1 00:00:31,082 --> 00:00:33,809 . 2 00:00:33,983 --> 00:00:35,637 Do you really still believe our futures 3 00:00:35,811 --> 00:00:36,899 are written in stone? 4 00:00:37,073 --> 00:00:38,379 All I know is that 5 00:00:38,553 --> 00:00:40,685 I'm not ready to let you go. 6 00:00:40,859 --> 00:00:42,905 Everything that happened to me 7 00:00:43,166 --> 00:00:44,036 was so I could do this. 8 00:00:44,210 --> 00:00:45,342 No, this is... Marie... 9 00:00:45,516 --> 00:00:46,909 It's my destiny. 10 00:00:47,126 --> 00:00:49,215 You, of all people, can understand that. 11 00:00:49,477 --> 00:00:51,653 You have to tell me why things are so weird with you and Spock. 12 00:00:51,870 --> 00:00:53,829 Spock and I made it very clear with each other... no labels, 13 00:00:54,003 --> 00:00:57,920 no complicated expectations, just fun times. 14 00:00:58,094 --> 00:01:01,576 Is this a "hit it" situation? 15 00:01:01,750 --> 00:01:03,534 It's a new future. 16 00:01:03,708 --> 00:01:06,015 It's whatever kind of adventure we want it to be. 17 00:01:14,458 --> 00:01:18,114 Captain's personal log. Stardate 2491.5. 18 00:01:18,375 --> 00:01:20,856 We're at the end of a routine mission on Tulaxar... 19 00:01:21,117 --> 00:01:24,337 our 15th in a row... and if I'm being honest, 20 00:01:24,512 --> 00:01:26,905 this may well be my favorite part. 21 00:02:20,698 --> 00:02:22,613 Were you followed? 22 00:02:22,787 --> 00:02:24,615 - No, sir. - And the meds? 23 00:02:24,789 --> 00:02:27,009 Handed off more than enough to save the planet. 24 00:02:27,183 --> 00:02:28,358 Any issues being discovered? 25 00:02:28,619 --> 00:02:29,794 Nothing I couldn't handle. 26 00:02:29,968 --> 00:02:31,579 Four of the ones she drank with 27 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:33,581 might need a day or two to sleep it off. 28 00:02:33,755 --> 00:02:35,496 Lightweights. 29 00:02:37,193 --> 00:02:37,933 Captain, we are in position. 30 00:02:38,107 --> 00:02:39,412 Ready to beam you up 31 00:02:39,717 --> 00:02:40,805 - on your order. - Copy that, Number One. 32 00:02:40,979 --> 00:02:42,807 You know what? 33 00:02:42,981 --> 00:02:44,766 We, uh... 34 00:02:46,594 --> 00:02:48,683 ...we might ride a little more. 35 00:02:48,944 --> 00:02:51,120 If you say so, Captain. 36 00:02:51,294 --> 00:02:54,515 You know, just to be safe. 37 00:02:54,776 --> 00:02:57,126 Hyah. 38 00:03:13,751 --> 00:03:14,970 Welcome back, Captain. 39 00:03:15,231 --> 00:03:16,275 I can take your saddle, if needed. 40 00:03:16,449 --> 00:03:17,320 Well, I, uh, 41 00:03:17,494 --> 00:03:19,104 prefer to carry my own gear. 42 00:03:19,278 --> 00:03:20,932 But thanks, Spock. 43 00:03:21,106 --> 00:03:22,543 But you knew that already. 44 00:03:22,717 --> 00:03:24,066 I felt it important to be here 45 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:25,633 as soon as you returned to the ship. 46 00:03:25,807 --> 00:03:28,287 You wanted to see me in my outfit, didn't you? 47 00:03:29,201 --> 00:03:30,594 Perhaps. 48 00:03:36,208 --> 00:03:38,689 Follow me to my quarters, Mr. Spock. 49 00:03:38,863 --> 00:03:41,344 These boots are hard to take off alone. 50 00:03:43,215 --> 00:03:45,130 Six months, Chris, nonstop. 51 00:03:45,304 --> 00:03:47,350 That's a lot of missions in a row. 52 00:03:47,524 --> 00:03:48,917 I'm just worried the crew 53 00:03:49,134 --> 00:03:50,614 is starting to feel the strain, that's all. 54 00:03:50,875 --> 00:03:54,313 Look, they came to Enterprise to see things, to... 55 00:03:54,487 --> 00:03:56,751 ...do things. 56 00:03:57,012 --> 00:03:59,754 And the more you see and do in the moment, 57 00:03:59,928 --> 00:04:03,540 the less you have to think about the past, right? 58 00:04:05,281 --> 00:04:07,936 We all need weekends once in a while. 59 00:04:08,197 --> 00:04:09,764 Even you. 60 00:04:10,547 --> 00:04:12,157 Understood, Number One. 61 00:04:12,331 --> 00:04:16,031 Not to mention, as much as I enjoy having the conn, 62 00:04:16,205 --> 00:04:18,990 I wouldn't mind a little time on-planet once in a while. 63 00:04:19,251 --> 00:04:20,818 Next mission, I promise. 64 00:04:20,992 --> 00:04:23,212 That might be sooner than you think. 65 00:04:23,386 --> 00:04:26,694 Admiral April is on his way to see you. 66 00:04:29,740 --> 00:04:30,915 I told you, Bob, 67 00:04:31,089 --> 00:04:33,265 I'm not looking for a promotion. 68 00:04:33,439 --> 00:04:34,745 Well, regardless of intent, 69 00:04:34,919 --> 00:04:36,878 you're being considered for one. 70 00:04:37,052 --> 00:04:38,880 To commodore. 71 00:04:39,054 --> 00:04:40,751 And that, as we both know, 72 00:04:40,925 --> 00:04:42,840 is a stepping stone. 73 00:04:44,668 --> 00:04:48,454 Look, I felt the same way when I was captain. 74 00:04:48,629 --> 00:04:49,891 You just need to think about it. 75 00:04:50,065 --> 00:04:52,676 Really think. 76 00:04:53,721 --> 00:04:55,723 You just might surprise yourself. 77 00:04:57,899 --> 00:04:59,814 How long do I have to consider? 78 00:04:59,988 --> 00:05:02,425 We'll need an answer when you get back from the next mission. 79 00:05:02,599 --> 00:05:04,557 Where are you sending us? 80 00:05:07,517 --> 00:05:09,519 This is a fun one. 81 00:05:12,043 --> 00:05:13,262 Really? 82 00:05:16,308 --> 00:05:17,788 You haven't heard the constant noises? 83 00:05:17,962 --> 00:05:20,182 Scotty acts like every time I steer the ship, 84 00:05:20,356 --> 00:05:23,620 it makes his job harder, so he added endless beeping 85 00:05:23,794 --> 00:05:26,623 to literally make my job harder. 86 00:05:28,712 --> 00:05:30,279 Are you listening? 87 00:05:31,410 --> 00:05:35,414 Sorry. I just have to get prepared for my mentee training. 88 00:05:35,676 --> 00:05:39,331 Right, your new Academy cadet. 89 00:05:39,505 --> 00:05:40,681 When I got to Enterprise, 90 00:05:40,898 --> 00:05:43,031 I didn't know anything about anything, 91 00:05:43,205 --> 00:05:44,641 and all of you helped me. 92 00:05:44,902 --> 00:05:46,556 I just want to pass that on to the next person. 93 00:05:46,730 --> 00:05:50,691 I've been practicing my Vulcan with Spock to improve it. 94 00:05:57,045 --> 00:05:58,873 taz Nyota Uhura dwi-mâsh. 95 00:05:59,047 --> 00:06:01,092 tan-fi bo-shish ner gab-no-vet âs 96 00:06:01,266 --> 00:06:02,267 dwoz nufezh po nen lhi-de-mosh. 97 00:06:02,441 --> 00:06:04,661 Please do not speak Vulcan. 98 00:06:04,835 --> 00:06:06,924 Your accent is improper. 99 00:06:07,098 --> 00:06:11,059 I thought I got that right. 100 00:06:11,973 --> 00:06:14,062 I am fully versed in all human dialects. 101 00:06:14,236 --> 00:06:16,891 That is all that is required for us to communicate. 102 00:06:18,631 --> 00:06:20,808 Right. Let me start again. 103 00:06:21,069 --> 00:06:24,463 I am Ensign Uhura, but you can call me Nyota, if you like. 104 00:06:24,637 --> 00:06:26,204 I was at the Academy just a few years ago, 105 00:06:26,378 --> 00:06:28,119 so I know exactly how you must feel. 106 00:06:28,380 --> 00:06:32,036 You are several years older than I am, 107 00:06:32,210 --> 00:06:33,777 and since you are human, it is unlikely 108 00:06:33,951 --> 00:06:35,344 you know how I feel. 109 00:06:35,692 --> 00:06:36,737 Were you present for the K'thonia disaster? 110 00:06:36,911 --> 00:06:38,347 Or the FFakisha conflict? 111 00:06:39,304 --> 00:06:40,915 That all happened after I left. 112 00:06:41,176 --> 00:06:42,786 Your Vulcan is poorly pronounced, 113 00:06:43,047 --> 00:06:45,484 your time at the Academy was completely different than mine. 114 00:06:45,658 --> 00:06:48,531 It appears we do not have many shared experiences at all. 115 00:07:00,282 --> 00:07:02,414 This is an unusual mission. 116 00:07:02,588 --> 00:07:05,026 We are to face a category ten interstellar squall, 117 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:06,810 something we rarely see in the Alpha Quadrant. 118 00:07:07,071 --> 00:07:08,638 I-I've seen one once, 119 00:07:08,812 --> 00:07:11,249 a long time ago, but not from this close. 120 00:07:11,423 --> 00:07:15,210 I think I was in a phone box at the time. 121 00:07:15,384 --> 00:07:18,126 Such distortions are often briefly occurring. 122 00:07:18,387 --> 00:07:20,911 This one has appeared around the star Ithaxus. 123 00:07:21,085 --> 00:07:22,478 No explanation. 124 00:07:22,826 --> 00:07:24,088 Doesn't look like it's safe for us to get near it. 125 00:07:24,262 --> 00:07:25,655 Any inhabited planets 126 00:07:25,829 --> 00:07:27,091 nearby we should be worried about? 127 00:07:27,265 --> 00:07:28,136 None. 128 00:07:28,397 --> 00:07:29,528 Thank goodness. 129 00:07:29,877 --> 00:07:31,356 And that's the key element of this mission. 130 00:07:31,530 --> 00:07:33,054 No one we have to protect. 131 00:07:33,271 --> 00:07:36,231 We are here to observe an unusual stellar display. 132 00:07:36,405 --> 00:07:37,449 That is all. 133 00:07:37,623 --> 00:07:38,668 Oh, it sounds like 134 00:07:38,842 --> 00:07:40,365 we're going to the theater. 135 00:07:40,626 --> 00:07:42,150 Minus the Playbill. 136 00:07:42,324 --> 00:07:43,716 A theater that would likely tear 137 00:07:43,891 --> 00:07:45,022 our ship into small particles of subspace 138 00:07:45,196 --> 00:07:46,589 should we get too close. 139 00:07:46,894 --> 00:07:48,243 Come on, Mr. Spock. Where's your sense of adventure? 140 00:07:48,417 --> 00:07:50,114 Perhaps I did not clearly state the part 141 00:07:50,288 --> 00:07:52,682 about being torn into small particles of subspace. 142 00:07:53,509 --> 00:07:58,470 Interstellar storms are like space-time gone wild, 143 00:07:58,644 --> 00:08:01,517 the very stuff of the universe. 144 00:08:01,778 --> 00:08:03,127 Don't you think a glimpse 145 00:08:03,301 --> 00:08:05,347 is worth a little risk? 146 00:08:05,521 --> 00:08:08,437 See? Now, that's the spirit. 147 00:08:25,671 --> 00:08:27,238 Keep us at arm's length, Erica. 148 00:08:27,412 --> 00:08:29,240 Aye, sir. 149 00:08:29,414 --> 00:08:30,894 Very long arms. 150 00:08:31,155 --> 00:08:32,940 I wish we could get closer, though. 151 00:08:33,114 --> 00:08:35,681 It's absolutely stunning. 152 00:08:35,856 --> 00:08:37,031 I understand the feeling. 153 00:08:37,205 --> 00:08:40,425 To actually see something like this. 154 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:44,168 Digital data is more relevant. 155 00:08:45,256 --> 00:08:46,779 Sensors are active. 156 00:08:47,041 --> 00:08:48,172 - Data is cogent. - If you had to give up 157 00:08:48,433 --> 00:08:49,870 seeing this kind of thing all the time, 158 00:08:50,044 --> 00:08:51,567 would you miss it? 159 00:08:51,828 --> 00:08:54,352 Every day. 160 00:08:55,484 --> 00:08:56,920 Yeah. 161 00:09:08,366 --> 00:09:10,499 Sir, I'm getting a comm signal. 162 00:09:10,673 --> 00:09:12,980 - Location, Nyota? - The signal's erratic, 163 00:09:13,154 --> 00:09:16,897 but it seems to be coming from inside the storm. 164 00:09:17,071 --> 00:09:18,376 It's a mayday, sir. 165 00:09:18,550 --> 00:09:21,118 A ship is stuck inside the storm? 166 00:09:21,292 --> 00:09:22,859 That's what the signal's saying. 167 00:09:23,033 --> 00:09:24,382 Take us closer, Erica. 168 00:09:24,556 --> 00:09:25,906 But keep your foot on the brakes. 169 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:27,255 Understood, Captain. 170 00:09:32,216 --> 00:09:34,479 Not now, Scotty. 171 00:09:57,111 --> 00:09:59,069 Deeper scans suggest signal origin 172 00:09:59,243 --> 00:10:00,723 is a buoy inside of the storm. 173 00:10:01,071 --> 00:10:02,725 - A buoy? - It's a starship distress buoy, 174 00:10:02,899 --> 00:10:04,466 but I can't get a lock on the signal. 175 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:06,468 Any sign of the source of the buoy? Any ships? 176 00:10:06,642 --> 00:10:08,644 Scanning, Captain. 177 00:10:12,604 --> 00:10:14,128 Uh-oh. 178 00:10:14,302 --> 00:10:15,956 The storm is undergoing exponential expansion. 179 00:10:16,130 --> 00:10:17,435 You think? 180 00:10:17,783 --> 00:10:19,394 - Reverse course, Erica, fast. - Already on it. 181 00:10:53,254 --> 00:10:54,733 We have life support. 182 00:10:54,995 --> 00:10:57,345 Unfortunately, that is the extent of the good news. 183 00:10:57,519 --> 00:11:00,130 No weapons functionality. Zero. 184 00:11:00,304 --> 00:11:01,523 Long-range comms are down. 185 00:11:01,784 --> 00:11:02,915 Transporters are offline. 186 00:11:03,090 --> 00:11:05,222 Not sure when they'll be fixed, or if. 187 00:11:05,396 --> 00:11:07,529 We have only the barest amount 188 00:11:07,790 --> 00:11:09,922 of impulse power. For now. 189 00:11:10,184 --> 00:11:12,273 - Warp? - Out of the question. 190 00:11:12,447 --> 00:11:13,839 Look, our problem is, 191 00:11:14,014 --> 00:11:15,493 we lost all our iridium. 192 00:11:15,667 --> 00:11:17,582 Without it, we can't ignite the warp engines. 193 00:11:17,756 --> 00:11:19,454 We're basically stuck here. 194 00:11:19,628 --> 00:11:21,064 And do we know where "here" is? 195 00:11:21,325 --> 00:11:22,587 All we've been able to determine is, 196 00:11:22,761 --> 00:11:24,024 the stellar storm somehow pulled 197 00:11:24,198 --> 00:11:25,634 the ship into a warp field. 198 00:11:25,895 --> 00:11:27,679 The stars aren't lining up to give us a location, 199 00:11:27,897 --> 00:11:29,638 but we think it's just the main computer coming back on line. 200 00:11:29,812 --> 00:11:31,335 Okay. 201 00:11:32,554 --> 00:11:34,817 Deploy a locator and send out a mayday. Let's use a flare. 202 00:11:34,991 --> 00:11:36,688 - On it. - Short-range scans 203 00:11:36,862 --> 00:11:38,734 suggest we can only extrapolate our position. 204 00:11:38,908 --> 00:11:40,518 Of the four planets scanned so far, 205 00:11:40,692 --> 00:11:41,650 three are M-class. 206 00:11:41,824 --> 00:11:43,130 Inhabited? Anyone who 207 00:11:43,304 --> 00:11:44,957 - might give us a hand? - Impossible to tell, 208 00:11:45,132 --> 00:11:46,785 given our current sensor capabilities. 209 00:11:47,047 --> 00:11:49,614 But we have detected iridium on the nearest M-class planet... 210 00:11:49,788 --> 00:11:51,703 a few hours' journey with our current impulse engines. 211 00:11:51,877 --> 00:11:53,531 And one of our shuttles is still functional enough 212 00:11:53,705 --> 00:11:55,707 to get us to the surface, I think. 213 00:11:57,666 --> 00:11:58,928 Well, Number One, 214 00:11:59,102 --> 00:12:02,018 you wanted a mission on a strange new world. 215 00:12:02,192 --> 00:12:03,933 Looks like you got one. 216 00:12:05,152 --> 00:12:06,762 Curie, this is Enterprise. 217 00:12:06,936 --> 00:12:08,807 You are now entering the planet's upper atmosphere. 218 00:12:08,981 --> 00:12:11,071 Heading towards the last known iridium location. 219 00:12:11,245 --> 00:12:13,377 The land mass is quite choppy down there. 220 00:12:13,551 --> 00:12:15,075 We're five-by-five. We might have to land 221 00:12:15,249 --> 00:12:16,467 pretty far from the signal. 222 00:12:16,641 --> 00:12:18,600 There aren't any closer options. 223 00:13:22,794 --> 00:13:24,709 The iridium's over there. 224 00:13:33,544 --> 00:13:36,765 Near what is definitely a volcano. 225 00:13:49,647 --> 00:13:51,519 Um... 226 00:13:51,780 --> 00:13:54,609 I'm detecting life signs. 227 00:13:56,263 --> 00:13:57,742 What kind of life signs? 228 00:13:57,916 --> 00:13:59,527 Large. 229 00:14:00,441 --> 00:14:02,269 Taller than us? 230 00:14:02,443 --> 00:14:03,618 Much taller. 231 00:14:07,926 --> 00:14:12,279 Is there a way around that? 232 00:14:13,497 --> 00:14:14,672 No. 233 00:14:14,846 --> 00:14:16,848 We want the iridium, 234 00:14:17,022 --> 00:14:20,548 we have to get past that. 235 00:14:28,164 --> 00:14:29,557 Great news. 236 00:14:34,126 --> 00:14:35,519 I've got a fix on the creature. 237 00:14:35,693 --> 00:14:37,260 That's not the problem. It's, uh... 238 00:14:37,434 --> 00:14:39,523 trying to do something about it. 239 00:14:39,697 --> 00:14:41,569 - Can't you just stun it? - Well, if I had 240 00:14:41,743 --> 00:14:44,224 phasers, sure. Um... 241 00:14:44,398 --> 00:14:45,834 I might be able to send a bolt 242 00:14:46,095 --> 00:14:47,618 of electricity, but I don't want to kill the laddie. 243 00:14:47,792 --> 00:14:50,578 We should probably determine what it can withstand first. 244 00:14:51,796 --> 00:14:53,494 What are you doing? 245 00:15:03,417 --> 00:15:04,722 Why did you just shoot it? 246 00:15:04,896 --> 00:15:06,637 Wha... I was on stun. 247 00:15:06,898 --> 00:15:08,378 And you saw. Nothing happened. 248 00:15:08,596 --> 00:15:09,553 The laddie may be a wee bit 249 00:15:09,727 --> 00:15:11,033 stronger than we anticipated. 250 00:15:11,338 --> 00:15:12,948 "Laddie"? You think that's what I talk like? 251 00:15:13,122 --> 00:15:14,515 - That's totally what you talk like. - Fine. 252 00:15:18,606 --> 00:15:20,260 Something's just grabbed the ship. 253 00:15:40,932 --> 00:15:42,847 Space. 254 00:15:43,979 --> 00:15:45,981 The final frontier. 255 00:15:47,896 --> 00:15:51,639 These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. 256 00:15:52,814 --> 00:15:55,512 Its five-year mission: 257 00:15:55,686 --> 00:15:58,689 to explore strange new worlds... 258 00:15:59,908 --> 00:16:03,215 ...to seek out new life 259 00:16:03,390 --> 00:16:05,957 and new civilizations... 260 00:16:06,958 --> 00:16:10,962 ...to boldly go where no one has gone before. 261 00:17:38,528 --> 00:17:40,095 Where did they come from? 262 00:17:40,487 --> 00:17:42,053 Unclear, Captain. Our sensors are functioning 263 00:17:42,227 --> 00:17:43,577 below normal parameters. 264 00:17:43,968 --> 00:17:44,795 They seem to have attached some kind 265 00:17:44,969 --> 00:17:46,710 of energy tendrils. 266 00:17:46,971 --> 00:17:48,277 They are similar to our tractor beams, but the style 267 00:17:48,451 --> 00:17:49,583 is one I am not familiar with. 268 00:17:49,757 --> 00:17:50,845 Do we have any weapons? Shields? 269 00:17:51,106 --> 00:17:52,324 No, the shields are still 270 00:17:52,716 --> 00:17:54,501 not functioning, Captain, and Scotty cannot 271 00:17:54,675 --> 00:17:56,894 repair the weapons without iridium. 272 00:17:57,068 --> 00:17:58,287 We-we are crippled. 273 00:17:58,461 --> 00:17:59,375 They're literally towing us away. 274 00:17:59,549 --> 00:18:00,637 Do we have impulse? Anything? 275 00:18:00,898 --> 00:18:02,378 No, using impulse engines 276 00:18:02,639 --> 00:18:04,598 would be like trying to free ourselves from a boat 277 00:18:04,772 --> 00:18:06,687 using a pair of flippers. 278 00:18:06,861 --> 00:18:08,079 Small flippers. 279 00:18:08,384 --> 00:18:09,907 Flippers that could be lost at any time. 280 00:18:10,081 --> 00:18:11,648 Comms are still functioning, sir. 281 00:18:11,909 --> 00:18:13,171 As is our universal translator. 282 00:18:13,433 --> 00:18:14,738 Does anyone recognize that ship? 283 00:18:14,912 --> 00:18:16,044 I do not, 284 00:18:16,305 --> 00:18:17,132 and it does not exist in our database. 285 00:18:17,306 --> 00:18:19,003 Hail them, Nyota. 286 00:18:19,351 --> 00:18:20,831 Let's try the friendly approach first. We don't have much else 287 00:18:21,005 --> 00:18:22,442 - to work with. - Hailing them, sir. 288 00:18:22,616 --> 00:18:24,008 This is Captain Christopher Pike 289 00:18:24,269 --> 00:18:25,488 of the starship Enterprise. 290 00:18:25,662 --> 00:18:27,185 You seem to have... 291 00:18:28,360 --> 00:18:32,495 ...you seem to have accidentally taken hold of our ship. 292 00:18:33,627 --> 00:18:34,541 Anything? 293 00:18:34,715 --> 00:18:37,369 They're responding, sir. 294 00:18:39,981 --> 00:18:41,591 I am Battle Commander Cassell. 295 00:18:41,765 --> 00:18:43,724 We didn't attach our tethers by accident. 296 00:18:43,898 --> 00:18:45,987 We seized your damaged ship as salvage. 297 00:18:46,161 --> 00:18:50,470 Your ship and its resources are now our property. 298 00:18:51,514 --> 00:18:52,994 Still nothing from the ship. 299 00:18:53,168 --> 00:18:54,996 Scotty said he'd come right back. 300 00:18:55,170 --> 00:18:57,259 He didn't. Typical. 301 00:18:57,433 --> 00:18:58,608 I don't like it. 302 00:18:58,869 --> 00:19:00,741 We may be on our own, at least for now. 303 00:19:01,393 --> 00:19:03,439 We need to get a better idea of what we're facing. 304 00:19:03,613 --> 00:19:04,962 What about the new... 305 00:19:05,136 --> 00:19:06,355 vaporization thingy? 306 00:19:06,529 --> 00:19:08,270 You know what it's called. 307 00:19:08,444 --> 00:19:10,098 Scotty's not even here to get annoyed. 308 00:19:10,272 --> 00:19:11,229 Just makes me feel better. 309 00:19:11,403 --> 00:19:12,753 The phasers have been modified 310 00:19:12,927 --> 00:19:15,495 with a contained disintegration function. 311 00:19:15,669 --> 00:19:18,585 We need to get a clear shot at that copse of trees. 312 00:19:18,759 --> 00:19:21,805 Maybe we can see the "laddie" that's hiding behind it. 313 00:19:21,979 --> 00:19:23,067 Commander Cassell, 314 00:19:23,241 --> 00:19:25,592 we are members of Starfleet. 315 00:19:27,028 --> 00:19:29,770 Any actions against us will be seen 316 00:19:29,944 --> 00:19:32,120 as actions against the United Federation of Planets. 317 00:19:32,294 --> 00:19:34,078 We aren't familiar with your Starfleet 318 00:19:34,339 --> 00:19:37,473 or Federation, but if you're in league with the Dol'drm, 319 00:19:37,647 --> 00:19:39,519 we will destroy you. 320 00:19:44,349 --> 00:19:45,437 What? 321 00:19:45,742 --> 00:19:47,048 Be careful what you say, Captain. 322 00:19:47,222 --> 00:19:48,832 If they are not familiar with Starfleet, 323 00:19:49,006 --> 00:19:50,660 it is possible that they are pre-warp. 324 00:19:50,834 --> 00:19:52,619 They may be seizing our ship to learn about our technology, 325 00:19:52,793 --> 00:19:54,925 which is strictly against our prime directive. 326 00:19:55,099 --> 00:19:56,536 They have the ship, Spock. 327 00:19:56,710 --> 00:19:58,102 Right now talking is our only way out. 328 00:19:58,276 --> 00:19:59,756 Allow me to scan it further. 329 00:20:00,017 --> 00:20:01,976 Perhaps you could stall. 330 00:20:03,630 --> 00:20:06,981 We are not familiar with the Dol'drm. 331 00:20:07,155 --> 00:20:08,678 We're new to this region of space, 332 00:20:08,852 --> 00:20:10,637 and if you don't know the Federation, 333 00:20:10,811 --> 00:20:12,203 we also don't know you. 334 00:20:12,377 --> 00:20:13,683 We are at war, Captain, 335 00:20:14,031 --> 00:20:16,381 with a terrible and destructive enemy, 336 00:20:16,556 --> 00:20:18,470 and as part of our wartime covenants, 337 00:20:18,645 --> 00:20:21,561 we have seized your ship as scrap for our war effort. 338 00:20:21,735 --> 00:20:23,954 If you are not aligned with the Dol'drm, 339 00:20:24,128 --> 00:20:26,174 you will be released when we return home. 340 00:20:26,348 --> 00:20:28,263 You can't just take our ship without consequences. 341 00:20:28,524 --> 00:20:31,614 And yet you have shown us none. This discussion is over. 342 00:20:31,788 --> 00:20:33,616 Commander, we do have weapons, 343 00:20:33,877 --> 00:20:36,184 and Starfleet has more... a lot more. 344 00:20:36,358 --> 00:20:37,794 Do you really want us to turn all of them on you 345 00:20:38,055 --> 00:20:39,666 just to prove our point? 346 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:45,323 Why don't you come aboard? 347 00:20:48,022 --> 00:20:50,154 I can show you myself, and we can discuss ways 348 00:20:50,328 --> 00:20:52,461 that the Federation can help you. 349 00:20:55,246 --> 00:20:57,031 I don't think this will be useful. 350 00:20:57,901 --> 00:21:00,817 But if you have weapons to show us, personally, 351 00:21:00,991 --> 00:21:02,340 I'll come on board to see them. 352 00:21:02,558 --> 00:21:04,255 That-That's not exactly what I said. I... 353 00:21:04,429 --> 00:21:05,648 End communication. 354 00:21:07,041 --> 00:21:09,217 Okay, not ideal. 355 00:21:15,919 --> 00:21:17,660 You sure this is going to work? 356 00:21:17,921 --> 00:21:20,576 Not in the slightest. 357 00:21:22,491 --> 00:21:24,362 Well, at least we're talking. 358 00:21:24,536 --> 00:21:26,669 I am afraid our circumstance is... 359 00:21:27,975 --> 00:21:30,064 ...slightly more complicated than we realized, Captain. 360 00:21:30,238 --> 00:21:32,196 I have determined our current location. 361 00:21:33,328 --> 00:21:36,374 Scans have revealed that we are in the Sol system. 362 00:21:36,548 --> 00:21:37,854 Sol? 363 00:21:38,028 --> 00:21:39,900 Spock, this doesn't make any sense. 364 00:21:40,074 --> 00:21:41,771 Three M-class worlds? 365 00:21:41,989 --> 00:21:44,426 The stellar storm created an incredible amount of energy, 366 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:46,558 far beyond what our ship is capable of. 367 00:21:46,733 --> 00:21:50,693 However, where it sent us is less relevant than when. 368 00:21:52,477 --> 00:21:56,220 Currently, we are 65 million years in the past. 369 00:22:00,137 --> 00:22:03,880 The planet Commander Cassell is dragging us toward is Mars. 370 00:22:04,054 --> 00:22:05,752 Mars? 371 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:10,452 Then that would mean the planet that Una flew the shuttle to... 372 00:22:13,716 --> 00:22:15,762 Is Earth, Captain. 373 00:22:35,956 --> 00:22:37,653 So, according to Enterprise, we can't harm 374 00:22:37,827 --> 00:22:40,264 any native life because doing so could wreck the future. 375 00:22:40,438 --> 00:22:42,397 Unfortunately, the dinosaurs do not share 376 00:22:42,571 --> 00:22:46,618 our temporal prohibitions when it comes to eating us. 377 00:22:48,490 --> 00:22:50,100 I have an idea. 378 00:22:50,274 --> 00:22:51,841 But I don't think either of you are gonna like it. 379 00:22:52,015 --> 00:22:53,234 Oh, we are way 380 00:22:53,408 --> 00:22:55,540 - past that. - Yeah. 381 00:22:55,715 --> 00:22:56,890 What you got, boss? 382 00:22:58,543 --> 00:22:59,762 They have never heard 383 00:22:59,936 --> 00:23:01,546 of Starfleet or the Federation 384 00:23:01,721 --> 00:23:03,157 because neither will exist 385 00:23:03,418 --> 00:23:04,811 for millions of years. 386 00:23:05,072 --> 00:23:06,377 It may be challenging 387 00:23:06,595 --> 00:23:08,640 to form a shared frame of reference, Captain. 388 00:23:08,815 --> 00:23:10,947 It shouldn't be that different from any first contact 389 00:23:11,121 --> 00:23:12,557 with a pre-warp species. 390 00:23:12,775 --> 00:23:15,125 Except you invited her on board your starship. 391 00:23:15,996 --> 00:23:17,432 Yeah, there is that. 392 00:23:17,693 --> 00:23:19,826 Look, by the time our present comes around, 393 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:21,784 Mars has been lifeless for eons. 394 00:23:21,958 --> 00:23:23,655 I'm going to wager that nothing we say here 395 00:23:23,917 --> 00:23:25,396 is going to change the future, 396 00:23:25,614 --> 00:23:28,051 so long as she doesn't leave the ship with anything material. 397 00:23:28,225 --> 00:23:30,750 Alternatively, any single one of our actions 398 00:23:30,924 --> 00:23:33,056 could result in our future never occurring. 399 00:23:33,317 --> 00:23:35,232 Okay, so out of an abundance of caution, 400 00:23:35,493 --> 00:23:36,756 we'll keep her from... 401 00:23:36,930 --> 00:23:38,061 Everything? 402 00:23:38,322 --> 00:23:39,759 It feels like you're not helping. 403 00:23:39,933 --> 00:23:42,283 That's odd. 404 00:23:43,501 --> 00:23:46,374 Scanners seem to have detected something on the hull. 405 00:23:46,548 --> 00:23:48,724 Possible hull breach on Deck Seven. 406 00:23:48,898 --> 00:23:50,160 We're on Deck Seven. 407 00:23:50,334 --> 00:23:52,423 No adjustment in air temperature. Strange. 408 00:23:52,597 --> 00:23:53,381 Where? 409 00:23:53,555 --> 00:23:55,078 Corridor. 410 00:24:03,347 --> 00:24:05,219 Commander Cassell. 411 00:24:14,402 --> 00:24:16,012 I'm Captain Pike. 412 00:24:16,186 --> 00:24:18,101 You are... short. 413 00:24:18,275 --> 00:24:21,322 Our-our planet's a little heavier than yours. 414 00:24:21,496 --> 00:24:24,325 Hence this unpleasant artificial gravity on your ship? 415 00:24:24,499 --> 00:24:26,501 - Too unpleasant? We can adjust. - No need. 416 00:24:26,675 --> 00:24:28,677 We're obviously considerably stronger than you are. 417 00:24:28,851 --> 00:24:30,200 How did you get inside our ship? 418 00:24:30,374 --> 00:24:31,941 We phased through your wall. 419 00:24:33,813 --> 00:24:35,815 Do you not have phasing technology? 420 00:24:35,989 --> 00:24:39,166 Well, no, but we have transporters which allow us... 421 00:24:39,427 --> 00:24:41,777 Which we can gladly discuss at a later juncture. 422 00:24:41,951 --> 00:24:44,736 Allow me to introduce our science officer Spock, 423 00:24:44,911 --> 00:24:48,915 Dr. M'Benga, and our engineer Mr. Scott. 424 00:24:51,004 --> 00:24:52,266 Forgive me if I don't. 425 00:24:52,527 --> 00:24:53,745 My guards are under standing orders 426 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:55,573 to kill anyone who comes too close. 427 00:24:55,835 --> 00:24:57,227 Okay. 428 00:24:58,446 --> 00:25:00,840 I assure you, that won't be necessary, Commander. 429 00:25:01,014 --> 00:25:03,277 - You're here as our guests. - We're here as your captors 430 00:25:03,451 --> 00:25:05,888 to see your weaponry, Captain Pike. 431 00:25:06,062 --> 00:25:07,368 Commander, you are not our enemy. 432 00:25:07,542 --> 00:25:09,805 That assessment is mine to make. 433 00:25:10,066 --> 00:25:12,721 You would do the same in my position, would you not? 434 00:25:16,333 --> 00:25:18,292 Our transporter typically sweeps our visitors 435 00:25:18,466 --> 00:25:19,641 for health and safety. 436 00:25:19,902 --> 00:25:21,948 Would you permit me to examine you? 437 00:25:22,122 --> 00:25:25,081 To ensure you haven't brought any pathogens aboard 438 00:25:25,255 --> 00:25:28,650 and that you can handle any you might find aboard as well. 439 00:25:28,824 --> 00:25:31,261 Well, I am confident our biological prophylaxis 440 00:25:31,435 --> 00:25:34,090 will keep all parties safe. 441 00:25:34,264 --> 00:25:36,092 However, given I also trained in medicine, 442 00:25:36,266 --> 00:25:38,703 I am curious to see what technology you have. 443 00:25:39,835 --> 00:25:42,882 After that, we will see your weapons systems. 444 00:25:50,890 --> 00:25:52,413 Stun? 445 00:25:52,587 --> 00:25:56,852 Your plan is to get close and just use stun? 446 00:25:57,113 --> 00:25:58,767 - That is correct. - I'll remind you, 447 00:25:58,941 --> 00:26:00,769 we tried it. It didn't faze it one bit. 448 00:26:00,943 --> 00:26:02,205 I mean, we could just disintegrate it, 449 00:26:02,379 --> 00:26:03,728 if it wasn't for, you know, 450 00:26:03,946 --> 00:26:05,687 the whole "destroy the entire future" part. 451 00:26:05,861 --> 00:26:08,081 I'm going to get close enough so it opens its mouth, 452 00:26:08,255 --> 00:26:11,084 shoot in its soft palate, and hope it works. 453 00:26:11,345 --> 00:26:13,434 And that it doesn't decide you're maybe a delicious snack 454 00:26:13,608 --> 00:26:14,914 with several more yummies nearby? 455 00:26:15,088 --> 00:26:16,263 We'll kill it if it gets to that. 456 00:26:16,437 --> 00:26:17,742 Don't. 457 00:26:18,004 --> 00:26:19,309 We genuinely don't know the future effects 458 00:26:19,483 --> 00:26:20,789 of anything we might do here. 459 00:26:23,357 --> 00:26:26,273 I'll stun, and then we run. 460 00:26:26,447 --> 00:26:27,274 Crazy. 461 00:26:27,448 --> 00:26:28,797 Dangerous. 462 00:26:29,058 --> 00:26:31,278 Maybe even insane. But I'm kind of impressed. 463 00:26:31,452 --> 00:26:32,757 Is that weird? 464 00:26:46,467 --> 00:26:48,208 Hey! Dinosaur! 465 00:26:48,382 --> 00:26:50,688 You there! 466 00:27:28,596 --> 00:27:30,859 Did it eat her? 467 00:27:31,033 --> 00:27:32,208 It's not chewing. 468 00:27:34,167 --> 00:27:36,647 It's asleep. Stun worked! 469 00:27:39,955 --> 00:27:41,783 And you didn't kill him. 470 00:27:42,044 --> 00:27:43,350 Nice work. 471 00:27:43,524 --> 00:27:47,484 Let's move. Before she wakes up. 472 00:27:47,658 --> 00:27:49,573 - She? - Yeah. 473 00:27:49,747 --> 00:27:52,141 It's not a "laddie," it's a "lassie." 474 00:27:56,711 --> 00:27:59,148 There are many different types of people on this ship. 475 00:27:59,322 --> 00:28:00,367 In this room alone, we have 476 00:28:00,541 --> 00:28:03,065 humans, Vulcans and Tellarites. 477 00:28:03,239 --> 00:28:04,371 As members of Starfleet, we've encountered 478 00:28:04,545 --> 00:28:05,546 countless other species. 479 00:28:05,807 --> 00:28:07,330 We come from different planets, 480 00:28:07,504 --> 00:28:09,071 but we have ways to work together. 481 00:28:09,289 --> 00:28:12,640 And none of these countless species wish to destroy you? 482 00:28:12,814 --> 00:28:15,773 - Members of the Federation, no. - Ah, 483 00:28:15,947 --> 00:28:18,167 but I get the feeling others do? 484 00:28:18,341 --> 00:28:19,951 Well, those that don't like us 485 00:28:20,213 --> 00:28:21,736 aren't against just one of us, they're against all of us. 486 00:28:21,910 --> 00:28:23,738 Our unity is our best deterrent. 487 00:28:23,912 --> 00:28:25,957 Again, because of your weapons? 488 00:28:27,089 --> 00:28:29,265 Federation members do bring weapons to the table, 489 00:28:29,439 --> 00:28:32,312 but that same unity means we often do not have to use them. 490 00:28:32,573 --> 00:28:34,749 I must admit, I have difficulty imagining 491 00:28:34,923 --> 00:28:37,012 such an alliance as this. 492 00:28:37,186 --> 00:28:39,058 Many worlds working together. 493 00:28:39,319 --> 00:28:40,320 Technically, we... 494 00:28:40,494 --> 00:28:42,191 we don't just work together, we... 495 00:28:42,365 --> 00:28:43,714 we pick up a lot of stuff from each other. 496 00:28:43,888 --> 00:28:45,629 None of those others 497 00:28:45,803 --> 00:28:48,719 are concerned that you'll turn their weapons against them? 498 00:28:48,893 --> 00:28:51,113 Sometimes it's just recipes. 499 00:28:51,287 --> 00:28:53,246 Or... 500 00:28:53,420 --> 00:28:55,030 music. Whatever we share, 501 00:28:55,204 --> 00:28:57,163 it tends to add up 502 00:28:57,424 --> 00:28:58,990 to more than the sum of its parts. 503 00:28:59,165 --> 00:29:01,080 I only know my world 504 00:29:01,254 --> 00:29:02,429 and the Dol'drm. 505 00:29:02,603 --> 00:29:04,257 "Alien" to me means evil. 506 00:29:04,431 --> 00:29:05,562 Humans 507 00:29:05,823 --> 00:29:07,129 have a way of saying, when it comes 508 00:29:07,347 --> 00:29:09,218 to facing an enemy, the carrot or the stick. 509 00:29:09,392 --> 00:29:11,394 What is a carrot? 510 00:29:11,568 --> 00:29:13,744 Is it a weapon of some sort? 511 00:29:13,918 --> 00:29:16,138 I imagine it is more persuasive than a stick. 512 00:29:16,312 --> 00:29:17,966 Yeah, it is, 513 00:29:18,140 --> 00:29:19,489 but not in the way that you're thinking. 514 00:29:19,663 --> 00:29:20,969 No, um, you eat a carrot. 515 00:29:21,143 --> 00:29:22,492 It's a reward. 516 00:29:22,666 --> 00:29:24,538 Uh, it helps to form an alliance. 517 00:29:24,712 --> 00:29:26,931 No, the stick is the only weapon. 518 00:29:28,107 --> 00:29:30,283 So you're benevolent until that no longer works, 519 00:29:30,457 --> 00:29:32,285 and only then are you hostile? 520 00:29:32,459 --> 00:29:34,983 It's a strategy of sorts. 521 00:29:35,157 --> 00:29:36,289 I'm happy to say 522 00:29:36,550 --> 00:29:38,334 we have no issues of contamination. 523 00:29:38,508 --> 00:29:40,119 You clearly dedicate many resources 524 00:29:40,293 --> 00:29:41,424 to this medical facility. 525 00:29:41,598 --> 00:29:43,818 Frankly, it's something of a wonder 526 00:29:43,992 --> 00:29:46,342 to see so few occupied beds or injuries. 527 00:29:46,516 --> 00:29:48,083 Captain Pike, 528 00:29:48,431 --> 00:29:51,913 perhaps I have been too quick to judge you and your crew. 529 00:29:52,087 --> 00:29:54,045 It appears you are not the enemies 530 00:29:54,307 --> 00:29:56,004 we perceived you to be. 531 00:29:56,178 --> 00:29:57,527 Glad to hear it. 532 00:29:58,354 --> 00:30:00,574 But appearances can be deceiving. 533 00:30:00,748 --> 00:30:02,532 Do you have this saying, too? 534 00:30:02,706 --> 00:30:04,882 Take me to your weapons systems, 535 00:30:05,056 --> 00:30:08,408 and then I may better understand what this alliance 536 00:30:08,582 --> 00:30:10,279 with its many points of view 537 00:30:10,453 --> 00:30:12,499 and carrots and sticks has to offer. 538 00:30:14,936 --> 00:30:16,894 Of course. 539 00:30:17,460 --> 00:30:18,983 Phasers and photon torpedoes are your ship's primary weapons? 540 00:30:19,158 --> 00:30:21,029 But not the part most used. 541 00:30:21,203 --> 00:30:24,250 I assume you are referring to defensive systems? 542 00:30:24,424 --> 00:30:26,687 You mentioned the use of shields. 543 00:30:26,861 --> 00:30:28,341 Our shields are damaged. 544 00:30:28,515 --> 00:30:30,560 Given time, our engineering station 545 00:30:30,734 --> 00:30:33,650 or our science station will find ways of repairing our systems. 546 00:30:33,824 --> 00:30:36,914 What is the main purpose of your science station? 547 00:30:37,088 --> 00:30:38,829 Is it to assess the vulnerability 548 00:30:39,003 --> 00:30:40,266 of potential enemies? 549 00:30:43,486 --> 00:30:45,140 Science allows us a broad understanding 550 00:30:45,401 --> 00:30:47,534 of every culture we encounter so we can share strengths 551 00:30:47,708 --> 00:30:49,579 and compensate for each other's respective weaknesses. 552 00:30:49,753 --> 00:30:51,407 Understanding other cultures has allowed us 553 00:30:51,581 --> 00:30:53,844 to advance faster than if we were alone. 554 00:30:55,194 --> 00:30:57,152 I am sorry for your loss? 555 00:30:57,979 --> 00:30:59,981 You used the word "alone." 556 00:31:00,155 --> 00:31:01,374 Our people 557 00:31:01,765 --> 00:31:04,812 have ten individual words for such a state, 558 00:31:04,986 --> 00:31:07,075 differentiated by emotional inflection. 559 00:31:07,249 --> 00:31:08,859 I'm sorry, I don't follow. 560 00:31:09,033 --> 00:31:12,123 Your translating machine used the word "widower." 561 00:31:13,690 --> 00:31:15,866 And so my condolences. 562 00:31:20,741 --> 00:31:24,614 Our captains are not permitted relationships during war. 563 00:31:24,788 --> 00:31:30,316 They leave us vulnerable, too hesitant to sacrifice. 564 00:31:30,490 --> 00:31:32,709 And we have always been at war. 565 00:31:33,623 --> 00:31:35,973 Well, isn't love part of what we fight for? 566 00:31:39,020 --> 00:31:41,240 If not that, then... 567 00:31:42,458 --> 00:31:45,026 Have you ever seen my homeworld of Mars? 568 00:31:47,768 --> 00:31:50,074 We are not familiar with the current condition of Mars. 569 00:31:50,249 --> 00:31:51,902 If the ship's scanners are repaired, 570 00:31:52,076 --> 00:31:54,035 will you pull it up on-screen? 571 00:31:55,123 --> 00:31:56,385 Please. 572 00:32:03,610 --> 00:32:05,525 - It's beautiful. - Yes. 573 00:32:05,699 --> 00:32:08,832 But there is something more important for you to see. 574 00:32:09,006 --> 00:32:12,096 Turn the planet view 173 degrees. 575 00:32:18,189 --> 00:32:19,843 Valles Marineris. 576 00:32:20,061 --> 00:32:23,586 That crater was caused when the Dol'drm crashed a ship 577 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:27,677 onto the surface and fed on our world. 578 00:32:29,288 --> 00:32:30,463 The only way to stop them was 579 00:32:30,637 --> 00:32:33,596 to tear away the very land around them. 580 00:32:33,770 --> 00:32:35,511 The invaders died. 581 00:32:35,729 --> 00:32:40,951 But that crater and two million lives is the price we paid. 582 00:32:41,604 --> 00:32:43,824 - That's horrible. - That's why your discussions 583 00:32:43,998 --> 00:32:45,521 of cultures, of science, 584 00:32:45,695 --> 00:32:48,089 although kind and hopeful, 585 00:32:48,263 --> 00:32:49,569 are not relevant. 586 00:32:49,786 --> 00:32:52,528 What we need to do is destroy the Dol'drm 587 00:32:52,702 --> 00:32:54,661 before they devour the rest of our planet 588 00:32:54,835 --> 00:32:56,576 and turn it all into a red wasteland. 589 00:32:56,750 --> 00:32:58,621 Well, have you ever tried communicating with the Dol'drm? 590 00:32:58,795 --> 00:33:00,623 We cannot. They are insects. 591 00:33:00,884 --> 00:33:03,844 They do not speak or reason as we do. 592 00:33:04,018 --> 00:33:07,543 They simply feed and move forward. 593 00:33:07,717 --> 00:33:09,197 You may have other options. 594 00:33:09,371 --> 00:33:12,896 Some on our planet argued this. 595 00:33:13,070 --> 00:33:15,682 They believed there were other ways to deal with them. 596 00:33:15,856 --> 00:33:18,249 As they talked, we died. 597 00:33:18,424 --> 00:33:20,991 There's only one thing that's ever worked. 598 00:33:21,165 --> 00:33:22,645 Force. 599 00:33:23,472 --> 00:33:25,300 What if we could offer you something 600 00:33:25,474 --> 00:33:26,823 that would work without weapons? 601 00:33:28,216 --> 00:33:31,175 Something only Starfleet's resources can provide? 602 00:33:33,352 --> 00:33:35,919 The Federation have met maybe 603 00:33:36,093 --> 00:33:38,574 65 different insectoid species. 604 00:33:38,748 --> 00:33:41,577 Of those, 17 of them don't use sonic communication, 605 00:33:41,751 --> 00:33:42,970 like us. 606 00:33:43,144 --> 00:33:44,885 This is where xenoanthropology helps. 607 00:33:45,059 --> 00:33:46,408 We've been able to design multiple systems 608 00:33:46,669 --> 00:33:48,367 that work for creatures who communicate 609 00:33:48,541 --> 00:33:50,630 using light, touch or, 610 00:33:50,804 --> 00:33:53,197 in one particularly difficult case, smell. 611 00:33:53,372 --> 00:33:57,463 Which stunk. 612 00:33:57,637 --> 00:34:01,249 But it did allow us, eventually, to speak with them. 613 00:34:02,337 --> 00:34:03,860 Fascinating. 614 00:34:04,034 --> 00:34:05,471 You keep insisting it's impossible 615 00:34:05,645 --> 00:34:07,734 to communicate with the Dol'drm. 616 00:34:07,995 --> 00:34:09,649 If we find out we can, maybe we could find a way 617 00:34:09,823 --> 00:34:10,867 to stop them without weapons. 618 00:34:11,128 --> 00:34:12,826 What if we could end your war? 619 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:16,177 What if we could offer them something? 620 00:34:16,351 --> 00:34:18,745 Isn't it worth a brief consideration? 621 00:34:21,182 --> 00:34:22,749 Brief. 622 00:34:26,056 --> 00:34:27,797 You have an update? 623 00:34:28,015 --> 00:34:30,104 As more systems come on line, the introduction of variables 624 00:34:30,278 --> 00:34:32,367 still generates a consistent outcome. 625 00:34:32,628 --> 00:34:34,369 Quantum entanglement has Enterprise firmly anchored 626 00:34:34,543 --> 00:34:36,110 65 million years in the past. 627 00:34:36,284 --> 00:34:37,241 You're saying we're stuck here? 628 00:34:37,416 --> 00:34:39,983 Yes. And also no. 629 00:34:40,157 --> 00:34:41,071 The nature of quantum entanglement 630 00:34:41,245 --> 00:34:42,421 could theoretically snap us 631 00:34:42,682 --> 00:34:43,552 right back to the moment we left. 632 00:34:43,726 --> 00:34:44,727 Well, that seems good. 633 00:34:44,988 --> 00:34:46,729 However, to do so would require 634 00:34:46,903 --> 00:34:48,470 the power equivalent of a supernova, 635 00:34:48,644 --> 00:34:50,646 the very same amount that sent us here. 636 00:34:50,820 --> 00:34:52,953 Without it, we are trapped in the past. 637 00:34:53,127 --> 00:34:54,520 - Less good. - Indeed. 638 00:34:56,217 --> 00:34:57,218 Captain, Commander Cassell 639 00:34:57,392 --> 00:34:58,698 and her guard have left the lab. 640 00:34:58,872 --> 00:35:00,308 - Where did they go? - I don't know. 641 00:35:00,613 --> 00:35:01,744 They just phased through the floor and were gone. 642 00:35:01,918 --> 00:35:03,746 - Engineering. - Pike to Engineering. 643 00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:05,269 What's happening down there? 644 00:35:05,574 --> 00:35:07,184 That tall, scary Martian lady 645 00:35:07,446 --> 00:35:08,925 just came right through the bulkhead and took it. 646 00:35:09,099 --> 00:35:10,884 - We couldn't stop her. - Took what? 647 00:35:11,101 --> 00:35:15,454 The ship's primary antimatter fuel cell. 648 00:35:15,628 --> 00:35:17,368 Cassell's location keeps moving. 649 00:35:17,543 --> 00:35:19,632 Deck Ten. 650 00:35:19,806 --> 00:35:21,764 Deck Nine. 651 00:35:22,025 --> 00:35:24,680 Deck Eight. She's headed for her egress point. 652 00:35:29,685 --> 00:35:30,599 I'm not armed. 653 00:35:30,773 --> 00:35:33,123 I just want to talk. 654 00:35:34,908 --> 00:35:36,126 We were helping you, 655 00:35:36,387 --> 00:35:38,651 and now you're taking our fuel cell? Why? 656 00:35:42,263 --> 00:35:45,440 Captain... 657 00:35:45,614 --> 00:35:48,225 ...I have been nothing but honest with you. 658 00:35:48,487 --> 00:35:50,140 And consistent. 659 00:35:50,401 --> 00:35:52,969 You, however, have not been equally truthful. 660 00:35:53,143 --> 00:35:54,144 What are you talking about? 661 00:35:54,318 --> 00:35:55,929 You spoke to me of Starfleet, 662 00:35:56,103 --> 00:35:57,844 of all that you've achieved. 663 00:35:58,018 --> 00:36:01,891 It was easy to get a sense of your respect for your values, 664 00:36:02,065 --> 00:36:05,982 your deep feeling for those you have fought for and loved. 665 00:36:06,156 --> 00:36:08,071 With these things you were frank. 666 00:36:08,245 --> 00:36:11,335 You also spoke to me of where you are from. 667 00:36:12,162 --> 00:36:14,730 But you failed to explain when. 668 00:36:15,514 --> 00:36:16,732 Your Federation doesn't exist. 669 00:36:16,906 --> 00:36:18,517 - That's not entirely true. - Yet. 670 00:36:18,691 --> 00:36:20,823 It doesn't exist yet. 671 00:36:22,738 --> 00:36:23,826 You showed me your computer 672 00:36:24,131 --> 00:36:25,741 so I could speak with the Dol'drm. 673 00:36:25,915 --> 00:36:28,439 It was simple to understand from there 674 00:36:28,614 --> 00:36:30,920 how you determine time with it. 675 00:36:31,094 --> 00:36:35,098 Your Federation won't exist for millions of years. 676 00:36:35,272 --> 00:36:38,449 And by then my civilization will be gone. 677 00:36:38,624 --> 00:36:40,060 I'm sorry. 678 00:36:40,234 --> 00:36:41,452 Our regulations... 679 00:36:41,670 --> 00:36:43,367 they forbid me from telling you that. 680 00:36:43,542 --> 00:36:45,718 But that doesn't mean that we can't find a way 681 00:36:45,979 --> 00:36:48,068 - out of this for both of us. - Captain. 682 00:36:48,895 --> 00:36:51,724 I understand you are trying to save your people. 683 00:36:51,898 --> 00:36:54,204 As I am doing for mine. 684 00:36:54,378 --> 00:36:57,730 But we live now, not in the future. 685 00:36:58,948 --> 00:37:00,907 Your ship's given us exactly what we need 686 00:37:01,081 --> 00:37:03,039 to win our war. 687 00:37:04,693 --> 00:37:06,477 I'm sorry. 688 00:37:06,652 --> 00:37:08,218 Commander... 689 00:37:44,864 --> 00:37:47,910 This wreckage is apparently the source of the iridium. 690 00:37:49,259 --> 00:37:52,045 And that's, like, an alien spaceship. 691 00:37:52,219 --> 00:37:54,134 On Earth. 692 00:37:54,308 --> 00:37:59,313 65 million years before us. 693 00:37:59,487 --> 00:38:02,272 I have to say this out loud to believe it. 694 00:38:02,446 --> 00:38:05,885 Those burns... a weapon did that. 695 00:38:06,059 --> 00:38:07,626 It was shot down. 696 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:10,237 - Our Martian friends? - Mm-hmm. 697 00:38:11,934 --> 00:38:13,457 The iridium's inside. 698 00:38:13,806 --> 00:38:16,025 No life signs, but there might be an engine compartment. 699 00:38:16,199 --> 00:38:17,592 Wait here. 700 00:38:43,444 --> 00:38:44,967 All these cryobeds? 701 00:38:45,141 --> 00:38:47,404 I think this was a colony ship. 702 00:38:55,108 --> 00:38:58,111 Must have all died on impact. 703 00:39:05,945 --> 00:39:07,163 Reflexes. 704 00:39:07,337 --> 00:39:09,470 They must all be dead. 705 00:39:10,514 --> 00:39:11,733 If they were settlers, 706 00:39:11,994 --> 00:39:14,518 I'm not sure if I should feel sad or... 707 00:39:15,955 --> 00:39:17,304 ...relieved. 708 00:39:18,784 --> 00:39:21,395 Whatever the reason they were in cryosleep, 709 00:39:21,569 --> 00:39:24,790 they were shot down and died on a planet far from home, 710 00:39:25,051 --> 00:39:26,617 headed who knows where. 711 00:39:26,792 --> 00:39:28,968 They may be different from us, but... 712 00:39:30,186 --> 00:39:32,449 ...they wanted to survive, too. 713 00:39:34,669 --> 00:39:36,236 Iridium fuel pod. 714 00:39:36,410 --> 00:39:37,846 The only one that wasn't damaged. 715 00:39:38,020 --> 00:39:39,282 Let's hope Scotty and Pelia 716 00:39:39,543 --> 00:39:40,370 can jury-rig it to the Enterprise. 717 00:39:40,544 --> 00:39:41,763 Can we go now, please? 718 00:39:41,937 --> 00:39:43,460 This place is giving me the creeps. 719 00:39:43,634 --> 00:39:45,114 Yeah. 720 00:40:12,185 --> 00:40:14,317 You just punched it. 721 00:40:14,491 --> 00:40:18,321 Yeah, well, I didn't have time to shoot it in the mouth, did I? 722 00:40:20,323 --> 00:40:22,978 Well, if you two are finished just standing here... 723 00:40:25,372 --> 00:40:28,114 Hey, I've managed to hook up the backup antimatter pod. 724 00:40:28,288 --> 00:40:29,898 You gotta hurry up with that iridium. 725 00:40:30,072 --> 00:40:32,553 Yeah, yeah, we're coming. Geez. 726 00:40:51,702 --> 00:40:54,053 You punched a dinosaur? 727 00:40:55,619 --> 00:40:57,012 Well, 728 00:40:57,273 --> 00:40:58,579 I'm sure it had it coming. 729 00:41:02,148 --> 00:41:03,584 What is it? 730 00:41:03,932 --> 00:41:07,196 It's just, I broke my hand and I don't feel any pain. 731 00:41:07,370 --> 00:41:09,459 Well, how is that possible? 732 00:41:09,633 --> 00:41:10,896 It isn't. 733 00:41:11,157 --> 00:41:13,072 The truth is, 734 00:41:13,246 --> 00:41:15,465 I've felt different for a while now. 735 00:41:15,639 --> 00:41:17,598 I-I've always had elevated strength and reflexes, 736 00:41:17,859 --> 00:41:19,600 but now it's-it's almost like 737 00:41:19,774 --> 00:41:22,037 my whole body feels more attuned. 738 00:41:22,951 --> 00:41:24,257 And your mind? 739 00:41:24,431 --> 00:41:25,824 Confused. 740 00:41:25,998 --> 00:41:29,915 Look, I carry recessive augmented DNA, right? 741 00:41:30,089 --> 00:41:31,786 Now, is it possible that somehow 742 00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:36,704 all I've been through has activated those recessive genes? 743 00:41:36,878 --> 00:41:39,968 Are you going to try and take over the galaxy now? 744 00:41:40,882 --> 00:41:42,231 I don't know. 745 00:41:42,579 --> 00:41:45,800 Hey. You may be carrying enhanced warrior genes, 746 00:41:45,974 --> 00:41:48,803 but it's not who you are. 747 00:41:51,501 --> 00:41:53,286 I've got to go. 748 00:41:57,812 --> 00:42:00,510 Iridium is installed and ready to function, 749 00:42:00,684 --> 00:42:02,861 as long as we don't want to double-check it. 750 00:42:03,035 --> 00:42:04,253 Do we need to double-check it? 751 00:42:04,514 --> 00:42:05,951 We need to get a fix on that Martian ship. 752 00:42:06,125 --> 00:42:08,431 Are you concerned or are you worried, Mr. Scott? 753 00:42:08,605 --> 00:42:09,606 Just worried, sir. 754 00:42:09,780 --> 00:42:11,130 Good man. 755 00:42:11,304 --> 00:42:12,914 Bridge is coming back on line. 756 00:42:13,088 --> 00:42:15,264 - Long-range sensors? - Reinitializing. 757 00:42:15,525 --> 00:42:17,092 - Time? - 15 seconds. 758 00:42:17,266 --> 00:42:18,398 Every second could be getting Commander Cassell 759 00:42:18,572 --> 00:42:20,313 closer to detonating that antimatter. 760 00:42:20,487 --> 00:42:21,923 Well, I can't get power to the ship's systems 761 00:42:22,097 --> 00:42:23,577 any faster, Captain. 762 00:42:25,405 --> 00:42:27,102 - Screens are working, Chris. - Great. How about 763 00:42:27,363 --> 00:42:30,192 - long-range comms? - On and functioning, sir. Orders? 764 00:42:30,366 --> 00:42:32,325 Connect the Martian ship. 765 00:42:32,586 --> 00:42:33,717 Hailing them. 766 00:42:33,892 --> 00:42:35,894 And initializing ship-to-ship visuals. 767 00:42:36,068 --> 00:42:37,547 Commander Cassell, this is Captain Pike 768 00:42:37,721 --> 00:42:39,332 of the USS Enterprise. 769 00:42:40,681 --> 00:42:42,857 I should have told you where... 770 00:42:43,031 --> 00:42:44,990 when we're from. 771 00:42:45,251 --> 00:42:46,992 I should have been honest, because then you might have 772 00:42:47,166 --> 00:42:48,384 believed me about everything else. 773 00:42:48,558 --> 00:42:50,386 There are other ways of solving conflict. 774 00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:52,084 I understand how you... 775 00:42:52,562 --> 00:42:54,303 Captain, you have lost crewmates? 776 00:42:54,477 --> 00:42:56,566 - Friends? - Yes. Many. 777 00:42:56,740 --> 00:42:59,047 Imagine those losses a thousandfold. 778 00:42:59,221 --> 00:43:02,964 Imagine a wound on your planet that will never heal. 779 00:43:03,138 --> 00:43:06,794 A memorial to millions of dead etched in rock and blood. 780 00:43:06,968 --> 00:43:11,190 I know you believe that what you're doing is right. 781 00:43:11,364 --> 00:43:13,888 But I have seen a future where species can coexist. 782 00:43:14,062 --> 00:43:15,629 And I have seen one on your computers 783 00:43:15,803 --> 00:43:18,806 where my homeworld is a barren red wasteland. 784 00:43:20,286 --> 00:43:22,375 Can you tell me the Dol'drm are not responsible for that? 785 00:43:22,549 --> 00:43:24,116 No, I can't. 786 00:43:24,290 --> 00:43:26,466 But I can tell you that if you use our technology 787 00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:29,686 to change the future, millions of lives may be lost. 788 00:43:29,948 --> 00:43:32,428 And millions of lives may be saved. 789 00:43:32,602 --> 00:43:35,040 The lives of my people. 790 00:43:35,214 --> 00:43:37,607 Isn't that what a captain does? 791 00:43:37,781 --> 00:43:39,783 Save her people? 792 00:43:40,654 --> 00:43:43,700 Wouldn't you? 793 00:43:43,874 --> 00:43:46,094 Uh, she shut off her comms. 794 00:43:46,355 --> 00:43:47,791 And they're not responding to hails. 795 00:43:47,966 --> 00:43:49,054 - Engines? - Half-impulse. 796 00:43:49,228 --> 00:43:50,577 Erica, plot an intercept course. 797 00:43:50,751 --> 00:43:52,144 We're gonna try to stop them from using 798 00:43:52,361 --> 00:43:53,536 - our antimatter. - The only question is, 799 00:43:53,710 --> 00:43:55,190 where are they planning to use it? 800 00:43:55,364 --> 00:43:56,975 They don't have warp. Where is this enemy planet? 801 00:43:57,149 --> 00:43:58,237 Long-range sensors are fully operational. 802 00:43:58,411 --> 00:44:00,456 Extrapolating their course. 803 00:44:01,414 --> 00:44:03,155 They are headed for the fifth planet in the system. 804 00:44:03,329 --> 00:44:05,548 - Jupiter? - No, this planet is much smaller. 805 00:44:05,809 --> 00:44:07,072 Similar to Mars. 806 00:44:07,420 --> 00:44:09,030 At a distance of 480 million kilometers from Sol 807 00:44:09,204 --> 00:44:10,901 and 120 million kilometers from the Martian solar rotation. 808 00:44:11,076 --> 00:44:13,339 But there's no fifth planet like that in our solar system. 809 00:44:13,513 --> 00:44:17,256 The planet is populated by billions of life-forms. 810 00:44:17,430 --> 00:44:19,388 An arachnid species. 811 00:44:20,128 --> 00:44:24,132 That's what we found crashed on Earth, with the iridium. 812 00:44:25,438 --> 00:44:26,830 The fifth planet of our solar system 813 00:44:27,005 --> 00:44:28,267 is the Dol'drm homeworld. 814 00:44:28,441 --> 00:44:30,138 Captain, the Martian warship is approaching 815 00:44:30,312 --> 00:44:32,619 the fifth planet at high impulse. 816 00:44:32,793 --> 00:44:34,577 On screen. 817 00:44:36,666 --> 00:44:38,016 We will be in firing range 818 00:44:38,277 --> 00:44:39,495 of the Martian ship in less than one minute. 819 00:44:39,669 --> 00:44:40,714 Phasers aren't working yet. 820 00:44:40,888 --> 00:44:42,281 We just need to disable 821 00:44:42,498 --> 00:44:44,239 the Martian ship. Can we try a tractor beam? 822 00:44:44,500 --> 00:44:45,458 - There's not enough power at this range. - Photon torpedoes? 823 00:44:45,632 --> 00:44:46,676 We need something. 824 00:44:46,850 --> 00:44:48,113 - Checking. - Captain, 825 00:44:48,374 --> 00:44:50,028 my calculations indicate that if the Martians 826 00:44:50,202 --> 00:44:51,594 detonate our antimatter pod at their current proximity, 827 00:44:51,768 --> 00:44:53,901 they will be unable to escape the explosion. 828 00:44:54,902 --> 00:44:57,296 It's her only way to guarantee a kill shot. 829 00:44:57,470 --> 00:44:59,080 She's gonna sacrifice her ship and her crew 830 00:44:59,254 --> 00:45:00,603 to destroy the planet. 831 00:45:00,908 --> 00:45:02,518 Captain, I think we have enough power 832 00:45:02,692 --> 00:45:03,824 - to fire one photon torpedo. - As soon as we're in range. 833 00:45:03,998 --> 00:45:05,521 The Martian ship just activated 834 00:45:05,695 --> 00:45:07,349 a missile launcher. 835 00:45:10,483 --> 00:45:12,354 They have deployed the antimatter. 836 00:45:22,886 --> 00:45:24,149 Can we shoot it down without detonating it? 837 00:45:24,410 --> 00:45:25,454 Yes, but we're still not in range. 838 00:45:25,628 --> 00:45:26,760 Spock, how long to impact? 839 00:45:26,934 --> 00:45:28,501 - 30 seconds. - Erica, 840 00:45:28,805 --> 00:45:30,024 give it everything you've got. Push it right to the edge. 841 00:45:30,198 --> 00:45:31,591 - We have to get in range. - Aye, sir. 842 00:45:31,765 --> 00:45:33,375 Come on, baby. You've got this. 843 00:45:33,549 --> 00:45:35,116 - 20 seconds to impact. - Erica? 844 00:45:35,290 --> 00:45:36,509 Pegging the redline, sir. 845 00:45:36,683 --> 00:45:38,641 There's a reason for those lights. 846 00:45:38,815 --> 00:45:40,774 - Shut them off, Scotty. - Sir, we're in range. 847 00:45:40,948 --> 00:45:42,558 Locking photon torpedo on target. 848 00:45:42,819 --> 00:45:43,951 - 12 seconds to impact. - Target locked. 849 00:45:44,125 --> 00:45:45,518 We've got it, sir. 850 00:45:49,043 --> 00:45:50,653 Captain. 851 00:45:50,827 --> 00:45:53,178 Fire, sir? 852 00:45:57,834 --> 00:45:59,619 Do not fire. Repeat, do not fire. 853 00:45:59,793 --> 00:46:02,404 - But, sir... - Captain, that planet's about to be destroyed 854 00:46:02,578 --> 00:46:03,753 by our technology. 855 00:46:04,014 --> 00:46:05,755 Our future's at stake. We must fire. 856 00:46:05,929 --> 00:46:08,193 You heard my order. Hold fire, stand down photon torpedo. 857 00:46:08,367 --> 00:46:09,977 Chris, our future notwithstanding, 858 00:46:10,238 --> 00:46:12,849 we can't just sit here and let that entire planet be destroyed. 859 00:46:13,023 --> 00:46:14,938 In our future... 860 00:46:15,809 --> 00:46:18,116 ...there is no fifth planet. 861 00:46:18,290 --> 00:46:19,769 Three seconds. 862 00:46:20,901 --> 00:46:23,251 Two. One. 863 00:46:57,590 --> 00:46:59,157 I'm sorry. 864 00:47:05,989 --> 00:47:07,600 That blast wave's gonna hit us. 865 00:47:07,861 --> 00:47:10,168 But I think I can outrun it. 866 00:47:10,342 --> 00:47:11,995 No. We should not run. 867 00:47:12,170 --> 00:47:13,910 We need to head into the blast wave. 868 00:47:14,084 --> 00:47:15,477 Head into that? 869 00:47:15,651 --> 00:47:17,392 You saw what just happened to the Martian ship. 870 00:47:17,566 --> 00:47:20,178 We may be able to use it to send us back to our time. 871 00:47:20,352 --> 00:47:22,223 The antimatter explosion, combined with the explosion 872 00:47:22,397 --> 00:47:24,269 of the planet's core, has created the necessary energy 873 00:47:24,443 --> 00:47:26,358 to free Enterprise from this temporal anchor point, 874 00:47:26,532 --> 00:47:28,229 snapping the quantum entanglement 875 00:47:28,403 --> 00:47:29,970 back to the exact point we came from. 876 00:47:30,144 --> 00:47:32,320 Before the blast wave tears our ship apart? 877 00:47:32,494 --> 00:47:33,887 Unknown. 878 00:47:34,235 --> 00:47:37,630 But it is our only option if we intend to go home. 879 00:47:39,284 --> 00:47:41,111 Erica, come about. 880 00:47:41,286 --> 00:47:43,288 Take us straight into the blast wave. 881 00:47:43,462 --> 00:47:46,073 Spock, if you have any calculations, now's the time. 882 00:47:46,856 --> 00:47:49,337 Helm, come to course 1-4-7, mark 2. 883 00:47:51,339 --> 00:47:52,688 Roger that. 884 00:47:52,862 --> 00:47:55,996 Everybody, hang on to something. 885 00:47:56,170 --> 00:47:57,476 Anything. 886 00:47:59,086 --> 00:48:00,696 Everything. 887 00:48:54,794 --> 00:48:56,361 After running multiple simulations, 888 00:48:56,535 --> 00:48:58,754 I determined that a fragment from the Dol'drm planet 889 00:48:58,928 --> 00:49:00,495 is the Chicxulub asteroid. 890 00:49:00,669 --> 00:49:02,628 The one that hit Earth 891 00:49:02,802 --> 00:49:04,238 65 million years ago? 892 00:49:04,586 --> 00:49:07,937 And led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. 893 00:49:08,111 --> 00:49:09,417 Does that mean... 894 00:49:09,678 --> 00:49:10,810 Yes. 895 00:49:11,114 --> 00:49:13,116 The remaining debris, less than four percent 896 00:49:13,291 --> 00:49:14,553 of the planet's original mass, 897 00:49:14,727 --> 00:49:16,337 eventually became part of the asteroid belt 898 00:49:16,511 --> 00:49:17,947 as we have come to know it. 899 00:49:18,121 --> 00:49:19,514 Furthermore, the absence of the planet 900 00:49:19,688 --> 00:49:21,255 caused a gravimetric shift in the system, 901 00:49:21,429 --> 00:49:23,083 moving Mars further from the sun. 902 00:49:23,257 --> 00:49:26,173 Its atmosphere cooled to become the Mars we know today. 903 00:49:26,347 --> 00:49:30,090 Earth also cooled, ushering in the Cenozoic Era, 904 00:49:30,264 --> 00:49:31,961 and eventually... 905 00:49:32,135 --> 00:49:34,312 The evolution of humanity. 906 00:49:36,444 --> 00:49:39,752 Even I remember a part of that. 907 00:49:40,013 --> 00:49:42,320 So, we only exist 908 00:49:42,494 --> 00:49:45,671 because of what we did? 909 00:49:45,845 --> 00:49:49,239 I think we might exist because of what we didn't do. 910 00:49:49,414 --> 00:49:52,721 The Martians had to take our weapons. 911 00:49:52,895 --> 00:49:56,986 And we had to let them destroy the Dol'drm planet. 912 00:49:58,336 --> 00:50:00,468 Because they always have. 913 00:50:01,904 --> 00:50:03,515 We were always there. 914 00:50:04,690 --> 00:50:06,822 So we were never in danger of changing anything? 915 00:50:06,996 --> 00:50:08,694 O-Or were we? 916 00:50:08,868 --> 00:50:10,391 What about Commander Cassell? 917 00:50:10,565 --> 00:50:13,525 Did she destroy her own planet? 918 00:50:19,792 --> 00:50:21,359 I think... 919 00:50:22,142 --> 00:50:24,144 ...we could all use a night off. 920 00:50:26,276 --> 00:50:28,496 Yeah, I heard it. 921 00:50:28,670 --> 00:50:30,411 Let's go before he changes his mind. 922 00:50:30,585 --> 00:50:32,500 Mm-hmm. 923 00:50:32,674 --> 00:50:34,546 You're all dismissed. 924 00:50:38,114 --> 00:50:39,507 Thank you. 925 00:50:48,516 --> 00:50:51,171 Commander Cassell. 926 00:50:53,782 --> 00:50:55,262 She just wanted to save her own people. 927 00:50:55,436 --> 00:50:58,134 I would have done exactly the same thing. 928 00:50:58,308 --> 00:50:59,875 And now they're all gone, 929 00:51:00,136 --> 00:51:02,835 without a trace of their ever having existed. 930 00:51:03,096 --> 00:51:05,533 Not entirely. 931 00:51:07,143 --> 00:51:10,712 I ran Cassell's DNA through our database. 932 00:51:11,452 --> 00:51:13,411 It appears that Martian DNA is present 933 00:51:13,585 --> 00:51:16,414 in innumerable species throughout the galaxy. 934 00:51:16,588 --> 00:51:18,111 They escaped? 935 00:51:18,285 --> 00:51:19,721 Some, at least. 936 00:51:19,982 --> 00:51:22,550 The commander may not have survived, 937 00:51:22,724 --> 00:51:24,247 but her people did. 938 00:51:24,422 --> 00:51:26,685 And the Dol'drm? 939 00:51:28,164 --> 00:51:32,342 If their planet had remained in the system, 940 00:51:32,517 --> 00:51:36,303 entire histories would be erased. 941 00:51:36,477 --> 00:51:39,262 Trillions of lives. 942 00:51:40,481 --> 00:51:42,788 Evolutions undone. 943 00:51:42,962 --> 00:51:44,746 Yeah, but... 944 00:51:46,356 --> 00:51:49,447 I didn't know that in the moment that I made that call. 945 00:51:51,971 --> 00:51:54,582 It was a hunch... it was a good one, but... 946 00:51:54,756 --> 00:51:56,192 but I had no data. 947 00:51:56,366 --> 00:51:59,631 You, more than anyone that I know, 948 00:51:59,805 --> 00:52:03,635 have thought about the past and the future a great deal. 949 00:52:05,637 --> 00:52:08,335 But most of us live in the now. 950 00:52:10,424 --> 00:52:11,947 I guess... 951 00:52:12,948 --> 00:52:15,995 ...never slowing down, never stopping... 952 00:52:17,736 --> 00:52:20,434 ...it's been quieter than being in my head. 953 00:52:21,304 --> 00:52:24,307 A bit of unsolicited advice. 954 00:52:26,875 --> 00:52:29,530 Find a way to make peace with both. 955 00:52:46,373 --> 00:52:49,202 A Princess of Mars. 956 00:52:50,029 --> 00:52:52,031 Who knew that book would be so prophetic? 957 00:52:54,381 --> 00:52:56,688 "I have ever been prone to seek adventure 958 00:52:56,949 --> 00:52:59,386 "and to investigate and experiment, 959 00:52:59,560 --> 00:53:03,521 where wiser men would have left well enough alone." 960 00:53:05,914 --> 00:53:07,699 Love this book. 961 00:53:08,743 --> 00:53:10,484 My father... he-he always laughed at the idea 962 00:53:10,745 --> 00:53:13,792 of Martians existing before Federation terraforming. 963 00:53:14,967 --> 00:53:18,057 Ugh, if I could just go back and tell him now. 964 00:53:18,231 --> 00:53:21,539 I think one time-travel adventure a day is enough. 965 00:53:21,713 --> 00:53:24,759 And this one needs to stay a secret. 966 00:53:24,933 --> 00:53:26,282 Thought you'd say that. 967 00:53:26,587 --> 00:53:27,849 Well, if it were up to me, everyone would know 968 00:53:28,023 --> 00:53:29,198 that the Enterprise was responsible 969 00:53:29,372 --> 00:53:30,765 for humanity's origin. 970 00:53:31,070 --> 00:53:33,463 But the Federation Council might want us to pause 971 00:53:33,638 --> 00:53:36,597 before we rush in to amend history books. 972 00:53:36,771 --> 00:53:38,556 So, what do we say? 973 00:53:39,382 --> 00:53:40,819 The truth. 974 00:53:41,602 --> 00:53:44,344 We lost contact with your ship for a few moments. 975 00:53:44,605 --> 00:53:47,913 Then the solar storm collapsed, exploded and vanished. 976 00:53:48,087 --> 00:53:51,569 By the time the ensuing gamma-ray burst had dissipated, 977 00:53:51,743 --> 00:53:54,659 communication with the Enterprise was reestablished. 978 00:53:54,920 --> 00:53:57,009 And what about... 979 00:53:57,836 --> 00:54:01,579 ...us answering our own Mayday 980 00:54:01,753 --> 00:54:07,280 from a subspace buoy we deployed 65 million years ago? 981 00:54:07,454 --> 00:54:10,239 One sent here by a storm that we created 982 00:54:10,413 --> 00:54:13,895 after it sent us back in time. 983 00:54:16,158 --> 00:54:17,638 Chris, 984 00:54:17,812 --> 00:54:19,858 everything happened as it was meant to. 985 00:54:20,032 --> 00:54:22,425 That much is clear. 986 00:54:22,600 --> 00:54:24,123 So don't overthink it. 987 00:54:26,734 --> 00:54:28,562 What about the promotion? 988 00:54:28,736 --> 00:54:31,478 Hmm? Had any time to consider? 989 00:54:32,914 --> 00:54:35,743 Yeah. 990 00:54:35,917 --> 00:54:37,789 I saw the past, present and future 991 00:54:38,050 --> 00:54:42,010 in a way that I never thought possible. 992 00:54:43,664 --> 00:54:45,710 I want to focus on my now, 993 00:54:45,884 --> 00:54:49,452 and that's here with Enterprise. 994 00:54:49,627 --> 00:54:51,933 I'm not ready for the promotion. 995 00:54:53,456 --> 00:54:55,197 But... 996 00:54:56,111 --> 00:54:58,331 ...I know someone else who is. 997 00:54:59,158 --> 00:55:01,464 I... That's... 998 00:55:02,248 --> 00:55:03,510 Chris. 999 00:55:03,771 --> 00:55:06,687 Eh, you don't have to say anything. 1000 00:55:06,861 --> 00:55:08,863 So I'll say it. 1001 00:55:09,037 --> 00:55:12,911 To Commander Una Chin-Riley. 1002 00:55:13,085 --> 00:55:14,390 Congratulations on your promotion. 1003 00:55:14,564 --> 00:55:16,392 You more than deserve it. 1004 00:55:16,566 --> 00:55:18,525 One step closer to captain 1005 00:55:18,699 --> 00:55:21,789 and your own starship. 1006 00:55:26,141 --> 00:55:27,490 Cadet. 1007 00:55:27,665 --> 00:55:29,275 I wanted to see how you're feeling 1008 00:55:29,449 --> 00:55:32,452 after your first real adventure on the Enterprise. 1009 00:55:32,626 --> 00:55:35,498 I have learned that Starfleet is not what I expected. 1010 00:55:35,673 --> 00:55:37,892 Oh, it can surprise you. 1011 00:55:38,066 --> 00:55:40,634 My family was disappointed that I was not placed 1012 00:55:40,895 --> 00:55:42,288 at the Vulcan Science Academy. 1013 00:55:42,549 --> 00:55:45,160 I thought this would be a good alternative. 1014 00:55:45,334 --> 00:55:47,249 Well, it very well could be. 1015 00:55:47,423 --> 00:55:48,860 It is not. 1016 00:55:49,121 --> 00:55:51,601 I now understand why my parents were disappointed. 1017 00:55:51,776 --> 00:55:52,994 This is a chaotic place. 1018 00:55:53,299 --> 00:55:55,344 It likely helps that Spock is part human. 1019 00:55:55,518 --> 00:55:56,955 I, however, am not. 1020 00:55:57,129 --> 00:55:58,826 Thank you for your questions, Ensign, 1021 00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:01,655 but any further are not necessary. 1022 00:56:05,441 --> 00:56:06,399 Honestly? 1023 00:56:06,573 --> 00:56:08,836 She might just be very Vulcan. 1024 00:56:09,010 --> 00:56:10,533 That's all. 1025 00:56:10,708 --> 00:56:12,971 It's gonna be a long year. 1026 00:56:13,145 --> 00:56:16,061 Come on. La'An and Una and I are gonna talk about dinosaurs. 1027 00:56:16,235 --> 00:56:18,411 Way more worth your time. 1028 00:56:21,675 --> 00:56:22,763 Scotty. 1029 00:56:22,937 --> 00:56:25,157 Are you gonna... 1030 00:56:26,027 --> 00:56:27,594 Say sorry? 1031 00:56:27,812 --> 00:56:29,727 You wrench jockeys are kind of sensitive, aren't you? 1032 00:56:29,901 --> 00:56:31,641 Frickin' engineers. 1033 00:56:31,903 --> 00:56:33,818 Bloody pilots. 1034 00:56:45,655 --> 00:56:47,570 So... 1035 00:56:47,745 --> 00:56:50,878 are you guys gonna tell us about the dinosaurs? 1036 00:56:51,052 --> 00:56:51,966 Oh, yeah. 1037 00:56:54,099 --> 00:56:55,927 Come on. 1038 00:56:59,191 --> 00:57:04,196 It was... something. 1039 00:57:06,328 --> 00:57:09,462 We've seen a lot of strange new worlds, 1040 00:57:09,636 --> 00:57:13,901 but we'll never see something like this again.