WEBVTT 00:00:34.608 --> 00:00:37.691 No matter how many stars there are in the sky... 00:00:39.275 --> 00:00:41.483 ...no matter how many galaxies 00:00:41.525 --> 00:00:43.900 swirl beyond our own. 00:00:43.941 --> 00:00:45.608 Tracking locked onto inbound UFO. 00:00:45.650 --> 00:00:47.650 It appeared out of nowhere. 00:00:47.691 --> 00:00:49.733 No matter what the mathematical probabilities 00:00:49.775 --> 00:00:51.566 or the number of times we say 00:00:51.608 --> 00:00:53.733 we are not alone in the universe... 00:00:53.775 --> 00:00:55.316 It's closing in, but slowing down. 00:00:55.358 --> 00:00:57.316 ...our first visit from the stars is always 00:00:57.358 --> 00:00:59.108 the province of children's stories 00:00:59.150 --> 00:01:00.400 and science fiction. 00:01:00.441 --> 00:01:01.775 Talk to me. 00:01:01.816 --> 00:01:02.900 Telemetry is confirmed. 00:01:02.983 --> 00:01:04.858 UFO is not of planetary origin. 00:01:04.941 --> 00:01:06.275 It's from outer space. 00:01:06.316 --> 00:01:08.691 First contact with aliens always 00:01:08.733 --> 00:01:10.483 lives squarely in the impossible. 00:01:10.525 --> 00:01:11.900 Getting stable visual. 00:01:11.941 --> 00:01:14.900 First contact is just a dream... 00:01:14.941 --> 00:01:18.691 -Oh, man. -until one day it isn't. 00:01:18.733 --> 00:01:20.358 What is that? 00:01:36.733 --> 00:01:39.691 The universe grows smaller every day. 00:01:39.733 --> 00:01:42.483 And the threat of aggression by any group, 00:01:42.525 --> 00:01:45.983 anywhere, can no longer be tolerated. 00:01:46.025 --> 00:01:48.900 There must be security for all 00:01:48.941 --> 00:01:50.691 or no one is secure. 00:01:52.316 --> 00:01:54.483 Now, this does not mean giving up any freedom. 00:01:54.525 --> 00:01:58.275 -Except for the freedom to act irresponsibly. 00:01:58.316 --> 00:02:02.108 Your ancestors knew this. 00:02:02.150 --> 00:02:05.733 We of the other planets have long accepted this principle. 00:02:05.775 --> 00:02:09.150 We have an organization for the mutual 00:02:09.191 --> 00:02:11.816 protection of all planets and for the complete... 00:02:11.858 --> 00:02:13.400 Really? 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:17.858 Again? 00:02:17.900 --> 00:02:20.900 Come on, it's a classic. 00:02:25.566 --> 00:02:28.191 Mmm. More coffee, Captain Batel? 00:02:28.233 --> 00:02:30.608 Mmm. Don't mind if I do, Captain Pike. 00:02:33.400 --> 00:02:35.233 Still haven't decided? 00:02:35.275 --> 00:02:38.358 Mm. Enterprisedoesn't space dock for another week. 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:39.941 That's ages. 00:02:41.525 --> 00:02:44.316 -Pancakes were good. 00:02:46.816 --> 00:02:48.108 Phone's ringing again. 00:02:48.150 --> 00:02:50.025 Yep. 00:02:52.566 --> 00:02:54.025 You ever gonna answer it? 00:02:59.150 --> 00:03:00.608 So, when do you ship out? 00:03:00.650 --> 00:03:02.400 Chris. 00:03:02.441 --> 00:03:03.900 We can keep doing this, 00:03:03.941 --> 00:03:05.608 but we can also talk about it. 00:03:05.650 --> 00:03:07.275 Talk about what? 00:03:07.316 --> 00:03:09.691 Whatever it is you're so busy not talking about. 00:03:09.733 --> 00:03:11.983 Whatever happened out there. 00:03:12.025 --> 00:03:14.400 Whatever's got you questioning your return to command. 00:03:14.441 --> 00:03:16.733 Whatever's got you questioning... 00:03:16.775 --> 00:03:18.108 Yes? 00:03:19.191 --> 00:03:20.816 Everything. 00:03:23.275 --> 00:03:24.941 It's classified. 00:03:24.983 --> 00:03:27.691 I've got deeper security clearance than you do. 00:03:28.691 --> 00:03:30.275 Not for this. 00:03:35.858 --> 00:03:37.566 I ship out tomorrow at 0600. 00:03:37.608 --> 00:03:40.066 -Back in a month. -Hey... 00:03:40.108 --> 00:03:42.025 I might still be here. 00:03:42.066 --> 00:03:44.483 So give me a call, we'll get together. 00:03:44.775 --> 00:03:46.816 You've got better places to be. 00:05:05.941 --> 00:05:07.358 You spooked my horse. 00:05:07.400 --> 00:05:08.900 Apologies. 00:05:08.941 --> 00:05:10.941 You weren't answering your communicator. 00:05:12.150 --> 00:05:14.525 With all due respect, Admiral, what the hell do you want? 00:05:15.566 --> 00:05:18.483 I have a first contact scenario that may have gone bad. 00:05:18.525 --> 00:05:20.816 I'm sorry to hear that. It's not my problem. 00:05:20.858 --> 00:05:23.066 -The officer in command is someone I trust... -You're not hearing me, Bob. 00:05:23.108 --> 00:05:25.400 We both agreed that I'd have until Enterpriseleft space dock 00:05:25.441 --> 00:05:26.900 -before deciding whether or not... -But then we lost contact 00:05:26.941 --> 00:05:28.858 -with her ship. -I'm not sure what 00:05:28.900 --> 00:05:31.066 -this has to do with... -Here's her last transmission. 00:05:31.150 --> 00:05:33.316 We haven't heard from her since. 00:05:35.066 --> 00:05:36.858 First contact is just a dream. 00:05:36.900 --> 00:05:39.483 Until one day it isn't. 00:05:39.525 --> 00:05:42.316 I suspect a new world will be joining the Federation soon. 00:05:42.358 --> 00:05:44.900 Your first officer doesn't do downtime well, Chris. 00:05:44.941 --> 00:05:46.441 Mine used to be a lot like that. 00:05:46.483 --> 00:05:48.150 -I'm pulling 00:05:48.191 --> 00:05:49.775 Enterpriseout of space dock. 00:05:49.816 --> 00:05:51.233 She's still on scheduled maintenance. 00:05:51.275 --> 00:05:53.150 She can skip the redundant systems checks. 00:05:53.191 --> 00:05:55.400 I want her crewed up and ready to fly by 1800. 00:05:58.066 --> 00:06:00.150 Send someone else. 00:06:00.191 --> 00:06:02.525 You don't want me in command of that ship. 00:06:02.566 --> 00:06:04.525 You're getting us confused. 00:06:04.566 --> 00:06:07.191 Youdon't want you in command. 00:06:09.441 --> 00:06:11.066 What the hell happened out there, Chris? 00:06:11.108 --> 00:06:12.941 It's classified. 00:06:12.983 --> 00:06:14.900 Classified. 00:06:14.941 --> 00:06:17.775 Look, I'm sympathetic to whatever's going on with you. 00:06:17.816 --> 00:06:20.525 But I want you to find out what happened to Una. 00:06:20.566 --> 00:06:22.775 You can quit when you get home, but right now, 00:06:22.816 --> 00:06:24.858 I need you back on that horse, Captain. 00:06:24.941 --> 00:06:26.608 That's an order. 00:06:42.441 --> 00:06:44.900 Space. 00:06:45.900 --> 00:06:47.941 The final frontier. 00:06:50.233 --> 00:06:53.566 These are the voyages of the starshipEnterprise. 00:06:56.025 --> 00:06:57.858 Its five-year mission: 00:06:57.900 --> 00:07:00.691 to explore strange new worlds. 00:07:03.108 --> 00:07:05.566 To seek out new life... 00:07:05.608 --> 00:07:08.191 and new civilizations. 00:07:09.275 --> 00:07:11.233 To boldly go 00:07:11.275 --> 00:07:13.275 where no one has gone before. 00:08:33.233 --> 00:08:35.608 -Query. -Response. 00:08:35.650 --> 00:08:38.025 Vulcans are so formal. 00:08:38.066 --> 00:08:40.150 -Aren't we, though? -Query. 00:08:40.191 --> 00:08:41.441 Response. 00:08:41.483 --> 00:08:43.400 -Well said. -Thank you. 00:08:43.441 --> 00:08:45.316 Perhaps simply asking a question 00:08:45.358 --> 00:08:46.983 rather than prefacing it with a declaration 00:08:47.025 --> 00:08:49.941 that a question is coming would be more efficient. 00:08:49.983 --> 00:08:51.400 -One would think. -So? 00:08:51.441 --> 00:08:53.108 You asked me here to this spot 00:08:53.150 --> 00:08:55.858 on the anniversary of our first courtship event. 00:08:55.900 --> 00:08:59.108 You are wearing ritual mating colors. 00:08:59.150 --> 00:09:00.775 So I am. 00:09:00.816 --> 00:09:03.025 And yet the entire meal has passed without you... 00:09:03.066 --> 00:09:04.983 Querying? 00:09:05.025 --> 00:09:06.566 Yes. Querying. 00:09:06.608 --> 00:09:08.191 Without you asking me a question. 00:09:08.233 --> 00:09:09.983 That's patently untrue. 00:09:10.025 --> 00:09:11.816 I have asked you many questions. 00:09:11.858 --> 00:09:14.608 About your family. P'Sal's new lute recordings. 00:09:14.650 --> 00:09:16.775 Your galavanting about the galaxy 00:09:16.816 --> 00:09:18.150 -with Starfleet. -"Galavanting"? 00:09:18.191 --> 00:09:19.441 Is there a particular question 00:09:19.483 --> 00:09:20.858 that you would like me to ask you? 00:09:22.483 --> 00:09:24.108 Apologies. 00:09:24.150 --> 00:09:27.108 I may have assumed too much. 00:09:27.150 --> 00:09:29.691 I have been away, which can mitigate tradition. 00:09:29.733 --> 00:09:31.983 -I have no right to as... -Query. 00:09:38.983 --> 00:09:41.150 Spock. 00:09:47.566 --> 00:09:49.525 Will you marry me? 00:09:52.150 --> 00:09:54.566 I was beginning to think you would never ask. 00:09:54.608 --> 00:09:56.650 Which... 00:09:56.691 --> 00:09:59.400 I now believe, was the idea. 00:10:11.733 --> 00:10:13.608 Spock... 00:10:13.650 --> 00:10:15.650 Are you *? 00:10:15.733 --> 00:10:17.483 -No, Captain. -No, Chris, 00:10:17.483 --> 00:10:19.316 Is everything all right, Captain? 00:10:19.358 --> 00:10:21.691 We're going back out. 00:10:21.733 --> 00:10:24.316 Number One's gone missing, Spock. 00:10:24.358 --> 00:10:26.191 April's sending us to find her. 00:10:26.233 --> 00:10:27.566 I will meet you on board, Captain. 00:10:27.608 --> 00:10:28.900 T'Pring will understand. 00:10:28.941 --> 00:10:31.441 -Pike out. -Spock out. 00:10:32.816 --> 00:10:35.691 That should have been a query. 00:10:35.733 --> 00:10:38.025 Whether or not I would understand. 00:10:38.066 --> 00:10:40.358 I am sorry. 00:10:40.441 --> 00:10:42.566 Don't make a habit of it. 00:10:42.608 --> 00:10:46.441 I won't chase you across the galaxy just to get married. 00:10:49.483 --> 00:10:51.275 There is no need to chase 00:10:51.316 --> 00:10:53.275 what we already have, T'Pring. 00:11:13.233 --> 00:11:15.941 Enterprise,this is Shuttle Stamets incoming 00:11:15.983 --> 00:11:18.441 -to transport coordinates. -Stamets cleared 00:11:18.483 --> 00:11:20.191 to transport. 00:11:41.316 --> 00:11:43.233 All scrubbed up and good as new, sir. 00:11:43.275 --> 00:11:45.775 Wish it were that easy. 00:11:45.816 --> 00:11:46.608 Sir? 00:11:46.650 --> 00:11:49.108 Energize. 00:11:56.191 --> 00:11:58.775 -How are you, Mr. Spock? -Systems are all nominal. 00:11:58.816 --> 00:12:01.441 -But as you know, no simulations were run. -Thank you, Chief Kyle. 00:12:01.483 --> 00:12:03.025 The main A.I. has been upgraded. 00:12:03.066 --> 00:12:05.275 Personnel rotation was in process. 00:12:05.316 --> 00:12:07.525 A few officers will have to billet after the mission. 00:12:07.566 --> 00:12:09.816 That includes the chief engineer and Lieutenant Kirk, 00:12:09.858 --> 00:12:11.650 whom I know you requested. 00:12:11.691 --> 00:12:13.483 It seems like a million years ago. 00:12:13.525 --> 00:12:16.025 Three months, ten days, four hours, five minutes, actually. 00:12:17.191 --> 00:12:19.441 I asked how youwere, Spock. 00:12:20.608 --> 00:12:22.233 I am well, Captain. 00:12:22.275 --> 00:12:24.358 Although I confess each time I return to space, 00:12:24.400 --> 00:12:27.483 the weight I carry for the loss of my sister feels heavier. 00:12:27.525 --> 00:12:29.525 I'm sorry. I miss her, too. 00:12:29.566 --> 00:12:31.066 Bridge. 00:12:31.108 --> 00:12:33.483 Okay, new cadets, 00:12:33.525 --> 00:12:35.983 medical... Oh, good, we needed that. 00:12:36.025 --> 00:12:38.400 Uh, security. 00:12:38.441 --> 00:12:41.858 -Security... -What is it, Captain? 00:12:41.900 --> 00:12:45.275 Um, well, I just assumed that in Una's absence... 00:12:45.316 --> 00:12:47.858 Forgive me, Captain. Command believes I would best serve 00:12:47.900 --> 00:12:49.858 the mission as chief science officer. 00:12:49.900 --> 00:12:51.650 Oh, no, I understand, Spock. 00:12:51.691 --> 00:12:53.650 I just, uh... 00:12:53.691 --> 00:12:56.483 I just didn't think about having... 00:12:57.816 --> 00:12:59.066 ...a new Number One. 00:12:59.108 --> 00:13:01.941 Captain on the bridge. 00:13:01.983 --> 00:13:04.191 Captain Pike. 00:13:04.233 --> 00:13:06.983 Lieutenant La'An Noonien-Singh. Chief of security. 00:13:07.066 --> 00:13:08.941 I've been assigned as acting first officer. 00:13:09.025 --> 00:13:10.358 Welcome aboard, Number One. 00:13:10.400 --> 00:13:12.608 You've got some pretty big boots to fill. 00:13:12.650 --> 00:13:14.066 I'm aware. 00:13:14.108 --> 00:13:15.733 Okay. 00:13:15.775 --> 00:13:18.483 Welcome back and welcome aboard, everyone. 00:13:18.525 --> 00:13:20.316 Ready, Lieutenant Ortegas? 00:13:20.358 --> 00:13:22.733 You bet. Course for Kiley 279 00:13:22.775 --> 00:13:24.775 plotted and laid in, Captain. 00:13:24.816 --> 00:13:26.900 -Ops. How we doing, Lieutenant? -Lights are green across the board. 00:13:26.941 --> 00:13:28.483 She feels ready to me, Captain. 00:13:28.566 --> 00:13:29.983 Communications? 00:13:30.025 --> 00:13:33.025 Ah, yes, the prodigy. 00:13:33.066 --> 00:13:35.191 Cadet... Uhura? 00:13:35.233 --> 00:13:37.608 On communications rotation. Very happy to have you aboard. 00:13:37.650 --> 00:13:40.316 Thank you, sir. Glad to be here. 00:13:40.358 --> 00:13:42.858 -Enterpriseis cleared for launch. 00:13:42.900 --> 00:13:45.983 Okay, Ortegas, let's take her out. 00:13:54.108 --> 00:13:55.400 We are five-by-five for warp. 00:14:06.483 --> 00:14:08.025 Captain? 00:14:08.066 --> 00:14:09.816 What? 00:14:11.566 --> 00:14:13.483 Oh. 00:14:13.566 --> 00:14:15.191 Right, of course. 00:14:16.566 --> 00:14:18.191 Okay, Ms. Ortegas. 00:14:19.733 --> 00:14:21.025 Hit it. 00:14:29.775 --> 00:14:31.233 Ship wide, Cadet Uhura. 00:14:31.275 --> 00:14:32.983 Aye, sir. 00:14:33.025 --> 00:14:35.400 This is your captain. 00:14:35.441 --> 00:14:37.150 We're a little early out of the gates, 00:14:37.191 --> 00:14:38.525 so I hope we didn't catch anybody 00:14:38.566 --> 00:14:39.650 with your hair wet or your pants down. 00:14:41.608 --> 00:14:45.066 As you're all aware, Starfleet sends out a first contact team 00:14:45.108 --> 00:14:47.025 whenever our deep space probes detect signs 00:14:47.066 --> 00:14:49.108 of a working warp engine. 00:14:49.150 --> 00:14:51.691 Six days ago, the signature of a functioning warp drive 00:14:51.733 --> 00:14:54.025 appeared on Kiley 279. 00:14:54.066 --> 00:14:56.608 The USSArcher went to say hello. 00:14:57.650 --> 00:14:59.275 We have since lost contact. 00:14:59.316 --> 00:15:01.608 Our mission is to find our people 00:15:01.650 --> 00:15:03.733 and bring them home. 00:15:03.775 --> 00:15:05.733 And maybe if we get lucky, 00:15:05.775 --> 00:15:07.566 make some new friends. 00:15:07.608 --> 00:15:09.483 Nobody dies. 00:15:09.525 --> 00:15:12.858 This mission will not be anybody's last day. 00:15:16.025 --> 00:15:17.566 Captain out. 00:15:20.566 --> 00:15:23.275 Let me know when we get there. I'll be in my quarters. 00:15:23.316 --> 00:15:24.816 Number One, you have the comm. 00:15:26.358 --> 00:15:28.025 Aye, Captain. 00:15:28.066 --> 00:15:30.108 Maintain course and speed. 00:15:34.483 --> 00:15:36.983 Alert, radiation leak detected. 00:15:37.025 --> 00:15:38.650 Training exercise aborted. 00:15:38.691 --> 00:15:40.233 -I got this! -Get out of here! 00:15:40.275 --> 00:15:42.316 Four seconds to lockdown. 00:15:42.358 --> 00:15:44.441 -Three. 00:15:44.483 --> 00:15:46.691 Aah! 00:15:46.733 --> 00:15:48.608 Radiation reaching critical levels. 00:15:50.191 --> 00:15:52.400 -Lockdown complete. -Captain Pike! 00:15:52.441 --> 00:15:55.400 -No! 00:15:59.775 --> 00:16:01.816 Come. 00:16:04.691 --> 00:16:06.941 Mr. Spock. 00:16:06.983 --> 00:16:09.566 Captain, I do not wish to overstep. 00:16:11.275 --> 00:16:13.191 Overstep. 00:16:16.608 --> 00:16:18.983 Saurian brandy? 00:16:20.691 --> 00:16:23.441 Are you... yourself, sir? 00:16:23.483 --> 00:16:26.150 Well, I'm very much myself. 00:16:26.191 --> 00:16:28.233 That's the problem. 00:16:30.400 --> 00:16:32.150 It was not lost on me that when you went down 00:16:32.191 --> 00:16:35.025 to the Klingon moon of Boreth, you returned a changed man. 00:16:35.066 --> 00:16:36.775 Boreth is notable for two things: 00:16:36.816 --> 00:16:38.858 a monastery and a rare ore 00:16:38.900 --> 00:16:40.858 that can cause temporal consciousness displacement. 00:16:40.900 --> 00:16:43.400 Both of which bear the power of transformation. 00:16:43.441 --> 00:16:45.816 It wasn't the monastery. 00:16:45.858 --> 00:16:47.983 No. I assumed as much. 00:16:48.025 --> 00:16:49.858 You saw the future? 00:16:51.650 --> 00:16:53.983 I saw my own death, Spock. 00:16:54.025 --> 00:16:57.441 At least the death of the man I am now. 00:16:57.483 --> 00:17:01.233 I know exactly how and when my life ends. 00:17:02.900 --> 00:17:04.983 And I didn't just see it, I felt it. 00:17:05.025 --> 00:17:06.941 Every agonizing second. 00:17:10.775 --> 00:17:12.816 Most humans... 00:17:12.858 --> 00:17:14.816 we like to think 00:17:14.858 --> 00:17:17.400 that right until the very last instant... 00:17:18.566 --> 00:17:20.525 ...somehow, some way, 00:17:20.566 --> 00:17:22.441 we'll cheat death. 00:17:22.483 --> 00:17:24.441 At least I did. 00:17:24.483 --> 00:17:26.316 Is it soon? 00:17:26.358 --> 00:17:28.441 Only you could ask that question. 00:17:28.483 --> 00:17:29.691 No. 00:17:29.733 --> 00:17:31.525 It's almost a decade away. 00:17:31.566 --> 00:17:33.733 Is that soon? 00:17:33.775 --> 00:17:36.066 Suddenly that feels soon. 00:17:38.108 --> 00:17:40.441 I can't stop seeing it. 00:17:40.483 --> 00:17:43.066 Sir, I would suggest knowledge of death 00:17:43.108 --> 00:17:44.941 is vital for effective leadership. 00:17:44.983 --> 00:17:47.858 Knowledge is one thing, Spock, but I experienced it. 00:17:49.275 --> 00:17:52.400 How will it live in me? 00:17:52.441 --> 00:17:54.650 Will it make me hesitant? 00:17:54.691 --> 00:17:57.400 Cautious? Not cautious enough? 00:17:58.858 --> 00:18:00.566 I'm already second-guessing myself. 00:18:00.608 --> 00:18:03.400 And that's the last thing a captain can afford. 00:18:03.441 --> 00:18:06.650 Suffering can be transformed into insight. 00:18:06.691 --> 00:18:09.566 You must seek out the good in knowing your own death. 00:18:09.608 --> 00:18:12.650 Use it to be the man you most essentially are. 00:18:12.691 --> 00:18:15.233 And who's that, Spock? 00:18:15.275 --> 00:18:17.483 The captain. 00:18:21.525 --> 00:18:22.941 Captain Pike to the bridge. 00:18:22.983 --> 00:18:25.400 We're dropping out of warp. 00:18:50.858 --> 00:18:52.441 Any sign of the Archer? 00:18:52.483 --> 00:18:54.191 Getting her transponder ping on the night side. 00:18:54.233 --> 00:18:56.358 Take us around, Lieutenant. Hail her. All frequencies. 00:18:56.400 --> 00:18:57.775 Trying. 00:18:57.816 --> 00:18:59.608 Nothing, sir. 00:18:59.650 --> 00:19:01.650 Any chance we're losing her response in sub-space chatter? 00:19:01.691 --> 00:19:03.983 There is no sub-space chatter. 00:19:04.025 --> 00:19:06.025 It's dead quiet out there. 00:19:06.066 --> 00:19:07.066 We've got a visual, sir. 00:19:07.108 --> 00:19:08.983 On screen. 00:19:10.150 --> 00:19:11.816 All systems show in the green. 00:19:11.858 --> 00:19:13.816 Ship's perfectly intact, sir. 00:19:13.858 --> 00:19:15.441 -Life signs, Mr. Spock? -None. 00:19:15.483 --> 00:19:16.775 But neither am I detecting any bodies. 00:19:16.816 --> 00:19:17.900 The ship is empty. 00:19:17.941 --> 00:19:19.025 Where's her crew? 00:19:19.066 --> 00:19:20.483 Fascinating. 00:19:20.525 --> 00:19:22.066 I'm all ears. 00:19:23.483 --> 00:19:24.400 It's a figure of speech. 00:19:26.066 --> 00:19:28.316 I am remotely accessing the ship's manifest. 00:19:28.358 --> 00:19:30.400 Archercarried only Una and two astrophysicists. 00:19:30.441 --> 00:19:31.941 If she went to the surface, 00:19:31.983 --> 00:19:33.400 she'd have headed for the warp signature. 00:19:33.441 --> 00:19:34.733 Can you locate it, Spock? 00:19:34.775 --> 00:19:36.441 I have it, sir. Although... 00:19:36.483 --> 00:19:38.316 Not really in the mood for an "although" right now. 00:19:38.358 --> 00:19:40.650 I'm having trouble locking on. Its location may be shielded. 00:19:40.691 --> 00:19:44.275 This warp signature's also got a pretty weird signal variance. 00:19:44.316 --> 00:19:45.316 Pretty weird? 00:19:47.358 --> 00:19:49.358 Recommend deflector shields to full. 00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:53.025 Any obviously defensive posture is in direct violation 00:19:53.066 --> 00:19:54.608 of first contact protocols. 00:19:54.691 --> 00:19:56.775 No hails from the surface or sub-space chatter. 00:19:56.816 --> 00:19:58.233 No interplanetary traffic. 00:19:58.275 --> 00:19:59.858 Not one orbital dock. 00:19:59.900 --> 00:20:01.650 -What's your point? -These people aren't showing 00:20:01.691 --> 00:20:03.400 any signs of local space colonization. 00:20:03.441 --> 00:20:05.233 Which puts them a century behind constructing warp drive. 00:20:05.275 --> 00:20:07.108 Yet they have a warp signature. 00:20:07.150 --> 00:20:09.150 A nascent one. 00:20:09.191 --> 00:20:11.650 -The anomaly is a red flag. -Captain, there is not sufficient... 00:20:11.691 --> 00:20:13.816 -Activate deflector shields. -Aye. 00:20:16.525 --> 00:20:19.358 Reading multiple launches from the surface. 00:20:24.358 --> 00:20:26.858 Plasma torpedoes. Three direct hits. 00:20:26.941 --> 00:20:28.566 -Damage assessment? -Minimal. 00:20:28.608 --> 00:20:30.525 But if we hadn't had our shields up... 00:20:31.525 --> 00:20:32.525 Good call, Number One. 00:20:32.566 --> 00:20:34.775 Take us up, Ortegas. 00:20:34.816 --> 00:20:37.275 Maybe they'll think they got us. 00:20:37.316 --> 00:20:39.108 What is going on down there? 00:20:39.150 --> 00:20:40.816 Plasma torpedoes? 00:20:40.858 --> 00:20:42.941 That's 21st-century tech. 00:20:42.983 --> 00:20:44.691 How in the hell did these people develop 00:20:44.733 --> 00:20:46.275 a faster-than-light engine? 00:20:48.483 --> 00:20:50.108 They did not. 00:20:50.150 --> 00:20:51.983 Recommend we go to red alert. 00:20:52.025 --> 00:20:53.733 Red alert, Ms. Uhura. 00:20:55.691 --> 00:20:57.316 -I have analyzed the signal variance 00:20:57.358 --> 00:20:58.858 Lieutenant Ortegas isolated. 00:20:58.900 --> 00:21:00.650 These people have not built a warp drive. 00:21:00.691 --> 00:21:02.441 Based on these readings, 00:21:02.483 --> 00:21:04.733 they have built a warp bomb. 00:21:08.608 --> 00:21:11.025 It would seem there are two warring factions. 00:21:11.066 --> 00:21:13.608 And their conflict has escalated to a crisis point. 00:21:13.650 --> 00:21:15.525 Surface scans of the planet 00:21:15.566 --> 00:21:17.650 are consistent with pre-warp society. 00:21:17.691 --> 00:21:19.191 -How is that possible? -As you know, 00:21:19.233 --> 00:21:21.066 the Vulcans invented first contact. 00:21:21.108 --> 00:21:23.316 As they never fail to remind us. 00:21:23.358 --> 00:21:25.816 The worlds in this sector with warp. 00:21:25.858 --> 00:21:28.108 All have or are in process 00:21:28.150 --> 00:21:30.108 of being inducted into the Federation. 00:21:30.150 --> 00:21:31.941 We are free to travel to any of them. 00:21:31.983 --> 00:21:33.691 General Order 1 does not apply. 00:21:33.733 --> 00:21:36.025 Not on one of these worlds-- 00:21:36.066 --> 00:21:38.983 in fact, not once in the entire history of first contact 00:21:39.025 --> 00:21:41.275 has warp been first developed as anything but a drive. 00:21:41.316 --> 00:21:43.566 Put another way, the nuclear bomb 00:21:43.608 --> 00:21:45.650 could have been invented before particle physics. 00:21:45.691 --> 00:21:47.483 -It simply never has been. -Would Number One have known 00:21:47.525 --> 00:21:49.400 that the warp signature was that of a weapon? 00:21:49.441 --> 00:21:52.525 Possibly not. Our scanners were just updated in space dock. 00:21:52.566 --> 00:21:54.316 If those missiles are the best they've got, 00:21:54.358 --> 00:21:56.691 let's beam down, find our people, and bring them home. 00:21:56.733 --> 00:21:58.066 We have to consider the possibility 00:21:58.108 --> 00:21:59.608 that this technology isn't native. 00:21:59.650 --> 00:22:01.483 However they got it, 00:22:01.525 --> 00:22:03.316 if they found it in a crashed alien 00:22:03.358 --> 00:22:05.816 spacecraft, if it was placed in their hands... 00:22:05.858 --> 00:22:08.025 -General Order 1 applies. -We cannot interfere 00:22:08.066 --> 00:22:10.316 with their natural development. We cannot show ourselves 00:22:10.358 --> 00:22:11.983 -for risk... -But if they've already seen us? 00:22:12.025 --> 00:22:13.316 We cannot risk the possibility. 00:22:13.358 --> 00:22:15.025 So we just leave our people there? 00:22:15.066 --> 00:22:16.941 Hardly. 00:22:19.900 --> 00:22:22.025 Let's go see the doctor. 00:22:24.816 --> 00:22:28.650 Doc. Please, dispense some wisdom. 00:22:28.691 --> 00:22:29.858 Okay. 00:22:29.900 --> 00:22:31.816 Never get the house dressing. 00:22:33.775 --> 00:22:35.275 Ah. 00:22:35.316 --> 00:22:37.150 Good to see you. 00:22:37.191 --> 00:22:39.316 Dr. M'Benga toured the Mojave with me 00:22:39.358 --> 00:22:42.525 -and I toured Kenya with him. -Mr. Spock. 00:22:42.566 --> 00:22:45.566 -And this is... -A pleasure to see you again. 00:22:45.608 --> 00:22:48.233 Of course. 00:22:48.275 --> 00:22:49.983 You had to certify her for duty. 00:22:50.025 --> 00:22:51.941 I received your orders, Captain. 00:22:51.983 --> 00:22:53.983 This is Nurse Chapel. 00:22:54.025 --> 00:22:56.066 Nurse Chapel is on civilian exchange 00:22:56.108 --> 00:22:57.983 from the Stanford Morehouse Epigenetic Project. 00:22:58.025 --> 00:23:00.358 Sounds like you're just the person for the job. 00:23:00.441 --> 00:23:01.775 What job? 00:23:01.816 --> 00:23:03.983 I'm gonna mess with your genome. 00:23:04.025 --> 00:23:06.066 You first. 00:23:07.025 --> 00:23:08.566 The locals are humanoid. 00:23:08.608 --> 00:23:10.108 They're a close match to most of the crews' 00:23:10.191 --> 00:23:11.525 physiology and genetics. 00:23:11.566 --> 00:23:13.025 But we'll need to make 00:23:13.066 --> 00:23:14.316 a few alterations if you want to blend in. 00:23:14.358 --> 00:23:16.150 Internally, they have a bunch 00:23:16.191 --> 00:23:17.400 of different organs that would 00:23:17.441 --> 00:23:18.858 take a lot longer to change, so... 00:23:18.900 --> 00:23:21.191 just try not to get an X-ray. 00:23:21.233 --> 00:23:22.691 Change how, exactly? 00:23:22.733 --> 00:23:24.983 Nurse Chapel is part of Starfleet's initiative 00:23:25.025 --> 00:23:28.900 to better observe alien cultures without contamination. 00:23:28.941 --> 00:23:30.941 You make disguises. 00:23:30.983 --> 00:23:32.775 And you boss a rocket ship, 00:23:32.816 --> 00:23:35.275 if, you know, we're going all simplistic here. 00:23:35.316 --> 00:23:37.941 I make minor alterations 00:23:37.983 --> 00:23:39.816 to your genetic code 00:23:39.858 --> 00:23:42.066 and induce internal celerity to express 00:23:42.108 --> 00:23:44.066 short-term changes to your biology. 00:23:44.108 --> 00:23:45.483 Is it safe? 00:23:45.525 --> 00:23:47.650 Almost every time. 00:23:47.691 --> 00:23:49.733 Sedative first. 00:23:51.525 --> 00:23:54.066 Your body is going to undergo compressed, 00:23:54.108 --> 00:23:56.691 jury-rigged metamorphosis. 00:23:56.733 --> 00:23:58.900 It's... painful. 00:23:58.941 --> 00:24:01.150 Damn the ramparts, Doctor. 00:24:02.441 --> 00:24:03.983 It means go ahead. 00:24:04.983 --> 00:24:07.025 Okay. 00:24:11.275 --> 00:24:13.566 I modified it for you. 00:24:13.608 --> 00:24:16.275 But Vulcans are more complex 00:24:16.316 --> 00:24:19.275 and your half-human genome is unique. 00:24:19.316 --> 00:24:21.858 So... 00:24:21.900 --> 00:24:24.233 it might not last as long the first time. 00:24:25.983 --> 00:24:28.358 No sedatives. Just the gene therapy. 00:24:28.441 --> 00:24:30.233 Maybe I wasn't clear about 00:24:30.275 --> 00:24:31.941 the... the terrible pain part? 00:24:31.983 --> 00:24:34.191 Maybe I wasn't clear when I said no. 00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:38.858 So... 00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:41.400 I've read your file. Um... 00:24:41.441 --> 00:24:43.275 -I think I understand... -Are you giving me 00:24:43.316 --> 00:24:44.858 a direct order to allow sedation 00:24:44.900 --> 00:24:46.858 during this procedure, Captain? 00:24:46.900 --> 00:24:50.066 I am not. 00:24:50.108 --> 00:24:52.150 Then I prefer to remain fully aware. 00:24:54.150 --> 00:24:55.608 People survive things. 00:24:55.650 --> 00:24:58.316 Well, there's surviving... 00:24:58.358 --> 00:25:00.191 and then there's living. 00:25:01.233 --> 00:25:03.275 It's your choice. 00:25:11.066 --> 00:25:13.108 Hang in there, sister. 00:25:29.191 --> 00:25:31.358 Local clothing patterns have been downloaded 00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:33.108 into the buffer as well as universal translators 00:25:33.150 --> 00:25:34.941 and tricorders. 00:25:34.983 --> 00:25:36.191 Confirming no weapons? 00:25:36.233 --> 00:25:37.858 Confirmed. 00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:39.150 Setting you down somewhere with no foot traffic. 00:25:40.650 --> 00:25:42.108 Just don't lose my socks, Mr. Kyle. 00:25:43.358 --> 00:25:44.775 Energize. 00:26:10.858 --> 00:26:13.066 Why is it always an alley? 00:26:13.108 --> 00:26:15.358 Captain. 00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:17.441 Where are my pants? 00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:24.566 When in Rome, Mr. Spock. 00:26:24.608 --> 00:26:26.441 Don't worry. It's not a dignity issue. 00:26:26.483 --> 00:26:28.941 For the record, this was not my choice. 00:26:28.983 --> 00:26:30.983 Protests carried on through the night and into the morning 00:26:31.025 --> 00:26:32.983 at federal sites around our nation. 00:26:33.025 --> 00:26:35.525 Seditious elements continue to spread rumors 00:26:35.566 --> 00:26:37.358 of an advanced weapon being developed 00:26:37.441 --> 00:26:39.066 by the government for domestic use. 00:26:39.108 --> 00:26:40.983 Captain, it appears we've landed in a society 00:26:41.025 --> 00:26:42.650 in the midst of some prolonged civil conflict 00:26:42.691 --> 00:26:44.191 within this planet's government. 00:26:44.233 --> 00:26:46.816 Shades of old Earth. Are you familiar 00:26:46.858 --> 00:26:48.941 with the United States of America, Spock? 00:26:48.983 --> 00:26:50.733 Yes, as I am 00:26:50.775 --> 00:26:52.733 with both their civil wars and their devastating results. 00:26:52.775 --> 00:26:54.566 If this society's already at a flashpoint 00:26:54.608 --> 00:26:56.983 and they've somehow acquired an advanced weapon... 00:26:58.066 --> 00:27:00.108 Captain. 00:27:00.150 --> 00:27:02.108 We're close enough for me to get a better fix 00:27:02.150 --> 00:27:03.983 -on the warp signature. -Where? 00:27:04.025 --> 00:27:05.525 There. 00:27:13.025 --> 00:27:16.650 Whatever is shielding the warp tech makes transport impossible. 00:27:16.691 --> 00:27:18.233 We can't beam into the building. We'll have to find... 00:27:18.275 --> 00:27:19.983 Captain, permission to act fast. 00:27:20.025 --> 00:27:21.858 -Granted. -Stay here. 00:27:24.025 --> 00:27:25.400 Please. Help me. 00:27:27.400 --> 00:27:30.358 Oh, my medication... over here. 00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:32.608 -Easy, easy. -His neck. 00:27:32.650 --> 00:27:33.858 What? 00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:35.900 His neck! His... 00:27:42.733 --> 00:27:45.066 It is fortunate their musculature was responsive. 00:27:45.108 --> 00:27:47.566 It's fortunate that you can finally take a hint. 00:27:48.733 --> 00:27:50.650 Enterprisecan fabricate replicas 00:27:50.691 --> 00:27:52.150 of their clothes and security badges 00:27:52.191 --> 00:27:53.733 to match our retinal scans. 00:27:53.775 --> 00:27:55.150 What do you suggest we do with these two? 00:27:55.191 --> 00:27:56.566 Beam them up. 00:27:57.691 --> 00:27:59.900 -Beam them up where? -Well, sickbay can sedate them. 00:27:59.941 --> 00:28:02.066 You're suggesting we leave these people unconscious 00:28:02.108 --> 00:28:04.191 on a Federation starship while we complete our mission? 00:28:04.233 --> 00:28:05.983 They'd experience no pain, 00:28:06.025 --> 00:28:07.775 have no memory, just some lost time. 00:28:16.816 --> 00:28:19.191 They're both under low-level sedation. 00:28:19.233 --> 00:28:21.733 -Let's see how this works on them. -I need a DNA sample. 00:28:21.775 --> 00:28:25.108 -Right now? -The simulation I'm running shows 00:28:25.150 --> 00:28:27.941 that Spock's genetic coding is beginning to deteriorate. 00:28:27.983 --> 00:28:31.191 If I don't synthesize a booster with actual Kiley DNA, 00:28:31.233 --> 00:28:33.108 he may not pass a retinal scan. 00:28:33.150 --> 00:28:35.191 You'd need one with compatible surface proteins 00:28:35.233 --> 00:28:36.816 for Mr. Spock's Vulcan blood. 00:28:36.858 --> 00:28:39.483 Or he'll never get past security. 00:28:39.525 --> 00:28:42.191 This one's not going to work. 00:28:46.733 --> 00:28:49.358 Looks like we got lucky. 00:28:49.441 --> 00:28:50.941 Where am I? 00:28:57.733 --> 00:28:59.775 Delta Scorpii Seven. 00:28:59.816 --> 00:29:02.275 I'll prep the booster, you catch the rabbit. 00:29:02.316 --> 00:29:04.400 Always give me the fun job. 00:29:04.441 --> 00:29:06.233 Well, you're my favorite. 00:29:10.150 --> 00:29:13.025 -Ortegas. -The landing party needs to stand by. 00:29:13.066 --> 00:29:15.191 Don't let them enter that building. 00:29:15.233 --> 00:29:17.275 And we got a Delta Scorpii Seven situation. 00:29:17.316 --> 00:29:20.316 Always when I'm in the captain's chair. 00:29:20.358 --> 00:29:23.108 That was quite a performance you gave back there, by the way. 00:29:23.150 --> 00:29:25.608 Prey posture-- useful 00:29:25.650 --> 00:29:27.900 for tricking predators into thinking you're helpless. 00:29:27.941 --> 00:29:29.566 Captain, you can't go in. 00:29:29.608 --> 00:29:31.441 What? W-Why? 00:29:31.483 --> 00:29:33.025 Chapel needs to beam down a booster for Spock. 00:29:33.066 --> 00:29:34.483 Give us a minute. 00:29:34.525 --> 00:29:37.191 Hey, keep it moving. 00:29:37.233 --> 00:29:40.150 We don't have a minute. 00:29:40.233 --> 00:29:42.400 Kyle, can you pinpoint a location 00:29:42.441 --> 00:29:44.191 and beam down and apply an eye salve? 00:29:44.233 --> 00:29:46.900 Uh, are you kidding? No. Transporters don't do that. 00:29:46.941 --> 00:29:48.691 Chief, it's Ortegas. 00:29:48.733 --> 00:29:50.358 Find a way to make them do that. 00:29:52.316 --> 00:29:54.650 Whoa, no, no, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. 00:29:54.691 --> 00:29:56.775 -Where the hell am I? -I know you're scared. 00:29:56.858 --> 00:29:59.191 -It's not what you think. -What is this? 00:29:59.233 --> 00:30:00.608 Okay, maybe it is a little bit. 00:30:00.650 --> 00:30:03.066 No, no, no, no, come on! 00:30:06.108 --> 00:30:08.066 -Hi. 00:30:13.608 --> 00:30:15.483 We're headed to the bridge. 00:30:15.525 --> 00:30:17.775 The bridge is where our Backtack is. 00:30:19.483 --> 00:30:21.316 Like the game Tagball on your planet. 00:30:21.358 --> 00:30:23.441 The Backtack makes all the decisions. 00:30:23.483 --> 00:30:25.566 You know Tagball? 00:30:27.608 --> 00:30:29.941 I'm so sorry. 00:30:35.483 --> 00:30:38.275 -Where's the scientist? -Headed for the bridge. 00:30:38.316 --> 00:30:40.566 Can we fire up the emergency medical transporter? 00:30:41.483 --> 00:30:43.191 Energizing. 00:30:47.150 --> 00:30:50.066 I heard the greatest match game 00:30:50.108 --> 00:30:51.983 was Cone Rockets versus Boom Shield. 00:30:52.025 --> 00:30:54.066 Yes. I was there... 00:30:55.358 --> 00:30:57.566 Gotcha. 00:30:57.608 --> 00:30:59.150 Thank you. 00:30:59.191 --> 00:31:00.691 Welcome to Enterprise. 00:31:00.733 --> 00:31:02.275 Uh, Uhura. 00:31:02.358 --> 00:31:04.066 Chapel. 00:31:05.191 --> 00:31:07.275 [scanner buzzes] 00:31:09.941 --> 00:31:11.650 Step away from the scanner. 00:31:11.691 --> 00:31:14.525 It's up to you now, Kyle. 00:31:18.191 --> 00:31:21.150 I said step away. 00:31:23.608 --> 00:31:25.275 Go on. 00:31:31.441 --> 00:31:33.775 Captain, my genetic alterations may continue to wear off. 00:31:33.816 --> 00:31:35.733 Got her. This way. 00:31:35.775 --> 00:31:37.358 The walls here are embedded 00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:39.941 with some kind of highly dense radiation plating. 00:31:39.983 --> 00:31:42.108 It's why our sensors couldn't penetrate the building. 00:31:42.150 --> 00:31:44.275 Only something as powerful as a warp signature 00:31:44.316 --> 00:31:45.775 would even have a chance of getting out. 00:31:45.816 --> 00:31:47.150 But now we're inside, 00:31:47.191 --> 00:31:49.483 I can track her bio signs. 00:31:49.525 --> 00:31:52.358 She's alive, Captain. And she's here. 00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:54.858 -Where? -Down. 00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:57.191 Way down. 00:32:17.650 --> 00:32:20.233 -This is us. 00:32:24.566 --> 00:32:27.316 -Down here. -Spock, your ears. 00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:29.358 I'm aware. The pain is quite remarkable. 00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:31.858 The recoding seems to have stabilized for now. 00:32:36.191 --> 00:32:38.316 It's this one. 00:32:44.691 --> 00:32:47.066 Captain? 00:32:47.108 --> 00:32:49.233 -That's quite a look. -Really? 00:32:49.275 --> 00:32:51.400 How about thank you for saving me? 00:32:51.441 --> 00:32:54.483 Somehow, I figured you might. 00:32:54.525 --> 00:32:56.316 Can you move? 00:32:56.358 --> 00:32:58.608 Projectile wound, a result of our less-than-warm welcome. 00:32:58.691 --> 00:33:00.275 Minor altercation. 00:33:00.316 --> 00:33:01.900 In retrospect, 00:33:01.941 --> 00:33:04.066 we might also have considered 00:33:04.108 --> 00:33:06.650 traveling incognito. 00:33:07.608 --> 00:33:09.858 La'An. 00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:12.191 Hey, Chief. 00:33:12.233 --> 00:33:14.441 -Hate to be the other guy. -Wait, you two know each other? 00:33:15.441 --> 00:33:16.691 Yeah, she found me once, 00:33:16.733 --> 00:33:18.983 when I was in a bad spot. 00:33:19.025 --> 00:33:21.483 -Didn't I tell you to stop being brave? -Captain, 00:33:21.525 --> 00:33:23.483 -I should have said something, I... -Later. 00:33:23.525 --> 00:33:25.941 Spock, the shielding is jointed. 00:33:25.983 --> 00:33:28.400 -We used a spoon. -We may be able to route 00:33:28.441 --> 00:33:30.233 a transport signal through the gaps. 00:33:30.275 --> 00:33:32.233 Yes, if we were closer to the surface. 00:33:32.275 --> 00:33:34.400 -Number One. -Yes, Captain? -Yes, Captain? 00:33:34.441 --> 00:33:35.900 Uh, the original. 00:33:35.941 --> 00:33:37.150 Can you walk? 00:33:39.608 --> 00:33:41.400 It is fortunate our route is empty. 00:33:41.441 --> 00:33:43.233 Can you not jinx it? 00:33:43.275 --> 00:33:44.650 -It is illogical to believe... 00:33:49.983 --> 00:33:52.483 Captain, the pain-- it is unbearable. 00:33:52.525 --> 00:33:54.816 Spock? 00:34:03.733 --> 00:34:06.066 Ah, that's better. 00:34:17.358 --> 00:34:19.816 No time to hide them. Let's move. 00:34:23.358 --> 00:34:25.858 -Still too much interference. 00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:27.858 -We have to get higher. -What happened here? 00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:29.900 These people are not ready for first contact. 00:34:31.025 --> 00:34:32.941 She's not cleared for this. 00:34:32.983 --> 00:34:34.316 I don't give a damn. 00:34:34.358 --> 00:34:36.191 How the hell did they get warp? 00:34:36.233 --> 00:34:37.858 We gave it to them, Captain. 00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:40.650 We're less than one light-year out from zero point. 00:34:40.691 --> 00:34:42.316 Zero point? 00:34:42.358 --> 00:34:43.608 Where we and the crew of Discovery 00:34:43.650 --> 00:34:45.316 opened up a wormhole to the future. 00:34:45.358 --> 00:34:48.066 Between Kelpien and Klingon 00:34:48.108 --> 00:34:50.316 ships, there must have been a hundred warp signs. 00:34:50.358 --> 00:34:52.441 We lit up the sky. 00:34:54.441 --> 00:34:57.983 And their various telescopes were just good enough to see us. 00:34:58.025 --> 00:34:59.566 They collected enough data to reverse engineer 00:34:59.608 --> 00:35:01.483 a matter/anti-matter reactor. 00:35:01.525 --> 00:35:03.400 -Captain, I have Enterprise. -They weren't ready for warp. 00:35:03.441 --> 00:35:05.066 Not by a long shot. 00:35:05.108 --> 00:35:06.941 And now they're using our tech to build a weapon. 00:35:06.983 --> 00:35:08.566 I never considered... 00:35:08.608 --> 00:35:10.483 Chris, no one could have. 00:35:10.525 --> 00:35:13.025 We were fighting for the very lives that are in jeopardy now. 00:35:13.066 --> 00:35:14.483 Pattern boosters are working. 00:35:14.566 --> 00:35:16.608 We can't make them care about the stars. 00:35:16.650 --> 00:35:17.941 That's not our job. 00:35:17.983 --> 00:35:19.275 Transporter control is locking on. 00:35:19.316 --> 00:35:21.066 They just wanted to crush their enemy. 00:35:21.108 --> 00:35:22.941 And we gave them the means. 00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:26.441 Found our sleeping friends. 00:35:26.483 --> 00:35:28.816 Captain, we are ready to beam up. 00:35:30.941 --> 00:35:32.983 Captain! 00:35:34.941 --> 00:35:36.941 -Captain. -If we leave now, 00:35:36.983 --> 00:35:39.275 every death that follows is on our hands. 00:35:39.316 --> 00:35:41.691 We cannot further influence the destiny of this world. 00:35:43.025 --> 00:35:45.775 Meant to or not, Spock, we already have. 00:35:45.858 --> 00:35:48.066 Our only option now is to influence it well. 00:35:48.108 --> 00:35:50.233 Chris, General Order 1 00:35:50.275 --> 00:35:51.816 clearly states we cannot in... 00:35:51.858 --> 00:35:53.691 * General Order 1. 00:35:55.316 --> 00:35:57.566 Spock, you're with me. The rest of you get back to the ship. 00:35:57.608 --> 00:35:59.566 -Captain. -Right now. 00:35:59.608 --> 00:36:02.400 That's an order. 00:36:02.483 --> 00:36:04.316 Four to beam up. Leave the captain 00:36:04.358 --> 00:36:06.608 and the science officer behind. 00:36:11.691 --> 00:36:13.733 Spock, on me. 00:36:18.483 --> 00:36:20.608 Is this wise? 00:36:20.650 --> 00:36:23.108 I am clearly alien. 00:36:23.150 --> 00:36:25.358 That's what I'm counting on. 00:36:32.483 --> 00:36:33.858 Take me to your leader. 00:36:42.650 --> 00:36:44.566 The failure was ours. 00:36:44.608 --> 00:36:46.775 We owe your entire world a profound apology. 00:36:46.816 --> 00:36:50.358 You're saying our ingenuity was actually 00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:52.400 -your mistake? -No, I'm saying 00:36:52.441 --> 00:36:53.775 that we should've been more circumspect 00:36:53.816 --> 00:36:55.400 about exposing our technologies. 00:36:55.441 --> 00:36:57.441 A tenet of our people 00:36:57.483 --> 00:36:59.941 is not to influence less-developed civilizations. 00:36:59.983 --> 00:37:01.858 -How perfectly noble. -The power you're harnessing 00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:04.316 can bridge the gap between worlds. 00:37:04.358 --> 00:37:07.608 But its capacity for destruction cannot be underestimated. 00:37:07.650 --> 00:37:10.941 We have been in conflict with a seditious faction 00:37:10.983 --> 00:37:13.150 for centuries. This is our opportunity 00:37:13.191 --> 00:37:14.650 to end that conflict. 00:37:14.691 --> 00:37:16.233 Through mass murder? 00:37:16.275 --> 00:37:19.191 Have your people never put down civil unrest? 00:37:19.233 --> 00:37:22.108 Negotiation. Debate. 00:37:22.150 --> 00:37:25.066 These are the tools to build a lasting peace. 00:37:25.108 --> 00:37:27.608 Tell me, are there groups who refuse 00:37:27.650 --> 00:37:29.316 to negotiate with you? 00:37:29.358 --> 00:37:30.816 Powerful groups? 00:37:30.858 --> 00:37:33.108 Oh... oh, yes. 00:37:33.150 --> 00:37:35.358 -And with those? -You remember when elephants fight, 00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:37.316 it's the grass that suffers. 00:37:37.358 --> 00:37:39.316 The Kikuyu people of Kenya, Africa, 00:37:39.358 --> 00:37:41.358 on Earth, they teach us that lesson every day. 00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:43.275 You've given me a proverb, 00:37:43.316 --> 00:37:45.566 which is less useful than a big stick. 00:37:45.608 --> 00:37:48.108 Whoever has the biggest stick wins. 00:37:48.150 --> 00:37:50.150 Well, our regulations compel me... 00:37:50.191 --> 00:37:53.566 Your rules are not my rules, Captain. 00:37:53.608 --> 00:37:55.525 My job is to ensure our ability 00:37:55.566 --> 00:37:57.816 to govern future generations. 00:37:57.858 --> 00:38:00.608 If spilled blood is the price... 00:38:00.650 --> 00:38:02.900 so be it. 00:38:02.941 --> 00:38:04.983 Take them. 00:38:09.691 --> 00:38:12.525 What good is a rule if you're not willing to die for it? 00:38:13.775 --> 00:38:15.858 Or break it. 00:38:15.900 --> 00:38:17.650 Emergency communication from Captain Pike. 00:38:17.691 --> 00:38:18.941 Enterpriseto lower orbit. 00:38:18.983 --> 00:38:20.775 Full visibility. Show 'em what you got. 00:38:20.816 --> 00:38:23.691 -Captain? -Wait for it. 00:38:33.900 --> 00:38:35.691 Just like you said-- 00:38:35.733 --> 00:38:37.983 whoever has the biggest stick wins. 00:38:38.025 --> 00:38:40.025 In this case... 00:38:40.066 --> 00:38:42.650 that is me. 00:38:50.483 --> 00:38:53.066 Today, in a historic moment, leaders of the governing 00:38:53.108 --> 00:38:55.566 and revolutionary factions will meet 00:38:55.608 --> 00:38:58.900 to discuss the arrival of the aliens. 00:38:58.941 --> 00:39:02.483 This is the first time in a century both leaders 00:39:02.525 --> 00:39:05.316 -have been in the same room at the same time. 00:39:05.358 --> 00:39:07.900 And we will bring it all to you, live. 00:39:07.941 --> 00:39:10.816 This is going well. 00:39:10.858 --> 00:39:13.900 They've become used to episodes of violence for centuries. 00:39:13.941 --> 00:39:16.733 The true cost of a civil war is abstract. 00:39:16.775 --> 00:39:19.150 Not believing you're gonna die is what gets you killed. 00:39:20.983 --> 00:39:23.191 What did you just say? 00:39:24.691 --> 00:39:26.566 Sorry, Captain. 00:39:26.608 --> 00:39:28.775 Just something my father said not long before he... 00:39:30.983 --> 00:39:33.816 Well, you read my file. 00:39:33.858 --> 00:39:36.858 You know the Gorn captured my family's colony ship 00:39:36.900 --> 00:39:40.108 and deposited us on one of their... 00:39:40.150 --> 00:39:42.775 planetary nurseries. 00:39:42.816 --> 00:39:46.025 Didn't understand what he meant at first. 00:39:46.066 --> 00:39:48.941 But I had a lot of time to think about it. 00:39:48.983 --> 00:39:52.608 About why I was the only one to survive. 00:39:52.650 --> 00:39:55.316 Do you know what I saw on the faces 00:39:55.358 --> 00:39:58.233 of so many of the people I loved as they died? 00:40:00.358 --> 00:40:02.483 Before they were slit open and fed on alive 00:40:02.525 --> 00:40:04.566 or used as breeding sacks? 00:40:05.566 --> 00:40:07.816 Do you know the last thing they felt? 00:40:09.358 --> 00:40:11.525 Surprise. 00:40:12.816 --> 00:40:14.941 -Yes. -Because right up until 00:40:14.983 --> 00:40:16.816 the last moment, they... 00:40:16.858 --> 00:40:19.358 couldn't imagine dying. 00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:21.233 Yes. 00:40:21.275 --> 00:40:24.066 But not you. 00:40:24.108 --> 00:40:26.733 No. Not me. 00:40:26.775 --> 00:40:29.566 And that's what kept you... 00:40:29.608 --> 00:40:31.900 alive. 00:40:36.066 --> 00:40:37.816 Thank you, Lieutenant. 00:40:37.858 --> 00:40:39.525 Captain. 00:40:39.566 --> 00:40:41.608 I'm gonna need access to the historical database. 00:40:41.650 --> 00:40:44.025 Cadet Uhura. 00:40:44.066 --> 00:40:47.316 I need you to punch a signal down to the planet. 00:41:02.900 --> 00:41:04.900 Hi. 00:41:04.941 --> 00:41:06.941 Sorry to interrupt. 00:41:06.983 --> 00:41:09.150 I'm Christopher Pike. 00:41:09.191 --> 00:41:12.483 My world is called Earth. 00:41:12.525 --> 00:41:15.650 And though it's far from here, uh, my people and yours 00:41:15.691 --> 00:41:18.025 are, uh, very much alike. 00:41:19.608 --> 00:41:21.275 This is my world today. 00:41:31.691 --> 00:41:34.400 But we were not always peaceful. 00:41:34.441 --> 00:41:37.566 This is Earth in our 21st century. 00:41:37.608 --> 00:41:40.233 Before everything went wrong. It's a lot 00:41:40.275 --> 00:41:42.900 like your world today. Recently I was 00:41:42.941 --> 00:41:45.233 treated to a glimpse of my future. 00:41:45.275 --> 00:41:47.816 It was not all I'd hoped. 00:41:47.858 --> 00:41:50.858 After all, what good is there in knowing your future? 00:41:50.900 --> 00:41:53.400 A friend of mine asked me that recently and... 00:41:55.025 --> 00:41:57.900 ...didn't understand what he meant. 00:41:57.941 --> 00:41:59.983 Until now. 00:42:02.566 --> 00:42:04.066 I've seen my future. 00:42:04.150 --> 00:42:06.775 Let me show you yours. 00:42:07.941 --> 00:42:11.233 Our conflict also started with a fight for freedoms. 00:42:11.275 --> 00:42:12.941 We called it the Second Civil War, 00:42:12.983 --> 00:42:14.316 then the Eugenics War, 00:42:14.358 --> 00:42:17.691 and finally just World War III. 00:42:17.733 --> 00:42:19.525 This was our last day. 00:42:19.566 --> 00:42:22.066 The day the Earth we knew ceased to exist. 00:42:22.108 --> 00:42:24.858 What began as an eruption in one nation, 00:42:24.900 --> 00:42:27.691 ended in the eradication of 600,000 00:42:27.733 --> 00:42:29.858 species of animals and plants 00:42:29.900 --> 00:42:32.691 and 30% of Earth's population. 00:42:34.233 --> 00:42:35.858 Global suicide. 00:42:35.900 --> 00:42:38.733 What we gave you 00:42:38.775 --> 00:42:40.400 is the means to exterminate yourselves. 00:42:40.441 --> 00:42:43.566 And from the looks of you, 00:42:43.608 --> 00:42:45.108 you're gonna do it. 00:42:45.191 --> 00:42:48.025 You'll use competing ideas of liberty 00:42:48.066 --> 00:42:49.691 to bomb each other to rubble, just like we did, 00:42:49.733 --> 00:42:52.650 and then your last day will look just like this. 00:42:54.983 --> 00:42:57.566 Perhaps, somewhere, all your ends 00:42:57.608 --> 00:43:00.566 are written as indelibly as mine. 00:43:00.608 --> 00:43:02.525 But I choose to believe 00:43:02.566 --> 00:43:04.358 that your destinies are still your own. 00:43:04.400 --> 00:43:06.108 Maybe that's why I'm here-- 00:43:06.150 --> 00:43:07.441 to remind you 00:43:07.483 --> 00:43:10.358 of the power... 00:43:10.400 --> 00:43:12.150 of possibility. 00:43:12.191 --> 00:43:14.858 Maybe that's the good in-in seeing my future-- 00:43:14.900 --> 00:43:17.816 that I might remind you that, right up until the very end, 00:43:17.858 --> 00:43:20.066 life is to be worn gloriously. 00:43:20.108 --> 00:43:23.566 Because, till our last moment... 00:43:26.066 --> 00:43:28.108 ...the future's what we make it. 00:43:34.066 --> 00:43:35.608 So... 00:43:38.983 --> 00:43:40.400 ...go to war with each other. 00:43:42.983 --> 00:43:44.525 Or... 00:43:45.941 --> 00:43:47.983 ...join our Federation of Planets... 00:43:49.566 --> 00:43:52.233 ...and reach for the stars. 00:43:56.275 --> 00:43:58.525 The choice is yours. 00:44:54.816 --> 00:44:56.358 Getting the Federation High Court 00:44:56.400 --> 00:44:57.858 not to throw you all in jail 00:44:57.900 --> 00:45:00.608 almost took more pull than I have. 00:45:00.650 --> 00:45:02.441 And I have a lot of pull. 00:45:03.733 --> 00:45:05.566 I had to go to the CNC personally 00:45:05.608 --> 00:45:08.608 to get myself read into what you people did on Discovery. 00:45:08.650 --> 00:45:10.150 Hell of a job, Chris. 00:45:10.191 --> 00:45:12.316 If I may ask, Admiral, 00:45:12.358 --> 00:45:13.816 how did you convince Starfleet 00:45:13.858 --> 00:45:15.900 our actions did not violate General Order 1? 00:45:15.941 --> 00:45:17.608 I used a loophole. 00:45:17.691 --> 00:45:19.150 Since the council can't acknowledge 00:45:19.191 --> 00:45:20.983 that the battle ever actually took place... 00:45:21.025 --> 00:45:22.150 It cannot acknowledge how the people 00:45:22.191 --> 00:45:23.941 of Kiley 279 acquired warp. 00:45:23.983 --> 00:45:25.816 Council's not happy about it. 00:45:25.858 --> 00:45:28.066 They're doubling down, renaming it the... 00:45:28.108 --> 00:45:29.108 Prime Directive. 00:45:29.150 --> 00:45:31.150 Well, that'll never stick. 00:45:31.191 --> 00:45:33.191 Permission to return to Enterprise,sir. 00:45:33.233 --> 00:45:34.650 That's up to you, Chris. 00:45:35.983 --> 00:45:37.691 You planning on keeping the chair? 00:45:46.191 --> 00:45:48.108 You wanted to see me, Captain. 00:45:50.608 --> 00:45:52.233 I should have told you, sir. 00:45:55.191 --> 00:45:56.900 Tell me now. 00:45:59.483 --> 00:46:01.358 The Gorn have a ritual. 00:46:01.400 --> 00:46:03.233 The last one-- the one who survives-- 00:46:03.275 --> 00:46:05.316 they send into space on a raft. 00:46:06.566 --> 00:46:08.400 Like throwing a fish back, I suppose. 00:46:09.400 --> 00:46:12.025 You're not really supposed to survive. 00:46:12.066 --> 00:46:13.858 Dumb luck the King Jr. ran into me. 00:46:13.900 --> 00:46:16.191 Una was an ensign on the King. 00:46:18.441 --> 00:46:20.691 She helped me find my way back home. 00:46:21.691 --> 00:46:24.525 She's the reason I joined Starfleet. 00:46:25.775 --> 00:46:28.691 I was worried that you would question my ability 00:46:28.733 --> 00:46:30.358 to carry on the mission. 00:46:30.400 --> 00:46:32.400 You were worried I wouldn't trust you. 00:46:32.441 --> 00:46:34.400 -Yes. -So, 00:46:34.441 --> 00:46:36.441 you decided not to trust me instead. 00:46:36.483 --> 00:46:37.608 I was wrong. 00:46:37.650 --> 00:46:39.025 I'm-I'm sorry. 00:46:41.608 --> 00:46:43.191 Your record is spotless. 00:46:43.233 --> 00:46:45.150 But... 00:46:45.191 --> 00:46:46.441 there's more to serving Starfleet 00:46:46.483 --> 00:46:48.691 than just individual excellence. 00:46:48.733 --> 00:46:51.483 Our ability to work together-- that's our greatest strength. 00:46:53.066 --> 00:46:55.691 Other people are... 00:46:58.025 --> 00:46:59.983 ...challenging, for me. 00:47:00.025 --> 00:47:01.816 Mm. 00:47:06.316 --> 00:47:08.775 You know how those domes got up here? 00:47:08.816 --> 00:47:11.150 -No, sir. -Well, 00:47:11.191 --> 00:47:13.233 during World War III, a group of scientists 00:47:13.275 --> 00:47:15.691 sent seed pods into space, to preserve them. 00:47:15.733 --> 00:47:19.816 But when the war was over and Earth had rebuilt, 00:47:19.900 --> 00:47:21.608 the forests were too large to bring home. 00:47:21.650 --> 00:47:25.441 So, Starfleet built its first base around them. 00:47:26.650 --> 00:47:28.358 Even in space, 00:47:28.400 --> 00:47:30.441 growth, 00:47:30.483 --> 00:47:32.441 sometimes... 00:47:32.483 --> 00:47:34.691 remarkable growth, 00:47:34.733 --> 00:47:36.400 is possible. 00:47:41.233 --> 00:47:42.441 I'd like to offer you a commission 00:47:42.483 --> 00:47:44.900 to join us on the Enterprise. 00:47:44.941 --> 00:47:46.358 Sir? 00:47:46.400 --> 00:47:47.941 Captain's log. 00:47:47.983 --> 00:47:49.900 Stardate 2259.42. 00:47:49.941 --> 00:47:51.983 -Earth... 00:47:52.025 --> 00:47:55.150 the dust and sky-- is my hearth. 00:47:55.191 --> 00:47:57.816 ButEnterprise is my home. 00:47:58.816 --> 00:48:01.233 We can go forward together, knowing that 00:48:01.275 --> 00:48:03.275 whatever shadows we bring with us, 00:48:03.316 --> 00:48:06.525 they make the light all the brighter. 00:48:07.525 --> 00:48:09.108 I am... 00:48:09.150 --> 00:48:10.941 a lucky man. 00:48:12.483 --> 00:48:14.525 -Captain on the bridge. 00:48:14.566 --> 00:48:16.733 Crew rotation is complete, Captain. 00:48:16.775 --> 00:48:19.400 Lieutenant Kirk is on his way to the bridge, as you requested. 00:48:19.441 --> 00:48:21.108 Thank you, Number One. 00:48:21.150 --> 00:48:22.733 New security chief is 00:48:22.775 --> 00:48:24.233 -in place. -Captain. 00:48:25.775 --> 00:48:28.191 Departing Starbase 1. We are five by. 00:48:28.233 --> 00:48:30.066 Starfleet Command, this is Enterprise. 00:48:30.108 --> 00:48:31.400 Requesting warp clearance. 00:48:31.441 --> 00:48:33.275 Ship systems are optimal. 00:48:37.066 --> 00:48:39.316 Oh, man. 00:48:39.358 --> 00:48:40.441 Chris. 00:48:40.483 --> 00:48:41.775 I mean, Captain. 00:48:41.816 --> 00:48:43.400 Samuel Kirk. 00:48:43.441 --> 00:48:44.733 Welcome to Enterprise. 00:48:44.775 --> 00:48:46.400 -How's the family? -All fine, sir. 00:48:46.441 --> 00:48:47.900 It's great to be here. 00:48:47.941 --> 00:48:50.275 Well, you're posted to life sciences, and... 00:48:50.316 --> 00:48:52.233 he's your new boss. 00:48:55.108 --> 00:48:56.858 We are cleared for warp, sir. 00:48:57.941 --> 00:48:59.441 Course, Captain? 00:49:00.400 --> 00:49:01.858 What's the mission? 00:49:02.816 --> 00:49:04.525 Our mission? 00:49:05.525 --> 00:49:06.858 We explore. 00:49:08.691 --> 00:49:10.358 We seek out new life 00:49:10.400 --> 00:49:12.316 and new civilizations. 00:49:13.316 --> 00:49:15.566 We boldly go 00:49:15.608 --> 00:49:17.775 where no one has gone before. 00:49:17.816 --> 00:49:19.775 Cool. 00:49:21.483 --> 00:49:23.108 Sir. 00:49:23.150 --> 00:49:25.900 Let's take her out, Lieutenant Ortegas. 00:49:26.858 --> 00:49:28.941 Warp factor 2. 00:49:31.025 --> 00:49:32.316 Hit it. 00:50:00.025 --> 00:50:01.400 Captain Pike to the bridge. 00:50:01.441 --> 00:50:02.400 There is a problem. 00:50:03.941 --> 00:50:05.775 We have less than one hour before the comet 00:50:05.816 --> 00:50:07.608 will impact. There will be no survivors. 00:50:07.650 --> 00:50:09.108 Let's get it done, people. 00:50:09.150 --> 00:50:10.400 We've got a planet to save before breakfast. 00:50:11.441 --> 00:50:12.650 Weapon up. 00:50:12.691 --> 00:50:14.150 Kirk, Uhura, with me. 00:50:14.191 --> 00:50:16.191 Don't want anyone flying off into space. 00:50:17.608 --> 00:50:19.608 I know you had a vision of the future. 00:50:19.650 --> 00:50:21.191 Maybe your fate 00:50:21.233 --> 00:50:22.483 isn't written. 00:50:23.275 --> 00:50:25.275 Captain, we have incoming. 00:50:25.316 --> 00:50:28.025 Their ships are fast and their weapon systems... 00:50:28.066 --> 00:50:29.775 Let's just say we don't want to piss 'em off. 00:50:30.900 --> 00:50:32.650 Confrontations with our mortality 00:50:32.691 --> 00:50:34.691 can be a unique opportunity. 00:50:34.733 --> 00:50:37.816 You did not intend on being here. 00:50:37.858 --> 00:50:39.650 Will you rise to the job? 00:50:39.691 --> 00:50:41.108 Was that your version of a pep talk? 00:50:41.150 --> 00:50:42.650 Yes. 00:50:45.108 --> 00:50:46.650 What the hell did this? 00:50:47.691 --> 00:50:48.775 La'An to Bridge. 00:50:48.816 --> 00:50:51.066 Raise shields now! 00:50:56.358 --> 00:50:59.691 When we seek out the unknown... 00:50:59.733 --> 00:51:02.025 we will find things that challenge us. 00:51:02.066 --> 00:51:03.608 But we do not back down. 00:51:03.650 --> 00:51:05.191 I can't control it. 00:51:05.233 --> 00:51:06.525 It's good to get mad sometimes. 00:51:06.566 --> 00:51:07.316 -It makes you human. 00:51:07.316 --> 00:51:07.816 -It makes you human. 00:51:07.858 --> 00:51:09.608 Be vigilant. Get creative. 00:51:09.650 --> 00:51:11.816 The magic of science! 00:51:13.116 --> 00:51:14.200 We are bonded forever 00:51:14.241 --> 00:51:15.533 by the family that is Starfleet. 00:51:18.908 --> 00:51:22.908 Let's get to work.