WEBVTT 00:00:25.208 --> 00:00:27.500 Previously on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds... 00:00:27.541 --> 00:00:28.958 You saw the future? 00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:30.625 I know exactly how and when 00:00:30.666 --> 00:00:32.916 - my life ends. - And I didn't just see it, 00:00:32.958 --> 00:00:35.208 I felt it, every agonizing second. 00:00:35.250 --> 00:00:36.750 Don't throw your life away, Chris. 00:00:36.791 --> 00:00:37.916 I made a choice. 00:00:37.958 --> 00:00:39.500 I accepted my fate. 00:00:39.541 --> 00:00:41.083 What if you're wrong? 00:00:41.083 --> 00:00:43.958 What if your fate is what you make it? 00:00:43.958 --> 00:00:46.000 - I hear you speak 12 languages. - 37. 00:00:46.083 --> 00:00:48.708 I found early that, if I wanted to be understood, 00:00:48.750 --> 00:00:50.458 it's best to communicate in someone's own tongue. 00:00:50.500 --> 00:00:52.208 So, I learned them. 00:00:52.250 --> 00:00:53.583 Doctor, I need to check 00:00:53.625 --> 00:00:55.208 your emergency medical transporter 00:00:55.250 --> 00:00:57.833 for systems integration and excess power usage. 00:00:57.875 --> 00:00:59.833 Please stop messing around in here! 00:00:59.875 --> 00:01:01.125 Hemmer's diagnostic 00:01:01.166 --> 00:01:02.541 shows you're keeping something 00:01:02.541 --> 00:01:04.541 in the pattern buffer. 00:01:04.583 --> 00:01:07.750 - Rukiya, my daughter. - Hi, Dad. 00:01:07.791 --> 00:01:09.750 You can't imagine what it's like 00:01:09.833 --> 00:01:10.958 to watch your child wither away. 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:12.458 And somewhere 00:01:12.541 --> 00:01:14.875 is a planet that has the discovery I need. 00:01:19.666 --> 00:01:22.958 Captain's log, stardate 1943.7. 00:01:22.958 --> 00:01:25.000 We have arrived at the Majalan system, 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:28.041 a minor star cluster at the edge of Federation space. 00:01:28.125 --> 00:01:30.458 I was last here ten years ago, 00:01:30.500 --> 00:01:32.000 on a rescue mission. 00:01:32.041 --> 00:01:33.875 When a pulsar nearly kills you, 00:01:33.875 --> 00:01:36.000 you tend not to forget. 00:01:36.041 --> 00:01:39.041 Our mission today is a routine cartographic survey. 00:01:40.333 --> 00:01:42.750 I expect it will be a lot quieter. 00:01:42.750 --> 00:01:44.750 - Captain. - Cadet Uhura. 00:01:48.083 --> 00:01:49.333 You all right? 00:01:49.416 --> 00:01:52.458 Oh, it's... nothing. 00:01:52.458 --> 00:01:54.583 Just a little sore after combat training. 00:01:54.625 --> 00:01:56.500 Ah, right. You're on rotation 00:01:56.583 --> 00:01:57.958 with Lieutenant Noonien-Singh this week. 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:01.333 Lesson one of security? 00:02:01.416 --> 00:02:03.333 "A Rigelian tiger 00:02:03.375 --> 00:02:05.375 pounces with no warning." 00:02:05.375 --> 00:02:08.333 Yeah. I learned that one, all right. 00:02:08.375 --> 00:02:11.916 Well, I've come to understand La'An has a lot to teach. 00:02:11.958 --> 00:02:14.291 Although... 00:02:14.333 --> 00:02:16.083 keep your eye out for lesson seven. 00:02:16.166 --> 00:02:17.750 What's lesson seven? 00:02:26.291 --> 00:02:28.125 Nice of you to join us, Cadet. 00:02:28.166 --> 00:02:30.458 Did you find your break restful? 00:02:30.500 --> 00:02:32.500 Super restful, thanks for asking. 00:02:32.541 --> 00:02:34.666 Lesson two of security... 00:02:34.666 --> 00:02:36.625 "There are no breaks in security 00:02:36.666 --> 00:02:39.500 because threats never take breaks." 00:02:39.541 --> 00:02:41.916 Captain, we're receiving a distress call 00:02:41.958 --> 00:02:43.541 from a non-Federation shuttle. 00:02:43.625 --> 00:02:44.625 They say they're under attack. 00:02:44.666 --> 00:02:46.541 From who? 00:02:46.541 --> 00:02:48.541 Scans indicate a small combat cruiser. 00:02:48.583 --> 00:02:51.208 Light armaments. Non-Federation ID. 00:02:51.250 --> 00:02:53.250 Shields up and take us closer, Erica. 00:03:12.083 --> 00:03:14.166 Ensign Shankar, hail that cruiser. 00:03:14.208 --> 00:03:16.083 No response, sir. 00:03:16.125 --> 00:03:17.708 Then get me an open channel. 00:03:17.708 --> 00:03:20.000 This is Christopher Pike of the USS Enterprise. 00:03:20.041 --> 00:03:21.791 You are committing an act of aggression. 00:03:21.833 --> 00:03:24.416 As the other vessel has appealed to us for help, 00:03:24.458 --> 00:03:26.125 I am obliged by both Federation law 00:03:26.166 --> 00:03:27.416 and my own conscience to intervene. 00:03:27.416 --> 00:03:28.500 I order you to stand down. 00:03:32.833 --> 00:03:34.666 Damage? 00:03:34.708 --> 00:03:38.041 Negligible. Shield integrity is only down .02%. 00:03:39.166 --> 00:03:41.375 Red alert and evasive maneuvers. 00:03:41.416 --> 00:03:42.666 Aye, Captain. 00:03:42.708 --> 00:03:44.875 Captain, they... appear to be making 00:03:44.958 --> 00:03:46.416 an attack run at us. 00:03:46.458 --> 00:03:48.041 It's the little dog with the most to prove. 00:03:48.125 --> 00:03:49.166 Sir? 00:03:49.208 --> 00:03:50.625 It's an expression. 00:03:50.708 --> 00:03:52.041 You think you can take out their weapons 00:03:52.041 --> 00:03:53.416 without blowing them to smithereens? 00:03:53.458 --> 00:03:55.250 Charge phasers. 00:03:55.291 --> 00:03:57.375 - Minimum capacity. - Charging. 00:03:57.416 --> 00:03:59.750 - They're locking phasers again, Captain. - Fire. 00:04:05.416 --> 00:04:07.291 Apologies. 00:04:07.333 --> 00:04:09.083 Captain, I was trying to graze them, 00:04:09.125 --> 00:04:11.291 but they fired and changed course right into our weapons. 00:04:11.333 --> 00:04:12.875 I think they got the hint. 00:04:15.625 --> 00:04:17.750 Firing three times on a Starfleet ship. 00:04:17.791 --> 00:04:19.958 If it wasn't our business before, it is now. 00:04:20.041 --> 00:04:23.166 Sir, shuttle is hailing us, requesting immediate evacuation. 00:04:23.208 --> 00:04:24.875 Their life support systems are failing. 00:04:24.875 --> 00:04:26.208 Prepare to beam them aboard. 00:04:26.208 --> 00:04:27.750 Let's go meet our guests. 00:04:30.791 --> 00:04:32.958 Deck Six. 00:04:46.791 --> 00:04:48.750 Lieutenant Pike? 00:04:48.791 --> 00:04:50.500 Alora? 00:04:52.250 --> 00:04:54.541 You know her, Captain? 00:04:56.125 --> 00:04:57.541 Or should I call you Lieutenant? 00:05:08.333 --> 00:05:09.916 Space. 00:05:11.250 --> 00:05:13.250 The final frontier. 00:05:15.250 --> 00:05:18.541 These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. 00:05:22.875 --> 00:05:26.083 to explore strange new worlds... 00:05:28.083 --> 00:05:30.541 ...to seek out new life 00:05:30.625 --> 00:05:34.208 and new civilizations, 00:05:34.250 --> 00:05:38.291 to boldly go where no one has gone before. 00:06:55.291 --> 00:06:57.833 Alora and I met years ago. 00:06:57.875 --> 00:07:00.875 He rescued me from another shuttle. 00:07:00.916 --> 00:07:02.916 Seems like you have bad luck with shuttles. 00:07:02.958 --> 00:07:04.750 Or good, 00:07:04.791 --> 00:07:06.458 depending on how you look at it. 00:07:08.208 --> 00:07:11.083 Well, allow me to welcome you all to Enterprise. 00:07:11.125 --> 00:07:13.208 Your, uh, 00:07:13.291 --> 00:07:15.208 new uniform is... 00:07:17.416 --> 00:07:18.458 ...very yellow. 00:07:18.500 --> 00:07:21.250 Oh, it's gold, technically, 00:07:21.250 --> 00:07:22.916 because I'm, um... 00:07:22.958 --> 00:07:24.833 I'm a captain. So... 00:07:24.916 --> 00:07:27.958 Well, on behalf of Majalis, we thank you for your help... 00:07:29.208 --> 00:07:30.333 ...Captain Pike. 00:07:30.375 --> 00:07:33.791 Uh, this is my Number One. 00:07:33.833 --> 00:07:37.291 Una... Uh, Lieu-Lieutenant Commander Una Chin-Riley. 00:07:39.625 --> 00:07:42.291 Allow me to take you to the ready room to debrief. 00:07:42.375 --> 00:07:44.375 But first, I must insist 00:07:44.416 --> 00:07:45.791 you take us to your medical facility. 00:07:45.833 --> 00:07:47.208 Of course, right away. 00:07:47.208 --> 00:07:48.541 Uh, Chief Kyle will escort you down. 00:07:48.583 --> 00:07:50.416 Uh, sorry, are you the boy's father? 00:07:50.500 --> 00:07:52.083 Strictly in a biological sense. 00:08:00.083 --> 00:08:02.458 "When King Ridley turned, 00:08:02.500 --> 00:08:04.541 "the Wizard Pollux pushed him 00:08:04.583 --> 00:08:06.375 right over the cliff!" Daddy. 00:08:06.416 --> 00:08:09.833 You just read me the same exact chapter twice in a row. 00:08:09.875 --> 00:08:11.250 I did? 00:08:12.750 --> 00:08:14.541 Darling... 00:08:16.291 --> 00:08:17.708 ...you know how I've been keeping your pattern 00:08:17.708 --> 00:08:19.166 in the transporter buffer, 00:08:19.208 --> 00:08:21.250 so you don't keep getting sicker? 00:08:21.291 --> 00:08:23.916 - Yes. - Well... 00:08:23.958 --> 00:08:27.291 I can't keep you out of there for very long, 00:08:27.333 --> 00:08:30.583 and sometimes it's hard to keep track of the details. 00:08:30.625 --> 00:08:34.083 Sometimes, you put me back in when I don't notice? 00:08:34.125 --> 00:08:36.875 So, how long have you really been reading to me? 00:08:38.166 --> 00:08:39.625 A while. 00:08:39.666 --> 00:08:42.833 I've put the transport system on a timer, 00:08:42.875 --> 00:08:44.500 so as to not be disruptive. 00:08:44.541 --> 00:08:47.166 When will it... 00:08:54.208 --> 00:08:55.750 Come. 00:08:57.750 --> 00:08:59.333 Doctor. 00:08:59.375 --> 00:09:01.041 We've got people coming in with possible injuries. 00:09:07.916 --> 00:09:11.041 First Servant is a very special child. 00:09:11.083 --> 00:09:13.583 A holy figure. 00:09:13.625 --> 00:09:15.708 Chosen at birth by lottery 00:09:15.750 --> 00:09:18.458 to embody our maxim: 00:09:18.500 --> 00:09:21.791 science, service, sacrifice. 00:09:21.875 --> 00:09:23.583 He's forsworn his own family 00:09:23.625 --> 00:09:26.750 because everyone on Majalis is his family. 00:09:32.250 --> 00:09:34.250 Okay. 00:09:34.291 --> 00:09:37.125 Um, what were you doing on that moon? 00:09:37.166 --> 00:09:39.041 On that moon is an ancient retreat 00:09:39.083 --> 00:09:41.333 for the First Servant's studies. 00:09:41.375 --> 00:09:44.375 Elder Gamal and I were returning him to Majalis 00:09:44.458 --> 00:09:46.166 when the ship attacked us 00:09:46.208 --> 00:09:48.333 and demanded we surrender the child. 00:09:48.375 --> 00:09:50.375 And you have no idea who they were? 00:09:50.416 --> 00:09:53.833 The closest inhabitable planet is occupied by 00:09:53.875 --> 00:09:56.541 descendants of a long-abandoned alien colony. 00:09:56.541 --> 00:09:58.708 Still, our two worlds have coexisted 00:09:58.791 --> 00:10:00.541 peacefully for centuries. 00:10:04.458 --> 00:10:07.333 I believe it is possible they were after a ransom. 00:10:08.583 --> 00:10:10.291 In two days, I will be overseeing 00:10:10.375 --> 00:10:11.791 the First Servant's ascension 00:10:11.833 --> 00:10:13.291 to the throne. 00:10:13.375 --> 00:10:15.958 It's a sacred ceremony. 00:10:15.958 --> 00:10:19.916 If outsiders knew about that, 00:10:19.958 --> 00:10:23.166 they would also know Majalis would pay anything 00:10:23.166 --> 00:10:24.500 for the child's safe return. 00:10:24.541 --> 00:10:26.083 We should send a landing party 00:10:26.125 --> 00:10:27.958 to investigate the crashed ship. 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:30.958 There is a chance, however slight, your attackers survived. 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:33.041 An investigation won't be necessary. 00:10:33.083 --> 00:10:35.666 All I ask is you return us peacefully to Majalis. 00:10:35.708 --> 00:10:39.458 An investigation is not only necessary, it is required. 00:10:41.666 --> 00:10:44.125 Captain Pike. 00:10:44.166 --> 00:10:47.791 My people didn't join the Federation. 00:10:47.833 --> 00:10:50.541 We've always handled things for ourselves. 00:10:50.583 --> 00:10:53.750 Please, let us handle this. 00:10:53.833 --> 00:10:57.000 Starfleet regulations requires us to investigate 00:10:57.041 --> 00:10:59.375 any vessel that attacks us, 00:10:59.416 --> 00:11:01.708 with or without your cooperation, I'm afraid. 00:11:01.750 --> 00:11:02.708 I'm sorry. 00:11:02.750 --> 00:11:05.375 If you insist, 00:11:05.416 --> 00:11:07.916 I'm coming, too. 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:10.875 With or without your cooperation. 00:11:23.750 --> 00:11:27.666 It's showing a slight reduction in cerebral blood flow. 00:11:27.708 --> 00:11:31.166 Consistent with head trauma. 00:11:31.166 --> 00:11:34.041 Next time the hull falls on you, 00:11:34.041 --> 00:11:35.958 try not to block it with your head. 00:11:36.041 --> 00:11:37.791 Deal. 00:11:39.208 --> 00:11:40.583 Do you have anything to eat? 00:11:40.625 --> 00:11:42.333 Does this look like a mess hall? 00:11:45.166 --> 00:11:46.958 Ah. Please keep that butcher's knife 00:11:47.041 --> 00:11:48.541 away from the First Servant. 00:11:48.583 --> 00:11:51.083 - It's a subdermal scalpel. - I know what it is. 00:11:51.125 --> 00:11:53.125 All I needed was for you to scan him, that's all. 00:11:53.166 --> 00:11:54.958 May I? 00:11:56.166 --> 00:11:57.916 It's okay, Nurse. 00:12:00.666 --> 00:12:02.500 Have at it. 00:12:10.375 --> 00:12:13.125 There. Just wanted to check that 00:12:13.208 --> 00:12:15.333 his quantum-bio implants are functioning. 00:12:15.375 --> 00:12:17.083 Thank you. 00:12:17.083 --> 00:12:18.625 He has quantum-bio implants? 00:12:18.666 --> 00:12:20.666 They didn't show up on my scan. 00:12:20.708 --> 00:12:22.333 That's not surprising, considering 00:12:22.375 --> 00:12:23.416 the state of this abattoir. 00:12:23.458 --> 00:12:24.458 This is a state-of-the-art 00:12:24.500 --> 00:12:25.500 medical facility. 00:12:25.541 --> 00:12:26.541 Maybe to you. 00:12:26.583 --> 00:12:27.791 In my clinic, healing begins 00:12:27.791 --> 00:12:29.333 at a subatomic level. 00:12:29.375 --> 00:12:30.791 It's true. My implants rebuild 00:12:30.791 --> 00:12:33.083 biological functions using quantum mechanics. 00:12:34.416 --> 00:12:35.666 What is that? 00:12:37.083 --> 00:12:40.000 Back up. You're a doctor. 00:12:40.041 --> 00:12:41.708 I was, 00:12:41.791 --> 00:12:43.875 until I became the father of the First Servant. 00:12:43.916 --> 00:12:46.375 - Now he's my only patient. - This scanner is 00:12:46.416 --> 00:12:48.083 rudimentary, 00:12:48.125 --> 00:12:50.541 but still pretty interesting. 00:12:58.625 --> 00:13:00.416 He's improving. I'd still like 00:13:00.458 --> 00:13:03.041 to keep him here for observation. 00:13:03.125 --> 00:13:05.166 So, in theory, 00:13:05.166 --> 00:13:07.875 your implants might re-align peptide bonds 00:13:07.916 --> 00:13:10.416 within any degraded protein? 00:13:10.458 --> 00:13:11.958 At the bare minimum. 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:14.041 If this is true, disease 00:13:14.041 --> 00:13:15.875 and suffering would be things of the past. 00:13:17.125 --> 00:13:19.541 On Majalis, we have a saying. 00:13:19.583 --> 00:13:22.250 "Let the tree that grows from the roots of sacrifice 00:13:22.291 --> 00:13:24.583 lift us where suffering cannot reach." 00:13:26.583 --> 00:13:28.750 We have no disease of any kind. 00:13:57.958 --> 00:13:59.541 Life signs? 00:14:01.583 --> 00:14:03.541 No readings. 00:14:03.625 --> 00:14:05.791 Nothing's in here. 00:14:10.458 --> 00:14:12.083 Let's sweep the area. 00:14:12.166 --> 00:14:14.833 Be alert for any surprises they left behind. 00:14:24.708 --> 00:14:26.541 Congratulations. You just flunked 00:14:26.583 --> 00:14:28.916 lesson three of security. 00:14:28.958 --> 00:14:31.666 "Let your tricorder do the investigating." 00:14:31.708 --> 00:14:33.583 Some Klingon ships are equipped 00:14:33.625 --> 00:14:35.750 with a scuttle system, even the lightest touch 00:14:35.791 --> 00:14:37.833 could trigger an auto-destruct sequence. 00:14:42.916 --> 00:14:46.166 I don't think we're in any danger of blowing up. 00:14:46.208 --> 00:14:47.833 They wiped their data banks. 00:14:47.916 --> 00:14:49.708 Luck runs out fast, Cadet. 00:14:49.791 --> 00:14:51.291 Next time, be more careful. 00:14:51.333 --> 00:14:54.791 Crash site is secure, Lieutenant Spock. 00:14:58.791 --> 00:15:00.541 Looks like they beamed out. 00:15:02.958 --> 00:15:04.291 The technology here is consistent 00:15:04.375 --> 00:15:06.166 with the colony I told you about. 00:15:22.583 --> 00:15:26.291 This does not appear to be a part of the ship's functions. 00:15:26.333 --> 00:15:27.750 Do you recognize it? 00:15:27.833 --> 00:15:29.625 No. 00:15:40.333 --> 00:15:42.458 But I recognize this. 00:15:44.625 --> 00:15:45.750 What am I looking at? 00:15:45.791 --> 00:15:48.125 An oath coin. 00:15:48.166 --> 00:15:49.708 Linnarean Guards are given one when they swear 00:15:49.750 --> 00:15:51.750 to protect the life of the First Servant. 00:15:51.791 --> 00:15:54.000 It's the highest of our military honors. 00:15:55.291 --> 00:15:56.541 Look. 00:15:58.083 --> 00:16:00.583 To deface a sacred symbol, 00:16:00.625 --> 00:16:02.666 it's forbidden. 00:16:02.708 --> 00:16:04.208 I have to entertain the possibility 00:16:04.291 --> 00:16:05.833 that one of our guards has betrayed his oath 00:16:05.875 --> 00:16:07.458 and joined forces with the alien 00:16:07.500 --> 00:16:10.041 colonists in trying to kidnap the First Servant. 00:16:13.500 --> 00:16:16.708 The boy is in great danger. 00:16:16.750 --> 00:16:18.583 Frankly, so am I. 00:16:18.625 --> 00:16:20.208 You can all stay on the Enterprise 00:16:20.291 --> 00:16:21.458 for as long as you need. 00:16:21.458 --> 00:16:23.166 I have duties on Majalis. 00:16:23.208 --> 00:16:25.583 Peaceful transition of power, 00:16:25.625 --> 00:16:27.375 it's the cornerstone of our society. 00:16:27.458 --> 00:16:30.583 Any disruption now would create widespread panic. 00:16:30.625 --> 00:16:32.500 Then I'll send you with armed escorts. 00:16:32.583 --> 00:16:34.375 We're a private people. 00:16:35.958 --> 00:16:38.333 Foreign representatives aren't welcome. 00:16:42.750 --> 00:16:45.375 What about a friend? 00:16:45.416 --> 00:16:47.541 You can have friends, right? 00:17:17.791 --> 00:17:20.541 After your speech at the opening ceremony, 00:17:20.583 --> 00:17:23.416 you have the tree-planting at the sky garden, 00:17:23.458 --> 00:17:26.125 and then you have the Festival of Gratitude 00:17:26.125 --> 00:17:27.583 all evening. 00:17:27.625 --> 00:17:28.833 That's quite a schedule. 00:17:28.875 --> 00:17:31.833 See why I couldn't stay away? 00:17:31.833 --> 00:17:33.625 I need to add something to the agenda. 00:17:33.666 --> 00:17:35.416 Please bring in the guards. 00:17:39.541 --> 00:17:41.750 Ready to shake the tree and see what falls out? 00:17:41.833 --> 00:17:43.875 Am I. 00:17:43.916 --> 00:17:45.708 Here we go. 00:17:54.166 --> 00:17:56.125 Elder Gamal, 00:17:56.166 --> 00:17:58.458 a word in private? 00:18:10.291 --> 00:18:11.791 Do you recognize this? 00:18:13.625 --> 00:18:16.291 No. 00:18:16.333 --> 00:18:19.708 My analysis indicates it is a kind of neural dampener, 00:18:19.750 --> 00:18:22.416 designed to reduce the brain's electrical activity. 00:18:22.458 --> 00:18:25.583 We found it in the wreckage of the ship. 00:18:25.625 --> 00:18:28.166 As I said, I've never seen this. 00:18:28.208 --> 00:18:29.750 Based on its size, 00:18:29.791 --> 00:18:31.500 logic suggests your attackers may have intended 00:18:31.583 --> 00:18:33.083 to use it on the boy. 00:18:33.125 --> 00:18:36.041 Can I see it? 00:18:36.083 --> 00:18:37.583 I'd rather you didn't. 00:18:41.291 --> 00:18:44.000 You must be the science officer. 00:18:44.041 --> 00:18:47.166 - I am. - Do you know the speed of propagation of subspace 00:18:47.208 --> 00:18:49.750 radio signals in long-range communications? 00:18:54.375 --> 00:18:56.875 I believe it is roughly 52,000 times 00:18:56.916 --> 00:18:59.583 - the speed of light. - Really? 00:18:59.583 --> 00:19:02.375 Wow, that's... super slow. 00:19:02.416 --> 00:19:04.375 No wonder you have to use subspace relays. 00:19:04.416 --> 00:19:06.500 At those distances, the signals would degrade 00:19:06.541 --> 00:19:07.958 long before they were received, 00:19:07.958 --> 00:19:09.791 even when radially polarized. 00:19:09.833 --> 00:19:13.083 I do not know many your age who grasp radial polarization. 00:19:13.125 --> 00:19:14.916 I'm interested in it because 00:19:14.958 --> 00:19:17.958 I thought it would be fun to have a friend across the galaxy. 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:20.208 I once worked on my own subspace frequency. 00:19:20.250 --> 00:19:23.666 I bet I could generate one by rewiring this biobed. 00:19:23.708 --> 00:19:25.666 That would be an impressive feat, 00:19:25.708 --> 00:19:27.833 though Dr. M'Benga might object. 00:19:31.083 --> 00:19:32.458 Pardon me, Mr. Spock. 00:19:33.708 --> 00:19:35.083 The boy needs his rest. 00:19:35.083 --> 00:19:37.541 He has a big day tomorrow. 00:19:37.583 --> 00:19:39.500 If you don't mind. 00:19:39.541 --> 00:19:41.500 It is the eve of the First Servant's 00:19:41.541 --> 00:19:44.041 ascension to the throne. 00:19:44.083 --> 00:19:46.000 In our most sacred time, 00:19:46.041 --> 00:19:47.541 it is important to remind ourselves 00:19:47.583 --> 00:19:49.291 of the sanctity of our calling, 00:19:49.333 --> 00:19:52.166 so I ask that you renew your vows. 00:19:53.583 --> 00:19:55.541 Present your coins. 00:20:00.541 --> 00:20:03.583 Will you uphold your covenant to Majalis 00:20:03.666 --> 00:20:06.541 and faithfully defend the life 00:20:06.583 --> 00:20:07.958 of the First Servant? 00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:10.500 You hold your oath, 00:20:10.541 --> 00:20:12.416 your bond, 00:20:12.458 --> 00:20:14.625 in your hand. 00:20:17.833 --> 00:20:19.916 Kier, the case is damaged. 00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:22.541 Your coin-- what happened? 00:20:22.583 --> 00:20:25.708 It's nothing. An accident. 00:20:28.208 --> 00:20:30.125 May I take a closer look? 00:20:59.333 --> 00:21:01.583 No. 00:21:01.625 --> 00:21:04.041 This way. 00:21:05.875 --> 00:21:07.583 Spread out! 00:21:37.541 --> 00:21:39.083 It's not on stun. 00:21:41.375 --> 00:21:43.250 Kier, 00:21:43.250 --> 00:21:45.083 we just want to talk. 00:21:47.416 --> 00:21:49.083 Good. 00:21:49.083 --> 00:21:51.666 Now, tell me, 00:21:51.708 --> 00:21:54.083 why were you on that ship? 00:21:54.125 --> 00:21:56.166 To fulfill my oath, 00:21:56.208 --> 00:21:59.166 and to renounce everything this floating hell stands for. 00:22:01.333 --> 00:22:03.375 Long live the First Servant. 00:22:20.416 --> 00:22:22.416 Careful, Cadet. Remember to chew. 00:22:23.791 --> 00:22:26.708 Oh, right, you're on rotation with Lieutenant Noonien-Singh. 00:22:26.750 --> 00:22:29.083 Word gets around. 00:22:29.125 --> 00:22:31.291 Tell her from me, you deserve a full hour. 00:22:31.375 --> 00:22:32.750 You can tell me yourself, Lieutenant. 00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:35.333 I would, but 00:22:35.375 --> 00:22:38.458 I'm, uh, conflict-averse. 00:22:42.541 --> 00:22:44.416 Take a look at these data chips. 00:22:45.875 --> 00:22:47.083 Are these from the crash site? 00:22:47.125 --> 00:22:49.458 I may have liberated them. 00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:52.166 But isn't taking them without permission against protocol? 00:22:52.208 --> 00:22:54.750 Lesson six of security: 00:22:54.833 --> 00:22:56.416 "Know when to bend the rules." 00:22:56.458 --> 00:22:58.041 You're right. 00:22:58.125 --> 00:23:00.041 Starfleet wouldn't approve of how I acquired these, 00:23:00.083 --> 00:23:03.208 so I can't put them through the ship's translator. 00:23:03.291 --> 00:23:05.291 Fortunately for me, I don't have to. 00:23:05.333 --> 00:23:08.041 Following proper procedure would take weeks. 00:23:09.583 --> 00:23:12.166 You want me to translate all of these? 00:23:12.166 --> 00:23:13.583 Well, you're a linguist, aren't you? 00:23:22.250 --> 00:23:25.916 I see no signs there was ever any head trauma. 00:23:25.916 --> 00:23:29.750 To reconstitute the molecular structure of damaged tissue... 00:23:33.250 --> 00:23:36.583 It's revolutionary. 00:23:36.625 --> 00:23:38.666 May I ask a hypothetical, 00:23:38.750 --> 00:23:40.625 doctor to doctor? 00:23:40.666 --> 00:23:43.375 No one's stopping you. 00:23:43.458 --> 00:23:46.291 Say I had a patient with mast cell cygnokemia. 00:23:46.333 --> 00:23:48.958 11-year-old female. 00:23:49.041 --> 00:23:50.958 Could quantum-bio implants 00:23:51.041 --> 00:23:54.750 reverse cellular degranulation, even in late stages? 00:23:54.791 --> 00:23:56.750 On Majalis, it could be reversed. 00:23:56.791 --> 00:24:00.500 And if I ever had such a patient, 00:24:00.541 --> 00:24:02.500 could I send them your way? 00:24:02.541 --> 00:24:04.791 I'm afraid not. 00:24:04.833 --> 00:24:06.625 It is illegal to share our technologies 00:24:06.666 --> 00:24:09.125 with unaffiliated races. 00:24:09.166 --> 00:24:10.791 The Federation has similar policies. 00:24:10.833 --> 00:24:13.666 Not when it comes to medical interventions. 00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:16.625 Perhaps, one day, 00:24:16.666 --> 00:24:18.541 an alliance between our worlds could serve us all. 00:24:28.416 --> 00:24:30.625 Sure you don't want to get checked out by a doctor? 00:24:30.666 --> 00:24:32.250 I'm okay, Chris, really. 00:24:33.416 --> 00:24:35.958 I just... 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:38.750 I knew him. Kier. 00:24:38.791 --> 00:24:41.375 - For years. - He would've killed you. 00:24:42.791 --> 00:24:45.125 - He almost did. - That's exactly it. 00:24:45.166 --> 00:24:46.833 I mean, what if there are others 00:24:46.875 --> 00:24:48.666 who feel the same way he did? 00:24:48.708 --> 00:24:50.541 That I thought I knew. 00:24:52.791 --> 00:24:54.458 I feel like there's no one I can trust. 00:24:54.541 --> 00:24:56.541 I'm gonna put a guard out here, 00:24:56.583 --> 00:24:58.625 just to be safe. 00:24:58.708 --> 00:25:00.291 You don't have to do that. 00:25:01.666 --> 00:25:04.250 I didn't save you from a pulsar just to let you get killed. 00:25:08.250 --> 00:25:10.083 You called, Cadet? 00:25:10.125 --> 00:25:12.791 You asked for a needle in a haystack, and I found it. 00:25:12.833 --> 00:25:14.291 I translated their dialect 00:25:14.333 --> 00:25:15.875 and cross-checked it the old-fashioned way, 00:25:15.916 --> 00:25:17.583 and I know where they're from. 00:25:17.666 --> 00:25:20.083 - So, you did the bare minimum I asked for. - No. 00:25:20.083 --> 00:25:21.541 I also parsed their dialects 00:25:21.583 --> 00:25:23.416 and isolated the roots of their language. 00:25:23.458 --> 00:25:26.000 I found more than what you asked for. 00:25:27.416 --> 00:25:29.875 A lot more. 00:25:34.666 --> 00:25:37.291 I think we should take this to the Captain. 00:25:37.333 --> 00:25:40.000 - Okay. Well, let me know what he says. - Cadet. 00:25:40.083 --> 00:25:42.958 It's your work. You should present it. 00:25:45.333 --> 00:25:48.041 If you're sure of your findings, that is. 00:25:49.875 --> 00:25:52.458 I am, sir. 00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:54.750 Right. 00:26:16.041 --> 00:26:17.166 Rukiya? 00:26:17.208 --> 00:26:20.875 Dad, look what he made. 00:26:20.916 --> 00:26:23.750 Sorry, I hope you're not mad. 00:26:23.750 --> 00:26:25.625 The grid was just made of noble gasses 00:26:25.708 --> 00:26:27.500 I took from the atmospheric processor. 00:26:27.583 --> 00:26:30.333 They're non-reactive, so I figured they'd be safe. 00:26:30.375 --> 00:26:32.625 Darling. 00:26:32.666 --> 00:26:34.208 You shouldn't be up. 00:26:37.458 --> 00:26:39.583 Please sit. 00:26:42.666 --> 00:26:44.833 I was having fun. 00:26:49.375 --> 00:26:51.041 How did you know about her? 00:26:51.041 --> 00:26:52.875 You and the Elder talk loud, 00:26:52.916 --> 00:26:55.541 and when I couldn't find anyone with cygnokemia in sickbay, 00:26:55.583 --> 00:26:58.666 I checked the places I'd try to hide in. 00:26:58.708 --> 00:27:00.958 Do I have to go back in? 00:27:01.041 --> 00:27:02.958 Yes. 00:27:07.916 --> 00:27:10.166 But maybe not for much longer. 00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.833 Goodbye, Rukiya. 00:27:19.833 --> 00:27:21.500 I didn't mean to get you in trouble. 00:27:32.750 --> 00:27:34.708 You can't tell anyone about her. 00:27:34.750 --> 00:27:36.083 Why not? 00:27:39.458 --> 00:27:41.625 I heard some noises. What's going on? 00:27:45.291 --> 00:27:47.500 I was just looking for a midnight snack. 00:27:47.541 --> 00:27:48.833 Seems more like you were showing off. 00:27:48.875 --> 00:27:50.833 Come on. We're going. 00:27:55.791 --> 00:27:58.541 I beamed up. Someone want to explain to me 00:27:58.583 --> 00:28:01.833 why I had to hear this extremely urgent report in person? 00:28:01.875 --> 00:28:03.375 Some information has come to light 00:28:03.416 --> 00:28:04.875 that we thought you might want to discuss 00:28:04.916 --> 00:28:07.833 without the risk of Minister Alora overhearing. 00:28:07.875 --> 00:28:10.583 And what could that possibly be? 00:28:10.583 --> 00:28:12.541 Cadet Uhura? 00:28:19.041 --> 00:28:20.750 We matched the language spoken by the kidnappers 00:28:20.791 --> 00:28:23.875 to a non-Federation colony. Prospect 7. 00:28:23.916 --> 00:28:26.916 That's an L-Class planet a couple light years away. 00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:29.041 Very barren, harsh climate. 00:28:29.041 --> 00:28:31.708 The colony is barely above a subsistence level. 00:28:31.750 --> 00:28:33.000 Yes. Alora told us about them. 00:28:33.041 --> 00:28:34.291 I suppose it makes sense. 00:28:34.333 --> 00:28:35.458 Desperate people do desperate things. 00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:37.416 Here's the surprising part. 00:28:37.458 --> 00:28:39.750 This language has common roots 00:28:39.791 --> 00:28:42.000 with the dialect spoken on Majalis. 00:28:42.041 --> 00:28:44.583 Linguistically speaking, it's impossible. 00:28:44.625 --> 00:28:46.583 This colony isn't alien, Captain. 00:28:46.625 --> 00:28:48.458 It has to be an offshoot off Majalis. 00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:51.291 At the end of the day, we have to ask ourselves: 00:28:51.291 --> 00:28:54.000 why would anyone leave paradise for Prospect 7? 00:28:54.041 --> 00:28:57.083 - There has to be a reason. - And if the colony is connected to Majalis, 00:28:57.166 --> 00:28:58.708 why would Elder Gamal and Minister Alora 00:28:58.750 --> 00:28:59.833 tell us otherwise? 00:29:02.041 --> 00:29:04.041 Majalans aren't trusting of outsiders. 00:29:04.083 --> 00:29:06.250 That's how Alora and I met. Her shuttle failed. 00:29:06.333 --> 00:29:09.208 It led to an invitation to join the Federation. 00:29:09.250 --> 00:29:10.833 If that accident had never happened, 00:29:10.916 --> 00:29:12.958 I'm not sure our two peoples would have ever met. 00:29:13.041 --> 00:29:15.500 There must be a reasonable explanation for this. 00:29:15.541 --> 00:29:17.750 M'Benga to Bridge. 00:29:17.791 --> 00:29:19.958 Elder Gamal just walked out with the First Servant. 00:29:19.958 --> 00:29:22.083 - I couldn't stop them. - They said they were 00:29:22.125 --> 00:29:24.583 going back to the planet. 00:29:27.125 --> 00:29:29.333 Captain, good. Tell your Transporter Chief 00:29:29.375 --> 00:29:31.166 that we need to return to the surface now. 00:29:31.208 --> 00:29:33.250 We agreed that the First Servant was safer here. 00:29:33.333 --> 00:29:35.125 If I could ask you to step down. 00:29:35.166 --> 00:29:37.250 With due respect, I don't believe you're truly 00:29:37.291 --> 00:29:40.375 capable of keeping him safe here. 00:29:40.375 --> 00:29:42.208 Who told you you could beam them down? 00:29:42.250 --> 00:29:43.791 No, it wasn't me, Captain. 00:29:43.833 --> 00:29:45.750 Someone else must have locked onto their signals 00:29:45.791 --> 00:29:47.875 - while our shields were down. - What the hell is going on? 00:29:47.916 --> 00:29:49.500 See if you can get them back. 00:29:49.541 --> 00:29:51.250 Pike to Bridge. Number One, I need you to scan 00:29:51.333 --> 00:29:52.958 for nearby ships. 00:29:52.958 --> 00:29:54.416 Reading one, Captain. 00:29:54.458 --> 00:29:55.958 A combat cruiser attempting to flee. 00:30:00.458 --> 00:30:01.875 Where is the First Servant? 00:30:03.166 --> 00:30:04.500 Red alert. 00:30:09.416 --> 00:30:11.708 Status. 00:30:11.750 --> 00:30:13.125 Sensors pick up the First Servant's life signs 00:30:13.166 --> 00:30:14.875 on the combat cruiser. 00:30:14.916 --> 00:30:17.000 Their deflector shields prevent us from beaming him back. 00:30:17.041 --> 00:30:19.250 - Have we tried hailing them? - Several times. 00:30:19.291 --> 00:30:22.291 - They're ignoring us. - I'll remind them we're bigger. 00:30:23.916 --> 00:30:25.041 Mitchell, deploy a tractor beam. 00:30:25.083 --> 00:30:26.291 We can't let them go to warp. 00:30:26.333 --> 00:30:28.458 Targeting and deploying now, sir. 00:30:36.583 --> 00:30:38.916 Sir, they're going to warp anyway. 00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:41.041 They really want to play tug-of-war with us? 00:30:43.916 --> 00:30:46.875 The stress is creating a catastrophic strain imbalance. 00:30:46.875 --> 00:30:49.500 I have to increase our structural integrity field. 00:30:49.541 --> 00:30:50.583 If they still try to go to warp, 00:30:50.625 --> 00:30:52.000 it could destroy the cruiser. 00:30:52.041 --> 00:30:53.750 We can't risk harming them. Disengage. 00:30:55.750 --> 00:30:57.333 Now, Mitchell. 00:31:19.958 --> 00:31:22.208 How could this happen, Chris? 00:31:22.208 --> 00:31:24.916 - You said he was safe. - It's an unimaginable loss. 00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:27.166 If the Federation can be of any assistance 00:31:27.208 --> 00:31:28.791 guiding your people through it... 00:31:28.875 --> 00:31:30.833 There's nothing to guide us through. 00:31:30.916 --> 00:31:32.500 It means our world is over. 00:31:32.541 --> 00:31:36.083 Alora, it's a tragedy, 00:31:36.125 --> 00:31:38.750 and I understand the symbolic significance, but... 00:31:38.791 --> 00:31:40.166 You don't understand. 00:31:40.208 --> 00:31:42.333 If the First Servant doesn't ascend, 00:31:42.375 --> 00:31:45.083 Majalis will fall out of the sky. 00:31:45.125 --> 00:31:48.750 The surface of our planet is nothing but rivers of lava 00:31:48.791 --> 00:31:51.458 - and lakes of acid. - We'll be destroyed. 00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:54.541 How can any of that rest on the fate of one child? 00:31:57.708 --> 00:31:59.291 Damn it. 00:31:59.375 --> 00:32:01.375 Can someone tell me how the hell 00:32:01.416 --> 00:32:04.500 that combat cruiser managed to beam someone off my ship? 00:32:06.333 --> 00:32:07.791 I think I can, 00:32:07.833 --> 00:32:09.416 Captain. 00:32:15.333 --> 00:32:17.000 The girl is deluded. 00:32:17.041 --> 00:32:18.000 I'm not. 00:32:18.083 --> 00:32:20.083 She is just summarizing facts 00:32:20.125 --> 00:32:21.500 and drawing the logical conclusion. 00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.791 Isn't that right, Uhura? 00:32:22.833 --> 00:32:26.291 Yes, sir. Thank you. 00:32:26.375 --> 00:32:27.708 Walk me through it, Cadet. 00:32:27.791 --> 00:32:29.375 To beam someone off the Enterprise 00:32:29.416 --> 00:32:30.916 without us knowing about it, you'd have to lock on 00:32:30.958 --> 00:32:32.958 to that signal really fast. 00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:34.750 Which means you'd need full biopatterns 00:32:34.750 --> 00:32:36.666 like the ones we keep on file in sickbay. 00:32:36.708 --> 00:32:39.458 So, I checked our records, and it turns out 00:32:39.541 --> 00:32:41.583 Elder Gamal accessed them right before he took 00:32:41.625 --> 00:32:44.458 the First Servant to the transporter room. I'm his doctor. 00:32:44.541 --> 00:32:46.166 I'm entitled to his medical records. 00:32:46.250 --> 00:32:47.625 You didn't just access his biopattern, 00:32:47.666 --> 00:32:49.000 you did a full scan on yourself 00:32:49.041 --> 00:32:50.333 and uploaded that, too. 00:32:52.166 --> 00:32:54.416 I think my promising young cadet just demonstrated 00:32:54.458 --> 00:32:56.708 Lesson Seven of security on you. 00:32:56.750 --> 00:33:00.166 Leave no stone unturned. 00:33:00.208 --> 00:33:02.041 I usually require cadets to look under 00:33:02.041 --> 00:33:04.000 Mugatan breathing stones for that one. 00:33:04.041 --> 00:33:05.791 Oh... That won't be necessary. 00:33:05.875 --> 00:33:07.708 What aren't you telling us, Gamal? 00:33:09.166 --> 00:33:10.750 Now's the time. 00:33:14.916 --> 00:33:18.333 Captain, can you join me on Deck 17? 00:33:18.375 --> 00:33:21.041 I have discovered something I think you need to see. 00:33:21.083 --> 00:33:24.791 Okay. Escort the Elder to the brig. 00:33:30.333 --> 00:33:33.916 The First Servant was a rather ingenious child, Captain. 00:33:33.958 --> 00:33:35.791 He devised a method of generating 00:33:35.833 --> 00:33:38.083 his own subspace channel on an unused frequency. 00:33:38.083 --> 00:33:40.583 I thought there might be some utility in monitoring it. 00:33:40.583 --> 00:33:43.416 And I assume that's why you dragged me down here. 00:33:43.458 --> 00:33:45.833 This is a distress signal from him. 00:33:47.458 --> 00:33:49.416 How? 00:33:49.458 --> 00:33:51.458 No one on that combat cruiser could have survived. 00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:54.250 Perhaps he was never on that combat cruiser. 00:33:54.333 --> 00:33:56.250 I believe his kidnappers transported him 00:33:56.333 --> 00:33:58.416 to where the signal originates: 00:33:58.500 --> 00:34:00.875 here, on Enterprise. 00:34:00.916 --> 00:34:02.791 To be precise... 00:34:06.458 --> 00:34:08.041 ...right here, Captain. 00:34:17.250 --> 00:34:19.708 It's all right. You're safe now. 00:34:19.791 --> 00:34:23.208 Okay? Come with me. 00:34:23.250 --> 00:34:24.416 Let's get him to sickbay. 00:34:24.458 --> 00:34:26.291 I need to get to the ascension. 00:34:26.333 --> 00:34:28.375 There will be plenty of time for all that. 00:34:28.416 --> 00:34:31.958 No, it's starting now. Majalis needs me. 00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:34.500 Okay. 00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:36.083 Captain to Bridge. 00:34:36.125 --> 00:34:38.000 Open a channel to Majalis and tell Minister Alora 00:34:38.041 --> 00:34:39.833 I've got some news she'll want to hear. 00:34:57.500 --> 00:35:01.333 As the First Servant dedicates himself to Majalis, 00:35:01.375 --> 00:35:04.333 all of Majalis dedicates itself to him. 00:35:05.708 --> 00:35:07.458 It's, uh, it's beautiful. 00:35:10.708 --> 00:35:13.416 It wouldn't have happened without you, Chris. 00:35:13.458 --> 00:35:14.833 You saved us. 00:35:16.833 --> 00:35:19.125 You-you still haven't explained how the fate of your planet 00:35:19.166 --> 00:35:22.166 could rest on the head of this child. 00:35:22.208 --> 00:35:25.166 It's complicated. Sacrosanct. 00:35:25.250 --> 00:35:27.791 Or why Elder Gamal would kidnap his own son 00:35:27.833 --> 00:35:29.750 and put the fate of his planet at risk. 00:35:29.791 --> 00:35:31.125 I can't speak to the motives 00:35:31.166 --> 00:35:32.625 - of one... - Or why you 00:35:32.666 --> 00:35:34.833 failed to mention that the kidnapping plot 00:35:34.875 --> 00:35:37.041 started on a colony of your people: 00:35:37.125 --> 00:35:39.166 Prospect 7. 00:35:44.875 --> 00:35:47.541 We begin the procession. 00:35:47.583 --> 00:35:50.166 Rejoice. 00:35:56.916 --> 00:35:59.166 I shouldn't be in here. I'm not a Federation citizen. 00:35:59.208 --> 00:36:00.833 I've done nothing wrong. 00:36:00.875 --> 00:36:02.250 You tampered with the Enterprise's transporter, 00:36:02.291 --> 00:36:04.500 using it to illegally transport a minor, 00:36:04.583 --> 00:36:06.791 whom you then hid on our ship. 00:36:06.875 --> 00:36:09.791 A violation of multiple Federation laws. 00:36:09.833 --> 00:36:13.041 I took my own child for his safety. 00:36:14.666 --> 00:36:17.833 Is that why your associates had a neural dampening device? 00:36:17.875 --> 00:36:20.208 - For his safety? - Yes. 00:36:20.208 --> 00:36:22.041 Its purpose 00:36:22.083 --> 00:36:24.833 is to make him unable to fulfil his duties 00:36:24.916 --> 00:36:26.000 as the First Servant. 00:36:26.083 --> 00:36:27.666 I want to talk to Captain Pike. 00:36:27.708 --> 00:36:30.083 Captain Pike is on Majalis with the First Servant, 00:36:30.083 --> 00:36:32.500 so I'm afraid you're stuck with me. 00:36:32.541 --> 00:36:34.791 You returned him? 00:36:36.916 --> 00:36:39.375 Mm. 00:36:39.416 --> 00:36:43.041 - So the ceremony has begun? - By now, 00:36:43.083 --> 00:36:46.500 - presumably, yes. - I was wrong. 00:36:46.541 --> 00:36:50.250 I deserve to be in here, Commander, I know that. 00:36:50.291 --> 00:36:52.375 I didn't just... 00:36:52.416 --> 00:36:54.791 violate the law of my planet, 00:36:54.833 --> 00:36:56.333 I violated my own principles. 00:36:56.375 --> 00:36:59.208 My most deeply held beliefs. 00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:02.125 Why? 00:37:02.166 --> 00:37:04.125 For him. 00:37:07.125 --> 00:37:08.875 For my son. 00:37:10.958 --> 00:37:13.833 It was unthinkable, 00:37:13.875 --> 00:37:17.416 and I-I just needed to save him. 00:37:17.458 --> 00:37:19.500 From what? 00:37:23.708 --> 00:37:25.458 Thank you! 00:37:25.541 --> 00:37:27.375 Where are they taking him? 00:37:27.375 --> 00:37:29.750 The Sacred Chamber. 00:37:29.833 --> 00:37:32.041 We've never let an outsider in before, 00:37:32.083 --> 00:37:34.958 but the Ruling Council agreed to let you 00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:36.875 be a part of this because you saved his life. 00:37:36.916 --> 00:37:39.875 And also... 00:37:39.916 --> 00:37:41.708 because I want you to be a part of this. 00:37:43.333 --> 00:37:44.666 A part of what? 00:37:44.708 --> 00:37:47.000 Captain. 00:37:47.041 --> 00:37:49.333 Come with us. 00:37:49.333 --> 00:37:50.833 I want you to be there when I ascend. 00:37:52.916 --> 00:37:54.541 I've-I've tried everything. 00:37:54.583 --> 00:37:57.333 The planet's put up some kind of electromagnetic pulse 00:37:57.375 --> 00:37:59.000 that's blocking our communications. 00:37:59.041 --> 00:38:01.041 Mr. Spock, prepare a landing party 00:38:01.125 --> 00:38:02.375 to beam down to the surface. 00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:06.083 Negative, Commander. There is interference 00:38:06.083 --> 00:38:07.416 in the planetary atmosphere. 00:38:07.458 --> 00:38:09.166 The same energy signature as the pulse. 00:38:09.208 --> 00:38:11.041 You're saying there's no way to contact the captain 00:38:11.083 --> 00:38:12.833 exactly when I need to talk to him? 00:38:37.750 --> 00:38:40.916 Do you freely offer this gift of self 00:38:40.916 --> 00:38:43.750 to the people of Majalis? 00:38:43.750 --> 00:38:47.250 With joy and gratitude, I do. 00:38:47.291 --> 00:38:50.083 Do you freely choose your fate? 00:38:50.125 --> 00:38:52.333 With joy and gratitude... 00:38:53.333 --> 00:38:55.208 I... 00:38:57.333 --> 00:38:58.916 Oh, my God. 00:39:05.458 --> 00:39:07.708 It's okay. 00:39:07.750 --> 00:39:09.333 He can see. 00:39:25.708 --> 00:39:27.625 It's a child. 00:39:28.666 --> 00:39:30.125 Stop it. 00:39:31.833 --> 00:39:35.000 Alora, Alora... 00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:36.791 Alora, you have to stop this. 00:39:36.833 --> 00:39:39.541 He chooses it freely. 00:39:39.583 --> 00:39:42.333 And we honor his sacrifice. 00:39:42.375 --> 00:39:44.583 What? 00:39:51.416 --> 00:39:53.416 Long live the First Servant. 00:39:53.458 --> 00:39:54.875 Alora. 00:39:54.916 --> 00:39:57.291 Alora, you can't do this to him. Stop! 00:39:58.541 --> 00:39:59.541 You can't. 00:40:41.500 --> 00:40:44.083 What did you do to that boy? 00:40:44.166 --> 00:40:46.750 That last thing I want to do is hurt you. 00:40:48.708 --> 00:40:51.500 So I'm your prisoner now? 00:40:51.541 --> 00:40:53.333 Of course not. 00:40:55.583 --> 00:40:57.458 The ascension is complete. 00:40:57.500 --> 00:40:59.458 You may go. 00:41:02.291 --> 00:41:04.125 You can go, too. 00:41:05.375 --> 00:41:07.458 But I hope you won't. 00:41:09.666 --> 00:41:11.958 You're damn right I'm going. 00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:14.500 Getting that child the hell away from that thing. 00:41:14.541 --> 00:41:16.708 Even if you could get into the chamber... 00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:20.791 ...severing the connection would only kill him. 00:41:34.625 --> 00:41:37.000 Why? 00:41:38.083 --> 00:41:40.791 Serving Majalis is his destiny. 00:41:42.208 --> 00:41:44.000 His reason for being. 00:41:45.250 --> 00:41:46.958 Without him, Majalis could not be. 00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:50.541 You plugged a kid into a machine. 00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:53.958 What's it gonna do to him? 00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:56.708 We don't know. 00:41:56.708 --> 00:42:00.500 The machine needs the neural network of a child to function. 00:42:00.541 --> 00:42:02.916 Our founders designed it that way. We don't know why. 00:42:02.958 --> 00:42:05.541 We've hunted for centuries for alternatives 00:42:05.583 --> 00:42:07.166 and found nothing. 00:42:07.250 --> 00:42:09.541 It was the purpose of my research when we met. 00:42:09.583 --> 00:42:10.875 Will he suffer? 00:42:10.916 --> 00:42:13.166 Yes. 00:42:13.250 --> 00:42:15.041 We don'’t pretend otherwise. 00:42:15.125 --> 00:42:17.375 We live in gratitude for him. 00:42:17.416 --> 00:42:21.083 And when a new First Servant ascends, we will live for her. 00:42:21.125 --> 00:42:23.875 Your whole civilization... 00:42:25.708 --> 00:42:29.541 All your... This. 00:42:31.958 --> 00:42:34.583 It's all founded 00:42:34.583 --> 00:42:36.750 on the suffering of a child. 00:42:36.833 --> 00:42:39.750 Can you honestly say that no child suffers 00:42:39.791 --> 00:42:42.125 for the benefit of your Federation? 00:42:45.333 --> 00:42:47.791 That no child lives in poverty 00:42:47.833 --> 00:42:50.625 or squalor, 00:42:50.666 --> 00:42:53.791 while those who enjoy abundance look away? 00:42:59.583 --> 00:43:02.375 The only difference is we don't look away. 00:43:02.416 --> 00:43:04.000 And because of that, the suffering is borne 00:43:04.041 --> 00:43:06.000 on the back of only one. 00:43:06.041 --> 00:43:08.083 That's what makes it a sacred honor. 00:43:08.166 --> 00:43:11.750 That's why I choose our way. 00:43:15.791 --> 00:43:17.750 No. 00:43:21.666 --> 00:43:23.208 The first chance I get... 00:43:24.875 --> 00:43:26.625 ...I'm reporting this to Starfleet. 00:43:26.666 --> 00:43:28.000 And what? 00:43:29.500 --> 00:43:32.541 We're not a Federation world. You have no jurisdiction. 00:43:38.916 --> 00:43:41.708 Maybe, in the future, 00:43:41.750 --> 00:43:43.708 you'll feel differently. 00:43:43.750 --> 00:43:46.208 Now, Number One. 00:44:00.541 --> 00:44:03.250 Doctor, a word. 00:44:03.291 --> 00:44:05.375 Sorry for the interruption. 00:44:05.375 --> 00:44:08.541 It's fine. 00:44:08.541 --> 00:44:12.541 I'm told you've requested transit to Prospect 7. 00:44:12.583 --> 00:44:14.583 I used to think they were a planet of traitors 00:44:14.583 --> 00:44:16.458 committed to destroying our way of life. 00:44:16.541 --> 00:44:18.083 And now? 00:44:18.083 --> 00:44:20.291 They tried to help me save my child, 00:44:20.291 --> 00:44:22.541 and I failed. 00:44:24.458 --> 00:44:25.958 But maybe I could... 00:44:27.541 --> 00:44:29.708 ...help them save the next one. 00:44:29.750 --> 00:44:31.208 I wish you luck. 00:44:31.250 --> 00:44:32.625 And I you, Doctor. 00:44:32.666 --> 00:44:34.000 Which is why I'm here. 00:44:34.000 --> 00:44:37.541 That hypothetical patient with cygnokemia-- 00:44:37.541 --> 00:44:39.875 her case stuck with me. 00:44:39.958 --> 00:44:42.041 I thought perhaps if I could take a look at the file, 00:44:42.083 --> 00:44:44.458 I could walk you through the theory behind the treatment. 00:44:44.541 --> 00:44:45.875 It's not a cure, but... 00:44:45.916 --> 00:44:48.875 But it could be the first step to one.