1 00:00:07,833 --> 00:00:10,749 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:10,836 --> 00:00:17,713 ♪ ♪ 3 00:01:42,189 --> 00:01:45,801 While you were delirious, you muttered a word. 4 00:01:45,888 --> 00:01:49,109 "Protostar." 5 00:01:49,196 --> 00:01:51,111 Tell me everything you can. 6 00:01:51,198 --> 00:01:54,462 The ship, they took it. 7 00:01:54,549 --> 00:01:56,072 Stole my daughter from me. 8 00:01:56,159 --> 00:01:57,769 That doesn't sound like Captain Chakotay. 9 00:01:57,856 --> 00:01:59,597 Mm, memory loss. 10 00:01:59,684 --> 00:02:01,860 Must be a side effect of whatever trauma 11 00:02:01,947 --> 00:02:03,558 he experienced. 12 00:02:03,645 --> 00:02:06,822 Tell us, have you seen this man? 13 00:02:06,909 --> 00:02:08,215 [coughs softly] 14 00:02:08,302 --> 00:02:09,303 Yes. 15 00:02:09,390 --> 00:02:11,043 He was taken prisoner, 16 00:02:11,131 --> 00:02:14,003 but--but my mind is in pieces. 17 00:02:14,090 --> 00:02:16,527 I--I can't remember. 18 00:02:16,614 --> 00:02:18,050 [dramatic musical sting] The mission! 19 00:02:18,138 --> 00:02:19,182 I have to save them! 20 00:02:19,269 --> 00:02:21,184 [dark, ominous music] 21 00:02:21,271 --> 00:02:23,926 [gasps] 22 00:02:24,013 --> 00:02:25,188 The atrocities! 23 00:02:25,275 --> 00:02:26,842 He's going into post-neural shock. 24 00:02:26,929 --> 00:02:28,278 The intrusion! 25 00:02:28,365 --> 00:02:29,584 What is it? What's wrong? 26 00:02:29,671 --> 00:02:31,238 [hypospray hisses] - [groans] 27 00:02:31,325 --> 00:02:33,065 Enough questions. 28 00:02:33,153 --> 00:02:34,589 He needs rest. 29 00:02:34,676 --> 00:02:36,765 Admiral, we found an empty escape pod 30 00:02:36,852 --> 00:02:38,288 from the destroyed relay station. 31 00:02:38,375 --> 00:02:40,290 Its log shows it was launched 32 00:02:40,377 --> 00:02:42,510 by Barniss Frex. - Where is he? 33 00:02:42,597 --> 00:02:44,555 Rescued by an unidentified vessel. 34 00:02:44,642 --> 00:02:46,253 We're tracking its warp signature. 35 00:02:46,340 --> 00:02:47,341 Find him. 36 00:02:47,428 --> 00:02:49,343 Whomever stole the "Protostar" 37 00:02:49,430 --> 00:02:52,563 did this to our guest and destroyed that station. 38 00:02:52,650 --> 00:02:54,783 This is no longer a rescue mission. 39 00:02:54,870 --> 00:02:58,482 It's a manhunt. 40 00:02:58,569 --> 00:03:00,484 [soft curious music] 41 00:03:00,571 --> 00:03:02,182 Captain's Log. 42 00:03:02,269 --> 00:03:06,055 Stardate 61296.9. 43 00:03:06,142 --> 00:03:08,840 One minute, we were full of hope to join Starfleet. 44 00:03:08,927 --> 00:03:10,277 - We're ready? - Then poof... 45 00:03:10,364 --> 00:03:11,582 Yeah. 46 00:03:11,669 --> 00:03:12,888 - That dream is dead... - Let's go. 47 00:03:12,975 --> 00:03:14,629 Because our ship has a weapon 48 00:03:14,716 --> 00:03:18,154 that'll wipe the Federation off the galactic map. 49 00:03:18,241 --> 00:03:20,025 [sighs] 50 00:03:20,112 --> 00:03:22,767 Pog's not used to a problem he can't fix. 51 00:03:22,854 --> 00:03:25,030 We tried phasers, transporters. 52 00:03:25,117 --> 00:03:27,294 We can't get rid of it. It just adapts. 53 00:03:27,381 --> 00:03:28,773 Stupid futuristic weaponry. 54 00:03:28,860 --> 00:03:30,949 Ahh! Ahh! 55 00:03:31,036 --> 00:03:33,822 Thanks to Zero, we know even opening a hail 56 00:03:33,909 --> 00:03:36,216 to Starfleet could infect their systems. 57 00:03:36,303 --> 00:03:38,261 Despite this setback, 58 00:03:38,348 --> 00:03:41,003 we decided as long as we have the "Protostar," 59 00:03:41,090 --> 00:03:43,745 we can still help others, which has led us 60 00:03:43,832 --> 00:03:46,748 to a mysterious M-Class planet in need of help. 61 00:03:46,835 --> 00:03:48,750 Any updates on why the distress signal was sent, 62 00:03:48,837 --> 00:03:50,665 Janeway? - I'm in the dark. 63 00:03:50,752 --> 00:03:52,406 There's a subspace distortion field 64 00:03:52,493 --> 00:03:54,582 interfering with our systems. 65 00:03:54,669 --> 00:03:56,236 But I do detect life signs. 66 00:03:56,323 --> 00:03:57,759 Then we should beam down and see if we-- 67 00:03:57,846 --> 00:04:00,240 Who wants help from a bunch of losers 68 00:04:00,327 --> 00:04:01,980 who can't even help themselves? 69 00:04:02,067 --> 00:04:03,504 As long as we keep that thing below deck 70 00:04:03,591 --> 00:04:06,115 far from Starfleet, we're good. 71 00:04:06,202 --> 00:04:07,682 Now where's Rok? 72 00:04:07,769 --> 00:04:09,684 - [grunting, whining] - Come on, Murf. 73 00:04:09,771 --> 00:04:12,208 - [cries] - I know you're feeling bad, 74 00:04:12,295 --> 00:04:14,254 but you gotta eat something. 75 00:04:14,341 --> 00:04:16,952 I wish I knew what's wrong. 76 00:04:17,039 --> 00:04:19,911 He's probably just under the weather. 77 00:04:19,998 --> 00:04:23,132 I'd venture more than anything, he needs rest. 78 00:04:23,219 --> 00:04:25,265 Why don't you stay here with Murf? 79 00:04:25,352 --> 00:04:26,831 We'll call if we need you. 80 00:04:26,918 --> 00:04:28,920 - [whines] - Thanks, guys. 81 00:04:29,007 --> 00:04:32,620 Jankom's feeling a tiny tickle in his throat. 82 00:04:32,707 --> 00:04:34,535 Cough, cough, cough. 83 00:04:34,622 --> 00:04:37,102 Maybe Pog will sit this one out too. 84 00:04:37,189 --> 00:04:38,756 Nice try. You're coming with us. 85 00:04:38,843 --> 00:04:39,801 [grunts] Uh-oh. 86 00:04:39,888 --> 00:04:41,281 [grumbles] 87 00:04:41,368 --> 00:04:43,587 Okay then, four to beam down. 88 00:04:43,674 --> 00:04:45,415 Be careful down there. 89 00:04:45,502 --> 00:04:48,375 [adventurous music] 90 00:04:48,462 --> 00:04:50,681 ♪ ♪ 91 00:04:50,768 --> 00:04:52,770 Oh, oh! 92 00:04:52,857 --> 00:04:54,729 Well, everything looks good. 93 00:04:54,816 --> 00:04:58,254 No distress here, so beam us back up, baby. 94 00:04:58,341 --> 00:04:59,734 Was it just me, 95 00:04:59,821 --> 00:05:03,346 or did the beamy part take longer than usual? 96 00:05:03,433 --> 00:05:05,348 Must be the interference. 97 00:05:05,435 --> 00:05:08,090 I can barely get a reading. [tricorder beeping] 98 00:05:08,177 --> 00:05:12,399 Hm, two bio-signatures. 99 00:05:12,486 --> 00:05:13,356 Hmm. [tricorder beeps faster] 100 00:05:13,443 --> 00:05:14,401 Ahh! 101 00:05:14,488 --> 00:05:16,228 [mysterious music] 102 00:05:16,316 --> 00:05:17,665 Just ahead. 103 00:05:19,667 --> 00:05:20,755 [both scream] 104 00:05:20,842 --> 00:05:22,278 - Look out! - [groans] 105 00:05:22,365 --> 00:05:23,975 [grunting] 106 00:05:24,062 --> 00:05:26,717 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, we come in peace! 107 00:05:26,804 --> 00:05:28,676 Stand down, Sool'U. Stand down. 108 00:05:28,763 --> 00:05:30,155 It's a Star-Flight landing party. 109 00:05:30,242 --> 00:05:32,506 - [groaning] - They've finally arrived. 110 00:05:32,593 --> 00:05:34,812 I am James'T. This is Sool'U. 111 00:05:34,899 --> 00:05:37,641 - Star-Flight? - Uh... 112 00:05:37,728 --> 00:05:39,687 Jankom knew this was a bad idea. 113 00:05:39,774 --> 00:05:40,731 Excuse us a second. 114 00:05:40,818 --> 00:05:42,559 Janeway. 115 00:05:42,646 --> 00:05:44,605 I thought we were supposed to keep our ship away 116 00:05:44,692 --> 00:05:45,649 from Starfleet. 117 00:05:45,736 --> 00:05:46,868 So why am I looking at them? 118 00:05:46,955 --> 00:05:49,000 That's impossible. 119 00:05:49,087 --> 00:05:51,525 While Captains James T. Kirk and Hikaru Sulu 120 00:05:51,612 --> 00:05:53,178 are Starfleet legends, 121 00:05:53,265 --> 00:05:55,572 no Federation ship's been near this sector 122 00:05:55,659 --> 00:05:57,313 in over 100 years. 123 00:05:57,400 --> 00:06:00,229 And there's no record of First Contact. 124 00:06:00,316 --> 00:06:02,405 They're not Starfleet. 125 00:06:02,492 --> 00:06:04,668 You have answered The Call. 126 00:06:04,755 --> 00:06:06,148 Oh, you mean the distress call. 127 00:06:06,235 --> 00:06:08,498 The Call of En Son. 128 00:06:08,585 --> 00:06:10,108 A day we feared would never come, 129 00:06:10,195 --> 00:06:11,327 but you're here. 130 00:06:11,414 --> 00:06:12,807 Here at last. - Indeed. 131 00:06:12,894 --> 00:06:15,244 We must inform the Star-Flight Command. 132 00:06:15,331 --> 00:06:17,855 Live Logs and Proper. 133 00:06:17,942 --> 00:06:19,335 Star-Flight. Come in, Star-Flight. 134 00:06:19,422 --> 00:06:22,556 Fed'ration has arrived. 135 00:06:22,643 --> 00:06:23,992 - Hmm. - [grunts] 136 00:06:25,820 --> 00:06:28,649 Welcome, my Fed'ration brethren, 137 00:06:28,736 --> 00:06:31,739 to New Enda-Prize. 138 00:06:31,826 --> 00:06:34,698 [bright music] 139 00:06:34,785 --> 00:06:37,919 ♪ ♪ 140 00:06:38,006 --> 00:06:39,573 Whoa, it's incredible. It's them. 141 00:06:39,660 --> 00:06:41,444 - Look. - Captain. 142 00:06:41,531 --> 00:06:43,403 Look, look! 143 00:06:43,490 --> 00:06:44,665 I--I--I can't believe it. 144 00:06:44,752 --> 00:06:45,927 Is it them? 145 00:06:46,014 --> 00:06:47,711 - The prophecies were true. - [sighs] 146 00:06:47,798 --> 00:06:49,844 Live Logs and Proper. 147 00:06:49,931 --> 00:06:51,628 Sir. Sir. 148 00:06:51,715 --> 00:06:53,674 - Is this place for real? - Real? 149 00:06:53,761 --> 00:06:55,937 It's like they're playing make-believe. 150 00:06:56,024 --> 00:06:56,981 [grunts] 151 00:06:57,068 --> 00:06:58,548 [growls] 152 00:06:58,635 --> 00:07:00,071 [grunts] 153 00:07:00,158 --> 00:07:01,986 [winces] 154 00:07:02,073 --> 00:07:04,380 Actually, I sense no deception from them. 155 00:07:04,467 --> 00:07:07,035 Though a bit unorthodox, 156 00:07:07,122 --> 00:07:11,213 they truly believe themselves to be Starfleet. 157 00:07:11,300 --> 00:07:12,867 Can you believe these dum-dums? 158 00:07:12,954 --> 00:07:16,044 Playing dress up, pretending to be Federation? 159 00:07:16,131 --> 00:07:19,308 Yeah, who are they fooling? [laughs nervously] 160 00:07:19,395 --> 00:07:20,875 Did you find our missing cadet? 161 00:07:20,962 --> 00:07:22,354 No, my good Dr. Boons. 162 00:07:22,442 --> 00:07:23,704 But look. 163 00:07:23,791 --> 00:07:26,402 Star-Flight has come to aid us. 164 00:07:26,489 --> 00:07:28,143 They are Star-Flight? 165 00:07:28,230 --> 00:07:30,493 Well, they answered The Call. You must hear the Logs. 166 00:07:30,580 --> 00:07:32,930 We've stayed prepared and kept them word-for-word, 167 00:07:33,017 --> 00:07:34,584 just as our forefathers did. 168 00:07:34,671 --> 00:07:36,630 Sool'U, we must play the Logs! 169 00:07:36,717 --> 00:07:38,675 Everyone, to the Bridge! 170 00:07:38,762 --> 00:07:40,372 - Aye, aye, sir. - Aye. 171 00:07:40,460 --> 00:07:43,071 [people muttering excitedly] 172 00:07:46,378 --> 00:07:50,382 [whistles] 173 00:07:50,470 --> 00:07:53,908 Captain's Log. Stardate: many moons ago. 174 00:07:53,995 --> 00:07:56,824 A great ship flew through the cosmos, 175 00:07:56,911 --> 00:07:58,521 bearing heroes of legend. 176 00:07:58,608 --> 00:08:00,218 Enderprizians: Heroes of legend. 177 00:08:00,305 --> 00:08:01,698 [crunching] 178 00:08:01,785 --> 00:08:03,961 Among them, James'T the Warrior, 179 00:08:04,048 --> 00:08:06,007 for whom I was named, 180 00:08:06,094 --> 00:08:10,098 and Sprok, well-known for his words so wise. 181 00:08:10,185 --> 00:08:11,229 Most illogical. 182 00:08:11,316 --> 00:08:13,231 But then... 183 00:08:13,318 --> 00:08:14,711 [gong echoes] They found... 184 00:08:14,798 --> 00:08:16,321 [alarm blaring] Our world. 185 00:08:16,408 --> 00:08:19,542 [gongs banging] 186 00:08:19,629 --> 00:08:20,848 [in Scottish accent] There are people below 187 00:08:20,935 --> 00:08:23,677 who need us, but we cannot intervene. 188 00:08:23,764 --> 00:08:25,374 They would need a hero. 189 00:08:26,767 --> 00:08:28,420 - Me! - Me! 190 00:08:28,508 --> 00:08:30,292 A miracle worker. 191 00:08:30,379 --> 00:08:33,295 [dramatic music] 192 00:08:33,382 --> 00:08:36,124 ♪ ♪ 193 00:08:36,211 --> 00:08:37,778 [device chirps] 194 00:08:37,865 --> 00:08:41,390 I am En Son of Star-Flight Enda-Prize, 195 00:08:41,477 --> 00:08:45,263 Bearer of Crimson, bravest among us. 196 00:08:45,350 --> 00:08:48,832 I will go to save them. - What now? 197 00:08:48,919 --> 00:08:50,051 Who's this guy? 198 00:08:50,138 --> 00:08:52,706 En Son fell from the stars, 199 00:08:52,793 --> 00:08:55,622 bringing gifts of knowledge and wonder with him. 200 00:08:55,709 --> 00:08:57,449 He offered a way of peace. 201 00:08:57,537 --> 00:08:59,713 The way of Star-Flight. 202 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:01,323 But he also brought a warning. 203 00:09:01,410 --> 00:09:04,282 A great evil has followed me here. 204 00:09:04,369 --> 00:09:07,416 Do not enter the woods where it lurks 205 00:09:07,503 --> 00:09:12,987 or your land will be cursed by The Gallows! 206 00:09:13,074 --> 00:09:14,031 [thunderous booming] - [gasps] The Gallows! 207 00:09:14,118 --> 00:09:15,424 [all gasp] 208 00:09:15,511 --> 00:09:17,208 - The Gallows. - The Gallows? 209 00:09:17,295 --> 00:09:20,603 A few foolish warriors doubted En Son's warning 210 00:09:20,690 --> 00:09:23,867 and went to face The Gallows... 211 00:09:23,954 --> 00:09:25,565 - [growling] - Ahh! 212 00:09:25,652 --> 00:09:26,174 - But no one... - Oh, no! 213 00:09:26,261 --> 00:09:28,002 Ever returned. 214 00:09:28,089 --> 00:09:30,918 [audience whispering in concern] 215 00:09:31,005 --> 00:09:32,920 - [coughs] - A sickness came 216 00:09:33,007 --> 00:09:34,138 to our village. 217 00:09:34,225 --> 00:09:35,836 Proof we should have listened. 218 00:09:35,923 --> 00:09:38,490 En Son spent his final months here 219 00:09:38,578 --> 00:09:40,580 teaching us what he could 220 00:09:40,667 --> 00:09:43,147 so we might survive the curse when he was gone. 221 00:09:43,234 --> 00:09:44,888 And with his final breath, 222 00:09:44,975 --> 00:09:48,196 En Son promised that one day... 223 00:09:48,283 --> 00:09:50,024 [all gasp] 224 00:09:50,111 --> 00:09:53,941 Star-Flight will come and rid us of the evil. 225 00:09:54,028 --> 00:09:56,726 These are my dying words. 226 00:09:56,813 --> 00:09:58,598 [choking] [all gasp] 227 00:09:58,685 --> 00:09:59,729 - Oh. - [crunching] 228 00:09:59,816 --> 00:10:02,123 ♪ ♪ 229 00:10:02,210 --> 00:10:04,081 For generations, we've waited. 230 00:10:04,168 --> 00:10:06,867 But now the day has come. [applause] 231 00:10:06,954 --> 00:10:09,217 You have arrived! 232 00:10:09,304 --> 00:10:13,569 Uh... 233 00:10:13,656 --> 00:10:15,615 Dal, where are you going? 234 00:10:15,702 --> 00:10:17,617 If these people sent a distress signal, 235 00:10:17,704 --> 00:10:19,270 they obviously need our help. 236 00:10:19,357 --> 00:10:20,184 Do they? 237 00:10:20,271 --> 00:10:21,664 Clearly, some Starfleet guy 238 00:10:21,751 --> 00:10:23,187 landed here a hundred years ago 239 00:10:23,274 --> 00:10:25,320 and they weren't ready for First Contact. 240 00:10:25,407 --> 00:10:30,368 These people are living a lie and don't even know it. 241 00:10:30,455 --> 00:10:32,153 Just like us. 242 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:34,068 [beep] 243 00:10:34,155 --> 00:10:35,896 [gasps] [hushed whispering] 244 00:10:35,983 --> 00:10:36,853 [weakly] The Gallows. 245 00:10:36,940 --> 00:10:38,246 [Enderprizians gasp] 246 00:10:38,333 --> 00:10:39,726 [coughing] 247 00:10:39,813 --> 00:10:41,641 [gasps] Cadet Huur'A. 248 00:10:41,728 --> 00:10:42,946 I saw it. 249 00:10:43,033 --> 00:10:44,948 [breathes heavily] 250 00:10:45,035 --> 00:10:48,865 This is not part of the play. 251 00:10:53,957 --> 00:10:55,829 I saw it. I saw The Gallows. 252 00:10:55,916 --> 00:10:58,527 It had two glowing eyes, roaring smoke, 253 00:10:58,614 --> 00:11:01,008 breathing fire and death. 254 00:11:01,095 --> 00:11:03,097 Okay, Pog's heard enough. 255 00:11:03,184 --> 00:11:05,708 Adventure's over. Back to the ship we go. 256 00:11:05,795 --> 00:11:07,579 We're not going anywhere. 257 00:11:07,667 --> 00:11:09,320 May I ask what is afflicting her? 258 00:11:09,407 --> 00:11:10,452 Didn't you hear, man? 259 00:11:10,539 --> 00:11:11,801 The Gallows! 260 00:11:11,888 --> 00:11:13,977 The curse that poisons our land. 261 00:11:14,064 --> 00:11:17,502 But curses aren't real. 262 00:11:17,589 --> 00:11:20,114 That looks real to me. 263 00:11:20,201 --> 00:11:22,594 What--what is that? 264 00:11:22,682 --> 00:11:24,292 [gasps] 265 00:11:24,379 --> 00:11:25,859 Oh, no. 266 00:11:25,946 --> 00:11:26,860 [tricorder beeping] 267 00:11:26,947 --> 00:11:28,470 [winces] What? 268 00:11:28,557 --> 00:11:29,950 It can't be real. 269 00:11:30,037 --> 00:11:31,038 Get it off of me. 270 00:11:31,125 --> 00:11:33,083 I'm afraid it's quite real. 271 00:11:33,170 --> 00:11:35,869 But with all this interference, I cannot determine the cause. 272 00:11:35,956 --> 00:11:38,175 'Cause it's evil! That's why. 273 00:11:38,262 --> 00:11:40,438 'Cause it's evil! 274 00:11:40,525 --> 00:11:42,223 I could synthesize a cure, 275 00:11:42,310 --> 00:11:44,616 but not without knowing the illness I'm curing. 276 00:11:44,704 --> 00:11:48,142 We must go to the source. 277 00:11:48,229 --> 00:11:50,318 We need to find The Gallows. 278 00:11:50,405 --> 00:11:54,496 [roaring] 279 00:11:54,583 --> 00:11:57,020 [gurgling] 280 00:11:57,107 --> 00:11:58,587 This won't hurt. 281 00:11:58,674 --> 00:12:00,981 I just need one little sample. 282 00:12:01,068 --> 00:12:03,635 - [cries] - Ew! Now what's happening? 283 00:12:03,723 --> 00:12:04,724 What's wrong, Murf? 284 00:12:04,811 --> 00:12:06,987 [sighs] What's happening to you? 285 00:12:07,074 --> 00:12:09,337 Gwyn to Rok-Tahk and Janeway. 286 00:12:09,424 --> 00:12:11,078 We have a dire situation. 287 00:12:11,165 --> 00:12:12,906 We're here. Report. 288 00:12:12,993 --> 00:12:14,734 We need you, Rok, to bring down EV suits 289 00:12:14,821 --> 00:12:16,518 and medical supplies STAT. 290 00:12:16,605 --> 00:12:17,867 - What's wrong? - It's Dal. 291 00:12:17,954 --> 00:12:20,740 Hurry! - Now Dal is sick? 292 00:12:20,827 --> 00:12:22,959 [sighs] I'm on my way. 293 00:12:23,046 --> 00:12:25,266 Janeway, take good care of Murf. 294 00:12:25,353 --> 00:12:27,050 [coos sadly] 295 00:12:27,137 --> 00:12:29,879 Of course. I'll do what I can. 296 00:12:29,966 --> 00:12:32,839 [ominous music] 297 00:12:32,926 --> 00:12:35,929 ♪ ♪ 298 00:12:36,016 --> 00:12:38,975 There must be a scientific explanation, right? 299 00:12:39,062 --> 00:12:40,847 That's what we're here to find out. 300 00:12:40,934 --> 00:12:43,284 Stay close, kid. There's curses. 301 00:12:45,373 --> 00:12:48,158 Why didn't you heed En Son's warnings? 302 00:12:48,245 --> 00:12:50,508 [winces] I believe in Star-Flight, 303 00:12:50,595 --> 00:12:53,250 and Son told us to bravely explore 304 00:12:53,337 --> 00:12:54,512 to help the helpless. 305 00:12:54,599 --> 00:12:56,253 [sighs] I know. 306 00:12:56,340 --> 00:12:59,082 You made Star-Flight proud. 307 00:12:59,169 --> 00:13:00,954 [beeping] - Ugh. 308 00:13:01,041 --> 00:13:03,565 Z, have you ever synthesized an antidote? 309 00:13:03,652 --> 00:13:06,350 No, but I've skimmed the manual. 310 00:13:06,437 --> 00:13:09,614 Great, my survival's riding on chasing down a curse, 311 00:13:09,701 --> 00:13:11,442 and my doctor's making it up on the fly. 312 00:13:11,529 --> 00:13:12,966 I sense you are afraid, 313 00:13:13,053 --> 00:13:15,098 but I am doing everything in my power. 314 00:13:15,185 --> 00:13:16,708 Lashing out will not improve your situation. 315 00:13:16,796 --> 00:13:18,580 Try to relax. - Relax? 316 00:13:18,667 --> 00:13:21,365 My skin's itching like-- 317 00:13:21,452 --> 00:13:23,541 [spits] What are we doing here? 318 00:13:23,628 --> 00:13:26,893 None of us are Starfleet and people are really sick. 319 00:13:26,980 --> 00:13:29,069 Why did we think we could help? 320 00:13:29,156 --> 00:13:31,593 We're just as crazy as-- 321 00:13:31,680 --> 00:13:34,074 [gasps, sighs] 322 00:13:34,161 --> 00:13:36,990 That feels nice. 323 00:13:37,077 --> 00:13:38,992 Wood Leech. When the sickness began, 324 00:13:39,079 --> 00:13:40,210 we found their secretions 325 00:13:40,297 --> 00:13:42,430 reduce the angiodemic immune response. 326 00:13:42,517 --> 00:13:44,998 [sighs] I know what you must think of us-- 327 00:13:45,085 --> 00:13:46,782 our facility's poor, 328 00:13:46,869 --> 00:13:49,176 our knowledge woefully incomplete. 329 00:13:49,263 --> 00:13:52,875 En Son told my ancestors of your Prime Directive, 330 00:13:52,962 --> 00:13:57,793 how we weren't ready for your technology or ideas. 331 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:01,536 We know we're not Star-Flight, but you don't need a real ship 332 00:14:01,623 --> 00:14:03,843 to believe in what it stands for. 333 00:14:06,236 --> 00:14:08,543 What about you? 334 00:14:08,630 --> 00:14:11,198 Do you believe, Dal R'El? 335 00:14:11,285 --> 00:14:14,157 [contemplative music] 336 00:14:14,244 --> 00:14:17,160 ♪ ♪ 337 00:14:17,247 --> 00:14:19,684 Look at the dead trees. 338 00:14:19,771 --> 00:14:23,036 Whatever's poisoning the land, it's close. 339 00:14:23,123 --> 00:14:25,647 - [roaring] - [whimpering] What was that? 340 00:14:25,734 --> 00:14:27,562 Even I'm beginning to worry. 341 00:14:27,649 --> 00:14:29,216 [all gasp] 342 00:14:29,303 --> 00:14:30,826 [suspenseful music] 343 00:14:30,913 --> 00:14:33,176 Oh, so--so--so this is where she saw the-- 344 00:14:33,263 --> 00:14:34,830 oh, no! 345 00:14:34,917 --> 00:14:36,745 Uh, why are we walking towards it? 346 00:14:36,832 --> 00:14:38,965 Jankom Pog is afraid! 347 00:14:39,052 --> 00:14:41,358 I've learned never to fear the truth. 348 00:14:41,445 --> 00:14:43,404 ♪ ♪ 349 00:14:43,491 --> 00:14:47,060 [rumbling] 350 00:14:49,105 --> 00:14:51,281 [roaring] 351 00:14:51,368 --> 00:14:52,630 [booming] - Ahh! 352 00:14:52,717 --> 00:14:55,459 [rumbling] 353 00:14:55,546 --> 00:14:58,158 Ahh, ahh... ahh? 354 00:14:58,245 --> 00:15:01,422 [all scream] 355 00:15:02,727 --> 00:15:03,815 - [grunts] - [sighs] 356 00:15:03,903 --> 00:15:06,731 [growling, gurgling] 357 00:15:06,818 --> 00:15:09,778 It's The Gallows! 358 00:15:09,865 --> 00:15:11,171 [EV flashlight beeps] 359 00:15:11,258 --> 00:15:14,000 [roaring] 360 00:15:14,087 --> 00:15:17,220 Not Gallows. 361 00:15:17,307 --> 00:15:19,614 "Galileo." 362 00:15:19,701 --> 00:15:21,355 It's not just a legend. 363 00:15:21,442 --> 00:15:22,791 [laughs] 364 00:15:22,878 --> 00:15:25,576 What's a 23rd century class F shuttlecraft 365 00:15:25,663 --> 00:15:27,404 doing down here? 366 00:15:27,491 --> 00:15:28,623 I can't get a reading. 367 00:15:28,710 --> 00:15:31,495 There's too much subspatial interference. 368 00:15:31,582 --> 00:15:35,195 [gasps] Like the kind you get from a broken warp engine. 369 00:15:35,282 --> 00:15:37,371 Oh! It's leaking plasma? 370 00:15:37,458 --> 00:15:39,199 Great! 371 00:15:40,678 --> 00:15:42,463 [bubbling, whooshing] 372 00:15:42,550 --> 00:15:44,508 Ahh, ahh! 373 00:15:44,595 --> 00:15:47,772 [rumbling] 374 00:15:48,599 --> 00:15:51,994 [rocks cracking] 375 00:15:52,081 --> 00:15:53,561 [groans] 376 00:15:53,648 --> 00:15:57,347 This thing's been leaking for a hundred years. 377 00:15:57,434 --> 00:15:59,349 These are dilithium crystals. 378 00:15:59,436 --> 00:16:01,873 The shuttle plasma must be chain-reacting 379 00:16:01,961 --> 00:16:03,701 with explosive minerals in the rock. 380 00:16:03,788 --> 00:16:05,268 That's what's poisoning the land. 381 00:16:05,355 --> 00:16:06,487 Gwyn to Zero. 382 00:16:06,574 --> 00:16:08,228 We found the cause of the sickness. 383 00:16:08,315 --> 00:16:09,664 [feedback static] Hello? 384 00:16:09,751 --> 00:16:10,882 Do you read me? 385 00:16:10,970 --> 00:16:12,754 It won't be able to get through. 386 00:16:12,841 --> 00:16:15,496 [gasps] This is what's causing the subspatial interference. 387 00:16:15,583 --> 00:16:17,063 We have to get through. 388 00:16:17,150 --> 00:16:18,586 Zero can't make an antidote 389 00:16:18,673 --> 00:16:20,501 unless they know what's making them sick. 390 00:16:20,588 --> 00:16:22,111 Jankom's been studying his share 391 00:16:22,198 --> 00:16:24,766 of 23rd century Starfleet ships, 392 00:16:24,853 --> 00:16:30,554 and that tin can is equipped with a duotronic comm relay. 393 00:16:30,641 --> 00:16:32,687 If anyone steps foot on this shuttle and it falls, 394 00:16:32,774 --> 00:16:34,776 this entire place blows. 395 00:16:34,863 --> 00:16:36,560 And honestly, if we come across 396 00:16:36,647 --> 00:16:39,128 one more thing Pog can't fix, 397 00:16:39,215 --> 00:16:42,131 then Pog can't call himself an engineer. 398 00:16:42,218 --> 00:16:44,655 Jankom, what are you doing? 399 00:16:44,742 --> 00:16:46,918 If this thing goes sideways, 400 00:16:47,006 --> 00:16:48,920 promise me a royal... 401 00:16:49,008 --> 00:16:50,879 [grunts] Tellarite... 402 00:16:50,966 --> 00:16:54,578 [grunting] Funeral! 403 00:16:54,665 --> 00:16:55,710 [laughs] 404 00:16:55,797 --> 00:16:59,235 [dramatic music] 405 00:17:01,063 --> 00:17:03,848 But what about your tools? 406 00:17:03,935 --> 00:17:05,633 They're all up here. 407 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:06,677 [panting] 408 00:17:06,764 --> 00:17:09,724 ♪ ♪ 409 00:17:14,207 --> 00:17:16,035 [groaning] [beeping] 410 00:17:16,122 --> 00:17:17,297 Stay with me, Dal. 411 00:17:17,384 --> 00:17:18,950 [panting] 412 00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:20,604 Zero, we're losing them. 413 00:17:20,691 --> 00:17:22,476 [beeping] 414 00:17:22,563 --> 00:17:24,130 - [groans] - Jankom to "Protostar." 415 00:17:24,217 --> 00:17:26,045 Zero? Anybody? 416 00:17:26,132 --> 00:17:27,089 Am I holding the right button? 417 00:17:27,176 --> 00:17:29,048 Mr. Pog? Is that you? 418 00:17:29,135 --> 00:17:30,788 [stammering] We're trapped in a cave, 419 00:17:30,875 --> 00:17:32,486 surrounded by dilithium. 420 00:17:32,573 --> 00:17:34,009 We have toxic runoff! 421 00:17:34,096 --> 00:17:35,489 We don't have much time. 422 00:17:35,576 --> 00:17:37,795 There's plasma everywhere. 423 00:17:37,882 --> 00:17:40,015 Dilithium reaction. 424 00:17:40,102 --> 00:17:42,583 Toxic runoff from shuttle plasma. 425 00:17:42,670 --> 00:17:45,281 That should be enough to synthesize an antidote. 426 00:17:45,368 --> 00:17:49,285 [suspenseful music] 427 00:17:49,372 --> 00:17:51,374 The antidote's ready. Quickly! 428 00:17:51,461 --> 00:17:52,810 [hypospray hisses] - [gasps] 429 00:17:52,897 --> 00:17:55,422 ♪ ♪ 430 00:17:55,509 --> 00:17:58,860 [gasps] I don't know what I'm doing! 431 00:17:58,947 --> 00:18:01,384 I mean, I'm alive! 432 00:18:01,471 --> 00:18:03,212 - Dal! - What's going on? 433 00:18:03,299 --> 00:18:05,345 Are you okay? - The roof's coming down. 434 00:18:05,432 --> 00:18:06,998 Oh, we won't last much longer! 435 00:18:07,086 --> 00:18:08,217 Get us outta here! - Janeway! 436 00:18:08,304 --> 00:18:09,697 Beam them out of there now! 437 00:18:09,784 --> 00:18:11,655 Can't get a lock from here. 438 00:18:11,742 --> 00:18:13,788 We need to be closer to get a read on them, 439 00:18:13,875 --> 00:18:15,703 but being that close to the distortion radius 440 00:18:15,790 --> 00:18:19,272 will knock out our autopilot and yours truly. 441 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:20,795 So we'd have to fly in manually? 442 00:18:20,882 --> 00:18:22,623 We're down three crew members. 443 00:18:22,710 --> 00:18:26,453 [inhales shakily] 444 00:18:26,540 --> 00:18:28,933 Hmm, maybe not. 445 00:18:29,020 --> 00:18:31,893 [dramatic music] 446 00:18:31,980 --> 00:18:36,811 ♪ ♪ 447 00:18:36,898 --> 00:18:37,768 [all gasp] 448 00:18:37,855 --> 00:18:39,118 Wow. 449 00:18:39,205 --> 00:18:40,815 My, my. 450 00:18:42,643 --> 00:18:45,298 Welcome to the USS "Protostar." 451 00:18:45,385 --> 00:18:46,690 Are you sure about this? 452 00:18:46,777 --> 00:18:48,692 They want to be Starfleet. 453 00:18:48,779 --> 00:18:51,521 But can they command a starship? 454 00:18:54,089 --> 00:18:55,308 Trust me. 455 00:18:55,395 --> 00:18:56,787 You just have to believe. 456 00:18:56,874 --> 00:19:01,183 ♪ ♪ 457 00:19:01,270 --> 00:19:02,228 [console beeps] 458 00:19:02,315 --> 00:19:05,492 ♪ ♪ 459 00:19:05,579 --> 00:19:08,625 [chair beeps] 460 00:19:08,712 --> 00:19:10,540 They're a bit retro. 461 00:19:10,627 --> 00:19:13,500 Got anything more old school? 462 00:19:13,587 --> 00:19:17,112 Computer, load Constitution class holo-console, 463 00:19:17,199 --> 00:19:18,766 mid-23rd century. 464 00:19:18,853 --> 00:19:21,334 Translate command inputs to the "Protostar's" helm. 465 00:19:21,421 --> 00:19:28,167 ♪ ♪ 466 00:19:28,254 --> 00:19:29,429 - Ho, ho. - Whoa. 467 00:19:29,516 --> 00:19:30,778 - Incredible. - This I know. 468 00:19:30,865 --> 00:19:32,519 Amazing. 469 00:19:32,606 --> 00:19:35,391 ♪ ♪ 470 00:19:35,478 --> 00:19:37,088 I can work with this. 471 00:19:37,176 --> 00:19:39,178 Let's go get our friends out of that cave. 472 00:19:39,265 --> 00:19:41,528 Impulse power. - Aye, aye, Captain. 473 00:19:41,615 --> 00:19:44,226 Pulse power. 474 00:19:44,313 --> 00:19:46,228 [engine roars] 475 00:19:46,315 --> 00:19:48,317 ♪ ♪ 476 00:19:48,404 --> 00:19:50,145 It's starting to collapse! 477 00:19:50,232 --> 00:19:52,191 Get into the shuttle! 478 00:19:52,278 --> 00:19:54,802 [all grunting] 479 00:19:54,889 --> 00:19:57,718 [scraping] 480 00:19:57,805 --> 00:20:00,242 [beeping] - This is Ensign Garrovick 481 00:20:00,329 --> 00:20:02,592 of the USS "Enterprise." 482 00:20:02,679 --> 00:20:05,116 This'll be my final call to Starfleet... 483 00:20:05,204 --> 00:20:06,770 [audio cutting out] Hoping you'll come, 484 00:20:06,857 --> 00:20:10,078 though I've long given up that anyone'll hear it. 485 00:20:10,165 --> 00:20:13,821 [laughs] Hope's a funny thing, isn't it? 486 00:20:13,908 --> 00:20:15,866 I tried to do my duty, 487 00:20:15,953 --> 00:20:18,608 salvaged what I could from the wreck, 488 00:20:18,695 --> 00:20:20,784 went to save the locals from the danger. 489 00:20:20,871 --> 00:20:23,570 Shields up. 490 00:20:23,657 --> 00:20:26,355 Before I fell to my injuries. 491 00:20:26,442 --> 00:20:30,011 But then, they welcomed me, healed me, 492 00:20:30,098 --> 00:20:32,970 gave me hope when I had none. 493 00:20:35,321 --> 00:20:36,583 In the end, 494 00:20:36,670 --> 00:20:40,935 they were the ones who saved me. 495 00:20:41,022 --> 00:20:43,372 ♪ ♪ 496 00:20:43,459 --> 00:20:46,114 [all scream] 497 00:20:46,201 --> 00:20:47,594 Whoa! 498 00:20:47,681 --> 00:20:50,597 [all screaming] 499 00:20:50,684 --> 00:20:55,428 ♪ ♪ 500 00:20:55,515 --> 00:20:56,429 Beam them up. 501 00:20:56,516 --> 00:20:57,995 Locking on. 502 00:20:58,082 --> 00:20:59,693 - Whoa! - Ahh! 503 00:21:04,567 --> 00:21:07,091 [bubbling, whooshing] 504 00:21:07,178 --> 00:21:08,267 [alarm blaring] 505 00:21:08,354 --> 00:21:09,964 Get us outta here. 506 00:21:10,051 --> 00:21:16,971 ♪ ♪ 507 00:21:17,058 --> 00:21:18,233 [explosion] 508 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:20,931 [triumphant music] 509 00:21:21,018 --> 00:21:26,937 ♪ ♪ 510 00:21:27,024 --> 00:21:29,940 [all cheering] 511 00:21:30,027 --> 00:21:36,556 ♪ ♪ 512 00:21:36,643 --> 00:21:39,646 Captain's Log, Supplemental. 513 00:21:39,733 --> 00:21:42,823 People can surprise you sometimes. 514 00:21:42,910 --> 00:21:45,739 [cheers and applause] 515 00:21:48,394 --> 00:21:52,398 It seems we met a new chapter of Starfleet after all. 516 00:21:52,485 --> 00:21:55,183 Sure, they got a few things wrong, 517 00:21:55,270 --> 00:21:57,141 but they got a few things right. 518 00:21:57,228 --> 00:22:00,014 [cheers and applause] 519 00:22:02,408 --> 00:22:04,975 [all grunting] 520 00:22:05,062 --> 00:22:06,977 Janeway says the rules about Second Contact 521 00:22:07,064 --> 00:22:09,197 are a bit fuzzy, 522 00:22:09,284 --> 00:22:13,070 so it's up to them on how they wanna evolve. 523 00:22:13,157 --> 00:22:15,464 [rocks rumbling] 524 00:22:15,551 --> 00:22:17,553 If these Enderprizians can do so much 525 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:20,513 without even a ship to call their own, 526 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:22,776 maybe we can too. 527 00:22:24,473 --> 00:22:25,953 Look out! [device humming] 528 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:27,781 [audience gasps] 529 00:22:27,868 --> 00:22:29,913 [cheers and applause] - [gasps] 530 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,438 If we can't take the ship to Starfleet, 531 00:22:32,525 --> 00:22:34,483 we'll find another way 532 00:22:34,570 --> 00:22:37,051 without the "Protostar." 533 00:22:37,138 --> 00:22:39,575 ♪ ♪ 534 00:22:41,185 --> 00:22:42,361 ♪ Murf ♪ 535 00:22:42,448 --> 00:22:44,145 Feeling better, buddy? 536 00:22:44,232 --> 00:22:45,973 Murf? 537 00:22:46,060 --> 00:22:47,061 Whoa. 538 00:22:47,148 --> 00:22:48,671 [cooing] 539 00:22:48,758 --> 00:22:51,587 [light bright music] 540 00:22:51,674 --> 00:22:53,197 Murf? 541 00:22:53,284 --> 00:22:55,461 - [squeals] - What's happening to you? 542 00:22:55,548 --> 00:22:57,419 [bubbling] 543 00:22:57,506 --> 00:22:59,552 [gasps] 544 00:22:59,639 --> 00:23:02,468 ♪ ♪