04x11 - Rosetta

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04x11 - Rosetta

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Previously on Star Trek: Discovery...

All those in favor of peaceful
efforts at first contact,

please raise a hand.

Those in favor of striking
the anomaly, do not.

Why do you care so much about this?

The power source that
controls the device,

I need it to go home.

We have received word that
the DMA is now days away

from Ni'Var, Titan and Earth.

- What happens now?
- We're fast-tracking the first contact mission.

Whatever we think we know about
Species Ten-C, we're wrong.

However we think first
contact will go, it won't.

So that's the hyperfield.

There is a planet about two
light-years away from it.

I really think we should check
it out once we get closer.

RILLAK: What do you think we'll find?

BURNHAM: I have no idea.

BURNHAM: Captain's
log, stardate . .

We have less than hours
before United Earth and Ni'Var

start getting hit by
debris from the DMA.

hours, billions of lives.

Until I figure out how to
get us in front of the Ten-C,

there is nothing we can do to stop this.

They live inside of a hyperfield,

and right now I have
no idea how to get in,

what we'll find once we do,

how to communicate with them,

what they even look like.

As a xenoanthropologist, I've
never had less to work with.

And as a captain,

I have never been more afraid.

Our only hope is the dead
planet we're orbiting right now.

It was a gas giant until a
series of massive asteroids hit

and b*rned the gas away.

Its star is surrounded by Dyson rings

made from the same rare
material as the DMA controller,

and my gut tells me there
has to be a connection.

That this planet must have been
the Ten-C's home at some point.

And the ruins down there
can tell us how they lived,

what's important to them.

Cultural context,

a way to begin communicating.

If I'm wrong, we'll have no way

to make up the time we spend down there.

And the DMA will be that
much closer to our homes.

Hey, um, fly good.

You got it.

BURNHAM: But if I'm right,

and something we find can
help us connect with the Ten-C,

then maybe we have a sh*t at
stopping this before it's too late.

I have to be right.

I have to.

Scan it again. There has to be a way in.

A new scan won't tell us
anything the last dozen hasn't.

Any chance the DMA could be
powered from somewhere else?

No.

We get in,

we find the power
source, we shut it down.

Everybody wins.

We just need to get in.

BOOK: If I know Michael,
she'll find a way

into the hyperfield before we do.

TARKA: Kick me while
I'm down, why don't you?

Maybe if we stay cloaked

and keep close to Discovery,
we can slip in behind them.

I'll go one better:

we hitch a ride with Discovery.

There's an animal on Kwejian...

Uh, was an animal.

- The Kowolian nightsprey.
- Mm-hmm.

To survive, it nested on
the back of a jajtspat.

So we attach like a parasite.

- Yeah, that's a good idea.
- No. Not like a parasite.

The nightsprey takes
nothing, brings no harm.

The jajtspat can't even tell it's there.

It's a tonal difference,
I get it, but still,

it's probably safe
to assume the jajtspat

didn't have a sentient supercomputer

monitoring all of its perimeters.

You don't seem worried.

Oh, there's nothing I love
more than a problem to solve.

Okay.

I can create a patch.

It'll numb the sensors on a
section of Discovery's hull,

just big enough to attach your
ship without Zora realizing it.

Like a blind spot.

Well, with Zora's new sentience,
she'll pick up on it eventually,

but with any luck, we'll
have nightspreyed ourselves

into the hyperfield before that happens.

- There's just one catch.
- I don't like the sound of that.

Well, you're not gonna
like this, either.

Patch has to be installed manually.

You want to go on board?

No, in fact, that's the
last thing I want to do.

But the access point I
need is in Engineering.

I'm going with you.

I can move faster on my own.

You don't know the ship
half as well as I do.

And what if you see Michael?

One wrong move, and
it's over for both of us.

We're doing this together, okay?

End of story.

RILLAK: Captain.

When we agreed to survey the planet,

I didn't expect Discovery
would be losing her captain

and her first officer.

Nilsson has the conn*; you
are in excellent hands.

I'm sure we are.

And while a xenoanthropologist

is understandably the best
choice to lead this mission,

is Captain Saru's
presence truly necessary?

Mr. Saru can speak
over a hundred languages

and his sensory capabilities dwarf ours.

He might see something that I can't.

And every minute that
we spend on that planet,

the DMA is that much
closer to k*lling billions.

I have to make that time count.

Understood.

BURNHAM: What about the others?

Do they understand?

As you said, a lot at stake here.

Madam President, General, Doctor.

- I appreciate you seeing us off.
- T'RINA: Captain.

I cannot express a
greater need for urgency

than you must already feel.

Please, all of you, travel safely.

May you find answers, in
whatever form they take,

and quickly.

In other words, make the trip count;

don't screw it up.

Captain Burnham,

I must voice my dismay at this decision.

We left delegates behind
because time is of the essence.

On behalf of the
citizens of United Earth,

whose lives are in danger
in this very moment,

I ask that you reconsider,

so that we might better commit the
precious time that they have left

to actually attempting to
communicate with the Ten-C.

We have much to convey,

and no idea how long
it will take to do so.

I hear you, General.

I do.

Both Earth and Ni'Var

are home to me.

Whatever we might find
down on that planet,

it could cut our
communication time in half.

"Might."

"Could."

This is quite the gamble
for so much uncertainty.

I am certain that first
contact will not go well

if we show up to the Ten-C
knowing nothing about them.

I will find something down there.

I promise.

We ready?

- Aye, Captain.
- Aye, Captain.

Captain Burnham?

Good luck.







[ORIGINAL STAR TREK THEME PLAYS]

[ALERT BLARING]

Disco Zero Nine to Discovery,

we're about to enter the ionosphere.

Losing comms from there.

DISCOVERY OFFICER:
Understood, Commander.

Good luck. Hope you find
what you're looking for.

[COMM STATIC]

SHUTTLE COMPUTER: Protective
shielding deployed.

It's good to know that
the laws of physics

still apply outside of our galaxy.

Hang on. Ride'll smooth out in a minute.

SARU: Scans show
numerous impact craters,

presumably caused by the asteroids.

Uh, based on the rate of
atmospheric dissipation,

these would have occurred
approximately , years ago.

Around the time the hyperfield
itself was constructed.

CULBER: Well, that makes sense.
Given how advanced they are,

the Ten-C would've had some idea

of what was coming and
evacuated beforehand.

Take a look at these ruins.

The way the buildings have collapsed.

I cannot think of any materials

that could withstand
the extreme pressures

at the core of a gas giant.

It seems rather impossible for
biological entities, as well.

The Ten-C must've
lived in the gas layers.

DETMER: But how?

They must be unlike any
species we've ever encountered.

Well, there has to be
something down there

to help us communicate with them.

Oh, one structure looks
like it's still intact.

Perhaps it was reinforced in some way?

- But why?
- We're about to find out.

Any life signs?

None whatsoever.

One less thing to worry about.

Oh, well, apologies. I...
I should have clarified.

I do not read any life
signs, including ours.

So we might not be alone.

Make sure they're set to stun.

[EERIE WHOOSHING, CHITTERING]

[GASPS]

[SHRIEKING]

We're under att*ck! Take cover!

[GASPS] Oh.

[GASPING, GROANING]

[SARU GROANING]

[SARU WHIMPERING]

- Mr. Saru. It's okay.
- [GASPS]

- [SHRIEKING]
- Breathe.

[PANTING]

- [SHRIEKING]
- Are you all right?

I... I am fine. Just, uh...

disoriented.

- Are you sure?
- I said I am fine, Commander.

It must have been vertigo,

a... a glint of light
coming off of that.

What is that?

If I'm not mistaken,
we're looking at the cusp

of an extremely large bone.

TARKA: Scans show their shuttle

went all the way down to the surface.

Discovery's not going anywhere
while part of their crew's gone,

but who knows how
much time that buys us.

These'll camouflage our
biosigns from Zora's sensors.

Listen, if you're not all-in on this,

you need to level with me right now.

Because if you lose focus,

and we're still on board Discovery
when that shuttle gets back...

These people...

they've become family to me.

Your conscience,

versus the billions of
lives that are at stake.

You can't have everything.

I know it's complicated,
especially with Michael,

but the lives we're trying
to save include hers,

and everyone else over there,

whether or not they realize it.

- Is that a Kwejian thing?
- No.

I just like having a torso.

On my mark.

Three, two...

- Aah!
- Shh. Hey.

A little more clarity next time.

Seriously?

Engineering's this way.

BURNHAM: Let's stay alert.

Dr. Culber, what are
your scans telling you?

CULBER: Well, it looks
like the bone structure

is of unusually low density.

Before it was fossilized,
it would've been flexible,

almost like cartilage.

Their physiology was perfectly
adapted for floating in gas layers.

What do you think all the blue dust is?

It's not soil. It's...

some kind of complex
hydrocarbon compound.

No idea what, though. It's...

It's not in Federation databases.

Check this out.

A mass grave?

CULBER: The way they're
all gathered, it's...

like they were bracing themselves.

Scans date these bones to the
same time as the fragment strikes.

So they didn't all escape.

Even with all their tech.

A full-planet evacuation was impossible.

It would be for anyone.

We need to get into that building,

figure out who they are and
how to talk to them. Let's go.

[PANTING SOFTLY]

- Saru?
- Hmm?

What's going on for you?

I apologize, Captain.

I seem to be feeling things

I have not felt for quite some time.

What are you feeling?

The coming... of death. [GROANS]

[SARU GASPING]

[PROGRAM BEEPING]

Ah, a puzzle.

Altonian?

Ancient Earth.

Dr. Kovich introduced me to it.

Oh.

I need "an act which a
person is bound to complete."

"Mission."

Exactly what I'd like
to discuss, in fact.

"Mission" is seven letters.

This is ten. Fifth letter: "G."

We need to talk about
your bedside manner.

The bluntness with which you
spoke to the captain today

was not entirely appropriate.

And you saw how it
affected General Ndoye.

I am doing everything in my power

to contain the delegates'
stress and panic.

I need you to help me.

Whether they worry
about tomorrow or not,

it'll arrive all the same.

I'm not sure how we can help

with their lack of perspective on that.

While I admire your
commitment to the long view,

my concern is for those who
are struggling right now.

They need to feel supported
in order to do their best work.

So, moving forward,

I would like you to
exercise a bit more tact,

starting upon our return to first
contact planning in ten minutes.

Okay, we're at the mess hall.

If it's empty, we could drop
down and take a shortcut.

- It was worth a sh*t. Come on.
- Wait.

NDOYE: If I were home, at
least I could be helping

with evacuations or mounting a defense.

We still have time, General.

- Captain Burnham's mission...
- Is a waste of that time.

The DMA could destroy both
of our worlds within days.

How can you be so calm?

Ni'Var's emergency
protocols are well defined.

I trust my vice president is doing
everything according to our plans.

The math doesn't lie.
There are too many.

Most will not be saved.

We are here to prevent such catastrophe.

This is where we can
best serve our people.

If we act.

We could be meeting
with the Ten-C even now,

demanding they turn
off their bloody device.

T'RINA: We cannot communicate
if we know nothing about them.

Opportunities multiply
as they are seized.

We should have gone
directly into the hyperfield.

That was tense.

Let's go.



I thought his extreme fear
response was lost after Vahar'ai.

So did I.

But his cortisol and adrenaline
levels are dangerously elevated.

See if you can stabilize him.
I'll continue with Detmer.

Yes, Captain.

Mr. Saru?

Come on. Let's get you checked out.

- [EERIE SHRIEKING]
- [PANTING]

What do you think this was?

Meeting space,

worship area,

maybe an arena.

Community structures are common
in a large variety of cultures.

Maybe we'll find
something that'll tell us.

We're looking for technology, artifacts,

anything that can
provide cultural context.

Got it.

[PANTING]

[GRUNTS]

- Easy there.
- [PANTING]

Something is wrong here.

Something is causing me to feel this.

I don't think so.

Our EV suits protect us
from any external elements.

- Here.
- [EERIE SHRIEKING]

[PANTING]

Do you understand now?

I do.

[GRUNTS]

Deck's empty. We're okay.

Okay. We're right below Engineering.

Three biosigns.

We have to create a diversion

to pull them away long enough
for me to install the patch.

Once your ship is invisible to Zora...

What? You're looking at me
like you have something to say.

I have an idea for a
slight change of plans.

- How slight?
- I want to ask General Ndoye to help us.

Well, that sounds like a great
idea. They put us in the brig.

And I'd prefer not spend any more years

- under someone else's thumb.
- I know it's a risk.

But if she could give us
intel about Discovery's plans,

we could get right in
front of any issues, adapt.

She voted in support of
our plans at the assembly,

and you heard what she just said.

She needs this as much as we do.

Her planet's running out of time.

I think that she'll see
the best way to stop the DMA

and save lives is to
take control of this.

The shuttle could be back any minute.

I'll talk fast.

I put in the patch,
you track down Ndoye.

- See you back on my ship.
- Hey, Book?

Be convincing.

Room's empty, Captain.

No cultural relics.

Nothing on the walls.

SARU: I...

Do you want me to take Mr.
Saru back to the shuttle?

I've never seen him like this.

No. Let's see if Culber can help him.

We don't have any data yet.

I have to make this mission count.

It's not all on you, Captain.

We're all here to help.

[EERIE SHRIEKING]

[GROANING]

- Captain?
- No.

Stand back.

[GROANING]

Stay back!

CULBER: Captain? Your
biometrics are elevating rapidly.

- Something's wrong.
- Hallucinations?

What's happening to
Saru is happening to me.

And now, you. Shadows, lights?

- Screaming.
- SARU: Our fear responses

are being triggered to
an exceptional degree.

CULBER: Except Commander Detmer.

Her biosigns haven't changed at all.

Yet.

How is it that we're
experiencing the same visions?

Something must be affecting our minds

and causing these
physiological responses.

There's no evidence of
psionic energy or infrasound.

Our suits filter out
environmental factors.

No fluctuations in magnetic
or electrical fields, either.

So whatever's doing this
is doing it some other way.

Five minutes.

We will retrace our steps and
figure out what's going on.

Detmer, you stay back
and keep safe, okay?

This mission comes first.

If we're not able to fix
this, we're gonna need you

to go back to the shuttle

and contact Discovery.

Alone.

Triple-brewed raktajino.

Hot as hell, hold the nutmeg.

You want one?

Mm...

Suit yourself.

Those puppies saved me on the Hiawatha.

When you have to power through,
nothing beats the bitter elixir

of Klingon warriors.

Oh, that's my head.

There must be something pretty
damn interesting in there

to upstage Klingon warriors.

I'm sorry. [LAUGHS]

Um, just thinking
about Commander Detmer.

Oh, I see. When Gray's away...

Okay, no, not like that. I...

I just, uh, sometimes wish that I
could be a little bit more like her.

Confident and, um,

you know, able to go on
a mission without worrying

about all of the ways
that I could screw it up.

I think it's pretty safe
to assume that everyone,

no matter what calm veneer they present,

is kind of a mess.

I've just never seen her flinch.

You know, she's always
really got it together.

Ask her how she was after we flew
out of a wormhole and crashed.

No one's always okay, kid.

It takes a hell of a lot of strength

to admit when you're not.

Which, I guess makes Detmer,

in fact, the sh*t.

If you admire her so much,
why don't you get to know her?

Have you ever had a conversation?

Not, like, just us in the same...

[LAUGHING]: I-I wouldn't really
know how to... how to start that.

Pro tip...

don't start with "I want to be you."

It's kind of creepy.

[LAUGHS SOFTLY]

You'll figure it out.

CULBER: Well, Saru was touching
my arm right before it happened.

But neither of us

were touching Captain Burnham
when she became affected.

[EERIE SHRIEKING, THUDDING]

And-and I was outside

when the symptoms hit.

And you and the captain were inside.

[SHRIEKING]

Could our suits be malfunctioning?

Detmer, are your settings
any different than ours?

- [SHRIEKING]
- No. They're all the same.

There's no reason I should be fine.

CULBER: This doesn't make any sense.

Is there any chance...

[PANTING]

... it could be the dust?

There-there was a patch
of ground, unstable.

I recall stepping through it

just before the hallucinations began.

It was filled with dust.

Yes, and I... I knelt in
it when I was treating you.

And I touched it when I
was examining the trichome.

And I haven't come into
direct contact with it.

[EXHALES] Okay.

The hydrocarbons that
you analyzed earlier...

they weren't found in any
of the Federation databases.

So maybe our suits wouldn't
know how to block them.

DETMER: An unknown substance
could get through if

its structure was unusual enough.

[SHRIEKING]

DETMER: Here, let me recalibrate

the programmable-matter
filtering system.

There.

[SHRIEKING FADES]

[SIGHS]

[SIGHS, LAUGHS]

[LAUGHS]

So glad you were paying
attention in those EV trainings.

[LAUGHS]

Mr. Saru,

your respiration is
still somewhat elevated.

Oh, I'm all right, Doctor.

It is just...

I had forgot the sensation of fear.

Brings back... memories.

It is nothing. It'll... it'll pass.

But I must say, Commander Detmer,

you remained remarkably calm as
we struggled with the unknown.

PTSD therapy came in handy.


Plus, the way I grew up,

I'm sort of the queen of
putting things in boxes.

BURNHAM: Take a look at this.

Think I got something.

Through the archway. Look at that.

It appears the Ten-C left
something behind after all.

Let's go find out what.

Shield upgrade means increasing
nominal system output.

You get that, right?

- Yes, Commander.
- Commander Reno,

I require some assistance.

I live to serve.

What do you need?

The deck six tech-hub
replicator is malfunctioning.

What? I was just there.

I'm receiving similar reports
from decks two and three.

And just now, on deck five, it
started making steamed bananas.

Okay, every word of that is bad news.

Get moving. If we lose
replicators out here,

we starve to death. No pressure.

President T'Rina?

You wished to speak further.

Hello?

President T'Rina?

That message was from you?

I need you to listen.

How the hell are you even here?

My ship is nearby, cloaked.

And this is blocking Zora's
sensors for the moment,

but we don't have much time.

Give me one reason why I
shouldn't call security right now.

Because I'm here to help,

but to do that, I need your help.

Two minutes.

That's all I ask.

NDOYE: United Earth is now in
the path of a more powerful DMA,

thanks to you.

If we succeeded, you and your
home would be safe right now.

Everyone would be.

That was my goal then, it's my goal now.

You have one minute left.

I've lost my home.

You're about to lose yours.

I know what it's like to feel
there's nothing you can do,

when all you want to do is take action.

We can, General.

We can end the DMA for good.

If you have a plan,
I'll need every detail.

Right now, one of Discovery's
shuttles is down on that planet.

They're looking for something to
help with first contact, right?

That was the intent.

Is it Michael down there?

She'll get what they need.

Once she does, my ship will enter

into the hyperfield
attached to Discovery.

Tarka will find the DMA's
power source and disable it.

That'll stop the DMA.

Earth will be safe.

If you believe so firmly in
Captain Burnham's abilities,

why not simply trust that
first contact will succeed?

I have faith in Michael, not the Ten-C.

I can't let the lives
of billions of people

hang on a hope that they'll
be sympathetic. Can you?

How do I fit into all of this?

Stay in contact. That's it.

Tell us what she's planning
so we can do what we need to do

without putting Discovery
or anyone on it at risk.

What you're asking already
involves significant risk.

So I must insist that
it be a backup plan only.

You need to give diplomacy time to work.

If the Ten-C capitulate before
United Earth is in the red zone,

you and Mr. Tarka must stand down.

You have my word on that, General.

Do I have yours?

DETMER: It can't be
coincidence that you all had

- the same hallucinations.
- BURNHAM: It's not.

Somehow the hydrocarbons let us see

and hear what they did,

what it was like when
their planet was destroyed.

CULBER: How is that even possible?

BURNHAM: I don't know yet.

SARU: I may have something.

Mr. Saru?

Uh, this hydrocarbon
is markedly different

than the variety we
initially encountered.

I fail to see why that
should be the case.

Captain, over here.

These pillars contain traces of
what I presume is their DNA...

it matches the bones outside... but

based on the differences
in methylation profiles,

the DNA inside of here

would have belonged to infants.

This must be a cocoon of some kind.

This room was a nursery.

That must be why the
structure was reinforced...

to protect their young.

Which means these beings
prioritize children.

They value life.

Cultural context.

I wonder...

Monitor my biosigns.

What... what are you doing?

I'm gonna let it in.

[GASPS]

[GASPS]

It feels like love.

[GASPS]

It's peaceful.

SARU: It feels...

safe.

I remember feeling this with my parents.

[GASPS]

Commander,

are you all right?

Yeah, I've just never felt...

[GASPS]

My dad.

He wasn't well.

There was a disconnect
between him and reality.

After my mom d*ed,

it was just the two of us, so...

Oh, Detmer.

SARU: I, too, am a stranger
to some of these feelings.

I do not believe I knew
an easy breath on Kaminar.

I was ashamed

when I felt afraid again today.

But I was not alone.

Neither are you.

We're feeling love and
safety here in the nursery,

but outside, where so many of them d*ed,

we experienced panic and
fear, like they must have.

I mean, Kelpien and human biology

are significantly different,

but these hydrocarbons are
affecting us almost identically.

DETMER: Maybe some
emotions are universal.

If true, that would connect
us all in quite a profound way.

But I do not yet see
how we might make use

of this for first contact.

Neither do I.

But there is something here.

Let's reset our EV suit filters,

finish scans and get some samples.

We can talk while we work.

We've got to get back to Discovery.

TARKA: Installing the patch now.

Hull sensors will go numb in five.

What's your status with Ndoye?

BOOK: We're good.

I'll fill you in when
we're back on board.

LINUS [OVER COMM]: There must be
some reason for the malfunction.

- TARKA: Got to go.
- RENO: It almost feels deliberate.

What kind of idiot would
pull a practical joke

in the middle of an existential thr*at?

LINUS: I don't know.

RENO: Well, then, get off
comms and get me an answer.

Aye, Commander.

[SOFT CREAK]

Who's here?

If someone's screwing
around, today is not the day.

Please tell me I just
spoiled a surprise party.

BURNHAM: Okay, we know the
hydrocarbons convey different emotions.

But how? And why?

CULBER: Well, a number of chemicals
correspond to emotional states.

Norepinephrine, serotonin, dopamine.

SARU: And there are
also numerous species

whose means of expression
are entirely chemical.

Uh, for instance, the
Plim of Asp communicate

by changing the scent of their breath.

Chemicals in the air.

But you have to be with someone.

Is there a chemical
for not with someone?

Like, when I was a kid,

I didn't need to be in
the same room as my dad

to know that he was in a
dark place. I could just...

feel it.

A lot of Earth species... uh,
bees, wolves... use pheromones.

CULBER: Which are often
hydrocarbon chains.

Maybe these hydrocarbons are
the pheromones of the Ten-C.

A way for them to
communicate with one another.

Hmm.

What if...

this is our Rosetta stone?

Are you are referring to
the ancient Earth artifact?

It provided context

that was crucial to deciphering
Egyptian hieroglyphs.

No one could understand
them before that.

And you think these
hydrocarbons can do that for us?

Help us find a way to
communicate with the Ten-C?

Their emotions tell a
story, give us context.

Well, we need more
pieces to the puzzle, but,

yeah, I think that's
exactly what they can do.

[BURNHAM LAUGHS]

Nice work, all of you.

This is what we came for.

Let's get this back to the team.

DETMER: Disco Zero Nine to Discovery,

we're back in comms
range and on our way home.

DISCOVERY OFFICER: Glad
to hear it, Commander.

See you all soon.

Captain?

Back in the nursery, I...

I just want to apologize for letting

- my personal issues compromise the...
- If you finish that sentence,

I will demote you to ensign.

It's okay to not be in
control for five minutes.

SARU: For as much as we

would like to bury certain
emotions, perhaps it is...

freeing to acknowledge that

we would not be who we are had we
not experienced all that we did.

Maybe that's why the Ten-C
created the hyperfield...

to protect themselves.

So they would never
again have to experience

that kind of fear and pain.

The thing I can't reconcile
is, they understand

what it's like to have
their home destroyed, and

now they're doing the same to us.

If they can feel, they can connect.

If we can make them aware
of what the DMA is doing,

we have every reason to
believe that they'll stop it.

SARU: I regret to say, Doctor, it is

equally possible that they already know

and simply do not care.

We sent DOTs down to
the planet's surface

to scan for more of the hydrocarbons.

They recovered unique compounds,

including the two that
you interacted with today.

We've begun testing.

Initial results indicate that

each corresponds with a
different emotional state.

Fascinating.

Of course, the Rosetta
stone required two languages

to understand the third.

However, uh,

this is still an excellent
starting point for communication.

Good job.

Well done.

Nice work, Captain.

And Mr. Saru.

I'll have my crew set course
for the hyperfield immediately.

[DOOR WHOOSHES OPEN]

Mr. Saru,

if you could use a moment of respite
after the challenges of the day,

you are welcome to join me
for a stroll on the holodeck.

I would enjoy that immensely.

DMA hits in hours.

Take whoever you need to assist
with testing the chemicals.

This data, Captain,

changes everything.

For the first time in a long time,

I feel hope.

Like we can really do this.

We can really find a way
to communicate with them.

Thank you.

It was all of us.

And it will continue to be,

moving forward.

So, thank you.

[DOOR WHOOSHES OPEN]

[SIGHS]

[DOOR WHOOSHES SHUT]

General Ndoye?

NDOYE: What is it?

It was good to see her.

Thank you for letting
me know she was back.

You're welcome.

[QUIET CHATTER]

Hi.

I heard about the hydrocarbons.

[IMITATES expl*si*n] Game changer.

- [LAUGHS]
- Yeah, I'm glad.

So, how-how are you doing?

It was... a tough day.

Good, but tough.

If you want to be alone,
that-that's totally cool.

I just, um, thought maybe if
you... if you wanted company,

I was just gonna hang
around here for a little bit.

Company sounds good.

Okay. Um...

[BOTH LAUGH SOFTLY]

All right.

Oh, by the way, um,

I did fly good today,
so thank you for that.

Yes. We maybe just don't even ever have

to mention that, like, ever again.

Or we could mention it every
day for the rest of your life.

- Okay. [LAUGHING]
- [LAUGHING]

- Good.
- [LAUGHS]

You asked to see me?

Please sit.

Is this mavi?

It tastes like home.

I'm glad the replicator got it right.

I saw you lingering in the nursery.

When we were leaving.

It was nice.

To feel those few moments of peace...

I just wished I could

stay in that a little longer.

You know, a while ago, uh,

Dr. Kovich told me to
take some time for myself,

and I've tried... but, uh...

... it seems I've got deeper work to do.

I'm not okay.

How could you be,

with everything you're facing?

I mean, with everything we're facing,

I don't think anyone is okay.

I keep thinking about how we
felt what the Ten-C felt today.

Their fear, their love.

And they destroyed Kwejian

and Radvek Five.

Sometimes empathy can be uncomfortable.

And it's the only way to connect,

to find common ground

for communication.

What if Saru was right?

What if they know what they've done,

and they don't care?

I mean, how do we connect
with a species like that?

We'll find a way.

TARKA: The patch worked like a
charm. We're attached to the hull,

- and Zora's sensors don't have a clue.
- Well done.

Got some news about the
mission to their planet.

- [RENO CLEARS THROAT]
- They're hoping to strike.

Nothing like coming home to an
unexpected hostage. Am I right?
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