1 00:00:25,112 --> 00:00:27,549 Previously on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds... 2 00:00:27,592 --> 00:00:29,116 Send someone else. 3 00:00:29,159 --> 00:00:30,595 You don't want me in command of that ship. 4 00:00:30,639 --> 00:00:32,206 - You saw the future. - I saw my own death. 5 00:00:32,249 --> 00:00:33,816 APRIL: Your first officer doesn't do 6 00:00:33,859 --> 00:00:34,947 down time well, Chris. 7 00:00:34,991 --> 00:00:36,427 - Captain. - Samuel Kirk. 8 00:00:36,471 --> 00:00:38,603 Well, you're posted to life sciences, and 9 00:00:38,647 --> 00:00:39,952 he's your new boss. 10 00:00:39,996 --> 00:00:41,606 Captain Pike. 11 00:00:41,650 --> 00:00:43,739 Lieutenant La'An Noonien-Singh. Chief of Security. 12 00:00:43,782 --> 00:00:46,220 PIKE: Ah, the prodigy. Cadet Uhura? 13 00:00:46,263 --> 00:00:48,483 - What's the mission? - We explore. 14 00:00:48,526 --> 00:00:50,093 We seek out new life 15 00:00:50,137 --> 00:00:51,660 and new civilizations. 16 00:00:51,703 --> 00:00:55,098 We boldly go where no one has gone before. 17 00:00:59,189 --> 00:01:01,452 [wind whistling] 18 00:01:04,150 --> 00:01:06,109 [baby fussing in distance] 19 00:01:19,514 --> 00:01:20,906 UHURA: Cadet's log. 20 00:01:20,950 --> 00:01:23,518 Stardate 2912.4. 21 00:01:23,561 --> 00:01:25,476 The Enterprise is surveying the Persephone system, 22 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:27,478 where the crew is studying the behavior 23 00:01:27,521 --> 00:01:31,091 of an ancient comet, C/2260-Quentin. 24 00:01:31,134 --> 00:01:33,484 I, however, am doing rotation 25 00:01:33,527 --> 00:01:35,399 in landing party readiness protocols, 26 00:01:35,443 --> 00:01:37,575 which doesn't really involve comets, 27 00:01:37,619 --> 00:01:39,186 ancient or otherwise, 28 00:01:39,229 --> 00:01:41,144 so duties are pretty slow at the moment. 29 00:01:41,188 --> 00:01:44,191 Except, of course, for a recent invitation to dinner 30 00:01:44,234 --> 00:01:46,758 at the captain's cabin, for which I have been encouraged 31 00:01:46,801 --> 00:01:48,369 by Lieutenant Ortegas 32 00:01:48,412 --> 00:01:50,762 to dust off my dress uniform. 33 00:01:50,806 --> 00:01:52,286 [sighs] 34 00:01:54,288 --> 00:01:56,377 You said it was formal. 35 00:01:56,420 --> 00:01:58,161 Actually, what I said was you... 36 00:01:58,205 --> 00:01:59,945 might want to wear your dress uniform. 37 00:01:59,989 --> 00:02:03,210 Are you kidding? This is your idea of a practical joke? 38 00:02:03,253 --> 00:02:05,212 Kind of. 39 00:02:05,255 --> 00:02:07,214 I'm going back to change. 40 00:02:07,257 --> 00:02:09,433 You do not want to be late to the captain's table. 41 00:02:09,477 --> 00:02:11,043 [Uhura sighs] 42 00:02:13,002 --> 00:02:14,960 Relax, Cadet. It's tradition. 43 00:02:15,004 --> 00:02:17,049 - Hazing the newbie? - All in good fun. 44 00:02:17,093 --> 00:02:19,313 We get bored. It's a small ship. 45 00:02:19,356 --> 00:02:20,836 You know, it's really not. 46 00:02:20,879 --> 00:02:22,925 Come on. 47 00:02:22,968 --> 00:02:25,841 Consider it your first complete square 48 00:02:25,884 --> 00:02:27,364 in Enterprise bingo. 49 00:02:27,408 --> 00:02:28,670 You know about that? 50 00:02:28,713 --> 00:02:31,586 I was a cadet once too, Cadet. 51 00:02:31,629 --> 00:02:33,457 So, what are these things like? 52 00:02:33,501 --> 00:02:35,894 Well, first off, they're not just the command crew. 53 00:02:35,938 --> 00:02:38,114 Captain wants, you know, regular people, 54 00:02:38,158 --> 00:02:39,985 to hear what's actually happening on the ship, 55 00:02:40,029 --> 00:02:42,553 so he'll probably ask you questions. 56 00:02:42,597 --> 00:02:44,425 Great. 57 00:02:45,774 --> 00:02:46,949 That a problem? 58 00:02:46,992 --> 00:02:48,516 How do I put this? 59 00:02:48,559 --> 00:02:51,649 My father liked to say that I was unburdened 60 00:02:51,692 --> 00:02:54,783 by conversational boundaries. 61 00:02:54,826 --> 00:02:56,437 So, this'll be fun for you, then. 62 00:02:58,134 --> 00:02:59,744 [door chimes] 63 00:03:01,877 --> 00:03:03,226 [door whooshes open] 64 00:03:03,270 --> 00:03:05,185 Lieutenant Ortegas, Cadet Uhura, wel... 65 00:03:05,228 --> 00:03:06,534 [laughs] 66 00:03:06,577 --> 00:03:08,927 Dress uniform, huh? Grab a drink. 67 00:03:08,971 --> 00:03:10,842 I got to deal with the ribs. 68 00:03:10,886 --> 00:03:12,148 UNA: Ortegas, 69 00:03:12,192 --> 00:03:14,585 come help refill drinks. Cadet Uhura, 70 00:03:14,629 --> 00:03:16,457 - good to see you. - You, too. 71 00:03:16,500 --> 00:03:19,242 [music playing quietly] 72 00:03:19,286 --> 00:03:21,201 ♪ Feel your eyes burn...♪ 73 00:03:21,244 --> 00:03:23,203 [sighs] 74 00:03:23,246 --> 00:03:25,640 [overlapping chatter] 75 00:03:27,337 --> 00:03:29,383 Oh, uh, can I help? 76 00:03:31,907 --> 00:03:33,430 No. 77 00:03:33,474 --> 00:03:36,651 You have offended Hemmer, our new Chief Engineer. 78 00:03:36,694 --> 00:03:38,783 No offense intended. 79 00:03:38,827 --> 00:03:40,611 I was raised to offer help to anyone 80 00:03:40,655 --> 00:03:42,134 with a sensory impairment. 81 00:03:42,178 --> 00:03:43,353 - If I was... - That word again. 82 00:03:43,397 --> 00:03:44,353 Sir? 83 00:03:44,398 --> 00:03:46,269 "Impaired." 84 00:03:46,313 --> 00:03:49,490 A human in my condition might consider themselves impaired. 85 00:03:49,533 --> 00:03:52,014 Hemmer may not be able to see, but his other senses compensate. 86 00:03:52,057 --> 00:03:53,668 HEMMER: Compensate? 87 00:03:53,711 --> 00:03:55,670 They are superior. 88 00:03:55,713 --> 00:03:58,281 Uh, I've read that, among many things, 89 00:03:58,325 --> 00:04:00,501 the Aenar have a form of precognitive ability. 90 00:04:00,544 --> 00:04:03,199 I knew you were going to ask that. 91 00:04:03,243 --> 00:04:05,549 Because you sensed my question before I asked it? 92 00:04:05,593 --> 00:04:07,290 Because everyone always asks that. 93 00:04:07,334 --> 00:04:08,813 Right. 94 00:04:11,816 --> 00:04:14,341 HEMMER: You telegraphed your throw, telepathically. 95 00:04:14,384 --> 00:04:17,474 As was my intention, to illustrate. 96 00:04:17,518 --> 00:04:18,910 [chuckles] 97 00:04:20,172 --> 00:04:22,740 This is a hazing thing, isn't it? 98 00:04:22,784 --> 00:04:24,525 You guys are screwing around. 99 00:04:24,568 --> 00:04:26,744 [speaking Andorian] 100 00:04:28,746 --> 00:04:31,009 [speaking Vulcan] 101 00:04:31,053 --> 00:04:32,837 I think I need a drink. 102 00:04:35,144 --> 00:04:37,015 I like her. 103 00:04:37,058 --> 00:04:38,365 Indeed. 104 00:04:38,408 --> 00:04:41,542 So, I have my phaser out, and, sure enough, 105 00:04:41,585 --> 00:04:43,544 down the street, there's the Nausicaan we're after. 106 00:04:43,587 --> 00:04:45,633 Running away, no pants on. 107 00:04:45,676 --> 00:04:47,461 [quiet laughter] 108 00:04:47,504 --> 00:04:50,942 I move after him, only I trip, flat on my face. I shout, 109 00:04:50,986 --> 00:04:53,336 "Freeze!" But the Nausicaan keeps running. 110 00:04:53,380 --> 00:04:55,207 [laughter] 111 00:04:55,251 --> 00:04:57,253 I try to stand up, but my feet are caught on something, 112 00:04:57,297 --> 00:04:59,037 and then I realize... 113 00:04:59,081 --> 00:05:01,301 - I've tripped on his pants. - [laughter] 114 00:05:01,344 --> 00:05:03,651 PIKE: So, anyway, 115 00:05:03,694 --> 00:05:06,349 after, my lieutenant pulls me aside and says, 116 00:05:06,393 --> 00:05:09,396 "Maybe Security isn't the best fit for you, Ensign." 117 00:05:09,439 --> 00:05:11,311 [loud laughter] 118 00:05:13,182 --> 00:05:15,924 I've never understood the human inclination 119 00:05:15,967 --> 00:05:18,492 to laugh at others' misfortune. 120 00:05:18,535 --> 00:05:20,363 It feels... impolite. 121 00:05:20,407 --> 00:05:22,539 That's why it's funny. 122 00:05:22,582 --> 00:05:25,150 Because it breaks a social expectation? 123 00:05:25,194 --> 00:05:26,630 PIKE: Sometimes, Mr. Spock, 124 00:05:26,674 --> 00:05:29,764 things go so badly you just have to laugh. 125 00:05:31,896 --> 00:05:33,942 [Uhura humming] 126 00:05:36,423 --> 00:05:37,772 [pouring] 127 00:05:39,774 --> 00:05:41,210 What's that you're humming, Cadet? 128 00:05:41,253 --> 00:05:44,648 Sorry. Bad habit. 129 00:05:46,694 --> 00:05:50,393 Uh, it's an old folk song from my village in Kenya. 130 00:05:50,437 --> 00:05:53,614 I've visited Lake Simbi Nyaima several times. 131 00:05:53,657 --> 00:05:55,832 It is achingly beautiful there. 132 00:05:55,877 --> 00:05:58,923 - I grew up just a few miles away. - Really? 133 00:05:58,967 --> 00:06:00,360 You know, the Enterprise only gets a handful 134 00:06:00,403 --> 00:06:02,100 of cadets a year from Starfleet. 135 00:06:02,144 --> 00:06:03,580 You got to be pretty impressive to make the cut. 136 00:06:03,624 --> 00:06:04,668 Thank you, sir. 137 00:06:04,712 --> 00:06:06,714 I hear you speak 12 languages. 138 00:06:06,757 --> 00:06:08,933 Uh, 37. 139 00:06:10,413 --> 00:06:12,197 PIKE: Okay, wow. 140 00:06:12,241 --> 00:06:16,419 Uh, in Kenya we have 22 native languages. 141 00:06:16,463 --> 00:06:18,595 I found early that, if I wanted to be understood, 142 00:06:18,639 --> 00:06:20,597 it's best to communicate in someone's own tongue, 143 00:06:20,641 --> 00:06:23,470 so I learned them. 144 00:06:23,513 --> 00:06:25,472 Easy as that? 145 00:06:25,515 --> 00:06:27,604 For me, sir, yes. 146 00:06:27,648 --> 00:06:29,824 I noticed you're on the next landing party rotation. 147 00:06:29,867 --> 00:06:31,260 I know it can be confusing 148 00:06:31,303 --> 00:06:32,740 jumping from department to department. 149 00:06:32,783 --> 00:06:35,220 - Right, Number One? - That was one time. 150 00:06:35,264 --> 00:06:36,918 [laughter] 151 00:06:36,961 --> 00:06:38,615 I'm sure you've chosen a specialty you'd like. 152 00:06:38,659 --> 00:06:40,704 Where do you see yourself in ten y... 153 00:06:41,705 --> 00:06:44,534 Ten years, where do you see yourself? 154 00:06:44,578 --> 00:06:46,710 UHURA: Are you asking me what I want 155 00:06:46,754 --> 00:06:48,625 to be when I grow up, Captain? 156 00:06:50,714 --> 00:06:52,455 Sure. 157 00:06:52,499 --> 00:06:54,457 I... 158 00:06:56,111 --> 00:06:58,766 ...guess the truth is, I'm not sure 159 00:06:58,808 --> 00:07:01,333 I'm actually all that "Starfleet." 160 00:07:05,903 --> 00:07:08,428 That's not something I've ever heard from a cadet. 161 00:07:08,471 --> 00:07:10,952 You worked pretty hard to get here. 162 00:07:10,995 --> 00:07:13,345 You beat out, how many, a thousand applicants? 163 00:07:13,389 --> 00:07:15,086 Several thousand. 164 00:07:15,130 --> 00:07:17,698 PIKE: And now you're not sure if you want to be here? 165 00:07:17,741 --> 00:07:20,135 I always wanted to study alien languages. 166 00:07:20,178 --> 00:07:22,180 I have an ear for them. 167 00:07:22,224 --> 00:07:24,269 And a gift for understatement. 168 00:07:24,313 --> 00:07:27,142 I was going to attend the University in Nairobi. 169 00:07:27,185 --> 00:07:29,361 Both my parents taught there. 170 00:07:29,405 --> 00:07:30,798 Mm-hmm. 171 00:07:30,841 --> 00:07:32,800 About a week before I was due to start, 172 00:07:32,843 --> 00:07:35,150 they were, uh... 173 00:07:35,193 --> 00:07:37,500 killed in a shuttle accident. 174 00:07:37,544 --> 00:07:39,371 My older brother, too. 175 00:07:39,415 --> 00:07:42,853 I'm so sorry. 176 00:07:42,897 --> 00:07:45,856 After, I just... 177 00:07:45,900 --> 00:07:48,293 couldn't go to campus. 178 00:07:48,337 --> 00:07:51,122 Their absence was... 179 00:07:51,166 --> 00:07:52,994 everywhere. 180 00:07:53,037 --> 00:07:54,952 I moved in with my grandmother, 181 00:07:54,996 --> 00:07:57,607 but I just... 182 00:07:57,651 --> 00:07:59,391 didn't feel like I fit 183 00:07:59,435 --> 00:08:01,568 anywhere. 184 00:08:01,611 --> 00:08:04,832 Anyway, she was in Starfleet when she was young, 185 00:08:04,875 --> 00:08:06,703 and she always used to talk about it, 186 00:08:06,747 --> 00:08:08,923 and, well, I didn't know what else to do. 187 00:08:08,966 --> 00:08:11,578 So you ran away to Starfleet? 188 00:08:11,621 --> 00:08:14,015 Yes. 189 00:08:15,103 --> 00:08:18,498 That is an impressive and heartbreaking story, Cadet. 190 00:08:18,541 --> 00:08:21,631 That's me. 191 00:08:21,675 --> 00:08:24,155 Well, Cadet, I appreciate your honesty, 192 00:08:24,199 --> 00:08:26,331 and I sincerely hope you discover a place 193 00:08:26,375 --> 00:08:27,855 where you feel you do fit, 194 00:08:27,898 --> 00:08:30,684 wherever that may be. 195 00:08:37,734 --> 00:08:40,345 Guess I kind of blew it in there, huh? 196 00:08:40,389 --> 00:08:42,217 Not at all, Cadet. 197 00:08:42,260 --> 00:08:44,959 The captain values honesty, as do I. 198 00:08:45,002 --> 00:08:47,570 But...? 199 00:08:47,614 --> 00:08:49,659 But I would say to you 200 00:08:49,703 --> 00:08:52,444 that Starfleet has been a lifelong dream for many, 201 00:08:52,488 --> 00:08:54,621 myself included. 202 00:08:54,664 --> 00:08:57,580 If it is not your path, you might consider making way 203 00:08:57,624 --> 00:09:00,061 for someone else who wants to walk it. 204 00:09:06,807 --> 00:09:08,243 [sighs] 205 00:09:08,286 --> 00:09:09,244 UNA: I've seen you ask that cadet 206 00:09:09,287 --> 00:09:11,551 question a hundred times. 207 00:09:11,594 --> 00:09:13,030 Tonight it felt different. 208 00:09:13,074 --> 00:09:16,338 Is it because of what you told me, 209 00:09:16,381 --> 00:09:18,949 about what you saw on Boreth? 210 00:09:18,993 --> 00:09:21,125 Turns out, knowing your future 211 00:09:21,169 --> 00:09:23,606 kind of takes the fun out of imagining it. 212 00:09:23,650 --> 00:09:26,087 Chris, have you considered that maybe 213 00:09:26,130 --> 00:09:28,350 your fate isn't written? 214 00:09:28,393 --> 00:09:30,657 Dusty Swender. 215 00:09:30,700 --> 00:09:33,050 T'quiel Dawn. Muliq Al Alcazar. 216 00:09:33,094 --> 00:09:35,575 Yuuto Hoshide. Andrea Lopez. 217 00:09:35,618 --> 00:09:38,273 I could keep going. These are the kids I save when it happens. 218 00:09:38,316 --> 00:09:41,232 You know their names. 219 00:09:43,017 --> 00:09:46,237 Lately, I've been saying them over and over again, 220 00:09:46,281 --> 00:09:47,761 like a reminder. 221 00:09:47,804 --> 00:09:50,198 Stay the course, save their lives. 222 00:09:52,504 --> 00:09:54,637 I refuse to believe there isn't another way. 223 00:09:54,681 --> 00:09:56,421 [comm chimes] 224 00:09:56,465 --> 00:09:58,075 SPOCK [over comm]: Captain Pike to the bridge. 225 00:09:58,119 --> 00:09:59,990 There is a problem with the comet. 226 00:10:11,262 --> 00:10:13,874 SPOCK: The computer simulation suggests that, 227 00:10:13,917 --> 00:10:16,441 when the comet strikes the planet in two days, 228 00:10:16,485 --> 00:10:19,706 there will be no survivors. 229 00:10:19,749 --> 00:10:21,664 Persephone III is an M-Class world. 230 00:10:21,708 --> 00:10:24,449 Previous surveys suggests it is home to an intelligent, 231 00:10:24,493 --> 00:10:26,930 pre-warp species that call themselves the Deleb. 232 00:10:29,106 --> 00:10:31,631 Given their current state of technological advancement, 233 00:10:31,674 --> 00:10:33,154 it is highly unlikely that they're aware 234 00:10:33,197 --> 00:10:34,677 - of the danger they are in. - PIKE: Options? 235 00:10:34,721 --> 00:10:38,246 The Deleb can't move the comet, 236 00:10:38,289 --> 00:10:40,814 - so we move it for them? - Mr. Spock? 237 00:10:40,857 --> 00:10:44,034 An ion engine. To be precise, four, 238 00:10:44,078 --> 00:10:45,340 programmed to fire in sequence 239 00:10:45,383 --> 00:10:46,558 to account for the comet's rotation. 240 00:10:46,602 --> 00:10:48,822 Got it. Number One, thoughts? 241 00:10:48,865 --> 00:10:50,519 It could work. 242 00:10:50,562 --> 00:10:53,870 We could use photon torpedoes as launch vehicles. 243 00:10:53,914 --> 00:10:56,046 Take about an hour for the retrofit. 244 00:10:56,090 --> 00:10:57,961 A rosy assessment, considering I'll be the one 245 00:10:58,005 --> 00:10:59,702 doing the retrofitting. 246 00:10:59,746 --> 00:11:01,138 Let's get it done, people. 247 00:11:01,182 --> 00:11:02,836 We've got a planet to save before breakfast. 248 00:11:02,879 --> 00:11:05,403 I love this job. 249 00:11:22,246 --> 00:11:24,248 Anyone want to tell me how a comet 250 00:11:24,292 --> 00:11:26,642 puts up a force field? 251 00:11:31,778 --> 00:11:33,823 PIKE: Space. 252 00:11:34,824 --> 00:11:37,261 The final frontier. 253 00:11:39,220 --> 00:11:43,006 These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. 254 00:11:44,007 --> 00:11:46,793 Its five-year mission: 255 00:11:46,836 --> 00:11:50,057 to explore strange new worlds... 256 00:11:52,015 --> 00:11:54,539 ...to seek out new life 257 00:11:54,583 --> 00:11:58,152 and new civilizations, 258 00:11:58,195 --> 00:12:02,243 to boldly go where no one has gone before. 259 00:12:02,286 --> 00:12:04,332 ♪ 260 00:12:32,490 --> 00:12:34,536 ♪ 261 00:13:00,518 --> 00:13:02,564 ♪ 262 00:13:20,974 --> 00:13:23,367 We've tried every hail, every scan you can think of. 263 00:13:23,411 --> 00:13:26,196 If there's life on the comet, we can't find it. 264 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:28,329 But we did find... 265 00:13:28,372 --> 00:13:29,852 a structure. 266 00:13:29,896 --> 00:13:32,986 It's enormous and mostly subterranean. 267 00:13:33,029 --> 00:13:35,205 A structure suggests alien intelligence. 268 00:13:35,249 --> 00:13:37,338 Which is why I've asked Sam Kirk of Xenoanthropology here 269 00:13:37,381 --> 00:13:39,557 to join us. So, let's start with the obvious. 270 00:13:39,601 --> 00:13:42,299 It looks like a comet, has shields like a starship, 271 00:13:42,343 --> 00:13:44,649 and a building on its surface like a planet, 272 00:13:44,693 --> 00:13:45,999 but no life signs. 273 00:13:46,042 --> 00:13:47,739 Maybe it's not a comet at all, 274 00:13:47,783 --> 00:13:51,439 but some kind of derelict spacecraft? 275 00:13:51,482 --> 00:13:53,702 Okay, so how do we shut down its shields? 276 00:13:53,745 --> 00:13:56,313 Logic suggests this structure is likely where we'll have to go. 277 00:13:56,357 --> 00:13:58,881 Except it's got shields. 278 00:13:58,925 --> 00:14:00,187 The shields are not constant. 279 00:14:00,230 --> 00:14:02,102 They only appear in response to a threat. 280 00:14:02,145 --> 00:14:03,581 It should be possible to beam to the surface 281 00:14:03,625 --> 00:14:04,974 without triggering them. 282 00:14:05,018 --> 00:14:07,063 Sam, are you aware of any civilization 283 00:14:07,107 --> 00:14:08,543 that developed on the surface of a comet? 284 00:14:08,586 --> 00:14:10,806 First I've heard of one. 285 00:14:11,938 --> 00:14:13,853 I'm starting to like the mustache. 286 00:14:15,593 --> 00:14:17,334 Maybe you should try one for yourself. 287 00:14:17,378 --> 00:14:19,597 La'An, you, Spock, 288 00:14:19,641 --> 00:14:21,556 and Sam get suited up, and 289 00:14:21,599 --> 00:14:23,427 this is the cadet's first away mission. 290 00:14:23,471 --> 00:14:25,908 You wanted to learn to speak alien languages... 291 00:14:25,952 --> 00:14:28,563 go where the aliens are. 292 00:14:30,608 --> 00:14:32,480 The surface of the comet is bombarded 293 00:14:32,523 --> 00:14:35,744 by ridiculously high levels of cosmic rays. 294 00:14:35,787 --> 00:14:37,398 This will buy you two hours. 295 00:14:37,441 --> 00:14:39,617 Any more and your insides will turn to liquid. 296 00:14:41,184 --> 00:14:42,794 Ow! 297 00:14:42,838 --> 00:14:44,927 Ugh, you could've warned me. 298 00:14:44,971 --> 00:14:46,711 Then you'd know it was gonna hurt. 299 00:14:46,755 --> 00:14:48,104 You know I've had people run on me? 300 00:14:55,329 --> 00:14:57,679 Weapon up, people. 301 00:14:57,722 --> 00:14:58,985 Kirk, Uhura, 302 00:14:59,028 --> 00:15:00,595 when you're recovered, with me. 303 00:15:02,249 --> 00:15:04,120 You ready for this? 304 00:15:04,164 --> 00:15:05,817 I am more than capable of managing 305 00:15:05,861 --> 00:15:07,036 any pain you can induce. 306 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:08,864 [chuckling] Mr. Spock. 307 00:15:08,908 --> 00:15:11,475 Now you're just toying with me. 308 00:15:11,519 --> 00:15:14,348 That was not my intention. 309 00:15:14,391 --> 00:15:16,959 - I've noticed. - Heads up. 310 00:15:17,003 --> 00:15:18,743 Thank you, Lieutenant. 311 00:15:43,899 --> 00:15:45,248 LA'AN: Remember, when we arrive, 312 00:15:45,292 --> 00:15:47,555 gravity is a fraction of Earth normal. 313 00:15:47,598 --> 00:15:50,558 Don't want anyone flying off into space. 314 00:15:54,518 --> 00:15:56,912 Energize, Mr. Kyle. 315 00:16:21,806 --> 00:16:24,766 - [sighs] - You good? 316 00:16:24,809 --> 00:16:26,986 Yeah. 317 00:16:27,029 --> 00:16:29,640 I'm... standing on the surface of a comet. 318 00:16:31,207 --> 00:16:32,904 [exhales] 319 00:16:51,445 --> 00:16:53,490 ♪ 320 00:17:17,210 --> 00:17:19,167 Curious. According to my readings, 321 00:17:19,212 --> 00:17:22,737 there is breathable atmosphere inside the chamber. 322 00:17:22,780 --> 00:17:24,347 We should make sure it's secure. 323 00:17:24,391 --> 00:17:26,088 Lieutenant Spock, you scan the room. 324 00:17:26,132 --> 00:17:27,915 I'll do a perimeter sweep. 325 00:17:35,358 --> 00:17:36,881 SAM: These markings. 326 00:17:36,925 --> 00:17:40,059 What do you think, decorative or linguistic? 327 00:17:41,886 --> 00:17:43,540 You're asking me? 328 00:17:43,584 --> 00:17:45,803 Don't study linguistics if you don't want people 329 00:17:45,847 --> 00:17:47,196 to ask you questions about it. 330 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:49,285 Okay. 331 00:17:49,329 --> 00:17:51,679 Fine. 332 00:17:51,722 --> 00:17:53,376 It's just, uh... 333 00:17:53,420 --> 00:17:57,032 You're a cadet, it's your first away mission, I get it. 334 00:17:57,076 --> 00:17:59,600 But you're here for a reason. 335 00:18:10,654 --> 00:18:12,917 UHURA: These markings, 336 00:18:12,961 --> 00:18:14,919 they repeat in a sequence. 337 00:18:14,963 --> 00:18:17,879 A sequence, huh? Maybe a code? 338 00:18:17,922 --> 00:18:20,360 I don't know. 339 00:18:20,403 --> 00:18:21,796 Just... 340 00:18:21,839 --> 00:18:25,626 Everything seems to point to this egg. 341 00:18:25,669 --> 00:18:29,412 It's important, just... I don't know how. 342 00:18:29,456 --> 00:18:32,459 Do you think these markings indicate some kind of control? 343 00:18:34,287 --> 00:18:36,158 If they do, 344 00:18:36,202 --> 00:18:38,073 then perhaps this is how we can affect the comet's shields. 345 00:18:38,117 --> 00:18:39,161 LA'AN: Perimeter's clear. 346 00:18:39,205 --> 00:18:41,468 No one here but us. 347 00:18:48,562 --> 00:18:50,433 Uh, Lieutenant, I don't think that's a... 348 00:18:51,478 --> 00:18:52,609 [chuckles] 349 00:18:52,653 --> 00:18:54,872 ...a good idea. 350 00:18:54,916 --> 00:18:56,961 Yahtzee. 351 00:18:57,005 --> 00:18:59,007 Huh? 352 00:18:59,050 --> 00:19:00,748 It's an old Earth game. 353 00:19:00,791 --> 00:19:03,272 I am familiar with Yahtzee, Lieutenant, 354 00:19:03,316 --> 00:19:05,579 but I am reading a dangerous buildup of energy. 355 00:19:05,622 --> 00:19:07,624 Please step away from the egg. 356 00:19:09,496 --> 00:19:11,672 Turn him over. Get his helmet off. 357 00:19:20,376 --> 00:19:23,162 His heart has stopped. We need to get him to the ship. 358 00:19:24,206 --> 00:19:25,729 LA'AN [cutting in and out]: Ent... prise. 359 00:19:25,773 --> 00:19:28,036 We ne... ergency beam out. 360 00:19:28,079 --> 00:19:30,908 La'An, your signal's spotty. We can't quite hear you. 361 00:19:30,952 --> 00:19:33,955 Lieutenant Kirk has been injured. Beam us out. 362 00:19:35,261 --> 00:19:36,914 Having trouble getting a lock. 363 00:19:43,965 --> 00:19:45,314 Clear. 364 00:19:51,277 --> 00:19:52,539 Energizing. 365 00:19:55,194 --> 00:19:56,891 Captain, the force field. 366 00:19:56,934 --> 00:19:58,980 It's back up. 367 00:20:01,809 --> 00:20:03,550 [grunts] Signal's being blocked. 368 00:20:03,593 --> 00:20:06,161 I can't get them back. 369 00:20:06,205 --> 00:20:07,554 Clear. 370 00:20:15,605 --> 00:20:17,390 He's stable, for now. 371 00:20:17,433 --> 00:20:19,653 All frequencies are down. 372 00:20:19,696 --> 00:20:21,785 We're cut off from the ship. 373 00:20:24,527 --> 00:20:25,876 We're on our own. 374 00:20:38,019 --> 00:20:41,152 He sustained massive trauma from electrical shock. 375 00:20:41,196 --> 00:20:42,632 I've sedated him. 376 00:20:42,676 --> 00:20:45,069 Uh, maybe we don't touch anything else. 377 00:20:48,290 --> 00:20:49,900 Just a suggestion. 378 00:20:49,944 --> 00:20:52,512 He will not survive without prompt medical attention. 379 00:20:52,555 --> 00:20:54,122 [tricorder beeping] 380 00:20:54,165 --> 00:20:56,516 Seems that force field is back. 381 00:20:56,559 --> 00:20:58,866 It appears the comet wishes to keep us here. 382 00:20:58,909 --> 00:21:01,172 What kind of comet knows someone's walking on it? 383 00:21:01,216 --> 00:21:02,652 A salient question, Cadet. 384 00:21:02,696 --> 00:21:04,306 One that I am afraid you may have to answer 385 00:21:04,350 --> 00:21:06,047 in order for us to escape. 386 00:21:06,090 --> 00:21:08,919 Sir, I'm reminding you this is my first away mission. 387 00:21:08,963 --> 00:21:10,181 SPOCK: That may be, 388 00:21:10,225 --> 00:21:11,705 but the key to our escape 389 00:21:11,748 --> 00:21:13,402 may well be in these markings all around us, 390 00:21:13,446 --> 00:21:15,578 and you are the only linguistics expert here. 391 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,286 ♪ 392 00:21:56,097 --> 00:21:58,926 Right now, I need ideas. 393 00:21:58,969 --> 00:22:00,144 We've got a planet full of people 394 00:22:00,188 --> 00:22:01,711 who will die without our help, 395 00:22:01,755 --> 00:22:04,018 and our crew members are trapped on that comet. 396 00:22:04,061 --> 00:22:06,325 We need to get through that force field. How? 397 00:22:08,022 --> 00:22:09,763 Phaser harmonics? 398 00:22:11,634 --> 00:22:13,723 A phaser at a higher frequency could cause resonance. 399 00:22:13,767 --> 00:22:16,030 The right frequency could shatter it. 400 00:22:18,989 --> 00:22:21,601 I like this plan. This is a good plan. Ortegas, bring us around. 401 00:22:35,310 --> 00:22:37,225 How are we doing, Cadet? 402 00:22:37,268 --> 00:22:39,183 At the moment, 403 00:22:39,227 --> 00:22:41,795 pretending not to be in way over my head. 404 00:22:43,623 --> 00:22:45,581 Too honest? 405 00:22:45,625 --> 00:22:48,758 I am a Vulcan. We are "too honest" by nature. 406 00:22:48,802 --> 00:22:52,066 Your girlfriend must love that, huh? 407 00:22:53,459 --> 00:22:54,895 Nurse Chapel. 408 00:22:54,938 --> 00:22:57,071 Nurse Chapel is not my girlfriend. 409 00:22:57,114 --> 00:22:59,116 I know, 410 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,249 but she was flirting with you. 411 00:23:04,470 --> 00:23:07,211 It was a joke. You know, to... 412 00:23:07,255 --> 00:23:10,171 break the tension. 413 00:23:10,214 --> 00:23:13,348 Do you not think this is an inappropriate time for jokes? 414 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:16,525 It's like the captain said. 415 00:23:16,569 --> 00:23:19,833 "Sometimes things go so badly 416 00:23:19,876 --> 00:23:22,531 you just have to laugh." 417 00:23:24,054 --> 00:23:26,013 I find the best way to diffuse tension 418 00:23:26,056 --> 00:23:28,102 is to apply rigorous logic. 419 00:23:29,495 --> 00:23:31,061 Okay. 420 00:23:31,105 --> 00:23:33,150 That's always an option, too. 421 00:23:49,515 --> 00:23:50,907 Phasers locked and ready, Captain. 422 00:23:50,951 --> 00:23:52,692 On your command, Number One. 423 00:23:52,735 --> 00:23:54,433 [explosion] 424 00:23:55,782 --> 00:23:58,219 - Incoming weapons fire. - Damage report? 425 00:23:58,262 --> 00:24:01,875 Minimal damage to port nacelle. Shields holding at 70%. 426 00:24:01,918 --> 00:24:03,790 Who hit us? 427 00:24:06,706 --> 00:24:08,882 Uh, they did. 428 00:24:22,722 --> 00:24:24,550 Hail them. On screen. 429 00:24:28,989 --> 00:24:31,861 PIKE: This is Captain Christopher Pike of the Federation 430 00:24:31,905 --> 00:24:33,515 starship Enterprise. 431 00:24:33,559 --> 00:24:34,951 Who are you and why are you attacking our vessel? 432 00:24:34,995 --> 00:24:37,040 We are the Shepherds. 433 00:24:38,259 --> 00:24:39,478 Really? 434 00:24:39,521 --> 00:24:40,479 That's how the universal translator 435 00:24:40,522 --> 00:24:41,610 is processing it. 436 00:24:43,307 --> 00:24:46,136 We escort M'hanit. 437 00:24:46,180 --> 00:24:48,138 The comet? 438 00:24:48,182 --> 00:24:50,967 M'hanit is far more than a comet. 439 00:24:51,011 --> 00:24:55,450 M'hanit is one of the ancient arbiters of life. 440 00:24:55,494 --> 00:24:57,321 Okay. 441 00:24:57,365 --> 00:24:58,975 If you tamper with it again, 442 00:24:59,019 --> 00:25:02,718 we will not hesitate to destroy you. 443 00:25:12,772 --> 00:25:14,208 Scan the ship. 444 00:25:14,251 --> 00:25:15,514 What kind of weapons are we dealing with? 445 00:25:17,994 --> 00:25:20,693 Our intentions were not hostile. 446 00:25:20,736 --> 00:25:24,087 M'hanitis on a collision course with an inhabited planet. 447 00:25:24,131 --> 00:25:26,481 We were simply trying to divert its trajectory. 448 00:25:26,525 --> 00:25:28,135 Absurd. 449 00:25:28,178 --> 00:25:30,093 Would you adjust the height of the waves 450 00:25:30,137 --> 00:25:32,226 or the position of the stars? 451 00:25:32,269 --> 00:25:35,838 M'hanit's course is preordained. 452 00:25:35,882 --> 00:25:38,058 There are millions of people on that planet. 453 00:25:38,101 --> 00:25:40,713 The impact will kill them all and likely blow your comet... 454 00:25:40,756 --> 00:25:42,715 Uh... 455 00:25:42,758 --> 00:25:46,632 Blow your M'hanit into just as many pieces. 456 00:25:46,675 --> 00:25:49,983 SHEPHERD CAPTAIN: Are you a reasonable man, Captain? 457 00:25:50,026 --> 00:25:51,898 I-I'd like to think so, yes. 458 00:25:51,941 --> 00:25:54,248 Then please entertain the proposition 459 00:25:54,291 --> 00:25:56,119 that M'hanit is not, 460 00:25:56,163 --> 00:25:58,252 as you continue to call him, 461 00:25:58,295 --> 00:25:59,993 a comet. 462 00:26:00,036 --> 00:26:02,604 It is an instrument, 463 00:26:02,648 --> 00:26:04,606 an ancient arbiter, 464 00:26:04,650 --> 00:26:07,609 one of the few remaining in the galaxy. 465 00:26:07,653 --> 00:26:11,178 If it is his will to move, he will move. 466 00:26:11,221 --> 00:26:13,397 If it is his will to bring life, 467 00:26:13,441 --> 00:26:15,486 he will bring life. 468 00:26:15,530 --> 00:26:17,227 If M'hanit wills 469 00:26:17,271 --> 00:26:20,622 the planet to die, even chooses to die with it, 470 00:26:20,666 --> 00:26:23,451 then that is what will happen. 471 00:26:23,494 --> 00:26:26,367 As I said, it is preordained. 472 00:26:26,410 --> 00:26:28,674 Blowing up a planet full of people is not preordained... 473 00:26:28,717 --> 00:26:31,764 You said you were a reasonable man, Captain. 474 00:26:31,807 --> 00:26:34,767 So how can you know? Since before 475 00:26:34,810 --> 00:26:37,683 our distant ancestors touched the sky and the stars beyond, 476 00:26:37,726 --> 00:26:39,946 my people have been charged 477 00:26:39,989 --> 00:26:42,165 with the protection of the arbiters. 478 00:26:42,209 --> 00:26:45,647 None of us even remember when the charge first came to us, 479 00:26:45,691 --> 00:26:47,649 but we accepted the mantle 480 00:26:47,693 --> 00:26:49,782 with honor. 481 00:26:49,825 --> 00:26:51,653 For centuries, 482 00:26:51,697 --> 00:26:54,569 we have protected the arbiters as they follow courses 483 00:26:54,613 --> 00:26:56,615 set long before our suns 484 00:26:56,658 --> 00:26:58,660 first burned in the sky, 485 00:26:58,704 --> 00:27:01,315 bringing life across the galaxy. 486 00:27:01,358 --> 00:27:04,927 It is not our prerogative to interfere, Captain, 487 00:27:04,971 --> 00:27:06,668 nor is it yours. 488 00:27:06,712 --> 00:27:08,148 PIKE: Please, excuse me. 489 00:27:08,191 --> 00:27:09,932 Pause communications. 490 00:27:09,976 --> 00:27:11,760 Shepherds? 491 00:27:11,804 --> 00:27:13,719 Zealots is more like it. What did you find? 492 00:27:13,762 --> 00:27:15,372 UNA: Their systems are incredibly advanced, 493 00:27:15,416 --> 00:27:16,896 their ships faster than ours, 494 00:27:16,939 --> 00:27:18,637 and their weapon systems... 495 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:20,377 Let's just say we don't want to piss them off. 496 00:27:22,031 --> 00:27:23,816 How exactly are we supposed to move the comet 497 00:27:23,859 --> 00:27:25,339 without doing that? 498 00:27:25,382 --> 00:27:26,732 We have to buy time for the landing party 499 00:27:26,775 --> 00:27:28,559 to get the force field down. 500 00:27:28,603 --> 00:27:29,604 And hope these Shepherds don't find out 501 00:27:29,648 --> 00:27:31,214 that they're down there. 502 00:27:31,258 --> 00:27:33,564 I'm guessing they'd be kind of touchy about that. 503 00:27:33,608 --> 00:27:35,262 Ensign, resume communications. 504 00:27:37,699 --> 00:27:40,615 You have your sacred duty. We have ours. 505 00:27:40,659 --> 00:27:43,531 The Federation doesn't interfere in the development of species, 506 00:27:43,574 --> 00:27:45,533 but we also don't just let them die. 507 00:27:45,576 --> 00:27:48,710 We don't mean to disrespect M'hanit. 508 00:27:48,754 --> 00:27:51,147 We'd do the same for you if you were in danger. 509 00:27:51,191 --> 00:27:54,890 You say you don't interfere, that you mean no disrespect, 510 00:27:54,934 --> 00:27:58,546 but your crew has desecrated the temple on his surface. 511 00:27:58,589 --> 00:28:01,027 Guess they know about the landing party. 512 00:28:03,116 --> 00:28:05,684 - We were simply trying to ascer... - Their presence 513 00:28:05,727 --> 00:28:07,250 is blasphemy. 514 00:28:07,294 --> 00:28:09,992 M'hanit will be their tomb. 515 00:28:10,036 --> 00:28:12,821 Any further action to rescue them 516 00:28:12,865 --> 00:28:15,345 will be considered an act of war. 517 00:28:16,912 --> 00:28:19,175 Find a way to get through to the landing party right now. 518 00:28:19,219 --> 00:28:20,786 Break the laws of physics if you have to. 519 00:28:33,929 --> 00:28:35,931 How is he? 520 00:28:35,975 --> 00:28:39,065 Stable, and holding. 521 00:28:39,108 --> 00:28:40,936 What about you, Cadet? 522 00:28:40,980 --> 00:28:44,070 You gonna get us out of here, or get us killed? 523 00:28:45,985 --> 00:28:49,075 Right now, I'd say it's pretty much a toss-up. 524 00:28:51,991 --> 00:28:54,036 [Uhura humming] 525 00:28:56,996 --> 00:29:00,303 Your humming suggests you may be experiencing distress. 526 00:29:00,347 --> 00:29:01,870 May I remind you that circumstances 527 00:29:01,914 --> 00:29:03,959 are less dire than they were. 528 00:29:04,003 --> 00:29:06,919 Mr. Kirk identified one error you can avoid. 529 00:29:06,962 --> 00:29:10,444 By eliminating that option, he has improved your odds. 530 00:29:12,489 --> 00:29:15,492 Was that actually your version of a pep talk? 531 00:29:15,536 --> 00:29:18,365 Yes. I've been working on them. 532 00:29:18,408 --> 00:29:20,889 How was it, would you say? 533 00:29:20,933 --> 00:29:24,980 Maybe don't take your foot off the gas on that one. 534 00:29:25,024 --> 00:29:26,895 Well, you are achieving your stated objective 535 00:29:26,939 --> 00:29:28,810 of studying alien languages. 536 00:29:28,854 --> 00:29:31,073 Like you said, I'm not even supposed to be here. 537 00:29:31,117 --> 00:29:32,727 That's not precisely... 538 00:29:32,771 --> 00:29:34,250 You all should be relying on someone who's prepared. 539 00:29:34,294 --> 00:29:36,470 Someone actually Starfleet, 540 00:29:36,513 --> 00:29:39,255 not someone who's gonna get us all fried to a crisp. 541 00:29:43,869 --> 00:29:46,349 As this is your first away mission, 542 00:29:46,393 --> 00:29:48,221 may I assume it is also the first time 543 00:29:48,264 --> 00:29:49,439 your life has been in danger? 544 00:29:49,483 --> 00:29:51,833 Yes. 545 00:29:51,877 --> 00:29:53,356 Kind of. 546 00:29:55,097 --> 00:29:57,752 No, just yes. 547 00:29:57,796 --> 00:29:59,536 Confrontations with our mortality 548 00:29:59,580 --> 00:30:03,323 often cause us to see ourselves as if from the outside. 549 00:30:03,366 --> 00:30:06,369 Such a perspective can be a unique opportunity. 550 00:30:08,719 --> 00:30:10,765 You did not intend on being here, 551 00:30:10,809 --> 00:30:12,375 but you are here. 552 00:30:12,419 --> 00:30:14,421 Hypotheticals are irrelevant. 553 00:30:14,464 --> 00:30:16,510 Today, you are, quite simply, 554 00:30:16,553 --> 00:30:18,729 the only person for the job. 555 00:30:18,773 --> 00:30:21,210 Will you rise to see it through? 556 00:30:24,083 --> 00:30:26,781 That one was better. 557 00:30:26,825 --> 00:30:28,261 Your pep talk, I mean. 558 00:30:30,611 --> 00:30:32,700 [sighs] 559 00:30:35,181 --> 00:30:36,878 [humming] 560 00:30:38,445 --> 00:30:41,535 [faint echoing resonance] 561 00:30:41,578 --> 00:30:44,190 [continues humming] 562 00:30:44,233 --> 00:30:45,278 Cadet. 563 00:30:47,323 --> 00:30:49,760 The cave seems to be reacting to your voice. 564 00:30:53,852 --> 00:30:56,289 [humming] 565 00:30:56,332 --> 00:30:58,334 [faint resonance increases] 566 00:31:08,692 --> 00:31:10,607 Music. 567 00:31:10,651 --> 00:31:13,306 It responds to music. 568 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:20,835 Anything? 569 00:31:20,879 --> 00:31:22,706 Nothing from the landing party, 570 00:31:22,750 --> 00:31:24,578 but I found a possible signal coming from the comet itself. 571 00:31:24,621 --> 00:31:26,580 What kind of signal? 572 00:31:26,623 --> 00:31:28,669 [melodic tune playing over speakers] 573 00:31:36,807 --> 00:31:39,158 Computer, identify this song. 574 00:31:39,201 --> 00:31:41,943 COMPUTER: "Vamuvamba," a traditional song from Earth, 575 00:31:41,987 --> 00:31:44,032 originating in Kenya. 576 00:31:45,642 --> 00:31:47,906 That cannot be a coincidence. 577 00:31:47,949 --> 00:31:50,604 - [Uhura vocalizing] - [cave resonating to match] 578 00:32:04,487 --> 00:32:06,968 Different pitches elicit different responses. 579 00:32:07,012 --> 00:32:09,492 What's the light show? Is it good? 580 00:32:09,536 --> 00:32:12,582 The comet's systems seem to be controlled by music. 581 00:32:12,626 --> 00:32:15,803 Lieutenant Kirk thought these symbols were a code. 582 00:32:15,846 --> 00:32:18,023 Music is just sound waves, 583 00:32:18,066 --> 00:32:20,242 which can be represented by numbers. 584 00:32:20,286 --> 00:32:22,288 What if the code is harmonics? 585 00:32:22,331 --> 00:32:25,944 Someone help me out here. I skipped music class. 586 00:32:25,987 --> 00:32:28,250 Harmonics are just the ratios between frequencies. 587 00:32:28,294 --> 00:32:30,818 Every note vibrates at a specific frequency. 588 00:32:30,861 --> 00:32:32,254 Double that frequency, 589 00:32:32,298 --> 00:32:33,995 and you get the same pitch an octave higher. 590 00:32:35,605 --> 00:32:38,695 That's the two in our code. 591 00:32:38,739 --> 00:32:41,002 Triple the frequency, and you get a perfect fifth. 592 00:32:41,046 --> 00:32:43,439 Five times the frequency is a major third. 593 00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:47,966 The code is a major chord. 594 00:32:48,009 --> 00:32:51,012 Why would an alien species write music the way we do? 595 00:32:51,056 --> 00:32:53,841 Musical notes are easily derived from math. 596 00:32:53,884 --> 00:32:55,799 Vulcans theorize it is their fundamental nature 597 00:32:55,843 --> 00:32:57,062 which makes them pleasing to the ear. 598 00:32:59,064 --> 00:33:02,241 Someone match my pitch. [humming] 599 00:33:04,678 --> 00:33:08,073 Oh... no help here. I'll break the thing. 600 00:33:11,772 --> 00:33:14,340 [Uhura humming] 601 00:33:14,383 --> 00:33:17,038 [Spock humming same note, lower] 602 00:33:17,082 --> 00:33:20,650 [Uhura hums two notes] 603 00:33:20,694 --> 00:33:23,262 [hums three ascending notes] 604 00:33:25,612 --> 00:33:29,050 Okay, try and follow my lead. 605 00:33:29,094 --> 00:33:31,096 [vocalizing] 606 00:33:34,186 --> 00:33:36,231 [vocalizing] 607 00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:45,806 [vocalizing together] 608 00:33:59,124 --> 00:34:01,996 - [holding note] - [vocalizing] 609 00:34:04,346 --> 00:34:06,392 - [cave resonates tone sequence] - [rumbling] 610 00:34:26,411 --> 00:34:28,717 We're definitely getting closer to resolving the whole genius 611 00:34:28,762 --> 00:34:30,458 or "about to get us killed" conundrum. 612 00:34:30,503 --> 00:34:33,375 So the right time for genius. 613 00:34:33,418 --> 00:34:35,464 [eerie, dissonant music resonating] 614 00:34:50,697 --> 00:34:52,655 [music stops] 615 00:34:52,699 --> 00:34:54,831 If we are correct and the comet communicates 616 00:34:54,875 --> 00:34:56,833 through music, it would be logical to assume 617 00:34:56,877 --> 00:34:58,705 that it is speaking to us right now. 618 00:34:58,748 --> 00:35:00,533 Okay. 619 00:35:00,576 --> 00:35:04,058 So, how do we convince it to lower the force field? 620 00:35:06,321 --> 00:35:08,367 [eerie melody resonating] 621 00:35:13,154 --> 00:35:15,765 Hold on. Let me try something. 622 00:35:17,332 --> 00:35:19,378 [vocalizing eerie melody] 623 00:35:29,039 --> 00:35:30,867 [rumbling] 624 00:35:34,436 --> 00:35:36,830 The comet's force field just disappeared. 625 00:35:36,873 --> 00:35:40,138 Bridge to Transporter Room, energize. 626 00:35:40,181 --> 00:35:41,617 We've got them. 627 00:35:47,710 --> 00:35:49,016 Shields up. Red alert. 628 00:35:50,235 --> 00:35:51,584 [alarm blaring] 629 00:35:51,627 --> 00:35:53,499 CHRISTINA: Captain, 630 00:35:53,542 --> 00:35:55,196 Shepherds are hailing us. 631 00:35:57,242 --> 00:35:59,026 Open a channel. On screen. 632 00:35:59,069 --> 00:36:02,812 You continue to interfere. 633 00:36:02,856 --> 00:36:04,771 Well, technically... 634 00:36:04,814 --> 00:36:06,729 - You were warned. - PIKE: Look, let's talk about this. 635 00:36:06,773 --> 00:36:08,557 Find some common ground. 636 00:36:11,691 --> 00:36:13,432 I think that went well. 637 00:36:13,475 --> 00:36:15,173 [rumbling] 638 00:36:15,216 --> 00:36:17,044 They're launching torpedoes, Captain. 639 00:36:17,087 --> 00:36:19,525 - I'm reading three inbound. - We definitely pissed them off. 640 00:36:23,485 --> 00:36:24,834 Brace for impact. 641 00:36:31,232 --> 00:36:33,930 [alarm blaring] 642 00:36:33,974 --> 00:36:35,628 Shields at 50%. 643 00:36:35,671 --> 00:36:37,891 - Ortegas, evasive maneuvers. - On it. 644 00:36:49,598 --> 00:36:51,513 - They are pursuing. - Return fire? 645 00:36:51,557 --> 00:36:52,688 Negative. Escape pattern April-Omega 3. 646 00:36:52,732 --> 00:36:55,256 Captain, recommend we withdraw. 647 00:36:55,300 --> 00:36:56,518 - We're already on the run. - LA'AN: We need 648 00:36:56,562 --> 00:36:57,650 to warp out and regroup. 649 00:36:57,693 --> 00:36:59,652 Facing off with them is suicide. 650 00:36:59,695 --> 00:37:01,219 - We're outgunned here. - UNA: She's right. 651 00:37:01,262 --> 00:37:03,221 Their ship is too advanced for us to take on. 652 00:37:03,264 --> 00:37:05,701 - [torpedo strikes] - Shields at 40%. - SPOCK: Sir, 653 00:37:05,745 --> 00:37:07,529 when we were on the surface, I believe the comet 654 00:37:07,573 --> 00:37:09,270 - was trying to communicate with us. - PIKE: Right. 655 00:37:09,314 --> 00:37:11,707 The music you recorded. Any idea what it was trying to say? 656 00:37:11,751 --> 00:37:14,057 I haven't been able to translate it yet. It might take days. 657 00:37:14,101 --> 00:37:15,450 We have less than one hour before the comet 658 00:37:15,494 --> 00:37:17,060 will impact Persephone III. 659 00:37:17,104 --> 00:37:19,411 You do a lot of reminding people of deadlines, sir. 660 00:37:19,454 --> 00:37:22,196 - She does have a point, Spock. - [torpedo strikes] 661 00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:25,155 Captain, unless we want them to blow us out of the sky... 662 00:37:25,199 --> 00:37:26,853 Give me phasers. Target their weapons 663 00:37:26,896 --> 00:37:28,681 and propulsion systems. We don't want to hurt them. 664 00:37:28,724 --> 00:37:32,119 - [torpedo strikes] - Wish they felt the same. 665 00:37:32,162 --> 00:37:34,817 - Shields at 25%. Phasers locked. - PIKE: Ortegas, 666 00:37:34,861 --> 00:37:37,080 bring us around to bearing 150 mark nine. 667 00:37:37,124 --> 00:37:38,604 Aye, sir. 668 00:37:38,647 --> 00:37:40,170 And... 669 00:37:40,214 --> 00:37:41,607 fire. 670 00:37:45,959 --> 00:37:47,221 Direct hit. 671 00:37:47,265 --> 00:37:48,701 They're pulling away to regroup. 672 00:37:48,744 --> 00:37:50,659 I'd say we have less than a minute. 673 00:37:50,703 --> 00:37:52,444 We have to save that planet. 674 00:37:52,487 --> 00:37:54,881 We brought down the force field, so how do we move the comet? 675 00:37:54,924 --> 00:37:56,099 Let's face it, the crazy space monks 676 00:37:56,143 --> 00:37:57,492 will blow us out of the sky 677 00:37:57,536 --> 00:37:59,494 if we try anything to move that comet. 678 00:38:01,496 --> 00:38:03,106 What if we didn't? 679 00:38:04,804 --> 00:38:07,285 What if the comet moved itself? 680 00:38:14,857 --> 00:38:16,903 PIKE: Everyone ready? 681 00:38:17,904 --> 00:38:20,080 We only get one shot at this. 682 00:38:22,212 --> 00:38:23,649 Maximum impulse. 683 00:38:24,650 --> 00:38:26,304 They're gaining on us. 684 00:38:26,347 --> 00:38:28,088 When they get close enough, they'll take a kill shot. 685 00:38:28,131 --> 00:38:29,742 Ortegas, 686 00:38:29,785 --> 00:38:31,309 you know how you used to brag you were going to be 687 00:38:31,352 --> 00:38:32,875 the best pilot ever to graduate the Academy? 688 00:38:34,877 --> 00:38:36,531 Word gets around. 689 00:38:37,532 --> 00:38:39,404 What's your point, sir? 690 00:38:39,447 --> 00:38:40,883 Time to prove it, Lieutenant. 691 00:38:40,927 --> 00:38:42,798 Get us in front of that comet. 692 00:38:43,799 --> 00:38:47,803 Initiating evasive pattern Ortegas-gamma-one. 693 00:38:47,847 --> 00:38:49,631 Evasive pattern Ortegas...? 694 00:38:51,241 --> 00:38:53,635 ♪ 695 00:39:12,437 --> 00:39:13,873 Shepherds are in pursuit. 696 00:39:16,484 --> 00:39:18,530 ♪ 697 00:39:40,334 --> 00:39:42,989 They've stopped firing. 698 00:39:43,032 --> 00:39:44,382 They don't want to hit the comet. 699 00:39:46,296 --> 00:39:49,430 I think they're hailing us. 700 00:39:49,474 --> 00:39:51,389 Yeah, they are. Captain? 701 00:39:51,432 --> 00:39:52,781 Not yet. 702 00:39:54,783 --> 00:39:56,829 ♪ 703 00:40:15,674 --> 00:40:17,371 Ortegas, time to come about. 704 00:40:17,415 --> 00:40:20,592 Rerouting to bearing 180 mark five. 705 00:40:20,635 --> 00:40:21,854 Reverse thrusters, full stop. 706 00:40:21,897 --> 00:40:24,509 Reversing thrusters. And... 707 00:40:25,510 --> 00:40:27,250 Stopped. 708 00:40:27,294 --> 00:40:29,383 Ops, shut down all systems except for life support. 709 00:40:33,256 --> 00:40:36,346 All right, Ensign Christina. I'm ready for the Shepherds now. 710 00:40:36,390 --> 00:40:38,087 On screen, please. 711 00:40:44,659 --> 00:40:46,618 We surrender. The damage we've sustained 712 00:40:46,661 --> 00:40:48,489 has caused complete systems failure. 713 00:40:48,533 --> 00:40:51,710 And what if we choose not to accept your surrender? 714 00:40:51,753 --> 00:40:54,495 Well, if you don't help us, 715 00:40:54,539 --> 00:40:57,237 we'll collide with the comet, which will destroy our ship. 716 00:40:57,280 --> 00:41:00,240 And the trilithium resin in our warp core will ignite, 717 00:41:00,283 --> 00:41:02,068 destroying the comet. 718 00:41:02,111 --> 00:41:05,158 Which will also happen if you try to blow us up. 719 00:41:07,856 --> 00:41:10,511 Please, help us. 720 00:41:10,555 --> 00:41:12,252 I give you my word, 721 00:41:12,295 --> 00:41:15,603 we will not touch M'hanit again. 722 00:41:21,435 --> 00:41:23,959 UNA: You're taking a big gamble. 723 00:41:24,003 --> 00:41:26,266 I recognize that, Number One. 724 00:41:32,620 --> 00:41:35,014 The Shepherd ship is activating a tractor beam. 725 00:41:37,016 --> 00:41:40,062 Mr. Spock? You're up. 726 00:41:43,501 --> 00:41:45,154 Acknowledged, Captain. 727 00:41:47,722 --> 00:41:49,768 ♪ 728 00:42:12,399 --> 00:42:14,270 Approaching the nucleus of the comet. 729 00:42:14,314 --> 00:42:17,752 And diverting power through the shuttle's shields. 730 00:42:21,190 --> 00:42:24,803 Shields radiating heat at maximum intensity. 731 00:42:28,197 --> 00:42:31,244 The surface appears to be responding. 732 00:42:46,564 --> 00:42:48,391 Maintaining position. 733 00:42:48,435 --> 00:42:50,393 Preparing to engage heat shields. 734 00:42:50,437 --> 00:42:52,482 ♪ 735 00:43:09,238 --> 00:43:11,414 [alarm blaring] 736 00:43:40,139 --> 00:43:42,141 UNA: It's moving. 737 00:43:43,098 --> 00:43:45,405 The sublimation is nudging the comet off course. 738 00:43:45,448 --> 00:43:48,626 And for the record, we're not actually touching it. 739 00:43:53,413 --> 00:43:55,633 UHURA: But where's Lieutenant Spock? 740 00:43:57,504 --> 00:43:58,461 [static crackles] 741 00:43:58,505 --> 00:43:59,985 [Spock laughs] 742 00:44:01,421 --> 00:44:04,206 Spock? Is everything okay? 743 00:44:04,250 --> 00:44:06,469 SPOCK: Fine, Captain. Sometimes things 744 00:44:06,513 --> 00:44:09,124 go so badly, you just have to laugh. 745 00:44:09,168 --> 00:44:10,865 [chuckles] 746 00:44:10,909 --> 00:44:13,476 [Pike chuckles] 747 00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:19,526 ♪ 748 00:44:35,498 --> 00:44:37,196 Fascinating. 749 00:44:37,239 --> 00:44:39,589 A large quantity of water vapor from the comet 750 00:44:39,633 --> 00:44:40,721 is entering the planet's atmosphere. 751 00:44:41,766 --> 00:44:43,550 SPOCK: If I am not mistaken, 752 00:44:43,593 --> 00:44:45,813 this will permanently change the atmospheric composition 753 00:44:45,857 --> 00:44:49,382 - of Persephone III. - PIKE: Change it how? 754 00:44:49,425 --> 00:44:51,732 Reducing the planet's aridity will make it more amenable 755 00:44:51,776 --> 00:44:54,039 to plant growth, agriculture 756 00:44:54,082 --> 00:44:57,477 and, one might surmise, societal development. 757 00:44:57,520 --> 00:44:59,784 So... 758 00:44:59,827 --> 00:45:02,961 did it actually "bring life"? 759 00:45:03,918 --> 00:45:06,529 Don't tell me the space monks were actually right. 760 00:45:10,403 --> 00:45:11,970 Captain, 761 00:45:12,013 --> 00:45:13,580 Shepherds are hailing us. 762 00:45:13,623 --> 00:45:16,496 Open a channel. On screen, please, Ensign. 763 00:45:16,539 --> 00:45:19,804 You have seen the glory and the mercy 764 00:45:19,847 --> 00:45:22,154 that is M'hanit. 765 00:45:22,197 --> 00:45:25,635 You're right. We witnessed a miracle. 766 00:45:25,679 --> 00:45:29,074 Perhaps in the future, you will not be so quick 767 00:45:29,117 --> 00:45:31,859 to judge the faith of others. 768 00:45:33,861 --> 00:45:35,471 And so 769 00:45:35,515 --> 00:45:38,648 - we shall not part as enemies. - PIKE: Thank you. 770 00:45:40,607 --> 00:45:42,652 ♪ 771 00:46:03,586 --> 00:46:06,198 [laughing] 772 00:46:06,241 --> 00:46:08,287 ♪ 773 00:46:19,559 --> 00:46:22,562 PIKE: Captain's log, supplemental. 774 00:46:22,605 --> 00:46:25,783 I am left to wonder 775 00:46:25,826 --> 00:46:28,481 who made the comet? 776 00:46:29,482 --> 00:46:32,093 How many more like it are out there? 777 00:46:35,836 --> 00:46:37,925 Was it coincidence that fostered the chance 778 00:46:37,969 --> 00:46:39,884 for more life on Persephone III? 779 00:46:41,886 --> 00:46:43,757 Or something more? 780 00:46:46,542 --> 00:46:49,197 Look, we already knew how to turn musical notes 781 00:46:49,241 --> 00:46:50,677 - into numbers, right? - [door whooshes shut] 782 00:46:50,720 --> 00:46:52,722 But the computer helped me turn those numbers 783 00:46:52,766 --> 00:46:54,899 into numerical coordinates. 784 00:46:54,942 --> 00:46:57,162 You're saying the numbers painted a picture? 785 00:46:57,205 --> 00:46:59,686 UHURA: Yes. But not just any picture. 786 00:46:59,729 --> 00:47:01,819 The music contained this image. 787 00:47:02,907 --> 00:47:05,561 This is a star chart showing the comet's course, 788 00:47:05,605 --> 00:47:08,956 a course that includes it moving past Persephone III. 789 00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:11,045 You are suggesting the comet was telling us 790 00:47:11,089 --> 00:47:14,179 - it did not intend to hit Persephone III? - Yes. 791 00:47:14,222 --> 00:47:15,876 It meant no harm. 792 00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:18,357 That was the message. 793 00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:19,749 But if I had not interfered, 794 00:47:19,793 --> 00:47:21,447 it would have destroyed the planet. 795 00:47:21,490 --> 00:47:25,320 Okay, here's where things get weirder. 796 00:47:25,364 --> 00:47:29,063 When we zoom in on the image, we find this shape. 797 00:47:30,064 --> 00:47:32,197 And this is an image of the chunk of ice 798 00:47:32,240 --> 00:47:33,981 that broke off from the comet as Lieutenant Spock 799 00:47:34,025 --> 00:47:35,809 flew his mission. 800 00:47:36,766 --> 00:47:38,551 - They're identical. - UNA: You're saying 801 00:47:38,594 --> 00:47:40,161 the comet sent this message 802 00:47:40,205 --> 00:47:43,382 before Spock was able to correct the comet's course? 803 00:47:43,425 --> 00:47:45,036 We recorded it hours earlier. 804 00:47:45,079 --> 00:47:46,689 SPOCK: It is highly improbable 805 00:47:46,733 --> 00:47:48,169 the comet could have randomly guessed 806 00:47:48,213 --> 00:47:49,867 the shape the ice that fell off would take 807 00:47:49,910 --> 00:47:51,346 with such accuracy. 808 00:47:51,390 --> 00:47:53,783 Unless your flight was foretold. 809 00:47:53,827 --> 00:47:56,830 You're suggesting the comet had foreknowledge 810 00:47:56,874 --> 00:47:58,701 of future events? 811 00:47:58,745 --> 00:48:02,009 The comet's flight path and its, I don't know, mission 812 00:48:02,053 --> 00:48:04,446 to seed that planet was predicated 813 00:48:04,490 --> 00:48:06,709 on you flying that shuttle to move it. 814 00:48:06,753 --> 00:48:10,191 It knew its fate, you might say. 815 00:48:12,193 --> 00:48:15,153 Thank you for your report, Cadet. 816 00:48:20,158 --> 00:48:22,203 Cadet Uhura. 817 00:48:24,162 --> 00:48:27,730 As I said, many dream of being worthy of Starfleet, 818 00:48:27,774 --> 00:48:29,558 of representing its values 819 00:48:29,602 --> 00:48:32,518 of selflessness, courage, sacrifice. 820 00:48:32,561 --> 00:48:35,825 - I know it shouldn't have been me down there... - I have not finished, Cadet. 821 00:48:39,351 --> 00:48:41,309 The odds of us surviving were, 822 00:48:41,353 --> 00:48:43,094 in fact, quite low. 823 00:48:43,137 --> 00:48:46,053 No pep talk could have increased them. 824 00:48:46,097 --> 00:48:48,186 I understand you did not come to Starfleet 825 00:48:48,229 --> 00:48:49,622 the way many of us have. 826 00:48:49,665 --> 00:48:52,016 That you are not sure you wish to stay. 827 00:48:52,059 --> 00:48:54,496 But, having observed your actions on the comet, 828 00:48:54,540 --> 00:48:57,064 I am certain, should you choose to, 829 00:48:57,108 --> 00:48:59,066 Starfleet would be fortunate 830 00:48:59,110 --> 00:49:00,720 to have an officer like you. 831 00:49:00,763 --> 00:49:02,940 Thank you, sir. 832 00:49:10,382 --> 00:49:12,427 [exhales] 833 00:49:19,434 --> 00:49:22,437 A little piece of ice and dust roaming through space 834 00:49:22,481 --> 00:49:24,091 brings life. 835 00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:29,575 I bet you not one of us could have predicted how. 836 00:49:29,618 --> 00:49:31,142 [Pike grunts softly] 837 00:49:31,185 --> 00:49:33,709 I'll give you that. 838 00:49:33,753 --> 00:49:37,713 So, just because you receive a message from the future 839 00:49:37,757 --> 00:49:39,802 doesn't mean you understand it. 840 00:49:39,846 --> 00:49:42,805 We're not talking about the comet anymore, are we? 841 00:49:46,809 --> 00:49:48,333 Don't throw your life away, Chris. 842 00:49:49,334 --> 00:49:51,684 - Number One... - I know you had 843 00:49:51,727 --> 00:49:54,687 - a vision of the future, but... - I made a choice. 844 00:49:54,730 --> 00:49:57,385 I accepted my fate. It... 845 00:49:57,429 --> 00:49:59,648 It goes beyond my own life. 846 00:49:59,692 --> 00:50:01,650 What if you're wrong? 847 00:50:01,694 --> 00:50:03,130 What if you got that message 848 00:50:03,174 --> 00:50:05,350 so you could save those kids and that's it? 849 00:50:05,393 --> 00:50:08,875 What if you don't have to ruin your life, too? 850 00:50:10,094 --> 00:50:12,487 How do you know you can't make a different choice? 851 00:50:12,531 --> 00:50:15,142 One that saves all of you? 852 00:50:17,449 --> 00:50:20,060 What if your fate 853 00:50:20,104 --> 00:50:21,801 is what you make it? 854 00:50:31,724 --> 00:50:33,508 Computer, 855 00:50:33,552 --> 00:50:36,207 call up all available information 856 00:50:36,250 --> 00:50:38,774 for the following Federation citizens. 857 00:50:41,777 --> 00:50:44,041 Dusty Swender. 858 00:50:44,084 --> 00:50:46,086 T'quiel Dawn. 859 00:50:47,914 --> 00:50:50,525 Muliq Al Alcazar. 860 00:50:52,136 --> 00:50:54,616 Yuuto Hoshide. 861 00:50:56,749 --> 00:50:58,794 Andrea Lopez. 862 00:51:01,188 --> 00:51:03,147 ♪ 863 00:51:03,190 --> 00:51:05,149 Captioning sponsored by CBS 864 00:51:05,192 --> 00:51:09,192 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org