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Space is filled with wonders.

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Bright and beautiful stars.

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We travel among them
searching for answers,

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investigating the
mysteries within ourselves.

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Starfleet presents
themselves as our quadrant's

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shining example of duty,

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honor, peacekeeping.

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But what separates a "Federation"
from an "Empire"?

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Red alert. All hands to battle stations.

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Arm photon torpedoes.

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Both colonize.

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Both impose their laws
and doctrines on others.

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Torpedoes armed and locked on target.

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Ready to fire on your command.

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You threaten one of us,
you threaten all of us.

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Trust me when I say,
you do not want the
Federation as an enemy.

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Are they explorers as they claim?

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Or soldiers as they appear?

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They call their vessels starships.

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What distinguishes them from warships?

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Starfleet officers take an oath.

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First, a vow to obey the laws of
the United Federation of Planets,

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to defend its security,

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and to abide to the
principles it stands for.

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Second, a vow to obey

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Starfleet's orders and responsibilities.

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Tell me about Starfleet.

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What can I say?

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What does Starfleet mean to me?

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No comment. Full stop.

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If you can look
straight into the camera

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as you feel comfortable.
Whenever you're ready.

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Violence is an acceptable level of risk.

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Vulcans have many more ways
to handle this than humans.

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Aren't you half-Vulcan, half-human?

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On Vulcan, being half-human
is viewed as a deficit,

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something to be excised

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or buried so deeply within the psyche

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that it will never reemerge.

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As a child, I had a friend, Sovrek.

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He was told by his parents to
no longer associate with me

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because I was half-human.

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In response, I ran away to the desert,

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to the Plain of Blood.

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Two days later,
my father found me in a cave,

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cutting into my skin with a Vantu blade.

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I was trying to cut away my human half.

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I have faced far worse

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for the benefit of Starfleet.

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I thought the Enterprise
was an exploring vessel.

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It's space.

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It's unpredictable.

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That's why we don't go anywhere unarmed.

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It's stupid to.

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I've had 12 broken bones,
a fractured skull.

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Multiple phaser burns,

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radiation poisoning.

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Was even slashed open
by a Kolaran blade.

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All hazards of the job.

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I am the ship's security
and tactical officer.

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But Starfleet's primary
mission is exploration.

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I don't think killing people is okay.

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I think sometimes it's necessary

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for the greater good.

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Sometimes that means we attack first.

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The weapons Enterprise carries
are primarily defensive.

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Our goal is to not have to use them.

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That doesn't mean we don't
fight back if we have to.

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If you were to encounter a
ship you've fought with before,

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like the Gorn, would you fire first?

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Unless you can kill them first,

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the best move is to run.

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As first officer, my role is to
support the captain and the crew.

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When it comes to executing
Starfleet's orders,

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my job is to offer options,
strategy, even alternatives.

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But my job isn't to question orders.

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Starfleet has the
interests of Federation

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and non-Federation
worlds clearly in mind.

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Our missions and the goals of Starfleet

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are always in alignment.

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Time for a mission brief.
It's how we get our orders.

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Sometimes we don't know

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what we're supposed to
do until we arrive.

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Transport cargo to Lutani VII?
Did Starfleet specify why?

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That's classified.

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Are there any problems, Ensign?

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No, sir. Any other questions?

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The Lutani used to raid our cargo runs.

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Pretty sure they're
helping the Klingons.

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Is that a question, Lieutenant?

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Are we helping the Lutani now?

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Yes.

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But the why is... classified?

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That is correct.

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You will find out what you need
to know on a need-to-know basis.

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Lieutenant?

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Crates are filling Cargo Bay 12.
Lists on your PADD.

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We have armed escorts
standing by in case...

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anything happens.

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Are we expecting anything to happen?

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Things do happen,
whether or not we expect it.

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That's why, when we enter Lutani space,

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I've alerted phaser and photon
torpedo crews to stand ready.

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It's an active war zone.

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Thank you.

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There is one more important
element on this journey.

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What's a Jikaru?

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Technically, it is livestock.

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The Lutani intend to use it
in their rebuilding efforts.

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We shall pick it up and
we shall drop it off.

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We have to be at half impulse?

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We won't be able to run
with that on the ship?

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It will not be on the ship.

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It will be outside of the ship.
What else do we know about it?

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That's classified.

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Dismissed.

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Because it's none of your business.
I'm just asking you,

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why do the Lutani need Starfleet's help?

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Because they're currently at war.

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Any thoughts on that?

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No. We received orders to
transport cargo to Lutani VII,

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a non-Federation world in
need of aid and supplies,

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and that's what we're doing.

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What kind of supplies?

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Easy guess. They're at war.

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Jikaru is the Lutani word for starlight.

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They have lived on the
oceanic moon Tychus-B.

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And according to the data,

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one of the Jikaru has shown signs of a...

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transformation.

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Soon, it will be able
to move through space.

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There are a lot of restrictions
around how we have to handle it.

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And Starfleet is helping move
the creature to a war zone.

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Why?

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That's outside of my orders.

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We've input the codes for
your orbital containment field.

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Una, stand by to lock onto
it with a tractor beam.

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We'll bring it in close to the ship.

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This thing's really
gonna fly into space?

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There is activity on the surface.

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Containment field is now down.

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I can get visual from
the observation lab.

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Tie us in.

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The Jikaru will be in orbit soon.

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Tractor beams are ready.

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I'm getting a transponder
signal from a Lutani vessel.

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Confirmed. It's a Lutani scout ship

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on an intercept course coming in hot.

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Hail them.

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No response.

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I'm getting strange
readings from the Jikaru.

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Tractor beams cannot lock on.

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Captain, the scout ship is in range.

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It's opening fire.
Shields up.

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They're not shooting at us.

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They're shooting at the Jikaru,
but it's doing little damage.

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Definitely not a fighter pilot.

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Una, prepare phasers
to fire on that ship.

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Captain, what's the creature doing?

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What the hell was that?

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Massive surge of radiation.

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La'An, status.
Shields holding.

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But the Lutani scout ship
is completely disabled.

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No shields, and hull integrity failing.

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Lock transporters on that ship,
beam the survivors aboard.

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Get that containment field back up.

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And turn that damn thing off.

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We've recovered a pilot
from the Lutani vessel.

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She's in sickbay.

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I want a full update.
Who they are and why they came here.

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Can I have the Jikaru audio data?

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I'm already on it.

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Are you all right?

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Your hand was shaking.

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All Vulcans who practice the
ancient meditation of Surak

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experience an increase
in Esper sensitivity.

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It allows our mind melds
to be more efficient.

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You felt the creature's mind?

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I sensed its aggression.

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But I have recovered.

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What would motivate
this Lutani scientist

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to risk their life to
sabotage their own project?

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Dermal regenerator can't
compensate for the organ damage.

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Quadroline?
No, it's fatal to her species.

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Her vitals are crashing.
Radiation poisoning.

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Hyronalin hypospray.

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She's going into shock.

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We need to keep her conscious.

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Hey, hey, hey. Look at me.

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What's your name? Don't close your eyes.

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Tell me your name?

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Dr. Gyud.
Gyud.

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Hey, hey.

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Don't let them use...

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the Jikaru.

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It's a terrible, awful mistake.

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It's okay.

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We were wrong.

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Well, I am a doctor.

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So... I have seen many deaths, I'm afraid.

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Have you ever been ordered
by Starfleet to kill anyone?

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I will defend myself,

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like anybody would.

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But it is not a function
of my current job.

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You were in the Klingon War, yes?

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Yes.

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I was a field surgeon.

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I am a doctor.

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I'm not the most qualified person

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to answer questions about
Starfleet's military protocols.

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Have you ever scrubbed the
surveillance logs from sickbay?

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I cannot recall.

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I cannot recall.

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Before Starfleet, I was adrift.

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I'd lost my family, I'd lost... myself,

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really.

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Starfleet sent me in a direction
at just the right time.

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Were you close to
anyone at the Academy?

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Not really.

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Except maybe Elena, my roommate.

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We hung out sometimes.

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Ensign Elena Cho.
She was on the Cayuga.

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Did you know that?

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No.

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I didn't. I...

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Elena went down with the Cayuga?

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I didn't look at all the
names on the ship, because it...

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If that creature turns on us, sir...

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I know the mission, sir.

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I know the orders I was given.
I'm not refusing command.

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Because my crew is
required to do their job.

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We don't survive this,
what Starfleet wants is irrelevant.

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Sir,

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you didn't see what it could do.

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I know why it's important, sir, I...

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I understand the stakes.

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We'll get it done. Enterprise out.

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All decks, red alert. Status report.

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The Jikaru has broken free
of the containment field.

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It's moving out of orbit.
It can do that?

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I thought we had to
tractor it to Lutani VII.

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It appears the creature's
evolved physiology

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allows it to act as a
supercharged magnetosphere,

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using energized
particles for propulsion.

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So, what? It's got its own engines?

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What about the neural dampener
attached to the creature?

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Shouldn't that keep it calm?

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Scans show it was damaged

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during the attack on the scout ship.

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Without a neural dampener,
we can't control it

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or stop it from attacking
whatever it wants.

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And the big fella's picking up speed.

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Do we let it go?

254
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It is now a weapon. But also a creature.

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Our orders are to take it

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to Lutani VII,
so that's what we're gonna do.

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How, sir?

258
00:14:50,890 --> 00:14:53,143
I've done this kind of thing before,
just usually on horseback.

259
00:14:53,809 --> 00:14:55,437
Chase down and lasso a bronco.

260
00:14:56,812 --> 00:14:58,356
Have you ever refused an order?

261
00:15:00,482 --> 00:15:02,776
Well... Um...

262
00:15:04,486 --> 00:15:07,322
I think I can confidently
say that that's classified.

263
00:15:14,247 --> 00:15:16,374
The Enterprise is
following Starfleet's orders

264
00:15:16,458 --> 00:15:19,043
and transporting what
they know is a weapon,

265
00:15:19,127 --> 00:15:20,169
the Jikaru.

266
00:15:21,336 --> 00:15:23,130
La'An, tractor beam?
I've tried.

267
00:15:23,213 --> 00:15:25,716
The creature's emitting a
randomized electromagnetic field.

268
00:15:25,799 --> 00:15:26,968
The beam can't lock on.

269
00:15:27,051 --> 00:15:29,387
What about the transporter?
Same problem.

270
00:15:29,471 --> 00:15:30,929
Can we match its frequency?

271
00:15:31,013 --> 00:15:33,015
Without precise readings,
an incorrect beam could result

272
00:15:33,098 --> 00:15:35,268
in an energy feedback,
disabling Enterprise.

273
00:15:35,351 --> 00:15:37,145
If tractoring isn't an option,
why don't we follow it?

274
00:15:37,228 --> 00:15:39,314
Keep it within visual range? Do it.

275
00:15:39,396 --> 00:15:41,148
Just not too close, okay?

276
00:15:41,231 --> 00:15:42,609
I don't want to get ripped apart.

277
00:15:42,692 --> 00:15:43,692
What about other ships?

278
00:15:43,776 --> 00:15:45,486
Anything it runs into, it might attack.

279
00:15:45,570 --> 00:15:46,570
I can send out

280
00:15:46,653 --> 00:15:49,531
a system-wide navigational bulletin
to keep clear of our coordinates.

281
00:15:49,616 --> 00:15:50,742
Keep it vague.

282
00:15:50,825 --> 00:15:52,786
We don't want this weapon
falling into the wrong hands.

283
00:15:52,869 --> 00:15:54,411
Am I clear?
Aye, sir.

284
00:15:54,495 --> 00:15:55,830
If that's the order,

285
00:15:55,914 --> 00:15:57,791
we need to work on a plan
to destroy the creature

286
00:15:57,874 --> 00:15:59,083
if necessary.

287
00:15:59,166 --> 00:16:01,085
Better that than Klingons get it.

288
00:16:02,879 --> 00:16:05,005
What makes you good at
being head of security?

289
00:16:05,965 --> 00:16:07,508
I think what makes me good at my job

290
00:16:07,591 --> 00:16:09,968
is that I have a lot of experience.

291
00:16:10,052 --> 00:16:13,515
From a young age,
I've had to look after myself,

292
00:16:13,598 --> 00:16:18,560
and I've learned to make
logical decisions very quickly

293
00:16:18,645 --> 00:16:21,815
in tense, high-risk situations.

294
00:16:22,815 --> 00:16:24,984
What does it feel like to kill somebody?

295
00:16:30,156 --> 00:16:31,281
This is incredible.

296
00:16:32,533 --> 00:16:34,702
Its autonomic systems can manipulate

297
00:16:34,786 --> 00:16:36,078
and distribute energy.

298
00:16:36,161 --> 00:16:38,247
It is...
Fascinating?

299
00:16:39,164 --> 00:16:41,083
Spock, I understand that,

300
00:16:41,166 --> 00:16:43,544
when the Jikaru "powered up,"

301
00:16:43,627 --> 00:16:47,841
you... you had a reaction on the bridge?

302
00:16:48,507 --> 00:16:49,843
Your hand was shaking?

303
00:16:50,843 --> 00:16:52,887
I have been experiencing discomfort.

304
00:16:54,096 --> 00:16:55,098
It is manageable.

305
00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:57,851
Engineering is working on
recreating neural dampeners

306
00:16:57,934 --> 00:16:59,853
based on our scans of the device.

307
00:17:01,104 --> 00:17:02,771
This isn't just a neural dampener.

308
00:17:04,274 --> 00:17:05,733
It's a shock collar.

309
00:17:06,526 --> 00:17:09,319
It's become clear why they
felt they needed that.

310
00:17:10,613 --> 00:17:12,823
The creature is,
to the Lutani, a weapon.

311
00:17:12,906 --> 00:17:15,076
One they need to find a way to control.

312
00:17:15,159 --> 00:17:17,203
They should have tried
talking to it first.

313
00:17:19,496 --> 00:17:21,583
But, hey, I'm just a
communications officer.

314
00:17:24,668 --> 00:17:27,296
You think you were actually
in contact with the Jikaru?

315
00:17:27,380 --> 00:17:28,463
We heard it.

316
00:17:30,090 --> 00:17:31,259
It was talking.

317
00:17:46,774 --> 00:17:47,775
Perhaps.

318
00:17:49,484 --> 00:17:51,654
I believe I was sensing its emotions.

319
00:17:51,738 --> 00:17:56,159
Joseph told me about this,
about how Vulcans abandoned

320
00:17:56,241 --> 00:17:57,827
these psionics centuries ago.

321
00:17:57,911 --> 00:18:01,538
Because of brain aneurysms,
synaptic overload.

322
00:18:02,123 --> 00:18:03,124
Death.

323
00:18:03,207 --> 00:18:05,208
Perhaps I can shield my
mind from its effect.

324
00:18:06,711 --> 00:18:08,296
It is a logical, reasonable option.

325
00:18:11,590 --> 00:18:13,134
Do you believe in every mission?

326
00:18:13,718 --> 00:18:14,718
Yes.

327
00:18:18,139 --> 00:18:20,641
I mean, of course I do.

328
00:18:22,517 --> 00:18:25,854
Starfleet needs us to
deliver the weapon or take it.

329
00:18:27,105 --> 00:18:28,107
Thoughts?

330
00:18:28,816 --> 00:18:30,901
The Lutani are at war.

331
00:18:30,984 --> 00:18:34,113
Understandably desperate,
eager to shift the balance.

332
00:18:35,739 --> 00:18:37,699
This creature dies because
of their experiments,

333
00:18:37,784 --> 00:18:38,952
it's nothing to them.

334
00:18:40,161 --> 00:18:42,329
If it saves them, it's everything.

335
00:18:45,541 --> 00:18:47,334
And if it falls into the wrong hands?

336
00:18:48,336 --> 00:18:50,213
Then it's trouble for everyone.

337
00:18:50,296 --> 00:18:53,256
How do you feel about what's
happening to the Jikaru?

338
00:18:54,801 --> 00:18:57,594
You know how I feel. It's irrelevant.

339
00:18:58,637 --> 00:19:00,932
We have our orders,
whether we like it or not.

340
00:19:02,099 --> 00:19:03,558
Same goes for the crew as well.

341
00:19:04,936 --> 00:19:07,187
No one tells you about this
part of the job, do they?

342
00:19:07,270 --> 00:19:09,439
The new neural dampeners are
loaded into torpedo tubes

343
00:19:09,524 --> 00:19:10,650
and standing by.

344
00:19:10,733 --> 00:19:11,901
Captain?

345
00:19:13,318 --> 00:19:15,488
Mr. Spock and I are working
on an alternative plan.

346
00:19:15,571 --> 00:19:17,072
A way to communicate with the Jikaru

347
00:19:17,156 --> 00:19:19,032
without injuring it. Communicate how?

348
00:19:19,116 --> 00:19:21,577
We're still working on that, but--

349
00:19:21,661 --> 00:19:23,578
Unfortunately, we're out of time.

350
00:19:23,662 --> 00:19:26,082
The creature's trajectory will take
it near a planet with ships in orbit.

351
00:19:26,165 --> 00:19:29,334
Captain, the neural dampener will
put the Jikaru in a catatonic state.

352
00:19:29,418 --> 00:19:31,337
We won't be able to communicate
with it in that condition.

353
00:19:31,421 --> 00:19:32,671
We have our orders, Ensign.

354
00:19:32,755 --> 00:19:34,923
We don't have to like them,
but we do have to obey them.

355
00:19:40,303 --> 00:19:41,764
Captain, we're in range.

356
00:19:43,515 --> 00:19:44,975
Fire.

357
00:19:48,895 --> 00:19:51,024
Torpedo wasn't able to
penetrate its skin.

358
00:19:51,107 --> 00:19:53,526
It's a narrow target.
The dampener has to reach

359
00:19:53,609 --> 00:19:56,029
a precise depth near
its cerebral cortex.

360
00:19:56,112 --> 00:19:58,281
How many torpedoes do we have?
Three more.

361
00:19:58,364 --> 00:19:59,364
Fire again.

362
00:20:02,827 --> 00:20:03,828
All power to shields.

363
00:20:18,634 --> 00:20:20,427
Shields are down to 40%.

364
00:20:20,510 --> 00:20:22,137
Ortegas, full power astern.

365
00:20:22,220 --> 00:20:23,556
Give us some distance from that thing.

366
00:20:24,848 --> 00:20:26,558
Engines answering full astern.

367
00:20:26,641 --> 00:20:28,519
Giving distance and lots of it.

368
00:20:28,603 --> 00:20:29,812
Damage report, all departments.

369
00:20:29,895 --> 00:20:32,482
All non-essential personnel
off the bridge, now.

370
00:20:32,564 --> 00:20:33,858
I'm sorry, Beto. You have to go.

371
00:20:33,941 --> 00:20:35,276
No, I'll stay right here.

372
00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:36,902
Wait. Nyota, no.
I'm sorry.

373
00:20:36,985 --> 00:20:38,529
Just stop. Wait.
Sorry.

374
00:20:52,209 --> 00:20:53,543
Damage report.

375
00:20:53,628 --> 00:20:54,629
That attack drained our shields

376
00:20:54,712 --> 00:20:56,296
like nothing I've seen before.

377
00:20:56,380 --> 00:20:58,423
Another energy burst will
disable them completely.

378
00:20:58,508 --> 00:21:00,593
Anyone else gonna have
nightmares about space dragons?

379
00:21:00,676 --> 00:21:03,261
Captain, the Jikaru is in pursuit
and energizing for another attack.

380
00:21:03,345 --> 00:21:04,597
Ortegas, get it off our tail.

381
00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:06,973
You don't have to tell me twice,
but helm controls are sluggish.

382
00:21:09,602 --> 00:21:11,354
It has to be stopped, Captain.

383
00:21:11,437 --> 00:21:13,772
I suggest we hit it with a full
spread of photon torpedoes.

384
00:21:13,855 --> 00:21:15,066
I advise against that.

385
00:21:15,149 --> 00:21:16,526
The Jikaru could simply
absorb the energy,

386
00:21:16,609 --> 00:21:17,651
then use it against us.

387
00:21:18,735 --> 00:21:19,737
How's your hand?

388
00:21:21,531 --> 00:21:22,531
It's fine.

389
00:21:24,032 --> 00:21:25,409
Stop asking.

390
00:21:26,452 --> 00:21:28,286
You can't prepare for the unknown.

391
00:21:29,913 --> 00:21:33,208
You face it, deal with it. That's it.

392
00:21:34,042 --> 00:21:35,086
End of story.

393
00:21:37,796 --> 00:21:39,422
I'm sorry for being so abrupt.

394
00:21:39,506 --> 00:21:41,425
It's just when the ship's on alert,

395
00:21:41,509 --> 00:21:43,927
things move fast.
We can't have any distractions.

396
00:21:44,010 --> 00:21:47,306
I get it, okay? Sure.

397
00:21:49,182 --> 00:21:52,603
What I don't get is
how Starfleet can agree

398
00:21:52,687 --> 00:21:55,438
to bring a weapon of
war to a distant planet.

399
00:21:57,775 --> 00:21:59,026
Help me understand that.

400
00:22:07,869 --> 00:22:09,953
Are you recording this?

401
00:22:10,036 --> 00:22:11,329
I am, yes. That's my job.

402
00:22:11,413 --> 00:22:12,999
Just like your job.
You're delivering a weapon,

403
00:22:13,082 --> 00:22:15,292
or taking it, or maybe both.

404
00:22:16,586 --> 00:22:18,337
And you're all just following orders.

405
00:22:18,421 --> 00:22:19,838
None of you like it, so I just want to...

406
00:22:19,921 --> 00:22:21,548
I just want to know why,
because it feels like

407
00:22:21,631 --> 00:22:23,968
the actions of a colonizer, who takes.

408
00:22:31,474 --> 00:22:32,767
Oh, my God.

409
00:22:35,020 --> 00:22:36,897
This is what you've
been after all along.

410
00:22:36,980 --> 00:22:37,982
Nyota, I've been af--

411
00:22:38,064 --> 00:22:39,233
You should go.
Wait.

412
00:22:40,234 --> 00:22:41,693
And don't come back to the bridge.

413
00:22:54,498 --> 00:22:55,875
And you really think this will work?

414
00:22:55,958 --> 00:22:57,959
With a neural amplifier,
we believe Spock can

415
00:22:58,043 --> 00:22:59,462
communicate with the Jikaru.

416
00:22:59,545 --> 00:23:00,630
The amplifier should allow me

417
00:23:00,713 --> 00:23:02,130
to mind-meld with the creature remotely.

418
00:23:02,214 --> 00:23:03,965
I have already sensed
impressions from it.

419
00:23:04,050 --> 00:23:05,468
Spock, you have no way of knowing

420
00:23:05,551 --> 00:23:07,594
what connecting with this
creature might do to you.

421
00:23:09,222 --> 00:23:12,224
I'll be monitoring Spock's vital
signs during the procedure,

422
00:23:12,307 --> 00:23:15,770
so if there's any complications,
the link can be severed.

423
00:23:16,854 --> 00:23:19,522
We just-- We need to be
close enough to link them.

424
00:23:20,566 --> 00:23:23,860
I still can't believe I'm letting you
approach the Jikaru in a shuttlecraft.

425
00:23:23,944 --> 00:23:26,197
Hopefully the shuttle's
small size won't alarm it.

426
00:23:27,072 --> 00:23:28,156
And if you do rile it,

427
00:23:28,990 --> 00:23:30,493
you won't last a second in that shuttle.

428
00:23:30,576 --> 00:23:31,577
None of you will.

429
00:23:32,619 --> 00:23:34,621
The creature nearly
destroyed our ship, Captain.

430
00:23:34,704 --> 00:23:36,958
It might try it again. Given our orders,

431
00:23:37,041 --> 00:23:38,625
the shuttle is our smallest risk of loss

432
00:23:38,708 --> 00:23:39,793
against the creature.

433
00:23:45,340 --> 00:23:46,342
Godspeed.

434
00:23:49,344 --> 00:23:54,015
Easy. Easy. We don't
want to make it upset.

435
00:23:55,058 --> 00:23:56,060
Yes.

436
00:23:57,645 --> 00:23:58,645
Closer.

437
00:24:03,776 --> 00:24:05,987
Spock has made connection
with the Jikaru.

438
00:24:06,737 --> 00:24:08,364
I am not sensing any aggression,

439
00:24:09,322 --> 00:24:12,243
but I do believe it is
aware of our presence.

440
00:24:13,494 --> 00:24:14,494
I see her,

441
00:24:15,787 --> 00:24:17,373
feel her.

442
00:24:17,456 --> 00:24:20,917
Something... so sublime.

443
00:24:23,087 --> 00:24:24,713
Ship quartering in at high impulse.

444
00:24:27,550 --> 00:24:28,843
It's a Lutani warship.

445
00:24:30,010 --> 00:24:31,428
We're being hailed.

446
00:24:31,594 --> 00:24:34,765
Captain Pike, now you're
tracking the creature

447
00:24:34,848 --> 00:24:36,308
to take it back to Starfleet.

448
00:24:36,391 --> 00:24:38,853
I question the wisdom
of trusting Starfleet.

449
00:24:38,936 --> 00:24:40,062
Captain, the Lutani warship

450
00:24:40,145 --> 00:24:41,980
is powering up weapons.
Red alert.

451
00:24:42,063 --> 00:24:43,316
I think they pissed off the big guy.

452
00:24:43,399 --> 00:24:45,276
With the Galileo right
in their line of fire.

453
00:24:48,069 --> 00:24:50,364
Enterprise to Galileo.
Get the hell out of there.

454
00:24:50,447 --> 00:24:52,032
Spock's vitals are spiking.

455
00:24:58,621 --> 00:25:00,833
You're right, people do die.

456
00:25:01,541 --> 00:25:02,834
Have you ever seen somebody die?

457
00:25:10,176 --> 00:25:11,302
I don't recommend it.

458
00:25:14,472 --> 00:25:17,307
And if it ever does happen to you...

459
00:25:19,602 --> 00:25:22,437
I don't think you would enjoy
being questioned about it.

460
00:25:28,777 --> 00:25:31,238
We don't always like our orders, but...

461
00:25:34,074 --> 00:25:35,576
I trust my crew, they trust me,

462
00:25:35,659 --> 00:25:37,369
and sometimes that's all we have.

463
00:25:41,707 --> 00:25:43,500
What is the creature doing?

464
00:25:43,583 --> 00:25:45,920
As far as I can tell,
watching the Lutani ship.

465
00:25:46,921 --> 00:25:49,839
After it attacked our shuttle,
it started doing laps.

466
00:25:50,715 --> 00:25:54,177
Well, now we know not
to try talking to it.

467
00:25:54,260 --> 00:25:55,345
I'm not so sure.

468
00:25:56,472 --> 00:25:58,390
Before the Lutani got there,
Spock was able to

469
00:25:58,473 --> 00:25:59,808
connect his mind with hers.

470
00:25:59,891 --> 00:26:02,311
I felt it, too. She bonded with me.

471
00:26:02,395 --> 00:26:03,479
How are they?

472
00:26:03,562 --> 00:26:04,979
Christine is stable.

473
00:26:05,855 --> 00:26:09,067
I have Spock in an induced
coma so his brain can heal.

474
00:26:09,859 --> 00:26:10,860
He'll need some time.

475
00:26:10,944 --> 00:26:12,738
Did we learn anything
more about the Jikaru?

476
00:26:13,364 --> 00:26:14,948
According to the data,

477
00:26:16,074 --> 00:26:18,369
her brain chemistry was
artificially altered

478
00:26:18,452 --> 00:26:21,204
to focus solely on
violence and destruction.

479
00:26:22,540 --> 00:26:24,208
It causes her great pain.

480
00:26:24,291 --> 00:26:25,750
Can you reverse it?

481
00:26:25,834 --> 00:26:28,712
No. She's too far gone.

482
00:26:28,796 --> 00:26:31,214
I still think we just
need to talk to her.

483
00:26:31,297 --> 00:26:33,634
How? Spock's in a coma.

484
00:26:33,717 --> 00:26:36,803
The Jikaru's telepathic ability
was too strong for Spock.

485
00:26:36,886 --> 00:26:38,431
Maybe someone who isn't as sensitive.

486
00:26:38,514 --> 00:26:39,932
Uhura, I know where
you're going with this.

487
00:26:40,015 --> 00:26:42,435
Instead of a shuttle, we use Enterprise.

488
00:26:42,517 --> 00:26:44,395
Neural link me.
Nyota...

489
00:26:44,478 --> 00:26:46,104
I've studied for this.

490
00:26:46,813 --> 00:26:48,941
Communication with a new species.

491
00:26:49,024 --> 00:26:50,817
I won't risk another crew member.

492
00:26:50,901 --> 00:26:51,901
You don't have to.

493
00:26:52,902 --> 00:26:53,904
I'm volunteering.

494
00:27:14,008 --> 00:27:15,176
What makes you a good medic?

495
00:27:18,136 --> 00:27:19,762
I care about my patients.

496
00:27:30,191 --> 00:27:33,693
Uhura, you're risking
permanent brain damage.

497
00:27:41,785 --> 00:27:45,748
This is one of the last
photos I took with my family.

498
00:27:45,831 --> 00:27:50,084
This is... very important to me.

499
00:27:57,718 --> 00:27:58,843
Destroy.

500
00:28:00,345 --> 00:28:01,347
Attack.

501
00:28:03,557 --> 00:28:04,849
Destroy me.

502
00:28:04,933 --> 00:28:06,644
What does that mean?

503
00:28:06,727 --> 00:28:09,562
She wants us to attack her.

504
00:28:09,646 --> 00:28:11,272
Then she'll turn her aggression on us

505
00:28:11,357 --> 00:28:12,775
and let the Lutani ship go.

506
00:28:14,734 --> 00:28:16,237
Boy, you all look very happy.

507
00:28:17,154 --> 00:28:18,322
We... we are.

508
00:28:18,947 --> 00:28:19,948
We were.

509
00:28:22,785 --> 00:28:23,786
The sun.

510
00:28:24,911 --> 00:28:26,579
If we attack her,
she'll follow us there.

511
00:28:27,248 --> 00:28:28,249
The sun?

512
00:28:30,750 --> 00:28:32,670
She's tired of being a weapon.

513
00:28:32,753 --> 00:28:35,838
Yes.

514
00:28:41,135 --> 00:28:43,137
You're doing okay.
Yeah, thanks.

515
00:28:44,807 --> 00:28:45,807
She...

516
00:28:45,890 --> 00:28:47,517
wants to die.

517
00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:51,104
It's the only way she can find peace.

518
00:28:54,608 --> 00:28:55,901
Yeah, when I was 14,

519
00:28:55,984 --> 00:28:58,737
I had a bronco that
fought so hard she fell.

520
00:29:02,323 --> 00:29:03,324
Broke her rib...

521
00:29:04,994 --> 00:29:08,037
straight into her lung,
and she couldn't breathe.

522
00:29:11,708 --> 00:29:13,668
I didn't like what I had to do, but...

523
00:29:17,964 --> 00:29:18,965
I did it.

524
00:29:21,510 --> 00:29:22,885
That's the job, sometimes.

525
00:29:24,430 --> 00:29:27,432
When the costs we pay for our missions,

526
00:29:28,016 --> 00:29:31,687
for our choices... comes due.

527
00:29:44,532 --> 00:29:45,826
I just spoke with Command.

528
00:29:46,869 --> 00:29:47,994
They weren't thrilled with me,

529
00:29:48,078 --> 00:29:50,456
but given the circumstances,
we're in agreement now.

530
00:29:50,998 --> 00:29:52,499
La'An, let's get her attention.

531
00:29:52,583 --> 00:29:54,083
Firing a low-yield burst.

532
00:29:54,167 --> 00:29:55,711
Enough to annoy her,
but not enough for her

533
00:29:55,793 --> 00:29:57,046
to reflect back against us.

534
00:30:06,555 --> 00:30:08,348
She released the Lutani ship.

535
00:30:09,015 --> 00:30:10,933
Ortegas, set a course
for the system's sun.

536
00:30:14,354 --> 00:30:15,355
Aye, sir.

537
00:30:16,607 --> 00:30:19,817
The Jikaru's children on her homeworld,

538
00:30:19,901 --> 00:30:21,444
they haven't been altered.

539
00:30:21,527 --> 00:30:22,696
She's worried for them.

540
00:30:23,947 --> 00:30:26,032
Understood. Tell her...

541
00:30:30,244 --> 00:30:32,331
Tell her that we'll make
sure they stay that way.

542
00:30:34,416 --> 00:30:35,500
That's a promise.

543
00:30:57,605 --> 00:30:58,941
Ensign Elena Cho,

544
00:30:59,942 --> 00:31:00,942
my friend...

545
00:31:03,112 --> 00:31:05,322
died doing what she believed in.

546
00:31:08,199 --> 00:31:09,827
It's what I believe in, too.

547
00:31:15,457 --> 00:31:16,833
This is the job.

548
00:31:16,916 --> 00:31:18,751
We're often in a situation where,

549
00:31:18,836 --> 00:31:21,546
if we don't do anything,
people will die.

550
00:31:21,630 --> 00:31:24,465
But is it really just all on Starfleet?

551
00:31:24,550 --> 00:31:26,593
Don't you think we
should take a step back?

552
00:31:26,677 --> 00:31:30,012
There are other people
trying to help, sure, but...

553
00:31:31,140 --> 00:31:32,640
none with our resources.

554
00:31:33,641 --> 00:31:34,977
If not us, then who?

555
00:31:36,228 --> 00:31:37,354
I do think it's brave,

556
00:31:37,979 --> 00:31:40,314
that you ask all these questions.

557
00:31:41,316 --> 00:31:42,859
No one should accept anything blindly.

558
00:31:42,942 --> 00:31:43,943
And that's...

559
00:31:45,487 --> 00:31:47,822
That's all I was trying to do,
I was just... I was just

560
00:31:47,906 --> 00:31:49,615
trying to provide a counterpoint.

561
00:31:50,116 --> 00:31:52,453
I believe you think that's
what you were trying to do,

562
00:31:52,536 --> 00:31:54,787
but you came here angry.

563
00:31:55,456 --> 00:31:56,832
You had a point to prove.

564
00:31:58,083 --> 00:31:59,625
What was my point?

565
00:32:02,671 --> 00:32:04,881
You blame Starfleet for
taking your sister away.

566
00:32:06,090 --> 00:32:07,968
And then, when she got hurt,

567
00:32:08,968 --> 00:32:11,095
you needed someone to blame
for almost losing her.

568
00:32:14,057 --> 00:32:16,435
The thing is, she's still here.

569
00:32:17,853 --> 00:32:21,647
Erica and I chose to be
a part of Starfleet.

570
00:32:21,732 --> 00:32:24,401
And you can choose to
shut us out for that

571
00:32:24,484 --> 00:32:25,902
or you can accept it.

572
00:32:26,862 --> 00:32:29,864
But Starfleet isn't keeping
you from mending things.

573
00:32:47,548 --> 00:32:48,550
How we doing?

574
00:32:49,468 --> 00:32:52,261
The Jikaru is still pursuing us,
just out of range.

575
00:32:52,345 --> 00:32:53,430
And the Lutani ship?

576
00:32:53,514 --> 00:32:55,432
Heavily damaged, but still intact.

577
00:32:55,515 --> 00:32:56,516
Hail them.

578
00:33:01,813 --> 00:33:04,191
What are you doing with the Jikaru?
Where are you leading it?

579
00:33:04,274 --> 00:33:06,067
Honoring her final wish.

580
00:33:06,151 --> 00:33:07,985
No. We've spent years on this project.

581
00:33:08,069 --> 00:33:09,321
You can't just--Project?

582
00:33:09,404 --> 00:33:11,697
This is an intelligent,
emotional creature.

583
00:33:11,781 --> 00:33:14,201
She has a right to her free will.
You took that from her.

584
00:33:14,284 --> 00:33:17,036
Captain, I'm sure we can
come to some arrangement.

585
00:33:17,119 --> 00:33:19,163
I'm shutting down your
metamorphosis program,

586
00:33:19,248 --> 00:33:21,333
and have been authorized
to quarantine Tychus-B

587
00:33:21,416 --> 00:33:23,167
as a sanctuary world for the Jikaru.

588
00:33:23,251 --> 00:33:26,255
No. You can't do this, you mustn't.

589
00:33:26,338 --> 00:33:28,589
Countless Lutani will
die without this weapon.

590
00:33:28,673 --> 00:33:30,801
The Federation will continue
to provide help in other ways.

591
00:33:30,884 --> 00:33:32,593
Just... not like this.

592
00:33:32,677 --> 00:33:34,847
And if we refuse to
allow you to do this?

593
00:33:34,930 --> 00:33:36,848
We have other warships in the area.

594
00:33:36,932 --> 00:33:38,599
You threaten one of us,
you threaten all of us.

595
00:33:38,683 --> 00:33:42,145
Trust me when I say,
you do not want the
Federation as an enemy.

596
00:34:56,052 --> 00:34:57,303
So much loss.

597
00:34:59,305 --> 00:35:02,267
For me, joining Starfleet
was something I could control.

598
00:35:05,145 --> 00:35:06,312
Mom was dying.

599
00:35:07,605 --> 00:35:09,523
I couldn't do anything about it.

600
00:35:11,233 --> 00:35:12,235
I was lost...

601
00:35:13,612 --> 00:35:15,113
scared, I couldn't face it.

602
00:35:17,949 --> 00:35:19,075
I couldn't face it.

603
00:35:21,495 --> 00:35:23,538
Okay. Do it.

604
00:35:25,624 --> 00:35:28,501
I figured, out here, I'm in control.

605
00:35:29,085 --> 00:35:31,797
Every day, I get to
prove what I'm made of.

606
00:35:32,464 --> 00:35:33,590
I'm the best.

607
00:35:33,674 --> 00:35:36,009
Nothing can touch me,
until it did and now...

608
00:35:37,010 --> 00:35:39,303
there are days when I'm
as scared as I was then.

609
00:35:39,971 --> 00:35:43,266
I'm here because these
people are my family now.

610
00:35:43,809 --> 00:35:45,727
Just as much as you're my family.

611
00:35:47,812 --> 00:35:49,230
They give me hope.

612
00:35:50,314 --> 00:35:51,899
Don't tell them I said that.

613
00:35:54,319 --> 00:35:58,364
Someone once said
space is dark and cold

614
00:35:58,447 --> 00:35:59,865
and full of death.

615
00:36:02,034 --> 00:36:04,788
Our job is to bring light,

616
00:36:04,871 --> 00:36:07,249
bring warmth, bring life

617
00:36:07,332 --> 00:36:08,958
to wherever we go.

618
00:36:10,376 --> 00:36:11,669
That's our mission.

619
00:36:12,420 --> 00:36:14,256
Before Starfleet,

620
00:36:14,339 --> 00:36:17,384
I was adrift.

621
00:36:18,385 --> 00:36:19,677
I'd lost my family.

622
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:21,595
I'd lost myself.

623
00:36:23,264 --> 00:36:26,018
Starfleet sent me in a direction
at just the right time.

624
00:36:28,103 --> 00:36:31,230
Without Starfleet, I'd either be dead

625
00:36:32,148 --> 00:36:33,774
or undisciplined,

626
00:36:33,858 --> 00:36:35,610
consumed by my own anger.

627
00:36:36,403 --> 00:36:37,863
Starfleet has allowed me to explore

628
00:36:37,946 --> 00:36:39,072
my human half.

629
00:36:41,657 --> 00:36:43,868
Had I attempted this
exploration on Vulcan,

630
00:36:44,745 --> 00:36:47,039
I would have been shunned

631
00:36:47,122 --> 00:36:48,206
or banished.

632
00:36:51,584 --> 00:36:53,878
I have now been invited
to see a side of Starfleet

633
00:36:53,961 --> 00:36:55,964
I didn't expect.

634
00:37:03,262 --> 00:37:04,263
Thank you.

635
00:37:09,227 --> 00:37:10,562
Thank you very much.

636
00:37:11,896 --> 00:37:13,522
What separates a "Federation"

637
00:37:13,606 --> 00:37:14,940
from an "Empire"?

638
00:37:15,649 --> 00:37:17,486
And a starship from a warship?

639
00:37:23,032 --> 00:37:24,033
Yes!

640
00:37:24,492 --> 00:37:25,826
What is Starfleet?

641
00:37:26,620 --> 00:37:28,121
It's the people.

642
00:37:28,789 --> 00:37:29,790
All of us.

643
00:37:30,373 --> 00:37:32,333
We make Starfleet what it is.

644
00:37:32,416 --> 00:37:33,667
Not the other way around.

645
00:40:23,045 --> 00:40:24,047
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