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Previously on Star
Trek Strange New Worlds...

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This is Dr. Korby.

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At first she was a fellow,
but she quickly became more.

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She was running the excavation
site on Vadia IX with me.

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Vulcans have an ancient technique of
regulating pain through meditation.

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When we joined minds,
I absorbed your pain.

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I saw something.

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It felt both a part of you and not.
Was it Gorn?

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This openness to new life
experiences suits you.

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Okay. Who's this?

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My little brother.

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Starfleet's Public Relations.

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They may commission

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a feature-length
documentary of Starfleet.

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Junior medical officer's log,
stardate 2184.4.

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Reporting from the U.S.S. Enterprise.

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Enterprise. I will never
get tired of saying that.

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The last six months stationed
here have been awesome.

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Today started out like
any other day here,

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me working in sickbay.

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But after today,

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I know my life is never
gonna be the same again.

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Oh, exciting, isn't it?

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Yeah, if you're into that sort of thing.

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Nurse Chapel and Dr.
Korby are about to make history.

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Well, this could change
the way we view mortality.

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And Korby's work on molecular
memory and corporeal transference.

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The idea that ancient man's fascination

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with resurrection and reincarnation

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could all be based on
forgotten technology? I mean...

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If you're into that sort of thing.

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I may have read some of his papers.

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Should I expect a transfer request

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from you to archaeological medicine?
Never.

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I mean, as fun as it sounds
to dig up old worlds

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and find lost medical science,
I like where I'm at.

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Well, you can make your
own mark on history

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by charging the dermal wands
at all the biobed stations

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before Captain Batel gets
here for her treatment.

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Gotcha, Sir. On it.

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You're sure the Enterprise's
deflector array

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won't overpower the magnetic anomaly?

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How many times do I have to promise you

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it's all gonna be fine?
I know. I know.

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You... you let Pike know

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how... how sacred this place
was to the people here, right?

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Do you really think that Starfleet
is just gonna waltz on in there,

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phasers blasting,
and obliterate a heritage site?

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No. But can you blame me? I mean...

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sometimes people that...
that are used to giving orders struggle

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when... when receiving them.
God, you're so right.

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I'm just gonna go and
hypospray Captain Pike

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so he doesn't give us,
like, any trouble at all.

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How much Tarazine is sublethal?

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Just always get the
numbers all mixed-up.

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You having fun?

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Maybe just a blow to the head?

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Command function's left lobe, right?

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Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

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Okay, look, maybe I'm
being a little paranoid.

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Oh, you, my dear? Never.

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Okay.

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I know how much work you've...
you've put in,

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lobbying Captain Pike to help.

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There's just no getting below

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the planet's surface without a starship.

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And I am more than grateful.

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It's just that I always...
You always...

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...get nervous before a dig.

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I know.

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I'll see you soon, Roger.

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Yes, you will.

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Hurry down.

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Don't make me wait.

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Chapel.

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Quick question.

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How's Spock doing?

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Fine?

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I haven't seen him today.

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Has he... said anything
about Roger being here?

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Um...

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I mean, I know you guys have been
spending more time, getting closer

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these last months.
Oh. No.

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No, please don't be one of those women.

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This is why I don't do this.

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Oh, me? No.

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Heck no.

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I'm good.

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Spock and I made it very
clear with each other.

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No labels, no complicated expectations.

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Just fun times.

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Please don't make it weird.

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You're good with that?

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Look, if you're really worried

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about Spock behaving around Korby,
then just ask him.

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We're all adults here, right?
Mm.

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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It's amazing. With Spock's brain,

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M'Benga's research,
and Chapel's genetic expertise,

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frankly, it's a...

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Don't say "miracle."
Okay.

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Top-notch science.

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How's my favorite patient doing?

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Great, actually.

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Thank you, Joseph.

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What you've done here,
I owe it to all of you.

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How are the dermal wands looking?

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All accounted for, sir.

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Every biobed station fully charged.

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And the remote synthesizers?

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I thought you would ask,
so, I recharged them, too.

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Good. So, you won't be late.

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Late for what?

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The mission brief.

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The landing party's meeting soon.

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The landing party?

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On Vadia IX?

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You've requested away team
assignment six times.

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You've earned it.

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Just don't embarrass me with Dr. Korby.

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I'm sorry. I'm just so excited.

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Go. They'll start without you.

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Mm!

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Whoo!

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My first official research
mission on an alien planet.

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I've been dreaming of this
since I was first accepted

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to Starfleet Academy.

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And now it's my time to shine.

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Lieutenant Spock.

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Why are we always so quiet
when we need to talk?

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Is there something to discuss?

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I am...

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glad to see you and
Lieutenant Noonien-Singh

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spending more time together.

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She is an excellent dance instructor.

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That, too.

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Um...

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Roger's... feeling nervous about the dig.

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And, um...

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you know, I know you guys are,
like, friends now...

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A relative term.

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I just want to be sure that things
are gonna go smoothly down there.

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You do not trust me.

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Not to worry, Christine.

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I have instituted certain safeguards
to ensure it will all go smoothly.

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What do you... What do you mean,
"safeguards"?

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Ah, great! Crewmates!

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I don't have to go into
the briefing alone.

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I interrupted something, didn't I?

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The M'Kroon have declined
Federation membership

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on multiple occasions,
which is why they're only allowing

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a small landing party.

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All right, Chapel,
you'll be boots on the ground.

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Give us the go-ahead once the
signal amplifiers are in place.

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Has the science team finished adjusting

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the deflector arrays? Yes.

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And I will be monitoring the
adjustments in real time,

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here aboard the Enterprise.

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Monitoring from the ship as a safeguard.

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You're not coming down to the planet.

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Chapel, this is your mission.

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Any last...thoughts or words?

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Could you do that again?

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Mr. Ortegas.

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Sorry. I just needed to
adjust for subspace static.

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It interferes with my...
Mr. Ortegas,

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Erica promised you
wouldn't be a problem.

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You'll get better footage
if you just keep it quiet.

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Sorry.

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Young man,

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if there is anything you
want to see in Engineering,

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anything at all,

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I am more than comfortable
around a camera.

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You know what, Pelia,
let's not encourage...

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Ensign Gamble,

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would you kindly read
the first paragraph

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of our mission brief?

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To commemorate the
Federation's centennial,

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documentarian Umberto Ortegas
has been given security clearance

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to record Enterprise's
current roster of missions.

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Okay, according to that,
we're stuck with each other.

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But maybe just try to keep
the cameras out of the way.

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Let's go dig up the past.

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N'Jal.

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Thank you for allowing us to
document this historic occasion.

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It is such an honor to meet you.

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I hear the M'Kroon have
a unique vocal range.

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Come.

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Let me show you.

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Hi. How are you?

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Good.

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Our magnetic anomaly?

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You were right about this place.

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There is indeed some form
of advanced technology

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hiding beneath us.

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Let's set up, see what it is.

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Okay.

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They keep you busy, huh?

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We don't all get to play with toys.

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Come here.

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Let me show you something.

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So, it's intuitive.

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AI lenses track movement
and inflections in speech

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that indicate strong emotions.

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It clocks non-verbal cues?

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It's always looking for
the subtext, the heat.

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Could be why it's
focused on us right now.

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Done here. Uhura.

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How's it going over there?

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Finished.

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Chapel to the bridge.

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The pylons are set.

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Ready when you are. Copy.

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Stand by for deflector beams.

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Captain, we're gonna need
a bigger landing party.

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Space.

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The final frontier.

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These are the voyages of
the starship Enterprise.

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Its five-year mission,
to explore strange new worlds...

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to seek out new life
and new civilizations,

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to boldly go where no
one has gone before.

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I knew you'd have to come down
and see this all for yourself.

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What'd I tell you? You owe me a drink.

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The M'Kroons vetoed our
request to send more personnel,

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so, Spock and I are
the only ones coming.

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Copy that.

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Uh, we found an access panel with
symbols in an unknown language.

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These symbols are the interface?

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Maybe. Or instructions.

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Or a warning.

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They have a remarkable similarity
to the M'Kroonian alphabet.

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So, five years ago,
hundreds of light-years from here,

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I discovered this.

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I believe it is a royal insignia.

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So, this place could be some
sort of temple or palace.

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All I know is,
I found this ring on Polaris 12.

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But there are similar
symbol sets on Praetorian.

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Where we found tablets...

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That Christine matched
with ancient texts here

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on Vadia IX.

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We think the M'Kroon

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are the direct descendants
of an advanced civilization

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that could travel across
multiple galaxies.

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Ancient astronauts? We don't know,

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but they claim to have
achieved immortality.

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A common myth.

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A fantasy many cultures share.

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But in this case,

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our research suggests that
their secret to immortality...

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Had something to do with
creating quantum instability

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at a molecular level.

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Fascinating.

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Right?
Okay,

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so, I cross-referenced the symbols

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with Praetorian and ancient M'Kroonian.

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The path to absolution,
only with blood given freely.

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"Blood given freely"?

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A ritual sacrifice.
An offering to the gods.

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Blood magic.

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00:15:05,447 --> 00:15:08,073
On M'Kroon, our
ancestors would sacrifice

262
00:15:08,158 --> 00:15:10,534
to stand before the deities of time.

263
00:15:16,124 --> 00:15:17,333
Whoa, hold on.

264
00:15:17,416 --> 00:15:20,879
Just take a moment before we
choose the dramatic option.

265
00:15:36,935 --> 00:15:38,020
Don't.

266
00:15:57,706 --> 00:15:58,708
Really?

267
00:16:00,125 --> 00:16:01,127
It worked.

268
00:16:05,799 --> 00:16:07,466
Nothing foreign detected
in your bloodstream.

269
00:16:07,549 --> 00:16:09,343
Any pain, symptoms of any kind?

270
00:16:09,427 --> 00:16:10,512
I'll live, Ensign.

271
00:16:12,429 --> 00:16:14,307
Well, Chapel, this is your party.

272
00:16:14,390 --> 00:16:16,059
I'm guessing you want to
come with me on point.

273
00:16:35,869 --> 00:16:38,455
Watch your footing and
try not to touch anything.

274
00:16:38,539 --> 00:16:41,125
Sadly, that would defeat my
entire purpose here, Lieutenant.

275
00:16:41,708 --> 00:16:43,419
Well, you know what I mean.

276
00:16:49,591 --> 00:16:51,302
Comms on the ship are down.

277
00:16:51,385 --> 00:16:53,763
Which means we'd have to
go outside to report back.

278
00:16:55,306 --> 00:16:56,515
More importantly...

279
00:16:56,598 --> 00:16:59,101
We cannot transport from
inside this chamber.

280
00:17:00,143 --> 00:17:02,312
Far from ideal. It's open here.

281
00:17:04,983 --> 00:17:06,067
Huh.

282
00:17:06,901 --> 00:17:08,944
Some kind of light barrier.

283
00:17:09,027 --> 00:17:10,822
Yeah, whatever it is, I don't like it.

284
00:17:13,323 --> 00:17:15,827
Scared of El Cucuy?

285
00:17:15,910 --> 00:17:17,911
I'm not five, and it's not my bedtime.

286
00:17:21,082 --> 00:17:23,041
Hey, what's that? An oversized...

287
00:17:24,836 --> 00:17:28,338
Bag. I was gonna say bag,
but, nope, it's a body.

288
00:17:39,933 --> 00:17:42,520
Well, they're not immortal.

289
00:17:42,604 --> 00:17:45,814
The readings indicate these
remains are centuries old.

290
00:17:45,899 --> 00:17:47,358
Cause of death appears to be starvation.

291
00:17:47,442 --> 00:17:48,984
They were trapped down here.

292
00:17:49,776 --> 00:17:51,779
Just a hunch, but it looks to me

293
00:17:51,863 --> 00:17:53,364
like they were trying to rob the place.

294
00:17:53,447 --> 00:17:56,241
This discovery raises the
threat level of the mission.

295
00:17:56,326 --> 00:17:58,244
We must exit,
report this to the captain,

296
00:17:58,328 --> 00:17:59,369
and reassess our investigation.

297
00:17:59,453 --> 00:18:00,871
Hold on a second.

298
00:18:00,954 --> 00:18:02,415
Isn't Christine in
charge of this mission?

299
00:18:02,498 --> 00:18:05,584
Actually, Spock is the
senior science officer.

300
00:18:05,667 --> 00:18:07,337
Well, I don't answer to
Starfleet, now, do I?

301
00:18:07,420 --> 00:18:10,714
Look, this is not the first time

302
00:18:10,797 --> 00:18:15,969
that a landing party mission has
faced escalated but not lethal danger.

303
00:18:16,053 --> 00:18:19,557
Starfleet protocol clearly states
a landing party must alert the ship

304
00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:20,766
to any clear and present danger.

305
00:18:20,849 --> 00:18:23,019
But nothing dangerous has happened.
Spock,

306
00:18:23,102 --> 00:18:25,604
what we can discover here is important.

307
00:18:25,687 --> 00:18:28,441
Not just to me, not just to Roger.

308
00:18:28,524 --> 00:18:29,901
Not even just to science.

309
00:18:29,984 --> 00:18:33,529
N'Jal, the M'Kroons,
this is their history.

310
00:18:37,574 --> 00:18:39,911
As you've stated,
this is not just about us.

311
00:18:41,453 --> 00:18:43,998
N'Jal, we are your guests here.

312
00:18:44,082 --> 00:18:46,500
Would you prefer if we cease or proceed?

313
00:18:46,583 --> 00:18:49,003
Tika-mak chan tario pik-tah.

314
00:18:49,087 --> 00:18:52,214
Vika, chan tario tah.

315
00:18:52,297 --> 00:18:55,551
Eek lok to, ma vika tario.

316
00:18:55,718 --> 00:18:57,344
Closest translation.

317
00:18:58,553 --> 00:19:01,140
My people have a deep desire.

318
00:19:01,223 --> 00:19:03,392
We wish to know the core of our being.

319
00:19:07,646 --> 00:19:09,691
Trust is a two-way street, Spock.

320
00:19:15,363 --> 00:19:16,781
We will continue with the mission.

321
00:19:23,912 --> 00:19:24,956
I got you.

322
00:19:30,336 --> 00:19:31,629
Roger.

323
00:19:41,764 --> 00:19:43,140
It's a memory stone.

324
00:19:44,474 --> 00:19:46,185
It's just like the ones
we found on Praetorian.

325
00:19:46,269 --> 00:19:47,311
Mm-hmm.

326
00:19:47,395 --> 00:19:48,645
Christine, this...

327
00:19:49,396 --> 00:19:51,399
this is exactly what
we came here to find.

328
00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:55,527
Careful.

329
00:20:05,287 --> 00:20:07,206
Gamble!

330
00:20:07,290 --> 00:20:09,666
Gamble, Gamble, Gamble,
Gamble, you okay?

331
00:20:24,057 --> 00:20:26,391
Easy, easy. I've got you.

332
00:20:44,702 --> 00:20:47,412
We just sent the fragments
to Pelia for analysis.

333
00:20:47,496 --> 00:20:49,123
The orb triggered when he picked it up.

334
00:20:49,207 --> 00:20:51,792
Gather the rest of the team
and beam back aboard immediately.

335
00:20:53,418 --> 00:20:54,837
Understood, Captain.

336
00:21:01,885 --> 00:21:02,886
How's Gamble?

337
00:21:02,969 --> 00:21:04,012
He's stable.

338
00:21:04,097 --> 00:21:06,557
M'Benga's already working on
bioengineering him new eyes.

339
00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:08,058
We found something.

340
00:21:08,141 --> 00:21:10,186
I think this is some kind of register.

341
00:21:10,269 --> 00:21:12,229
There are thousands of names here.
Some of which

342
00:21:12,312 --> 00:21:15,024
are actually on the artifact
you found among the dead.

343
00:21:17,151 --> 00:21:18,985
Guys, this is great,
and there's so much to learn here,

344
00:21:19,069 --> 00:21:20,071
but it's time to go.

345
00:21:20,154 --> 00:21:21,572
We got to get back to the ship.

346
00:21:21,656 --> 00:21:24,741
Um... N'Jal and I are gonna stay behind.

347
00:21:25,493 --> 00:21:27,536
Waited my whole life
for a find like this.

348
00:21:27,619 --> 00:21:29,162
Roger.

349
00:21:29,788 --> 00:21:31,707
Hey. Look at this.

350
00:21:31,791 --> 00:21:34,417
What is it?
I sent a camera through the doorway.

351
00:21:34,501 --> 00:21:36,295
Before or after we said to pull out?

352
00:21:39,256 --> 00:21:41,092
That's the next chamber? Mm-hmm.

353
00:21:41,342 --> 00:21:43,218
Mika-tah, Vezda-pah.

354
00:21:44,845 --> 00:21:46,180
Um...

355
00:21:46,264 --> 00:21:48,140
What's he saying?
"Danger."

356
00:21:48,223 --> 00:21:50,016
Mika-tah, Vezda-pah.

357
00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:52,228
Not "danger."

358
00:21:52,311 --> 00:21:53,895
"Evil."
N'Jal, what's wrong?

359
00:21:55,355 --> 00:21:56,899
We're all gonna die.

360
00:21:57,400 --> 00:21:59,568
N'Jal. N'Jal!

361
00:22:13,916 --> 00:22:14,916
The door.

362
00:22:24,093 --> 00:22:26,636
Hello? Who's here?

363
00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:28,139
Why is it dark?

364
00:22:28,222 --> 00:22:29,390
Try not to sit up.

365
00:22:30,765 --> 00:22:33,019
Is this why I can't see?
No.

366
00:22:33,102 --> 00:22:36,646
Your bulbus oculi were ejected
from their orbital sockets.

367
00:22:36,730 --> 00:22:39,567
I lost my eyes?
This should be regenerating them.

368
00:22:39,650 --> 00:22:42,444
But right now it's just keeping
them from deteriorating further.

369
00:22:42,527 --> 00:22:43,654
When was I injured?

370
00:22:44,697 --> 00:22:48,159
You were injured on the planet
by a grenade of some type.

371
00:22:48,241 --> 00:22:50,077
We're still analyzing the fragments.

372
00:22:51,078 --> 00:22:53,581
The landing party? Are they okay?
The others are fine.

373
00:22:53,663 --> 00:22:55,499
They should be back here any minute.

374
00:22:55,583 --> 00:22:57,584
My short-term memory was damaged.

375
00:22:57,667 --> 00:22:59,420
Hopefully, it's not permanent.

376
00:22:59,503 --> 00:23:02,339
A post-traumatic stress response.

377
00:23:02,422 --> 00:23:05,259
Status?
Conscious. Alert.

378
00:23:05,343 --> 00:23:07,636
And scared but happy to be alive.

379
00:23:08,887 --> 00:23:10,264
Well, that's understandable.

380
00:23:12,682 --> 00:23:15,019
Rest. I'll be right back.

381
00:23:17,771 --> 00:23:18,980
All right, what's the full report?

382
00:23:19,064 --> 00:23:20,608
I've shifted my initial assessment

383
00:23:20,691 --> 00:23:23,902
from flash burn to some kind of agent.

384
00:23:23,985 --> 00:23:26,572
Biological weapon?
Maybe.

385
00:23:26,656 --> 00:23:28,740
And before you ask, he's not contagious.

386
00:23:28,823 --> 00:23:32,703
But something is preventing
his eyes from regenerating.

387
00:23:32,786 --> 00:23:34,454
Okay, how are you holding up?

388
00:23:34,537 --> 00:23:35,581
I'm fine.

389
00:23:36,999 --> 00:23:39,125
You know, when Gamble came
on to replace Chapel,

390
00:23:39,209 --> 00:23:41,796
it was supposed to be temporary,
but she came back.

391
00:23:41,879 --> 00:23:43,005
And he stayed.

392
00:23:44,506 --> 00:23:46,550
It's no secret I'm fond of the boy.

393
00:23:48,427 --> 00:23:50,136
He wasn't ready for away missions.

394
00:23:50,220 --> 00:23:53,015
Joseph, you know more than most,
we can't protect everyone.

395
00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:57,395
But if anyone's going to help him,
it's going to be you.

396
00:24:21,251 --> 00:24:24,296
It's locked. Why now?

397
00:24:24,380 --> 00:24:26,548
The structure must have
engaged a safety protocol.

398
00:24:28,175 --> 00:24:30,885
Christine, it didn't trigger when
you and La'An took Gamble through.

399
00:24:30,969 --> 00:24:32,053
Or when you came back.

400
00:24:33,347 --> 00:24:35,223
When you unlocked the door,
it took a sample of your DNA.

401
00:24:35,307 --> 00:24:36,558
You were scanned.

402
00:24:36,641 --> 00:24:38,561
And we all entered together as a group.

403
00:24:38,644 --> 00:24:40,270
Your biosignature kept us safe.

404
00:24:40,354 --> 00:24:43,274
So, N'Jal tried to leave without me.

405
00:24:46,318 --> 00:24:49,447
Well, if the door liked me then,
it's done liking me now.

406
00:24:49,530 --> 00:24:51,531
No, no, there has to be another way out.

407
00:24:51,614 --> 00:24:53,868
We know what happens if we
try to wait things out.

408
00:24:54,493 --> 00:24:56,703
You are suggesting we go
deeper into the structure?

409
00:24:56,786 --> 00:24:59,290
We stay here and we starve.

410
00:24:59,373 --> 00:25:00,666
Either way is a risk.

411
00:25:01,750 --> 00:25:03,918
I prefer the one that keeps us active.

412
00:25:04,003 --> 00:25:05,546
May I?

413
00:25:05,629 --> 00:25:06,630
Yeah.

414
00:25:07,213 --> 00:25:08,381
La'An.

415
00:25:11,260 --> 00:25:13,720
Beto's camera's still showing
the feed from the other chamber.

416
00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:18,141
It looks safe, relatively.

417
00:25:21,854 --> 00:25:23,855
So, that chamber is on the
other side of this door?

418
00:25:24,982 --> 00:25:26,108
Yes.

419
00:25:29,779 --> 00:25:31,238
Okay, let's try it.

420
00:25:32,031 --> 00:25:33,031
Chapel?

421
00:25:34,574 --> 00:25:35,993
Maybe this door still likes you.

422
00:26:03,437 --> 00:26:04,562
Okay.

423
00:26:06,357 --> 00:26:07,650
That worked.

424
00:26:07,733 --> 00:26:10,193
As a precaution, we should use
the same formation as before.

425
00:26:10,276 --> 00:26:11,654
Yeah.

426
00:26:11,737 --> 00:26:14,156
Precaution against being
incinerated by burning light?

427
00:26:14,239 --> 00:26:16,491
Chapel with me. Uhura, Beto.

428
00:26:16,574 --> 00:26:18,494
Spock and Korby, you take up the rear.

429
00:26:44,854 --> 00:26:45,854
Look at it.

430
00:26:46,604 --> 00:26:47,605
Roger, this...

431
00:26:51,693 --> 00:26:52,944
They're gone.

432
00:27:02,495 --> 00:27:05,082
Wait. Let's think about this.

433
00:27:06,250 --> 00:27:08,168
We could get separated, too.
Yeah.

434
00:27:09,295 --> 00:27:10,588
What about comms?

435
00:27:10,671 --> 00:27:12,589
I know we can't reach the ship, but...

436
00:27:12,672 --> 00:27:16,510
Maybe the interference is coming
from the building itself.

437
00:27:20,806 --> 00:27:23,391
La'An to Spock, do you read me?

438
00:27:26,353 --> 00:27:27,937
Spock here, I read you.

439
00:27:28,021 --> 00:27:30,524
Dr. Korby and I appear to
be in a room by ourselves.

440
00:27:31,692 --> 00:27:34,402
We copy, too. It's Beto and I.

441
00:27:34,487 --> 00:27:35,988
Also alone.

442
00:27:36,071 --> 00:27:38,823
Together but alone.

443
00:27:39,782 --> 00:27:41,202
We have comms.

444
00:27:41,285 --> 00:27:43,161
I'd call that a silver lining.

445
00:27:43,786 --> 00:27:44,787
Okay.

446
00:27:44,871 --> 00:27:46,165
Stay put wherever you are.

447
00:27:46,248 --> 00:27:47,916
No arguments here.

448
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:49,250
Agreed.

449
00:27:53,713 --> 00:27:56,509
Do you guys have a giant statue
in the middle of your chamber?

450
00:27:56,592 --> 00:27:58,635
Our room looks just
like the one we left.

451
00:27:59,302 --> 00:28:01,012
Dead grave robbers and all.

452
00:28:01,095 --> 00:28:03,348
Perhaps we should surveil
our respective areas

453
00:28:03,432 --> 00:28:05,850
and report back.
All right.

454
00:28:05,935 --> 00:28:07,686
Let's reconvene on comms in ten minutes.

455
00:28:07,770 --> 00:28:09,062
And stay alert.

456
00:28:15,985 --> 00:28:17,738
Inconclusive.

457
00:28:38,592 --> 00:28:40,218
That tickles.

458
00:28:41,594 --> 00:28:43,137
You're awake.

459
00:28:44,306 --> 00:28:46,140
This isn't doing anything, is it?

460
00:28:47,725 --> 00:28:48,978
No, it's not.

461
00:28:50,062 --> 00:28:51,479
What's happening to me, Joseph?

462
00:28:52,564 --> 00:28:53,857
Hmm.

463
00:28:53,941 --> 00:28:55,776
You used my first name.

464
00:28:57,110 --> 00:28:58,988
I'm sorry. Dr. M'Benga.

465
00:28:59,071 --> 00:29:00,781
You're right, I...
No, it's good.

466
00:29:00,864 --> 00:29:03,157
It's more than time you
feel comfortable around me.

467
00:29:04,201 --> 00:29:06,619
I guess a close call like that can
really put some things in perspective.

468
00:29:09,290 --> 00:29:10,416
This reading...

469
00:29:11,458 --> 00:29:12,458
Hold on.

470
00:29:23,177 --> 00:29:25,389
All right, let's try this again.

471
00:29:33,605 --> 00:29:34,647
What?

472
00:29:34,732 --> 00:29:36,233
What is it? What does it say?

473
00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:40,029
We need more tests.
Doctor...

474
00:29:40,821 --> 00:29:42,489
Joseph, just tell me.

475
00:29:43,489 --> 00:29:45,326
There's no other way to put this,

476
00:29:46,785 --> 00:29:48,453
your brain is dead.

477
00:29:48,536 --> 00:29:51,457
The scan shows entire lobes,
electrons, neurons,

478
00:29:51,540 --> 00:29:53,458
all shut down.
No.

479
00:29:53,541 --> 00:29:55,586
That's impossible. How am I alive?

480
00:29:55,668 --> 00:29:59,005
I'm awake, we're talking.
Yes, I know. Exactly like I said.

481
00:29:59,088 --> 00:30:01,258
We need more tests.
I'm not dead!

482
00:30:01,342 --> 00:30:02,760
Hey, take a breath, I didn't say that.

483
00:30:02,843 --> 00:30:04,844
No, but, but, but...

484
00:30:04,927 --> 00:30:06,387
I'm giving you a sedative. Relax.

485
00:30:06,472 --> 00:30:07,890
But...

486
00:30:07,973 --> 00:30:09,223
Stay calm.

487
00:30:11,185 --> 00:30:12,645
I'll figure this out.

488
00:30:17,149 --> 00:30:18,317
Chapel. - Hmm?

489
00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:21,654
Why is there an Earth language
at your ancient dig site?

490
00:30:21,737 --> 00:30:22,905
It's Chinese.

491
00:30:24,072 --> 00:30:28,243
Here stands the Beholder,
sentry of eternal bridges.

492
00:30:30,495 --> 00:30:31,996
A biosignature?

493
00:30:34,708 --> 00:30:36,751
This thing has a life sign reading.

494
00:30:41,756 --> 00:30:42,840
Doesn't act very alive.

495
00:30:42,925 --> 00:30:44,885
Well, technically,
it's both alive and not.

496
00:30:46,344 --> 00:30:48,639
Also, it's not really here.

497
00:30:48,722 --> 00:30:51,391
Hmm, well, I'm looking right at it, so...

498
00:30:52,392 --> 00:30:55,187
On a quantum level,
the particles that make up this Beholder

499
00:30:55,270 --> 00:30:57,897
are in constant flux.

500
00:30:58,899 --> 00:31:00,817
Both here and not here.

501
00:31:03,904 --> 00:31:06,072
Quantum instability
at a molecular level.

502
00:31:08,991 --> 00:31:10,035
Great.

503
00:31:11,494 --> 00:31:13,204
So, what does that mean?

504
00:31:13,287 --> 00:31:14,331
Not a clue.

505
00:31:16,041 --> 00:31:17,041
Brilliant.

506
00:31:21,296 --> 00:31:23,214
Is this really the same
room we were just in?

507
00:31:24,133 --> 00:31:26,009
Perhaps, but look.

508
00:31:30,264 --> 00:31:32,640
I wouldn't go that way after
what happened to N'Jal.

509
00:31:35,769 --> 00:31:37,604
Do you really think it's a fantasy?

510
00:31:38,312 --> 00:31:41,066
You balk at the idea of immortality?

511
00:31:42,651 --> 00:31:43,985
You don't think that the science exists

512
00:31:44,068 --> 00:31:46,280
to prevent our
consciousness from fading?

513
00:31:46,363 --> 00:31:48,364
I do not balk at your ideas, Dr. Korby.

514
00:31:48,990 --> 00:31:51,368
I merely believe you neglect to
take the proper precautions.

515
00:31:52,453 --> 00:31:53,786
Huh?

516
00:31:54,746 --> 00:31:56,457
I said you neglect to take the proper...

517
00:31:56,540 --> 00:31:57,750
No, no, no, no, look here.

518
00:31:59,333 --> 00:32:02,045
Above the names,
this word, it means, um,

519
00:32:02,129 --> 00:32:03,338
parasites or hitchhikers.

520
00:32:03,421 --> 00:32:07,342
And this word, it means well or pit.

521
00:32:07,426 --> 00:32:09,469
This word... Vezda.

522
00:32:09,552 --> 00:32:12,723
"Vezda." The M'Kroon word for evil?

523
00:32:12,806 --> 00:32:13,848
Yes.

524
00:32:13,932 --> 00:32:16,477
Only here it's used, Vezda, it...

525
00:32:17,811 --> 00:32:19,312
It isn't singular.

526
00:32:36,746 --> 00:32:37,956
Fascinating.

527
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:39,166
What is it?

528
00:32:50,052 --> 00:32:51,177
What do you see?

529
00:32:51,928 --> 00:32:53,137
Thousands of them.

530
00:33:23,626 --> 00:33:25,337
Our landing party never came back.

531
00:33:25,420 --> 00:33:27,005
My brother didn't sign up for this.

532
00:33:28,005 --> 00:33:29,925
All of the M'Kroon liaisons
on the project have

533
00:33:30,008 --> 00:33:32,093
suddenly gone radio silent.

534
00:33:32,177 --> 00:33:33,678
The locals have cut us off.

535
00:33:33,761 --> 00:33:35,430
So, send down another landing party.

536
00:33:35,514 --> 00:33:37,932
Aye. They cannot keep us from
getting our people back.

537
00:33:38,015 --> 00:33:39,058
Unfortunately, they can.

538
00:33:39,141 --> 00:33:41,144
We're here with a
special access agreement.

539
00:33:41,228 --> 00:33:42,812
I can reach out,

540
00:33:42,895 --> 00:33:45,064
if the ambassador is no help,
we will go down there.

541
00:33:45,147 --> 00:33:47,442
What do we know about
the explosive device

542
00:33:47,526 --> 00:33:48,734
that we encountered?

543
00:33:48,818 --> 00:33:49,902
Technically, it's a...

544
00:33:49,987 --> 00:33:53,614
It's a... It's a containment unit.

545
00:33:53,698 --> 00:33:56,743
On its own, the orb
should not have exploded.

546
00:33:56,827 --> 00:34:00,371
It's possible it got separated from
its power source and weakened.

547
00:34:00,454 --> 00:34:02,165
But best we can figure is

548
00:34:02,249 --> 00:34:04,584
that the energy source inside
of it forced its way out.

549
00:34:05,167 --> 00:34:06,628
Forced its way out, how?

550
00:34:07,254 --> 00:34:08,754
Could it have been sentient?

551
00:34:08,839 --> 00:34:10,465
Oh, we don't know.

552
00:34:13,135 --> 00:34:15,720
Pelia, what aren't you telling us?

553
00:34:15,803 --> 00:34:17,054
This thing...

554
00:34:18,931 --> 00:34:21,560
is older than anything I've ever seen.

555
00:34:23,145 --> 00:34:24,729
What do you think was inside of it?

556
00:34:26,439 --> 00:34:27,773
I'm not sure.

557
00:34:29,025 --> 00:34:33,447
And I have no scientific
way of putting this,

558
00:34:34,072 --> 00:34:35,489
but whatever it is,

559
00:34:36,490 --> 00:34:40,037
it gives me the heebie-jeebies.

560
00:34:45,416 --> 00:34:46,584
Ensign Gamble.

561
00:34:46,667 --> 00:34:49,337
Captain to Security. Meet me in sickbay.

562
00:35:04,561 --> 00:35:07,313
Rukiya, what a beautiful name.

563
00:35:07,396 --> 00:35:09,690
It's a shame you had to let her go.

564
00:35:15,739 --> 00:35:18,491
I never told you about Rukiya.

565
00:35:20,826 --> 00:35:23,538
Hmm, you're right.

566
00:35:25,290 --> 00:35:26,375
My mistake.

567
00:35:27,333 --> 00:35:29,210
Do you think that woman who came to you

568
00:35:29,293 --> 00:35:31,045
was really your daughter?

569
00:35:31,128 --> 00:35:34,132
Or do you think it was
something wearing her skin?

570
00:35:35,008 --> 00:35:39,512
Something that drank her
tears and fed off her screams?

571
00:35:41,931 --> 00:35:44,309
Who am I talking to right now?

572
00:35:45,602 --> 00:35:49,021
What the hell? What was that?

573
00:35:50,064 --> 00:35:51,440
A foreign intelligence.

574
00:35:51,524 --> 00:35:52,858
Inside me?

575
00:35:52,943 --> 00:35:54,319
How was it talking? It had my voice.

576
00:35:54,403 --> 00:35:55,988
I don't know yet.

577
00:35:56,863 --> 00:35:58,698
Why would it say those things?

578
00:35:58,781 --> 00:36:02,576
Relax. Take a breath. Joseph...

579
00:36:02,660 --> 00:36:05,831
I'm having a reaction,
feels like a migraine.

580
00:36:09,667 --> 00:36:10,668
You.

581
00:36:10,751 --> 00:36:12,670
Cali-katchna!

582
00:36:12,753 --> 00:36:14,631
Mika-tah, Vezda-pah!

583
00:36:14,715 --> 00:36:16,133
Captain...

584
00:36:52,084 --> 00:36:53,085
Marie!

585
00:36:58,759 --> 00:36:59,760
Marie.

586
00:37:01,761 --> 00:37:03,304
Marie, it's me.

587
00:37:22,490 --> 00:37:23,491
I don't want to have to do this,

588
00:37:23,574 --> 00:37:26,410
everybody just leave me alone.
Easy, easy.

589
00:37:27,496 --> 00:37:30,457
Gamble, it's me.
Dr. M'Benga?

590
00:37:32,375 --> 00:37:33,751
I didn't mean to do that.

591
00:37:39,132 --> 00:37:40,383
I believe you.

592
00:37:41,843 --> 00:37:43,636
Please, put the phaser down.

593
00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:45,638
Why is everybody trying to hurt me?

594
00:37:45,721 --> 00:37:48,391
They are not. We're trying to help you.

595
00:37:49,392 --> 00:37:50,560
Stand down.

596
00:37:50,644 --> 00:37:51,812
Give him room.

597
00:37:55,272 --> 00:37:57,858
If I let them take me, will you fix me?

598
00:37:57,943 --> 00:37:59,528
I just want to be me again.

599
00:37:59,611 --> 00:38:02,947
I've got you. Don't worry.

600
00:38:10,038 --> 00:38:11,456
Sickbay or the Brig, Sir?

601
00:38:18,504 --> 00:38:19,506
Scans are showing

602
00:38:19,589 --> 00:38:22,509
this pillar is shifting in
and out of this reality.

603
00:38:22,592 --> 00:38:25,177
You mean the freaky underground
hell hole gets even freakier?

604
00:38:26,303 --> 00:38:28,514
We're just going to die here
like those explorers we found.

605
00:38:28,597 --> 00:38:29,599
Hey.

606
00:38:30,684 --> 00:38:31,685
Look at me.

607
00:38:32,811 --> 00:38:34,312
I've been where you are right now,

608
00:38:35,604 --> 00:38:38,399
and I know that all you can focus
on is how bad this all feels.

609
00:38:38,482 --> 00:38:40,819
All I can think about is being
trapped down here alone with...

610
00:38:40,902 --> 00:38:42,654
We're not alone.

611
00:38:43,697 --> 00:38:45,990
We are going to find
our way out of this.

612
00:38:46,740 --> 00:38:48,200
Together.

613
00:38:48,284 --> 00:38:50,412
Just breathe.

614
00:39:01,882 --> 00:39:03,175
Thank you.

615
00:39:10,639 --> 00:39:12,434
I'm seeing the impossible.

616
00:39:15,478 --> 00:39:16,729
Look.

617
00:39:17,313 --> 00:39:20,941
Uhura to landing party,
I think I've got something.

618
00:39:21,025 --> 00:39:22,944
We have some interesting finds, too.

619
00:39:23,028 --> 00:39:24,946
Indeed, there is much to discuss.

620
00:39:25,030 --> 00:39:28,490
The statue in here is giving
off unstable phase variances.

621
00:39:28,574 --> 00:39:30,201
And it has a life sign.

622
00:39:30,826 --> 00:39:33,079
Korby and I discovered the
presence of sentient life.

623
00:39:35,165 --> 00:39:37,666
Curious. I do not recall this injury.

624
00:39:39,001 --> 00:39:41,629
Look, all of that is amazing.

625
00:39:41,712 --> 00:39:46,843
This whole place is, but the thing is,
we are all still together.

626
00:39:47,677 --> 00:39:49,929
How is that even possible?

627
00:39:50,930 --> 00:39:52,264
The intuitive software,

628
00:39:52,349 --> 00:39:54,559
it's picking up our
biosignatures and placing us

629
00:39:54,643 --> 00:39:57,145
all in the same room.
This is layered dimensional space.

630
00:39:57,229 --> 00:39:59,021
We're not in different rooms.

631
00:39:59,104 --> 00:40:01,065
This is different planes of existence.

632
00:40:01,148 --> 00:40:02,566
We never left the first chamber.

633
00:40:02,650 --> 00:40:04,986
If subatomic instability
was being utilized

634
00:40:05,070 --> 00:40:06,571
as a means to immortality, then...

635
00:40:06,655 --> 00:40:11,533
Then maybe this place is a
lab or a fountain of youth?

636
00:40:11,617 --> 00:40:13,077
I fear it is not that simple.

637
00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:15,288
Spock found life-forms
trapped inside orbs,

638
00:40:15,372 --> 00:40:17,540
just like the one that injured Gamble.

639
00:40:17,624 --> 00:40:19,917
The tablet called them
parasites. Hitchhikers.

640
00:40:20,584 --> 00:40:22,002
Unwelcome guests.

641
00:40:22,086 --> 00:40:24,089
It is possible phase-shifting
through dimensions

642
00:40:24,172 --> 00:40:25,507
to achieve immortality
had a side effect.

643
00:40:25,590 --> 00:40:27,509
Of bringing something through.

644
00:40:27,592 --> 00:40:29,302
What kind of something?

645
00:40:29,385 --> 00:40:33,389
Somethings... from somewhere else.

646
00:40:33,472 --> 00:40:36,101
What if this place
isn't a palace or a lab?

647
00:40:36,768 --> 00:40:38,186
What if it's a prison?

648
00:40:52,032 --> 00:40:55,327
I'm sorry, but we'll have to
look after you from here.

649
00:40:55,412 --> 00:40:56,538
It's okay.

650
00:40:57,122 --> 00:40:58,123
I understand.

651
00:41:00,916 --> 00:41:02,626
What's gonna happen to me?

652
00:41:06,464 --> 00:41:08,008
I wish I could say.

653
00:41:18,184 --> 00:41:21,229
This inscription reads
"Here and not here."

654
00:41:25,733 --> 00:41:26,775
On Praetorian,

655
00:41:26,860 --> 00:41:29,487
artifacts were sometimes set
into pedestals like this.

656
00:41:29,571 --> 00:41:30,780
Component parts.

657
00:41:30,864 --> 00:41:34,033
Together they might be the key to
unifying the dimensional shift.

658
00:41:34,116 --> 00:41:35,534
The relief there.

659
00:41:38,913 --> 00:41:41,333
The signet ring.
I still have it.

660
00:41:41,416 --> 00:41:44,626
Okay, but how do we get those
two things to work together

661
00:41:44,710 --> 00:41:46,754
whilst stuck on different
dimensional planes?

662
00:41:47,922 --> 00:41:50,175
Put the tablet where
it says "tabernacle."

663
00:41:53,135 --> 00:41:54,136
Done.

664
00:41:59,642 --> 00:42:00,769
Uhura, the ring.

665
00:42:03,062 --> 00:42:04,938
Okay. What now?

666
00:42:05,689 --> 00:42:08,108
I'm the key to all of this, right?

667
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:29,214
Christine.

668
00:42:38,472 --> 00:42:40,725
Curiouser and curiouser.

669
00:42:44,854 --> 00:42:48,148
Okay, so, we're all back together, but...

670
00:42:49,525 --> 00:42:50,819
how do we get to the door?

671
00:42:59,952 --> 00:43:00,995
How are you?

672
00:43:03,164 --> 00:43:04,791
In case I go off the rails again?

673
00:43:04,874 --> 00:43:06,166
Mm.

674
00:43:07,376 --> 00:43:09,336
M'Benga didn't want to
release you to the quarters

675
00:43:09,420 --> 00:43:10,922
without knowing it was safe, and...

676
00:43:12,090 --> 00:43:14,008
I knew I wouldn't need it.

677
00:43:14,092 --> 00:43:15,968
Chris, I don't know
what happened in there.

678
00:43:17,261 --> 00:43:18,554
Something inside of me just snapped.

679
00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:20,931
How's Gamble?

680
00:43:21,014 --> 00:43:22,058
In custody.

681
00:43:22,851 --> 00:43:24,185
He's not quite himself, either.

682
00:43:24,769 --> 00:43:26,937
I remember seeing him, but it...

683
00:43:28,522 --> 00:43:29,773
It wasn't him.

684
00:43:31,733 --> 00:43:33,445
He was something else.

685
00:43:35,488 --> 00:43:36,864
And I felt...

686
00:43:39,199 --> 00:43:40,534
like something else.

687
00:43:43,496 --> 00:43:44,497
What?

688
00:43:45,748 --> 00:43:47,041
I can't describe it.

689
00:43:47,125 --> 00:43:51,295
I just had this overwhelming
desire to kill...

690
00:43:53,965 --> 00:43:56,009
no, to exterminate him.

691
00:43:58,385 --> 00:43:59,636
Well, you're back now.

692
00:44:01,054 --> 00:44:03,308
Has anyone else reacted to him this way?

693
00:44:04,392 --> 00:44:06,769
No. We have to consider

694
00:44:06,853 --> 00:44:09,188
that it's an expression of
the Gorn DNA in your body.

695
00:44:10,564 --> 00:44:12,149
We don't know all the downsides.

696
00:44:13,318 --> 00:44:14,569
This feeling I had,

697
00:44:15,487 --> 00:44:19,615
I can't explain it, but it felt... old.

698
00:44:23,620 --> 00:44:24,996
Okay.

699
00:44:27,290 --> 00:44:29,083
Whatever it is, we'll figure it out.

700
00:44:30,959 --> 00:44:32,920
The landing party?
Still missing.

701
00:44:34,254 --> 00:44:37,425
Captain, I've got the M'Kroon
Ambassador on standby for you.

702
00:44:37,509 --> 00:44:38,760
Patch it through.

703
00:44:39,468 --> 00:44:40,844
Okay.

704
00:44:42,262 --> 00:44:44,556
So, we got to find a
way to get to the door.

705
00:44:54,274 --> 00:44:55,275
Of course.

706
00:44:56,736 --> 00:44:58,821
In this reconstituted dimensional space,

707
00:44:58,905 --> 00:45:01,365
inverted causality coexists.

708
00:45:01,448 --> 00:45:03,951
Uh, yeah, you're gonna have
to walk me through that one.

709
00:45:04,034 --> 00:45:07,247
Inverted causality is a dimension
where effects can happen before cause.

710
00:45:07,330 --> 00:45:10,291
It's, uh... It's paradoxical.

711
00:45:10,375 --> 00:45:14,127
Yes, and theoretical,
but also scientifically possible.

712
00:45:14,211 --> 00:45:16,798
When Dr. Korby and I were separated,
there was a bridge here.

713
00:45:16,881 --> 00:45:18,967
And that panel by the
door was glowing white.

714
00:45:19,050 --> 00:45:20,593
Well, it's red now.

715
00:45:20,677 --> 00:45:22,928
Yes. So, we must have turned it on.

716
00:45:23,554 --> 00:45:25,180
Effect before cause?

717
00:45:27,141 --> 00:45:30,061
So, you're saying... No, no.

718
00:45:32,020 --> 00:45:33,689
No.

719
00:45:35,023 --> 00:45:37,694
What? "No, no" what? Yes.

720
00:45:37,777 --> 00:45:39,737
We must walk across this empty space

721
00:45:40,697 --> 00:45:41,947
and turn on the bridge.

722
00:45:52,166 --> 00:45:54,418
Guard. Guard!

723
00:45:54,501 --> 00:45:56,128
Your mother. She's in pain.

724
00:45:56,211 --> 00:45:58,172
Something's hurting her.

725
00:45:58,256 --> 00:45:59,340
What?

726
00:46:00,466 --> 00:46:03,260
Her name... it's Jara.

727
00:46:05,429 --> 00:46:07,724
She wants to tell you
what's hurting her.

728
00:46:08,308 --> 00:46:09,517
Who told you that?

729
00:46:12,895 --> 00:46:16,732
You did. You let me die alone.

730
00:46:32,457 --> 00:46:34,541
Nope, I'm not doing that. No way.

731
00:46:34,625 --> 00:46:36,710
Our other option is to
remain here and starve.

732
00:46:37,502 --> 00:46:39,129
A sound tactical argument.

733
00:46:39,839 --> 00:46:42,634
So... you lead, I'll follow.

734
00:46:42,717 --> 00:46:44,010
Just don't step on my toes.

735
00:46:44,093 --> 00:46:46,261
I am also willing to take this risk.

736
00:46:47,387 --> 00:46:50,266
However, I believe
that we must, in fact,

737
00:46:50,350 --> 00:46:51,559
commit to doing this all together.

738
00:46:52,101 --> 00:46:53,728
And Nurse Chapel is the key.

739
00:46:55,562 --> 00:46:57,022
Don't do it, Christine.

740
00:46:57,105 --> 00:47:00,360
Theoretical doesn't mean you
can just go and walk on air.

741
00:47:00,443 --> 00:47:01,444
Nurse Chapel,

742
00:47:01,527 --> 00:47:03,696
I may no longer have your
confidence on many things,

743
00:47:04,697 --> 00:47:06,573
but this is a matter of science.

744
00:47:06,657 --> 00:47:09,201
And what hangs in the
balance is our survival.

745
00:47:12,997 --> 00:47:14,749
We are on a two-way street.

746
00:47:16,208 --> 00:47:18,293
And now I'm asking you
to simply trust me.

747
00:47:20,337 --> 00:47:21,589
Roger, it's time to go.

748
00:47:23,424 --> 00:47:24,676
No.

749
00:47:24,759 --> 00:47:27,052
Christine, listen to reason.

750
00:47:27,135 --> 00:47:29,763
Yes, it is a risk walking out there,

751
00:47:29,846 --> 00:47:31,556
but in the short time
that I've known you,

752
00:47:31,641 --> 00:47:33,810
you've never been afraid
of taking a chance.

753
00:47:33,893 --> 00:47:36,312
Remember what you said to me,
all those months ago?

754
00:47:36,395 --> 00:47:38,939
"Nothing in life is guaranteed."

755
00:47:39,606 --> 00:47:41,483
That's what makes life worth living.

756
00:47:44,320 --> 00:47:45,822
Okay.

757
00:47:46,322 --> 00:47:48,073
Roger, leave the relic where it is.

758
00:47:49,491 --> 00:47:51,076
It's the only thing keeping us together.

759
00:48:05,007 --> 00:48:06,384
Okay.

760
00:48:07,218 --> 00:48:09,302
So, this is where you saw it?

761
00:48:10,637 --> 00:48:11,972
Yes.

762
00:48:15,268 --> 00:48:16,394
Okay.

763
00:48:25,820 --> 00:48:26,821
Well...

764
00:48:28,030 --> 00:48:29,239
let's go.

765
00:48:37,206 --> 00:48:38,875
Let's get out of here.

766
00:48:58,770 --> 00:49:01,188
Hey. We're alive.

767
00:49:02,230 --> 00:49:03,356
Take the win.

768
00:49:09,071 --> 00:49:12,908
Senior officer command codes,
please, or I will kill you.

769
00:49:12,991 --> 00:49:15,202
What? What are you saying?

770
00:49:15,285 --> 00:49:17,997
I have the boy's thoughts, his memories.

771
00:49:18,080 --> 00:49:20,333
You can take control of this
vessel from Engineering.

772
00:49:21,833 --> 00:49:23,376
Lanthanite child.

773
00:49:23,460 --> 00:49:26,129
Perhaps I take him instead?

774
00:49:26,214 --> 00:49:27,632
Hmm?

775
00:49:27,715 --> 00:49:29,425
Or him?

776
00:49:30,009 --> 00:49:32,052
Hurt them and you die next.

777
00:49:33,261 --> 00:49:34,262
Oh...

778
00:49:35,347 --> 00:49:40,102
You couldn't kill your favorite
ensign now, could you?

779
00:49:40,895 --> 00:49:43,396
Help, please.

780
00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:45,106
Dr. M'Benga, it's me. It's really me.

781
00:49:45,190 --> 00:49:46,650
Don't hurt me.

782
00:49:46,733 --> 00:49:49,529
Fight it. You can fight it.

783
00:49:49,612 --> 00:49:51,906
No, Joseph, I don't think
he's really in there.

784
00:49:54,407 --> 00:49:55,534
He is.

785
00:49:58,079 --> 00:50:01,207
Let the boy go. Please.

786
00:50:02,458 --> 00:50:03,583
Take me.

787
00:50:07,337 --> 00:50:09,590
No!

788
00:50:25,772 --> 00:50:27,399
Where did you send it?

789
00:50:27,482 --> 00:50:28,483
Nowhere.

790
00:50:41,998 --> 00:50:44,791
Thanks to Pelia and Lieutenant
Scott's quick thinking,

791
00:50:44,875 --> 00:50:47,294
we should not be seeing the Vezda again.

792
00:50:47,919 --> 00:50:49,422
Are you sure it'll hold?

793
00:50:49,504 --> 00:50:51,048
Until we learn more about this entity,

794
00:50:51,132 --> 00:50:53,092
the transport buffer is
the best proxy we have

795
00:50:53,175 --> 00:50:54,760
for a layered dimensional prison.

796
00:50:55,302 --> 00:50:56,303
What about the rest of them?

797
00:50:56,386 --> 00:50:58,138
Starfleet and the M'Kroon
are already working together

798
00:50:58,221 --> 00:51:00,516
to establish a security
perimeter around the site.

799
00:51:00,600 --> 00:51:03,686
Apparently, they're starting to
see the benefits of the Federation.

800
00:51:05,520 --> 00:51:08,273
You know, if Ensign Gamble, or...

801
00:51:08,356 --> 00:51:09,816
rather, the entity inside of him,

802
00:51:09,900 --> 00:51:11,402
had taken hold of the
ship's phaser banks...

803
00:51:11,485 --> 00:51:12,904
He could have set them all free.

804
00:51:14,697 --> 00:51:19,117
An army of cosmic beings like
that set loose on the galaxy?

805
00:51:21,329 --> 00:51:22,872
I'm sorry, Doctor.

806
00:51:22,955 --> 00:51:26,333
I know you were fond of the boy,
but he was gone.

807
00:51:27,459 --> 00:51:28,627
Were they evil, Captain?

808
00:51:31,004 --> 00:51:32,548
I saw the recordings of what Gamble did,

809
00:51:32,632 --> 00:51:33,925
and the things he said.

810
00:51:34,008 --> 00:51:35,885
Good and evil are relative terms, son.

811
00:51:37,010 --> 00:51:38,094
Nonsense.

812
00:51:38,178 --> 00:51:44,143
There is evil in this universe,
as sure as there is good.

813
00:51:45,186 --> 00:51:49,898
As sure as there is matter,
as sure as there is light.

814
00:51:51,107 --> 00:51:52,193
I know...

815
00:51:53,444 --> 00:51:56,822
that being was ancient.

816
00:51:58,740 --> 00:52:00,033
Malevolent.

817
00:52:00,951 --> 00:52:04,872
The desire to malign, to pervert...

818
00:52:04,956 --> 00:52:09,125
and consume, given corporeal form.

819
00:52:10,585 --> 00:52:13,089
If any of those things...

820
00:52:14,131 --> 00:52:16,884
ever escape that well down there...

821
00:52:19,803 --> 00:52:20,971
God help us all.

822
00:52:26,310 --> 00:52:28,312
You want one for the camera?

823
00:52:31,439 --> 00:52:33,566
No. No, I'm good. Thank you.

824
00:52:35,111 --> 00:52:36,821
Suit yourself.

825
00:52:45,246 --> 00:52:47,164
Dr. M'Benga?

826
00:52:47,248 --> 00:52:49,166
I have the subspace relay to Earth.

827
00:52:49,250 --> 00:52:51,501
Thank you. I've got it from here.

828
00:52:54,379 --> 00:52:58,259
Hello, I'm Dr. Joseph M'Benga
of the U.S.S. Enterprise.

829
00:52:59,552 --> 00:53:01,469
I've asked to be the one to call you.

830
00:53:01,553 --> 00:53:05,099
It's about your son,

831
00:53:05,181 --> 00:53:06,475
Dana Gamble.

832
00:54:18,172 --> 00:54:19,173
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