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Previously on
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds...

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Send someone else.

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You don't want me
in command of that ship.

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- You saw the future.
- I saw my own death.

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Your first officer doesn't do

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down time well, Chris.

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- Captain.
- Samuel Kirk.

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Well, you're posted
to life sciences, and

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he's your new boss.

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Captain Pike.

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- Lieutenant La'An Noonien-Singh.
- Chief of Security.

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Ah, the prodigy. Cadet Uhura?

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- What's the mission?
- We explore.

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We seek out new life

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and new civilizations.

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We boldly go where no one
has gone before.

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Cadet's log.

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Stardate 2912.4.

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The Enterprise is surveying
the Persephone system,

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where the crew
is studying the behavior

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of an ancient comet,
C/2260-Quentin.

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I, however, am doing rotation

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in landing party
readiness protocols,

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which doesn't really
involve comets,

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ancient or otherwise,

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so duties are pretty slow
at the moment.

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Except, of course, for a recent
invitation to dinner

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at the captain's cabin,
for which I have been encouraged

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by Lieutenant Ortegas

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to dust off my dress uniform.

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You said it was formal.

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Actually, what I said was you...

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might want to wear
your dress uniform.

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Are you kidding? This is
your idea of a practical joke?

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Kind of.

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I'm going back to change.

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You do not want to be late
to the captain's table.

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Relax, Cadet. It's tradition.

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- Hazing the newbie?
- All in good fun.

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We get bored. It's a small ship.

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You know, it's really not.

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Come on.

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Consider it your
first complete square

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in Enterprise bingo.

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You know about that?

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I was a cadet once too, Cadet.

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So, what are these things like?

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Well, first off, they're
not just the command crew.

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Captain wants, you know,
regular people,

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to hear what's actually
happening on the ship,

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so he'll probably
ask you questions.

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Great.

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That a problem?

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How do I put this?

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My father liked to say
that I was unburdened

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by conversational boundaries.

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So, this'll be fun
for you, then.

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Lieutenant Ortegas,
Cadet Uhura, wel--

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Dress uniform, huh?
Grab a drink.

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I got to deal with the ribs.

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Ortegas,

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come help refill drinks.
Cadet Uhura,

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- good to see you.
- You, too.

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Feel your eyes burn...

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Oh, uh, can I help?

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No.

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You have offended Hemmer,
our new Chief Engineer.

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No offense intended.

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I was raised
to offer help to anyone

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with a sensory impairment.

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- If I was...
- That word again.

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Sir?

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"Impaired."

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A human in my condition might
consider themselves impaired.

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Hemmer may not be able to see,
but his other senses compensate.

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Compensate?

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They are superior.

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Uh, I've read that,
among many things,

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the Aenar have a form
of precognitive ability.

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I knew you were
going to ask that.

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Because you sensed my question
before I asked it?

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Because everyone
always asks that.

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Right.

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You telegraphed your throw, telepathically.

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As was my intention,
to illustrate.

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This is a hazing thing,
isn't it?

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You guys are screwing around.

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I think I need a drink.

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I like her.

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Indeed.

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So, I have my phaser out,
and, sure enough,

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down the street, there's
the Nausicaan we're after.

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Running away, no pants on.

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I move after him, only I trip,
flat on my face. I shout,

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"Freeze!" But the Nausicaan
keeps running.

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I try to stand up, but my feet
are caught on something,

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and then I realize...

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I've tripped on his pants.

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So, anyway,

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after, my lieutenant
pulls me aside and says,

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"Maybe Security isn't
the best fit for you, Ensign."

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I've never understood
the human inclination

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to laugh at others' misfortune.

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It feels... impolite.

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That's why it's funny.

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Because it breaks
a social expectation?

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Sometimes, Mr. Spock,

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things go so badly
you just have to laugh.

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What's that you're humming,
Cadet?

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Sorry. Bad habit.

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Uh, it's an old folk song
from my village in Kenya.

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I've visited Lake Simbi Nyaima
several times.

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It is achingly beautiful there.

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- I grew up just a few miles away.
- Really?

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You know, the Enterprise
only gets a handful

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of cadets a year from Starfleet.

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You got to be pretty impressive
to make the cut.

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Thank you, sir.

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I hear you speak 12 languages.

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Uh, 37.

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Okay, wow.

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Uh, in Kenya we have
22 native languages.

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I found early that,
if I wanted to be understood,

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it's best to communicate
in someone's own tongue,

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so I learned them.

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Easy as that?

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For me, sir, yes.

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I noticed you're on the next
landing party rotation.

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I know it can be confusing

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jumping from department
to department.

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- Right, Number One?
- That was one time.

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I'm sure you've chosen
a specialty you'd like.

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Where do you see
yourself in ten y--

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Ten years,
where do you see yourself?

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Are you asking me what I want

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to be when I grow up, Captain?

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Sure.

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I...

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...guess the truth is,
I'm not sure

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I'm actually
all that "Starfleet."

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That's not something
I've ever heard from a cadet.

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You worked pretty hard
to get here.

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You beat out, how many,
a thousand applicants?

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Several thousand.

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And now you're not sure
if you want to be here?

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I always wanted to study
alien languages.

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I have an ear for them.

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And a gift for understatement.

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I was going to attend
the University in Nairobi.

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Both my parents taught there.

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Mm-hmm.

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About a week before
I was due to start,

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they were, uh...

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killed in a shuttle accident.

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My older brother, too.

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I'm so sorry.

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After, I just...

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couldn't go to campus.

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Their absence was...

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everywhere.

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I moved in with my grandmother,

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but I just...

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didn't feel like I fit

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anywhere.

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Anyway, she was in Starfleet
when she was young,

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and she always
used to talk about it,

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and, well, I didn't know
what else to do.

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So you ran away to Starfleet?

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Yes.

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That is an impressive
and heartbreaking story, Cadet.

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That's me.

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Well, Cadet,
I appreciate your honesty,

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and I sincerely hope
you discover a place

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where you feel you do fit,

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wherever that may be.

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Guess I kind of blew it
in there, huh?

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Not at all, Cadet.

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The captain values honesty,
as do I.

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But...?

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But I would say to you

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that Starfleet has been
a lifelong dream for many,

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myself included.

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If it is not your path,
you might consider making way

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for someone else
who wants to walk it.

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I've seen you ask that cadet

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question a hundred times.

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Tonight it felt different.

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Is it because
of what you told me,

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about what you saw on Boreth?

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Turns out, knowing your future

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kind of takes the fun
out of imagining it.

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Chris, have you
considered that maybe

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your fate isn't written?

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Dusty Swender.

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T'quiel Dawn. Muliq Al Alcazar.

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Yuuto Hoshide. Andrea Lopez.

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I could keep going. These are
the kids I save when it happens.

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You know their names.

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Lately, I've been saying them
over and over again,

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like a reminder.

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Stay the course,
save their lives.

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I refuse to believe
there isn't another way.

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SPOCK
Captain Pike to the bridge.

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There is a problem
with the comet.

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The computer simulation
suggests that,

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when the comet strikes
the planet in two days,

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there will be no survivors.

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Persephone III
is an M-Class world.

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Previous surveys suggests
it is home to an intelligent,

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pre-warp species that
call themselves the Deleb.

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Given their current state
of technological advancement,

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it is highly unlikely
that they're aware

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of the danger they are in.
Options?

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The Deleb can't move the comet,

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- so we move it for them?
- Mr. Spock?

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An ion engine.
To be precise, four,

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programmed to fire in sequence

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to account
for the comet's rotation.

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Got it. Number One, thoughts?

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It could work.

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We could use photon torpedoes
as launch vehicles.

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Take about an hour
for the retrofit.

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A rosy assessment,
considering I'll be the one

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doing the retrofitting.

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Let's get it done, people.

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We've got a planet to save
before breakfast.

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I love this job.

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Anyone want to tell me
how a comet

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puts up a force field?

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Space.

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The final frontier.

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These are the voyages
of the starship Enterprise.

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to explore strange new worlds...

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...to seek out new life

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and new civilizations,

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to boldly go
where no one has gone before.

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We've tried every hail,
every scan you can think of.

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If there's life on the comet,
we can't find it.

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But we did find...

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a structure.

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It's enormous
and mostly subterranean.

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A structure suggests
alien intelligence.

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Which is why I've asked Sam Kirk
of Xenoanthropology here

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to join us. So, let's start
with the obvious.

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It looks like a comet,
has shields like a starship,

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and a building on its surface
like a planet,

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but no life signs.

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Maybe it's not a comet at all,

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but some kind of
derelict spacecraft?

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Okay, so how do we
shut down its shields?

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Logic suggests this structure is
likely where we'll have to go.

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Except it's got shields.

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The shields are not constant.

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They only appear
in response to a threat.

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It should be possible
to beam to the surface

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without triggering them.

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Sam, are you aware
of any civilization

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that developed
on the surface of a comet?

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First I've heard of one.

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I'm starting
to like the mustache.

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Maybe you should
try one for yourself.

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La'An, you, Spock,

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and Sam get suited up, and

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this is the cadet's
first away mission.

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You wanted to learn
to speak alien languages...

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go where the aliens are.

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The surface of the comet
is bombarded

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by ridiculously high levels
of cosmic rays.

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This will buy you two hours.

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Any more and your insides
will turn to liquid.

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Ow!

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Ugh, you could've warned me.

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Then you'd know
it was gonna hurt.

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You know I've had people
run on me?

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Weapon up, people.

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Kirk, Uhura,

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when you're recovered, with me.

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You ready for this?

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I am more than capable
of managing

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any pain you can induce.

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Mr. Spock.

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Now you're just toying with me.

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That was not my intention.

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- I've noticed.
- Heads up.

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Thank you, Lieutenant.

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Remember, when we arrive,

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gravity is a fraction
of Earth normal.

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Don't want anyone
flying off into space.

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Energize, Mr. Kyle.

00:16:21.741 --> 00:16:24.700
You good?

00:16:24.741 --> 00:16:26.908
Yeah.

00:16:26.950 --> 00:16:29.575
I'm... standing
on the surface of a comet.

00:17:17.158 --> 00:17:19.116
Curious.
According to my readings,

00:17:19.158 --> 00:17:22.658
there is breathable atmosphere
inside the chamber.

00:17:22.741 --> 00:17:24.283
We should make sure it's secure.

00:17:24.325 --> 00:17:26.033
Lieutenant Spock,
you scan the room.

00:17:26.075 --> 00:17:27.866
I'll do a perimeter sweep.

00:17:35.283 --> 00:17:36.825
These markings.

00:17:36.866 --> 00:17:39.991
What do you think,
decorative or linguistic?

00:17:41.825 --> 00:17:43.491
You're asking me?

00:17:43.533 --> 00:17:45.741
Don't study linguistics
if you don't want people

00:17:45.783 --> 00:17:47.116
to ask you questions about it.

00:17:47.200 --> 00:17:49.241
Okay.

00:17:49.283 --> 00:17:51.616
Fine.

00:17:51.658 --> 00:17:53.325
It's just, uh...

00:17:53.366 --> 00:17:56.991
You're a cadet, it's your
first away mission, I get it.

00:17:57.033 --> 00:17:59.533
But you're here for a reason.

00:18:10.575 --> 00:18:12.866
These markings,

00:18:12.908 --> 00:18:14.866
they repeat in a sequence.

00:18:14.908 --> 00:18:17.825
A sequence, huh? Maybe a code?

00:18:17.866 --> 00:18:20.325
I don't know.

00:18:20.325 --> 00:18:21.741
Just...

00:18:21.783 --> 00:18:25.575
Everything seems
to point to this egg.

00:18:25.616 --> 00:18:29.366
It's important, just--
I don't know how.

00:18:29.408 --> 00:18:32.408
Do you think these markings
indicate some kind of control?

00:18:34.241 --> 00:18:36.075
If they do,

00:18:36.158 --> 00:18:38.033
then perhaps this is how we can
affect the comet's shields.

00:18:38.075 --> 00:18:39.116
Perimeter's clear.

00:18:39.158 --> 00:18:41.408
No one here but us.

00:18:48.491 --> 00:18:50.366
Uh, Lieutenant,
I don't think that's a...

00:18:52.575 --> 00:18:54.825
...a good idea.

00:18:54.866 --> 00:18:56.908
Yahtzee.

00:18:56.950 --> 00:18:58.950
Huh?

00:18:58.991 --> 00:19:00.700
It's an old Earth game.

00:19:00.741 --> 00:19:03.200
I am familiar
with Yahtzee, Lieutenant,

00:19:03.241 --> 00:19:05.533
but I am reading a dangerous
buildup of energy.

00:19:05.575 --> 00:19:07.575
Please step away from the egg.

00:19:09.450 --> 00:19:11.616
Turn him over.
Get his helmet off.

00:19:20.325 --> 00:19:23.116
His heart has stopped.
We need to get him to the ship.

00:19:24.158 --> 00:19:25.658
LA'AN
Ent... prise.

00:19:25.700 --> 00:19:27.991
We ne... ergency beam out.

00:19:28.033 --> 00:19:30.825
La'An, your signal's spotty.
We can't quite hear you.

00:19:30.908 --> 00:19:33.908
Lieutenant Kirk has been
injured. Beam us out.

00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:36.866
Having trouble getting a lock.

00:19:43.908 --> 00:19:45.241
Clear.

00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:52.491
Energizing.

00:19:55.116 --> 00:19:56.825
Captain, the force field.

00:19:56.866 --> 00:19:58.908
It's back up.

00:20:01.741 --> 00:20:03.491
Signal's being blocked.

00:20:03.533 --> 00:20:06.116
I can't get them back.

00:20:06.158 --> 00:20:07.491
Clear.

00:20:15.533 --> 00:20:17.325
He's stable, for now.

00:20:17.366 --> 00:20:19.575
All frequencies are down.

00:20:19.616 --> 00:20:21.741
We're cut off from the ship.

00:20:24.450 --> 00:20:25.825
We're on our own.

00:20:37.950 --> 00:20:41.075
He sustained massive trauma
from electrical shock.

00:20:41.116 --> 00:20:42.575
I've sedated him.

00:20:42.616 --> 00:20:44.991
Uh, maybe we don't touch
anything else.

00:20:48.241 --> 00:20:49.825
Just a suggestion.

00:20:49.866 --> 00:20:52.450
He will not survive without
prompt medical attention.

00:20:54.116 --> 00:20:56.450
Seems that force field is back.

00:20:56.491 --> 00:20:58.825
It appears the comet wishes
to keep us here.

00:20:58.825 --> 00:21:01.116
What kind of comet
knows someone's walking on it?

00:21:01.158 --> 00:21:02.575
A salient question, Cadet.

00:21:02.616 --> 00:21:04.241
One that I am afraid
you may have to answer

00:21:04.283 --> 00:21:05.991
in order for us to escape.

00:21:06.033 --> 00:21:08.866
Sir, I'm reminding you
this is my first away mission.

00:21:08.908 --> 00:21:10.116
That may be,

00:21:10.158 --> 00:21:11.658
but the key to our escape

00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:13.325
may well be in these markings
all around us,

00:21:13.366 --> 00:21:15.533
and you are the only
linguistics expert here.

00:21:56.033 --> 00:21:58.866
Right now, I need ideas.

00:21:58.908 --> 00:22:00.075
We've got a planet
full of people

00:22:00.116 --> 00:22:01.658
who will die without our help,

00:22:01.700 --> 00:22:03.950
and our crew members
are trapped on that comet.

00:22:03.991 --> 00:22:06.283
We need to get through
that force field. How?

00:22:07.950 --> 00:22:09.700
Phaser harmonics?

00:22:11.575 --> 00:22:13.658
A phaser at a higher frequency
could cause resonance.

00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:15.991
The right frequency
could shatter it.

00:22:18.908 --> 00:22:21.533
I like this plan. This is a good
plan. Ortegas, bring us around.

00:22:35.241 --> 00:22:37.158
How are we doing, Cadet?

00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:39.116
At the moment,

00:22:39.158 --> 00:22:41.741
pretending not to be in
way over my head.

00:22:43.575 --> 00:22:45.533
Too honest?

00:22:45.575 --> 00:22:48.700
I am a Vulcan.
We are "too honest" by nature.

00:22:48.741 --> 00:22:51.991
Your girlfriend
must love that, huh?

00:22:53.408 --> 00:22:54.825
Nurse Chapel.

00:22:54.866 --> 00:22:57.033
Nurse Chapel
is not my girlfriend.

00:22:57.075 --> 00:22:59.075
I know,

00:22:59.116 --> 00:23:01.200
but she was flirting with you.

00:23:04.408 --> 00:23:07.158
It was a joke. You know, to...

00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:10.116
break the tension.

00:23:10.158 --> 00:23:13.283
Do you not think this is
an inappropriate time for jokes?

00:23:14.408 --> 00:23:16.450
It's like the captain said.

00:23:16.491 --> 00:23:19.783
"Sometimes things go so badly

00:23:19.825 --> 00:23:22.491
you just have to laugh."

00:23:23.991 --> 00:23:25.950
I find the best way
to diffuse tension

00:23:25.991 --> 00:23:28.033
is to apply rigorous logic.

00:23:29.450 --> 00:23:30.991
Okay.

00:23:31.033 --> 00:23:33.075
That's always an option, too.

00:23:49.450 --> 00:23:50.825
Phasers locked
and ready, Captain.

00:23:50.908 --> 00:23:52.616
On your command, Number One.

00:23:55.741 --> 00:23:58.158
- Incoming weapons fire.
- Damage report?

00:23:58.200 --> 00:24:01.825
Minimal damage to port nacelle.
Shields holding at 70%.

00:24:01.866 --> 00:24:03.741
Who hit us?

00:24:06.658 --> 00:24:08.825
Uh, they did.

00:24:22.658 --> 00:24:24.491
Hail them. On screen.

00:24:28.908 --> 00:24:31.825
This is Captain Christopher Pike
of the Federation

00:24:31.825 --> 00:24:33.450
starship Enterprise.

00:24:33.491 --> 00:24:34.908
Who are you and why are you
attacking our vessel?

00:24:34.950 --> 00:24:36.991
We are the Shepherds.

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:39.408
Really?

00:24:39.450 --> 00:24:40.408
That's how
the universal translator

00:24:40.450 --> 00:24:41.575
is processing it.

00:24:43.241 --> 00:24:46.075
We escort M'hanit.

00:24:46.116 --> 00:24:48.075
The comet?

00:24:48.116 --> 00:24:50.908
M'hanit is far more
than a comet.

00:24:50.950 --> 00:24:55.408
M'hanit is one of
the ancient arbiters of life.

00:24:55.450 --> 00:24:57.283
Okay.

00:24:57.325 --> 00:24:58.908
If you tamper with it again,

00:24:58.950 --> 00:25:02.658
we will not hesitate
to destroy you.

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:14.158
Scan the ship.

00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:15.450
What kind of weapons
are we dealing with?

00:25:17.950 --> 00:25:20.616
Our intentions were not hostile.

00:25:20.658 --> 00:25:24.033
M'hanit is on a collision
course with an inhabited planet.

00:25:24.075 --> 00:25:26.408
We were simply trying
to divert its trajectory.

00:25:26.450 --> 00:25:28.075
Absurd.

00:25:28.116 --> 00:25:30.033
Would you adjust
the height of the waves

00:25:30.075 --> 00:25:32.158
or the position of the stars?

00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:35.783
M'hanit's course is preordained.

00:25:35.825 --> 00:25:37.991
There are millions of people
on that planet.

00:25:38.033 --> 00:25:40.658
The impact will kill them all
and likely blow your comet--

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:42.658
Uh...

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:46.575
Blow your M'hanit
into just as many pieces.

00:25:46.616 --> 00:25:49.908
Are you a reasonable man,
Captain?

00:25:49.950 --> 00:25:51.825
I-I'd like to think so, yes.

00:25:51.866 --> 00:25:54.200
Then please entertain
the proposition

00:25:54.241 --> 00:25:56.075
that M'hanit is not,

00:25:56.116 --> 00:25:58.200
as you continue to call him,

00:25:58.241 --> 00:25:59.950
a comet.

00:25:59.991 --> 00:26:02.533
It is an instrument,

00:26:02.575 --> 00:26:04.533
an ancient arbiter,

00:26:04.575 --> 00:26:07.533
one of the few remaining
in the galaxy.

00:26:07.575 --> 00:26:11.116
If it is his will to move,
he will move.

00:26:11.158 --> 00:26:13.325
If it is his will to bring life,

00:26:13.366 --> 00:26:15.408
he will bring life.

00:26:15.491 --> 00:26:17.158
If M'hanit wills

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:20.575
the planet to die,
even chooses to die with it,

00:26:20.616 --> 00:26:23.408
then that is what will happen.

00:26:23.450 --> 00:26:26.325
As I said, it is preordained.

00:26:26.366 --> 00:26:28.616
Blowing up a planet full
of people is not preordained...

00:26:28.658 --> 00:26:31.700
You said you were
a reasonable man, Captain.

00:26:31.741 --> 00:26:34.700
- So how can you know?
- Since before

00:26:34.741 --> 00:26:37.616
our distant ancestors touched
the sky and the stars beyond,

00:26:37.658 --> 00:26:39.866
my people have been charged

00:26:39.908 --> 00:26:42.116
with the protection
of the arbiters.

00:26:42.158 --> 00:26:45.575
None of us even remember when
the charge first came to us,

00:26:45.616 --> 00:26:47.575
but we accepted the mantle

00:26:47.616 --> 00:26:49.741
with honor.

00:26:49.783 --> 00:26:51.575
For centuries,

00:26:51.616 --> 00:26:54.491
we have protected the arbiters
as they follow courses

00:26:54.575 --> 00:26:56.575
set long before our suns

00:26:56.575 --> 00:26:58.616
first burned in the sky,

00:26:58.658 --> 00:27:01.241
bringing life across the galaxy.

00:27:01.283 --> 00:27:04.866
It is not our prerogative
to interfere, Captain,

00:27:04.908 --> 00:27:06.616
nor is it yours.

00:27:06.658 --> 00:27:08.075
Please, excuse me.

00:27:08.116 --> 00:27:09.866
Pause communications.

00:27:09.908 --> 00:27:11.700
Shepherds?

00:27:11.741 --> 00:27:13.658
Zealots is more like it.
What did you find?

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:15.325
Their systems are
incredibly advanced,

00:27:15.366 --> 00:27:16.825
their ships faster than ours,

00:27:16.866 --> 00:27:18.575
and their weapon systems...

00:27:18.616 --> 00:27:20.325
Let's just say we don't
want to piss them off.

00:27:21.991 --> 00:27:23.741
How exactly are we
supposed to move the comet

00:27:23.783 --> 00:27:25.283
without doing that?

00:27:25.325 --> 00:27:26.658
We have to buy time
for the landing party

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:28.491
to get the force field down.

00:27:28.533 --> 00:27:29.533
And hope these Shepherds
don't find out

00:27:29.575 --> 00:27:31.158
that they're down there.

00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:33.491
I'm guessing they'd be
kind of touchy about that.

00:27:33.533 --> 00:27:35.200
Ensign, resume communications.

00:27:37.616 --> 00:27:40.575
You have your sacred duty.
We have ours.

00:27:40.575 --> 00:27:43.491
The Federation doesn't interfere
in the development of species,

00:27:43.533 --> 00:27:45.491
but we also don't just
let them die.

00:27:45.533 --> 00:27:48.658
We don't mean
to disrespect M'hanit.

00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:51.075
We'd do the same for you
if you were in danger.

00:27:51.116 --> 00:27:54.825
You say you don't interfere,
that you mean no disrespect,

00:27:54.866 --> 00:27:58.491
but your crew has desecrated
the temple on his surface.

00:27:58.533 --> 00:28:00.950
Guess they know
about the landing party.

00:28:03.075 --> 00:28:05.616
- We were simply trying to ascer...
- Their presence

00:28:05.658 --> 00:28:07.200
is blasphemy.

00:28:07.241 --> 00:28:09.950
M'hanit will be their tomb.

00:28:09.991 --> 00:28:12.783
Any further action
to rescue them

00:28:12.825 --> 00:28:15.283
will be considered
an act of war.

00:28:16.866 --> 00:28:19.116
Find a way to get through
to the landing party right now.

00:28:19.158 --> 00:28:20.741
Break the laws of physics
if you have to.

00:28:33.866 --> 00:28:35.866
How is he?

00:28:35.908 --> 00:28:38.991
Stable, and holding.

00:28:39.033 --> 00:28:40.866
What about you, Cadet?

00:28:40.908 --> 00:28:44.033
You gonna get us out of here,
or get us killed?

00:28:45.908 --> 00:28:49.033
Right now, I'd say
it's pretty much a toss-up.

00:28:56.950 --> 00:29:00.241
Your humming suggests you
may be experiencing distress.

00:29:00.283 --> 00:29:01.825
May I remind you
that circumstances

00:29:01.866 --> 00:29:03.908
are less dire than they were.

00:29:03.950 --> 00:29:06.866
Mr. Kirk identified
one error you can avoid.

00:29:06.908 --> 00:29:10.366
By eliminating that option,
he has improved your odds.

00:29:12.408 --> 00:29:15.450
Was that actually
your version of a pep talk?

00:29:15.491 --> 00:29:18.325
Yes. I've been working on them.

00:29:18.325 --> 00:29:20.825
How was it, would you say?

00:29:20.866 --> 00:29:24.908
Maybe don't take your foot
off the gas on that one.

00:29:24.950 --> 00:29:26.825
Well, you are achieving
your stated objective

00:29:26.866 --> 00:29:28.741
of studying alien languages.

00:29:28.783 --> 00:29:31.033
Like you said, I'm not even
supposed to be here.

00:29:31.075 --> 00:29:32.658
That's not precisely...

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:34.200
You all should be relying
on someone who's prepared.

00:29:34.241 --> 00:29:36.408
Someone actually Starfleet,

00:29:36.450 --> 00:29:39.200
not someone who's gonna
get us all fried to a crisp.

00:29:43.825 --> 00:29:46.283
As this is your
first away mission,

00:29:46.325 --> 00:29:48.158
may I assume it is also
the first time

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:49.366
your life has been in danger?

00:29:49.408 --> 00:29:51.783
Yes.

00:29:51.825 --> 00:29:53.283
Kind of.

00:29:55.033 --> 00:29:57.700
No, just yes.

00:29:57.741 --> 00:29:59.491
Confrontations
with our mortality

00:29:59.533 --> 00:30:03.283
often cause us to see ourselves
as if from the outside.

00:30:03.325 --> 00:30:06.325
Such a perspective can be
a unique opportunity.

00:30:08.658 --> 00:30:10.700
You did not intend
on being here,

00:30:10.741 --> 00:30:12.325
but you are here.

00:30:12.366 --> 00:30:14.366
Hypotheticals are irrelevant.

00:30:14.408 --> 00:30:16.450
Today, you are, quite simply,

00:30:16.491 --> 00:30:18.658
the only person for the job.

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:21.158
Will you rise to see it through?

00:30:24.033 --> 00:30:26.741
That one was better.

00:30:26.783 --> 00:30:28.200
Your pep talk, I mean.

00:30:44.158 --> 00:30:45.200
Cadet.

00:30:47.283 --> 00:30:49.700
The cave seems to be reacting
to your voice.

00:31:08.616 --> 00:31:10.533
Music.

00:31:10.575 --> 00:31:13.241
It responds to music.

00:31:18.866 --> 00:31:20.783
Anything?

00:31:20.825 --> 00:31:22.658
Nothing from the landing party,

00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:24.533
but I found a possible signal
coming from the comet itself.

00:31:24.575 --> 00:31:26.533
What kind of signal?

00:31:36.741 --> 00:31:39.075
Computer, identify this song.

00:31:39.158 --> 00:31:41.866
"Vamuvamba," a traditional song
from Earth,

00:31:41.908 --> 00:31:43.991
originating in Kenya.

00:31:45.575 --> 00:31:47.825
That cannot be a coincidence.

00:32:04.408 --> 00:32:06.908
Different pitches
elicit different responses.

00:32:06.950 --> 00:32:09.450
What's the light show?
Is it good?

00:32:09.491 --> 00:32:12.533
The comet's systems seem
to be controlled by music.

00:32:12.575 --> 00:32:15.741
Lieutenant Kirk thought
these symbols were a code.

00:32:15.783 --> 00:32:17.950
Music is just sound waves,

00:32:17.991 --> 00:32:20.200
which can be represented
by numbers.

00:32:20.241 --> 00:32:22.241
What if the code is harmonics?

00:32:22.283 --> 00:32:25.866
Someone help me out here.
I skipped music class.

00:32:25.908 --> 00:32:28.200
Harmonics are just the ratios
between frequencies.

00:32:28.241 --> 00:32:30.741
Every note vibrates
at a specific frequency.

00:32:30.825 --> 00:32:32.200
Double that frequency,

00:32:32.241 --> 00:32:33.950
and you get the same pitch
an octave higher.

00:32:35.533 --> 00:32:38.616
That's the two in our code.

00:32:38.658 --> 00:32:40.950
Triple the frequency,
and you get a perfect fifth.

00:32:40.991 --> 00:32:43.366
Five times the frequency
is a major third.

00:32:45.866 --> 00:32:47.908
The code is a major chord.

00:32:47.950 --> 00:32:50.950
Why would an alien species
write music the way we do?

00:32:50.991 --> 00:32:53.783
Musical notes are
easily derived from math.

00:32:53.825 --> 00:32:55.741
Vulcans theorize it is
their fundamental nature

00:32:55.783 --> 00:32:56.991
which makes them
pleasing to the ear.

00:32:58.991 --> 00:33:02.200
Someone match my pitch.

00:33:04.616 --> 00:33:08.033
Oh... no help here.
I'll break the thing.

00:33:25.575 --> 00:33:28.991
Okay, try and follow my lead.

00:34:26.366 --> 00:34:28.658
We're definitely getting closer
to resolving the whole genius

00:34:28.700 --> 00:34:30.408
or "about to get us
killed" conundrum.

00:34:30.450 --> 00:34:33.325
So the right time for genius.

00:34:52.616 --> 00:34:54.783
If we are correct
and the comet communicates

00:34:54.825 --> 00:34:56.783
through music,
it would be logical to assume

00:34:56.825 --> 00:34:58.658
that it is speaking to us
right now.

00:34:58.700 --> 00:35:00.491
Okay.

00:35:00.533 --> 00:35:03.991
So, how do we convince it
to lower the force field?

00:35:13.075 --> 00:35:15.700
Hold on. Let me try something.

00:35:34.366 --> 00:35:36.783
The comet's force field
just disappeared.

00:35:36.825 --> 00:35:40.075
Bridge to Transporter Room, energize.

00:35:40.116 --> 00:35:41.575
We've got them.

00:35:47.658 --> 00:35:48.950
Shields up. Red alert.

00:35:51.575 --> 00:35:53.450
Captain,

00:35:53.491 --> 00:35:55.116
Shepherds are hailing us.

00:35:57.200 --> 00:35:58.950
Open a channel. On screen.

00:35:58.991 --> 00:36:02.741
You continue to interfere.

00:36:02.783 --> 00:36:04.700
Well, technically...

00:36:04.741 --> 00:36:06.658
You were warned.
Look, let's talk about this.

00:36:06.700 --> 00:36:08.491
Find some common ground.

00:36:11.616 --> 00:36:13.366
I think that went well.

00:36:15.158 --> 00:36:16.991
They're launching torpedoes, Captain.

00:36:17.033 --> 00:36:19.450
- I'm reading three inbound.
- We definitely pissed them off.

00:36:23.408 --> 00:36:24.783
Brace for impact.

00:36:33.908 --> 00:36:35.575
Shields at 50%.

00:36:35.616 --> 00:36:37.825
- Ortegas, evasive maneuvers.
- On it.

00:36:49.533 --> 00:36:51.450
- They are pursuing.
- Return fire?

00:36:51.491 --> 00:36:52.616
Negative.
Escape pattern April-Omega 3.

00:36:52.658 --> 00:36:55.200
Captain, recommend we withdraw.

00:36:55.241 --> 00:36:56.450
We're already on the run.
We need

00:36:56.491 --> 00:36:57.575
to warp out and regroup.

00:36:57.616 --> 00:36:59.575
Facing off with them is suicide.

00:36:59.616 --> 00:37:01.158
We're outgunned here.
She's right.

00:37:01.200 --> 00:37:03.158
Their ship is too advanced
for us to take on.

00:37:03.200 --> 00:37:05.658
Shields at 40%.
Sir,

00:37:05.700 --> 00:37:07.450
when we were on the surface,
I believe the comet

00:37:07.533 --> 00:37:09.200
was trying to communicate with us. Right.

00:37:09.241 --> 00:37:11.658
The music you recorded. Any idea
what it was trying to say?

00:37:11.700 --> 00:37:13.991
I haven't been able to translate
it yet. It might take days.

00:37:14.033 --> 00:37:15.408
We have less than one hour
before the comet

00:37:15.450 --> 00:37:16.991
will impact Persephone III.

00:37:17.033 --> 00:37:19.366
You do a lot of reminding people
of deadlines, sir.

00:37:19.408 --> 00:37:22.116
She does have a point, Spock.

00:37:22.200 --> 00:37:25.075
Captain, unless we want them
to blow us out of the sky...

00:37:25.116 --> 00:37:26.783
Give me phasers.
Target their weapons

00:37:26.825 --> 00:37:28.616
and propulsion systems.
We don't want to hurt them.

00:37:28.658 --> 00:37:32.075
Wish they felt the same.

00:37:32.116 --> 00:37:34.741
Shields at 25%. Phasers locked. Ortegas,

00:37:34.825 --> 00:37:37.033
bring us around
to bearing 150 mark nine.

00:37:37.075 --> 00:37:38.533
Aye, sir.

00:37:38.575 --> 00:37:40.116
And...

00:37:40.158 --> 00:37:41.533
fire.

00:37:45.908 --> 00:37:47.158
Direct hit.

00:37:47.200 --> 00:37:48.658
They're pulling away to regroup.

00:37:48.700 --> 00:37:50.575
I'd say we have
less than a minute.

00:37:50.658 --> 00:37:52.366
We have to save that planet.

00:37:52.408 --> 00:37:54.825
We brought down the force field,
so how do we move the comet?

00:37:54.866 --> 00:37:56.033
Let's face it,
the crazy space monks

00:37:56.075 --> 00:37:57.450
will blow us out of the sky

00:37:57.491 --> 00:37:59.450
if we try anything
to move that comet.

00:38:01.450 --> 00:38:03.033
What if we didn't?

00:38:04.741 --> 00:38:07.241
What if the comet moved itself?

00:38:14.783 --> 00:38:16.825
Everyone ready?

00:38:17.825 --> 00:38:20.033
We only get one shot at this.

00:38:22.158 --> 00:38:23.575
Maximum impulse.

00:38:24.575 --> 00:38:26.241
They're gaining on us.

00:38:26.283 --> 00:38:28.033
When they get close enough,
they'll take a kill shot.

00:38:28.075 --> 00:38:29.700
Ortegas,

00:38:29.741 --> 00:38:31.241
you know how you used to brag
you were going to be

00:38:31.283 --> 00:38:32.825
the best pilot ever to graduate
the Academy?

00:38:34.825 --> 00:38:36.491
Word gets around.

00:38:37.491 --> 00:38:39.325
What's your point, sir?

00:38:39.366 --> 00:38:40.825
Time to prove it, Lieutenant.

00:38:40.866 --> 00:38:42.741
Get us in front of that comet.

00:38:43.741 --> 00:38:47.741
Initiating evasive pattern
Ortegas-gamma-one.

00:38:47.783 --> 00:38:49.575
Evasive pattern Ortegas...?

00:39:12.366 --> 00:39:13.825
Shepherds are in pursuit.

00:39:40.283 --> 00:39:42.908
They've stopped firing.

00:39:42.991 --> 00:39:44.325
They don't want to hit
the comet.

00:39:46.241 --> 00:39:49.366
I think they're hailing us.

00:39:49.408 --> 00:39:51.325
Yeah, they are. Captain?

00:39:51.366 --> 00:39:52.741
Not yet.

00:40:15.616 --> 00:40:17.325
Ortegas, time to come about.

00:40:17.366 --> 00:40:20.533
Rerouting
to bearing 180 mark five.

00:40:20.575 --> 00:40:21.783
Reverse thrusters, full stop.

00:40:21.825 --> 00:40:24.450
Reversing thrusters. And...

00:40:25.450 --> 00:40:27.200
Stopped.

00:40:27.241 --> 00:40:29.325
Ops, shut down all systems
except for life support.

00:40:33.200 --> 00:40:36.283
All right, Ensign Christina.
I'm ready for the Shepherds now.

00:40:36.325 --> 00:40:38.033
On screen, please.

00:40:44.575 --> 00:40:46.575
We surrender.
The damage we've sustained

00:40:46.616 --> 00:40:48.408
has caused
complete systems failure.

00:40:48.491 --> 00:40:51.658
And what if we choose
not to accept your surrender?

00:40:51.700 --> 00:40:54.450
Well, if you don't help us,

00:40:54.491 --> 00:40:57.158
we'll collide with the comet,
which will destroy our ship.

00:40:57.241 --> 00:41:00.200
And the trilithium resin
in our warp core will ignite,

00:41:00.241 --> 00:41:01.991
destroying the comet.

00:41:02.075 --> 00:41:05.075
Which will also happen
if you try to blow us up.

00:41:07.783 --> 00:41:10.450
Please, help us.

00:41:10.491 --> 00:41:12.200
I give you my word,

00:41:12.241 --> 00:41:15.533
we will not touch M'hanit again.

00:41:21.366 --> 00:41:23.908
You're taking a big gamble.

00:41:23.950 --> 00:41:26.200
I recognize that, Number One.

00:41:32.575 --> 00:41:34.950
The Shepherd ship
is activating a tractor beam.

00:41:36.950 --> 00:41:39.991
Mr. Spock? You're up.

00:41:43.450 --> 00:41:45.075
Acknowledged, Captain.

00:42:12.325 --> 00:42:14.200
Approaching the nucleus
of the comet.

00:42:14.241 --> 00:42:17.700
And diverting power
through the shuttle's shields.

00:42:21.116 --> 00:42:24.741
Shields radiating heat
at maximum intensity.

00:42:28.116 --> 00:42:31.200
The surface
appears to be responding.

00:42:46.491 --> 00:42:48.325
Maintaining position.

00:42:48.366 --> 00:42:50.325
Preparing to engage
heat shields.

00:43:40.075 --> 00:43:42.075
It's moving.

00:43:43.033 --> 00:43:45.325
The sublimation
is nudging the comet off course.

00:43:45.366 --> 00:43:48.575
And for the record,
we're not actually touching it.

00:43:53.366 --> 00:43:55.575
But where's Lieutenant Spock?

00:44:01.366 --> 00:44:04.158
Spock? Is everything okay?

00:44:04.200 --> 00:44:06.408
Fine, Captain. Sometimes things

00:44:06.450 --> 00:44:09.075
go so badly,
you just have to laugh.

00:44:35.450 --> 00:44:37.116
Fascinating.

00:44:37.158 --> 00:44:39.533
A large quantity of water vapor
from the comet

00:44:39.575 --> 00:44:40.658
is entering
the planet's atmosphere.

00:44:41.700 --> 00:44:43.491
If I am not mistaken,

00:44:43.533 --> 00:44:45.741
this will permanently change
the atmospheric composition

00:44:45.783 --> 00:44:49.325
- of Persephone III.
- Change it how?

00:44:49.366 --> 00:44:51.658
Reducing the planet's aridity
will make it more amenable

00:44:51.700 --> 00:44:53.991
to plant growth, agriculture

00:44:54.033 --> 00:44:57.408
and, one might surmise,
societal development.

00:44:57.450 --> 00:44:59.741
So...

00:44:59.783 --> 00:45:02.908
did it actually "bring life"?

00:45:03.866 --> 00:45:06.450
Don't tell me the space monks
were actually right.

00:45:10.325 --> 00:45:11.908
Captain,

00:45:11.950 --> 00:45:13.533
Shepherds are hailing us.

00:45:13.575 --> 00:45:16.450
Open a channel.
On screen, please, Ensign.

00:45:16.491 --> 00:45:19.741
You have seen the glory
and the mercy

00:45:19.783 --> 00:45:22.075
that is M'hanit.

00:45:22.116 --> 00:45:25.575
You're right.
We witnessed a miracle.

00:45:25.616 --> 00:45:29.033
Perhaps in the future,
you will not be so quick

00:45:29.075 --> 00:45:31.783
to judge the faith of others.

00:45:33.825 --> 00:45:35.408
And so

00:45:35.450 --> 00:45:38.575
we shall not part as enemies.
Thank you.

00:46:19.491 --> 00:46:22.491
Captain's log, supplemental.

00:46:22.533 --> 00:46:25.741
I am left to wonder

00:46:25.783 --> 00:46:28.408
who made the comet?

00:46:29.408 --> 00:46:32.033
How many more like it
are out there?

00:46:35.783 --> 00:46:37.866
Was it coincidence
that fostered the chance

00:46:37.908 --> 00:46:39.825
for more life on Persephone III?

00:46:41.825 --> 00:46:43.700
Or something more?

00:46:46.491 --> 00:46:49.116
Look, we already knew
how to turn musical notes

00:46:49.200 --> 00:46:50.616
into numbers, right?

00:46:50.658 --> 00:46:52.658
But the computer
helped me turn those numbers

00:46:52.700 --> 00:46:54.825
into numerical coordinates.

00:46:54.866 --> 00:46:57.116
You're saying the numbers
painted a picture?

00:46:57.158 --> 00:46:59.616
Yes. But not just any picture.

00:46:59.658 --> 00:47:01.741
The music contained this image.

00:47:02.825 --> 00:47:05.491
This is a star chart
showing the comet's course,

00:47:05.533 --> 00:47:08.908
a course that includes
it moving past Persephone III.

00:47:08.950 --> 00:47:10.991
You are suggesting
the comet was telling us

00:47:11.033 --> 00:47:14.116
- it did not intend to hit Persephone III?
- Yes.

00:47:14.158 --> 00:47:15.825
It meant no harm.

00:47:15.866 --> 00:47:18.283
That was the message.

00:47:18.325 --> 00:47:19.700
But if I had not interfered,

00:47:19.741 --> 00:47:21.366
it would have destroyed
the planet.

00:47:21.450 --> 00:47:25.283
Okay,
here's where things get weirder.

00:47:25.325 --> 00:47:28.991
When we zoom in on the image,
we find this shape.

00:47:29.991 --> 00:47:32.116
And this is an image
of the chunk of ice

00:47:32.200 --> 00:47:33.908
that broke off from the comet
as Lieutenant Spock

00:47:33.950 --> 00:47:35.741
flew his mission.

00:47:36.700 --> 00:47:38.491
They're identical.
You're saying

00:47:38.533 --> 00:47:40.116
the comet sent this message

00:47:40.158 --> 00:47:43.325
before Spock was able to correct
the comet's course?

00:47:43.366 --> 00:47:44.991
We recorded it hours earlier.

00:47:45.033 --> 00:47:46.616
It is highly improbable

00:47:46.658 --> 00:47:48.116
the comet could have
randomly guessed

00:47:48.158 --> 00:47:49.825
the shape
the ice that fell off would take

00:47:49.866 --> 00:47:51.283
with such accuracy.

00:47:51.325 --> 00:47:53.741
Unless your flight was foretold.

00:47:53.783 --> 00:47:56.783
You're suggesting
the comet had foreknowledge

00:47:56.825 --> 00:47:58.658
of future events?

00:47:58.700 --> 00:48:01.950
The comet's flight path
and its, I don't know, mission

00:48:01.991 --> 00:48:04.366
to seed that planet
was predicated

00:48:04.450 --> 00:48:06.658
on you flying that shuttle
to move it.

00:48:06.700 --> 00:48:10.116
It knew its fate, you might say.

00:48:12.116 --> 00:48:15.075
Thank you for your report, Cadet.

00:48:20.075 --> 00:48:22.158
Cadet Uhura.

00:48:24.116 --> 00:48:27.658
As I said, many dream
of being worthy of Starfleet,

00:48:27.700 --> 00:48:29.491
of representing its values

00:48:29.533 --> 00:48:32.450
of selflessness,
courage, sacrifice.

00:48:32.491 --> 00:48:35.783
- I know it shouldn't have been me down there...
- I have not finished, Cadet.

00:48:39.283 --> 00:48:41.241
The odds of us surviving were,

00:48:41.283 --> 00:48:43.033
in fact, quite low.

00:48:43.075 --> 00:48:45.991
No pep talk
could have increased them.

00:48:46.033 --> 00:48:48.116
I understand
you did not come to Starfleet

00:48:48.158 --> 00:48:49.575
the way many of us have.

00:48:49.616 --> 00:48:51.950
That you are not sure
you wish to stay.

00:48:51.991 --> 00:48:54.450
But, having observed
your actions on the comet,

00:48:54.491 --> 00:48:56.991
I am certain,
should you choose to,

00:48:57.033 --> 00:48:58.991
Starfleet would be fortunate

00:48:59.075 --> 00:49:00.658
to have an officer like you.

00:49:00.700 --> 00:49:02.866
Thank you, sir.

00:49:19.366 --> 00:49:22.366
A little piece of ice and dust
roaming through space

00:49:22.408 --> 00:49:24.033
brings life.

00:49:26.866 --> 00:49:29.533
I bet you not one of us
could have predicted how.

00:49:31.116 --> 00:49:33.658
I'll give you that.

00:49:33.700 --> 00:49:37.658
So, just because you receive
a message from the future

00:49:37.700 --> 00:49:39.741
doesn't mean you understand it.

00:49:39.783 --> 00:49:42.741
We're not talking
about the comet anymore, are we?

00:49:46.741 --> 00:49:48.283
Don't throw your life away, Chris.

00:49:49.283 --> 00:49:51.616
- Number One...
- I know you had

00:49:51.658 --> 00:49:54.616
- a vision of the future, but...
- I made a choice.

00:49:54.658 --> 00:49:57.325
I accepted my fate. It...

00:49:57.366 --> 00:49:59.575
It goes beyond my own life.

00:49:59.616 --> 00:50:01.575
What if you're wrong?

00:50:01.616 --> 00:50:03.075
What if you got that message

00:50:03.116 --> 00:50:05.283
so you could save those kids
and that's it?

00:50:05.325 --> 00:50:08.825
What if you don't have
to ruin your life, too?

00:50:10.033 --> 00:50:12.408
How do you know you can't make
a different choice?

00:50:12.491 --> 00:50:15.075
One that saves all of you?

00:50:17.366 --> 00:50:19.991
What if your fate

00:50:20.033 --> 00:50:21.741
is what you make it?

00:50:31.658 --> 00:50:33.450
Computer,

00:50:33.491 --> 00:50:36.158
call up
all available information

00:50:36.200 --> 00:50:38.700
for the following
Federation citizens.

00:50:41.700 --> 00:50:43.991
Dusty Swender.

00:50:44.033 --> 00:50:46.033
T'quiel Dawn.

00:50:47.866 --> 00:50:50.450
Muliq Al Alcazar.

00:50:52.075 --> 00:50:54.575
Yuuto Hoshide.

00:50:56.700 --> 00:50:58.741
Andrea Lopez.

00:51:03.116 --> 00:51:05.075
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