1 00:00:08,356 --> 00:00:10,401 Previously on "Star Trek: Discovery"... 2 00:00:10,445 --> 00:00:12,838 - Section 31? - She's tracking a suspected murderer. 3 00:00:12,882 --> 00:00:14,144 Mr. Spock is one of mine. 4 00:00:14,188 --> 00:00:15,893 I think there may be a connection between Spock 5 00:00:15,937 --> 00:00:17,539 and the signals around the universe. 6 00:00:17,582 --> 00:00:20,498 - Spock drew those images. - What is it? 7 00:00:20,542 --> 00:00:22,239 He called it the Red Angel. 8 00:00:22,283 --> 00:00:24,154 That vision changed him forever. 9 00:00:24,198 --> 00:00:25,590 I've seen this angel, too. 10 00:00:25,634 --> 00:00:27,070 I watched Tyler kill you. 11 00:00:27,114 --> 00:00:28,680 I held your body. 12 00:00:28,724 --> 00:00:30,160 He is alive. 13 00:00:30,204 --> 00:00:32,441 We're getting you out of here. 14 00:00:36,471 --> 00:00:38,168 Something has grabbed us out of warp, sir. 15 00:00:38,212 --> 00:00:39,561 We're locked into place. 16 00:00:39,604 --> 00:00:41,867 - Some kind of a life-form? - It must need something. 17 00:00:41,911 --> 00:00:43,347 It's trying to send us a message. 18 00:00:43,391 --> 00:00:45,610 Because it wants to be remembered, preserve 19 00:00:45,654 --> 00:00:47,982 its history using Discovery. 20 00:00:49,962 --> 00:00:51,442 Its final act was to save us. 21 00:00:51,486 --> 00:00:53,053 We have recorded everything 22 00:00:53,096 --> 00:00:54,880 it has seen and experienced. 23 00:00:54,924 --> 00:00:57,057 The Sphere is triggering the Kelpien biological 24 00:00:57,100 --> 00:00:59,102 process known as Vahar'ai. 25 00:00:59,146 --> 00:01:00,756 Signals when Kelpiens are 26 00:01:00,799 --> 00:01:02,714 ready for slaughter by the Ba'ul, 27 00:01:02,758 --> 00:01:04,064 the predator species 28 00:01:04,107 --> 00:01:05,543 on my homeworld of Kaminar. 29 00:01:05,587 --> 00:01:08,242 You are the only one who knows me. 30 00:01:08,285 --> 00:01:10,331 You replaced the sister I had on Kaminar. 31 00:01:10,374 --> 00:01:12,159 Your vital signs have returned to normal. 32 00:01:12,202 --> 00:01:14,813 I have never felt this way before. 33 00:01:14,857 --> 00:01:17,120 Fear is gone. 34 00:01:17,164 --> 00:01:20,856 What my people have accepted as the truth 35 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:22,680 is a lie. 36 00:01:32,117 --> 00:01:35,130 We all come from somewhere. 37 00:01:42,140 --> 00:01:45,709 We carry that place with us wherever we go. 38 00:01:59,306 --> 00:02:02,261 That never leaves our hearts. 39 00:02:03,005 --> 00:02:05,007 Not entirely. 40 00:02:14,264 --> 00:02:15,439 How's it going in here? 41 00:02:15,483 --> 00:02:16,962 Oh, my... well, 42 00:02:17,006 --> 00:02:18,747 without Airiam, we would've spent months 43 00:02:18,790 --> 00:02:20,314 trying to sort through the Sphere's data. 44 00:02:20,357 --> 00:02:21,793 But none of us can predict... 45 00:02:21,837 --> 00:02:23,186 Okay, look at this. This is incredible. 46 00:02:23,230 --> 00:02:24,622 where our voyage will lead. 47 00:02:24,666 --> 00:02:26,320 The data collection of the Sphere isn't random. 48 00:02:26,363 --> 00:02:27,973 Oh, no, it's not random at all. 49 00:02:28,017 --> 00:02:31,881 It's actually an impossibly sophisticated repository of... 50 00:02:32,125 --> 00:02:35,807 like, a slice of the galaxy's history. 51 00:02:35,851 --> 00:02:38,245 It's like this delicious slice of galaxy pie. 52 00:02:38,288 --> 00:02:42,118 We may suffer losses along the way, 53 00:02:42,162 --> 00:02:46,466 but we can hope to learn and grow from those experiences. 54 00:02:48,864 --> 00:02:53,316 And from those who accompany us on our journey. 55 00:03:09,189 --> 00:03:11,447 It is almost inconceivable 56 00:03:11,491 --> 00:03:14,538 to have you back with us, Dr. Culber. 57 00:03:15,282 --> 00:03:18,089 Inconceivable, yeah. 58 00:03:18,633 --> 00:03:23,203 There isn't a test or a, a scan Dr. Pollard hasn't run on me. 59 00:03:23,246 --> 00:03:24,795 Well, you appear yourself. 60 00:03:24,839 --> 00:03:26,841 Well, I don't feel like myself. 61 00:03:30,514 --> 00:03:34,618 Enduring something no one thought possible 62 00:03:34,962 --> 00:03:39,441 can be transformative. 63 00:03:39,784 --> 00:03:41,852 Perhaps, 64 00:03:42,396 --> 00:03:47,009 perhaps, in feeling less like you were, 65 00:03:47,352 --> 00:03:52,523 you are more like who you were meant to become. 66 00:03:53,267 --> 00:03:55,056 Commander Saru? 67 00:03:55,399 --> 00:03:57,059 Your results. 68 00:03:58,502 --> 00:04:02,336 The most evident anatomical change from the Kelpien advent of your Vahar... 69 00:04:02,372 --> 00:04:03,721 - Vahar'ai. - Thank you. 70 00:04:03,765 --> 00:04:05,419 With the loss of your threat ganglia, 71 00:04:05,462 --> 00:04:08,509 the cartilage that housed it is reorganising to accommodate 72 00:04:08,552 --> 00:04:10,685 a new type of keratin-based tissue. 73 00:04:10,728 --> 00:04:12,861 It looks like spikes growing in like teeth. 74 00:04:12,904 --> 00:04:15,106 Does that sound right? 75 00:04:16,425 --> 00:04:18,558 I would not know. 76 00:04:19,955 --> 00:04:24,168 Did you discover anything that might affect me psychologically? 77 00:04:24,412 --> 00:04:27,284 These are your neurotransmitter expression patterns, 78 00:04:27,328 --> 00:04:29,007 last year versus today. 79 00:04:29,051 --> 00:04:31,096 With you as my only Kelpien specimen, 80 00:04:31,140 --> 00:04:33,277 forgive the term, it's difficult to say 81 00:04:33,321 --> 00:04:35,057 with certainty what these changes mean. 82 00:04:35,100 --> 00:04:36,767 But if I had to guess, 83 00:04:36,811 --> 00:04:39,348 I'd say your fear responses are being repressed. 84 00:04:47,182 --> 00:04:50,668 What is a Kelpien without fear? 85 00:04:51,012 --> 00:04:54,450 I am losing the very thing that defines me. 86 00:04:56,396 --> 00:04:58,776 I am stumbling in the dark. 87 00:04:58,820 --> 00:05:01,252 And yet I cannot help but feel that 88 00:05:01,296 --> 00:05:03,955 somewhere within the unknown, 89 00:05:03,999 --> 00:05:06,211 there is purpose. 90 00:05:07,855 --> 00:05:11,302 And that we are being guided toward it. 91 00:05:11,746 --> 00:05:13,904 It's Section 31's position that 92 00:05:13,948 --> 00:05:16,054 if the entity we're calling the Red Angel 93 00:05:16,098 --> 00:05:17,921 is in fact generating these signals, 94 00:05:17,965 --> 00:05:20,798 it's also capable of time incursions. 95 00:05:20,842 --> 00:05:23,627 And should be considered dangerous. 96 00:05:23,871 --> 00:05:27,142 So far, these signals have led the Discovery on two rescue missions. 97 00:05:27,196 --> 00:05:28,980 Or two catastrophic events. 98 00:05:29,024 --> 00:05:31,152 Does the Angel merely appear at these crisis points, 99 00:05:31,195 --> 00:05:32,984 or is it creating them? 100 00:05:33,028 --> 00:05:34,856 We have to consider both options. 101 00:05:34,899 --> 00:05:36,466 So let's consider. 102 00:05:36,510 --> 00:05:40,751 The Red Angel appeared on Earth and transported people to Terralysium 103 00:05:40,832 --> 00:05:43,939 only moments before they would've died in a nuclear blast. 104 00:05:44,082 --> 00:05:46,893 It also guided Spock to rescue me when I was a child on Vulcan. 105 00:05:46,921 --> 00:05:50,250 I've seen the drawings from Spock's time in the psychiatric unit. 106 00:05:50,293 --> 00:05:52,817 Look, can either of you say for sure 107 00:05:52,861 --> 00:05:55,006 this thing didn't cause his nervous breakdown? 108 00:05:55,050 --> 00:05:56,704 Spock made no mention of the Red Angel 109 00:05:56,747 --> 00:05:58,662 when he asked for leave from the Enterprise. 110 00:05:58,706 --> 00:06:01,012 But Agent Tyler's correct, Captain. 111 00:06:01,056 --> 00:06:02,666 With so few data points, it is impossible 112 00:06:02,710 --> 00:06:06,496 to draw conclusions based on its nature and motivations. 113 00:06:06,540 --> 00:06:07,932 We need more information. 114 00:06:07,976 --> 00:06:09,456 What we need is Spock. 115 00:06:09,499 --> 00:06:11,545 Captain Leland has devoted significant 116 00:06:11,588 --> 00:06:13,721 Section 31 resources to finding him. 117 00:06:13,764 --> 00:06:16,467 But we're coming up empty-handed. 118 00:06:16,811 --> 00:06:20,095 As his sister, can you think of anywhere Spock might have gone? 119 00:06:20,162 --> 00:06:21,946 Some place we might not have thought to look? 120 00:06:22,090 --> 00:06:23,557 Captain, 121 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:25,485 - you are needed on the bridge. - What is it? 122 00:06:25,528 --> 00:06:27,987 We have detected a new signal. 123 00:06:32,635 --> 00:06:34,524 Where is it this time? 124 00:06:34,568 --> 00:06:36,966 Outside of Federation space. 125 00:06:41,670 --> 00:06:42,845 Ah. 126 00:06:44,316 --> 00:06:45,822 Acquiring coordinates. 127 00:06:45,866 --> 00:06:47,407 On screen. 128 00:06:47,450 --> 00:06:49,234 We have a lock, sir. 129 00:06:49,278 --> 00:06:51,641 The signal is over an M-class planet. 130 00:06:51,685 --> 00:06:54,709 It's listed in the Federation database as... - Kaminar. 131 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:57,417 - Commander Saru, that's... - Yes. 132 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:01,172 Kaminar is my homeworld. 133 00:08:55,779 --> 00:08:59,496 Kaminar is populated by two sentient species: 134 00:08:59,540 --> 00:09:02,673 my people, the Kelpiens, and the Ba'ul. 135 00:09:02,717 --> 00:09:05,219 The Ba'ul are your predators. 136 00:09:06,285 --> 00:09:08,592 The Ba'ul achieved warp capability 20 years ago. 137 00:09:08,636 --> 00:09:11,421 The USS Archimedes made first contact with them 138 00:09:11,464 --> 00:09:13,423 after receiving a transmission from Kaminar. 139 00:09:13,466 --> 00:09:15,338 But once communication was established, 140 00:09:15,381 --> 00:09:16,874 the Ba'ul High Council proved hostile. 141 00:09:16,918 --> 00:09:20,097 So why did the Ba'ul send a transmission in the first place? 142 00:09:20,125 --> 00:09:21,300 They... 143 00:09:21,344 --> 00:09:23,302 did not. 144 00:09:23,346 --> 00:09:27,002 That transmission was from me. 145 00:09:27,045 --> 00:09:29,526 I co-opted the Ba'ul's technology 146 00:09:29,570 --> 00:09:32,947 in order to send a message, with the hope that 147 00:09:32,990 --> 00:09:35,619 someone, somewhere, would receive it. 148 00:09:35,663 --> 00:09:38,282 And that someone was Captain Georgiou. 149 00:09:39,144 --> 00:09:42,189 She was a lieutenant then, serving on the Archimedes. 150 00:09:43,061 --> 00:09:45,846 Were it not for her, I would have been unable to flee Kaminar 151 00:09:45,889 --> 00:09:48,353 or be granted asylum. 152 00:09:49,198 --> 00:09:52,449 I promised never to return. 153 00:09:53,550 --> 00:09:55,552 That was the price of knowledge. 154 00:09:55,596 --> 00:09:59,210 And now, of the billions of planets in our galaxy, 155 00:09:59,256 --> 00:10:03,299 the signal just happens to show up above the homeworld of my first officer. 156 00:10:03,342 --> 00:10:06,476 - What are the odds? - It certainly isn't random. 157 00:10:06,519 --> 00:10:09,479 Discovery's taken a serious interest in the Red Angel. 158 00:10:09,522 --> 00:10:10,972 Could be it's returning the favour. 159 00:10:11,015 --> 00:10:12,787 That's a leap. Commander Saru, 160 00:10:12,830 --> 00:10:15,380 are there angels of any sort in Kelpien culture? 161 00:10:15,424 --> 00:10:18,688 Kelpiens believe only in the Great Balance, 162 00:10:18,731 --> 00:10:20,903 which, if upset, would devastate 163 00:10:20,946 --> 00:10:23,588 the fragile ecosystem of our planet. 164 00:10:23,732 --> 00:10:27,941 And we are taught that the Ba'ul are the keepers of this... 165 00:10:27,965 --> 00:10:29,184 balance. 166 00:10:29,185 --> 00:10:31,827 Do the Kelpiens worship the Ba'ul? 167 00:10:31,870 --> 00:10:34,830 It is their superior technology, of which Kelpiens live in awe, 168 00:10:34,873 --> 00:10:37,615 that allows the Ba'ul mastery over my people. 169 00:10:37,659 --> 00:10:39,704 They hide behind it. 170 00:10:39,748 --> 00:10:42,664 No Kelpien has even seen a Ba'ul in living memory. 171 00:10:42,707 --> 00:10:44,492 It is the same technology 172 00:10:44,535 --> 00:10:46,668 they use to keep Starfleet at arm's length. 173 00:10:46,711 --> 00:10:48,887 So we shouldn't expect a warm welcome. 174 00:10:48,931 --> 00:10:50,715 The Ba'ul are, by nature, isolationist. 175 00:10:50,759 --> 00:10:53,343 And they're committed to preserving the status quo on Kaminar. 176 00:10:53,387 --> 00:10:55,424 Well, they must have seen the signal, too. 177 00:10:55,467 --> 00:10:57,983 Maybe they wouldn't mind an offer to share information. 178 00:10:58,027 --> 00:10:59,594 Depending on how they're approached. 179 00:10:59,637 --> 00:11:02,074 Well, let's knock on the front door and see if they answer. 180 00:11:02,118 --> 00:11:05,003 And then what? Just ask nicely? 181 00:11:05,047 --> 00:11:08,890 Well, as unexpected guests, it never hurts to be polite. 182 00:11:15,375 --> 00:11:17,742 Prepare to disengage warp power. 183 00:11:17,886 --> 00:11:20,667 Sir, dropping out of warp above Kaminar. 184 00:11:27,338 --> 00:11:30,005 The signal disappeared before we arrived. 185 00:11:30,059 --> 00:11:31,452 What else is new? 186 00:11:31,495 --> 00:11:33,932 Mr. Bryce, hail the Ba'ul on all channels. 187 00:11:33,976 --> 00:11:36,935 Commander Burnham, run planetary and full-spectrum scans 188 00:11:36,979 --> 00:11:38,763 on anything resembling our elusive angel. 189 00:11:38,807 --> 00:11:40,939 And any power source capable of generating these signals. 190 00:11:40,983 --> 00:11:42,837 The Ba'ul are not responding, sir. 191 00:11:42,980 --> 00:11:47,269 That's not entirely true, sir. They're scanning our weapons systems. 192 00:11:47,350 --> 00:11:49,426 Just our weapons systems. 193 00:11:49,470 --> 00:11:52,342 - So much for knocking on the front door. - Maybe the Ba'ul just 194 00:11:52,386 --> 00:11:54,684 haven't learned the importance of a good first impression. Burnham? 195 00:11:54,719 --> 00:11:56,607 I see no indication the Red Angel was here. 196 00:11:56,651 --> 00:11:59,784 - Or any immediate danger to the planet. - Then why are we here? Anybody? 197 00:11:59,828 --> 00:12:01,786 You're assuming the signals only appear for a reason. 198 00:12:01,830 --> 00:12:03,788 Yes, Mr. Tyler, that's exactly what I'm assuming. 199 00:12:03,832 --> 00:12:06,313 - Why won't the Ba'ul respond? - Perhaps, 200 00:12:06,356 --> 00:12:09,446 as I have said, it is because they are oppressors. 201 00:12:09,490 --> 00:12:11,883 And even had the Ba'ul answered our hails, 202 00:12:11,927 --> 00:12:14,377 why would you trust those who have enslaved my people 203 00:12:14,421 --> 00:12:16,761 for centuries with fear and lies? 204 00:12:17,759 --> 00:12:19,674 Your insights are invaluable, 205 00:12:19,717 --> 00:12:21,284 Mr. Saru. 206 00:12:21,328 --> 00:12:23,068 But the signal appeared here. 207 00:12:23,112 --> 00:12:24,983 And maybe the Red Angel, too. 208 00:12:25,027 --> 00:12:27,029 If you have any idea how I could make inquiries without... 209 00:12:27,072 --> 00:12:29,031 There is a Kelpien priest in every village. 210 00:12:29,074 --> 00:12:31,251 Priests not only serve as intermediaries 211 00:12:31,294 --> 00:12:34,036 between us and the Ba'ul, but they also connect 212 00:12:34,079 --> 00:12:36,865 all of our extended communities together. 213 00:12:36,908 --> 00:12:38,632 So if the Red Angel appeared on Kaminar, then 214 00:12:38,675 --> 00:12:40,738 a priest might be able to tell us about it. 215 00:12:40,782 --> 00:12:42,827 Wouldn't that be a violation of General Order 1? 216 00:12:42,871 --> 00:12:44,386 Though the Kelpiens aren't warp capable, 217 00:12:44,429 --> 00:12:46,604 they've seen warp-capable technology through the Ba'ul, 218 00:12:46,648 --> 00:12:48,311 and they know about spaceflight. 219 00:12:48,355 --> 00:12:50,618 First contact with the Kelpiens by Starfleet 220 00:12:50,661 --> 00:12:52,272 is a judgement call, 221 00:12:52,315 --> 00:12:54,274 but our mission to investigate these signals 222 00:12:54,317 --> 00:12:55,623 would seem to require it. 223 00:12:55,666 --> 00:12:57,015 We can stretch General Order 1, 224 00:12:57,059 --> 00:12:58,408 but let's try not to break it in the process. 225 00:12:58,452 --> 00:13:00,709 Burnham, as a xenoanthropologist, 226 00:13:00,715 --> 00:13:03,577 I think you're uniquely qualified to talk to a village priest. 227 00:13:03,674 --> 00:13:05,110 Sir, 228 00:13:05,154 --> 00:13:07,156 I am the logical choice. 229 00:13:07,199 --> 00:13:08,766 I offer my experience. 230 00:13:08,810 --> 00:13:12,233 To disregard it is to disregard the suffering of generations of Kelpiens. 231 00:13:12,379 --> 00:13:14,206 Given all that suffering, 232 00:13:14,250 --> 00:13:16,208 you're the most complicated choice. 233 00:13:16,252 --> 00:13:18,994 Do you doubt my ability to carry out the mission? 234 00:13:19,037 --> 00:13:20,256 Of course not. 235 00:13:20,300 --> 00:13:23,262 But at present, we lack a full understanding of the biological... 236 00:13:23,390 --> 00:13:26,044 and behavioural changes you're undergoing. 237 00:13:26,088 --> 00:13:29,774 I can assure you, Captain, I am still very much myself. 238 00:13:29,918 --> 00:13:31,659 I can only imagine the pressure you might feel to share 239 00:13:31,702 --> 00:13:33,878 the truth with your people about Vahar'ai. 240 00:13:33,922 --> 00:13:35,271 Are you suggesting that I might be incapable 241 00:13:35,315 --> 00:13:36,707 of following Starfleet regulations? 242 00:13:36,751 --> 00:13:39,057 Or that I would disobey your orders? 243 00:13:43,784 --> 00:13:45,033 Captain. 244 00:13:47,214 --> 00:13:49,311 Kelpiens have no knowledge of Starfleet 245 00:13:49,354 --> 00:13:51,722 or any other inhabited worlds. 246 00:13:51,766 --> 00:13:53,620 Even though General Order 1 allows contact, 247 00:13:53,663 --> 00:13:56,553 my arrival could come as a complete shock to them. 248 00:13:56,597 --> 00:14:00,962 Commander Saru would be invaluable to have by my side. 249 00:14:01,305 --> 00:14:03,099 All right. 250 00:14:03,343 --> 00:14:06,563 But I'll remind you both, we're here to gather information 251 00:14:06,607 --> 00:14:08,591 about the signals and the Red Angel, 252 00:14:08,635 --> 00:14:11,903 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.