1 00:00:01,300 --> 00:00:05,505 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:05,510 --> 00:00:13,010 - Synced and corrected by Firefly - - www.addic7ed.com - 3 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,500 Previously on Strange New Worlds... 4 00:00:27,505 --> 00:00:29,870 All I ever wanted since I first saw the stars 5 00:00:29,874 --> 00:00:31,611 was to join Starfleet. 6 00:00:31,615 --> 00:00:33,895 I'm an Illyrian. I've committed a Federation offense. 7 00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:36,611 If you shelter me they could come after you, too. 8 00:00:36,616 --> 00:00:38,210 I welcome that discussion. 9 00:00:38,215 --> 00:00:39,922 BATEL: I'm arresting Commander Una Chin-Riley 10 00:00:39,926 --> 00:00:41,502 for violations of our anti-genetic 11 00:00:41,507 --> 00:00:42,591 modification directive. 12 00:00:42,596 --> 00:00:44,046 I didn't ask for this job. 13 00:00:44,051 --> 00:00:46,192 - PIKE: You need a lawyer. - UNA: She won't respond. 14 00:00:46,197 --> 00:00:47,529 She won't take my calls either. 15 00:00:47,534 --> 00:00:49,054 This is not a plum case. 16 00:00:49,059 --> 00:00:50,955 I'm gonna talk to her myself, face-to-face. 17 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:52,553 Just hang in there, Number One. 18 00:00:52,558 --> 00:00:54,591 That's an order. Pike out. 19 00:00:59,508 --> 00:01:01,127 WOMAN [WHISPERING]: She needs a hospital. 20 00:01:01,132 --> 00:01:03,023 MAN [WHISPERING]: That is out of the question. 21 00:01:03,028 --> 00:01:05,491 - WOMAN: Her leg isn't healing. - It will. 22 00:01:05,496 --> 00:01:07,973 WOMAN: It's going to get infected. 23 00:01:07,977 --> 00:01:10,042 MAN: If we go into the hospital, they might see her 24 00:01:10,047 --> 00:01:12,746 fighting infection. They'll run tests to find out. 25 00:01:12,751 --> 00:01:14,979 - Mom? - I know, baby. 26 00:01:14,984 --> 00:01:17,765 I know it hurts. 27 00:01:17,769 --> 00:01:19,263 You're gonna be okay. 28 00:01:19,268 --> 00:01:21,614 I promise. 29 00:01:21,619 --> 00:01:24,139 It needs to get set or it won't heal. 30 00:01:24,144 --> 00:01:25,533 Her system can't handle it. 31 00:01:25,538 --> 00:01:28,058 She is a child. She needs a doctor. 32 00:01:28,063 --> 00:01:31,541 Look, if we go to the hospital now, they'll see, 33 00:01:31,546 --> 00:01:33,519 and we'll lose everything. 34 00:01:33,524 --> 00:01:35,305 Her life will be ruined, all of ours. 35 00:01:35,309 --> 00:01:38,948 We'll figure this out. She'll be okay. 36 00:01:38,953 --> 00:01:41,469 Una will be okay. 37 00:01:42,912 --> 00:01:44,910 BATEL: Starfleet would like to offer a deal. 38 00:01:44,914 --> 00:01:47,782 Plead guilty to knowingly submitting false information 39 00:01:47,786 --> 00:01:49,467 to Starfleet by failing to disclose 40 00:01:49,472 --> 00:01:51,829 your genetic modification status, 41 00:01:51,834 --> 00:01:53,963 and we'll accept dishonorable dismissal. 42 00:01:53,967 --> 00:01:56,269 No prison time. 43 00:01:56,273 --> 00:01:58,593 Dishonorable dismissal? 44 00:01:58,598 --> 00:02:01,884 No exile. You'll still be a free Federation citizen. 45 00:02:01,888 --> 00:02:03,668 Starfleet is willing to seal your records 46 00:02:03,672 --> 00:02:04,672 and look the other way. 47 00:02:04,677 --> 00:02:06,457 They want to cover their mistake. 48 00:02:06,462 --> 00:02:08,846 They are grateful for your service. 49 00:02:08,851 --> 00:02:11,023 Una, you don't want to drag this out. 50 00:02:11,027 --> 00:02:13,069 And you don't want others to get dragged in. 51 00:02:13,073 --> 00:02:15,075 It's a fair deal. 52 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:17,116 It's a good deal, given the evidence. 53 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:20,006 She's right. We won't get better. 54 00:02:20,011 --> 00:02:21,872 This charge can carry two years imprisonment 55 00:02:21,877 --> 00:02:23,893 at the minimum. 56 00:02:23,898 --> 00:02:26,923 Don't you think we should sidebar this conversation? 57 00:02:28,523 --> 00:02:29,650 BATEL: That's a good idea. 58 00:02:29,654 --> 00:02:31,435 Take some time, 59 00:02:31,439 --> 00:02:32,958 talk it over with your counsel. 60 00:02:32,962 --> 00:02:35,996 How can he counsel me when he works for you? 61 00:02:44,713 --> 00:02:48,321 PIKE: Captain's personal log, stardate 2393.8. 62 00:02:48,325 --> 00:02:50,615 I have traveled to the Vaultera Nebula 63 00:02:50,620 --> 00:02:52,879 to find legal help for my first officer. 64 00:02:52,884 --> 00:02:56,415 The atmosphere here is not suitable for human life. 65 00:02:56,420 --> 00:02:59,898 The locals, however, have adapted. 66 00:02:59,902 --> 00:03:02,379 Yes, he's still here. 67 00:03:02,383 --> 00:03:04,598 Yes, I told him. 68 00:03:04,602 --> 00:03:07,384 No, he did not. 69 00:03:07,388 --> 00:03:09,451 Okay. 70 00:03:11,348 --> 00:03:14,913 - Counselor Ketoul still can't see you today. - I can wait. 71 00:03:14,917 --> 00:03:16,654 I told you she's booked. 72 00:03:16,658 --> 00:03:20,179 She has a deposition, then an arraignment. 73 00:03:20,183 --> 00:03:21,528 I can wait. 74 00:03:21,532 --> 00:03:22,969 [BEEPING] 75 00:03:26,537 --> 00:03:28,749 I don't think that you can. 76 00:03:30,150 --> 00:03:31,277 Try me. 77 00:03:31,281 --> 00:03:34,632 [BEEPING INTENSIFIES] 78 00:03:40,508 --> 00:03:42,506 [BEEPING FLATLINES] 79 00:03:42,510 --> 00:03:44,725 ASSISTANT: Fine, fine, fine. Okay! 80 00:03:44,729 --> 00:03:47,471 - Ugh! - [GROANS] 81 00:03:49,969 --> 00:03:52,819 - You can take off your mask, Mr. Pike. - [GASPS] 82 00:03:52,824 --> 00:03:54,940 The air is safe for you now. 83 00:03:54,945 --> 00:03:57,208 [COUGHING] 84 00:03:58,586 --> 00:04:00,175 I knew you were stubborn, 85 00:04:00,180 --> 00:04:01,873 I just didn't think you were stupid. 86 00:04:01,877 --> 00:04:04,745 This planet is inhospitable to all but... 87 00:04:04,749 --> 00:04:06,269 Except to Illyrians. 88 00:04:06,273 --> 00:04:10,278 Genetically engineered to survive in this... 89 00:04:10,283 --> 00:04:11,664 charming environment. 90 00:04:11,669 --> 00:04:14,059 You would think that would allow us a measure of privacy. 91 00:04:14,063 --> 00:04:15,356 Should have returned my calls. 92 00:04:15,361 --> 00:04:16,968 And you should learn to take a hint. 93 00:04:16,973 --> 00:04:19,325 Or do they not teach reading the room at the Academy? 94 00:04:19,329 --> 00:04:20,805 Been a while since I was at the Academy, 95 00:04:20,809 --> 00:04:22,398 so I don't recall. 96 00:04:25,596 --> 00:04:27,072 Una needs your help. 97 00:04:27,076 --> 00:04:29,074 Starfleet Command found out that she's Illyrian. 98 00:04:29,078 --> 00:04:31,381 It was only a matter of time before she was outed. 99 00:04:31,385 --> 00:04:34,471 Starfleet will never let an Illyrian serve. Not openly. 100 00:04:34,475 --> 00:04:37,765 But that is not my problem, Mr. Pike. 101 00:04:37,770 --> 00:04:40,215 Now, I really do have a busy day. 102 00:04:40,220 --> 00:04:41,787 Neera. 103 00:04:41,792 --> 00:04:43,523 I don't know what happened between you two, 104 00:04:43,527 --> 00:04:45,599 but she's your friend. 105 00:04:45,604 --> 00:04:48,421 Una Chin-Riley is not my friend, and neither are you. 106 00:04:48,426 --> 00:04:49,496 Please leave. 107 00:04:49,501 --> 00:04:51,999 I know why you feel the way you do about Starfleet, 108 00:04:52,004 --> 00:04:53,871 the Federation, all of us. 109 00:04:53,876 --> 00:04:55,126 I saw some things. 110 00:04:55,131 --> 00:04:57,755 On a research mission to an abandoned Illyrian colony, 111 00:04:57,759 --> 00:05:01,672 we found out that it wasn't so... abandoned. 112 00:05:01,676 --> 00:05:03,543 I saw what can happen to Illyrians 113 00:05:03,547 --> 00:05:05,171 who reverse their genetic modification 114 00:05:05,176 --> 00:05:08,189 just so the Federation will accept them. 115 00:05:09,591 --> 00:05:11,594 Old fears can be hard to let go of, 116 00:05:11,599 --> 00:05:14,811 but we were wrong about Illyrians. All of us. 117 00:05:17,482 --> 00:05:19,123 I was wrong. 118 00:05:19,128 --> 00:05:22,258 Congratulations. You discovered empathy. 119 00:05:22,262 --> 00:05:24,852 Let me know when the rest of your Federation catches up. 120 00:05:28,094 --> 00:05:29,596 They're going to dismiss her. 121 00:05:30,984 --> 00:05:33,299 Everything she's strived for, her life's work, 122 00:05:33,304 --> 00:05:34,954 her entire career. 123 00:05:34,959 --> 00:05:37,175 Everything that she's contributed. 124 00:05:37,180 --> 00:05:40,614 Dishonorable dismissal is getting off easy. 125 00:05:40,619 --> 00:05:43,096 Starfleet race laws are draconian. 126 00:05:43,101 --> 00:05:45,372 She's lucky she isn't getting charged with sedition. 127 00:05:47,287 --> 00:05:51,025 Yes, Mr. Pike, I am familiar with her case. 128 00:05:51,029 --> 00:05:53,263 The proceedings are sealed. 129 00:05:53,268 --> 00:05:55,302 I make it my business to know what happens 130 00:05:55,307 --> 00:05:56,682 behind closed doors. 131 00:05:56,687 --> 00:05:59,469 Many of my clients' lives depend on it. 132 00:05:59,473 --> 00:06:02,554 Now, if that will be all. 133 00:06:07,263 --> 00:06:09,000 How's that working out for you? 134 00:06:09,004 --> 00:06:11,524 - The cases against the Federation. - Excuse me? 135 00:06:11,528 --> 00:06:13,352 See, I do my homework, too. 136 00:06:13,356 --> 00:06:15,528 Ten cases thrown out or overturned 137 00:06:15,532 --> 00:06:17,530 in two years for insufficient evidence? 138 00:06:17,534 --> 00:06:19,628 Good cases, too, as far as I can tell. 139 00:06:21,321 --> 00:06:22,970 Take this case. 140 00:06:22,974 --> 00:06:25,538 If you win, half the quadrant will know it. 141 00:06:25,542 --> 00:06:27,714 And it'll bring your other cases more attention. 142 00:06:27,718 --> 00:06:29,455 Maybe the attention that they deserve. 143 00:06:29,459 --> 00:06:31,631 Are you attempting to bribe me, Mr. Pike? 144 00:06:31,635 --> 00:06:33,524 I'm trying to convince you. 145 00:06:35,117 --> 00:06:36,889 I'm trying to save an old friend. 146 00:06:36,894 --> 00:06:38,290 And maybe do some good here. 147 00:06:38,294 --> 00:06:40,118 Are you? Or are you gonna 148 00:06:40,122 --> 00:06:41,424 let whatever happened between you and Una 149 00:06:41,428 --> 00:06:43,173 get in the way of your life's work? 150 00:06:44,791 --> 00:06:47,211 Just take a look at the case file. 151 00:06:47,216 --> 00:06:49,258 You? [SCOFFS] 152 00:06:49,262 --> 00:06:51,307 I doubt you'd even break a sweat. 153 00:06:52,308 --> 00:06:54,263 You're a piece of work, Pike. 154 00:06:54,267 --> 00:06:56,439 Yeah. 155 00:06:56,443 --> 00:06:58,140 But you still haven't said no. 156 00:07:06,104 --> 00:07:08,164 GUARD: Visitor. 157 00:07:08,169 --> 00:07:09,209 UNA: Neera! 158 00:07:09,214 --> 00:07:11,801 I had to see it for myself. 159 00:07:11,806 --> 00:07:14,370 I said this would happen. 160 00:07:14,374 --> 00:07:16,502 After 25 years, the first thing you say to me 161 00:07:16,506 --> 00:07:17,590 is "I told you so"? 162 00:07:17,594 --> 00:07:19,614 I didn't think you'd... 163 00:07:19,619 --> 00:07:22,140 I'm not here for a reunion. 164 00:07:22,643 --> 00:07:24,423 Tell me the story of the story. 165 00:07:24,427 --> 00:07:26,124 Short version, your words. 166 00:07:30,303 --> 00:07:32,953 Until two months ago, my record with Starfleet 167 00:07:32,957 --> 00:07:33,957 was spotless. 168 00:07:33,962 --> 00:07:35,478 When they didn't know, they didn't care. 169 00:07:35,482 --> 00:07:36,914 The only thing that's changed 170 00:07:36,918 --> 00:07:38,872 is that they know the truth. 171 00:07:38,876 --> 00:07:40,878 And that you lied about it. 172 00:07:42,128 --> 00:07:44,050 Must be nice. 173 00:07:44,055 --> 00:07:45,531 What's that? 174 00:07:45,535 --> 00:07:48,273 It's just, some Illyrians have modifications 175 00:07:48,277 --> 00:07:51,668 they can't hide, and some of us refuse to. 176 00:07:51,672 --> 00:07:52,960 Neera, I should have... 177 00:07:52,965 --> 00:07:54,998 Please proceed, Commander. 178 00:07:56,459 --> 00:07:58,240 So then somebody turned me in, 179 00:07:58,244 --> 00:08:00,285 and now Starfleet is asking me to hide again, 180 00:08:00,289 --> 00:08:02,113 so that no one has to know 181 00:08:02,117 --> 00:08:04,942 an Illyrian climbed the ranks of Starfleet. 182 00:08:04,946 --> 00:08:07,684 It'll be like it never happened. 183 00:08:07,688 --> 00:08:10,295 - Like I never happened. - So? 184 00:08:10,299 --> 00:08:12,341 You had your playtime, acting like one of them. 185 00:08:12,345 --> 00:08:16,188 Accept your dismissal, take your licks and go home. 186 00:08:16,193 --> 00:08:17,408 No. 187 00:08:17,413 --> 00:08:19,129 Why not? 188 00:08:19,134 --> 00:08:22,133 Because I shouldn't have to hide anymore. 189 00:08:22,137 --> 00:08:23,569 None of us should. 190 00:08:23,573 --> 00:08:25,832 I know I should have done better. 191 00:08:25,836 --> 00:08:28,095 I didn't stand up when I should have. 192 00:08:28,099 --> 00:08:30,188 I'm standing up now. 193 00:08:31,581 --> 00:08:34,232 I'll tell opposing counsel their deal is rejected. 194 00:08:34,236 --> 00:08:35,886 Thank you. 195 00:08:35,890 --> 00:08:38,621 Don't. I'm not doing this for you, 196 00:08:38,626 --> 00:08:40,150 I'm doing this for me. 197 00:08:40,155 --> 00:08:42,997 And for all the Illyrians who can't or just won't 198 00:08:43,002 --> 00:08:46,437 pretend to not be who they really are... 199 00:08:46,442 --> 00:08:48,339 so they can run away to Starfleet. 200 00:08:55,605 --> 00:08:57,081 Una rejected my deal. 201 00:08:57,085 --> 00:08:58,347 Good. 202 00:08:59,696 --> 00:09:02,521 Do you know how hard it was to get that deal approved? 203 00:09:02,525 --> 00:09:03,851 I called in every favor. 204 00:09:03,856 --> 00:09:05,002 And do you think that was easy? 205 00:09:05,006 --> 00:09:06,239 Because I can tell you it was not. 206 00:09:06,243 --> 00:09:07,299 Maybe you should have thought about that 207 00:09:07,303 --> 00:09:08,373 before arresting her. 208 00:09:08,378 --> 00:09:10,084 [SCOFFS] Don't be a child, Chris. 209 00:09:10,089 --> 00:09:11,539 I know you think I betrayed you. 210 00:09:11,544 --> 00:09:13,618 Una should be on my bridge right now doing her job, 211 00:09:13,623 --> 00:09:15,165 not sitting in some jail cell. 212 00:09:15,170 --> 00:09:18,656 I don't write the code, and my job... our job... 213 00:09:18,661 --> 00:09:19,688 Oh, our job. 214 00:09:19,693 --> 00:09:21,366 ... is to uphold it, regardless. 215 00:09:21,370 --> 00:09:22,625 Una broke the law. 216 00:09:22,630 --> 00:09:24,806 And what if the law is wrong? 217 00:09:30,423 --> 00:09:32,943 Chris, I didn't ask to be put on this case. 218 00:09:32,947 --> 00:09:35,367 If you stop and look for one second, 219 00:09:35,372 --> 00:09:37,208 you'll see I've done everything in my power 220 00:09:37,212 --> 00:09:38,775 to help Una. 221 00:09:38,779 --> 00:09:40,994 That plea deal was her best shot. 222 00:09:40,998 --> 00:09:42,692 And now that she's turned it down, 223 00:09:42,696 --> 00:09:44,346 my boss, the judge advocate general, 224 00:09:44,350 --> 00:09:45,651 is looking into the case. 225 00:09:45,655 --> 00:09:47,988 I don't know why, but whatever the reason, 226 00:09:47,993 --> 00:09:49,785 it won't be good for Una. 227 00:09:49,790 --> 00:09:51,853 She should have taken the deal. 228 00:09:56,553 --> 00:09:58,107 See you in court. 229 00:10:00,148 --> 00:10:02,193 [DOOR WHOOSHES OPEN] 230 00:10:04,457 --> 00:10:06,284 - [CARROT CLATTERS] - [DOOR WHOOSHES CLOSED] 231 00:10:09,462 --> 00:10:11,111 JAVAS: We'll begin the arraignment 232 00:10:11,115 --> 00:10:13,200 as soon as the prosecution arrives. 233 00:10:13,204 --> 00:10:16,426 Ah. What's this? 234 00:10:16,431 --> 00:10:18,124 Vice Admiral Pasalk. 235 00:10:18,129 --> 00:10:20,473 I didn't know you were joining us today. 236 00:10:23,432 --> 00:10:24,864 Admiral, in light of the defense's 237 00:10:24,868 --> 00:10:26,262 rejection of a plea bargain, 238 00:10:26,267 --> 00:10:28,899 We would like to petition the court to amend the charges 239 00:10:28,904 --> 00:10:30,949 against Lieutenant Commander Chin-Riley. 240 00:10:32,093 --> 00:10:34,178 You may proceed, Captain Batel. 241 00:10:34,182 --> 00:10:36,876 BATEL: For failure to disclose her genetic modification status, 242 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:39,886 we are charging Una Chin-Riley with knowingly submitting 243 00:10:39,891 --> 00:10:41,576 false information to Starfleet 244 00:10:41,581 --> 00:10:45,276 as well as violating Starfleet code 614 to 617 245 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:47,452 prohibiting Starfleet officers from engaging in 246 00:10:47,456 --> 00:10:48,888 permanent bioengineering, 247 00:10:48,892 --> 00:10:50,929 and two counts of sedition. 248 00:10:54,170 --> 00:10:56,604 We're seeking dishonorable dismissal and 20 years 249 00:10:56,609 --> 00:10:58,249 in a Federation penal colony. 250 00:11:06,649 --> 00:11:08,521 PIKE: Space. 251 00:11:09,770 --> 00:11:11,789 The final frontier. 252 00:11:13,917 --> 00:11:17,143 These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. 253 00:11:19,260 --> 00:11:21,485 Its five-year mission: 254 00:11:21,490 --> 00:11:24,537 to explore strange new worlds.. 255 00:11:26,713 --> 00:11:29,233 ... to seek out new life 256 00:11:29,237 --> 00:11:32,845 and new civilizations, 257 00:11:32,849 --> 00:11:36,984 to boldly go where no one has gone before. 258 00:11:39,552 --> 00:11:41,162 ♪ ♪ 259 00:12:11,497 --> 00:12:13,760 ♪ ♪ 260 00:12:43,529 --> 00:12:45,531 ♪ ♪ 261 00:12:53,396 --> 00:12:56,355 Twenty years for lying on an application? 262 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:59,192 You decided to fight back and not make this easy for them. 263 00:12:59,196 --> 00:13:01,238 - [SIGHS] - They want to make an example out of you. 264 00:13:01,242 --> 00:13:04,071 - What do we do? - We fight. 265 00:13:05,193 --> 00:13:06,721 Who's first on their witness list? 266 00:13:06,726 --> 00:13:08,920 Admiral Robert April. 267 00:13:08,925 --> 00:13:10,918 April sponsored my application to the Academy. 268 00:13:10,923 --> 00:13:12,901 I served under him for years and he promoted me. 269 00:13:12,906 --> 00:13:14,468 - This is good for us, no? - No. 270 00:13:14,472 --> 00:13:16,079 Pasalk wouldn't bring a friendly witness 271 00:13:16,083 --> 00:13:17,384 without a strategy. 272 00:13:17,388 --> 00:13:19,386 Put me on the stand. 273 00:13:19,390 --> 00:13:21,084 Let them see that being an Illyrian 274 00:13:21,088 --> 00:13:23,260 doesn't change who I am as an officer. 275 00:13:23,264 --> 00:13:26,542 Are you being funny? You were never funny. 276 00:13:26,547 --> 00:13:28,214 I know it's normally not a good idea, 277 00:13:28,219 --> 00:13:30,832 but shouldn't they see me, a successful Starfleet officer? 278 00:13:30,837 --> 00:13:31,925 It's a good story. 279 00:13:31,930 --> 00:13:35,184 Your story doesn't matter to their case. 280 00:13:35,189 --> 00:13:37,285 You broke the law. I put you up there, 281 00:13:37,290 --> 00:13:39,231 they'll just use you to corroborate their facts. 282 00:13:39,236 --> 00:13:41,234 Or worse, to tear you down, or likely bring down 283 00:13:41,238 --> 00:13:43,123 a bunch of your so-called friends with you. 284 00:13:45,939 --> 00:13:47,632 Do you care about my story? 285 00:13:47,636 --> 00:13:50,609 I care that my client 286 00:13:50,614 --> 00:13:53,468 not hand the prosecution the case. 287 00:13:55,070 --> 00:13:57,072 My way this time, Una. 288 00:14:01,048 --> 00:14:02,738 Your way. 289 00:14:06,312 --> 00:14:08,610 The captain suggested you could set up shop here. 290 00:14:11,617 --> 00:14:14,311 I bet he did. 291 00:14:14,315 --> 00:14:16,796 Well, she's not using it. 292 00:14:21,714 --> 00:14:23,668 I'll need access to the Starfleet 293 00:14:23,672 --> 00:14:25,757 Uniform Code of Justice. 294 00:14:25,761 --> 00:14:28,368 I assume it's in your database. 295 00:14:28,372 --> 00:14:31,114 Also, Una's service records. 296 00:14:33,639 --> 00:14:36,145 Thank you, Lieutenant Noonien-Singh. 297 00:14:40,602 --> 00:14:42,444 Is there something else? 298 00:14:42,449 --> 00:14:44,733 I think I might be of some assistance to the case. 299 00:14:44,737 --> 00:14:48,275 Counselor, are you familiar with Starfleet v. Wyck? 300 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:50,375 I am a civil rights lawyer. 301 00:14:51,276 --> 00:14:53,404 Yes, of course. 302 00:14:53,409 --> 00:14:56,569 If I understand the principle behind the ruling, then... 303 00:14:56,574 --> 00:14:59,847 Starfleet v. Wyck is used as an example of 304 00:14:59,852 --> 00:15:01,737 "fruit of the poisonous tree". 305 00:15:01,742 --> 00:15:04,610 If evidence is procured through illegal means, 306 00:15:04,615 --> 00:15:06,188 it's inadmissible in court. 307 00:15:06,193 --> 00:15:08,713 You think some of the evidence against Una 308 00:15:08,717 --> 00:15:09,949 was illegally obtained? 309 00:15:09,954 --> 00:15:11,629 If it was, could you get her case thrown out 310 00:15:11,633 --> 00:15:12,891 on a technicality? 311 00:15:12,895 --> 00:15:15,198 If the evidence was rotten, 312 00:15:15,202 --> 00:15:18,027 I might be able to get her case dismissed. 313 00:15:18,031 --> 00:15:20,812 Lieutenant, is there something you know that I should know? 314 00:15:20,816 --> 00:15:23,397 Just let me cover all the bases first. 315 00:15:23,402 --> 00:15:26,497 Well, you know where I'll be. 316 00:15:29,956 --> 00:15:32,349 [DOOR WHOOSHES OPEN] 317 00:15:38,660 --> 00:15:40,140 May I? 318 00:15:41,563 --> 00:15:43,082 Fraternizing with the enemy? 319 00:15:43,087 --> 00:15:45,181 I'll take my chances. 320 00:15:46,799 --> 00:15:47,926 You look awful. 321 00:15:47,930 --> 00:15:49,428 Thanks for that. 322 00:15:49,433 --> 00:15:51,215 Does this have something to do with the fact that 323 00:15:51,219 --> 00:15:53,182 your name wasn't on the witness list for the defense? 324 00:15:53,186 --> 00:15:54,380 I know what you're gonna say. 325 00:15:54,385 --> 00:15:56,369 Putting me on the witness stand is a terrible idea. 326 00:15:56,373 --> 00:15:58,263 But you want to fight for your friend. 327 00:15:58,268 --> 00:16:00,048 And I can handle it. 328 00:16:00,550 --> 00:16:03,071 I've served with Una longer than anyone else on this crew. 329 00:16:03,076 --> 00:16:05,365 I'm in the best position to speak to her character. 330 00:16:05,370 --> 00:16:06,901 When did you two meet? 331 00:16:06,906 --> 00:16:10,253 Uh, I gave a speech to her Academy class 332 00:16:10,257 --> 00:16:11,776 forever ago. 333 00:16:11,780 --> 00:16:14,126 [CHUCKLES] That must have been awful for you. 334 00:16:14,130 --> 00:16:16,393 I know how you hate to give long, inspiring speeches. 335 00:16:17,660 --> 00:16:21,137 I was speaking about a test mission I'd flown. 336 00:16:22,182 --> 00:16:25,007 Una came up to me afterward and, uh, pointed out 337 00:16:25,011 --> 00:16:27,705 - a mistake I'd made during reentry. - Bold. 338 00:16:27,709 --> 00:16:29,751 And annoying. 339 00:16:29,755 --> 00:16:31,796 But she was right. 340 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,668 She had the guts to tell me. 341 00:16:34,672 --> 00:16:36,801 April once told me that every good captain needs 342 00:16:36,805 --> 00:16:38,890 a first officer who will tell him when he's wrong. 343 00:16:38,894 --> 00:16:41,489 Yeah, he said that to me once, too. 344 00:16:43,725 --> 00:16:46,332 And when did you first learn that she was Illyrian, 345 00:16:46,336 --> 00:16:47,927 Captain Pike? 346 00:16:50,073 --> 00:16:54,078 I ask again. How long were you aware 347 00:16:54,083 --> 00:16:56,199 that you were harboring an Illyrian on your ship, 348 00:16:56,204 --> 00:16:57,767 Captain? 349 00:16:57,772 --> 00:17:00,084 I will remind you you are on the stand, 350 00:17:00,089 --> 00:17:02,591 and under oath you do not have the option of not answering. 351 00:17:02,596 --> 00:17:04,468 All right, you've made your point. 352 00:17:04,473 --> 00:17:06,010 I know you want to help Una, Chris, 353 00:17:06,015 --> 00:17:08,092 but if you take that stand, this whole case 354 00:17:08,097 --> 00:17:09,142 becomes about you. 355 00:17:09,147 --> 00:17:10,416 You are the captain of this ship. 356 00:17:10,420 --> 00:17:13,185 You knew Una was an Illyrian, and you didn't tell Starfleet. 357 00:17:13,189 --> 00:17:14,839 You could be charged with conspiracy, 358 00:17:14,843 --> 00:17:17,407 and your whole crew could be at risk. 359 00:17:17,411 --> 00:17:20,323 No inspiring speeches today. 360 00:17:20,327 --> 00:17:22,268 Today, if you want to help Una, 361 00:17:22,273 --> 00:17:24,754 the best thing you can do is leave the talking to others. 362 00:17:26,681 --> 00:17:27,983 ORTEGAS: "Mr. Spock, 363 00:17:27,987 --> 00:17:30,681 I do hope you understand why I have to 364 00:17:30,685 --> 00:17:32,422 throw your friend in jail 365 00:17:32,426 --> 00:17:34,685 simply for being who she is". 366 00:17:34,689 --> 00:17:37,253 "Of course, Mr. Pasalk. 367 00:17:37,257 --> 00:17:39,864 It is only logical. 368 00:17:39,868 --> 00:17:42,998 Shall we play a round of Kal-toh this weekend?" 369 00:17:43,002 --> 00:17:46,523 "Yes. That would be enjoyable". 370 00:17:46,527 --> 00:17:48,007 [SNORES] 371 00:17:49,051 --> 00:17:50,400 You don't see the tension there? 372 00:17:51,401 --> 00:17:53,051 What tension? 373 00:17:53,055 --> 00:17:55,314 They're all, like, buddy-buddy. 374 00:17:55,318 --> 00:17:57,826 Vulcan bros. 375 00:17:57,831 --> 00:17:59,567 M'BENGA: Vulcans may not give much, 376 00:17:59,572 --> 00:18:01,353 but you can read their body language. 377 00:18:01,358 --> 00:18:03,408 And those two... 378 00:18:05,198 --> 00:18:06,590 ... hate each other. 379 00:18:11,291 --> 00:18:13,297 Are you messing with me right now? 380 00:18:16,339 --> 00:18:18,428 [CLEARS THROAT] 381 00:18:23,825 --> 00:18:27,107 I regret that you had to witness that outburst. 382 00:18:29,426 --> 00:18:30,827 We won't say a word. 383 00:18:30,832 --> 00:18:32,308 - Mm-mmm. - Thank you, Doctor. 384 00:18:32,312 --> 00:18:34,397 Of all of my father's former colleagues, 385 00:18:34,401 --> 00:18:37,613 Pasalk truly brings out the worst in me. 386 00:18:44,237 --> 00:18:45,669 [BOTH CHUCKLING] 387 00:18:45,673 --> 00:18:47,671 Ensign Uhura. 388 00:18:47,675 --> 00:18:50,979 I need any communications referencing Commander Chin-Riley 389 00:18:50,983 --> 00:18:52,632 for the last six months. 390 00:18:52,636 --> 00:18:54,939 Okay. I'll collate. 391 00:18:54,943 --> 00:18:58,012 Including all personal logs, ship-wide. 392 00:19:01,614 --> 00:19:04,687 Sir, with respect, 393 00:19:04,692 --> 00:19:08,344 per Regulation 25, Section B, all personal logs remain sealed 394 00:19:08,348 --> 00:19:10,520 unless by order of Starfleet Command. 395 00:19:10,524 --> 00:19:12,826 - Sufficient evidence... - I know the rules, Ensign. 396 00:19:12,830 --> 00:19:14,306 I'm giving you an order. 397 00:19:14,310 --> 00:19:16,543 You're doing this to help Una. 398 00:19:16,548 --> 00:19:18,864 Right? She's your friend, 399 00:19:18,869 --> 00:19:21,215 your mentor. I understand. 400 00:19:21,220 --> 00:19:23,053 But you are mine. 401 00:19:24,741 --> 00:19:26,318 And giving me an illegal order will just 402 00:19:26,322 --> 00:19:28,016 get you in trouble if I follow it. 403 00:19:28,020 --> 00:19:31,367 I don't think the commander would want that for you. 404 00:19:31,371 --> 00:19:33,064 Neither do I. 405 00:19:33,068 --> 00:19:36,154 We need to find out who turned her in. 406 00:19:36,158 --> 00:19:38,628 It might well be the only way to save her. 407 00:19:38,633 --> 00:19:40,331 Then, respectfully, 408 00:19:40,336 --> 00:19:42,856 we're going to have to find out another way. 409 00:19:42,860 --> 00:19:45,860 - Nyota... - I'm sorry. No. 410 00:19:58,876 --> 00:20:01,792 [RINGING] 411 00:20:03,142 --> 00:20:04,835 JAVAS: This court is now in session. 412 00:20:04,839 --> 00:20:07,098 Joining me as judges in this tribunal 413 00:20:07,102 --> 00:20:10,449 are Space Command Representative Zus Tlaggul and 414 00:20:10,453 --> 00:20:12,669 Starfleet Commander Chiv. 415 00:20:12,673 --> 00:20:15,124 Commander Chin-Riley, do you consent 416 00:20:15,129 --> 00:20:16,448 to Captain Batel 417 00:20:16,453 --> 00:20:18,233 as the prosecuting officer? 418 00:20:18,635 --> 00:20:20,024 I do. 419 00:20:20,028 --> 00:20:22,052 Let the charges be read. 420 00:20:24,173 --> 00:20:27,085 COMPUTER: Lieutenant commander Una Chin-Riley 421 00:20:27,090 --> 00:20:29,044 has been formally charged with violating 422 00:20:29,049 --> 00:20:32,818 Starfleet regulation 614-617, 423 00:20:32,823 --> 00:20:35,213 prohibiting permanent DNA modification, 424 00:20:35,217 --> 00:20:37,873 as well as submitting false information to Starfleet, 425 00:20:37,878 --> 00:20:40,102 and two counts of sedition. 426 00:20:42,999 --> 00:20:44,740 How do you plead, Commander? 427 00:20:46,702 --> 00:20:49,275 - Not guilty. - [BELL RINGING] 428 00:20:54,889 --> 00:20:58,149 BATEL: The Federation's stance on genetic engineering is clear. 429 00:20:58,153 --> 00:21:01,326 The practice is dangerous and illegal. 430 00:21:01,330 --> 00:21:03,024 The reasons for this are many, 431 00:21:03,028 --> 00:21:05,361 but the outcome of the Eugenics Wars on Earth 432 00:21:05,366 --> 00:21:07,451 speaks for itself. 433 00:21:07,456 --> 00:21:09,549 Tens of millions dead. 434 00:21:11,110 --> 00:21:12,416 Pushed to its limits, 435 00:21:12,421 --> 00:21:16,124 genetic engineering is nothing short of playing God. 436 00:21:16,128 --> 00:21:19,984 By interfering with DNA and removing genetic outliers, 437 00:21:19,989 --> 00:21:23,558 we endanger the very essence of natural evolution. 438 00:21:35,643 --> 00:21:36,927 NEERA: Captain Batel is right. 439 00:21:36,931 --> 00:21:38,842 Permanent genetic modification 440 00:21:38,846 --> 00:21:40,844 is illegal under Federation law. 441 00:21:40,848 --> 00:21:43,151 Slavery was once legal. 442 00:21:43,155 --> 00:21:45,849 Apartheid was legal. 443 00:21:45,853 --> 00:21:48,634 Discrimination against people for how they worshipped, 444 00:21:48,638 --> 00:21:52,116 how they loved, their gender, color of their skin... 445 00:21:52,518 --> 00:21:54,560 all legal at one time or another. 446 00:21:54,565 --> 00:21:57,642 A law does not make something just. 447 00:21:57,647 --> 00:22:01,430 I'm not saying the Federation means to do harm. 448 00:22:01,434 --> 00:22:04,302 Their experience with genetic modification... 449 00:22:04,306 --> 00:22:05,999 the Eugenics Wars... 450 00:22:06,003 --> 00:22:08,263 was horrific. 451 00:22:08,267 --> 00:22:12,543 The pain that Earth felt, unimaginable. 452 00:22:12,548 --> 00:22:15,530 The Federation built a utopia in its wake, 453 00:22:15,535 --> 00:22:17,837 and in an effort to protect that utopia, 454 00:22:17,841 --> 00:22:20,710 they became blinded by a centuries-old fear, 455 00:22:20,714 --> 00:22:23,843 so much so that they have, perhaps unknowingly, 456 00:22:23,847 --> 00:22:26,324 become persecutors. 457 00:22:26,328 --> 00:22:28,892 My client is only here because of who she is 458 00:22:28,896 --> 00:22:30,328 and because she felt she had 459 00:22:30,332 --> 00:22:32,330 no other choice than to hide that fact. 460 00:22:32,334 --> 00:22:34,158 Just like the millions before her 461 00:22:34,162 --> 00:22:36,017 who were forced to hide how they worshipped, 462 00:22:36,022 --> 00:22:38,281 how they loved, what they truly looked like, 463 00:22:38,286 --> 00:22:40,023 because it made others 464 00:22:40,028 --> 00:22:41,764 uncomfortable. 465 00:22:41,769 --> 00:22:44,159 Because it made others afraid. 466 00:22:44,164 --> 00:22:47,692 If a law is not just, then I ask 467 00:22:47,697 --> 00:22:51,175 how are we to trust those who created that law 468 00:22:51,179 --> 00:22:53,225 to serve justice? 469 00:22:53,230 --> 00:22:56,882 BATEL: The prosecution calls Admiral Robert April to the stand. 470 00:22:56,887 --> 00:22:59,574 Admiral April, Una Chin-Riley served under your command 471 00:22:59,579 --> 00:23:01,646 when you were captain of the USS Enterprise, correct? 472 00:23:01,650 --> 00:23:02,669 Yes. 473 00:23:02,674 --> 00:23:04,498 But before that, you sponsored her application 474 00:23:04,503 --> 00:23:06,519 - to Starfleet Academy. - I did. 475 00:23:06,524 --> 00:23:07,669 So would it be fair to say 476 00:23:07,674 --> 00:23:10,743 you have an investment in Una's career? 477 00:23:12,443 --> 00:23:14,089 It would. 478 00:23:14,094 --> 00:23:15,875 Admiral, I have to ask, 479 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:18,887 at any point, did Lieutenant Commander Chin-Riley 480 00:23:18,892 --> 00:23:21,291 disclose to you that she was genetically modified? 481 00:23:21,296 --> 00:23:23,792 - No. - If you had known she was genetically modified, 482 00:23:23,797 --> 00:23:26,611 would you have sponsored her application to Starfleet Academy? 483 00:23:26,616 --> 00:23:29,212 Una is an extremely talented officer, 484 00:23:29,217 --> 00:23:32,077 and one of the most gifted applicants I'd ever met. 485 00:23:32,082 --> 00:23:33,551 That is not the question, sir. 486 00:23:36,986 --> 00:23:39,483 If you had known Una Chin-Riley was genetically modified, 487 00:23:39,488 --> 00:23:41,007 would you have sponsored her application 488 00:23:41,011 --> 00:23:42,922 to Starfleet Academy? 489 00:23:42,926 --> 00:23:44,702 You're under oath, sir. 490 00:23:46,756 --> 00:23:48,763 No, I would not. 491 00:23:52,632 --> 00:23:54,282 BATEL: Thank you, Admiral. 492 00:23:54,286 --> 00:23:58,491 It takes a big man to admit his mistakes. 493 00:23:58,496 --> 00:24:00,394 I admire that, Admiral. 494 00:24:00,399 --> 00:24:03,529 Just for the record, could you tell the court why 495 00:24:03,534 --> 00:24:06,032 you would not have sponsored Commander Chin-Riley's 496 00:24:06,036 --> 00:24:08,209 Starfleet application, specifically? 497 00:24:08,213 --> 00:24:11,299 Starfleet Regulation 17, Article 12 498 00:24:11,303 --> 00:24:14,606 explicitly prohibits genetically modified people, 499 00:24:14,610 --> 00:24:17,130 - such as Illyrians, from serving. - NEERA: Of course. 500 00:24:17,134 --> 00:24:20,960 You are an honorable, decorated admiral. 501 00:24:20,964 --> 00:24:23,398 You wouldn't want to break protocol 502 00:24:23,402 --> 00:24:25,269 for any one individual applicant. 503 00:24:25,273 --> 00:24:28,316 - Let me stress this is not personal. - Right. 504 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:30,005 It's the law. 505 00:24:30,010 --> 00:24:31,530 Admiral April, 506 00:24:31,535 --> 00:24:35,235 can you tell me what General Order One is? 507 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:37,038 Objection. Relevance? 508 00:24:37,043 --> 00:24:40,433 I'm curious myself. Tread carefully, Counselor. 509 00:24:40,438 --> 00:24:42,851 I will, Your Honor. Admiral, 510 00:24:42,856 --> 00:24:45,333 what is General Order One? 511 00:24:45,337 --> 00:24:48,510 No starship may interfere with the normal development of 512 00:24:48,514 --> 00:24:51,500 - any alien life or society. - NEERA: Yes. 513 00:24:51,505 --> 00:24:53,111 A very important law. 514 00:24:53,116 --> 00:24:55,472 So much so that you now refer to it as 515 00:24:55,477 --> 00:24:56,996 the Prime Directive, 516 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,321 - do you not? - Yes, that is correct. 517 00:24:59,326 --> 00:25:02,131 NEERA: In 2246, while in command of the Enterprise, 518 00:25:02,136 --> 00:25:05,166 you chose to warn the Perricans, a pre-warp civilization, 519 00:25:05,171 --> 00:25:07,397 about a possibly apocalyptic meteor shower 520 00:25:07,402 --> 00:25:08,865 about to hit their planet. 521 00:25:08,870 --> 00:25:12,097 Were you then following General Order One? 522 00:25:12,102 --> 00:25:14,379 - That was different. - 2248. 523 00:25:14,384 --> 00:25:17,614 You sent your science officer to the industrial-age planet 524 00:25:17,619 --> 00:25:19,801 Na'rel to solve the imminent threat 525 00:25:19,806 --> 00:25:21,611 of an extinction-level drought 526 00:25:21,616 --> 00:25:23,718 by sharing Federation technology. 527 00:25:23,723 --> 00:25:26,870 - Were you in compliance then? - BATEL: Objection. Relevance again. 528 00:25:26,875 --> 00:25:28,442 An entire planet would have died. 529 00:25:28,447 --> 00:25:31,498 And when you landed on the hostile planet Man-us 2 530 00:25:31,503 --> 00:25:33,642 without your security officer, 531 00:25:33,646 --> 00:25:35,761 you chose to reveal your starship 532 00:25:35,766 --> 00:25:38,148 to the pre-warp civilization Ohawk. 533 00:25:38,153 --> 00:25:40,786 - Objection! - Did you comply then, Admiral? 534 00:25:40,791 --> 00:25:42,426 JAVAS: Counselor, I will remind you 535 00:25:42,431 --> 00:25:44,347 the witness is not on trial here. 536 00:25:44,352 --> 00:25:47,656 Admiral, it would seem that the rules of Starfleet 537 00:25:47,660 --> 00:25:50,850 only apply when a captain deems that they do. 538 00:25:53,970 --> 00:25:55,968 Is there a question, Counselor? 539 00:25:55,972 --> 00:25:58,536 Yes. 540 00:25:58,540 --> 00:26:00,712 You have shown that you have been 541 00:26:00,716 --> 00:26:02,801 repeatedly willing to break 542 00:26:02,805 --> 00:26:05,169 the very first order of Starfleet 543 00:26:05,174 --> 00:26:07,327 and you are hailed as a hero. 544 00:26:07,332 --> 00:26:11,332 You can break the law if you so choose. So, hiding 545 00:26:11,336 --> 00:26:13,595 behind order and protocol to explain why you would 546 00:26:13,599 --> 00:26:15,745 not have admitted Una Chin-Riley to Starfleet 547 00:26:15,750 --> 00:26:17,599 is a sanctimonious falsehood, is it not? 548 00:26:17,603 --> 00:26:20,166 - Objection! - JAVAS: Counselor! 549 00:26:20,170 --> 00:26:22,913 You will cease this line of questioning at once. 550 00:26:22,918 --> 00:26:26,084 My client did not ask to be genetically modified. 551 00:26:26,089 --> 00:26:28,523 It is an Illyrian cultural practice 552 00:26:28,527 --> 00:26:30,729 done to children before they are even born. 553 00:26:30,734 --> 00:26:32,036 It is done for survival, 554 00:26:32,041 --> 00:26:34,169 and yet she has been arrested 555 00:26:34,174 --> 00:26:36,042 because of a violation of a law. 556 00:26:36,047 --> 00:26:39,315 But the admiral has just shown us that Starfleet regulations 557 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:41,927 are flimsy and subjective at best. 558 00:26:41,931 --> 00:26:45,583 Starfleet captains make judgement calls every day. 559 00:26:45,587 --> 00:26:47,391 Calls that save lives. 560 00:26:47,396 --> 00:26:49,394 Una Chin-Riley's services to Starfleet 561 00:26:49,399 --> 00:26:50,806 have been commendable, yes. 562 00:26:50,810 --> 00:26:53,542 But the law that she broke is there to save lives 563 00:26:53,547 --> 00:26:55,145 and prevent genocide. 564 00:26:55,150 --> 00:26:57,551 So, if you ask me, Counselor, 565 00:26:57,556 --> 00:26:59,467 if I would have denied Commander Chin-Riley's 566 00:26:59,471 --> 00:27:01,369 access to Starfleet Academy had I known 567 00:27:01,374 --> 00:27:02,904 she was genetically modified, 568 00:27:02,909 --> 00:27:05,655 my answer is still yes, I would have. 569 00:27:08,197 --> 00:27:10,477 So you admit that the reason for your decision 570 00:27:10,482 --> 00:27:12,878 is not law, but fear and racial prejudice. 571 00:27:12,883 --> 00:27:15,873 - BATEL: Objection! - Sustained. - Counselor Ketoul, 572 00:27:15,878 --> 00:27:18,422 this is a court martial for Una Chin-Riley, 573 00:27:18,427 --> 00:27:19,902 not Admiral April. 574 00:27:19,907 --> 00:27:21,971 That you are unable to defend your client 575 00:27:21,976 --> 00:27:23,950 does not permit you to attack the Federation 576 00:27:23,955 --> 00:27:26,188 or our officers. 577 00:27:26,193 --> 00:27:29,061 All of the admiral's testimony will be stricken 578 00:27:29,065 --> 00:27:30,593 from the court record. 579 00:27:33,722 --> 00:27:36,068 Did Una's lawyer just try and indict Admiral April? 580 00:27:36,072 --> 00:27:37,248 It would appear so. 581 00:27:37,253 --> 00:27:38,672 I guess that's one strategy. 582 00:27:38,677 --> 00:27:41,117 That didn't exactly make April look good. 583 00:27:41,121 --> 00:27:43,737 But how does any of this help Una? 584 00:27:45,647 --> 00:27:47,645 Oh, boy. 585 00:27:47,649 --> 00:27:50,026 So, the lawyer was your idea. 586 00:27:50,031 --> 00:27:51,337 She was. 587 00:27:52,745 --> 00:27:54,564 She's one of the best civil rights litigators 588 00:27:54,569 --> 00:27:57,006 in the galaxy, and Una's friend. 589 00:27:59,256 --> 00:28:00,863 You know, I think highly of Una. 590 00:28:00,868 --> 00:28:04,563 Promoted her faster than any other officer on my ship. 591 00:28:04,568 --> 00:28:06,924 Recommended her for the Medal of Gallantry 592 00:28:06,929 --> 00:28:10,015 after the Marcel disaster in 2248. 593 00:28:10,019 --> 00:28:12,017 Yeah, I know. 594 00:28:12,021 --> 00:28:14,150 It's a shame the rest of the court didn't get a chance 595 00:28:14,154 --> 00:28:15,695 to hear that today. 596 00:28:19,942 --> 00:28:21,988 [DOOR WHOOSHES OPEN] 597 00:28:24,077 --> 00:28:26,122 [DOOR WHOOSHES CLOSED] 598 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:29,252 [INDISTINCT CHATTER IN DISTANCE] 599 00:28:30,055 --> 00:28:32,080 What the hell was that? 600 00:28:32,085 --> 00:28:33,584 You're supposed to defend me, 601 00:28:33,589 --> 00:28:34,935 not attack Admiral April, 602 00:28:34,940 --> 00:28:37,738 - not indict the Federation. - Why not? 603 00:28:37,743 --> 00:28:40,045 Why are you still trying to protect them? 604 00:28:40,049 --> 00:28:42,308 I thought you said you were ready for this fight. 605 00:28:42,312 --> 00:28:45,268 Do you know how rare it is to get a platform like this? 606 00:28:45,272 --> 00:28:46,704 Platform? 607 00:28:46,708 --> 00:28:49,307 Most Illyrians don't have your privilege. 608 00:28:49,312 --> 00:28:51,535 Has it occurred to you that your case might bring us 609 00:28:51,539 --> 00:28:53,929 one step closer in dismantling the law? 610 00:28:53,933 --> 00:28:57,672 Maybe in the future there can be justice for Illyrians. 611 00:28:57,676 --> 00:28:59,182 I thought you knew that. 612 00:28:59,187 --> 00:29:02,055 All you ever wanted here was a soapbox. 613 00:29:02,060 --> 00:29:03,764 This isn't about defending me. 614 00:29:03,769 --> 00:29:05,661 This is just a way for you to broadcast your hatred 615 00:29:05,665 --> 00:29:07,158 of the Federation. 616 00:29:07,163 --> 00:29:10,398 I thought you were here to help me, but you're not. 617 00:29:10,403 --> 00:29:12,513 As long as you can make the Federation look bad, 618 00:29:12,517 --> 00:29:14,802 then who the hell cares if I get left behind in the process? 619 00:29:14,806 --> 00:29:18,811 I think we both know you're not the one who gets left behind. 620 00:29:20,786 --> 00:29:22,523 Neera... 621 00:29:22,527 --> 00:29:24,481 That's all in the past. 622 00:29:24,485 --> 00:29:25,961 We should talk about it. 623 00:29:25,965 --> 00:29:27,484 Please. 624 00:29:27,488 --> 00:29:29,521 I told you that I would try. 625 00:29:30,124 --> 00:29:32,662 And that's exactly what I'm doing. 626 00:29:32,667 --> 00:29:34,665 Because at least with me, 627 00:29:34,669 --> 00:29:36,758 what you see is what you get. 628 00:29:39,195 --> 00:29:41,737 Now, if you'll excuse me, I have work to do. 629 00:29:53,123 --> 00:29:55,056 The defense calls to the stand 630 00:29:55,061 --> 00:29:57,798 three expert character witnesses. 631 00:29:57,803 --> 00:29:59,436 La'An Noonien-Singh, 632 00:29:59,441 --> 00:30:01,656 security officer for the USS Enterprise. 633 00:30:01,661 --> 00:30:03,659 I am the chief science officer. 634 00:30:03,664 --> 00:30:07,360 Chief medical officer of the USS Enterprise. 635 00:30:07,365 --> 00:30:10,377 I graduated top of my class and have been promoted 636 00:30:10,382 --> 00:30:12,310 each year during my tenure in Starfleet. 637 00:30:12,315 --> 00:30:13,809 You were also in consideration 638 00:30:13,814 --> 00:30:16,029 - for the Starfleet Medal of Gallantry. - Yes. 639 00:30:16,034 --> 00:30:18,219 - So you've saved lives? - Yes. 640 00:30:18,224 --> 00:30:20,928 When did you first meet Una Chin-Riley? 641 00:30:20,933 --> 00:30:24,019 On my first day as an ensign on the Enterprise. 642 00:30:24,023 --> 00:30:25,977 She was part of the rescue mission 643 00:30:25,981 --> 00:30:29,072 that found me after I escaped from a Gorn breeding planet. 644 00:30:29,077 --> 00:30:30,918 You have a very unique last name. 645 00:30:30,923 --> 00:30:34,432 - Do you have any relation to Khan Noonien Singh? - Yes. 646 00:30:34,437 --> 00:30:37,162 Did you ever suspect Una to be an Illyrian? 647 00:30:37,166 --> 00:30:39,155 No, I did not. 648 00:30:43,133 --> 00:30:45,436 Did you ever get the sense that Commander Chin-Riley 649 00:30:45,441 --> 00:30:47,653 was hiding something? 650 00:30:48,656 --> 00:30:50,353 Never. 651 00:30:54,314 --> 00:30:57,269 Just that she was discreet and empathetic 652 00:30:57,273 --> 00:31:00,708 and handled personal matters with great care. 653 00:31:00,712 --> 00:31:04,917 Yes, I did get the sense that she was hiding something. 654 00:31:04,922 --> 00:31:06,611 NEERA: What was she hiding? 655 00:31:11,723 --> 00:31:15,301 An affinity for Gilbert and Sullivan musicals. 656 00:31:19,845 --> 00:31:23,073 After the defendant rescued you, did you remain close? 657 00:31:24,505 --> 00:31:26,808 I had no family left. 658 00:31:26,813 --> 00:31:29,028 Una made sure I was taken care of. 659 00:31:29,033 --> 00:31:32,380 She sponsored my application to Starfleet. 660 00:31:32,385 --> 00:31:34,470 Would it be fair to say that 661 00:31:34,475 --> 00:31:36,517 you would not have joined Starfleet 662 00:31:36,522 --> 00:31:39,920 if not for Commander Chin-Riley? 663 00:31:39,925 --> 00:31:43,489 Counselor, I wouldn't be alive if it weren't for Una. 664 00:31:43,493 --> 00:31:46,252 NEERA: And the people you saved during your career, 665 00:31:46,257 --> 00:31:47,472 would they be alive? 666 00:31:48,716 --> 00:31:51,001 No, they would not. 667 00:31:53,090 --> 00:31:55,450 BATEL: Mr. Spock, if the defendant broke the law, 668 00:31:55,455 --> 00:31:57,851 would it follow that the only logical course of action 669 00:31:57,856 --> 00:31:59,741 is for her to be punished accordingly? 670 00:31:59,746 --> 00:32:02,901 Perhaps. Although I think it is illogical 671 00:32:02,906 --> 00:32:04,356 for Starfleet to punish itself. 672 00:32:04,361 --> 00:32:06,145 I'm afraid I don't understand. 673 00:32:07,644 --> 00:32:09,359 The loss of Una would be destructive 674 00:32:09,364 --> 00:32:10,956 to Starfleet as an organization. 675 00:32:12,509 --> 00:32:14,560 She is an extraordinary officer. 676 00:32:17,866 --> 00:32:20,003 Please describe the nature of your relationship 677 00:32:20,008 --> 00:32:21,397 with the defendant. 678 00:32:21,401 --> 00:32:22,633 She is a mentor. 679 00:32:22,638 --> 00:32:24,742 I have learned a great deal about leadership 680 00:32:24,747 --> 00:32:25,941 by serving under her. 681 00:32:25,946 --> 00:32:30,151 She puts the lives of her crew above her own. Always. 682 00:32:30,156 --> 00:32:32,015 She is a friend. 683 00:32:32,020 --> 00:32:34,889 Family. Una is 684 00:32:34,893 --> 00:32:36,103 family. 685 00:32:42,814 --> 00:32:44,641 [DOOR WHOOSHES OPEN] 686 00:32:48,036 --> 00:32:50,252 Thank you, Lieutenant. 687 00:32:50,256 --> 00:32:53,298 Volume 12.9 of the Starfleet Uniform 688 00:32:53,302 --> 00:32:54,996 Code of Justice. 689 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,015 If you need anything else, I will... 690 00:32:57,020 --> 00:32:58,956 Lieutenant, there is one more thing. I was wondering, 691 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:00,653 did you have any luck finding out 692 00:33:00,657 --> 00:33:03,874 how the prosecution learned that Una was Illyrian? 693 00:33:03,878 --> 00:33:06,442 No, not-not so far. 694 00:33:06,446 --> 00:33:09,023 But you have an idea about it, don't you? 695 00:33:11,407 --> 00:33:13,409 You think it was you. 696 00:33:15,107 --> 00:33:16,844 Yes. 697 00:33:16,848 --> 00:33:18,346 Why is that? 698 00:33:18,351 --> 00:33:19,691 The night I found out 699 00:33:19,696 --> 00:33:22,394 Una was Illyrian, I was... 700 00:33:24,594 --> 00:33:26,201 ... I was angry. 701 00:33:26,205 --> 00:33:28,159 I recorded a personal log. 702 00:33:28,163 --> 00:33:30,509 And you think that somebody got ahold 703 00:33:30,513 --> 00:33:31,963 of that personal log, 704 00:33:31,968 --> 00:33:34,271 and that's how Una was exposed. 705 00:33:34,276 --> 00:33:36,056 - Yes. - Interesting. 706 00:33:36,061 --> 00:33:38,473 May I ask why you were angry? 707 00:33:38,478 --> 00:33:42,391 It can't be because Una was genetically augmented. 708 00:33:42,395 --> 00:33:44,915 Considering your last name, I would think 709 00:33:44,919 --> 00:33:46,525 you would understand the nuances 710 00:33:46,529 --> 00:33:48,414 of genetic manipulation better than most. 711 00:33:49,157 --> 00:33:51,225 Una was my friend. She lied to me. 712 00:33:51,230 --> 00:33:53,362 It's not that simple, is it? 713 00:33:54,262 --> 00:33:56,447 - No. - Could it be 714 00:33:56,452 --> 00:34:00,017 that you carry your family's augmentations, 715 00:34:00,021 --> 00:34:02,933 and you believe that because of them 716 00:34:02,937 --> 00:34:04,770 you may become dangerous? 717 00:34:06,462 --> 00:34:08,121 Yes, I do. 718 00:34:11,424 --> 00:34:14,209 There is nothing wrong with you, Lieutenant. 719 00:34:15,998 --> 00:34:18,780 No hidden monster inside. 720 00:34:18,785 --> 00:34:20,429 - You don't know that. - But I do. 721 00:34:20,433 --> 00:34:21,826 It's how they make us feel. 722 00:34:23,044 --> 00:34:25,086 They look down at us for so long that 723 00:34:25,090 --> 00:34:27,135 we begin to look down at ourselves. 724 00:34:28,876 --> 00:34:30,395 Genetics is not destiny, 725 00:34:30,399 --> 00:34:33,355 despite what you may have been taught. 726 00:34:33,359 --> 00:34:36,227 The fear you have of yourself, it's not your own. 727 00:34:36,231 --> 00:34:38,273 It was drilled into you. 728 00:34:38,277 --> 00:34:41,276 You're not born a monster. 729 00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:44,148 You were just born with a capacity for actions, 730 00:34:44,152 --> 00:34:46,672 good or ill. 731 00:34:46,676 --> 00:34:48,461 Just like the rest of us. 732 00:34:50,985 --> 00:34:53,118 In any case... 733 00:34:54,162 --> 00:34:57,018 ... it takes six months at a minimum 734 00:34:57,023 --> 00:34:58,554 after a request 735 00:34:58,558 --> 00:35:01,035 from a boatload of admirals 736 00:35:01,039 --> 00:35:03,602 to subpoena a personal log. 737 00:35:03,606 --> 00:35:06,257 They haven't had nearly that long. 738 00:35:06,261 --> 00:35:08,172 I guarantee, you are not the person 739 00:35:08,176 --> 00:35:10,918 who leaked Una's true identity to Starfleet. 740 00:35:17,577 --> 00:35:20,141 But if it wasn't my log that caused this, then 741 00:35:20,145 --> 00:35:22,273 who turned in Una? 742 00:35:22,277 --> 00:35:24,667 You're head of security here. 743 00:35:24,671 --> 00:35:27,004 Una speaks highly of you, 744 00:35:27,009 --> 00:35:30,139 which is not something she does of many people. 745 00:35:30,144 --> 00:35:32,620 Who do you think did it? 746 00:35:32,625 --> 00:35:35,019 I-I d... I don't know. 747 00:35:36,944 --> 00:35:39,421 Someone who could gain from exposing the truth. 748 00:35:39,425 --> 00:35:41,514 My thoughts exactly. 749 00:35:43,168 --> 00:35:46,423 Thank you. You've been very helpful. 750 00:35:48,290 --> 00:35:50,898 Why do I feel like I've just been hit by a shuttle? 751 00:35:50,903 --> 00:35:52,992 I'll take that as a compliment. 752 00:36:03,087 --> 00:36:04,706 I would like to call the defendant 753 00:36:04,711 --> 00:36:06,931 Una Chin-Riley to the stand. 754 00:36:15,019 --> 00:36:17,091 How long have you been in Starfleet? 755 00:36:17,096 --> 00:36:18,720 Twenty-five years. 756 00:36:18,725 --> 00:36:22,638 Would you call this career your life's goal? 757 00:36:22,642 --> 00:36:24,166 It's all I've ever wanted. 758 00:36:24,171 --> 00:36:27,947 You knew you were Illyrian, thus genetically modified. 759 00:36:27,952 --> 00:36:29,906 Didn't you think you might find yourself 760 00:36:29,910 --> 00:36:31,995 in this position one day? 761 00:36:31,999 --> 00:36:33,845 I had been warned, yes. 762 00:36:33,850 --> 00:36:35,504 So why join Starfleet? 763 00:36:37,674 --> 00:36:40,761 Ad astra per aspera. 764 00:36:40,766 --> 00:36:42,593 Could you translate for the court? 765 00:36:45,665 --> 00:36:49,012 "To the stars through hardship". 766 00:36:49,016 --> 00:36:52,363 It was the Starfleet motto before the Federation. 767 00:36:52,367 --> 00:36:54,649 I learned it studying history in school. 768 00:36:54,654 --> 00:36:57,423 Why were you drawn to that motto? 769 00:36:57,428 --> 00:37:00,370 I knew it meant we must endure hardship 770 00:37:00,375 --> 00:37:02,025 to get to the stars. 771 00:37:02,029 --> 00:37:04,027 But I like to think that it also means 772 00:37:04,031 --> 00:37:06,160 that the stars could deliver us 773 00:37:06,164 --> 00:37:08,497 from anything. That 774 00:37:08,502 --> 00:37:11,686 in the mystery an vastness of space, 775 00:37:11,691 --> 00:37:14,640 we might not just satisfy our curiosity, 776 00:37:14,645 --> 00:37:16,908 our need for exploration, 777 00:37:16,913 --> 00:37:21,118 but that in it, we might each also find... 778 00:37:21,123 --> 00:37:23,212 salvation. 779 00:37:24,443 --> 00:37:26,501 Why would you need salvation? 780 00:37:28,060 --> 00:37:30,149 Was your childhood difficult? 781 00:37:31,541 --> 00:37:34,255 Objection. The defendant's childhood isn't relevant here. 782 00:37:34,260 --> 00:37:36,972 NEERA: I'm simply establishing context. 783 00:37:36,977 --> 00:37:40,237 If Una Chin-Riley is to be tried for being an Illyrian, 784 00:37:40,241 --> 00:37:44,154 then the court must understand what it means to be an Illyrian. 785 00:37:44,158 --> 00:37:46,939 We'll allow it to continue, Counselor. 786 00:37:46,943 --> 00:37:48,289 NEERA: Thank you. 787 00:37:48,293 --> 00:37:50,421 You grew up in a Federation colony 788 00:37:50,425 --> 00:37:52,815 in the Vaultera Nebula, correct? 789 00:37:52,819 --> 00:37:55,339 Yes. We were given provisional membership 790 00:37:55,343 --> 00:37:57,681 in the Federation the year before I was born. 791 00:37:57,686 --> 00:38:00,430 On the condition that all genetic modification 792 00:38:00,435 --> 00:38:02,433 was to cease. Is that correct? 793 00:38:02,437 --> 00:38:05,458 - Yes. - But that didn't happen, did it? 794 00:38:07,834 --> 00:38:10,485 It did for some. 795 00:38:10,489 --> 00:38:13,879 But for other families, like mine, 796 00:38:13,883 --> 00:38:16,882 it was our tradition. 797 00:38:16,886 --> 00:38:18,928 Our heritage. 798 00:38:18,932 --> 00:38:21,670 What was life like for your family 799 00:38:21,674 --> 00:38:23,715 under the Federation? 800 00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:25,748 ♪ ♪ 801 00:38:25,753 --> 00:38:27,936 UNA: We no longer discussed our customs. 802 00:38:27,941 --> 00:38:31,114 We performed our rituals only in secret. 803 00:38:31,118 --> 00:38:34,428 Those who could hid their modifications. 804 00:38:34,433 --> 00:38:37,119 When new children were born, parents 805 00:38:37,124 --> 00:38:39,822 sought out friendly doctors to deliver them. 806 00:38:41,333 --> 00:38:43,026 We knew if we were ever found to be 807 00:38:43,031 --> 00:38:45,475 genetically augmented we would be arrested. 808 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:48,218 Did that ever happen to anyone you knew? 809 00:38:48,222 --> 00:38:50,960 A boy I went to school with. 810 00:38:50,964 --> 00:38:52,831 Ivan Ketoul. 811 00:38:52,835 --> 00:38:55,356 He was my best friend's cousin. 812 00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:57,401 What happened to him? 813 00:38:57,405 --> 00:38:59,922 UNA: Some of us have immune systems that can glow. 814 00:38:59,927 --> 00:39:04,432 Someone must have seen him. He came home one day 815 00:39:04,437 --> 00:39:06,807 to find the word "augment" on their door. 816 00:39:06,812 --> 00:39:09,151 We had just learned about augments in school. 817 00:39:09,156 --> 00:39:12,116 Opinions on them were clear. 818 00:39:13,474 --> 00:39:15,346 Someone must have found out. 819 00:39:16,250 --> 00:39:18,074 Maybe it was just a prank. 820 00:39:18,078 --> 00:39:20,076 Did anyone defend him, 821 00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:21,329 his family? 822 00:39:22,130 --> 00:39:24,253 Some. 823 00:39:24,258 --> 00:39:26,130 But there weren't enough voices. 824 00:39:27,870 --> 00:39:30,521 Ivan and his parents were arrested in their home. 825 00:39:30,525 --> 00:39:32,136 He was ten years old. 826 00:39:35,051 --> 00:39:37,137 How did this affect your community? 827 00:39:37,141 --> 00:39:39,626 Some families moved to other planets 828 00:39:39,631 --> 00:39:41,129 that weren't Federation. 829 00:39:41,134 --> 00:39:43,446 And those of us who stayed, 830 00:39:43,451 --> 00:39:46,037 we were persecuted. 831 00:39:48,039 --> 00:39:50,258 Circumstances became extreme. 832 00:39:52,260 --> 00:39:55,123 The anti-augmentation laws seemed to give people 833 00:39:55,128 --> 00:39:57,823 freedom to act on their worst impulses. 834 00:39:59,859 --> 00:40:01,604 First were the insults. 835 00:40:02,704 --> 00:40:03,859 "Augment". 836 00:40:03,864 --> 00:40:05,991 "Moddie". 837 00:40:05,995 --> 00:40:07,993 "Freak". 838 00:40:07,997 --> 00:40:10,213 There were stores that wouldn't serve you 839 00:40:10,217 --> 00:40:12,001 if they'd heard you'd been modified. 840 00:40:14,294 --> 00:40:15,913 Even the rumors could be dangerous. 841 00:40:15,918 --> 00:40:19,004 I remember when the attacks began. 842 00:40:19,008 --> 00:40:21,072 We feared for our lives. 843 00:40:22,694 --> 00:40:24,226 Go on. 844 00:40:24,231 --> 00:40:26,320 There was a fight at school one day. 845 00:40:27,843 --> 00:40:30,498 One boy accused another boy of being an Illyrian. 846 00:40:32,108 --> 00:40:33,541 I tried to stop it. 847 00:40:33,545 --> 00:40:35,717 My leg got broken. 848 00:40:35,721 --> 00:40:37,766 It was such a simple fix. 849 00:40:39,028 --> 00:40:41,074 So easy to treat with modern medicine. 850 00:40:42,048 --> 00:40:44,290 But my parents wouldn't take me to a hospital. 851 00:40:44,295 --> 00:40:46,684 They were afraid. 852 00:40:46,688 --> 00:40:50,349 Despite my modifications, my leg became infected. 853 00:40:52,102 --> 00:40:53,908 If we hadn't found an Illyrian doctor 854 00:40:53,913 --> 00:40:55,832 willing to see me in the middle of the night, 855 00:40:55,837 --> 00:40:57,304 I would have died. 856 00:41:02,839 --> 00:41:05,518 I'm so sorry. 857 00:41:05,523 --> 00:41:08,130 Was this normal for 858 00:41:08,135 --> 00:41:11,382 such a common thing to become life-threatening? 859 00:41:11,387 --> 00:41:13,385 It was for kids like me, yes. 860 00:41:13,390 --> 00:41:15,867 Civil unrest became so great 861 00:41:15,872 --> 00:41:19,306 the local government decided to divide us into two cities: 862 00:41:19,311 --> 00:41:21,392 Illyrian and non-Illyrian. 863 00:41:23,029 --> 00:41:24,422 Thank you. 864 00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:29,040 My family, we went to the non-Illyrian city. 865 00:41:31,055 --> 00:41:33,057 You see, some of us could pass. 866 00:41:35,350 --> 00:41:37,305 We could blend in, 867 00:41:37,310 --> 00:41:38,838 so we did. 868 00:41:40,281 --> 00:41:43,893 We left everyone else behind. Our families. 869 00:41:45,852 --> 00:41:47,893 Our friends. 870 00:41:47,897 --> 00:41:49,986 We left them all. 871 00:41:50,987 --> 00:41:52,989 I regret it to this day. 872 00:41:54,687 --> 00:41:56,645 I'm so sorry. 873 00:41:57,646 --> 00:41:58,904 And yet, 874 00:41:58,908 --> 00:42:02,212 after all of this strife, 875 00:42:02,216 --> 00:42:05,085 you still wanted to be a Starfleet officer. 876 00:42:05,089 --> 00:42:07,130 Yes. 877 00:42:07,134 --> 00:42:09,528 One last question, Commander. 878 00:42:11,269 --> 00:42:14,098 How did Starfleet find out that you were Illyrian? 879 00:42:15,142 --> 00:42:18,208 You managed to keep your status a secret for so many years, 880 00:42:18,213 --> 00:42:20,124 it's surprising they found out now. 881 00:42:20,129 --> 00:42:23,407 - I don't... - Who turned you in to Starfleet? 882 00:42:23,411 --> 00:42:25,148 I remind you, you are under oath. 883 00:42:25,152 --> 00:42:27,716 I caution you against badgering your own witness. 884 00:42:27,720 --> 00:42:30,087 - Who turned you in? - JAVAS: Counselor! 885 00:42:30,092 --> 00:42:31,180 I did. 886 00:42:33,900 --> 00:42:35,567 I turned myself in. 887 00:42:41,647 --> 00:42:42,735 NEERA: Why? 888 00:42:43,779 --> 00:42:45,995 Why would you risk your career, 889 00:42:45,999 --> 00:42:48,606 the life you built? 890 00:42:48,610 --> 00:42:52,088 I was so sick of living a lie, 891 00:42:52,092 --> 00:42:54,677 of pretending to be someone I wasn't. 892 00:42:56,152 --> 00:42:57,676 I wanted my crew... 893 00:42:59,012 --> 00:43:02,533 I wanted my crew to know me for who I really was. 894 00:43:02,537 --> 00:43:06,067 I thought maybe if they did, I would finally be safe. 895 00:43:08,804 --> 00:43:12,761 And Starfleet would finally understand Illyrian's better. 896 00:43:12,765 --> 00:43:14,859 So, after all of it... 897 00:43:16,725 --> 00:43:19,333 ... you still wanted Starfleet to accept you. 898 00:43:19,337 --> 00:43:20,812 Why? 899 00:43:20,816 --> 00:43:22,640 When I was five or six, 900 00:43:22,644 --> 00:43:25,430 I remember a Starfleet crew visited. 901 00:43:27,644 --> 00:43:30,212 They were all so... 902 00:43:30,217 --> 00:43:32,650 different from one another. 903 00:43:32,654 --> 00:43:35,697 So many crew members from so many planets. 904 00:43:35,701 --> 00:43:39,266 It was beautiful. I thought 905 00:43:39,270 --> 00:43:43,052 if all those people from all those worlds 906 00:43:43,056 --> 00:43:46,577 can work together, side by side, 907 00:43:46,581 --> 00:43:49,145 maybe I could, too. 908 00:43:49,149 --> 00:43:53,193 Maybe I could be a part of something bigger than myself. 909 00:43:53,197 --> 00:43:56,674 Starfleet is not a perfect organization, 910 00:43:56,678 --> 00:43:58,850 but it strives to be. 911 00:43:58,854 --> 00:44:01,444 And I believe it could be. 912 00:44:03,044 --> 00:44:06,248 You're saying that... 913 00:44:06,253 --> 00:44:09,470 is why you turned yourself in? 914 00:44:09,474 --> 00:44:10,993 Yes. 915 00:44:10,997 --> 00:44:14,518 Because you believe in Starfleet. 916 00:44:14,522 --> 00:44:16,611 Yes. 917 00:44:18,309 --> 00:44:21,181 Ad astra per aspera. 918 00:44:25,446 --> 00:44:27,531 Thank you, Commander. 919 00:44:27,535 --> 00:44:30,538 No further questions. 920 00:44:42,620 --> 00:44:44,887 That was a very emotional story. 921 00:44:46,424 --> 00:44:49,336 However, emotions are irrelevant. 922 00:44:49,340 --> 00:44:51,512 Facts are not. 923 00:44:51,516 --> 00:44:54,800 On what date did Captain Christopher Pike 924 00:44:54,805 --> 00:44:56,472 learn the truth about your 925 00:44:56,477 --> 00:44:58,432 genetically modified status? 926 00:44:59,034 --> 00:45:00,545 NEERA: Objection. 927 00:45:00,550 --> 00:45:02,783 This trial is about Una Chin-Riley, 928 00:45:02,788 --> 00:45:04,220 not her captain. 929 00:45:04,224 --> 00:45:06,222 What we have here is not just one officer's 930 00:45:06,226 --> 00:45:08,224 violation of the law. 931 00:45:08,228 --> 00:45:10,716 This incident is evidence of breakdown of chain of command 932 00:45:10,721 --> 00:45:12,513 on board the starship Enterprise, 933 00:45:12,518 --> 00:45:15,317 starting with its captain. 934 00:45:15,322 --> 00:45:18,532 If Captain Pike was aware of Una Chin-Riley's fraud 935 00:45:18,537 --> 00:45:22,106 prior to her arrest, and did not notify Starfleet, 936 00:45:22,111 --> 00:45:24,371 then what we have here is not fraud, 937 00:45:24,375 --> 00:45:25,946 but conspiracy. 938 00:45:27,378 --> 00:45:30,849 Since my co-counsel neglected to elicit testimony 939 00:45:30,854 --> 00:45:32,203 from the parties involved, 940 00:45:32,208 --> 00:45:34,272 I will ask the commander directly. 941 00:45:36,256 --> 00:45:40,216 When did Captain Pike become aware of your status? 942 00:45:47,944 --> 00:45:49,898 I will also remind the commander 943 00:45:49,903 --> 00:45:51,919 that she is under oath. 944 00:45:51,924 --> 00:45:54,052 And I reminder her that 945 00:45:54,056 --> 00:45:56,446 she does not want to perjure herself 946 00:45:56,450 --> 00:45:58,753 as I ask one more time, 947 00:45:58,757 --> 00:46:01,582 when did Christopher Pike first learn 948 00:46:01,586 --> 00:46:03,605 that you were an Illyrian? 949 00:46:11,117 --> 00:46:13,467 Stardate 1224.3 950 00:46:16,992 --> 00:46:18,425 PASALK: Four months. 951 00:46:18,429 --> 00:46:21,776 Well before your arrest. 952 00:46:21,780 --> 00:46:23,995 For four months, 953 00:46:23,999 --> 00:46:26,209 the captain of the Enterprise 954 00:46:26,214 --> 00:46:27,986 engaged in a conspiracy 955 00:46:27,991 --> 00:46:31,033 to conceal the Illyrian Una Chin-Riley. 956 00:46:32,565 --> 00:46:34,480 I have no further questions. 957 00:46:47,632 --> 00:46:50,107 PASALK: The defense wants you to ignore the facts 958 00:46:50,112 --> 00:46:51,762 in favor of emotion. 959 00:46:51,766 --> 00:46:55,331 But the only matter of import today is the law. 960 00:46:55,335 --> 00:46:57,333 Una Chin-Riley 961 00:46:57,337 --> 00:46:59,466 broke the law and lied about it, 962 00:46:59,470 --> 00:47:02,686 as her own testimony has proven. Further, 963 00:47:02,690 --> 00:47:05,341 her actions will likely lead to a court martial of 964 00:47:05,345 --> 00:47:08,293 one of Starfleet's most decorated officers. 965 00:47:08,298 --> 00:47:10,905 She is clearly toxic to Starfleet 966 00:47:10,910 --> 00:47:13,740 in both action and inaction. 967 00:47:13,745 --> 00:47:15,830 Therefore, the only logical response 968 00:47:15,834 --> 00:47:19,281 is to find the defendant guilty of all charges. 969 00:47:27,810 --> 00:47:30,900 Captain Batel, are you familiar with 970 00:47:30,905 --> 00:47:35,110 the Starfleet Code 8514? 971 00:47:35,115 --> 00:47:36,678 I am. 972 00:47:36,683 --> 00:47:39,246 Would you mind reading that code for the court? 973 00:47:43,400 --> 00:47:46,115 BATEL: "In extraordinary and extreme circumstances, 974 00:47:46,120 --> 00:47:48,390 if the following conditions are met: 975 00:47:48,395 --> 00:47:51,865 1. any person fleeing persecution... 976 00:47:51,870 --> 00:47:53,694 We were persecuted. 977 00:47:53,698 --> 00:47:55,752 I remember when the attacks began. 978 00:47:56,754 --> 00:47:59,288 "... or fearing for their life due to political 979 00:47:59,293 --> 00:48:00,395 or religious beliefs, 980 00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:01,906 cultural engagements or 981 00:48:01,911 --> 00:48:03,965 biological truths may, 982 00:48:03,969 --> 00:48:07,751 2. seek safety within Starfleet... 983 00:48:07,755 --> 00:48:10,690 I thought maybe if they did, I would finally be safe. 984 00:48:10,695 --> 00:48:11,997 We feared for our lives. 985 00:48:12,002 --> 00:48:13,452 "and 3. 986 00:48:13,457 --> 00:48:16,144 upon revealing themselves to authorities 987 00:48:16,149 --> 00:48:17,194 and making a request, 988 00:48:17,199 --> 00:48:18,779 may be granted asylum". 989 00:48:19,767 --> 00:48:21,317 I turned myself in. 990 00:48:21,322 --> 00:48:24,159 I wanted my crew to know me for who I really was. 991 00:48:24,163 --> 00:48:26,926 BATEL: "Starfleet captains must exercise discretion 992 00:48:26,931 --> 00:48:29,643 in judgement when offering asylum. 993 00:48:29,647 --> 00:48:32,061 Status is confirmed by a Starfleet tribunal 994 00:48:32,066 --> 00:48:33,755 or designated authority". 995 00:48:37,306 --> 00:48:40,958 Fearing for their life. 996 00:48:40,962 --> 00:48:44,527 One may seek safety within Starfleet 997 00:48:44,531 --> 00:48:47,408 and request asylum. 998 00:48:49,318 --> 00:48:51,882 Starfleet has a long tradition 999 00:48:51,886 --> 00:48:54,581 of performing rescue missions. 1000 00:48:54,585 --> 00:48:56,670 How many distressed peoples 1001 00:48:56,674 --> 00:48:58,889 has Starfleet aided? 1002 00:48:58,893 --> 00:49:01,287 How many lives saved? 1003 00:49:02,636 --> 00:49:04,504 Una Chin-Riley knew this. 1004 00:49:04,508 --> 00:49:07,463 She believed in the best of Starfleet, 1005 00:49:07,467 --> 00:49:10,069 and that through it she could find salvation 1006 00:49:10,074 --> 00:49:14,279 from the hardships and danger of her everyday life. 1007 00:49:14,973 --> 00:49:16,515 Danger she faced 1008 00:49:16,520 --> 00:49:19,606 just for being born an Illyrian. 1009 00:49:19,610 --> 00:49:23,261 Dangers born of prejudice, 1010 00:49:23,265 --> 00:49:26,808 spurred on by laws against people like her. 1011 00:49:28,314 --> 00:49:30,573 But through her hardships, 1012 00:49:30,577 --> 00:49:33,184 Una saw the stars. 1013 00:49:33,786 --> 00:49:36,550 She joined Starfleet because she believed 1014 00:49:36,555 --> 00:49:38,014 it was the only thing 1015 00:49:38,019 --> 00:49:40,235 that could save her life. 1016 00:49:40,239 --> 00:49:43,934 She fled persecution, and within Starfleet 1017 00:49:43,938 --> 00:49:46,110 she sought safety. 1018 00:49:46,114 --> 00:49:48,548 And then, by turning herself in, 1019 00:49:48,552 --> 00:49:50,923 Una fulfilled the third 1020 00:49:50,928 --> 00:49:53,408 and final requirement for asylum. 1021 00:49:57,604 --> 00:50:00,385 She asked for it 1022 00:50:00,389 --> 00:50:03,867 and Captain Pike granted it. 1023 00:50:03,871 --> 00:50:06,870 Like all good Starfleet captains, 1024 00:50:06,874 --> 00:50:10,004 including Admiral April on Perrican, 1025 00:50:10,008 --> 00:50:12,615 Na'rel and Man-us 2, 1026 00:50:12,619 --> 00:50:15,444 he exercised his judgement 1027 00:50:15,448 --> 00:50:18,059 and gave her asylum. 1028 00:50:20,218 --> 00:50:23,221 All this tribunal needs to do now... 1029 00:50:24,649 --> 00:50:28,653 ... is confirm that status to absolve them both. 1030 00:50:35,649 --> 00:50:37,900 Do you know why I love the law? 1031 00:50:37,905 --> 00:50:41,601 Because a law is not 1032 00:50:41,605 --> 00:50:44,299 a mirror to society. 1033 00:50:44,303 --> 00:50:47,563 A law is an ideal. 1034 00:50:47,567 --> 00:50:50,982 A beacon to remind us 1035 00:50:50,987 --> 00:50:53,481 how to be our better selves. 1036 00:50:53,486 --> 00:50:56,746 And you have the opportunity today 1037 00:50:56,750 --> 00:50:59,927 to do just that. 1038 00:51:01,545 --> 00:51:04,144 Mr. Pasalk has made this case about the law, 1039 00:51:04,149 --> 00:51:05,668 and I agree, it is. 1040 00:51:05,672 --> 00:51:09,211 By his own argument, we cannot ignore that 1041 00:51:09,216 --> 00:51:12,737 Code 8514 is also law. 1042 00:51:13,240 --> 00:51:16,500 All I am asking you 1043 00:51:16,505 --> 00:51:19,488 to do today 1044 00:51:19,493 --> 00:51:22,556 is to be your better selves 1045 00:51:22,561 --> 00:51:24,838 and enforce the law 1046 00:51:24,843 --> 00:51:26,293 that favors my client 1047 00:51:26,298 --> 00:51:27,907 with the same dispassion 1048 00:51:27,912 --> 00:51:30,780 as the laws that would exclude her. 1049 00:51:30,784 --> 00:51:32,673 Years ago... 1050 00:51:36,007 --> 00:51:38,440 ... the ideals of Starfleet 1051 00:51:38,444 --> 00:51:40,703 called a young girl 1052 00:51:40,707 --> 00:51:43,318 from the far side of the galaxy to service. 1053 00:51:45,886 --> 00:51:48,459 Find those ideals inside yourself. 1054 00:51:49,977 --> 00:51:51,888 Grant Una Chin-Riley 1055 00:51:51,892 --> 00:51:55,104 the asylum she was so clearly seeking. 1056 00:52:05,253 --> 00:52:07,008 JAVAS: I think we could all agree 1057 00:52:07,013 --> 00:52:09,347 that the issue of genetic engineering 1058 00:52:09,352 --> 00:52:11,559 is a nuanced one. 1059 00:52:11,564 --> 00:52:15,738 The laws prohibiting it exist for very good reasons. 1060 00:52:15,742 --> 00:52:18,088 And regulations must persist 1061 00:52:18,092 --> 00:52:20,612 so we may not one day face another crisis 1062 00:52:20,616 --> 00:52:22,789 like the Eugenics Wars. 1063 00:52:22,793 --> 00:52:25,356 But this court also believes 1064 00:52:25,360 --> 00:52:29,598 that these reasons cannot and do not allow us to treat 1065 00:52:29,603 --> 00:52:33,808 every individual augment, Illyrian, 1066 00:52:33,813 --> 00:52:37,803 or other persons with modified DNA the same. 1067 00:52:37,808 --> 00:52:39,762 Lines must be drawn, 1068 00:52:39,766 --> 00:52:42,896 but they must also shift when necessary. 1069 00:52:42,900 --> 00:52:45,500 Perhaps someday Starfleet and the Federation 1070 00:52:45,505 --> 00:52:48,446 may change its views, but today 1071 00:52:48,451 --> 00:52:50,275 I'm afraid all we can do is consider 1072 00:52:50,280 --> 00:52:51,555 what the defense has asked. 1073 00:52:51,560 --> 00:52:53,776 That we judge the defendant's 1074 00:52:53,780 --> 00:52:56,561 specific case 1075 00:52:56,565 --> 00:53:00,522 and unique circumstances independently. 1076 00:53:00,526 --> 00:53:02,219 And in that, 1077 00:53:02,223 --> 00:53:04,482 we grant the defendant's request for asylum 1078 00:53:04,486 --> 00:53:06,963 and find Una Chin-Riley 1079 00:53:06,967 --> 00:53:10,179 not guilty of all charges. 1080 00:53:21,112 --> 00:53:22,892 [BOATSWAIN'S WHISTLE BLOWS] 1081 00:53:22,896 --> 00:53:25,159 PIKE: First officer on deck. 1082 00:53:35,691 --> 00:53:38,081 - You set me up. - How so? 1083 00:53:38,085 --> 00:53:40,475 You figured it all out. My admission. 1084 00:53:40,479 --> 00:53:42,588 What would happen when you put me on the stand. 1085 00:53:42,593 --> 00:53:44,434 - You knew all of it. - No. 1086 00:53:44,439 --> 00:53:46,133 Not all of it. 1087 00:53:46,137 --> 00:53:48,700 Thank you for saving my life. 1088 00:53:48,704 --> 00:53:51,442 Hey, what are friends for? 1089 00:53:51,446 --> 00:53:53,446 Yeah. 1090 00:53:54,406 --> 00:53:57,666 I'm sorry we didn't do more for Illyrians. 1091 00:53:57,670 --> 00:54:00,190 This was a technicality. 1092 00:54:00,194 --> 00:54:01,696 It's a start. 1093 00:54:13,425 --> 00:54:15,470 [WHOOPING] 1094 00:54:23,329 --> 00:54:25,867 As you all know, I am not 1095 00:54:25,872 --> 00:54:27,569 the biggest fan of Starfleet. 1096 00:54:29,920 --> 00:54:33,615 But I am looking at a starship crew 1097 00:54:33,619 --> 00:54:36,875 that proudly serves under an Illyrian commander. 1098 00:54:39,625 --> 00:54:43,103 So, like I said... 1099 00:54:43,107 --> 00:54:45,192 it's a start. 1100 00:54:49,678 --> 00:54:51,767 Energize. 1101 00:54:55,946 --> 00:54:57,726 Hey. 1102 00:54:57,730 --> 00:55:00,598 - La'An. - Welcome home, Chief. 1103 00:55:00,602 --> 00:55:02,648 Place wasn't the same without you. 1104 00:55:05,085 --> 00:55:08,258 If you're all here, who's flying the ship? 1105 00:55:08,262 --> 00:55:11,740 Oh, the thing practically flies itself. 1106 00:55:11,744 --> 00:55:14,015 Back to your stations, all of you. 1107 00:55:17,968 --> 00:55:19,447 [DOOR WHOOSHES OPEN] 1108 00:55:23,408 --> 00:55:25,453 [DOOR WHOOSHES CLOSED] 1109 00:55:36,812 --> 00:55:38,445 Good to have you back, Number One. 1110 00:55:38,450 --> 00:55:40,339 Good to be back, Captain. 1111 00:55:43,602 --> 00:55:46,209 [DOOR WHOOSHES OPEN] 1112 00:55:46,213 --> 00:55:48,302 [DOOR WHOOSHES CLOSED] 1113 00:55:58,130 --> 00:56:03,220 - Synced and corrected by Firefly - - www.addic7ed.com -