1 00:00:25,112 --> 00:00:27,549 Previously on Star Strange New Worlds... 2 00:00:27,592 --> 00:00:29,116 Send someone else. 3 00:00:29,159 --> 00:00:30,595 You don't want me in command of that ship. 4 00:00:30,639 --> 00:00:32,206 -You saw the future. -I saw my own death. 5 00:00:32,249 --> 00:00:33,816 Your first officer doesn't do 6 00:00:33,859 --> 00:00:34,947 down time well, Chris. 7 00:00:34,991 --> 00:00:36,427 -Captain. -Samuel Kirk. 8 00:00:36,471 --> 00:00:38,603 Well, you're posted to life sciences, and 9 00:00:38,647 --> 00:00:39,952 he's your new boss. 10 00:00:39,996 --> 00:00:41,606 Captain Pike. 11 00:00:41,650 --> 00:00:43,739 Lieutenant La'An Noonien-Singh. Chief of Security. 12 00:00:43,782 --> 00:00:46,220 Ah, the prodigy. Cadet Uhura? 13 00:00:46,263 --> 00:00:48,483 -What's the mission? -We explore. 14 00:00:48,526 --> 00:00:50,093 We seek out new life 15 00:00:50,137 --> 00:00:51,660 and new civilizations. 16 00:00:51,703 --> 00:00:55,098 We boldly go where no one has gone before. 17 00:01:19,514 --> 00:01:20,906 Cadet's log. 18 00:01:20,950 --> 00:01:23,518 Stardate 2912.4. 19 00:01:23,561 --> 00:01:25,476 TheEnterprise is surveying the Persephone system, 20 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:27,478 where the crew is studying the behavior 21 00:01:27,522 --> 00:01:31,091 of an ancient comet, C/2260-Quentin. 22 00:01:31,134 --> 00:01:33,484 I, however, am doing rotation 23 00:01:33,528 --> 00:01:35,399 in landing party readiness protocols, 24 00:01:35,443 --> 00:01:37,575 which doesn't really involve comets, 25 00:01:37,619 --> 00:01:39,186 ancient or otherwise, 26 00:01:39,229 --> 00:01:41,144 so duties are pretty slow at the moment. 27 00:01:41,188 --> 00:01:44,191 Except, of course, for a recent invitation to dinner 28 00:01:44,234 --> 00:01:46,758 at the captain's cabin, for which I have been encouraged 29 00:01:46,802 --> 00:01:48,369 by Lieutenant Ortegas 30 00:01:48,412 --> 00:01:50,762 to dust off my dress uniform. 31 00:01:54,288 --> 00:01:56,377 You said it was formal. 32 00:01:56,420 --> 00:01:58,161 Actually, what I said was you... 33 00:01:58,205 --> 00:01:59,945 might want to wear your dress uniform. 34 00:01:59,989 --> 00:02:03,210 Are you kidding? This is your idea of a practical joke? 35 00:02:03,253 --> 00:02:05,212 Kind of. 36 00:02:05,255 --> 00:02:07,214 I'm going back to change. 37 00:02:07,257 --> 00:02:09,433 You do not want to be late to the captain's table. 38 00:02:13,002 --> 00:02:14,960 Relax, Cadet. It's tradition. 39 00:02:15,004 --> 00:02:17,049 -Hazing the newbie? -All in good fun. 40 00:02:17,093 --> 00:02:19,313 We get bored. It's a small ship. 41 00:02:19,356 --> 00:02:20,836 You know, it's really not. 42 00:02:20,879 --> 00:02:22,925 Come on. 43 00:02:22,968 --> 00:02:25,841 Consider it your first complete square 44 00:02:25,884 --> 00:02:27,364 in Enterprisebingo. 45 00:02:27,408 --> 00:02:28,670 You know about that? 46 00:02:28,713 --> 00:02:31,586 I was a cadet once too, Cadet. 47 00:02:31,629 --> 00:02:33,457 So, what are these things like? 48 00:02:33,501 --> 00:02:35,894 Well, first off, they're not just the command crew. 49 00:02:35,938 --> 00:02:38,114 Captain wants, you know, regular people, 50 00:02:38,158 --> 00:02:39,985 to hear what's actually happening on the ship, 51 00:02:40,029 --> 00:02:42,553 so he'll probably ask you questions. 52 00:02:42,597 --> 00:02:44,425 Great. 53 00:02:45,774 --> 00:02:46,949 That a problem? 54 00:02:46,992 --> 00:02:48,516 How do I put this? 55 00:02:48,559 --> 00:02:51,649 My father liked to say that I was unburdened 56 00:02:51,693 --> 00:02:54,783 by conversational boundaries. 57 00:02:54,826 --> 00:02:56,437 So, this'll be fun for you, then. 58 00:03:03,270 --> 00:03:05,185 Lieutenant Ortegas, Cadet Uhura, wel-- 59 00:03:06,577 --> 00:03:08,927 Dress uniform, huh? Grab a drink. 60 00:03:08,971 --> 00:03:10,842 I got to deal with the ribs. 61 00:03:10,886 --> 00:03:12,148 Ortegas, 62 00:03:12,192 --> 00:03:14,585 come help refill drinks. Cadet Uhura, 63 00:03:14,629 --> 00:03:16,457 -good to see you. -You, too. 64 00:03:27,337 --> 00:03:29,383 Oh, uh, can I help? 65 00:03:31,907 --> 00:03:33,430 No. 66 00:03:33,474 --> 00:03:36,651 You have offended Hemmer, our new Chief Engineer. 67 00:03:36,694 --> 00:03:38,783 No offense intended. 68 00:03:38,827 --> 00:03:40,611 I was raised to offer help to anyone 69 00:03:40,655 --> 00:03:42,134 with a sensory impairment. 70 00:03:42,178 --> 00:03:43,353 -If I was... -That word again. 71 00:03:43,397 --> 00:03:44,354 Sir? 72 00:03:44,398 --> 00:03:46,269 "Impaired." 73 00:03:46,313 --> 00:03:49,490 A human in my condition might consider themselves impaired. 74 00:03:49,533 --> 00:03:52,014 Hemmer may not be able to see, but his other senses compensate. 75 00:03:52,057 --> 00:03:53,668 Compensate? 76 00:03:53,711 --> 00:03:55,670 They are superior. 77 00:03:55,713 --> 00:03:58,281 Uh, I've read that, among many things, 78 00:03:58,325 --> 00:04:00,501 the Aenar have a form of precognitive ability. 79 00:04:00,544 --> 00:04:03,199 I knew you were going to ask that. 80 00:04:03,243 --> 00:04:05,549 Because you sensed my question before I asked it? 81 00:04:05,593 --> 00:04:07,290 Because everyone always asks that. 82 00:04:07,334 --> 00:04:08,813 Right. 83 00:04:11,816 --> 00:04:14,341 You telegraphed your throw, telepathically. 84 00:04:14,384 --> 00:04:17,474 As was my intention, to illustrate. 85 00:04:20,172 --> 00:04:22,740 This is a hazing thing, isn't it? 86 00:04:22,784 --> 00:04:24,525 You guys are screwing around. 87 00:04:31,053 --> 00:04:32,837 I think I need a drink. 88 00:04:35,144 --> 00:04:37,015 I like her. 89 00:04:37,059 --> 00:04:38,365 Indeed. 90 00:04:38,408 --> 00:04:41,542 So, I have my phaser out, and, sure enough, 91 00:04:41,585 --> 00:04:43,544 down the street, there's the Nausicaan we're after. 92 00:04:43,587 --> 00:04:45,633 Running away, no pants on. 93 00:04:47,504 --> 00:04:50,942 I move after him, only I trip, flat on my face. I shout, 94 00:04:50,986 --> 00:04:53,336 "Freeze!" But the Nausicaan keeps running. 95 00:04:55,251 --> 00:04:57,253 I try to stand up, but my feet are caught on something, 96 00:04:57,297 --> 00:04:59,037 and then I realize... 97 00:04:59,081 --> 00:05:01,301 -I've tripped on his pants. 98 00:05:01,344 --> 00:05:03,651 So, anyway, 99 00:05:03,694 --> 00:05:06,349 after, my lieutenant pulls me aside and says, 100 00:05:06,393 --> 00:05:09,396 "Maybe Security isn't the best fit for you, Ensign." 101 00:05:13,182 --> 00:05:15,924 I've never understood the human inclination 102 00:05:15,967 --> 00:05:18,492 to laugh at others' misfortune. 103 00:05:18,535 --> 00:05:20,363 It feels... impolite. 104 00:05:20,407 --> 00:05:22,539 That's why it's funny. 105 00:05:22,583 --> 00:05:25,150 Because it breaks a social expectation? 106 00:05:25,194 --> 00:05:26,630 Sometimes, Mr. Spock, 107 00:05:26,674 --> 00:05:29,764 things go so badly you just have to laugh. 108 00:05:39,774 --> 00:05:41,210 What's that you're humming, Cadet? 109 00:05:41,253 --> 00:05:44,648 Sorry. Bad habit. 110 00:05:46,694 --> 00:05:50,393 Uh, it's an old folk song from my village in Kenya. 111 00:05:50,437 --> 00:05:53,614 I've visited Lake Simbi Nyaima several times. 112 00:05:53,657 --> 00:05:55,833 It is achingly beautiful there. 113 00:05:55,877 --> 00:05:58,923 -I grew up just a few miles away. -Really? 114 00:05:58,967 --> 00:06:00,360 You know, the Enterprise only gets a handful 115 00:06:00,403 --> 00:06:02,100 of cadets a year from Starfleet. 116 00:06:02,144 --> 00:06:03,580 You got to be pretty impressive to make the cut. 117 00:06:03,624 --> 00:06:04,668 Thank you, sir. 118 00:06:04,712 --> 00:06:06,714 I hear you speak 12 languages. 119 00:06:06,757 --> 00:06:08,933 Uh, 37. 120 00:06:10,413 --> 00:06:12,197 Okay, wow. 121 00:06:12,241 --> 00:06:16,419 Uh, in Kenya we have 22 native languages. 122 00:06:16,463 --> 00:06:18,595 I found early that, if I wanted to be understood, 123 00:06:18,639 --> 00:06:20,597 it's best to communicate in someone's own tongue, 124 00:06:20,641 --> 00:06:23,470 so I learned them. 125 00:06:23,513 --> 00:06:25,472 Easy as that? 126 00:06:25,515 --> 00:06:27,604 For me, sir, yes. 127 00:06:27,648 --> 00:06:29,824 I noticed you're on the next landing party rotation. 128 00:06:29,867 --> 00:06:31,260 I know it can be confusing 129 00:06:31,303 --> 00:06:32,740 jumping from department to department. 130 00:06:32,783 --> 00:06:35,220 -Right, Number One? -That was one time. 131 00:06:36,961 --> 00:06:38,615 I'm sure you've chosen a specialty you'd like. 132 00:06:38,659 --> 00:06:40,704 Where do you see yourself in ten y-- 133 00:06:41,705 --> 00:06:44,534 Ten years, where do you see yourself? 134 00:06:44,578 --> 00:06:46,710 Are you asking me what I want 135 00:06:46,754 --> 00:06:48,625 to be when I grow up, Captain? 136 00:06:50,714 --> 00:06:52,455 Sure. 137 00:06:52,499 --> 00:06:54,457 I... 138 00:06:56,111 --> 00:06:58,766 ...guess the truth is, I'm not sure 139 00:06:58,809 --> 00:07:01,333 I'm actually all that "Starfleet." 140 00:07:05,903 --> 00:07:08,428 That's not something I've ever heard from a cadet. 141 00:07:08,471 --> 00:07:10,952 You worked pretty hard to get here. 142 00:07:10,995 --> 00:07:13,345 You beat out, how many, a thousand applicants? 143 00:07:13,389 --> 00:07:15,086 Several thousand. 144 00:07:15,130 --> 00:07:17,698 And now you're not sure if you want to be here? 145 00:07:17,741 --> 00:07:20,135 I always wanted to study alien languages. 146 00:07:20,178 --> 00:07:22,180 I have an ear for them. 147 00:07:22,224 --> 00:07:24,269 And a gift for understatement. 148 00:07:24,313 --> 00:07:27,142 I was going to attend the University in Nairobi. 149 00:07:27,185 --> 00:07:29,361 Both my parents taught there. 150 00:07:29,405 --> 00:07:30,798 Mm-hmm. 151 00:07:30,841 --> 00:07:32,800 About a week before I was due to start, 152 00:07:32,843 --> 00:07:35,150 they were, uh... 153 00:07:35,193 --> 00:07:37,500 killed in a shuttle accident. 154 00:07:37,544 --> 00:07:39,371 My older brother, too. 155 00:07:39,415 --> 00:07:42,853 I'm so sorry. 156 00:07:42,897 --> 00:07:45,856 After, I just... 157 00:07:45,900 --> 00:07:48,293 couldn't go to campus. 158 00:07:48,337 --> 00:07:51,122 Their absence was... 159 00:07:51,166 --> 00:07:52,994 everywhere. 160 00:07:53,037 --> 00:07:54,952 I moved in with my grandmother, 161 00:07:54,996 --> 00:07:57,607 but I just... 162 00:07:57,651 --> 00:07:59,391 didn't feel like I fit 163 00:07:59,435 --> 00:08:01,568 anywhere. 164 00:08:01,611 --> 00:08:04,832 Anyway, she was in Starfleet when she was young, 165 00:08:04,875 --> 00:08:06,703 and she always used to talk about it, 166 00:08:06,747 --> 00:08:08,923 and, well, I didn't know what else to do. 167 00:08:08,966 --> 00:08:11,578 So you ran away to Starfleet? 168 00:08:11,621 --> 00:08:14,015 Yes. 169 00:08:15,103 --> 00:08:18,498 That is an impressive and heartbreaking story, Cadet. 170 00:08:18,541 --> 00:08:21,631 That's me. 171 00:08:21,675 --> 00:08:24,155 Well, Cadet, I appreciate your honesty, 172 00:08:24,199 --> 00:08:26,331 and I sincerely hope you discover a place 173 00:08:26,375 --> 00:08:27,855 where you feel you do fit, 174 00:08:27,898 --> 00:08:30,684 wherever that may be. 175 00:08:37,734 --> 00:08:40,345 Guess I kind of blew it in there, huh? 176 00:08:40,389 --> 00:08:42,217 Not at all, Cadet. 177 00:08:42,260 --> 00:08:44,959 The captain values honesty, as do I. 178 00:08:45,002 --> 00:08:47,570 But...? 179 00:08:47,614 --> 00:08:49,659 But I would say to you 180 00:08:49,703 --> 00:08:52,444 that Starfleet has been a lifelong dream for many, 181 00:08:52,488 --> 00:08:54,621 myself included. 182 00:08:54,664 --> 00:08:57,580 If it is not your path, you might consider making way 183 00:08:57,624 --> 00:09:00,061 for someone else who wants to walk it. 184 00:09:08,286 --> 00:09:09,244 I've seen you ask that cadet 185 00:09:09,287 --> 00:09:11,551 question a hundred times. 186 00:09:11,594 --> 00:09:13,030 Tonight it felt different. 187 00:09:13,074 --> 00:09:16,338 Is it because of what you told me, 188 00:09:16,381 --> 00:09:18,949 about what you saw on Boreth? 189 00:09:18,993 --> 00:09:21,125 Turns out, knowing your future 190 00:09:21,169 --> 00:09:23,606 kind of takes the fun out of imagining it. 191 00:09:23,650 --> 00:09:26,087 Chris, have you considered that maybe 192 00:09:26,130 --> 00:09:28,350 your fate isn't written? 193 00:09:28,393 --> 00:09:30,657 Dusty Swender. 194 00:09:30,700 --> 00:09:33,050 T'quiel Dawn. Muliq Al Alcazar. 195 00:09:33,094 --> 00:09:35,575 Yuuto Hoshide. Andrea Lopez. 196 00:09:35,618 --> 00:09:38,273 I could keep going. These are the kids I save when it happens. 197 00:09:38,316 --> 00:09:41,232 You know their names. 198 00:09:43,017 --> 00:09:46,237 Lately, I've been saying them over and over again, 199 00:09:46,281 --> 00:09:47,761 like a reminder. 200 00:09:47,804 --> 00:09:50,198 Stay the course, save their lives. 201 00:09:52,504 --> 00:09:54,637 I refuse to believe there isn't another way. 202 00:09:56,465 --> 00:09:58,075 SPOCK Captain Pike to the bridge. 203 00:09:58,119 --> 00:09:59,990 There is a problem with the comet. 204 00:10:11,262 --> 00:10:13,874 The computer simulation suggests that, 205 00:10:13,917 --> 00:10:16,441 when the comet strikes the planet in two days, 206 00:10:16,485 --> 00:10:19,706 there will be no survivors. 207 00:10:19,749 --> 00:10:21,664 Persephone III is an M-Class world. 208 00:10:21,708 --> 00:10:24,449 Previous surveys suggests it is home to an intelligent, 209 00:10:24,493 --> 00:10:26,930 pre-warp species that call themselves the Deleb. 210 00:10:29,106 --> 00:10:31,631 Given their current state of technological advancement, 211 00:10:31,674 --> 00:10:33,154 it is highly unlikely that they're aware 212 00:10:33,197 --> 00:10:34,677 -of the danger they are in. -Options? 213 00:10:34,721 --> 00:10:38,246 The Deleb can't move the comet, 214 00:10:38,289 --> 00:10:40,814 -so we move it for them? -Mr. Spock? 215 00:10:40,857 --> 00:10:44,034 An ion engine. To be precise, four, 216 00:10:44,078 --> 00:10:45,340 programmed to fire in sequence 217 00:10:45,383 --> 00:10:46,558 to account for the comet's rotation. 218 00:10:46,602 --> 00:10:48,822 Got it. Number One, thoughts? 219 00:10:48,865 --> 00:10:50,519 It could work. 220 00:10:50,562 --> 00:10:53,870 We could use photon torpedoes as launch vehicles. 221 00:10:53,914 --> 00:10:56,046 Take about an hour for the retrofit. 222 00:10:56,090 --> 00:10:57,961 A rosy assessment, considering I'll be the one 223 00:10:58,005 --> 00:10:59,702 doing the retrofitting. 224 00:10:59,746 --> 00:11:01,138 Let's get it done, people. 225 00:11:01,182 --> 00:11:02,836 We've got a planet to save before breakfast. 226 00:11:02,879 --> 00:11:05,403 I love this job. 227 00:11:22,246 --> 00:11:24,248 Anyone want to tell me how a comet 228 00:11:24,292 --> 00:11:26,642 puts up a force field? 229 00:11:31,778 --> 00:11:33,823 Space. 230 00:11:34,824 --> 00:11:37,261 The final frontier. 231 00:11:39,220 --> 00:11:43,006 These are the voyages of the starshipEnterprise. 232 00:11:44,007 --> 00:11:46,793 Its five-year mission: 233 00:11:46,836 --> 00:11:50,057 to explore strange new worlds... 234 00:11:52,015 --> 00:11:54,539 ...to seek out new life 235 00:11:54,583 --> 00:11:58,152 and new civilizations, 236 00:11:58,195 --> 00:12:02,243 to boldly go where no one has gone before. 237 00:13:20,974 --> 00:13:23,367 We've tried every hail, every scan you can think of. 238 00:13:23,411 --> 00:13:26,196 If there's life on the comet, we can't find it. 239 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:28,329 But we did find... 240 00:13:28,372 --> 00:13:29,852 a structure. 241 00:13:29,896 --> 00:13:32,986 It's enormous and mostly subterranean. 242 00:13:33,029 --> 00:13:35,205 A structure suggests alien intelligence. 243 00:13:35,249 --> 00:13:37,338 Which is why I've asked Sam Kirk of Xenoanthropology here 244 00:13:37,381 --> 00:13:39,557 to join us. So, let's start with the obvious. 245 00:13:39,601 --> 00:13:42,299 It looks like a comet, has shields like a starship, 246 00:13:42,343 --> 00:13:44,649 and a building on its surface like a planet, 247 00:13:44,693 --> 00:13:45,999 but no life signs. 248 00:13:46,042 --> 00:13:47,739 Maybe it's not a comet at all, 249 00:13:47,783 --> 00:13:51,439 but some kind of derelict spacecraft? 250 00:13:51,482 --> 00:13:53,702 Okay, so how do we shut down its shields? 251 00:13:53,745 --> 00:13:56,313 Logic suggests this structure is likely where we'll have to go. 252 00:13:56,357 --> 00:13:58,881 Except it's got shields. 253 00:13:58,925 --> 00:14:00,187 The shields are not constant. 254 00:14:00,230 --> 00:14:02,102 They only appear in response to a threat. 255 00:14:02,145 --> 00:14:03,581 It should be possible to beam to the surface 256 00:14:03,625 --> 00:14:04,974 without triggering them. 257 00:14:05,018 --> 00:14:07,063 Sam, are you aware of any civilization 258 00:14:07,107 --> 00:14:08,543 that developed on the surface of a comet? 259 00:14:08,586 --> 00:14:10,806 First I've heard of one. 260 00:14:11,938 --> 00:14:13,853 I'm starting to like the mustache. 261 00:14:15,593 --> 00:14:17,334 Maybe you should try one for yourself. 262 00:14:17,378 --> 00:14:19,597 La'An, you, Spock, 263 00:14:19,641 --> 00:14:21,556 and Sam get suited up, and 264 00:14:21,599 --> 00:14:23,427 this is the cadet's first away mission. 265 00:14:23,471 --> 00:14:25,908 You wanted to learn to speak alien languages... 266 00:14:25,952 --> 00:14:28,563 go where the aliens are. 267 00:14:30,608 --> 00:14:32,480 The surface of the comet is bombarded 268 00:14:32,523 --> 00:14:35,744 by ridiculously high levels of cosmic rays. 269 00:14:35,787 --> 00:14:37,398 This will buy you two hours. 270 00:14:37,441 --> 00:14:39,617 Any more and your insides will turn to liquid. 271 00:14:41,184 --> 00:14:42,794 Ow! 272 00:14:42,838 --> 00:14:44,927 Ugh, you could've warned me. 273 00:14:44,971 --> 00:14:46,711 Then you'd know it was gonna hurt. 274 00:14:46,755 --> 00:14:48,104 You know I've had people run on me? 275 00:14:55,329 --> 00:14:57,679 Weapon up, people. 276 00:14:57,722 --> 00:14:58,985 Kirk, Uhura, 277 00:14:59,028 --> 00:15:00,595 when you're recovered, with me. 278 00:15:02,249 --> 00:15:04,120 You ready for this? 279 00:15:04,164 --> 00:15:05,817 I am more than capable of managing 280 00:15:05,861 --> 00:15:07,036 any pain you can induce. 281 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:08,864 Mr. Spock. 282 00:15:08,908 --> 00:15:11,475 Now you're just toying with me. 283 00:15:11,519 --> 00:15:14,348 That was not my intention. 284 00:15:14,391 --> 00:15:16,959 -I've noticed. -Heads up. 285 00:15:17,003 --> 00:15:18,743 Thank you, Lieutenant. 286 00:15:43,899 --> 00:15:45,248 LA' Remember, when we arrive, 287 00:15:45,292 --> 00:15:47,555 gravity is a fraction of Earth normal. 288 00:15:47,598 --> 00:15:50,558 Don't want anyone flying off into space. 289 00:15:54,518 --> 00:15:56,912 Energize, Mr. Kyle. 290 00:16:21,806 --> 00:16:24,766 -You good? 291 00:16:24,809 --> 00:16:26,986 Yeah. 292 00:16:27,029 --> 00:16:29,640 I'm... standing on the surface of a comet. 293 00:17:17,210 --> 00:17:19,168 Curious. According to my readings, 294 00:17:19,212 --> 00:17:22,737 there is breathable atmosphere inside the chamber. 295 00:17:22,780 --> 00:17:24,347 We should make sure it's secure. 296 00:17:24,391 --> 00:17:26,088 Lieutenant Spock, you scan the room. 297 00:17:26,132 --> 00:17:27,916 I'll do a perimeter sweep. 298 00:17:35,358 --> 00:17:36,881 These markings. 299 00:17:36,925 --> 00:17:40,059 What do you think, decorative or linguistic? 300 00:17:41,886 --> 00:17:43,540 You're asking me? 301 00:17:43,584 --> 00:17:45,803 Don't study linguistics if you don't want people 302 00:17:45,847 --> 00:17:47,196 to ask you questions about it. 303 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:49,285 Okay. 304 00:17:49,329 --> 00:17:51,679 Fine. 305 00:17:51,722 --> 00:17:53,376 It's just, uh... 306 00:17:53,420 --> 00:17:57,032 You're a cadet, it's your first away mission, I get it. 307 00:17:57,076 --> 00:17:59,600 But you're here for a reason. 308 00:18:10,654 --> 00:18:12,917 These markings, 309 00:18:12,961 --> 00:18:14,919 they repeat in a sequence. 310 00:18:14,963 --> 00:18:17,879 A sequence, huh? Maybe a code? 311 00:18:17,922 --> 00:18:20,360 I don't know. 312 00:18:20,403 --> 00:18:21,796 Just... 313 00:18:21,839 --> 00:18:25,626 Everything seems to point to this egg. 314 00:18:25,669 --> 00:18:29,412 It's important, just-- I don't know how. 315 00:18:29,456 --> 00:18:32,459 Do you think these markings indicate some kind of control? 316 00:18:34,287 --> 00:18:36,158 If they do, 317 00:18:36,202 --> 00:18:38,073 then perhaps this is how we can affect the comet's shields. 318 00:18:38,117 --> 00:18:39,161 LA' Perimeter's clear. 319 00:18:39,205 --> 00:18:41,468 No one here but us. 320 00:18:48,562 --> 00:18:50,433 Uh, Lieutenant, I don't think that's a... 321 00:18:52,653 --> 00:18:54,872 ...a good idea. 322 00:18:54,916 --> 00:18:56,961 Yahtzee. 323 00:18:57,005 --> 00:18:59,007 Huh? 324 00:18:59,050 --> 00:19:00,748 It's an old Earth game. 325 00:19:00,791 --> 00:19:03,272 I am familiar with Yahtzee, Lieutenant, 326 00:19:03,316 --> 00:19:05,579 but I am reading a dangerous buildup of energy. 327 00:19:05,622 --> 00:19:07,624 Please step away from the egg. 328 00:19:09,496 --> 00:19:11,672 Turn him over. Get his helmet off. 329 00:19:20,376 --> 00:19:23,162 His heart has stopped. We need to get him to the ship. 330 00:19:24,206 --> 00:19:25,729 LA'AN Ent... prise. 331 00:19:25,773 --> 00:19:28,036 We ne... ergency beam out. 332 00:19:28,079 --> 00:19:30,908 La'An, your signal's spotty. We can't quite hear you. 333 00:19:30,952 --> 00:19:33,955 Lieutenant Kirk has been injured. Beam us out. 334 00:19:35,261 --> 00:19:36,914 Having trouble getting a lock. 335 00:19:43,965 --> 00:19:45,314 Clear. 336 00:19:51,277 --> 00:19:52,539 Energizing. 337 00:19:55,194 --> 00:19:56,891 Captain, the force field. 338 00:19:56,934 --> 00:19:58,980 It's back up. 339 00:20:01,809 --> 00:20:03,550 Signal's being blocked. 340 00:20:03,593 --> 00:20:06,161 I can't get them back. 341 00:20:06,205 --> 00:20:07,554 Clear. 342 00:20:15,605 --> 00:20:17,390 He's stable, for now. 343 00:20:17,433 --> 00:20:19,653 All frequencies are down. 344 00:20:19,696 --> 00:20:21,785 We're cut off from the ship. 345 00:20:24,527 --> 00:20:25,876 We're on our own. 346 00:20:38,019 --> 00:20:41,152 He sustained massive trauma from electrical shock. 347 00:20:41,196 --> 00:20:42,632 I've sedated him. 348 00:20:42,676 --> 00:20:45,069 Uh, maybe we don't touch anything else. 349 00:20:48,290 --> 00:20:49,900 Just a suggestion. 350 00:20:49,944 --> 00:20:52,512 He will not survive without prompt medical attention. 351 00:20:54,165 --> 00:20:56,516 Seems that force field is back. 352 00:20:56,559 --> 00:20:58,866 It appears the comet wishes to keep us here. 353 00:20:58,909 --> 00:21:01,172 What kind of comet knows someone's walking on it? 354 00:21:01,216 --> 00:21:02,652 A salient question, Cadet. 355 00:21:02,696 --> 00:21:04,306 One that I am afraid you may have to answer 356 00:21:04,350 --> 00:21:06,047 in order for us to escape. 357 00:21:06,090 --> 00:21:08,919 Sir, I'm reminding you this is my first away mission. 358 00:21:08,963 --> 00:21:10,181 That may be, 359 00:21:10,225 --> 00:21:11,705 but the key to our escape 360 00:21:11,748 --> 00:21:13,402 may well be in these markings all around us, 361 00:21:13,446 --> 00:21:15,578 and you are the only linguistics expert here. 362 00:21:56,097 --> 00:21:58,926 Right now, I need ideas. 363 00:21:58,969 --> 00:22:00,144 We've got a planet full of people 364 00:22:00,188 --> 00:22:01,711 who will die without our help, 365 00:22:01,755 --> 00:22:04,018 and our crew members are trapped on that comet. 366 00:22:04,061 --> 00:22:06,325 We need to get through that force field. How? 367 00:22:08,022 --> 00:22:09,763 Phaser harmonics? 368 00:22:11,634 --> 00:22:13,723 A phaser at a higher frequency could cause resonance. 369 00:22:13,767 --> 00:22:16,030 The right frequency could shatter it. 370 00:22:18,989 --> 00:22:21,601 I like this plan. This is a good plan. Ortegas, bring us around. 371 00:22:35,310 --> 00:22:37,225 How are we doing, Cadet? 372 00:22:37,268 --> 00:22:39,183 At the moment, 373 00:22:39,227 --> 00:22:41,795 pretending not to be in way over my head. 374 00:22:43,623 --> 00:22:45,581 Too honest? 375 00:22:45,625 --> 00:22:48,758 I am a Vulcan. We are "too honest" by nature. 376 00:22:48,802 --> 00:22:52,066 Your girlfriend must love that, huh? 377 00:22:53,459 --> 00:22:54,895 Nurse Chapel. 378 00:22:54,938 --> 00:22:57,071 Nurse Chapel is not my girlfriend. 379 00:22:57,114 --> 00:22:59,116 I know, 380 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,249 but she was flirting with you. 381 00:23:04,470 --> 00:23:07,211 It was a joke. You know, to... 382 00:23:07,255 --> 00:23:10,171 break the tension. 383 00:23:10,214 --> 00:23:13,348 Do you not think this is an inappropriate time for jokes? 384 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:16,525 It's like the captain said. 385 00:23:16,569 --> 00:23:19,833 "Sometimes things go so badly 386 00:23:19,876 --> 00:23:22,531 you just have to laugh." 387 00:23:24,054 --> 00:23:26,013 I find the best way to diffuse tension 388 00:23:26,056 --> 00:23:28,102 is to apply rigorous logic. 389 00:23:29,495 --> 00:23:31,061 Okay. 390 00:23:31,105 --> 00:23:33,150 That's always an option, too. 391 00:23:49,515 --> 00:23:50,907 Phasers locked and ready, Captain. 392 00:23:50,951 --> 00:23:52,692 On your command, Number One. 393 00:23:55,782 --> 00:23:58,219 -Incoming weapons fire. -Damage report? 394 00:23:58,262 --> 00:24:01,875 Minimal damage to port nacelle. Shields holding at 70%. 395 00:24:01,918 --> 00:24:03,790 Who hit us? 396 00:24:06,706 --> 00:24:08,882 Uh, they did. 397 00:24:22,722 --> 00:24:24,550 Hail them. On screen. 398 00:24:28,989 --> 00:24:31,861 This is Captain Christopher Pike of the Federation 399 00:24:31,905 --> 00:24:33,515 starship Enterprise. 400 00:24:33,559 --> 00:24:34,951 Who are you and why are you attacking our vessel? 401 00:24:34,995 --> 00:24:37,040 We are the Shepherds. 402 00:24:38,259 --> 00:24:39,478 Really? 403 00:24:39,521 --> 00:24:40,479 That's how the universal translator 404 00:24:40,522 --> 00:24:41,610 is processing it. 405 00:24:43,307 --> 00:24:46,136 We escortM'hanit. 406 00:24:46,180 --> 00:24:48,138 The comet? 407 00:24:48,182 --> 00:24:50,967 M'hanit is far more than a comet. 408 00:24:51,011 --> 00:24:55,450 M'hanit is one of the ancient arbiters of life. 409 00:24:55,494 --> 00:24:57,321 Okay. 410 00:24:57,365 --> 00:24:58,975 If you tamper with it again, 411 00:24:59,019 --> 00:25:02,718 we will not hesitate to destroy you. 412 00:25:12,772 --> 00:25:14,208 Scan the ship. 413 00:25:14,251 --> 00:25:15,514 What kind of weapons are we dealing with? 414 00:25:17,994 --> 00:25:20,693 Our intentions were not hostile. 415 00:25:20,736 --> 00:25:24,087 M'hanitis on a collision course with an inhabited planet. 416 00:25:24,131 --> 00:25:26,481 We were simply trying to divert its trajectory. 417 00:25:26,525 --> 00:25:28,135 Absurd. 418 00:25:28,178 --> 00:25:30,093 Would you adjust the height of the waves 419 00:25:30,137 --> 00:25:32,226 or the position of the stars? 420 00:25:32,269 --> 00:25:35,838 M'hanit's course is preordained. 421 00:25:35,882 --> 00:25:38,058 There are millions of people on that planet. 422 00:25:38,101 --> 00:25:40,713 The impact will kill them all and likely blow your comet-- 423 00:25:40,756 --> 00:25:42,715 Uh... 424 00:25:42,758 --> 00:25:46,632 Blow your M'hanit into just as many pieces. 425 00:25:46,675 --> 00:25:49,983 Are you a reasonable man, Captain? 426 00:25:50,026 --> 00:25:51,898 I-I'd like to think so, yes. 427 00:25:51,941 --> 00:25:54,248 Then please entertain the proposition 428 00:25:54,291 --> 00:25:56,119 thatM'hanit is not, 429 00:25:56,163 --> 00:25:58,252 as you continue to call him, 430 00:25:58,295 --> 00:25:59,993 a comet. 431 00:26:00,036 --> 00:26:02,604 It is an instrument, 432 00:26:02,648 --> 00:26:04,606 an ancient arbiter, 433 00:26:04,650 --> 00:26:07,609 one of the few remaining in the galaxy. 434 00:26:07,653 --> 00:26:11,178 If it is his will to move, he will move. 435 00:26:11,221 --> 00:26:13,397 If it is his will to bring life, 436 00:26:13,441 --> 00:26:15,486 he will bring life. 437 00:26:15,530 --> 00:26:17,227 IfM'hanit wills 438 00:26:17,271 --> 00:26:20,622 the planet to die, even chooses to die with it, 439 00:26:20,666 --> 00:26:23,451 then that is what will happen. 440 00:26:23,494 --> 00:26:26,367 As I said, it is preordained. 441 00:26:26,410 --> 00:26:28,674 Blowing up a planet full of people is not preordained... 442 00:26:28,717 --> 00:26:31,764 You said you were a reasonable man, Captain. 443 00:26:31,807 --> 00:26:34,767 So how can you know? Since before 444 00:26:34,810 --> 00:26:37,683 our distant ancestors touched the sky and the stars beyond, 445 00:26:37,726 --> 00:26:39,946 my people have been charged 446 00:26:39,989 --> 00:26:42,165 with the protection of the arbiters. 447 00:26:42,209 --> 00:26:45,647 None of us even remember when the charge first came to us, 448 00:26:45,691 --> 00:26:47,649 but we accepted the mantle 449 00:26:47,693 --> 00:26:49,782 with honor. 450 00:26:49,825 --> 00:26:51,653 For centuries, 451 00:26:51,697 --> 00:26:54,569 we have protected the arbiters as they follow courses 452 00:26:54,613 --> 00:26:56,615 set long before our suns 453 00:26:56,658 --> 00:26:58,660 first burned in the sky, 454 00:26:58,704 --> 00:27:01,315 bringing life across the galaxy. 455 00:27:01,358 --> 00:27:04,927 It is not our prerogative to interfere, Captain, 456 00:27:04,971 --> 00:27:06,668 nor is it yours. 457 00:27:06,712 --> 00:27:08,148 Please, excuse me. 458 00:27:08,191 --> 00:27:09,932 Pause communications. 459 00:27:09,976 --> 00:27:11,760 Shepherds? 460 00:27:11,804 --> 00:27:13,719 Zealots is more like it. What did you find? 461 00:27:13,762 --> 00:27:15,372 Their systems are incredibly advanced, 462 00:27:15,416 --> 00:27:16,896 their ships faster than ours, 463 00:27:16,939 --> 00:27:18,637 and their weapon systems... 464 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:20,377 Let's just say we don't want to piss them off. 465 00:27:22,031 --> 00:27:23,816 How exactly are we supposed to move the comet 466 00:27:23,859 --> 00:27:25,339 without doing that? 467 00:27:25,382 --> 00:27:26,732 We have to buy time for the landing party 468 00:27:26,775 --> 00:27:28,559 to get the force field down. 469 00:27:28,603 --> 00:27:29,604 And hope these Shepherds don't find out 470 00:27:29,648 --> 00:27:31,214 that they're down there. 471 00:27:31,258 --> 00:27:33,564 I'm guessing they'd be kind of touchy about that. 472 00:27:33,608 --> 00:27:35,262 Ensign, resume communications. 473 00:27:37,699 --> 00:27:40,615 You have your sacred duty. We have ours. 474 00:27:40,659 --> 00:27:43,531 The Federation doesn't interfere in the development of species, 475 00:27:43,574 --> 00:27:45,533 but we also don't just let them die. 476 00:27:45,576 --> 00:27:48,710 We don't mean to disrespect M'hanit. 477 00:27:48,754 --> 00:27:51,147 We'd do the same for you if you were in danger. 478 00:27:51,191 --> 00:27:54,890 You say you don't interfere, that you mean no disrespect, 479 00:27:54,934 --> 00:27:58,546 but your crew has desecrated the temple on his surface. 480 00:27:58,589 --> 00:28:01,027 Guess they know about the landing party. 481 00:28:03,116 --> 00:28:05,684 -We were simply trying to ascer... -Their presence 482 00:28:05,727 --> 00:28:07,250 is blasphemy. 483 00:28:07,294 --> 00:28:09,992 M'hanit will be their tomb. 484 00:28:10,036 --> 00:28:12,821 Any further action to rescue them 485 00:28:12,865 --> 00:28:15,345 will be considered an act of war. 486 00:28:16,912 --> 00:28:19,175 Find a way to get through to the landing party right now. 487 00:28:19,219 --> 00:28:20,786 Break the laws of physics if you have to. 488 00:28:33,929 --> 00:28:35,931 How is he? 489 00:28:35,975 --> 00:28:39,065 Stable, and holding. 490 00:28:39,108 --> 00:28:40,936 What about you, Cadet? 491 00:28:40,980 --> 00:28:44,070 You gonna get us out of here, or get us killed? 492 00:28:45,985 --> 00:28:49,075 Right now, I'd say it's pretty much a toss-up. 493 00:28:56,996 --> 00:29:00,303 Your humming suggests you may be experiencing distress. 494 00:29:00,347 --> 00:29:01,870 May I remind you that circumstances 495 00:29:01,914 --> 00:29:03,959 are less dire than they were. 496 00:29:04,003 --> 00:29:06,919 Mr. Kirk identified one error you can avoid. 497 00:29:06,962 --> 00:29:10,444 By eliminating that option, he has improved your odds. 498 00:29:12,489 --> 00:29:15,492 Was that actually your version of a pep talk? 499 00:29:15,536 --> 00:29:18,365 Yes. I've been working on them. 500 00:29:18,408 --> 00:29:20,889 How was it, would you say? 501 00:29:20,933 --> 00:29:24,980 Maybe don't take your foot off the gas on that one. 502 00:29:25,024 --> 00:29:26,895 Well, you are achieving your stated objective 503 00:29:26,939 --> 00:29:28,810 of studying alien languages. 504 00:29:28,854 --> 00:29:31,073 Like you said, I'm not even supposed to be here. 505 00:29:31,117 --> 00:29:32,727 That's not precisely... 506 00:29:32,771 --> 00:29:34,250 You all should be relying on someone who's prepared. 507 00:29:34,294 --> 00:29:36,470 Someone actually Starfleet, 508 00:29:36,513 --> 00:29:39,255 not someone who's gonna get us all fried to a crisp. 509 00:29:43,869 --> 00:29:46,349 As this is your first away mission, 510 00:29:46,393 --> 00:29:48,221 may I assume it is also the first time 511 00:29:48,264 --> 00:29:49,439 your life has been in danger? 512 00:29:49,483 --> 00:29:51,833 Yes. 513 00:29:51,877 --> 00:29:53,356 Kind of. 514 00:29:55,097 --> 00:29:57,752 No, just yes. 515 00:29:57,796 --> 00:29:59,536 Confrontations with our mortality 516 00:29:59,580 --> 00:30:03,323 often cause us to see ourselves as if from the outside. 517 00:30:03,366 --> 00:30:06,369 Such a perspective can be a unique opportunity. 518 00:30:08,719 --> 00:30:10,765 You did not intend on being here, 519 00:30:10,809 --> 00:30:12,375 but you are here. 520 00:30:12,419 --> 00:30:14,421 Hypotheticals are irrelevant. 521 00:30:14,464 --> 00:30:16,510 Today, you are, quite simply, 522 00:30:16,553 --> 00:30:18,729 the only person for the job. 523 00:30:18,773 --> 00:30:21,210 Will you rise to see it through? 524 00:30:24,083 --> 00:30:26,781 That one was better. 525 00:30:26,825 --> 00:30:28,261 Your pep talk, I mean. 526 00:30:44,233 --> 00:30:45,278 Cadet. 527 00:30:47,323 --> 00:30:49,760 The cave seems to be reacting to your voice. 528 00:31:08,692 --> 00:31:10,607 Music. 529 00:31:10,651 --> 00:31:13,306 It responds to music. 530 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:20,835 Anything? 531 00:31:20,879 --> 00:31:22,706 Nothing from the landing party, 532 00:31:22,750 --> 00:31:24,578 but I found a possible signal coming from the comet itself. 533 00:31:24,621 --> 00:31:26,580 What kind of signal? 534 00:31:36,807 --> 00:31:39,158 Computer, identify this song. 535 00:31:39,201 --> 00:31:41,943 "Vamuvamba," a traditional song from Earth, 536 00:31:41,987 --> 00:31:44,032 originating in Kenya. 537 00:31:45,642 --> 00:31:47,906 That cannot be a coincidence. 538 00:32:04,487 --> 00:32:06,968 Different pitches elicit different responses. 539 00:32:07,012 --> 00:32:09,492 What's the light show? Is it good? 540 00:32:09,536 --> 00:32:12,582 The comet's systems seem to be controlled by music. 541 00:32:12,626 --> 00:32:15,803 Lieutenant Kirk thought these symbols were a code. 542 00:32:15,846 --> 00:32:18,023 Music is just sound waves, 543 00:32:18,066 --> 00:32:20,242 which can be represented by numbers. 544 00:32:20,286 --> 00:32:22,288 What if the code is harmonics? 545 00:32:22,331 --> 00:32:25,944 Someone help me out here. I skipped music class. 546 00:32:25,987 --> 00:32:28,250 Harmonics are just the ratios between frequencies. 547 00:32:28,294 --> 00:32:30,818 Every note vibrates at a specific frequency. 548 00:32:30,861 --> 00:32:32,254 Double that frequency, 549 00:32:32,298 --> 00:32:33,995 and you get the same pitch an octave higher. 550 00:32:35,605 --> 00:32:38,695 That's the two in our code. 551 00:32:38,739 --> 00:32:41,002 Triple the frequency, and you get a perfect fifth. 552 00:32:41,046 --> 00:32:43,439 Five times the frequency is a major third. 553 00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:47,966 The code is a major chord. 554 00:32:48,009 --> 00:32:51,012 Why would an alien species write music the way we do? 555 00:32:51,056 --> 00:32:53,841 Musical notes are easily derived from math. 556 00:32:53,884 --> 00:32:55,799 Vulcans theorize it is their fundamental nature 557 00:32:55,843 --> 00:32:57,062 which makes them pleasing to the ear. 558 00:32:59,064 --> 00:33:02,241 Someone match my pitch. 559 00:33:04,678 --> 00:33:08,073 Oh... no help here. I'll break the thing. 560 00:33:25,612 --> 00:33:29,050 Okay, try and follow my lead. 561 00:34:26,412 --> 00:34:28,718 We're definitely getting closer to resolving the whole genius 562 00:34:28,762 --> 00:34:30,459 or "about to get us killed" conundrum. 563 00:34:30,503 --> 00:34:33,375 So the right time for genius. 564 00:34:52,699 --> 00:34:54,831 If we are correct and the comet communicates 565 00:34:54,875 --> 00:34:56,833 through music, it would be logical to assume 566 00:34:56,877 --> 00:34:58,705 that it is speaking to us right now. 567 00:34:58,748 --> 00:35:00,533 Okay. 568 00:35:00,576 --> 00:35:04,058 So, how do we convince it to lower the force field? 569 00:35:13,154 --> 00:35:15,765 Hold on. Let me try something. 570 00:35:34,436 --> 00:35:36,830 The comet's force field just disappeared. 571 00:35:36,873 --> 00:35:40,138 Bridge to Transporter Room, energize. 572 00:35:40,181 --> 00:35:41,617 We've got them. 573 00:35:47,710 --> 00:35:49,016 Shields up. Red alert. 574 00:35:51,627 --> 00:35:53,499 Captain, 575 00:35:53,542 --> 00:35:55,196 Shepherds are hailing us. 576 00:35:57,242 --> 00:35:59,026 Open a channel. On screen. 577 00:35:59,069 --> 00:36:02,812 You continue to interfere. 578 00:36:02,856 --> 00:36:04,771 Well, technically... 579 00:36:04,814 --> 00:36:06,729 -You were warned. -Look, let's talk about this. 580 00:36:06,773 --> 00:36:08,557 Find some common ground. 581 00:36:11,691 --> 00:36:13,432 I think that went well. 582 00:36:15,216 --> 00:36:17,044 They're launching torpedoes, Captain. 583 00:36:17,087 --> 00:36:19,525 -I'm reading three inbound. -We definitely pissed them off. 584 00:36:23,485 --> 00:36:24,834 Brace for impact. 585 00:36:33,974 --> 00:36:35,628 Shields at 50%. 586 00:36:35,671 --> 00:36:37,891 -Ortegas, evasive maneuvers. -On it. 587 00:36:49,598 --> 00:36:51,513 -They are pursuing. -Return fire? 588 00:36:51,557 --> 00:36:52,688 Negative. Escape pattern April-Omega 3. 589 00:36:52,732 --> 00:36:55,256 Captain, recommend we withdraw. 590 00:36:55,300 --> 00:36:56,518 -We're already on the run. -LA'We need 591 00:36:56,562 --> 00:36:57,650 to warp out and regroup. 592 00:36:57,693 --> 00:36:59,652 Facing off with them is suicide. 593 00:36:59,695 --> 00:37:01,219 -We're outgunned here. -She's right. 594 00:37:01,262 --> 00:37:03,221 Their ship is too advanced for us to take on. 595 00:37:03,264 --> 00:37:05,701 -Shields at 40%. -Sir, 596 00:37:05,745 --> 00:37:07,529 when we were on the surface, I believe the comet 597 00:37:07,573 --> 00:37:09,270 -was trying to communicate with us. -Right. 598 00:37:09,314 --> 00:37:11,707 The music you recorded. Any idea what it was trying to say? 599 00:37:11,751 --> 00:37:14,057 I haven't been able to translate it yet. It might take days. 600 00:37:14,101 --> 00:37:15,450 We have less than one hour before the comet 601 00:37:15,494 --> 00:37:17,060 will impact Persephone III. 602 00:37:17,104 --> 00:37:19,411 You do a lot of reminding people of deadlines, sir. 603 00:37:19,454 --> 00:37:22,196 -She does have a point, Spock. 604 00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:25,155 Captain, unless we want them to blow us out of the sky... 605 00:37:25,199 --> 00:37:26,853 Give me phasers. Target their weapons 606 00:37:26,896 --> 00:37:28,681 and propulsion systems. We don't want to hurt them. 607 00:37:28,724 --> 00:37:32,119 -Wish they felt the same. 608 00:37:32,162 --> 00:37:34,817 -Shields at 25%. Phasers locked. -Ortegas, 609 00:37:34,861 --> 00:37:37,080 bring us around to bearing 150 mark nine. 610 00:37:37,124 --> 00:37:38,604 Aye, sir. 611 00:37:38,647 --> 00:37:40,170 And... 612 00:37:40,214 --> 00:37:41,607 fire. 613 00:37:45,959 --> 00:37:47,221 Direct hit. 614 00:37:47,265 --> 00:37:48,701 They're pulling away to regroup. 615 00:37:48,744 --> 00:37:50,659 I'd say we have less than a minute. 616 00:37:50,703 --> 00:37:52,444 We have to save that planet. 617 00:37:52,487 --> 00:37:54,881 We brought down the force field, so how do we move the comet? 618 00:37:54,924 --> 00:37:56,099 Let's face it, the crazy space monks 619 00:37:56,143 --> 00:37:57,492 will blow us out of the sky 620 00:37:57,536 --> 00:37:59,494 if we try anything to move that comet. 621 00:38:01,496 --> 00:38:03,106 What if we didn't? 622 00:38:04,804 --> 00:38:07,285 What if the comet moved itself? 623 00:38:14,857 --> 00:38:16,903 Everyone ready? 624 00:38:17,904 --> 00:38:20,080 We only get one shot at this. 625 00:38:22,212 --> 00:38:23,649 Maximum impulse. 626 00:38:24,650 --> 00:38:26,304 They're gaining on us. 627 00:38:26,347 --> 00:38:28,088 When they get close enough, they'll take a kill shot. 628 00:38:28,131 --> 00:38:29,742 Ortegas, 629 00:38:29,785 --> 00:38:31,309 you know how you used to brag you were going to be 630 00:38:31,352 --> 00:38:32,875 the best pilot ever to graduate the Academy? 631 00:38:34,877 --> 00:38:36,531 Word gets around. 632 00:38:37,532 --> 00:38:39,404 What's your point, sir? 633 00:38:39,447 --> 00:38:40,883 Time to prove it, Lieutenant. 634 00:38:40,927 --> 00:38:42,798 Get us in front of that comet. 635 00:38:43,799 --> 00:38:47,803 Initiating evasive pattern Ortegas-gamma-one. 636 00:38:47,847 --> 00:38:49,631 Evasive pattern Ortegas...? 637 00:39:12,437 --> 00:39:13,873 Shepherds are in pursuit. 638 00:39:40,334 --> 00:39:42,989 They've stopped firing. 639 00:39:43,032 --> 00:39:44,382 They don't want to hit the comet. 640 00:39:46,296 --> 00:39:49,430 I think they're hailing us. 641 00:39:49,474 --> 00:39:51,389 Yeah, they are. Captain? 642 00:39:51,432 --> 00:39:52,781 Not yet. 643 00:40:15,674 --> 00:40:17,371 Ortegas, time to come about. 644 00:40:17,415 --> 00:40:20,592 Rerouting to bearing 180 mark five. 645 00:40:20,635 --> 00:40:21,854 Reverse thrusters, full stop. 646 00:40:21,897 --> 00:40:24,509 Reversing thrusters. And... 647 00:40:25,510 --> 00:40:27,250 Stopped. 648 00:40:27,294 --> 00:40:29,383 Ops, shut down all systems except for life support. 649 00:40:33,256 --> 00:40:36,346 All right, Ensign Christina. I'm ready for the Shepherds now. 650 00:40:36,390 --> 00:40:38,087 On screen, please. 651 00:40:44,659 --> 00:40:46,618 We surrender. The damage we've sustained 652 00:40:46,661 --> 00:40:48,489 has caused complete systems failure. 653 00:40:48,533 --> 00:40:51,710 And what if we choose not to accept your surrender? 654 00:40:51,753 --> 00:40:54,495 Well, if you don't help us, 655 00:40:54,539 --> 00:40:57,237 we'll collide with the comet, which will destroy our ship. 656 00:40:57,280 --> 00:41:00,240 And the trilithium resin in our warp core will ignite, 657 00:41:00,283 --> 00:41:02,068 destroying the comet. 658 00:41:02,111 --> 00:41:05,158 Which will also happen if you try to blow us up. 659 00:41:07,856 --> 00:41:10,511 Please, help us. 660 00:41:10,555 --> 00:41:12,252 I give you my word, 661 00:41:12,295 --> 00:41:15,603 we will not touch M'hanitagain. 662 00:41:21,435 --> 00:41:23,959 You're taking a big gamble. 663 00:41:24,003 --> 00:41:26,266 I recognize that, Number One. 664 00:41:32,620 --> 00:41:35,014 The Shepherd ship is activating a tractor beam. 665 00:41:37,016 --> 00:41:40,062 Mr. Spock? You're up. 666 00:41:43,501 --> 00:41:45,154 Acknowledged, Captain. 667 00:42:12,399 --> 00:42:14,270 Approaching the nucleus of the comet. 668 00:42:14,314 --> 00:42:17,752 And diverting power through the shuttle's shields. 669 00:42:21,190 --> 00:42:24,803 Shields radiating heat at maximum intensity. 670 00:42:28,197 --> 00:42:31,244 The surface appears to be responding. 671 00:42:46,564 --> 00:42:48,391 Maintaining position. 672 00:42:48,435 --> 00:42:50,393 Preparing to engage heat shields. 673 00:43:40,139 --> 00:43:42,141 It's moving. 674 00:43:43,098 --> 00:43:45,405 The sublimation is nudging the comet off course. 675 00:43:45,448 --> 00:43:48,626 And for the record, we're not actually touching it. 676 00:43:53,413 --> 00:43:55,633 But where's Lieutenant Spock? 677 00:44:01,421 --> 00:44:04,206 Spock? Is everything okay? 678 00:44:04,250 --> 00:44:06,469 Fine, Captain. Sometimes things 679 00:44:06,513 --> 00:44:09,124 go so badly, you just have to laugh. 680 00:44:35,498 --> 00:44:37,196 Fascinating. 681 00:44:37,239 --> 00:44:39,589 A large quantity of water vapor from the comet 682 00:44:39,633 --> 00:44:40,721 is entering the planet's atmosphere. 683 00:44:41,766 --> 00:44:43,550 If I am not mistaken, 684 00:44:43,593 --> 00:44:45,813 this will permanently change the atmospheric composition 685 00:44:45,857 --> 00:44:49,382 -of Persephone III. -Change it how? 686 00:44:49,425 --> 00:44:51,732 Reducing the planet's aridity will make it more amenable 687 00:44:51,776 --> 00:44:54,039 to plant growth, agriculture 688 00:44:54,082 --> 00:44:57,477 and, one might surmise, societal development. 689 00:44:57,520 --> 00:44:59,784 So... 690 00:44:59,827 --> 00:45:02,961 did it actually "bring life"? 691 00:45:03,918 --> 00:45:06,529 Don't tell me the space monks were actually right. 692 00:45:10,403 --> 00:45:11,970 Captain, 693 00:45:12,013 --> 00:45:13,580 Shepherds are hailing us. 694 00:45:13,623 --> 00:45:16,496 Open a channel. On screen, please, Ensign. 695 00:45:16,539 --> 00:45:19,804 You have seen the glory and the mercy 696 00:45:19,847 --> 00:45:22,154 that isM'hanit. 697 00:45:22,197 --> 00:45:25,635 You're right. We witnessed a miracle. 698 00:45:25,679 --> 00:45:29,074 Perhaps in the future, you will not be so quick 699 00:45:29,117 --> 00:45:31,859 to judge the faith of others. 700 00:45:33,861 --> 00:45:35,471 And so 701 00:45:35,515 --> 00:45:38,648 -we shall not part as enemies. -Thank you. 702 00:46:19,559 --> 00:46:22,562 Captain's log, supplemental. 703 00:46:22,605 --> 00:46:25,783 I am left to wonder 704 00:46:25,826 --> 00:46:28,481 who made the comet? 705 00:46:29,482 --> 00:46:32,093 How many more like it are out there? 706 00:46:35,836 --> 00:46:37,925 Was it coincidence that fostered the chance 707 00:46:37,969 --> 00:46:39,884 for more life on Persephone III? 708 00:46:41,886 --> 00:46:43,757 Or something more? 709 00:46:46,542 --> 00:46:49,197 Look, we already knew how to turn musical notes 710 00:46:49,241 --> 00:46:50,677 -into numbers, right? 711 00:46:50,720 --> 00:46:52,722 But the computer helped me turn those numbers 712 00:46:52,766 --> 00:46:54,899 into numerical coordinates. 713 00:46:54,942 --> 00:46:57,162 You're saying the numbers painted a picture? 714 00:46:57,205 --> 00:46:59,686 Yes. But not just any picture. 715 00:46:59,729 --> 00:47:01,819 The music contained this image. 716 00:47:02,907 --> 00:47:05,561 This is a star chart showing the comet's course, 717 00:47:05,605 --> 00:47:08,956 a course that includes it moving past Persephone III. 718 00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:11,045 You are suggesting the comet was telling us 719 00:47:11,089 --> 00:47:14,179 -it did not intend to hit Persephone III? -Yes. 720 00:47:14,222 --> 00:47:15,876 It meant no harm. 721 00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:18,357 That was the message. 722 00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:19,749 But if I had not interfered, 723 00:47:19,793 --> 00:47:21,447 it would have destroyed the planet. 724 00:47:21,490 --> 00:47:25,320 Okay, here's where things get weirder. 725 00:47:25,364 --> 00:47:29,063 When we zoom in on the image, we find this shape. 726 00:47:30,064 --> 00:47:32,197 And this is an image of the chunk of ice 727 00:47:32,240 --> 00:47:33,981 that broke off from the comet as Lieutenant Spock 728 00:47:34,025 --> 00:47:35,809 flew his mission. 729 00:47:36,766 --> 00:47:38,551 -They're identical. -You're saying 730 00:47:38,594 --> 00:47:40,161 the comet sent this message 731 00:47:40,205 --> 00:47:43,382 before Spock was able to correct the comet's course? 732 00:47:43,425 --> 00:47:45,036 We recorded it hours earlier. 733 00:47:45,079 --> 00:47:46,689 It is highly improbable 734 00:47:46,733 --> 00:47:48,169 the comet could have randomly guessed 735 00:47:48,213 --> 00:47:49,867 the shape the ice that fell off would take 736 00:47:49,910 --> 00:47:51,346 with such accuracy. 737 00:47:51,390 --> 00:47:53,783 Unless your flight was foretold. 738 00:47:53,827 --> 00:47:56,830 You're suggesting the comet had foreknowledge 739 00:47:56,874 --> 00:47:58,701 of future events? 740 00:47:58,745 --> 00:48:02,009 The comet's flight path and its, I don't know, mission 741 00:48:02,053 --> 00:48:04,446 to seed that planet was predicated 742 00:48:04,490 --> 00:48:06,709 on you flying that shuttle to move it. 743 00:48:06,753 --> 00:48:10,191 It knew its fate, you might say. 744 00:48:12,193 --> 00:48:15,153 Thank you for your report, Cadet. 745 00:48:20,158 --> 00:48:22,203 Cadet Uhura. 746 00:48:24,162 --> 00:48:27,730 As I said, many dream of being worthy of Starfleet, 747 00:48:27,774 --> 00:48:29,558 of representing its values 748 00:48:29,602 --> 00:48:32,518 of selflessness, courage, sacrifice. 749 00:48:32,561 --> 00:48:35,825 -I know it shouldn't have been me down there... -I have not finished, Cadet. 750 00:48:39,351 --> 00:48:41,309 The odds of us surviving were, 751 00:48:41,353 --> 00:48:43,094 in fact, quite low. 752 00:48:43,137 --> 00:48:46,053 No pep talk could have increased them. 753 00:48:46,097 --> 00:48:48,186 I understand you did not come to Starfleet 754 00:48:48,229 --> 00:48:49,622 the way many of us have. 755 00:48:49,665 --> 00:48:52,016 That you are not sure you wish to stay. 756 00:48:52,059 --> 00:48:54,496 But, having observed your actions on the comet, 757 00:48:54,540 --> 00:48:57,064 I am certain, should you choose to, 758 00:48:57,108 --> 00:48:59,066 Starfleet would be fortunate 759 00:48:59,110 --> 00:49:00,720 to have an officer like you. 760 00:49:00,763 --> 00:49:02,940 Thank you, sir. 761 00:49:19,434 --> 00:49:22,437 A little piece of ice and dust roaming through space 762 00:49:22,481 --> 00:49:24,091 brings life. 763 00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:29,575 I bet you not one of us could have predicted how. 764 00:49:31,185 --> 00:49:33,709 I'll give you that. 765 00:49:33,753 --> 00:49:37,713 So, just because you receive a message from the future 766 00:49:37,757 --> 00:49:39,802 doesn't mean you understand it. 767 00:49:39,846 --> 00:49:42,805 We're not talking about the comet anymore, are we? 768 00:49:46,809 --> 00:49:48,333 Don't throw your life away, Chris. 769 00:49:49,334 --> 00:49:51,684 -Number One... -I know you had 770 00:49:51,727 --> 00:49:54,687 -a vision of the future, but... -I made a choice. 771 00:49:54,730 --> 00:49:57,385 I accepted my fate. It... 772 00:49:57,429 --> 00:49:59,648 It goes beyond my own life. 773 00:49:59,692 --> 00:50:01,650 What if you're wrong? 774 00:50:01,694 --> 00:50:03,130 What if you got that message 775 00:50:03,174 --> 00:50:05,350 so you could save those kids and that's it? 776 00:50:05,393 --> 00:50:08,875 What if you don't have to ruin your life, too? 777 00:50:10,094 --> 00:50:12,487 How do you know you can't make a different choice? 778 00:50:12,531 --> 00:50:15,142 One that saves all of you? 779 00:50:17,449 --> 00:50:20,060 What if your fate 780 00:50:20,104 --> 00:50:21,801 is what you make it? 781 00:50:31,724 --> 00:50:33,508 Computer, 782 00:50:33,552 --> 00:50:36,207 call up all available information 783 00:50:36,250 --> 00:50:38,774 for the following Federation citizens. 784 00:50:41,777 --> 00:50:44,041 Dusty Swender. 785 00:50:44,084 --> 00:50:46,086 T'quiel Dawn. 786 00:50:47,914 --> 00:50:50,525 Muliq Al Alcazar. 787 00:50:52,136 --> 00:50:54,616 Yuuto Hoshide. 788 00:50:56,749 --> 00:50:58,794 Andrea Lopez.