mine once said, 494 00:26:19,869 --> 00:26:21,663 Let there be light. 495 00:26:22,873 --> 00:26:24,708 Come, come, come. 496 00:26:24,791 --> 00:26:26,961 Her quarters are... 497 00:26:28,045 --> 00:26:30,088 exactly what I expected. 498 00:26:33,050 --> 00:26:35,427 Here. No, no. Okay. 499 00:26:35,510 --> 00:26:37,178 There you are. 500 00:26:37,262 --> 00:26:38,764 Not you. 501 00:26:38,848 --> 00:26:40,515 You were once bouncy 502 00:26:40,598 --> 00:26:42,435 and cheerful, but when the novelty wore off, 503 00:26:42,517 --> 00:26:44,228 you got a little creepy. 504 00:26:44,311 --> 00:26:47,021 How is any of this junk going to help us fly out of here? 505 00:26:47,105 --> 00:26:48,649 Oh, my goodness, 506 00:26:48,732 --> 00:26:51,860 I piloted many a starship with this. 507 00:26:51,943 --> 00:26:54,029 Granted, they were 8-bit, 508 00:26:54,113 --> 00:26:56,614 but it was a good time on a Friday night. 509 00:26:57,740 --> 00:26:59,034 Ah, found it. 510 00:26:59,118 --> 00:27:00,369 Take. 511 00:27:01,328 --> 00:27:03,538 Is this a... 512 00:27:03,621 --> 00:27:05,499 personal massager? 513 00:27:05,583 --> 00:27:10,045 Oh, this was once a state-of-the-art communicator. 514 00:27:10,129 --> 00:27:12,005 You had to plug it into the wall, 515 00:27:12,088 --> 00:27:15,801 but if people annoyed you, you'd put them on hold. 516 00:27:15,885 --> 00:27:17,385 I think there are more. 517 00:27:17,469 --> 00:27:19,889 So the signals are grounded, 518 00:27:19,972 --> 00:27:22,140 transmitted cable to cable. 519 00:27:22,223 --> 00:27:23,558 Take that. 520 00:27:23,641 --> 00:27:27,270 Which will insulate them from being jammed. 521 00:27:27,354 --> 00:27:31,150 We're going to have the crew strip the ship for copper cables, 522 00:27:31,233 --> 00:27:34,612 and we're going to wire the Enterprise. 523 00:27:39,449 --> 00:27:40,826 Go on. 524 00:27:56,175 --> 00:27:58,510 Captain V'Rel and I had an ongoing game. 525 00:27:58,593 --> 00:28:01,514 For the first time, I think I was on my way to beating her, 526 00:28:01,597 --> 00:28:03,223 but we never had the chance to finish. 527 00:28:03,307 --> 00:28:04,766 I think this is how we left the board. 528 00:28:04,849 --> 00:28:05,975 If I may interrupt. 529 00:28:06,060 --> 00:28:07,311 Oh, you already have. 530 00:28:08,729 --> 00:28:09,729 Don't stop now. 531 00:28:09,812 --> 00:28:11,899 You rightly dismissed two flawed courses of action, 532 00:28:11,982 --> 00:28:13,984 but time is short and we require a new plan. 533 00:28:14,067 --> 00:28:17,655 It was V'Rel's move, and I had her in a corner. 534 00:28:18,947 --> 00:28:21,407 If I could just figure out what she would have done next. 535 00:28:21,491 --> 00:28:23,536 You are acting captain. Your crew is waiting. 536 00:28:23,619 --> 00:28:25,370 To keep them waiting longer would be... 537 00:28:26,496 --> 00:28:28,415 ...not good. Here's the thing. 538 00:28:32,336 --> 00:28:33,546 I'm frozen. 539 00:28:33,629 --> 00:28:34,880 I find this surprising. 540 00:28:34,963 --> 00:28:37,883 Your brother speaks often of your aspirations for command 541 00:28:37,967 --> 00:28:39,635 and of your affinity for leadership. 542 00:28:39,718 --> 00:28:40,718 Actually, he said 543 00:28:40,802 --> 00:28:42,345 you are not afraid to throw your weight around, 544 00:28:42,428 --> 00:28:43,556 no matter who's in front of you. 545 00:28:43,639 --> 00:28:45,223 Yeah, that sounds like Sam. 546 00:28:48,227 --> 00:28:49,311 And in a way he's right. 547 00:28:49,395 --> 00:28:51,437 From the moment I joined the Academy, 548 00:28:51,521 --> 00:28:53,232 I was determined to sit in that chair 549 00:28:53,314 --> 00:28:55,609 faster than anyone before me 550 00:28:55,692 --> 00:28:57,987 because I thought I knew better. 551 00:28:58,069 --> 00:28:59,321 I thought I was better. 552 00:28:59,405 --> 00:29:01,197 Whenever orders don't make sense to me, 553 00:29:01,281 --> 00:29:03,284 which happens more often than I'd like, 554 00:29:04,368 --> 00:29:07,495 I always think that I should be the one giving them. 555 00:29:07,579 --> 00:29:11,166 Earlier, I told Captain V'Rel to send a landing party 556 00:29:11,250 --> 00:29:12,709 to Helicon Gamma. 557 00:29:14,545 --> 00:29:16,671 I pushed her hard on it. 558 00:29:18,423 --> 00:29:19,967 Thank God she ignored me, 559 00:29:20,634 --> 00:29:22,218 otherwise we'd all be standing on the surface 560 00:29:22,302 --> 00:29:23,970 when it exploded. 561 00:29:24,053 --> 00:29:26,098 Good leaders know when to listen 562 00:29:26,181 --> 00:29:27,348 and when not to. 563 00:29:29,517 --> 00:29:30,978 Well, I failed at that test, too. 564 00:29:31,061 --> 00:29:32,895 Mr. Scott warned me 565 00:29:32,979 --> 00:29:35,608 not to push the engines, but I ordered him to anyway. 566 00:29:35,691 --> 00:29:38,318 I've been flying by the seat of my pants this whole time, 567 00:29:38,401 --> 00:29:40,529 making call after call 568 00:29:40,613 --> 00:29:42,364 with no clue where they'd lead us, 569 00:29:42,447 --> 00:29:43,781 hoping I'd luck into the right one, 570 00:29:43,865 --> 00:29:46,243 and all I did was put us belly up in the path of 571 00:29:46,327 --> 00:29:47,828 the ultimate destroyer. 572 00:29:47,911 --> 00:29:50,204 And now you are having a crisis of confidence, 573 00:29:50,288 --> 00:29:51,665 but you still have to lead. 574 00:29:51,749 --> 00:29:53,125 Believe me, I'd love to, 575 00:29:53,208 --> 00:29:55,126 but there's nothing coming to me. 576 00:29:59,589 --> 00:30:02,551 My mom was fond of an expression. 577 00:30:04,260 --> 00:30:06,722 The dog who caught the car. 578 00:30:09,098 --> 00:30:11,602 Now that I've finally latched onto one... 579 00:30:14,145 --> 00:30:16,649 I have no idea what to do with it. 580 00:30:17,691 --> 00:30:21,152 On Vulcan, we have a similar expression. 581 00:30:22,196 --> 00:30:24,781 The sehlat who ate its tail. 582 00:30:24,864 --> 00:30:26,324 Though I would point out you have 583 00:30:26,407 --> 00:30:28,869 a significant leg up over a quadrupedal beast. 584 00:30:28,952 --> 00:30:30,620 Your human intuition. 585 00:30:30,703 --> 00:30:33,499 It has guided us this far. We are all still here. 586 00:30:33,582 --> 00:30:35,041 I recommend you keep following it. 587 00:30:41,589 --> 00:30:42,590 Okay. 588 00:30:43,842 --> 00:30:45,302 If you insist. 589 00:30:47,762 --> 00:30:50,307 Scotty, how long until that scavenger ship gets here? 590 00:30:50,390 --> 00:30:53,310 Less than 20 minutes, but that's just an estimate. 591 00:30:53,394 --> 00:30:54,770 Well, it's good enough for me. 592 00:30:55,354 --> 00:30:56,729 Glad to see you back, Sir. 593 00:30:57,522 --> 00:30:58,524 Me, too. 594 00:30:59,525 --> 00:31:02,276 Look, I know we got off to a rough start here, 595 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:05,197 and there's nothing I can say that can make up for that. 596 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:07,824 Rousing speeches aren't exactly my forte. 597 00:31:07,907 --> 00:31:09,576 I think you're doing just fine, Sir. 598 00:31:09,660 --> 00:31:13,454 But let me be crystal clear to each of you. 599 00:31:13,538 --> 00:31:15,374 Even if my actions indicated otherwise, 600 00:31:15,457 --> 00:31:19,253 I have no intention of giving up on rescuing the Enterprise, 601 00:31:19,336 --> 00:31:21,296 not with the lives of both of our crews on the line. 602 00:31:21,380 --> 00:31:23,464 Thank you, Sir. I needed to hear that. 603 00:31:23,548 --> 00:31:25,509 And I need to hear from you. 604 00:31:25,592 --> 00:31:26,677 What do we know? 605 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:28,720 Besides the fact that we're dead in space, 606 00:31:28,803 --> 00:31:31,098 what do we know about these scavengers? 607 00:31:31,181 --> 00:31:33,850 Their ship has to have some kind of weakness. 608 00:31:33,933 --> 00:31:36,353 Uhura, what have you seen? 609 00:31:36,437 --> 00:31:38,187 Ships, a lot of them, 610 00:31:38,271 --> 00:31:41,066 from across the quadrant. It appropriates them, 611 00:31:41,150 --> 00:31:43,443 steals their functionality, and bends that to its own needs. 612 00:31:43,526 --> 00:31:44,987 And its needs are bottomless. 613 00:31:45,069 --> 00:31:47,197 All it does is consume and make itself bigger. 614 00:31:47,281 --> 00:31:49,574 The bigger it gets, the more it requires. 615 00:31:49,657 --> 00:31:51,702 Then it moves on to devour the next resource, like... 616 00:31:51,785 --> 00:31:52,828 it will never stop, 617 00:31:52,911 --> 00:31:54,454 you know, it'll never have enough. 618 00:31:54,537 --> 00:31:57,541 Exactly. Scotty, you just found their weakness. 619 00:31:57,624 --> 00:32:00,042 Their ravenous need to consume. 620 00:32:00,126 --> 00:32:01,712 Bottomless greed. 621 00:32:01,795 --> 00:32:03,796 We can use that against them. How? 622 00:32:04,714 --> 00:32:05,715 That's where you come in. 623 00:32:06,258 --> 00:32:08,135 I need you to fill the plasma manifold 624 00:32:08,218 --> 00:32:09,886 until it's overflowing with aldentium. 625 00:32:09,969 --> 00:32:11,472 No-no, the-the manifold's a useless husk, 626 00:32:11,555 --> 00:32:13,682 and we don't have a drop of aldentium on board. 627 00:32:13,765 --> 00:32:15,767 We just need to make it look like we do. 628 00:32:15,850 --> 00:32:16,935 As aldentium decays, 629 00:32:17,019 --> 00:32:18,645 it gives off lots of anti-protons. 630 00:32:18,729 --> 00:32:20,646 Well, I could flood the intermix chamber with anti-protons 631 00:32:20,730 --> 00:32:22,900 and make it look like our engines run on aldentium. 632 00:32:22,983 --> 00:32:25,234 They'll catch the scent and gravitate towards our tailpipe. 633 00:32:25,818 --> 00:32:27,529 We are going to make the Farragut 634 00:32:27,613 --> 00:32:30,406 into a banquet that's impossible for these scavengers 635 00:32:30,490 --> 00:32:32,116 to resist, and when they come to dine, 636 00:32:32,201 --> 00:32:33,786 we're going to make them regret it. 637 00:32:37,163 --> 00:32:39,166 The captain has given his orders. 638 00:32:45,671 --> 00:32:49,218 I still feel funny being called that while V'Rel's alive. 639 00:32:49,301 --> 00:32:51,886 I promise to demote you at the earliest opportunity. 640 00:32:53,514 --> 00:32:55,848 Wait, so what exactly 641 00:32:55,932 --> 00:32:58,310 do we do after we get these scavengers to try and eat us? 642 00:32:59,102 --> 00:33:01,270 Here's where the plan gets a little crazy. 643 00:33:01,354 --> 00:33:03,272 This is where the plan gets crazy? 644 00:33:03,357 --> 00:33:04,775 Glad you're sitting down, Nurse Chapel. 645 00:33:04,858 --> 00:33:06,984 You especially, Mr. Scott, 646 00:33:07,068 --> 00:33:08,904 are not going to love it. 647 00:33:23,709 --> 00:33:24,795 La'An! 648 00:34:46,250 --> 00:34:47,793 You all right? -Yeah. 649 00:34:49,295 --> 00:34:51,715 It... it didn't shoot. 650 00:34:54,968 --> 00:34:56,510 Why didn't it kill me? 651 00:35:10,358 --> 00:35:11,485 We may only have a minute. 652 00:35:11,568 --> 00:35:13,445 How do we get this thing the hell off my ship? 653 00:35:13,528 --> 00:35:15,822 Well, if we can't disconnect it, what if we convince them to? 654 00:35:15,906 --> 00:35:17,823 How do you mean? Make them want to disconnect it. 655 00:35:17,907 --> 00:35:20,201 Give them a taste of something... 656 00:35:20,284 --> 00:35:21,702 highly undesirable. 657 00:35:21,787 --> 00:35:23,622 I see, stir up a little acid reflux? 658 00:35:23,705 --> 00:35:26,333 Yeah. What about baryon particles? 659 00:35:26,416 --> 00:35:28,125 That would ruin their fuel and their day. 660 00:35:28,209 --> 00:35:29,835 One of us would have to access the waste system 661 00:35:29,919 --> 00:35:30,920 beneath the warp drive. 662 00:35:31,003 --> 00:35:33,090 Waste system? All right, you do that. 663 00:35:34,967 --> 00:35:36,551 I have to isolate the fuel line. 664 00:35:38,219 --> 00:35:40,012 And bring a hyper coupler. 665 00:35:40,930 --> 00:35:41,974 La'An? 666 00:35:42,641 --> 00:35:44,977 Be careful, that other alien's still out there. 667 00:36:00,866 --> 00:36:02,618 Ladies, I haven't done this 668 00:36:02,702 --> 00:36:05,122 since I was a roadie for the Dead. 669 00:36:06,248 --> 00:36:08,083 Your species can communicate with dead people? 670 00:36:09,417 --> 00:36:11,877 Hello? Ah, ah, yes, yes. 671 00:36:11,961 --> 00:36:14,423 Lieutenant, it's for you, 672 00:36:18,802 --> 00:36:21,012 Hello? Starboard thrusters are ready. 673 00:36:21,095 --> 00:36:22,930 Port thrusters standing by. 674 00:36:24,850 --> 00:36:27,769 Okay, Erica, don't crash. 675 00:36:36,737 --> 00:36:38,530 The scavenger vessel has dropped out of warp. 676 00:36:38,613 --> 00:36:41,282 Anti-protons... anti-protoning? 677 00:36:41,365 --> 00:36:43,117 We're as juicy a target as I can make us. 678 00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:45,245 Red alert. All stations prepare for... 679 00:36:47,622 --> 00:36:49,291 well, for that. 680 00:36:50,250 --> 00:36:52,084 Ready impulse engines. Standing by. 681 00:36:52,168 --> 00:36:53,919 How many times has she helmed? 682 00:36:54,003 --> 00:36:55,464 Twice, including now. 683 00:36:56,882 --> 00:36:58,091 Full impulse, Uhura. 684 00:37:14,190 --> 00:37:16,358 Scotty, your turn. If you insist. 685 00:37:16,443 --> 00:37:17,611 I do, Mr. Scott. 686 00:37:17,694 --> 00:37:19,196 Detach at my mark. 687 00:37:23,240 --> 00:37:24,325 Mark. 688 00:37:32,750 --> 00:37:33,876 Spock? 689 00:37:35,211 --> 00:37:38,006 The sehlat has eaten its tail, Captain. 690 00:37:38,090 --> 00:37:40,092 The scavenger ship has been disabled. 691 00:37:41,093 --> 00:37:42,927 Uhura, get us line of sight to the Enterprise 692 00:37:43,010 --> 00:37:44,261 as quickly as you can. 693 00:37:46,972 --> 00:37:48,767 Incoming transmission. 694 00:37:48,850 --> 00:37:51,144 It's the Farragut, audio only. 695 00:37:51,228 --> 00:37:52,979 Enterprise, do you read? 696 00:37:53,062 --> 00:37:54,230 Took you long enough, Ensign. 697 00:37:54,313 --> 00:37:55,523 Good to hear your voice, too. 698 00:37:55,606 --> 00:37:58,150 We're pretty banged up, but we disabled the scavenger ship. 699 00:37:58,235 --> 00:38:00,112 Tell her it's just temporary. 700 00:38:00,195 --> 00:38:01,196 How temporary? 701 00:38:01,279 --> 00:38:03,322 No idea, but this is your chance. 702 00:38:03,406 --> 00:38:04,907 For a jailbreak. 703 00:38:11,706 --> 00:38:13,375 Port and starboard thrusters, 704 00:38:13,458 --> 00:38:14,458 give me ten percent. 705 00:38:16,794 --> 00:38:19,047 Whoa, we got to kill those thrusters. We are not off-leash. 706 00:38:21,633 --> 00:38:23,343 Captain, any luck finding the fuel line? 707 00:38:24,093 --> 00:38:25,594 I've got a pretty solid guess. 708 00:38:29,933 --> 00:38:31,059 Hand me that connector? 709 00:38:33,019 --> 00:38:34,645 And you might want to take a step back. 710 00:38:35,604 --> 00:38:38,232 If it explodes, it will take out the entire engineering hull. 711 00:38:38,315 --> 00:38:39,400 A big step, then? 712 00:38:48,951 --> 00:38:51,496 Baryon particles are entering the deuterium stream. 713 00:38:51,580 --> 00:38:55,208 The mixture is... destabilizing. 714 00:38:55,291 --> 00:38:57,668 Let's get the hell out of here before we get sucked out with this thing. 715 00:39:06,844 --> 00:39:09,597 Wait. Emergency systems are rebooting. 716 00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:11,558 Captain did it. The umbilical's detached. 717 00:39:11,641 --> 00:39:13,935 Port and starboard thrusters, 50%. 718 00:39:15,061 --> 00:39:17,104 Ease off starboard thrusters. 719 00:39:17,188 --> 00:39:19,023 N-Not that easy. Give me 30%. 720 00:39:19,106 --> 00:39:22,277 50%. Wait. 50, 80. 721 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:23,653 Cut starboard thrusters. 722 00:39:26,072 --> 00:39:28,324 Hate to backseat-drive, but you're hitting the wall. 723 00:39:28,407 --> 00:39:29,867 Full port thrusters. 724 00:39:29,950 --> 00:39:31,660 Thruster controls aren't responding. 725 00:39:31,745 --> 00:39:33,205 That's real bad. 726 00:39:33,288 --> 00:39:34,664 Wait, I have an idea. 727 00:39:34,748 --> 00:39:35,749 I'm all ears. 728 00:39:36,916 --> 00:39:38,250 Commander? 729 00:39:40,127 --> 00:39:41,754 Commander? 730 00:40:04,569 --> 00:40:07,739 Yes! Starboard thrusters to 20%. 731 00:40:09,156 --> 00:40:10,658 Keep us even. 732 00:40:13,035 --> 00:40:14,037 Captain. 733 00:40:15,455 --> 00:40:16,790 The scavenger. 734 00:40:20,501 --> 00:40:22,670 The scavenger vessel's systems are coming back on line. 735 00:40:22,753 --> 00:40:24,339 They are targeting Enterprise. 736 00:40:24,422 --> 00:40:25,548 Lock phasers. 737 00:40:26,383 --> 00:40:27,550 Uh... 738 00:40:27,634 --> 00:40:30,511 Sir, the grapplers have proven to be resistant to our weapons. 739 00:40:30,594 --> 00:40:32,012 Okay, Spock. 740 00:40:33,222 --> 00:40:34,224 What do you got? 741 00:41:27,610 --> 00:41:30,989 Mr. Spock, scan the debris for life signs. 742 00:41:36,577 --> 00:41:39,080 Approximately 7,000 life signs, 743 00:41:39,164 --> 00:41:40,832 but they are dwindling quickly. 744 00:41:40,915 --> 00:41:42,791 Can we beam survivors aboard? 745 00:41:44,752 --> 00:41:46,378 Not even if we wanted to. 746 00:41:46,462 --> 00:41:48,840 There's too much debris to get a transporter lock. 747 00:41:55,804 --> 00:41:56,889 Captain? 748 00:41:58,099 --> 00:41:59,184 The life signs. 749 00:41:59,267 --> 00:42:01,353 Yes, Mr. Spock? 750 00:42:27,378 --> 00:42:29,464 The life signs are all human. 751 00:42:41,643 --> 00:42:43,269 The markings on the hull. 752 00:42:44,937 --> 00:42:46,522 Can you get us a clearer image? 753 00:42:47,272 --> 00:42:48,315 Aye. 754 00:42:58,951 --> 00:43:01,746 I found this in our historical database. 755 00:43:04,290 --> 00:43:06,333 In the mid-21st century, 756 00:43:06,417 --> 00:43:08,710 before first contact with the Vulcans, 757 00:43:08,794 --> 00:43:10,422 a group of scientists believed 758 00:43:10,504 --> 00:43:14,050 that Earth's environmental crisis was too severe 759 00:43:14,134 --> 00:43:17,719 to recover from, so they built a ship. 760 00:43:17,803 --> 00:43:22,475 They hoped it would carry humanity to civilizations in other worlds. 761 00:43:22,559 --> 00:43:24,185 But it failed. 762 00:43:25,437 --> 00:43:26,895 The ship disappeared. 763 00:43:28,105 --> 00:43:29,940 The entire crew, 764 00:43:30,023 --> 00:43:32,861 their families, gone. 765 00:43:36,489 --> 00:43:38,073 Never heard from again. 766 00:43:39,575 --> 00:43:42,579 I remember when it launched. 767 00:43:43,246 --> 00:43:47,333 We-we hadn't yet invented warp drive. 768 00:43:47,416 --> 00:43:51,920 We'd barely put out the fires of the Third World War. 769 00:43:52,004 --> 00:43:55,717 One of the few nations left standing 770 00:43:55,800 --> 00:43:59,094 sifted through the ashes of their space program, 771 00:43:59,178 --> 00:44:03,056 scoured the world for a crew. 772 00:44:03,141 --> 00:44:04,392 You might say... 773 00:44:05,727 --> 00:44:08,729 they were the best of us, 774 00:44:08,812 --> 00:44:11,315 the most optimistic, 775 00:44:11,398 --> 00:44:14,110 searching for a way to carry on 776 00:44:14,194 --> 00:44:16,946 the flame of life. 777 00:44:17,030 --> 00:44:18,822 All those people. 778 00:44:18,906 --> 00:44:21,325 Seven thousand souls. 779 00:44:21,408 --> 00:44:24,120 The descendants of the original inhabitants. 780 00:44:24,204 --> 00:44:25,580 So what went wrong? 781 00:44:28,208 --> 00:44:30,459 How did they go from that to... 782 00:44:32,336 --> 00:44:33,712 whatever it is they became? 783 00:44:45,058 --> 00:44:46,226 Come in. 784 00:44:48,645 --> 00:44:49,979 Ah... 785 00:44:50,062 --> 00:44:51,563 Just wanted to let you know in person, 786 00:44:51,647 --> 00:44:53,357 Dr. M'Benga says that Captain V'Rel is going 787 00:44:53,440 --> 00:44:54,943 to make a complete recovery. 788 00:44:55,025 --> 00:44:57,195 We'll tow Farragut back to spacedock. 789 00:44:57,278 --> 00:44:58,780 Then you only have 790 00:44:58,863 --> 00:45:00,197 to hold the fort down a little while longer. 791 00:45:00,281 --> 00:45:03,200 I'm imagining the look on Admiral April's face 792 00:45:03,283 --> 00:45:05,662 when he sees us pull in with no nacelles. 793 00:45:05,745 --> 00:45:07,830 He likes Aldebaran whiskey. 794 00:45:07,914 --> 00:45:10,041 Maybe have a bottle ready. 795 00:45:10,124 --> 00:45:12,251 You know, it might not feel like it, but you made the right call. 796 00:45:12,334 --> 00:45:14,169 We were under attack. 797 00:45:14,253 --> 00:45:17,507 You saved hundreds of lives, both here and on Enterprise. 798 00:45:17,590 --> 00:45:18,800 Number of... 799 00:45:20,051 --> 00:45:22,844 estimated human casualties on unknown vessel... 800 00:45:24,429 --> 00:45:26,181 seven thousand. 801 00:45:29,477 --> 00:45:30,728 Well, may I? 802 00:45:30,812 --> 00:45:32,145 Please. 803 00:45:40,029 --> 00:45:41,572 You know, when, uh... 804 00:45:41,656 --> 00:45:43,782 when I got bumped up to first officer, 805 00:45:43,865 --> 00:45:45,576 I remember second-guessing Bob- 806 00:45:45,659 --> 00:45:48,288 Admiral April, a lot. 807 00:45:48,371 --> 00:45:50,707 Did he ever straighten you out? No. 808 00:45:50,790 --> 00:45:53,375 He let me learn a very hard lesson. 809 00:45:54,334 --> 00:45:56,003 The big decisions, they seem so simple 810 00:45:56,086 --> 00:45:58,172 when someone else has to live with the consequences, 811 00:45:58,256 --> 00:46:00,383 but the choices you make in that chair... 812 00:46:01,843 --> 00:46:03,468 they are yours to make... 813 00:46:05,137 --> 00:46:06,847 and what comes after... 814 00:46:08,308 --> 00:46:10,643 that is yours to live with. 815 00:46:10,727 --> 00:46:13,520 Some decisions you will regret for the rest of your life, 816 00:46:13,604 --> 00:46:15,522 but you still have to make them. 817 00:46:15,606 --> 00:46:17,316 They were human beings. 818 00:46:19,611 --> 00:46:21,195 Why does that make it feel so much worse? 819 00:46:21,279 --> 00:46:22,530 All I can say is... 820 00:46:23,697 --> 00:46:26,158 having empathy for your adversary is part of the job. 821 00:46:26,241 --> 00:46:27,534 But I didn't. 822 00:46:29,037 --> 00:46:31,039 I didn't think of them as people... 823 00:46:31,122 --> 00:46:32,582 at all. 824 00:46:33,833 --> 00:46:35,208 Until it was too late. 825 00:46:35,292 --> 00:46:37,127 Well, maybe that's the lesson. 826 00:46:38,378 --> 00:46:40,965 Empathy isn't conditional. It's either given or it isn't. 827 00:46:41,049 --> 00:46:44,010 They... clearly saw us, 828 00:46:44,093 --> 00:46:46,595 and either they didn't recognize us or they didn't care. 829 00:46:46,678 --> 00:46:48,013 Whatever journey they had been through 830 00:46:48,096 --> 00:46:49,474 the last 200 years, it broke them. 831 00:46:49,556 --> 00:46:51,184 When they left Earth... 832 00:46:52,644 --> 00:46:55,479 they were the best humanity had to offer. 833 00:46:55,562 --> 00:46:57,314 They weren't monsters. 834 00:46:59,316 --> 00:47:02,111 Is that what we would become in the same circumstances? 835 00:47:02,195 --> 00:47:04,280 I'd like to believe we wouldn't. 836 00:47:04,364 --> 00:47:06,615 Why not? Because of how you're feeling now. 837 00:47:06,698 --> 00:47:08,158 Because the next time you're in that chair, 838 00:47:08,241 --> 00:47:09,993 you will remember we are often not that different 839 00:47:10,077 --> 00:47:11,871 from our enemy. 840 00:47:13,956 --> 00:47:16,166 And that knowledge, 841 00:47:16,250 --> 00:47:18,168 from this moment on, 842 00:47:18,251 --> 00:47:20,087 will continue to guide you. 843 00:47:29,346 --> 00:47:31,891 Good night, Captain Kirk. 844 00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:00,520 English SDH