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Previously on "Star Trek: Discovery"...
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- Section 31?
- She's tracking a suspected murderer.
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Mr. Spock is one of mine.
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I think there may be a
connection between Spock
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and the signals around the universe.
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- Spock drew those images.
- What is it?
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He called it the Red Angel.
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That vision changed him forever.
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I've seen this angel, too.
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I watched Tyler kill you.
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I held your body.
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He is alive.
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We're getting you out of here.
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Something has
grabbed us out of warp, sir.
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We're locked into place.
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- Some kind of a life-form?
- It must need something.
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It's trying to send us a message.
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Because it wants to
be remembered, preserve
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its history using Discovery.
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Its final act was to save us.
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We have recorded everything
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it has seen and experienced.
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The Sphere is triggering
the Kelpien biological
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process known as Vahar'ai.
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Signals when Kelpiens are
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ready for slaughter by the Ba'ul,
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the predator species
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on my homeworld of Kaminar.
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You are the only one who knows me.
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You replaced the
sister I had on Kaminar.
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Your vital signs
have returned to normal.
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I have never felt this way before.
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Fear is gone.
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What my people have accepted
as the truth
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is a lie.
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We all come from somewhere.
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We carry that place
with us wherever we go.
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That never leaves our hearts.
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Not entirely.
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How's it going in here?
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Oh, my... well,
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without Airiam, we
would've spent months
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trying to sort through
the Sphere's data.
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But none of us can predict...
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Okay, look at this.
This is incredible.
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where our voyage will lead.
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The data collection of
the Sphere isn't random.
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Oh, no, it's not random at all.
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It's actually an impossibly
sophisticated repository of...
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like, a slice of
the galaxy's history.
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It's like this delicious
slice of galaxy pie.
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We may suffer
losses along the way,
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but we can hope to learn and
grow from those experiences.
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And from those who
accompany us on our journey.
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It is almost inconceivable
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to have you back with us, Dr. Culber.
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Inconceivable, yeah.
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There isn't a test or a, a scan
Dr. Pollard hasn't run on me.
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Well, you appear yourself.
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Well, I don't feel like myself.
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Enduring something no
one thought possible
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can be transformative.
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Perhaps,
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perhaps, in feeling less like you were,
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you are more like who
you were meant to become.
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Commander Saru?
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Your results.
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The most evident anatomical change
from the Kelpien advent of your Vahar...
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- Vahar'ai.
- Thank you.
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With the loss of your threat ganglia,
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the cartilage that housed it
is reorganising to accommodate
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a new type of keratin-based tissue.
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It looks like spikes
growing in like teeth.
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Does that sound right?
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I would not know.
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Did you discover anything that
might affect me psychologically?
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These are your neurotransmitter
expression patterns,
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last year versus today.
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With you as my only
Kelpien specimen,
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forgive the term,
it's difficult to say
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with certainty
what these changes mean.
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But if I had to guess,
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I'd say your fear responses
are being repressed.
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What is a Kelpien without fear?
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I am losing the very
thing that defines me.
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I am stumbling in the dark.
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And yet I cannot help but feel that
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somewhere within the unknown,
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there is purpose.
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And that we are
being guided toward it.
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It's Section 31's position that
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if the entity we're
calling the Red Angel
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is in fact generating these signals,
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it's also capable of time incursions.
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And should be considered dangerous.
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So far, these signals have led the
Discovery on two rescue missions.
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Or two catastrophic events.
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Does the Angel merely appear
at these crisis points,
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or is it creating them?
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We have to consider both options.
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So let's consider.
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The Red Angel appeared on Earth
and transported people to Terralysium
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only moments before they
would've died in a nuclear blast.
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It also guided Spock to rescue me
when I was a child on Vulcan.
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I've seen the drawings from
Spock's time in the psychiatric unit.
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Look,
can either of you say for sure
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this thing didn't cause
his nervous breakdown?
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Spock made no mention
of the Red Angel
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when he asked for leave
from the Enterprise.
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But Agent Tyler's correct,
Captain.
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With so few data
points, it is impossible
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to draw conclusions based on
its nature and motivations.
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We need more information.
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What we need is Spock.
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Captain Leland
has devoted significant
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Section 31 resources to finding him.
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But we're coming up empty-handed.
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As his sister, can you think of
anywhere Spock might have gone?
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Some place we might not
have thought to look?
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Captain,
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- you are needed on the bridge.
- What is it?
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We have detected a new signal.
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Where is it this time?
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Outside of Federation space.
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Ah.
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Acquiring coordinates.
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On screen.
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We have a lock, sir.
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The signal is over an M-class planet.
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It's listed in the Federation
database as... - Kaminar.
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- Commander Saru, that's...
- Yes.
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Kaminar is my homeworld.
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Kaminar is populated
by two sentient species:
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my people, the Kelpiens, and the Ba'ul.
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The Ba'ul are your predators.
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The Ba'ul achieved warp
capability 20 years ago.
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The USS Archimedes made
first contact with them
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after receiving a
transmission from Kaminar.
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But once communication
was established,
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the Ba'ul High Council
proved hostile.
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So why did the Ba'ul send
a transmission in the first place?
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They...
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did not.
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That transmission was from me.
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I co-opted the Ba'ul's technology
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in order to send a message,
with the hope that
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someone, somewhere,
would receive it.
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And that someone
was Captain Georgiou.
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She was a lieutenant then,
serving on the Archimedes.
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Were it not for her, I would have
been unable to flee Kaminar
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or be granted asylum.
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I promised never to return.
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That was the price of knowledge.
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And now, of the billions
of planets in our galaxy,
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the signal just happens to show up
above the homeworld of my first officer.
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- What are the odds?
- It certainly isn't random.
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Discovery's taken a serious
interest in the Red Angel.
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Could be it's
returning the favour.
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That's a leap. Commander Saru,
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are there angels of any
sort in Kelpien culture?
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Kelpiens believe only
in the Great Balance,
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which, if upset, would devastate
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the fragile ecosystem of our planet.
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And we are taught that the Ba'ul
are the keepers of this...
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balance.
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Do the Kelpiens worship
the Ba'ul?
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It is their superior technology,
of which Kelpiens live in awe,
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that allows the Ba'ul
mastery over my people.
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They hide behind it.
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No Kelpien has even seen
a Ba'ul in living memory.
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It is the same technology
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they use to keep
Starfleet at arm's length.
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So we shouldn't expect
a warm welcome.
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The Ba'ul are,
by nature, isolationist.
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And they're committed to preserving
the status quo on Kaminar.
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Well, they must have
seen the signal, too.
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Maybe they wouldn't mind
an offer to share information.
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Depending on how
they're approached.
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Well, let's knock on the front
door and see if they answer.
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And then what?
Just ask nicely?
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Well, as unexpected guests,
it never hurts to be polite.
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Prepare to disengage
warp power.
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Sir, dropping out of warp
above Kaminar.
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The signal disappeared
before we arrived.
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What else is new?
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Mr. Bryce, hail the
Ba'ul on all channels.
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Commander Burnham, run
planetary and full-spectrum scans
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on anything resembling
our elusive angel.
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And any power source capable
of generating these signals.
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The Ba'ul are not
responding, sir.
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That's not entirely true, sir. They're
scanning our weapons systems.
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Just our weapons systems.
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- So much for knocking on the front door.
- Maybe the Ba'ul just
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haven't learned the importance
of a good first impression. Burnham?
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I see no indication
the Red Angel was here.
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- Or any immediate danger to the planet.
- Then why are we here? Anybody?
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You're assuming the signals
only appear for a reason.
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Yes, Mr. Tyler, that's
exactly what I'm assuming.
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- Why won't the Ba'ul respond?
- Perhaps,
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as I have said, it is
because they are oppressors.
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And even had the Ba'ul
answered our hails,
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why would you trust those
who have enslaved my people
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for centuries with fear and lies?
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Your insights are invaluable,
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Mr. Saru.
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But the signal appeared here.
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And maybe the Red Angel, too.
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If you have any idea how I
could make inquiries without...
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There is a Kelpien
priest in every village.
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Priests not only serve
as intermediaries
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between us and the Ba'ul,
but they also connect
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all of our extended
communities together.
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So if the Red Angel
appeared on Kaminar, then
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a priest might be
able to tell us about it.
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Wouldn't that be a violation
of General Order 1?
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Though the Kelpiens
aren't warp capable,
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they've seen warp-capable
technology through the Ba'ul,
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and they know
about spaceflight.
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First contact with the
Kelpiens by Starfleet
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is a judgement call,
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but our mission to
investigate these signals
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would seem to require it.
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We can stretch General Order 1,
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but let's try not to
break it in the process.
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Burnham,
as a xenoanthropologist,
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I think you're uniquely qualified
to talk to a village priest.
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Sir,
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I am the logical choice.
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I offer my experience.
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To disregard it is to disregard the
suffering of generations of Kelpiens.
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Given all that suffering,
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you're the most complicated choice.
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Do you doubt my ability
to carry out the mission?
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Of course not.
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But at present, we lack a full
understanding of the biological...
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and behavioural changes
you're undergoing.
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I can assure you, Captain,
I am still very much myself.
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I can only imagine the
pressure you might feel to share
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the truth with your
people about Vahar'ai.
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Are you suggesting that
I might be incapable
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of following Starfleet regulations?
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Or that I would disobey your orders?
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Captain.
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Kelpiens have
no knowledge of Starfleet
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or any other inhabited worlds.
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Even though General
Order 1 allows contact,
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my arrival could come as
a complete shock to them.
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Commander Saru would be
invaluable to have by my side.
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All right.
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But I'll remind you both,
we're here to gather information
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about the signals and the Red Angel,
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not start a war between
the Kelpiens and the Ba'ul.
253
00:14:13,788 --> 00:14:15,578
Mr. Saru?
254
00:14:16,921 --> 00:14:21,361
My duty, first and foremost,
is to Discovery's mission, sir.
255
00:14:21,504 --> 00:14:23,158
I never doubt that.
256
00:14:25,016 --> 00:14:26,409
Start in your own village.
257
00:14:26,453 --> 00:14:28,532
Maybe they'll be glad to see you.
258
00:14:34,904 --> 00:14:36,388
So, uh,
259
00:14:36,432 --> 00:14:39,022
what did the scan say?
260
00:14:39,466 --> 00:14:41,764
Read 'em yourself.
261
00:14:45,385 --> 00:14:47,278
All normal.
262
00:14:47,622 --> 00:14:49,127
You're you.
263
00:14:49,171 --> 00:14:50,912
Yes and no.
264
00:14:50,955 --> 00:14:53,749
Brain patterns and neural
impulses are identical,
265
00:14:53,768 --> 00:14:57,335
but this body was entirely
reconstituted from your DNA.
266
00:14:57,379 --> 00:15:00,913
It's brand-new down to
the last molecule.
267
00:15:00,957 --> 00:15:04,304
You are, for lack of a
better word, pristine.
268
00:15:09,504 --> 00:15:12,542
My scar, it's gone.
269
00:15:12,586 --> 00:15:13,804
It is?
270
00:15:13,848 --> 00:15:16,154
- I hadn't noticed that.
- What scar?
271
00:15:16,198 --> 00:15:18,330
Oh, the scar he chose to keep.
272
00:15:18,374 --> 00:15:20,023
You never told her the story?
273
00:15:20,067 --> 00:15:24,336
He was hiking the cliffs
of Cabo Rojo, alone.
274
00:15:24,380 --> 00:15:25,773
I was 16...
275
00:15:25,816 --> 00:15:28,123
And apparently indestructible.
276
00:15:28,166 --> 00:15:29,559
The path he was on gave way,
277
00:15:29,603 --> 00:15:31,787
and he fell 30 meters.
278
00:15:32,101 --> 00:15:33,476
15, actually.
279
00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:35,086
Well, enough to puncture your shoulder.
280
00:15:35,130 --> 00:15:37,240
He would've bled out, too,
if it weren't for a certain
281
00:15:37,284 --> 00:15:38,655
Dr. Kashkooli,
282
00:15:38,699 --> 00:15:40,483
who was half a kilometre behind him.
283
00:15:40,527 --> 00:15:43,268
She risked her own life
to climb down and help him.
284
00:15:43,312 --> 00:15:45,270
She stitched his wound
up with a fishing line.
285
00:15:45,314 --> 00:15:46,968
Gave him a very
286
00:15:47,011 --> 00:15:48,670
sexy scar
287
00:15:49,013 --> 00:15:51,115
and inspired him to
go to medical school
288
00:15:51,159 --> 00:15:54,249
and become the man
he is today.
289
00:15:56,891 --> 00:15:59,127
It is weird not seeing it on you.
290
00:15:59,771 --> 00:16:01,369
So, um...
291
00:16:02,897 --> 00:16:05,029
if my senses feel
a little off, it's...
292
00:16:05,073 --> 00:16:07,292
It's because your new nervous
system is still adjusting.
293
00:16:07,336 --> 00:16:10,644
I'd like to continue
monitoring you, but I believe
294
00:16:10,687 --> 00:16:13,560
you're ready to resume
your normal life soon.
295
00:16:36,117 --> 00:16:37,666
That pylon.
296
00:16:38,209 --> 00:16:40,621
It isn't Kelpien, is it?
297
00:16:41,422 --> 00:16:42,719
No.
298
00:16:42,763 --> 00:16:47,332
The Ba'ul have erected one
in each village to observe us.
299
00:16:47,376 --> 00:16:50,261
It has earned them a
fitting name among my people:
300
00:16:50,605 --> 00:16:52,834
the Watchful Eye.
301
00:16:53,077 --> 00:16:56,559
This pylon is connected to
an incredibly vast network.
302
00:16:57,003 --> 00:16:59,431
Must have taken
the Ba'ul generations
303
00:16:59,475 --> 00:17:01,651
to integrate their
technology and ideology
304
00:17:01,695 --> 00:17:03,566
into Kelpien society.
305
00:17:03,610 --> 00:17:06,569
Our two species have
become so intertwined that,
306
00:17:06,613 --> 00:17:08,571
outside their technology,
307
00:17:08,615 --> 00:17:11,139
it is difficult to
discern what is purely us
308
00:17:11,182 --> 00:17:13,707
and what is distinctly them.
309
00:17:14,250 --> 00:17:16,361
Where is everyone?
310
00:17:16,405 --> 00:17:19,103
The day's work is done.
311
00:17:19,147 --> 00:17:21,410
It will soon be nightfall.
312
00:17:21,453 --> 00:17:24,556
Kelpiens rarely
venture out in the dark.
313
00:17:27,721 --> 00:17:29,897
I led this life once.
314
00:17:30,140 --> 00:17:32,900
If I didn't know your
people were oppressed,
315
00:17:32,943 --> 00:17:35,293
I'd think Kaminar
was a paradise.
316
00:17:35,337 --> 00:17:37,121
Well, in many ways, it is.
317
00:17:37,165 --> 00:17:39,776
We live in harmony
with each other,
318
00:17:39,820 --> 00:17:42,696
in a world without hunger
or poverty.
319
00:17:43,250 --> 00:17:45,529
The only violence we
know is the culling,
320
00:17:45,573 --> 00:17:48,671
which Kelpiens have been
misled to accept as a
321
00:17:48,715 --> 00:17:51,161
mercy by the Ba'ul.
322
00:17:52,305 --> 00:17:55,923
And our priests sustain that belief.
323
00:17:55,966 --> 00:17:58,621
Didn't you say your father was a priest?
324
00:17:58,665 --> 00:18:01,145
Yes, he was a collaborator,
325
00:18:01,189 --> 00:18:03,827
albeit an unwitting one,
326
00:18:04,371 --> 00:18:08,148
enforcing the grip
the Ba'ul had on my people.
327
00:18:13,897 --> 00:18:15,543
Saru...
328
00:18:17,844 --> 00:18:20,309
For 18 years,
329
00:18:21,252 --> 00:18:24,425
I dreamt of returning to my village.
330
00:18:24,668 --> 00:18:27,681
It has not changed at all.
331
00:18:27,824 --> 00:18:30,914
But I see it...
332
00:18:30,958 --> 00:18:33,460
quite differently now.
333
00:18:53,328 --> 00:18:55,460
These are the same
flowers from your quarters.
334
00:18:55,504 --> 00:18:57,419
Fredalia, yes.
335
00:18:57,462 --> 00:19:00,143
They do not grow quite
so well on a starship.
336
00:19:30,691 --> 00:19:32,249
Brother?
337
00:19:32,293 --> 00:19:33,873
Siranna!
338
00:19:35,857 --> 00:19:37,389
Saru!
339
00:19:38,233 --> 00:19:40,114
You're alive.
340
00:19:40,457 --> 00:19:42,682
Oh, but how?
341
00:19:42,725 --> 00:19:44,161
We thought you were dead.
342
00:19:44,205 --> 00:19:45,815
Taken by the Watchful Eye
343
00:19:45,859 --> 00:19:47,734
for questions you
should not have asked.
344
00:19:47,777 --> 00:19:49,053
Oh...
345
00:19:49,297 --> 00:19:52,387
Where have you been all this time?
346
00:19:52,430 --> 00:19:53,948
Siranna,
347
00:19:54,972 --> 00:19:57,372
18 years ago,
348
00:19:57,392 --> 00:20:00,373
I thought I could find
my future in the stars,
349
00:20:00,816 --> 00:20:03,546
and I did. Uh...
350
00:20:10,276 --> 00:20:14,136
I was welcomed by an interstellar
service called Starfleet,
351
00:20:14,204 --> 00:20:18,500
committed to peace and the
exploration of our galaxy.
352
00:20:18,543 --> 00:20:21,381
An organisation far more
powerful than the Ba'ul.
353
00:20:23,026 --> 00:20:24,911
I found a new life.
354
00:20:32,470 --> 00:20:34,037
What are you?
355
00:20:34,081 --> 00:20:35,954
I'm human.
356
00:20:36,178 --> 00:20:37,978
My name is Michael.
357
00:20:37,998 --> 00:20:41,318
I come from a planet called Earth,
358
00:20:41,362 --> 00:20:44,782
and I work with your brother
on the starship Discovery.
359
00:20:45,962 --> 00:20:49,357
How is it that we can
understand one another?
360
00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:51,463
This device.
361
00:20:51,707 --> 00:20:53,840
It's able to translate
over a thousand languages.
362
00:20:53,883 --> 00:20:57,452
You mean to say there are a
thousand life-forms out there?
363
00:20:57,495 --> 00:20:59,551
Oh, not just a thousand...
364
00:20:59,575 --> 00:21:01,975
hundreds of thousands.
365
00:21:27,830 --> 00:21:29,984
So different and yet...
366
00:21:35,577 --> 00:21:37,662
The galaxy?
367
00:21:38,406 --> 00:21:40,473
Space travel?
368
00:21:45,456 --> 00:21:48,472
Do humans from Earth drink tea?
369
00:22:01,429 --> 00:22:04,954
Oh, how I have missed
the Fredalia tea of home.
370
00:22:04,998 --> 00:22:08,453
We were blessed with a
bountiful harvest this year.
371
00:22:08,697 --> 00:22:11,217
Oh, you sound just like Father.
372
00:22:13,180 --> 00:22:14,790
Where is he?
373
00:22:14,834 --> 00:22:19,142
Father reached his Vahar'ai
and joined the Great Balance
374
00:22:19,186 --> 00:22:23,312
not long after you...
left us.
375
00:22:26,335 --> 00:22:28,348
How could you?
376
00:22:28,891 --> 00:22:31,894
And never even let us know
that you were still alive?
377
00:22:31,938 --> 00:22:34,805
I thought it would be safer
for you to believe I was dead.
378
00:22:34,849 --> 00:22:36,652
Safer?
379
00:22:37,595 --> 00:22:40,337
We believed you had
outraged the Watchful Eye.
380
00:22:40,381 --> 00:22:43,514
We spent years in agony,
fearing retribution.
381
00:22:43,558 --> 00:22:46,082
I dreamed of our reunion,
brother.
382
00:22:46,126 --> 00:22:48,780
I could not be more sorry,
Siranna.
383
00:22:48,824 --> 00:22:51,300
This is a longer conversation.
384
00:22:51,344 --> 00:22:55,570
But I sense that is not
the reason you are here.
385
00:22:57,441 --> 00:22:59,026
I...
386
00:23:08,104 --> 00:23:11,120
We're looking for an entity
387
00:23:11,764 --> 00:23:14,797
that we call the Red Angel.
388
00:23:16,773 --> 00:23:20,856
We have reason to believe that
it appeared here on Kaminar.
389
00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:23,859
Is it another life-form?
390
00:23:23,903 --> 00:23:26,731
We do not yet know what
it is, only that it appears
391
00:23:26,775 --> 00:23:29,643
in conjunction with a red
burst of light in the sky
392
00:23:29,786 --> 00:23:32,520
and in places of crisis.
393
00:23:32,563 --> 00:23:34,602
The fiery sign...
394
00:23:34,826 --> 00:23:36,626
I saw it.
395
00:23:37,568 --> 00:23:41,094
Have you seen or heard anything
that might be this Red Angel?
396
00:23:41,137 --> 00:23:43,078
Maybe from the priests
397
00:23:43,122 --> 00:23:45,315
in the other villages?
398
00:23:48,828 --> 00:23:51,177
This is why you have returned?
399
00:23:53,367 --> 00:23:56,043
I should have known you
did not come back for me.
400
00:23:56,086 --> 00:23:58,502
Siranna, I ask you to...
401
00:23:58,546 --> 00:24:00,504
You ran away because you were
402
00:24:00,548 --> 00:24:03,794
not brave enough to face the
Balance as the rest of us do.
403
00:24:15,302 --> 00:24:16,738
What's happening?
404
00:24:16,781 --> 00:24:18,087
The Ba'ul.
405
00:24:18,131 --> 00:24:20,089
They must have observed your return.
406
00:24:20,133 --> 00:24:22,309
Once again you disturb
the Great Balance
407
00:24:22,352 --> 00:24:24,424
and put our village in danger.
408
00:24:24,467 --> 00:24:26,617
You must leave now!
409
00:24:26,761 --> 00:24:29,067
We won't be safe until you're gone.
410
00:24:30,534 --> 00:24:33,929
Siranna, this might be the last
time we ever see each other.
411
00:24:33,973 --> 00:24:37,001
Return to the stars, Saru.
There is no place for you here.
412
00:24:50,210 --> 00:24:52,212
They're coming.
413
00:24:52,556 --> 00:24:55,516
Discovery, beam us back.
414
00:25:18,191 --> 00:25:19,583
Yellow alert.
415
00:25:19,627 --> 00:25:21,468
Commander Saru, Commander Burnham,
416
00:25:21,511 --> 00:25:23,526
please report to the bridge.
417
00:25:29,558 --> 00:25:33,119
Whatever you did, the
Ba'ul are hailing us now.
418
00:25:33,162 --> 00:25:35,991
I'm going to guess it's not to
invite us to a welcome party.
419
00:25:36,035 --> 00:25:38,124
Communication
channel established.
420
00:25:38,167 --> 00:25:39,647
It's audio-only.
421
00:25:39,690 --> 00:25:41,692
Mr. Saru, I think it would be best
422
00:25:41,736 --> 00:25:43,346
if you stay out of this conversation.
423
00:25:43,590 --> 00:25:46,862
This is Captain Christopher
Pike of the USS Discovery...
424
00:25:46,906 --> 00:25:50,892
You have taken
what belongs to us.
425
00:25:51,267 --> 00:25:53,129
What have we taken,
exactly?
426
00:25:53,273 --> 00:25:55,036
A Kelpien.
427
00:25:55,379 --> 00:25:57,739
Starfleet promised
428
00:25:57,882 --> 00:26:02,278
that it would not meddle in the
internal affairs of our planet.
429
00:26:02,322 --> 00:26:05,412
We're investigating the signal
that appeared over your planet,
430
00:26:05,455 --> 00:26:07,283
which I'm sure you noticed.
431
00:26:07,327 --> 00:26:09,729
These signals are typically
followed by the arrival
432
00:26:09,772 --> 00:26:12,079
of an entity we call the Red Angel.
433
00:26:12,122 --> 00:26:14,002
Are you familiar with it?
434
00:26:17,188 --> 00:26:20,601
The Red Angel may pose a threat
to Kaminar's Great Balance.
435
00:26:20,644 --> 00:26:22,416
Our mutual interest lies only
436
00:26:22,459 --> 00:26:23,952
in keeping the peace,
which we all...
437
00:26:23,995 --> 00:26:28,261
No one is safer than
under the Watchful Eye.
438
00:26:28,304 --> 00:26:29,871
Return the Kelpien to us,
439
00:26:29,914 --> 00:26:33,179
and we will allow you
to leave without harm.
440
00:26:33,222 --> 00:26:34,745
I am not yours
to be returned!
441
00:26:34,789 --> 00:26:35,616
Mr. Saru.
442
00:26:35,659 --> 00:26:37,139
I am brother
443
00:26:37,183 --> 00:26:39,924
to Siranna, who lives
a life of oppression.
444
00:26:39,968 --> 00:26:41,548
I am son of Aradar,
445
00:26:41,591 --> 00:26:44,277
who died needlessly at your hands.
446
00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:46,279
The Kelpien speaks.
447
00:26:46,322 --> 00:26:48,063
I am Commander Saru,
448
00:26:48,107 --> 00:26:50,165
the first and only
Kelpien to join Starfleet,
449
00:26:50,209 --> 00:26:52,241
and I know the truth
about Vahar'ai.
450
00:26:52,285 --> 00:26:54,548
The Great Balance is the only truth,
451
00:26:54,591 --> 00:26:56,793
and it must not be disturbed.
452
00:26:56,837 --> 00:26:59,596
Your lies no longer work on me.
453
00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:01,468
I survived my Vahar'ai
454
00:27:01,511 --> 00:27:03,252
and I know that it means not death
455
00:27:03,296 --> 00:27:07,169
but evolution, an evolution you
murder my people to suppress.
456
00:27:07,213 --> 00:27:08,388
Commander...
457
00:27:08,431 --> 00:27:12,087
You think you know everything,
Kelpien,
458
00:27:12,131 --> 00:27:15,543
but you do not even know
what you are.
459
00:27:15,786 --> 00:27:17,179
Captain, I detect
460
00:27:17,223 --> 00:27:19,399
ten Ba'ul sentry ships
on an intercept course.
461
00:27:19,442 --> 00:27:22,214
Shields up. Red alert. Show
me what we're dealing with.
462
00:27:34,279 --> 00:27:36,329
Ba'ul ships are powering
up their weapons.
463
00:27:36,372 --> 00:27:38,200
- Warm up the phasers.
- Aye, Captain.
464
00:27:38,244 --> 00:27:41,049
Whoever is listening to my voice,
I advise that you consider
465
00:27:41,072 --> 00:27:42,378
your next move very carefully.
466
00:27:42,422 --> 00:27:44,424
Give us the Kelpien.
467
00:27:44,467 --> 00:27:46,626
Commander Saru is
a political asylum seeker
468
00:27:46,669 --> 00:27:49,788
and a Starfleet officer,
protected by the Federation.
469
00:27:50,081 --> 00:27:54,014
You would risk the lives of
your own people for one Kelpien?
470
00:27:54,098 --> 00:27:56,856
This Kelpien...
is our people.
471
00:27:57,001 --> 00:27:59,700
And to defend him, I will
do whatever I deem necessary.
472
00:27:59,743 --> 00:28:01,615
As will we.
473
00:28:01,658 --> 00:28:04,238
The Ba'ul are activating the pylon
in Commander Saru's village.
474
00:28:04,283 --> 00:28:06,141
You have interfered
475
00:28:06,185 --> 00:28:08,578
in the affairs of this village.
476
00:28:08,622 --> 00:28:10,580
If you do not return the Kelpien,
477
00:28:10,624 --> 00:28:12,016
there'll be blood on your hands.
478
00:28:12,060 --> 00:28:14,105
The pylons are weaponised.
479
00:28:14,149 --> 00:28:16,020
They mean to destroy my village.
480
00:28:16,064 --> 00:28:17,848
- We have to...
- Mr. Saru!
481
00:28:17,892 --> 00:28:19,546
You will remove
yourself from the bridge.
482
00:28:19,589 --> 00:28:22,022
- But, Captain...
- That's an order.
483
00:28:46,703 --> 00:28:48,357
Red alert.
484
00:28:48,401 --> 00:28:50,968
All crew to their assigned stations.
485
00:29:06,332 --> 00:29:08,334
You are relieved from duty.
486
00:29:08,377 --> 00:29:09,996
- Sir?
- Get out.
487
00:29:21,521 --> 00:29:23,157
Saru, I know what you're doing.
488
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:25,489
Move off the transporter pad now.
489
00:29:34,185 --> 00:29:36,605
Or what, Michael?
490
00:29:36,749 --> 00:29:38,973
I don't want to use this.
491
00:29:39,016 --> 00:29:40,670
But you're not thinking clearly, Saru.
492
00:29:40,714 --> 00:29:43,586
I have never felt more
clarity than in this moment.
493
00:29:43,630 --> 00:29:45,758
This is the only way.
494
00:29:47,673 --> 00:29:50,732
Would you not do the
same for your own brother?
495
00:30:07,170 --> 00:30:10,552
Sir, someone is beaming
down to planet surface.
496
00:30:10,596 --> 00:30:12,641
What? Who is it?
497
00:30:12,685 --> 00:30:14,643
Burnham to the
bridge. It's Commander Saru.
498
00:30:14,687 --> 00:30:16,166
He's surrendering himself.
499
00:30:16,210 --> 00:30:17,690
- Damn it.
- Captain,
500
00:30:17,833 --> 00:30:20,579
the sentry ships are
powering down their weapons.
501
00:30:31,921 --> 00:30:34,315
Ops, track Saru's signal.
502
00:30:36,709 --> 00:30:39,059
A Ba'ul ship has taken him.
503
00:30:39,102 --> 00:30:41,714
They're travelling toward...
I've lost the signal, sir.
504
00:30:42,757 --> 00:30:44,555
He's gone.
505
00:30:58,078 --> 00:31:00,167
Well, with 100,000 years'
worth of data,
506
00:31:00,210 --> 00:31:02,212
there has to be some
information about Kaminar
507
00:31:02,256 --> 00:31:04,519
in the Sphere's archive.
- Well, what precisely are we looking for?
508
00:31:04,563 --> 00:31:05,999
When the Ba'ul learned
that Saru had
509
00:31:06,042 --> 00:31:08,948
survived his Vahar'ai, their
determination to capture him increased.
510
00:31:09,045 --> 00:31:12,196
It was as if his continued
existence threatened them.
511
00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:13,963
You think the Ba'ul
are hiding something?
512
00:31:14,007 --> 00:31:15,748
I think they know more
about the changes
513
00:31:15,791 --> 00:31:17,750
brought on by Vahar'ai
than the Kelpiens do.
514
00:31:17,793 --> 00:31:19,968
And I think they're willing to do
almost anything to keep that secret.
515
00:31:20,013 --> 00:31:21,928
Will they kill Saru?
516
00:31:21,971 --> 00:31:24,147
Not if we can find out
what they're hiding in time.
517
00:31:24,191 --> 00:31:26,628
And there has to be something
in the Sphere's archive.
518
00:31:26,672 --> 00:31:27,934
There has to be.
519
00:31:27,977 --> 00:31:30,676
Well, that's what Airiam
and I are here for.
520
00:31:30,719 --> 00:31:32,394
- We will find it.
- There it is.
521
00:31:32,513 --> 00:31:35,028
When I said "we" I just meant Airiam.
522
00:31:35,071 --> 00:31:36,769
The Sphere did collect
readings from Kaminar.
523
00:31:36,812 --> 00:31:39,206
Thousands of years' worth
of statistical measurements.
524
00:31:39,249 --> 00:31:41,560
Transfer it over to
this station, please.
525
00:31:46,300 --> 00:31:50,260
And when Saru
challenged the Ba'ul, they said,
526
00:31:50,304 --> 00:31:53,002
"You do not even know what you are".
527
00:31:53,046 --> 00:31:56,092
So, what is Saru?
528
00:32:28,842 --> 00:32:30,331
Siranna?!
529
00:32:30,574 --> 00:32:32,089
Brother?
530
00:32:32,133 --> 00:32:34,243
Oh, why did the
Watchful Eye take me?
531
00:32:34,287 --> 00:32:36,093
It is not yet my time.
532
00:32:36,437 --> 00:32:38,495
My sister has
nothing to do with this!
533
00:32:38,539 --> 00:32:40,841
I am the one you wanted.
534
00:32:44,314 --> 00:32:46,142
Why did you have to return?
535
00:32:46,186 --> 00:32:48,423
Everyone else thought
you were dead.
536
00:32:48,467 --> 00:32:52,229
But the night you disappeared,
I saw the light rising into the sky.
537
00:32:56,849 --> 00:32:59,286
I became a priest
to seek that light.
538
00:32:59,329 --> 00:33:00,591
To seek you.
539
00:33:00,635 --> 00:33:02,681
Your face is beautiful to me,
540
00:33:02,724 --> 00:33:05,492
but part of me hoped I
would never see it again.
541
00:33:07,207 --> 00:33:10,136
Because it might mean
you were free.
542
00:33:41,284 --> 00:33:42,455
No! No.
543
00:33:46,246 --> 00:33:47,713
Stop!
544
00:34:36,862 --> 00:34:38,607
Fascinating.
545
00:34:38,951 --> 00:34:40,509
Airiam, can you identify
546
00:34:40,553 --> 00:34:43,085
historical biological records
from Kaminar's surface?
547
00:34:43,129 --> 00:34:44,391
Searching...
548
00:34:46,349 --> 00:34:49,831
Yes, bio-signs were
archived by the Sphere.
549
00:34:49,875 --> 00:34:52,286
Um, actually, I can use those
current readings of the Ba'ul
550
00:34:52,329 --> 00:34:54,401
to distinguish their
bio-signs from the Kelpiens'.
551
00:34:54,444 --> 00:34:57,232
Right, and we can cross-reference
Saru's medical records
552
00:34:57,273 --> 00:34:59,598
to isolate the post-Vahar'ai Kelpiens'
553
00:34:59,641 --> 00:35:01,930
historic bio-signs from
the rest of their species.
554
00:35:01,974 --> 00:35:03,540
The Ba'ul could only know about
555
00:35:03,584 --> 00:35:05,673
the evolutionary
consequences of Vahar'ai
556
00:35:05,716 --> 00:35:07,849
if at one time,
they experienced them.
557
00:35:07,893 --> 00:35:09,808
Otherwise, why
does it threaten them?
558
00:35:09,851 --> 00:35:13,690
Well, if we, uh,
go back 2,300 years,
559
00:35:13,734 --> 00:35:16,623
there's a significant portion
of the Kelpiens were like Saru.
560
00:35:16,666 --> 00:35:18,717
They survived Vahar'ai?
561
00:35:18,860 --> 00:35:20,670
The blue represents
evolved Kelpiens,
562
00:35:20,714 --> 00:35:23,343
green unevolved, red Ba'ul.
563
00:35:23,386 --> 00:35:25,206
Sorry, that...
564
00:35:25,249 --> 00:35:27,347
that doesn't look right.
565
00:35:27,390 --> 00:35:30,023
The Ba'ul narrowly escaped extinction.
566
00:35:30,466 --> 00:35:34,274
Then they turned around and
wiped out the evolved Kelpiens.
567
00:35:34,702 --> 00:35:36,660
Leaving only unevolved Kelpiens, but...
568
00:35:36,704 --> 00:35:38,662
Wait, so all this would mean that...
569
00:35:38,706 --> 00:35:40,664
The Ba'ul were originally
the prey species.
570
00:35:40,708 --> 00:35:42,841
So they would think of Saru as a...
571
00:35:42,884 --> 00:35:44,586
Predator.
572
00:36:08,109 --> 00:36:11,768
The first Kelpien
to pass its Vahar'ai
573
00:36:11,826 --> 00:36:13,828
in over 2,000 years,
574
00:36:13,872 --> 00:36:16,875
and your primal, feral responses
575
00:36:16,918 --> 00:36:19,921
are the same as centuries ago.
576
00:36:19,965 --> 00:36:23,577
Your kind can never govern itself.
577
00:36:24,020 --> 00:36:26,327
The Federation has no idea
578
00:36:26,371 --> 00:36:30,005
what they have welcomed
into their ranks.
579
00:36:30,249 --> 00:36:32,903
They gave me the chance
stolen by the Ba'ul.
580
00:36:32,947 --> 00:36:37,299
Your species does not
deserve a second chance.
581
00:36:37,343 --> 00:36:40,824
The Great Balance is
the only way to ensure
582
00:36:40,868 --> 00:36:44,393
you do not destroy
everything in your path.
583
00:36:44,437 --> 00:36:47,875
The Great Balance is a lie
584
00:36:47,918 --> 00:36:51,357
you created to defend
yourselves from us,
585
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:53,620
and to absolve yourselves
of murder.
586
00:36:53,663 --> 00:36:55,731
In truth,
you are frail.
587
00:36:55,775 --> 00:36:58,159
You would be helpless
without your technology.
588
00:36:58,203 --> 00:37:02,803
We will never allow
the past to be repeated.
589
00:37:02,846 --> 00:37:07,329
No threat to the Great
Balance will go unanswered.
590
00:37:07,373 --> 00:37:10,683
You cannot maintain what you think
of as peace by continuing to cull us.
591
00:37:10,737 --> 00:37:13,292
Kelpiens are more
than our instincts.
592
00:37:13,335 --> 00:37:15,990
You are the only two
Kelpiens to know the truth.
593
00:37:16,034 --> 00:37:20,373
You will undergo analysis
and be neutralised.
594
00:37:20,516 --> 00:37:23,250
The truth will be contained.
595
00:37:24,694 --> 00:37:25,895
Wait!
596
00:37:39,448 --> 00:37:41,184
No, please, stop!
597
00:37:48,718 --> 00:37:49,976
Siranna!
598
00:38:22,839 --> 00:38:24,928
It is true, then.
599
00:38:24,972 --> 00:38:27,366
You have survived Vahar'ai?
600
00:38:27,409 --> 00:38:28,584
Yes.
601
00:38:28,628 --> 00:38:31,065
I am what we used to become.
602
00:38:31,109 --> 00:38:33,285
The form we were meant to take.
603
00:38:33,328 --> 00:38:34,838
The Great Balance...
604
00:38:34,882 --> 00:38:36,840
our sacrifice to the Watchful Eye...
605
00:38:36,884 --> 00:38:38,159
it was all a lie.
606
00:38:38,203 --> 00:38:40,118
Forced upon us by the Ba'ul.
607
00:38:40,161 --> 00:38:42,772
That stole our mother
and father from us.
608
00:38:42,816 --> 00:38:45,849
And generations of Kelpiens,
beyond reckoning.
609
00:38:45,993 --> 00:38:48,691
And it must end.
610
00:39:08,798 --> 00:39:11,801
The Ba'ul used their
technological advantage
611
00:39:11,845 --> 00:39:14,630
to lock the Kelpiens into subservience,
612
00:39:14,674 --> 00:39:17,366
allowing them to live while
eliminating the threat they posed.
613
00:39:17,459 --> 00:39:19,331
And that's why the Ba'ul are afraid.
614
00:39:19,374 --> 00:39:22,659
Well, if we can help them understand
that Saru is not a threat,
615
00:39:22,682 --> 00:39:24,423
that his people need not be a threat...
616
00:39:24,466 --> 00:39:26,207
Sir, we're receiving a hail...
617
00:39:26,251 --> 00:39:28,209
from the Ba'ul.
618
00:39:31,038 --> 00:39:33,040
We should accept it.
619
00:39:39,790 --> 00:39:42,611
Discovery, this is Commander Saru.
620
00:39:43,355 --> 00:39:45,183
It's good to hear your voice, Commander.
621
00:39:45,226 --> 00:39:48,360
I am with Siranna,
inside a Ba'ul structure.
622
00:39:48,403 --> 00:39:51,148
But we have no other
indicators of our position.
623
00:39:51,467 --> 00:39:53,756
We can't seem to get a lock
on your coordinates either.
624
00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:55,789
Your location must be
shielded from our sensors.
625
00:39:55,832 --> 00:39:57,425
Have you come in contact
with the Ba'ul?
626
00:39:57,469 --> 00:39:59,240
Yes. It was...
627
00:39:59,784 --> 00:40:01,286
enlightening.
628
00:40:01,329 --> 00:40:02,578
Commander Saru,
629
00:40:02,622 --> 00:40:04,419
we used the Sphere's archives
630
00:40:04,463 --> 00:40:05,986
to analyse your planet's history,
631
00:40:06,029 --> 00:40:07,944
and it's far more
complex than we thought.
632
00:40:07,988 --> 00:40:10,208
All evidence indicates that...
633
00:40:10,251 --> 00:40:13,167
Kelpiens, in post-Vahar'ai form,
634
00:40:13,211 --> 00:40:15,735
were once the Ba'ul's predators.
635
00:40:15,778 --> 00:40:17,911
That confirms my suspicions.
636
00:40:17,954 --> 00:40:19,739
And the Ba'ul's belief that,
637
00:40:19,782 --> 00:40:21,175
after passing Vahar'ai,
638
00:40:21,219 --> 00:40:22,829
my people can only be predators.
639
00:40:22,872 --> 00:40:25,614
They will do anything
to continue the culling.
640
00:40:25,658 --> 00:40:28,269
And to keep more Kelpiens
from learning the truth.
641
00:40:28,313 --> 00:40:30,619
It will not be easy
to convince my people
642
00:40:30,663 --> 00:40:33,013
the Great Balance is a deception,
643
00:40:33,056 --> 00:40:35,189
but we must find a way
to save them.
644
00:40:35,233 --> 00:40:38,269
Thousands of years of conditioning
will take time to undo.
645
00:40:38,279 --> 00:40:39,759
But Siranna is right.
646
00:40:39,802 --> 00:40:41,948
We must demonstrate
to Kelpiens and Ba'ul alike
647
00:40:41,991 --> 00:40:43,284
what we could become.
648
00:40:43,328 --> 00:40:44,677
The same way
I was shown.
649
00:40:44,720 --> 00:40:46,327
The Sphere.
650
00:40:47,070 --> 00:40:48,594
The Sphere triggered your Vahar'ai.
651
00:40:48,637 --> 00:40:50,343
Yes, but we need to
accelerate the process.
652
00:40:50,386 --> 00:40:51,945
We cannot allow the Ba'ul
653
00:40:51,988 --> 00:40:55,296
to take action before Vahar'ai
is complete for all Kelpiens.
654
00:40:55,340 --> 00:40:58,460
If we isolate the active frequencies
in the Sphere's transmission,
655
00:40:58,504 --> 00:41:02,150
the corresponding sound wave should
speed up the biological response, right?
656
00:41:02,175 --> 00:41:03,375
I got it.
657
00:41:03,419 --> 00:41:07,352
And the Ba'ul will have no choice
but to face our evolved race.
658
00:41:07,395 --> 00:41:09,484
What if history repeats itself?
659
00:41:09,528 --> 00:41:12,531
We can't be responsible for the
extinction of the Ba'ul species.
660
00:41:12,574 --> 00:41:15,273
But the Ba'ul are still vastly
technologically superior.
661
00:41:15,316 --> 00:41:19,187
It would take the Kelpiens generations
to become a serious threat.
662
00:41:19,277 --> 00:41:21,235
Generations during which
the Ba'ul could face
663
00:41:21,279 --> 00:41:23,237
the thing they fear most about us.
664
00:41:23,281 --> 00:41:26,240
Not our so-called baser instincts.
665
00:41:26,284 --> 00:41:27,850
Our rage.
666
00:41:27,894 --> 00:41:32,681
But we will prove to them
that we can move beyond it.
667
00:41:32,725 --> 00:41:34,248
We will not perpetuate the cycle.
668
00:41:34,292 --> 00:41:37,210
We will create a new balance.
669
00:41:38,426 --> 00:41:40,559
Captain, I cannot prove it,
670
00:41:40,602 --> 00:41:44,302
but I believe this is what the
signal brought us here to do.
671
00:41:44,345 --> 00:41:45,694
Very well, Commander.
672
00:41:45,738 --> 00:41:48,367
Discovery will help
you amplify the signal.
673
00:41:48,410 --> 00:41:50,612
How will we broadcast
the Sphere's transmission
674
00:41:50,656 --> 00:41:52,048
to all Kelpiens
at once?
675
00:41:52,092 --> 00:41:54,928
The same way I made first contact
with Captain Georgiou.
676
00:41:54,964 --> 00:41:58,577
By using the Ba'ul's own
technology against them.
677
00:41:58,620 --> 00:42:00,405
That should do the trick.
678
00:42:00,448 --> 00:42:02,376
Commander Saru, I'm
sending you the modified
679
00:42:02,420 --> 00:42:04,626
Sphere transmissions now.
680
00:42:17,987 --> 00:42:20,281
Once I do this,
681
00:42:20,425 --> 00:42:23,645
all Kelpiens, including
you, will begin Vahar'ai.
682
00:42:23,689 --> 00:42:25,952
Everything will change.
683
00:42:25,995 --> 00:42:27,744
I'm afraid...
684
00:42:28,168 --> 00:42:30,968
it'll be much more painful,
685
00:42:30,987 --> 00:42:33,568
like being torn apart from within.
686
00:42:33,612 --> 00:42:35,091
Just promise me, brother,
687
00:42:35,135 --> 00:42:37,398
that this will not be
the end of our people.
688
00:42:37,442 --> 00:42:38,802
No.
689
00:42:39,126 --> 00:42:41,726
It will be a new beginning.
690
00:42:46,059 --> 00:42:48,248
Then let it begin.
691
00:43:14,583 --> 00:43:16,742
Bio-sign readings
indicate that Vahar'ai
692
00:43:16,785 --> 00:43:19,866
has initiated in 63%
of Kelpiens and rising.
693
00:43:28,444 --> 00:43:31,430
I'm sorry. It will be over soon.
694
00:43:38,994 --> 00:43:42,714
Sir, I'm detecting massive activity
beneath the surface of the lake.
695
00:43:42,807 --> 00:43:44,199
On screen.
696
00:43:44,343 --> 00:43:46,924
There's a structure
rising above the water.
697
00:43:46,967 --> 00:43:49,421
At least 50 kilometres in diameter.
698
00:44:24,426 --> 00:44:27,851
- A Ba'ul stronghold.
- Protected by a powerful force field.
699
00:44:27,930 --> 00:44:30,731
That might be where they're holding
Commander Saru and Siranna captive.
700
00:44:30,768 --> 00:44:33,144
Red alert. Rhys, target
that structure's shields.
701
00:44:33,187 --> 00:44:36,646
If we destroy them, maybe we can get
a lock on Saru and his sister's location.
702
00:44:44,664 --> 00:44:46,709
You have survived.
703
00:44:57,372 --> 00:44:59,657
We have angered the Ba'ul.
704
00:45:06,329 --> 00:45:09,419
Owosekun, tell me
what I'm looking at.
705
00:45:09,563 --> 00:45:12,299
That Ba'ul structure is activating
pylons across the planet,
706
00:45:12,392 --> 00:45:15,720
with an energy build-up capable of
destroying every Kelpien village.
707
00:45:15,787 --> 00:45:17,615
Rather than let them evolve,
708
00:45:17,658 --> 00:45:19,320
the Ba'ul are
committing genocide?
709
00:45:19,364 --> 00:45:21,431
Bryce, hail these bastards.
710
00:45:21,475 --> 00:45:24,616
Rhys, forget the stronghold.
Get a target lock on those pylons.
711
00:45:24,709 --> 00:45:27,136
- They're not responding, sir.
- Open a channel.
712
00:45:28,234 --> 00:45:30,202
This is Captain Pike.
713
00:45:30,245 --> 00:45:33,126
I will not allow you
to wipe out an entire race.
714
00:45:33,369 --> 00:45:35,502
Your fear of the
Kelpiens has blinded you
715
00:45:35,545 --> 00:45:37,478
to a peaceful solution.
716
00:45:37,622 --> 00:45:40,540
Starfleet can help you negotiate a new
balance between your two species,
717
00:45:40,550 --> 00:45:42,652
protecting everyone on your world.
718
00:45:42,696 --> 00:45:44,829
However, if you choose
719
00:45:44,872 --> 00:45:47,692
to murder the entire
Kelpien population...
720
00:45:48,571 --> 00:45:51,192
you will become our enemies.
721
00:45:51,836 --> 00:45:53,838
Choose wisely.
722
00:45:56,623 --> 00:46:01,032
Sir, they've activated
all 4,056 pylons
723
00:46:01,075 --> 00:46:03,151
in every Kelpien village.
- Lieutenant Rhys?
724
00:46:03,195 --> 00:46:04,992
There are too many pylons
to target at once, sir.
725
00:46:05,036 --> 00:46:06,633
Let's get started.
726
00:46:06,676 --> 00:46:08,765
Arm photon torpedoes.
727
00:46:10,506 --> 00:46:12,225
On my order.
728
00:46:16,643 --> 00:46:18,919
The Ba'ul mean to kill us all!
729
00:46:18,963 --> 00:46:21,042
Discovery will stop them.
730
00:46:23,171 --> 00:46:24,372
No, no!
731
00:46:58,424 --> 00:47:00,339
Sir, sensor readings indicate
732
00:47:00,382 --> 00:47:03,531
a massive spike in electromagnetic
radiation in the Ba'ul structure.
733
00:47:03,559 --> 00:47:05,997
The pulse has deactivated
all the pylons across Kaminar.
734
00:47:06,040 --> 00:47:08,498
Rhys, hold your fire.
What the hell is happening?
735
00:47:08,521 --> 00:47:10,175
The Ba'ul weapons and shields
have all been disabled,
736
00:47:10,218 --> 00:47:11,872
but I can't get a
reading on what caused it.
737
00:47:11,916 --> 00:47:13,774
The technology
required to generate
738
00:47:13,818 --> 00:47:15,536
electric and magnetic
fields that wide...
739
00:47:15,680 --> 00:47:18,017
This should be impossible.
740
00:47:42,990 --> 00:47:45,745
That is what you came to find.
741
00:47:48,326 --> 00:47:50,376
A saviour.
742
00:48:26,077 --> 00:48:28,731
Siranna, what has happened?
743
00:48:28,775 --> 00:48:31,952
How have we survived the Vahar'ai?
744
00:48:31,996 --> 00:48:34,834
The truth has survived.
745
00:48:35,477 --> 00:48:38,780
It is time for a true
balance to be restored.
746
00:48:49,927 --> 00:48:52,429
You do not have to be afraid anymore.
747
00:49:06,421 --> 00:49:08,219
Attention, all personnel...
748
00:49:22,046 --> 00:49:23,569
What's this?
749
00:49:23,612 --> 00:49:25,632
Commander Saru's report,
750
00:49:25,675 --> 00:49:27,529
shared in the
spirit of cooperation.
751
00:49:27,573 --> 00:49:30,315
Thanks to Commander
Saru's enhanced eyesight,
752
00:49:30,358 --> 00:49:33,840
he was able to get a better
look at the Red Angel.
753
00:49:33,883 --> 00:49:37,017
"The entity appears to be a humanoid
754
00:49:37,061 --> 00:49:40,020
"wearing a mechanised suit,
755
00:49:40,064 --> 00:49:44,035
"exhibiting technology far beyond
present Federation capabilities".
756
00:49:44,168 --> 00:49:45,828
So,
757
00:49:45,852 --> 00:49:48,052
it's someone.
758
00:49:48,072 --> 00:49:50,457
And whether human or alien,
759
00:49:50,500 --> 00:49:52,946
it has extremely
advanced technology.
760
00:49:52,990 --> 00:49:56,336
Someone who is manipulating
the fates of entire species.
761
00:49:56,380 --> 00:49:58,004
Control,
762
00:49:58,047 --> 00:50:00,140
which models Section
31's threat assessments,
763
00:50:00,184 --> 00:50:02,621
is probably rightfully alarmed by...
764
00:50:02,664 --> 00:50:04,718
What is it? A...
765
00:50:04,862 --> 00:50:08,648
a time-travelling being
pursuing its own agenda?
766
00:50:11,573 --> 00:50:14,198
When we forced the Ba'ul
to decentralise their power
767
00:50:14,241 --> 00:50:16,448
across the entire planet,
768
00:50:16,491 --> 00:50:19,407
the Red Angel took advantage
of their temporary exposure
769
00:50:19,451 --> 00:50:22,136
and used its advanced technology
770
00:50:22,180 --> 00:50:24,064
to save the Kelpiens
from genocide.
771
00:50:24,108 --> 00:50:27,544
And what happens when that
technology is turned against us?
772
00:50:28,512 --> 00:50:30,641
Section 31...
773
00:50:31,985 --> 00:50:35,075
and Control's
threat-assessment models...
774
00:50:35,119 --> 00:50:37,298
seem a bit paranoid.
775
00:50:38,948 --> 00:50:41,107
You're aware we're
no longer at war?
776
00:50:41,150 --> 00:50:43,910
And we don't want to
end up in one again.
777
00:50:43,953 --> 00:50:46,652
This last war, sir, took a toll
778
00:50:46,695 --> 00:50:48,889
on those who fought it.
779
00:50:49,133 --> 00:50:51,692
Some of us are still torn apart.
780
00:51:13,857 --> 00:51:16,884
I felt the same way
the first time I saw it,
781
00:51:17,074 --> 00:51:20,526
looking down on our planet,
our home.
782
00:51:21,469 --> 00:51:23,602
Well, you took home with you.
783
00:51:23,645 --> 00:51:26,039
Well, seeds of it, yes.
784
00:51:26,083 --> 00:51:31,566
This little garden was all
I had for so many years.
785
00:51:31,610 --> 00:51:33,699
But I realised
786
00:51:33,742 --> 00:51:37,398
there was so much more out there.
787
00:51:40,619 --> 00:51:43,752
You could come with me, Siranna,
788
00:51:43,796 --> 00:51:45,445
if you wanted to see it.
789
00:51:45,489 --> 00:51:48,161
Just for a while.
790
00:51:49,436 --> 00:51:51,182
No.
791
00:51:51,325 --> 00:51:54,198
I must stay for my people.
792
00:51:54,241 --> 00:51:56,548
There is a long road ahead,
793
00:51:56,591 --> 00:51:58,854
Our minds must truly be free
794
00:51:58,898 --> 00:52:01,735
before Kelpien and
Ba'ul accept each other.
795
00:52:03,859 --> 00:52:06,079
But I am happy, brother.
796
00:52:06,123 --> 00:52:10,014
I know you did not
leave Kaminar in fear,
797
00:52:10,257 --> 00:52:12,673
but in hope.
798
00:52:13,217 --> 00:52:15,580
And you brought that hope
back with you.
799
00:52:15,623 --> 00:52:18,073
You and your Red Angel.
800
00:52:45,118 --> 00:52:48,876
You are welcome to return home
whenever you would like, brother.
801
00:52:49,688 --> 00:52:52,465
I will, sister.
802
00:53:24,331 --> 00:53:26,860
Thank you, Michael.
803
00:53:29,162 --> 00:53:31,991
I'm reminded. Do you know Aeschylus?
804
00:53:32,034 --> 00:53:33,645
An ancient Greek tragedian,
805
00:53:33,688 --> 00:53:36,169
born circa 525 BC.
806
00:53:36,213 --> 00:53:38,954
"He who learns must suffer.
807
00:53:38,998 --> 00:53:41,914
And even in our sleep..."
808
00:53:41,957 --> 00:53:44,917
"Pain that cannot forget
809
00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:48,573
falls drop by drop upon the heart".
810
00:53:55,319 --> 00:54:01,094
Knowing that my sister
has a chance to evolve,
811
00:54:01,238 --> 00:54:03,910
to live a full life,
812
00:54:04,153 --> 00:54:07,444
it makes me feel I can
endure anything.
813
00:54:09,246 --> 00:54:12,292
I am sure, given the opportunity,
814
00:54:12,336 --> 00:54:15,769
you would do the same
for your own brother.
815
00:54:18,385 --> 00:54:20,469
If I could find him.
816
00:54:26,393 --> 00:54:29,942
But seeing you with Siranna
has made one thing very clear to me.
817
00:54:30,005 --> 00:54:32,278
And that is?
818
00:54:32,921 --> 00:54:35,620
I need to go home as well.
819
00:54:35,663 --> 00:54:37,574
To Vulcan.