1 00:00:08,312 --> 00:00:10,358 Previously on Star Trek: Discovery... 2 00:00:10,401 --> 00:00:11,707 Captain Christopher Pike 3 00:00:11,750 --> 00:00:13,404 requests permission to come aboard. 4 00:00:13,448 --> 00:00:14,927 I'm here at Starfleet's order to take command of the Discovery. 5 00:00:14,971 --> 00:00:16,538 Over the past 24 hours, 6 00:00:16,581 --> 00:00:18,061 Federation sensors picked up 7 00:00:18,105 --> 00:00:19,541 seven red bursts spread out 8 00:00:19,584 --> 00:00:21,195 across more than 30,000 light-years. 9 00:00:21,238 --> 00:00:23,066 And right now this little dot 10 00:00:23,110 --> 00:00:25,677 is the only one willing to tell us where it is. Hit it. 11 00:00:27,114 --> 00:00:28,550 Pike toDiscovery. 12 00:00:28,593 --> 00:00:30,117 Get us out of here.Wait! 13 00:00:31,944 --> 00:00:34,077 TILLY: I need a sample of that asteroid. 14 00:00:35,426 --> 00:00:36,949 we'll be able to interact with dark matter, sir. 15 00:00:36,993 --> 00:00:38,429 The asteroid has been shedding rocks all over the place. 16 00:00:38,473 --> 00:00:40,779 We still have time to reach one of them. 17 00:00:40,823 --> 00:00:42,825 It's in the bay. 18 00:00:42,868 --> 00:00:44,783 SARU: What's your status?The shuttle bay needs a little TLC, 19 00:00:44,827 --> 00:00:46,568 but all is well, Commander. 20 00:00:46,611 --> 00:00:47,830 I saw you die. 21 00:00:47,873 --> 00:00:49,832 I watched Tyler kill you. 22 00:00:49,875 --> 00:00:51,921 I held your body in my arms. 23 00:00:51,964 --> 00:00:54,228 I believe in you, Paul. I love you. 24 00:00:54,271 --> 00:00:55,751 I'd like to go to Enterprise,sir. 25 00:00:55,794 --> 00:00:56,795 I'm sorry, Burnham, 26 00:00:56,839 --> 00:00:58,362 but Spock's not there. 27 00:00:58,406 --> 00:01:00,930 A few months ago I felt something shift in him. 28 00:01:00,973 --> 00:01:03,280 It's as if he'd run into a question he couldn't answer. 29 00:01:03,324 --> 00:01:05,239 He asked me for time, and I gave it to him. 30 00:01:06,849 --> 00:01:08,242 Spock. 31 00:01:15,205 --> 00:01:19,253 SPOCK: As a child, I had what my mother called "nightmares." 32 00:01:19,296 --> 00:01:22,256 She taught me to control my fear by drawing them, 33 00:01:22,299 --> 00:01:24,475 rendering fear powerless. 34 00:01:24,519 --> 00:01:26,564 The nightmares have returned. 35 00:01:26,608 --> 00:01:29,698 The same vision, again and again. 36 00:01:29,741 --> 00:01:33,136 I now understand its meaning and where it must lead me. 37 00:01:33,180 --> 00:01:35,573 I have encoded it within this audio file 38 00:01:35,617 --> 00:01:37,575 in the event of my death. 39 00:01:37,619 --> 00:01:40,839 This may be my last entry aboard the Enterprise. 40 00:01:45,235 --> 00:01:47,977 Spock has had this tablet since he was a boy. 41 00:01:48,020 --> 00:01:50,153 I took it from his quarters. 42 00:01:50,197 --> 00:01:53,591 He drew these signals two months before they appeared to us. 43 00:01:53,635 --> 00:01:56,420 Computer, show me Starfleet's rendering of the seven signals. 44 00:01:57,595 --> 00:02:00,337 Rotate 90 degrees counterclockwise. 45 00:02:00,381 --> 00:02:01,947 It's damn near identical. 46 00:02:01,991 --> 00:02:04,080 There any more sketches like this one?No. 47 00:02:04,950 --> 00:02:06,387 Sir, my brother 48 00:02:06,430 --> 00:02:08,302 sounds deeply troubled. 49 00:02:08,345 --> 00:02:11,305 I know he's on leave, but we need to contact him, 50 00:02:11,348 --> 00:02:13,481 find out what he knows about these signals. 51 00:02:13,524 --> 00:02:16,701 I know where Spock is, Burnham. 52 00:02:18,355 --> 00:02:20,140 Have a seat. 53 00:02:25,884 --> 00:02:28,322 Your brother... 54 00:02:28,365 --> 00:02:31,368 is in the psychiatric unit on Starbase 5. 55 00:02:33,109 --> 00:02:35,633 Since about a week after he took leave. 56 00:02:35,677 --> 00:02:38,158 Committed to the facility at his own request. 57 00:02:38,201 --> 00:02:41,900 Why weren't my parents or I told 58 00:02:41,944 --> 00:02:43,902 about this request? 59 00:02:43,946 --> 00:02:47,210 It's Starfleet protocol to reach out to the families... 60 00:02:47,254 --> 00:02:48,907 Unless the patient doesn't want that, 61 00:02:48,951 --> 00:02:50,518 and Spock said no. 62 00:02:50,561 --> 00:02:52,389 Emphatically. 63 00:02:52,433 --> 00:02:54,696 With that said, 64 00:02:54,739 --> 00:02:57,220 his association with these signals 65 00:02:57,264 --> 00:02:59,918 outweighs his desire for absolute privacy. 66 00:02:59,962 --> 00:03:04,053 You could extend an olive branch to your brother, 67 00:03:04,096 --> 00:03:06,490 but he'll need to decide whether or not to take it. 68 00:03:06,534 --> 00:03:09,754 He won't. 69 00:03:09,798 --> 00:03:11,756 At least not from me. 70 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,019 The way I left things with my brother... 71 00:03:14,063 --> 00:03:18,459 We haven't spoken in years. 72 00:03:18,502 --> 00:03:21,375 Family dynamics can be complicated. 73 00:03:21,418 --> 00:03:24,247 My father was a science teacher, 74 00:03:24,291 --> 00:03:26,945 and when he wasn't doing that, he taught comparative religion. 75 00:03:26,989 --> 00:03:29,296 It was a confusing household, and... 76 00:03:29,339 --> 00:03:30,775 We didn't agree on a lot. 77 00:03:30,819 --> 00:03:35,389 Look, I've shared with you everything I know. 78 00:03:35,432 --> 00:03:37,129 Trust you can do the same with me. 79 00:03:37,173 --> 00:03:40,481 If there's ever anything you feel you ought to tell me... 80 00:03:45,660 --> 00:03:48,576 Sir, when we were on that asteroid... 81 00:03:54,451 --> 00:03:55,974 I... 82 00:03:58,020 --> 00:04:00,675 I never properly thanked you 83 00:04:00,718 --> 00:04:03,417 for coming back to get me. 84 00:04:03,460 --> 00:04:05,462 You're welcome. 85 00:04:06,898 --> 00:04:08,117 SARU: Captain Pike to the bridge immediately. 86 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:11,120 Captain on the bridge. 87 00:04:11,163 --> 00:04:13,296 Ah, Captain. Another signal has just appeared. 88 00:04:14,819 --> 00:04:17,605 BURNHAM: The transmission is too faint to determine 89 00:04:17,648 --> 00:04:19,128 the exact coordinates. 90 00:04:19,171 --> 00:04:20,695 TILLY: Excuse me, Commander Burnham. I was using 91 00:04:20,738 --> 00:04:22,087 your station to run calibration modeling programs. 92 00:04:22,131 --> 00:04:23,741 Let me just close some of this stuff out. 93 00:04:24,481 --> 00:04:26,614 Ensign Tilly had a notion 94 00:04:26,657 --> 00:04:27,963 to pinpoint the signals. 95 00:04:28,006 --> 00:04:28,964 I gave her permission to try it. 96 00:04:29,007 --> 00:04:30,270 Excellent. 97 00:04:30,313 --> 00:04:31,923 I'm modulating Discovery's deflector dish. 98 00:04:31,967 --> 00:04:34,099 The idea is that we'll create gravimetric distortion 99 00:04:34,143 --> 00:04:35,362 that will act like sonar. 100 00:04:35,405 --> 00:04:36,885 That's a good plan, 101 00:04:36,928 --> 00:04:38,278 but the signal's too far away to register. 102 00:04:38,321 --> 00:04:40,802 If we were closer, 103 00:04:40,845 --> 00:04:43,065 we might be able to detect gravitational redshift 104 00:04:43,108 --> 00:04:45,154 and use that to calculate its exact position. 105 00:04:45,197 --> 00:04:47,112 I suggest we go to warp momentarily, 106 00:04:47,156 --> 00:04:49,811 then target it with long-range sensors as soon as we drop out. 107 00:04:49,854 --> 00:04:52,335 Detmer, take us to maximum warp for five seconds. 108 00:04:52,379 --> 00:04:53,510 Aye, sir. 109 00:04:58,602 --> 00:04:59,603 Signal coordinates received. 110 00:04:59,647 --> 00:05:01,823 And it's in the Beta Quadrant, 111 00:05:01,866 --> 00:05:04,434 51,450 light-years away. 112 00:05:04,478 --> 00:05:06,610 PIKE: At top speed, that would take us 113 00:05:06,654 --> 00:05:08,569 150 years to get that far. 114 00:05:08,612 --> 00:05:09,918 My unborn children's children 115 00:05:09,961 --> 00:05:11,354 would be lucky to get there. Ideas? 116 00:05:11,398 --> 00:05:12,660 The spore drive. 117 00:05:12,703 --> 00:05:14,052 But until a nonhuman interface 118 00:05:14,096 --> 00:05:15,880 is found, Starfleet has decommissioned it. 119 00:05:15,924 --> 00:05:17,752 Or its navigator, really. 120 00:05:17,795 --> 00:05:19,362 BURNHAM: In order to guide us through the mycelial network, 121 00:05:19,406 --> 00:05:22,713 Commander Stamets injected himself with Tardigrade DNA, 122 00:05:22,757 --> 00:05:25,063 a violation of Starfleet's ban 123 00:05:25,107 --> 00:05:26,369 on genetic manipulation. 124 00:05:26,413 --> 00:05:27,501 They were willing to overlook this 125 00:05:27,544 --> 00:05:28,850 during the war, however. 126 00:05:28,893 --> 00:05:30,373 A Tardigrade? 127 00:05:30,417 --> 00:05:32,375 I suppose you had to be there.Getting to the bottom 128 00:05:32,419 --> 00:05:35,117 of these signals is of utmost importance to the Federation. 129 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,249 They let you use the drive to fight the Klingons. 130 00:05:37,293 --> 00:05:38,860 They'll give us dispensation now. 131 00:05:38,903 --> 00:05:41,253 How long before it can be operational? 132 00:05:41,297 --> 00:05:43,734 Once I begin prepping Commander Stamets, 20 minutes. 133 00:05:43,778 --> 00:05:45,693 Get to it. 134 00:05:45,736 --> 00:05:47,259 TILLY: Bet you're glad you stayed on board, right? 135 00:05:47,303 --> 00:05:48,609 Hmm? 136 00:05:48,652 --> 00:05:50,524 Being back in the saddle. You and me. 137 00:05:50,567 --> 00:05:53,396 Doing our thang. I thought the jump 138 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,921 to Qo'noS would be the last time in a long time. 139 00:06:02,274 --> 00:06:04,102 What's wrong? 140 00:06:05,147 --> 00:06:07,932 I saw Hugh in the network. 141 00:06:07,976 --> 00:06:10,761 What? You mean, after he... after he died? 142 00:06:10,805 --> 00:06:13,895 Yes. When I was trapped there, 143 00:06:13,938 --> 00:06:15,897 he comforted me. 144 00:06:15,940 --> 00:06:19,422 He pushed me to escape when I was ready to give up. 145 00:06:19,466 --> 00:06:23,034 He helped pilot Discoveryout of the Terran universe, Tilly. 146 00:06:23,078 --> 00:06:24,035 He saved us all. 147 00:06:24,079 --> 00:06:27,952 I...I-I know how this sounds. 148 00:06:27,996 --> 00:06:32,174 At first, I told myself it was a fabrication of my own mind 149 00:06:32,217 --> 00:06:35,003 culled from my memories by the mycelia, 150 00:06:35,046 --> 00:06:38,702 but since then, I'm not so sure. 151 00:06:38,746 --> 00:06:40,704 I didn't see him 152 00:06:40,748 --> 00:06:42,358 the last time I jumped, 153 00:06:42,402 --> 00:06:44,012 but knowing it's a possibility... 154 00:06:44,055 --> 00:06:46,493 I would think that possibility would make you happy. 155 00:06:46,536 --> 00:06:48,625 Astromycology has taught me 156 00:06:48,669 --> 00:06:51,541 that nothing is ever truly gone. 157 00:06:51,585 --> 00:06:54,501 Fungi are the universe's recyclers. 158 00:06:54,544 --> 00:06:57,678 This is how termination begets creation. 159 00:06:57,721 --> 00:07:00,158 It's why life is eternal. 160 00:07:00,202 --> 00:07:02,987 And my place is on this side of that cycle. 161 00:07:03,031 --> 00:07:06,121 If I return to the network and see him again... 162 00:07:06,164 --> 00:07:07,514 PIKE : We good to go, Mr. Stamets? 163 00:07:14,521 --> 00:07:17,611 MALE : All personnel, prepare for black alert. 164 00:07:17,654 --> 00:07:19,090 This is not a drill. 165 00:07:19,134 --> 00:07:21,136 Repeat, this is not a drill. 166 00:07:22,354 --> 00:07:24,444 Spore drive is on line. 167 00:07:26,533 --> 00:07:28,578 STAMETS: Spore drive is ready, Captain. 168 00:07:28,622 --> 00:07:29,840 SARU: Questions or concerns 169 00:07:29,884 --> 00:07:31,625 before we depart, Captain? 170 00:07:31,668 --> 00:07:33,627 If you're telling me that this ship 171 00:07:33,670 --> 00:07:36,020 can skip across the universe on a highway made of mushrooms, 172 00:07:36,064 --> 00:07:37,500 I kind of have to go on faith. 173 00:07:39,197 --> 00:07:40,982 Be bold. 174 00:07:41,025 --> 00:07:42,113 Be brave. 175 00:07:42,157 --> 00:07:44,072 Be courageous. Black alert. 176 00:07:46,204 --> 00:07:48,642 MALE: All personnel, black alert. 177 00:07:53,864 --> 00:07:55,170 Let's jump. 178 00:08:13,884 --> 00:08:15,799 You never forget your first, sir. 179 00:08:17,235 --> 00:08:19,063 Ah. 180 00:08:24,591 --> 00:08:25,940 Commander Stamets... 181 00:08:25,983 --> 00:08:28,377 Not now, Tilly. 182 00:08:29,465 --> 00:08:31,293 There's no sign of the signal. 183 00:08:31,336 --> 00:08:32,599 Are we where we're supposed to be? 184 00:08:32,642 --> 00:08:33,861 Affirmative. 185 00:08:33,904 --> 00:08:36,385 Report.Class-M planet. 186 00:08:36,428 --> 00:08:37,778 No power signatures or starships 187 00:08:37,821 --> 00:08:39,083 in the area. 188 00:08:39,127 --> 00:08:40,607 No one scanning us from the surface. 189 00:08:40,650 --> 00:08:43,479 Wait, I detect human life signs. 190 00:08:45,742 --> 00:08:48,658 No humans have settled this far out in the Beta Quadrant. 191 00:08:48,702 --> 00:08:51,008 Captain, I'm picking up a transmission 192 00:08:51,052 --> 00:08:52,836 from the surface.Send it through, Bryce. 193 00:08:54,882 --> 00:08:58,407 MAN: We're under attack! We're holed up inside. 194 00:08:58,450 --> 00:09:01,715 A few hundred souls: men, women and children. 195 00:09:01,758 --> 00:09:03,934 Red alert. Ready photon torpedoes. 196 00:09:03,978 --> 00:09:06,154 Are you sure there's nobody else out there?We're alone, Captain. 197 00:09:06,197 --> 00:09:08,112 Pinpoint the distress call. Show me where it's coming from. 198 00:09:12,552 --> 00:09:13,553 Enhance. 199 00:09:21,125 --> 00:09:24,564 They do not seem to be in any sort of distress, Captain. 200 00:09:24,607 --> 00:09:26,914 Can you trace any warp signatures 201 00:09:26,957 --> 00:09:28,568 or starships near the planet? 202 00:09:29,743 --> 00:09:32,223 Not a single one. 203 00:09:34,095 --> 00:09:35,444 I can, however, confirm that, 204 00:09:35,487 --> 00:09:37,751 based on audiophonic degradation, 205 00:09:37,794 --> 00:09:42,190 the transmission has been broadcasting on a loop for... 206 00:09:42,233 --> 00:09:44,366 200 years. 207 00:09:44,409 --> 00:09:46,716 That's before warp was even invented. 208 00:09:48,326 --> 00:09:50,981 Somebody want to tell me how they got here? 209 00:11:29,253 --> 00:11:32,039 The arrival of those people on the planet directly coincides 210 00:11:32,082 --> 00:11:34,041 with World War III on Earth-- 211 00:11:34,084 --> 00:11:36,217 a nuclear cataclysm that left 600 million dead 212 00:11:36,260 --> 00:11:38,610 and governments destroyed. 213 00:11:38,654 --> 00:11:41,222 The broadcast frequency from the surface is obsolete, 214 00:11:41,265 --> 00:11:42,571 too weak for interstellar communication. 215 00:11:42,614 --> 00:11:44,268 It's all coming from this structure here. 216 00:11:44,312 --> 00:11:45,661 It's a church, Burnham. 217 00:11:45,705 --> 00:11:47,576 Yes, sir. 218 00:11:47,619 --> 00:11:48,882 PIKE: They're speaking 219 00:11:48,925 --> 00:11:50,579 Federation Standard. 220 00:11:50,622 --> 00:11:52,320 They had to have a starship to get out this far. 221 00:11:52,363 --> 00:11:54,583 Hell, the only way we got here was by using a spore drive. 222 00:11:54,626 --> 00:11:57,847 Yet with the roughly 11,000 people, 223 00:11:57,891 --> 00:12:00,067 spread over ten settlements across the planet, 224 00:12:00,110 --> 00:12:01,851 there is no ship or power signature to speak of. 225 00:12:01,895 --> 00:12:03,287 They don't even use electricity. 226 00:12:03,331 --> 00:12:05,072 Since their society 227 00:12:05,115 --> 00:12:07,248 is pre-warp, we have to assume General Order 1 applies. 228 00:12:08,597 --> 00:12:09,903 Why did that 229 00:12:09,946 --> 00:12:12,819 second signal want us to come here? 230 00:12:12,862 --> 00:12:15,343 As science officer, I would advise restraint 231 00:12:15,386 --> 00:12:18,433 in ascribing motivation to what are now simply 232 00:12:18,476 --> 00:12:20,783 unidentifiable energy bursts. 233 00:12:20,827 --> 00:12:23,655 "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio..." 234 00:12:23,699 --> 00:12:25,701 I know my Shakespeare, Captain. 235 00:12:25,745 --> 00:12:28,486 Are you suggesting that some kind of divine intervention 236 00:12:28,530 --> 00:12:30,271 put those people on the planet? 237 00:12:30,314 --> 00:12:32,664 I assume you're familiar with Clarke's Third Law?Yes. 238 00:12:32,708 --> 00:12:34,405 In the 20th century, Arthur C. Clarke said that 239 00:12:34,449 --> 00:12:37,104 "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable 240 00:12:37,147 --> 00:12:38,975 from magic."The law was debated 241 00:12:39,019 --> 00:12:40,803 by scientists and theologians alike, 242 00:12:40,847 --> 00:12:42,370 and later reinterpreted to say: 243 00:12:42,413 --> 00:12:44,198 "Any sufficiently advanced 244 00:12:44,241 --> 00:12:49,116 extraterrestrial intelligence is indistinguishable from God." 245 00:12:49,159 --> 00:12:51,205 I have no idea 246 00:12:51,248 --> 00:12:53,163 how or why they're here, 247 00:12:53,207 --> 00:12:56,079 but I highly doubt it's by accident. 248 00:12:56,123 --> 00:12:58,647 Certainly a bold interpretation, sir. 249 00:12:58,690 --> 00:13:00,823 What else do we know about the planet? 250 00:13:00,867 --> 00:13:03,304 It is surprisingly Earth-like. 251 00:13:03,347 --> 00:13:05,306 However, 252 00:13:05,349 --> 00:13:07,264 the interweaving orbital rings 253 00:13:07,308 --> 00:13:10,224 are comprised of radioactive debris. 254 00:13:10,267 --> 00:13:12,443 Quite unlike anything we've ever seen before. 255 00:13:12,487 --> 00:13:15,272 Figuring out how these people got there may shed some light 256 00:13:15,316 --> 00:13:17,100 on the nature of the signals themselves. 257 00:13:17,144 --> 00:13:19,494 Who's best suited to come with us to the surface, Burnham? 258 00:13:20,625 --> 00:13:22,932 Lieutenant Owosekun. 259 00:13:22,976 --> 00:13:25,979 She grew up in a Luddite collective on Earth. 260 00:13:26,022 --> 00:13:28,590 She'll know how to embed, per General Order 1. 261 00:13:28,633 --> 00:13:30,635 Brief her and let's move. 262 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:32,072 COMPUTER: Your personal shielding is phase-locked 263 00:13:32,115 --> 00:13:33,856 with the gravity simulator. 264 00:13:33,900 --> 00:13:37,120 Any change in this gravimetric stability will result in... 265 00:13:37,164 --> 00:13:38,513 Boom. 266 00:13:38,556 --> 00:13:40,558 Confirmed. 267 00:13:46,347 --> 00:13:49,785 As theorized, there are periodic concentrations of 268 00:13:49,829 --> 00:13:51,308 metreon particles. 269 00:13:51,352 --> 00:13:54,877 Yeah. Here looks promising. 270 00:13:54,921 --> 00:13:56,836 Okeydokey. 271 00:14:01,536 --> 00:14:03,320 Activating laser core sampler 272 00:14:03,364 --> 00:14:06,846 and corresponding internal artificial grav. 273 00:14:06,889 --> 00:14:09,587 And according to my calculations, 274 00:14:09,631 --> 00:14:11,067 one cubic centimeter of 275 00:14:11,111 --> 00:14:12,895 metreon-charged asteroid weighs in 276 00:14:12,939 --> 00:14:15,202 at a portly one point five metric tons. 277 00:14:24,472 --> 00:14:26,474 Metreon fluctuation detected. 278 00:14:26,517 --> 00:14:28,302 Adjust grav sim. 279 00:14:28,345 --> 00:14:29,651 Project termination advised. 280 00:14:29,694 --> 00:14:31,000 Not yet. 281 00:14:31,044 --> 00:14:33,046 Metreon-charged dark matter is our only lead 282 00:14:33,089 --> 00:14:34,656 in finding a new spore-drive interface, 283 00:14:34,699 --> 00:14:36,266 and Commander Stamets needs this. 284 00:14:42,403 --> 00:14:44,579 Got it. 285 00:14:44,622 --> 00:14:47,147 Secure sample. 286 00:14:58,071 --> 00:15:01,291 Hello, gorgeous. 287 00:15:04,207 --> 00:15:06,688 COMPUTER: Alert. Energy discharge 288 00:15:06,731 --> 00:15:10,387 of unknown origin detected in main shuttle bay. Engineer... 289 00:15:29,972 --> 00:15:31,974 No life signs inside. 290 00:15:32,018 --> 00:15:34,585 Set phasers to stun. 291 00:15:34,629 --> 00:15:36,936 Keep 'em handy but out of sight. 292 00:15:52,429 --> 00:15:54,954 Have either of you ever been in a church? 293 00:15:54,997 --> 00:15:56,346 OWOSEKUN: No. My family are 294 00:15:56,390 --> 00:15:58,087 non-believers. 295 00:15:58,131 --> 00:16:00,263 I'm familiar with the texts of Earth's religions. 296 00:16:00,307 --> 00:16:02,700 All right. Let's find out 297 00:16:02,744 --> 00:16:05,312 who these people are and why they're calling for help. 298 00:16:09,838 --> 00:16:11,753 This glass is two centuries old. 299 00:16:13,146 --> 00:16:15,496 It represents not just Christianity, but 300 00:16:15,539 --> 00:16:20,196 Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, 301 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:23,112 Shinto and Wicca. 302 00:16:23,156 --> 00:16:25,636 The distress call is coming from beneath us. 303 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:27,943 I'll look for the basement. 304 00:16:36,517 --> 00:16:39,999 "For those who live the old way burn. 305 00:16:40,042 --> 00:16:41,522 "Those who 306 00:16:41,565 --> 00:16:45,134 sin against us shall be cut down by our gods." 307 00:16:45,178 --> 00:16:47,658 That's light and welcoming. 308 00:16:47,702 --> 00:16:50,009 "When those who believe in our signs come to thee, 309 00:16:50,052 --> 00:16:52,620 say, 'Peace be upon you.'" 310 00:16:53,882 --> 00:16:56,319 Anthropologically speaking, 311 00:16:56,363 --> 00:16:58,843 it appears that they cobbled together a religion 312 00:16:58,887 --> 00:17:00,932 based on the primary faiths of Earth. 313 00:17:00,976 --> 00:17:04,675 This book is some sort of new scripture. 314 00:17:04,719 --> 00:17:07,026 It might be their historical record. I'll scan the text. 315 00:17:10,333 --> 00:17:12,161 Or we could look at the pictures. 316 00:17:12,205 --> 00:17:15,599 That was the original purpose for a window like this. 317 00:17:15,643 --> 00:17:18,820 To teach the gospel to those who couldn't read. 318 00:17:29,613 --> 00:17:31,615 Why aren't you in the fields? 319 00:17:33,052 --> 00:17:35,054 We're not from here. 320 00:17:35,097 --> 00:17:37,447 Uh, my name is Christopher. 321 00:17:37,491 --> 00:17:40,450 This is Michael and Joanne. 322 00:17:40,494 --> 00:17:43,366 Is this your first time in New Eden?Yes. 323 00:17:43,410 --> 00:17:44,672 We're from the north. 324 00:17:44,715 --> 00:17:47,153 The All-Mother 325 00:17:47,196 --> 00:17:50,286 will want to see you. 326 00:17:50,330 --> 00:17:54,464 PEOPLE: We welcome our new friends from the northern territory 327 00:17:54,508 --> 00:17:57,815 and pledge gratitude to our Creators 328 00:17:57,859 --> 00:18:00,731 for their love and deliverance to New Eden 329 00:18:00,775 --> 00:18:03,778 on our planet Terralysium. 330 00:18:05,693 --> 00:18:09,044 Tonight, on the harvest moon, we remember 331 00:18:09,088 --> 00:18:12,091 that over 200 years ago, in 2053, 332 00:18:12,134 --> 00:18:16,921 the First Saved, soldiers and civilians among them, 333 00:18:16,965 --> 00:18:19,402 took cover in the white church 334 00:18:19,446 --> 00:18:22,536 from the devastation of World War III. 335 00:18:22,579 --> 00:18:27,193 Jets overhead dropped nuclear bombs. 336 00:18:27,236 --> 00:18:29,760 Our ancestors knew death was coming, 337 00:18:29,804 --> 00:18:32,633 but just before the explosions, 338 00:18:32,676 --> 00:18:35,549 an angel appeared to them, 339 00:18:35,592 --> 00:18:38,160 surrounded by pillars 340 00:18:38,204 --> 00:18:41,120 of fire, and delivered our church 341 00:18:41,163 --> 00:18:43,557 and those taking shelter in it 342 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:45,646 here to Terralysium. 343 00:18:45,689 --> 00:18:50,433 They awoke here and founded New Eden. 344 00:18:50,477 --> 00:18:54,133 But who should they thank for this salvation? 345 00:18:54,176 --> 00:18:56,135 Which God? 346 00:18:56,178 --> 00:18:57,919 There were so many faiths among them, 347 00:18:57,962 --> 00:19:00,313 how would they solve such a quandary? 348 00:19:00,356 --> 00:19:02,532 By combining all religions into one. 349 00:19:04,491 --> 00:19:07,276 Say my religion is science. 350 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:11,019 Has anyone used it to find an alternate answer 351 00:19:11,062 --> 00:19:12,673 to how our ancestors got here? 352 00:19:12,716 --> 00:19:15,850 How, without the proper technology? 353 00:19:15,893 --> 00:19:17,765 All we've got are decaying relics 354 00:19:17,808 --> 00:19:19,332 that came with the First Saved. 355 00:19:19,375 --> 00:19:21,334 WOMAN: For years, Jacob and Rose 356 00:19:21,377 --> 00:19:24,511 have tried to get the church lights back on. 357 00:19:24,554 --> 00:19:28,210 Since the battery units died, and the windows went dark, 358 00:19:28,254 --> 00:19:31,344 pilgrimages to our shrine have dwindled. 359 00:19:31,387 --> 00:19:34,608 Still, there must be some rational theories 360 00:19:34,651 --> 00:19:36,523 about how the church was transported here. 361 00:19:36,566 --> 00:19:41,223 A camera attached to a soldier's helmet exists 362 00:19:41,267 --> 00:19:42,790 from that time, but 363 00:19:42,833 --> 00:19:44,574 it's broken. 364 00:19:44,618 --> 00:19:46,185 WOMAN: We have no need for proof. 365 00:19:46,228 --> 00:19:48,056 We are guided by 366 00:19:48,099 --> 00:19:50,841 the existence of something greater than ourselves-- 367 00:19:50,885 --> 00:19:52,887 our faith. 368 00:19:52,930 --> 00:19:55,411 It's getting late. 369 00:19:55,455 --> 00:19:56,934 We're setting out early tomorrow. 370 00:19:56,978 --> 00:20:01,896 Would you mind if we take shelter in your church? 371 00:20:01,939 --> 00:20:05,029 Of course not.Thank you for the fellowship. 372 00:20:06,553 --> 00:20:09,599 Peace be with you.And also with you. 373 00:20:13,864 --> 00:20:17,172 WOMAN: Tilly? 374 00:20:17,216 --> 00:20:19,305 Tilly, wake up. 375 00:20:19,348 --> 00:20:21,307 What? Where am I? 376 00:20:21,350 --> 00:20:22,786 Don't worry. 377 00:20:22,830 --> 00:20:24,266 They're helping you. 378 00:20:24,310 --> 00:20:26,181 I was there when you got hurt. 379 00:20:26,225 --> 00:20:28,227 It was so scary. I thought I lost you. 380 00:20:28,270 --> 00:20:31,186 Oh, you shouldn't do that. Oh, no. 381 00:20:31,230 --> 00:20:34,798 Help! What's going on? 382 00:20:34,842 --> 00:20:36,887 SARU: Ensign Tilly, dissecting 383 00:20:36,931 --> 00:20:40,239 a highly unstable interstellar asteroid by yourself? 384 00:20:40,282 --> 00:20:42,328 This lapse in judgment put your shipmates at risk 385 00:20:42,371 --> 00:20:43,720 and nearly got you killed. 386 00:20:43,764 --> 00:20:45,244 Will you corroborate that, Dr. Pollard? 387 00:20:45,287 --> 00:20:47,246 He's correct. Almost dead. You. 388 00:20:47,289 --> 00:20:49,465 But you're gonna be okay. 389 00:20:49,509 --> 00:20:51,293 Sorry, sir. I was trying to help Commander Stamets. 390 00:20:51,337 --> 00:20:53,382 I do not see how one leads to the other. 391 00:20:53,426 --> 00:20:55,906 I took an asteroid sample in the hopes 392 00:20:55,950 --> 00:20:58,126 that I could design a coherent resonator 393 00:20:58,169 --> 00:20:59,867 to work with the spores instead. 394 00:20:59,910 --> 00:21:01,303 Essentially building 395 00:21:01,347 --> 00:21:02,957 a dark-matter navigational interface 396 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,307 so that Commander Stamets will no longer have 397 00:21:05,351 --> 00:21:07,657 to interface with the spore drive? 398 00:21:11,574 --> 00:21:15,274 Before we can care for others, we must care for ourselves. 399 00:21:15,317 --> 00:21:17,276 Has this jeopardized my placement 400 00:21:17,319 --> 00:21:19,016 in the Command Training Program? 401 00:21:19,060 --> 00:21:22,237 It has not, as long as it is not an indicator 402 00:21:22,281 --> 00:21:24,108 of more reckless behavior. 403 00:21:24,152 --> 00:21:29,113 You are the youngest candidate ever accepted into the CTP. 404 00:21:29,157 --> 00:21:31,420 Being the only Kelpien in Starfleet, 405 00:21:31,464 --> 00:21:35,685 I know how it feels to want to prove your worth. 406 00:21:35,729 --> 00:21:39,036 I was so determined to be a good example of my race, 407 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:41,430 I learned 90 different Federation languages. 408 00:21:41,474 --> 00:21:43,606 Fluently? 409 00:21:43,650 --> 00:21:46,740 My point is, 410 00:21:46,783 --> 00:21:49,873 I put an inordinate amount of responsibility 411 00:21:49,917 --> 00:21:53,790 on these slender shoulders, often to my detriment. 412 00:21:53,834 --> 00:21:55,966 I expect you 413 00:21:56,010 --> 00:21:58,578 to take better care. 414 00:22:00,014 --> 00:22:02,146 You are important. 415 00:22:03,844 --> 00:22:05,802 RHYS: Mr. Saru 416 00:22:05,846 --> 00:22:07,238 to the bridge immediately. 417 00:22:07,282 --> 00:22:08,414 Report. 418 00:22:08,457 --> 00:22:10,241 Sensors detecting a massive spike 419 00:22:10,285 --> 00:22:12,461 of ionizing radiation in the upper atmosphere. 420 00:22:12,505 --> 00:22:14,985 There's been a disruption in the gravitational stability 421 00:22:15,029 --> 00:22:16,900 of the planet's outermost ring. 422 00:22:16,944 --> 00:22:19,250 This could relate to the signals. 423 00:22:19,294 --> 00:22:21,470 Radioactive particles from the ring are on the way 424 00:22:21,514 --> 00:22:23,385 to the planet's surface.Levels? 425 00:22:23,429 --> 00:22:25,169 Bad.Bad? 426 00:22:25,213 --> 00:22:26,867 Really bad. In 64 minutes, 427 00:22:26,910 --> 00:22:29,522 the radiation will reach the upper atmosphere, causing... 428 00:22:29,565 --> 00:22:32,394 an extinction level event. 429 00:22:34,135 --> 00:22:35,702 Um... 430 00:22:35,745 --> 00:22:37,007 tell transporters 431 00:22:37,051 --> 00:22:38,052 to stand by. 432 00:22:38,095 --> 00:22:39,836 Bryce, please contact the captain. 433 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:41,490 Not possible, sir. 434 00:22:41,534 --> 00:22:43,536 The radiation's interfering with our communication. 435 00:22:43,579 --> 00:22:45,929 We won't be able to transport either. 436 00:22:45,973 --> 00:22:47,061 Shall I send a shuttle to get them, sir? 437 00:22:47,104 --> 00:22:49,672 No. The shuttle's ionized carbon exhaust 438 00:22:49,716 --> 00:22:52,501 will create a runaway positive feedback loop 439 00:22:52,545 --> 00:22:54,547 that will accelerate the particles' arrival. 440 00:22:55,461 --> 00:22:57,288 I heard there was a problem. 441 00:22:57,332 --> 00:22:59,595 Happy to have you, as always, Mr. Stamets, 442 00:22:59,639 --> 00:23:00,770 especially now. 443 00:23:00,814 --> 00:23:02,598 It's highly unlikely 444 00:23:02,642 --> 00:23:05,949 that they can see the outer ring from the planet's surface. 445 00:23:05,993 --> 00:23:08,430 They'll never know what's coming until it hits. 446 00:23:08,474 --> 00:23:10,389 Time? 62 minutes 447 00:23:10,432 --> 00:23:12,782 before nuclear winter becomes irreversible. 448 00:23:14,001 --> 00:23:15,698 SARU: If we were 449 00:23:15,742 --> 00:23:17,439 brought here, 450 00:23:17,483 --> 00:23:20,007 perhaps this is why. 451 00:23:21,661 --> 00:23:23,010 We are responsible 452 00:23:23,053 --> 00:23:24,315 not only to our landing party 453 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:28,276 but to every living being on that planet. 454 00:23:28,319 --> 00:23:31,410 Discoverywill not allow a catastrophe on her watch. 455 00:23:31,453 --> 00:23:33,281 Clock is ticking. 456 00:23:33,324 --> 00:23:35,065 Let us get to work. 457 00:23:41,898 --> 00:23:43,030 PIKE: Clearly, that distress beacon has been broadcasting 458 00:23:43,073 --> 00:23:44,684 without these people even knowing it. 459 00:23:44,727 --> 00:23:46,294 We'll turn it off so no one else disturbs this place 460 00:23:46,337 --> 00:23:47,861 and then beam out. 461 00:23:47,904 --> 00:23:51,473 OWOSEKUN: I isolated the distress beacon signal. 462 00:23:51,517 --> 00:23:53,127 It's coming from down here. 463 00:23:53,170 --> 00:23:55,085 PIKE: Let's hope that helmet camera's here, too. 464 00:24:00,700 --> 00:24:02,179 I'm sorry, sir. 465 00:24:02,223 --> 00:24:04,660 You can't be suggesting that we leave them here. 466 00:24:04,704 --> 00:24:07,446 Find that beacon, please, 467 00:24:07,489 --> 00:24:08,882 Owosekun. 468 00:24:08,925 --> 00:24:10,144 Before we transported down, 469 00:24:10,187 --> 00:24:12,146 you said you had a hunch 470 00:24:12,189 --> 00:24:14,583 the signal we were following was leading us to a rescue mission. 471 00:24:14,627 --> 00:24:16,411 No one needs rescuing, Burnham. 472 00:24:16,455 --> 00:24:17,978 This place 473 00:24:18,021 --> 00:24:19,501 really is a new Eden. 474 00:24:19,545 --> 00:24:21,938 Amesha and the others are kin to us. 475 00:24:21,982 --> 00:24:24,985 They deserve to be reintegrated into modern society. 476 00:24:25,028 --> 00:24:26,987 By their own account, they left Earth in 2053. 477 00:24:27,030 --> 00:24:29,772 They did not use a starship. That makes them pre-warp, 478 00:24:29,816 --> 00:24:32,558 subject to General Order 1. 479 00:24:32,601 --> 00:24:34,951 We cannot interfere with their natural development. 480 00:24:34,995 --> 00:24:37,301 But they believe Earth and the human race were destroyed. 481 00:24:37,345 --> 00:24:38,912 They're wrong. 482 00:24:38,955 --> 00:24:41,480 Worse, the faith they cling to is a lie. 483 00:24:41,523 --> 00:24:42,785 Can you prove that? 484 00:24:42,829 --> 00:24:45,309 What I will prove 485 00:24:45,353 --> 00:24:47,964 is that none of this happened because of some miracle. 486 00:24:48,008 --> 00:24:49,009 OWOSEKUN: Got it! 487 00:24:49,052 --> 00:24:50,967 The battery's dead, 488 00:24:51,011 --> 00:24:52,186 but... 489 00:24:52,229 --> 00:24:54,493 This is strange. 490 00:24:54,536 --> 00:24:56,799 Someone jury-rigged it to continue transmitting 491 00:24:56,843 --> 00:24:57,974 the distress call. 492 00:24:58,018 --> 00:25:01,021 JACOB: And you answered. 493 00:25:01,064 --> 00:25:04,981 There were scientists among the First Saved, too. 494 00:25:05,025 --> 00:25:08,028 My family. For generations, we tended to that beacon. 495 00:25:08,071 --> 00:25:10,117 No one else knew it was here, and you found it 496 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:11,553 with that incredible device. 497 00:25:11,597 --> 00:25:14,600 My ancestors were right, weren't they? 498 00:25:14,643 --> 00:25:17,559 The Earth wasn't destroyed. 499 00:25:17,603 --> 00:25:18,734 Mankind evolved. 500 00:25:18,778 --> 00:25:20,214 Jacob... 501 00:25:20,257 --> 00:25:22,999 ...this-this device, this has-- it's always been 502 00:25:23,043 --> 00:25:25,480 in my family. It's for navigation. 503 00:25:25,524 --> 00:25:27,526 Since the other day, 504 00:25:27,569 --> 00:25:30,920 when the red burst appeared in the sky, I knew you were coming. 505 00:25:30,964 --> 00:25:32,531 That was the light from your ship, right? 506 00:25:32,574 --> 00:25:35,098 Your hands, your skin, 507 00:25:35,142 --> 00:25:37,013 unravaged by the labor we do here. 508 00:25:37,057 --> 00:25:39,146 You're not from Terralysium. 509 00:25:39,189 --> 00:25:42,236 I can see the truth in your eyes. 510 00:25:42,279 --> 00:25:43,846 Jacob, listen to me. 511 00:25:43,890 --> 00:25:45,892 You are mistaken.No, I'm not. 512 00:25:45,935 --> 00:25:49,286 I have been waiting for this day for a long time. 513 00:25:49,330 --> 00:25:52,594 For our true salvation. 514 00:25:52,638 --> 00:25:54,640 PIKE: Let's go. 515 00:25:54,683 --> 00:25:55,815 We're sorry for trespassing. 516 00:25:55,858 --> 00:25:57,817 No, wait, wait, no. Don't go. Wait. 517 00:25:57,860 --> 00:26:00,254 Wait! Stop! 518 00:26:14,747 --> 00:26:16,923 Ah. It's locked. 519 00:26:16,966 --> 00:26:18,489 If it's just a slide bolt, 520 00:26:18,533 --> 00:26:19,621 I can use a magnet to get us out. 521 00:26:23,756 --> 00:26:25,409 Our utility bags are gone. 522 00:26:25,453 --> 00:26:27,629 Jacob must have taken all of our tech. 523 00:26:27,673 --> 00:26:29,718 To prove his case to the others, no doubt. 524 00:26:29,762 --> 00:26:32,112 Ah-ha. Got it. 525 00:26:41,295 --> 00:26:44,080 Yep. I can feel it... 526 00:26:50,696 --> 00:26:54,656 God or no God, we are still bound by General Order 1. 527 00:26:54,700 --> 00:26:57,790 You will not break cover under any circumstances. 528 00:26:57,833 --> 00:26:59,443 Do you both understand? 529 00:26:59,487 --> 00:27:00,793 Yes, sir. Yes, sir. 530 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:11,020 If "X" doesn't work, try "Y." 531 00:27:11,064 --> 00:27:13,544 If "Y" doesn't work, try "Z." 532 00:27:13,588 --> 00:27:17,070 If "Z" doesn't work, try drowning your ineptitude 533 00:27:17,113 --> 00:27:18,767 in a Risan mai tai. 534 00:27:18,811 --> 00:27:20,464 Where the hell is Burnham? 535 00:27:20,508 --> 00:27:22,945 I need her to, like, be here and "yes and..." me. 536 00:27:22,989 --> 00:27:24,860 Can I help you with something? 537 00:27:24,904 --> 00:27:26,906 Yes. Yes, thank you. 538 00:27:26,949 --> 00:27:29,299 I'm-I'm supposed to be on bed rest, 539 00:27:29,343 --> 00:27:31,954 but that is practically an affront to my very existence, 540 00:27:31,998 --> 00:27:33,564 'cause the ship's on high alert, 541 00:27:33,608 --> 00:27:35,654 the captain, Burnham, Owo, 542 00:27:35,697 --> 00:27:37,873 not to mention an entire planet, might be nuked, 543 00:27:37,917 --> 00:27:39,092 and that is not happening. 544 00:27:39,135 --> 00:27:40,659 Why are you looking at me like that? 545 00:27:40,702 --> 00:27:42,878 You're May, right? Am I talking too fast? 546 00:27:42,922 --> 00:27:44,967 I'm problem solving. I've had espressos. 547 00:27:45,011 --> 00:27:46,795 In sickbay?Yeah. 548 00:27:46,839 --> 00:27:48,231 Lives are at stake. 549 00:27:48,275 --> 00:27:49,668 It's always better to ask 550 00:27:49,711 --> 00:27:51,582 for forgiveness than permission. 551 00:27:51,626 --> 00:27:53,584 Exactly. I've been trying to figure out a way 552 00:27:53,628 --> 00:27:55,935 to stop the downflow of radioactive debris, 553 00:27:55,978 --> 00:27:57,893 and then it occurred to me if we could target the source 554 00:27:57,937 --> 00:27:59,416 of the debris... 555 00:27:59,460 --> 00:28:00,722 The ring itself.Yes. 556 00:28:00,766 --> 00:28:02,463 Thank you. We could-- We could pull the debris 557 00:28:02,506 --> 00:28:03,725 away from the planet. 558 00:28:03,769 --> 00:28:04,987 And then, we're alive. 559 00:28:05,031 --> 00:28:06,423 And alive is optimal. 560 00:28:06,467 --> 00:28:09,949 I've been running models using a tractor beam, but... 561 00:28:09,992 --> 00:28:11,167 Discoverywouldn't be able to generate 562 00:28:11,211 --> 00:28:12,691 graviton beams powerful enough 563 00:28:12,734 --> 00:28:14,867 to change the course of the debris field. 564 00:28:14,910 --> 00:28:16,259 You read my mind. 565 00:28:16,303 --> 00:28:17,783 Your mind is so much fun. 566 00:28:17,826 --> 00:28:19,480 If only there were 567 00:28:19,523 --> 00:28:21,700 something on this ship that could generate 568 00:28:21,743 --> 00:28:23,789 a massive gravitational field. 569 00:28:26,182 --> 00:28:29,490 The asteroid. Dark matter. In the shuttlebay. 570 00:28:29,533 --> 00:28:30,883 It's-it's-it's... 571 00:28:30,926 --> 00:28:32,841 A little, tiny piece of it destroyed an entire table. 572 00:28:32,885 --> 00:28:35,496 It was awesome. You're a genius. 573 00:28:35,539 --> 00:28:37,193 No, you're a genius. 574 00:28:43,069 --> 00:28:45,724 AIRIAM: The ring's radioactive wave will hit the planet 575 00:28:45,767 --> 00:28:47,769 in four minutes, 32 seconds. 576 00:28:47,813 --> 00:28:50,032 What if we throw all auxiliary power to phasers? 577 00:28:50,076 --> 00:28:51,555 Destroy the radioactive debris 578 00:28:51,599 --> 00:28:52,992 before it reaches the lower atmosphere. 579 00:28:53,035 --> 00:28:54,645 That would only give it a greater concentration. 580 00:28:54,689 --> 00:28:55,995 I got it! 581 00:28:56,038 --> 00:28:57,213 I got it, I got it. 582 00:28:57,257 --> 00:28:58,824 Ensign Tilly, how many times in a single day 583 00:28:58,867 --> 00:29:00,434 must we have this conversation? 584 00:29:00,477 --> 00:29:02,349 No, no, please, please, sir, just-just hear me out, okay? 585 00:29:02,392 --> 00:29:05,352 The dark-matter asteroid, all right, it's massive. 586 00:29:05,395 --> 00:29:07,441 And the more mass an object has, 587 00:29:07,484 --> 00:29:09,443 the greater its gravitational pull, right? 588 00:29:09,486 --> 00:29:11,358 You-you know this. 589 00:29:11,401 --> 00:29:13,490 Can I just, um, scooch in there? Thank you. Yeah. 590 00:29:13,534 --> 00:29:17,973 So, if we launch the dark-matter asteroid from the shuttlebay 591 00:29:18,017 --> 00:29:19,627 on just the right trajectory, 592 00:29:19,670 --> 00:29:22,456 its gravity will pull the radioactive debris 593 00:29:22,499 --> 00:29:26,025 away from the planet like a, uh, invisible magnet. 594 00:29:27,156 --> 00:29:28,418 See? 595 00:29:30,856 --> 00:29:32,335 DETMER: For the asteroid to exit at the correct angle, 596 00:29:32,379 --> 00:29:34,033 I would have to execute a sustained circular drift. 597 00:29:34,076 --> 00:29:35,512 A donut. 598 00:29:35,556 --> 00:29:38,733 You would be doing a donut in a starship. 599 00:29:38,777 --> 00:29:40,691 That's true. 600 00:29:40,735 --> 00:29:41,692 Is this possible? 601 00:29:41,736 --> 00:29:43,694 Yes. Except no. 602 00:29:43,738 --> 00:29:46,219 We'd have to launch the asteroid from within the center 603 00:29:46,262 --> 00:29:48,221 of the ring's debris field. 604 00:29:48,264 --> 00:29:50,179 There is no way I can pilot us from in there. 605 00:29:50,223 --> 00:29:51,224 I can. 606 00:29:52,747 --> 00:29:54,227 We could jump. 607 00:29:55,402 --> 00:29:56,490 You have exactly 608 00:29:56,533 --> 00:29:58,318 two minutes, 11 seconds before the wave 609 00:29:58,361 --> 00:30:00,189 of radioactive debris crosses the point of no return. 610 00:30:01,887 --> 00:30:04,063 Run, Mr. Stamets. 611 00:30:04,106 --> 00:30:06,065 Tell Engineering to ready the spore drive. 612 00:30:12,114 --> 00:30:13,899 JACOB: The visitors are from the first Earth. 613 00:30:13,942 --> 00:30:15,030 They brought amazing things: 614 00:30:15,074 --> 00:30:17,076 communication devices, 615 00:30:17,119 --> 00:30:18,077 scientific-data collectors. 616 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:20,383 Look inside. You'll believe. 617 00:30:20,427 --> 00:30:22,559 PIKE: What happened to "Thou shalt not steal"? 618 00:30:22,603 --> 00:30:24,866 I just want her to see the truth. 619 00:30:24,910 --> 00:30:26,520 PIKE: The truth is that he attacked us. 620 00:30:26,563 --> 00:30:28,522 He violated everything that the Faith holds dear. 621 00:30:28,565 --> 00:30:30,350 You give us back what you took, 622 00:30:30,393 --> 00:30:31,873 and we'll leave.JACOB: Listen to me. 623 00:30:31,917 --> 00:30:35,181 They came on a starship. 624 00:30:35,224 --> 00:30:37,052 They can take us back home. 625 00:30:37,096 --> 00:30:40,447 We can experience the real Earth. 626 00:30:40,490 --> 00:30:42,579 This is your home. 627 00:30:42,623 --> 00:30:46,627 You are living by the corrupt way of the old Earth, Jacob. 628 00:30:49,499 --> 00:30:51,153 You're the scientist. 629 00:30:52,633 --> 00:30:54,287 Tell her I'm right. 630 00:30:54,330 --> 00:30:56,463 Look. 631 00:30:58,508 --> 00:31:00,946 Captain! No! 632 00:31:00,989 --> 00:31:02,599 No! 633 00:31:09,128 --> 00:31:11,608 He's dying. 634 00:31:11,652 --> 00:31:15,786 Save him. With your technology, I know you can. 635 00:31:15,830 --> 00:31:17,049 We-we need to get him to the church 636 00:31:17,092 --> 00:31:18,485 and pray for another deliverance. 637 00:31:18,528 --> 00:31:19,660 Yes, okay. 638 00:31:23,403 --> 00:31:25,231 STAMETS : Bridge, we are ready to jump. 639 00:31:25,274 --> 00:31:26,885 And are you ready, Lieutenant? 640 00:31:26,928 --> 00:31:29,888 Had my pilot's license since 12, sir. 641 00:31:29,931 --> 00:31:31,019 Black alert. 642 00:31:32,978 --> 00:31:35,894 Airiam... now. 643 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:53,302 SARU: Detmer! 644 00:31:53,346 --> 00:31:54,825 Initiating donut maneuver, sir. 645 00:32:32,037 --> 00:32:33,516 It's working, sir. 646 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:35,823 Let us get our landing party. Now. 647 00:32:42,047 --> 00:32:44,788 Wait, wait, no. Let me in! 648 00:32:44,832 --> 00:32:47,008 Jacob, no. Jacob! 649 00:32:56,496 --> 00:32:59,020 The gods have answered our prayer. 650 00:32:59,064 --> 00:33:02,371 The angel returned to save them. 651 00:33:02,415 --> 00:33:04,286 Transport confirms all are on board. 652 00:33:04,330 --> 00:33:06,636 The asteroid successfully diverted all the debris 653 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:08,203 from the planet's atmosphere. 654 00:33:08,247 --> 00:33:09,422 Yes! 655 00:33:20,172 --> 00:33:21,912 Perhaps you should 656 00:33:21,956 --> 00:33:24,828 disobey my direct orders more often, Ensign. 657 00:33:24,872 --> 00:33:27,048 No, I think your orders are probably really good. 658 00:33:27,092 --> 00:33:28,919 I need to pass out now. 659 00:33:28,963 --> 00:33:30,051 Do you need assistance? 660 00:33:30,095 --> 00:33:31,313 No, I'm good. I'm just... 661 00:33:31,357 --> 00:33:32,532 straight to bed. 662 00:33:44,022 --> 00:33:46,633 Way to go, Stilly. 663 00:33:46,676 --> 00:33:48,635 Stilly? 664 00:33:48,678 --> 00:33:51,464 Wait, are you...? 665 00:34:06,479 --> 00:34:08,350 Welcome back, Captain. 666 00:34:08,394 --> 00:34:11,049 You made it. But your ribs, 667 00:34:11,092 --> 00:34:13,268 they're gonna feel like the xylophone 668 00:34:13,312 --> 00:34:14,704 in a Klingon marching band. 669 00:34:14,748 --> 00:34:17,316 Consider yourself lucky to be alive. 670 00:34:19,927 --> 00:34:24,584 COMPUTER: Musk Junior High School, Class of 2247. 671 00:34:24,627 --> 00:34:26,586 Signatures page. 672 00:34:26,629 --> 00:34:30,155 Name: May something. 673 00:34:30,198 --> 00:34:32,026 Stilly, what the heck? 674 00:34:32,070 --> 00:34:33,419 You're moving again? 675 00:34:33,462 --> 00:34:35,769 It's only been six months. 676 00:34:35,812 --> 00:34:39,077 You're the nicest person I've ever met at this awful school. 677 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:40,861 I'll miss our lunches. 678 00:34:40,904 --> 00:34:42,384 They were like little earthquakes. 679 00:34:42,428 --> 00:34:44,299 "Bounce, bounce, bounce." 680 00:34:44,343 --> 00:34:47,781 Please, stay in touch. Love, May Ahearn. 681 00:34:47,824 --> 00:34:49,043 Ahearn. 682 00:34:49,087 --> 00:34:51,263 Knew it. 683 00:34:51,306 --> 00:34:54,744 Computer, locate quarters for "Ahearn, May." 684 00:34:54,788 --> 00:34:58,574 COMPUTER: Ship's manifest has no such name. 685 00:34:58,618 --> 00:35:00,272 Computer, search Federation database 686 00:35:00,315 --> 00:35:02,622 for the whereabouts of "Ahearn, May," 687 00:35:02,665 --> 00:35:05,407 originally from San Francisco, California, Earth. 688 00:35:05,451 --> 00:35:09,846 COMPUTER: Working. "Ahearn, May Theresa." 689 00:35:09,890 --> 00:35:13,023 Born April 30, 2236. 690 00:35:13,067 --> 00:35:17,550 Deceased June 9, 2252. 691 00:35:23,077 --> 00:35:24,731 Come. 692 00:35:27,864 --> 00:35:29,866 You wanted to see me? 693 00:35:29,910 --> 00:35:32,739 Yes. And don't make me laugh. 694 00:35:32,782 --> 00:35:34,480 Fortunately for you, I was raised on Vulcan. 695 00:35:34,523 --> 00:35:35,916 We don't do funny. 696 00:35:37,222 --> 00:35:39,180 Maybe I should just shut up. 697 00:35:44,968 --> 00:35:46,883 I wanted to thank you 698 00:35:46,927 --> 00:35:48,711 for following orders and maintaining our cover 699 00:35:48,755 --> 00:35:50,887 despite your captain's impairment. 700 00:35:50,931 --> 00:35:52,889 And by impairment, 701 00:35:52,933 --> 00:35:55,718 I-I mean having a phaser go off in my chest. 702 00:35:57,285 --> 00:35:58,765 Well, sir, I learned the hard way 703 00:35:58,808 --> 00:36:00,854 what not following orders can lead to. 704 00:36:00,897 --> 00:36:03,552 In fact, 705 00:36:03,596 --> 00:36:06,381 you asked earlier if there was anything I ought to tell you. 706 00:36:06,425 --> 00:36:09,210 There is, and I didn't. 707 00:36:09,254 --> 00:36:11,081 The angelic being 708 00:36:11,125 --> 00:36:15,347 they worship on Terralysium, it appeared to me, 709 00:36:15,390 --> 00:36:17,218 on the asteroid. 710 00:36:17,262 --> 00:36:18,828 Why didn't you say anything? 711 00:36:18,872 --> 00:36:21,309 I was injured. I thought I was hallucinating. 712 00:36:21,353 --> 00:36:24,530 That can't be a coincidence. 713 00:36:24,573 --> 00:36:27,446 Two signals, two angel sightings. 714 00:36:27,489 --> 00:36:30,188 With all due respect, sir, the word "angel" 715 00:36:30,231 --> 00:36:32,233 does carry with it certain implications. 716 00:36:32,277 --> 00:36:35,932 I saw a form. 717 00:36:35,976 --> 00:36:41,764 It hovered above me, and it was... 718 00:36:41,808 --> 00:36:44,376 to be completely honest, quite beautiful. 719 00:36:44,419 --> 00:36:46,726 But beyond that, 720 00:36:46,769 --> 00:36:48,989 I wouldn't ascribe to it divine properties. 721 00:36:49,032 --> 00:36:53,254 Those people in New Eden do. 722 00:36:53,298 --> 00:36:55,909 And they would find your experience 723 00:36:55,952 --> 00:36:57,693 to be quite a revelation. 724 00:36:57,737 --> 00:37:01,175 Is that how you see it, sir? As a revelation? 725 00:37:02,394 --> 00:37:05,310 At the very least, 726 00:37:05,353 --> 00:37:10,750 this new information creates more context. 727 00:37:10,793 --> 00:37:15,624 And the context can alter our perspective. 728 00:37:18,584 --> 00:37:21,282 Well, what about Jacob? 729 00:37:21,326 --> 00:37:24,285 Isn't he entitled to a little context? 730 00:37:24,329 --> 00:37:27,984 He knows in his heart who and what we are. 731 00:37:28,028 --> 00:37:29,986 And we chose to lie to him. 732 00:37:30,030 --> 00:37:32,554 We have the power to help him solve a mystery 733 00:37:32,598 --> 00:37:35,818 that's plagued his family for 200 years. 734 00:37:35,862 --> 00:37:37,080 We could alter hisperspective. 735 00:37:37,124 --> 00:37:39,431 Look, I feel for the guy, too. 736 00:37:39,474 --> 00:37:45,263 But even angels are no excuse for violating General Order 1. 737 00:37:45,306 --> 00:37:48,309 Yeah, well, I have a better excuse: his helmet camera. 738 00:37:48,353 --> 00:37:51,747 Jacob said it recorded whatever was in that church 739 00:37:51,791 --> 00:37:53,314 the day they were taken. 740 00:37:53,358 --> 00:37:55,925 And as I see it, sir, the urgency of our mission 741 00:37:55,969 --> 00:37:58,276 directly contradicts Starfleet's first rule. 742 00:37:58,319 --> 00:38:01,191 To serve one goal, the other has to be sacrificed. 743 00:38:01,235 --> 00:38:05,631 But that's a choice only a captain can make. 744 00:38:17,077 --> 00:38:20,298 PIKE: I lied. 745 00:38:20,341 --> 00:38:22,691 To protect the others from the truth. 746 00:38:22,735 --> 00:38:27,043 The truth is... you were right about us. 747 00:38:27,087 --> 00:38:30,220 I-I know what it's like to live with doubt, 748 00:38:30,264 --> 00:38:32,875 and I guess I-I didn't want that for you. 749 00:38:32,919 --> 00:38:35,704 How'd you get here? 750 00:38:35,748 --> 00:38:37,315 Beam of light? 751 00:38:37,358 --> 00:38:38,707 Yes, actually. 752 00:38:38,751 --> 00:38:40,796 It's called a transporter. 753 00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:44,974 It converts a-a person or an object into an energy pattern, 754 00:38:45,018 --> 00:38:47,063 then "beams" it to a target, 755 00:38:47,107 --> 00:38:50,066 where it's eventually reconverted back into matter. 756 00:38:50,110 --> 00:38:52,678 Do you have a ship? 757 00:38:54,941 --> 00:38:59,772 Do you, uh, fly among the stars? 758 00:38:59,815 --> 00:39:02,775 Yeah. 759 00:39:08,128 --> 00:39:09,912 And... 760 00:39:09,956 --> 00:39:11,653 Earth?Well, we're-we're part 761 00:39:11,697 --> 00:39:14,613 of a galactic federation now, 762 00:39:14,656 --> 00:39:17,920 dedicated to peace, exploration and protecting places 763 00:39:17,964 --> 00:39:19,618 such as your planet. 764 00:39:19,661 --> 00:39:21,924 Jacob, 765 00:39:21,968 --> 00:39:24,013 we cannot intervene. 766 00:39:24,057 --> 00:39:25,928 Your society has to evolve 767 00:39:25,972 --> 00:39:27,930 in its own way. 768 00:39:30,237 --> 00:39:33,109 My entire family spent 769 00:39:33,153 --> 00:39:37,070 their whole lives hoping to get a confirmation 770 00:39:37,113 --> 00:39:40,421 that what we believed was true. 771 00:39:41,683 --> 00:39:44,207 And you... 772 00:39:44,251 --> 00:39:48,429 gave me that answer. 773 00:39:48,473 --> 00:39:50,170 Something none of them ever got. 774 00:39:50,213 --> 00:39:54,392 And that is enough for me. 775 00:40:04,967 --> 00:40:07,622 Thank you. Because of you, 776 00:40:07,666 --> 00:40:10,799 we're not lost anymore. 777 00:40:14,934 --> 00:40:18,677 How about this power cell, 778 00:40:18,720 --> 00:40:21,680 with a very long lifespan, in exchange 779 00:40:21,723 --> 00:40:26,336 for a soldier's broken camera circa 2053? 780 00:40:43,223 --> 00:40:45,181 I hope we meet again, Jacob. 781 00:40:45,225 --> 00:40:46,705 I know we will. 782 00:40:47,967 --> 00:40:49,621 You might want to stand back. 783 00:40:53,276 --> 00:40:56,454 Pike to Discovery, one to transport. 784 00:41:09,858 --> 00:41:11,381 Okay... 785 00:42:05,174 --> 00:42:06,785 MAN : We're under attack! 786 00:42:06,828 --> 00:42:10,179 Holed up inside. A few hundred souls: men, women and children. 787 00:42:10,223 --> 00:42:12,834 Wait... 788 00:42:12,878 --> 00:42:14,270 Something's happening... 789 00:42:15,924 --> 00:42:18,971 Take cover! Protect the young! 790 00:42:19,014 --> 00:42:20,625 Oh! Blinding light! 791 00:42:20,668 --> 00:42:22,714 Oh, my gosh! 792 00:42:26,195 --> 00:42:28,154 Captioning sponsored by CBS 793 00:42:28,197 --> 00:42:31,505 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org