1 00:00:26,151 --> 00:00:28,362 Una: Previously on Star Trek strange new worlds... 2 00:00:28,445 --> 00:00:29,765 Is everything all right, captain? 3 00:00:29,905 --> 00:00:31,198 We 're going back out. 4 00:00:31,281 --> 00:00:32,741 Captain pike. 5 00:00:32,824 --> 00:00:35,285 Lieutenant la 'an noonien. Chief of security. 6 00:00:35,619 --> 00:00:37,579 - La'an. - Hey, chief. 7 00:00:37,663 --> 00:00:38,872 Wait, you two know each other? 8 00:00:38,956 --> 00:00:40,707 She helped me find my way back home. 9 00:00:40,791 --> 00:00:42,918 Permission to return to enterprise, sir. 10 00:00:43,085 --> 00:00:45,128 - What's the mission? - Explore. 11 00:00:45,295 --> 00:00:46,797 We seek out new life, 12 00:00:46,922 --> 00:00:48,340 new civilizations. 13 00:00:48,423 --> 00:00:51,343 We boldly go where no one has gone before. 14 00:00:54,721 --> 00:00:58,433 Una: First officer's log, stardate 1224.3. 15 00:00:58,517 --> 00:01:01,061 The enterprise has arrived at hetemit 9, 16 00:01:01,144 --> 00:01:04,690 the site of an abandoned illyrian colony. 17 00:01:04,773 --> 00:01:08,235 Illyrians are a humanoid species known for modifying their genes 18 00:01:08,318 --> 00:01:11,154 to enhance their capabilities and levels of function. 19 00:01:12,155 --> 00:01:15,242 However, because genetic modification is forbidden in the federation, 20 00:01:15,325 --> 00:01:17,286 they have always been outcasts. 21 00:01:17,995 --> 00:01:20,289 Our presence here is part of a standing mission 22 00:01:20,372 --> 00:01:21,873 to discover what happened to them. 23 00:01:23,417 --> 00:01:26,086 Unfortunately, research time on the surface is limited, 24 00:01:26,169 --> 00:01:29,256 as the planet is regularly swept by ion storms. 25 00:01:29,881 --> 00:01:32,217 One of which is fast approaching. 26 00:01:35,178 --> 00:01:38,307 It's funny how genetic modification still puts everyone on edge. 27 00:01:39,308 --> 00:01:40,892 Even you, it would seem. 28 00:01:41,101 --> 00:01:43,395 I just don't like loose ends. 29 00:01:45,522 --> 00:01:47,107 Pike: Damn it. I wish we had more time. 30 00:01:47,190 --> 00:01:48,835 These shelters are pretty old. We should get everyone back 31 00:01:48,859 --> 00:01:50,539 - to the enterprise. - All right, everyone, 32 00:01:50,611 --> 00:01:53,697 pack up your data and head to the rendezvous point for transport. 33 00:01:53,780 --> 00:01:55,866 Spock, this is pike. Come in. 34 00:01:56,199 --> 00:01:57,927 The storm must be interfering. I'll go grab him. 35 00:01:57,951 --> 00:01:59,161 No, no. I got him. 36 00:02:00,495 --> 00:02:02,055 You get the rest of the team back home. 37 00:02:17,888 --> 00:02:18,930 Pike: Ensign Lance. 38 00:02:36,907 --> 00:02:37,991 Energize. 39 00:02:40,077 --> 00:02:42,388 Commander, I'm having trouble getting a lock on your signal. 40 00:02:42,412 --> 00:02:43,914 The ion storm is interfering. 41 00:02:44,915 --> 00:02:47,000 Storm's only getting closer, enterprise. 42 00:02:47,084 --> 00:02:48,585 One second, commander. 43 00:02:49,753 --> 00:02:50,837 Energizing. 44 00:02:58,679 --> 00:03:00,931 Transporter room to engineering. Hemmer, I'm losing them. 45 00:03:02,265 --> 00:03:04,601 Rerouting auxiliary power. Get ready. 46 00:03:06,478 --> 00:03:07,854 Chief hemmer to bridge. 47 00:03:07,938 --> 00:03:11,066 Prepare for temporary engagement of emergency systems backups. 48 00:03:15,654 --> 00:03:18,374 Man: Additional operations personnel required on deck 16. 49 00:03:18,699 --> 00:03:20,325 Ops personnel to deck 16. 50 00:03:34,297 --> 00:03:36,591 Engineering to transporter. Try it now. 51 00:03:37,718 --> 00:03:39,428 What the... how did you... 52 00:03:39,928 --> 00:03:41,930 I am a genius. Move quickly. 53 00:03:42,681 --> 00:03:43,807 Copy. 54 00:03:50,939 --> 00:03:52,691 Better not be out of miracles, Mr. Kyle. 55 00:03:52,816 --> 00:03:55,068 Captain and Mr. Spock are still on the surface. 56 00:04:02,826 --> 00:04:04,911 Spock: Captain, I think I've managed to uncover 57 00:04:04,995 --> 00:04:07,432 a previously undiscovered cache ofjournals that may be relevant. 58 00:04:07,456 --> 00:04:09,142 - I'm looking foward to reading them. - Great. 59 00:04:09,166 --> 00:04:10,601 How about we get to the rendezvous point 60 00:04:10,625 --> 00:04:12,377 before the storm overtakes us, so you can? 61 00:04:21,386 --> 00:04:23,221 Pike to enterprise. Two to beam up. 62 00:04:30,187 --> 00:04:31,688 I can't get a lock. 63 00:04:31,772 --> 00:04:33,815 - Pull more power. - Power's not gonna help. 64 00:04:33,899 --> 00:04:35,192 The ion storm is too strong. 65 00:04:35,275 --> 00:04:36,794 We try to transport them through that, 66 00:04:36,818 --> 00:04:38,320 who knows when we'll get back? 67 00:04:40,030 --> 00:04:41,323 Number one to captain pike. 68 00:04:41,740 --> 00:04:44,367 You and Mr. Spock should find shelter until the storm passes, 69 00:04:44,451 --> 00:04:46,119 - and quickly. - Copy, number one. 70 00:04:48,288 --> 00:04:49,748 Pike: Suggestions, Mr. Spock? 71 00:04:49,831 --> 00:04:50,832 Run. 72 00:04:59,216 --> 00:05:00,383 Pike: Space. 73 00:05:02,219 --> 00:05:04,221 The final frontier. 74 00:05:06,765 --> 00:05:09,810 These are the voyages of the starship enterprise. 75 00:05:11,728 --> 00:05:13,396 Its five-year mission, 76 00:05:14,356 --> 00:05:16,441 to explore strange new worlds, 77 00:05:19,027 --> 00:05:21,154 to seek out new life 78 00:05:22,113 --> 00:05:23,865 and new civilizations, 79 00:05:25,617 --> 00:05:28,912 to boldly go where no one has gone before. 80 00:06:59,544 --> 00:07:02,339 The captain and Mr. Spock are stuck on the surface. 81 00:07:02,422 --> 00:07:04,507 As soon as it's safe, we'll get them back. 82 00:07:04,633 --> 00:07:05,759 In the meantime, 83 00:07:05,842 --> 00:07:08,178 we do our jobs. 84 00:07:08,261 --> 00:07:10,847 Cadet uhura, can you get a signal? 85 00:07:10,972 --> 00:07:12,515 No, commander. 86 00:07:12,599 --> 00:07:15,977 The ion storm is functionally a communications blackout. 87 00:07:16,102 --> 00:07:18,262 I want to know the second you connect with the captain. 88 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:19,940 Yes, commander. 89 00:07:20,023 --> 00:07:21,024 Lieutenant Wheeler, 90 00:07:21,107 --> 00:07:22,947 I want round-the-clock monitoring of the storm. 91 00:07:22,984 --> 00:07:25,070 The second it starts to let up, I want to know. 92 00:07:25,153 --> 00:07:26,863 And tell chief Kyle to have relief ready. 93 00:07:26,947 --> 00:07:28,573 I want the transporter standing by. 94 00:07:36,498 --> 00:07:37,499 Ortegas: Ensign Lance? 95 00:07:37,582 --> 00:07:38,750 Are you all right? 96 00:07:38,833 --> 00:07:40,293 Lance: It's too dark in here. 97 00:07:40,877 --> 00:07:43,296 Okay, it's been a long day for all of us. 98 00:07:43,380 --> 00:07:46,257 But maybe this is something you should, you know, 99 00:07:46,383 --> 00:07:47,926 do in your own quarters? 100 00:07:48,009 --> 00:07:49,761 Lance: I need to feel the light on my skin. 101 00:07:52,514 --> 00:07:54,557 Whatever tweaks your freak, pal. 102 00:07:57,644 --> 00:07:58,979 What the hell are you doing? 103 00:07:59,062 --> 00:08:00,063 Ortegas to security. 104 00:08:00,146 --> 00:08:01,731 I need help on deck 14. 105 00:08:19,249 --> 00:08:21,751 Computer, increase illumination 25%. 106 00:08:53,950 --> 00:08:55,452 Number one to Dr. M'benga. 107 00:08:55,535 --> 00:08:57,954 What is the status of the landing party? 108 00:08:58,038 --> 00:09:00,707 M'benga: Good evening, commander. Funny you should mention it. 109 00:09:01,249 --> 00:09:03,001 I have several of them in here as we speak, 110 00:09:03,126 --> 00:09:05,253 presenting with some very curious symptoms. 111 00:09:05,336 --> 00:09:08,506 I was about to call you. Are you feeling all right? 112 00:09:08,631 --> 00:09:10,133 I'm okay. 113 00:09:10,216 --> 00:09:13,219 Better come down here and let me check you out, just in case. 114 00:09:14,179 --> 00:09:15,305 On my way. 115 00:09:28,651 --> 00:09:29,736 M'benga: It's odd. 116 00:09:30,278 --> 00:09:33,364 Half of them have burned or shocked themselves, 117 00:09:33,448 --> 00:09:36,493 all on sources of illumination, and yet 118 00:09:36,576 --> 00:09:39,287 the light's the only thing that seems to calm them down. 119 00:09:39,370 --> 00:09:42,457 They're being attracted to light. 120 00:09:42,540 --> 00:09:45,960 So much so they're willing to hurt themselves to get to it. 121 00:09:47,003 --> 00:09:50,256 I take it you haven't exhibited any of these unusual behaviors? 122 00:09:53,176 --> 00:09:54,969 You found nothing else in their systems? 123 00:09:55,053 --> 00:09:56,346 No form of contagion? 124 00:09:56,721 --> 00:09:58,389 Well, the transporter's biofilters 125 00:09:58,515 --> 00:10:00,517 would have screened out anything abnormal. 126 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:03,978 But I ran viral and bacterial scans anyway as a precaution. 127 00:10:04,604 --> 00:10:05,855 They're clean. 128 00:10:06,397 --> 00:10:09,901 Only thing I've been able to find is a severe drop in cholecalciferol. 129 00:10:11,778 --> 00:10:13,196 Vitamin d? 130 00:10:14,531 --> 00:10:16,533 All show levels in the red. 131 00:10:16,616 --> 00:10:19,077 Outside of this and the aberrant behavior, 132 00:10:19,994 --> 00:10:21,579 you'd never know they were sick. 133 00:10:21,704 --> 00:10:23,206 How were my vitamin d levels? 134 00:10:23,915 --> 00:10:25,208 Normal. 135 00:10:25,542 --> 00:10:28,461 Whatever affected them seems to have missed you. 136 00:10:29,921 --> 00:10:32,549 I'd like to take a blood sample nonetheless. 137 00:10:33,550 --> 00:10:34,926 Commander? 138 00:10:35,051 --> 00:10:36,219 Of course. 139 00:10:37,137 --> 00:10:39,722 Have you been able to reach the captain and Mr. Spock? 140 00:10:40,807 --> 00:10:42,976 Still too much interference with the storm. 141 00:10:45,603 --> 00:10:46,997 We'll have to hope they weren't 142 00:10:47,021 --> 00:10:48,648 exposed to whatever this is. 143 00:10:48,731 --> 00:10:51,067 I have to believe the landing party came into contact 144 00:10:51,151 --> 00:10:53,945 with something down there that the biofilters missed. 145 00:10:54,821 --> 00:10:55,905 Hemmer: Nonsense. 146 00:10:55,989 --> 00:10:59,075 The biofilters would have caught any contamination during transport. 147 00:10:59,159 --> 00:11:01,399 Unless it was something they weren't programmed to catch. 148 00:11:01,452 --> 00:11:02,579 Can't happen. 149 00:11:02,662 --> 00:11:04,831 If they don't recognize it, they filter it out. 150 00:11:05,290 --> 00:11:08,084 What about the ion storm? Could that have interfered with it? 151 00:11:08,209 --> 00:11:10,003 No. 152 00:11:10,795 --> 00:11:12,046 I mean... 153 00:11:12,881 --> 00:11:14,132 It shouldn't have. 154 00:11:14,257 --> 00:11:17,510 And yet m'benga's got four landing party members in sickbay. 155 00:11:17,969 --> 00:11:21,097 Anything else abnormal during transport you can think of? 156 00:11:21,598 --> 00:11:23,099 Besides the landing party's atoms 157 00:11:23,224 --> 00:11:26,269 almost getting mixed up into a puddle of bioorganic stew? 158 00:11:29,022 --> 00:11:30,773 I can sense that expression, you know. 159 00:11:30,857 --> 00:11:32,025 Oh, I know. 160 00:11:33,234 --> 00:11:36,237 You had to pull a lot of power to keep pattern stabilization. 161 00:11:36,487 --> 00:11:38,448 Could that have inhibited the biofilters? 162 00:11:38,948 --> 00:11:40,658 Not only are all the ship's transporters 163 00:11:40,742 --> 00:11:42,702 networked for emergency power distribution, 164 00:11:42,785 --> 00:11:45,330 the new systems have discrete backups for biofilters 165 00:11:45,413 --> 00:11:46,789 and pattern stabilizers. 166 00:11:49,125 --> 00:11:52,921 I will run a level 5 diagnostic ship-wide. 167 00:11:53,796 --> 00:11:56,049 - To make you feel better, commander. - Thank you. 168 00:11:56,132 --> 00:11:58,968 Which, I might add, may well take all night. 169 00:11:59,969 --> 00:12:02,555 Woman: Decontamination crew, transporter room 3. 170 00:12:02,639 --> 00:12:04,390 Only level 2 protocol... 171 00:12:11,814 --> 00:12:13,024 Una: On screen. 172 00:12:13,650 --> 00:12:14,859 Number one? 173 00:12:14,984 --> 00:12:17,070 Are you and lieutenant Spock all right? 174 00:12:17,153 --> 00:12:19,513 We're fine, but the storm has us pinned down in the library. 175 00:12:19,572 --> 00:12:22,408 We have an emerging situation here. 176 00:12:22,492 --> 00:12:24,953 Landing party members are getting ill. 177 00:12:25,495 --> 00:12:28,164 The doctor thinks they were exposed to something on the surface. 178 00:12:28,831 --> 00:12:30,708 What kind of something? 179 00:12:30,792 --> 00:12:32,877 Apologies. The signal's out again. 180 00:12:32,961 --> 00:12:34,879 The storm's interference is too strong. 181 00:12:40,343 --> 00:12:41,695 Una: Computer, show me everything you have 182 00:12:41,719 --> 00:12:43,388 on illyrian genetic modifications, 183 00:12:43,513 --> 00:12:45,765 specifically related to disease control. 184 00:12:45,848 --> 00:12:47,100 Computer: Working. 185 00:12:47,517 --> 00:12:51,187 Computer, isolate any files pertaining to the original illyrian settlement 186 00:12:51,271 --> 00:12:52,855 on the vaultera nebula. 187 00:12:53,731 --> 00:12:55,441 Records are limited. 188 00:12:58,528 --> 00:13:00,029 You wanted to see me, chief? 189 00:13:00,863 --> 00:13:03,616 Yes. Several landing party members 190 00:13:03,700 --> 00:13:06,828 are showing symptoms of some kind of contamination. 191 00:13:06,911 --> 00:13:08,329 Security needs to keep an eye out 192 00:13:08,413 --> 00:13:10,123 for anyone exhibiting strange behavior. 193 00:13:10,290 --> 00:13:11,291 Mmm-hmm. 194 00:13:13,793 --> 00:13:15,044 Mynans? 195 00:13:15,253 --> 00:13:18,256 You think this contamination might be related to them? 196 00:13:18,339 --> 00:13:20,383 I don't know what to think. I'm just doing research. 197 00:13:20,466 --> 00:13:22,885 Well, it seems to me, things like this are exactly 198 00:13:23,011 --> 00:13:26,306 why the federation is so wary of genetically modified species 199 00:13:26,389 --> 00:13:27,515 like the illyrians. 200 00:13:27,724 --> 00:13:29,392 You start breaking down the genetic code, 201 00:13:29,475 --> 00:13:31,686 who knows what the unexpected consequences can be? 202 00:13:31,769 --> 00:13:34,272 If the problem originated with the illyrians, 203 00:13:34,355 --> 00:13:36,083 maybe they could also provide us with a cure. 204 00:13:36,107 --> 00:13:39,527 Isn't using any illyrian medical tech against federation regs? 205 00:13:40,236 --> 00:13:41,863 Thanks to the eugenics wars. 206 00:13:42,947 --> 00:13:45,616 I imagine you know all about that period in history. 207 00:13:48,161 --> 00:13:49,579 Well, you don't grow up with 208 00:13:49,662 --> 00:13:52,665 a bioengineered mass murderer as your ancestor 209 00:13:52,749 --> 00:13:54,083 and not develop a thick skin. 210 00:13:54,542 --> 00:13:56,544 Khan noonien Singh. 211 00:13:56,627 --> 00:14:00,131 Made myself a kind of an expert on him when I was a kid. 212 00:14:01,924 --> 00:14:04,260 I never think of you as a child. 213 00:14:04,344 --> 00:14:05,428 Yeah. 214 00:14:06,596 --> 00:14:09,682 For a while there, the worst thing that had ever happened to me 215 00:14:09,766 --> 00:14:12,060 was a bunch of the other kids' teasing. 216 00:14:13,061 --> 00:14:15,772 I'd hope that someone with your last name would know 217 00:14:15,897 --> 00:14:19,275 that snap judgments made on genetics are faulty at best. 218 00:14:20,109 --> 00:14:22,528 Individuals are so much more than just... 219 00:14:22,612 --> 00:14:24,781 Is it me or is it dark in here? 220 00:14:27,617 --> 00:14:28,910 Una: La'an? 221 00:14:30,453 --> 00:14:32,455 Is this the only light you have? 222 00:14:32,747 --> 00:14:34,290 Number one to Dr. M'benga? 223 00:14:34,374 --> 00:14:35,375 M'benga: Commander? 224 00:14:35,458 --> 00:14:36,918 I think we have a new problem. 225 00:14:40,046 --> 00:14:41,798 M'benga: Same vitamin d deficiency. 226 00:14:41,881 --> 00:14:42,965 Same attraction to light. 227 00:14:43,049 --> 00:14:44,526 Una: She wasn't part of the landing party. 228 00:14:44,550 --> 00:14:46,719 - She never went down to the planet. - I know. 229 00:14:46,803 --> 00:14:49,514 How is that possible? How is it spreading? 230 00:14:49,639 --> 00:14:51,557 - I don't know. - Internal contact tracing 231 00:14:51,641 --> 00:14:53,768 shows that lieutenant noonien shared a turbolift 232 00:14:53,851 --> 00:14:55,061 with ensign Lance. 233 00:14:55,144 --> 00:14:57,605 - It's a possible source of exposure. - M'benga: Maybe. 234 00:14:57,688 --> 00:14:59,524 Except whatever it is isn't being passed 235 00:14:59,649 --> 00:15:02,860 by any traceable viral or bacteriological means. 236 00:15:02,944 --> 00:15:04,654 What do you recommend, doctor? 237 00:15:04,737 --> 00:15:06,239 To keep it from spreading? 238 00:15:06,823 --> 00:15:08,324 Full lockdown. 239 00:15:10,743 --> 00:15:13,121 Una: Computer, open a channel, ship-wide. 240 00:15:13,204 --> 00:15:14,973 Attention all crew members, 241 00:15:14,997 --> 00:15:17,375 we are initiating level 5 lockdown protocol, 242 00:15:17,458 --> 00:15:18,876 effective immediately. 243 00:15:20,545 --> 00:15:23,172 All nonessential personnel will be confined to quarters 244 00:15:23,256 --> 00:15:24,715 until further notice. 245 00:15:26,008 --> 00:15:29,345 All on-duty personnel will be confined to specific work zones 246 00:15:29,429 --> 00:15:30,847 until further notice. 247 00:15:36,269 --> 00:15:37,645 You have your orders. 248 00:15:49,365 --> 00:15:51,075 I believe there is a human phrase. 249 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:53,035 "A watched kettle never boils." 250 00:15:53,161 --> 00:15:54,162 It's a pot. 251 00:15:54,704 --> 00:15:56,164 And in this case, I'm pretty sure 252 00:15:56,247 --> 00:15:58,166 we're gonna get hit with the scalding water. 253 00:15:58,791 --> 00:16:00,376 You are deliberately mixing my metaphor 254 00:16:00,501 --> 00:16:02,420 in order to indulge your anxiety. 255 00:16:02,503 --> 00:16:05,631 There are sick people on my ship, and we're stuck down here? 256 00:16:06,799 --> 00:16:08,509 I don't like feeling helpless. 257 00:16:09,886 --> 00:16:12,638 Pacing relentlessly back and forth will not change the situation. 258 00:16:17,518 --> 00:16:19,770 Pike: This place is fun. They should sell tickets. 259 00:16:20,605 --> 00:16:22,398 It seems this particular group of illyrians 260 00:16:22,482 --> 00:16:24,192 wanted to join the federation. 261 00:16:26,777 --> 00:16:29,363 As federation law forbids genetic manipulation, 262 00:16:29,447 --> 00:16:31,991 this group was attempting to reverse its DNA modifications 263 00:16:32,074 --> 00:16:33,576 to gain entry. 264 00:16:33,659 --> 00:16:35,786 De-engineering themselves, as it were. 265 00:16:35,870 --> 00:16:37,663 -That's a new one. 4ndeed. 266 00:16:38,372 --> 00:16:40,333 Any clue as to what happened to the colony? 267 00:16:40,416 --> 00:16:42,960 I am only halfway through these records, captain. 268 00:16:44,253 --> 00:16:45,606 Consider maybe skipping to the end 269 00:16:45,630 --> 00:16:47,340 before the storm tears the building apart? 270 00:17:04,941 --> 00:17:06,817 Tell me you saw that, too. 271 00:17:07,902 --> 00:17:09,195 I did. 272 00:17:09,278 --> 00:17:11,781 Although what I saw exactly, I am not sure. 273 00:17:34,637 --> 00:17:36,889 Uhura: What are y'all doing? 274 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:39,600 Computer, end simulation! 275 00:17:41,602 --> 00:17:44,522 - What did you do that for? - We need light! 276 00:17:45,064 --> 00:17:46,732 - Una: How many more? - Almost 50. 277 00:17:47,108 --> 00:17:49,944 I had to open our auxiliary bay to handle the overflow. 278 00:17:50,027 --> 00:17:51,988 Contact tracing is all over the map. 279 00:17:52,071 --> 00:17:53,197 Some people are getting it 280 00:17:53,281 --> 00:17:54,967 after being down the hail from someone who's sick. 281 00:17:54,991 --> 00:17:57,326 Meanwhile, cadet uhura's roommates both came down with it, 282 00:17:57,410 --> 00:17:58,744 she's completely fine. 283 00:18:04,917 --> 00:18:06,377 Una: Hemmer, did you find anything? 284 00:18:06,460 --> 00:18:08,460 Of course. That's why I'm wandering around the ship 285 00:18:08,504 --> 00:18:10,798 in the middle of the night running diagnostics. 286 00:18:10,881 --> 00:18:11,924 For fun. 287 00:18:12,008 --> 00:18:14,969 Doctor, I need to check your emergency medical transporter 288 00:18:15,052 --> 00:18:17,847 for systems integration and excess power usage. 289 00:18:18,139 --> 00:18:19,348 Please! 290 00:18:20,224 --> 00:18:21,684 I have research in there. 291 00:18:27,481 --> 00:18:29,108 You doing anything right now? 292 00:18:29,859 --> 00:18:30,985 If you hadn't noticed, 293 00:18:31,068 --> 00:18:33,195 I'm in the middle of a ship-wide medical emergency. 294 00:18:33,279 --> 00:18:35,197 Trust me, I've noticed. 295 00:18:40,077 --> 00:18:41,996 My medical transporter is fine. 296 00:18:42,079 --> 00:18:43,914 That shouldn't have affected the lights. 297 00:18:43,998 --> 00:18:46,334 Please stop messing around in here! 298 00:18:47,752 --> 00:18:49,462 You're only making things worse. 299 00:18:53,049 --> 00:18:54,508 Point taken. 300 00:19:19,492 --> 00:19:22,161 Whatever made that sound, looks like it's gone. 301 00:19:23,454 --> 00:19:25,206 A curious figure of speech. 302 00:19:29,251 --> 00:19:30,586 Captain. 303 00:19:36,759 --> 00:19:39,011 - I think we know what made that sound. - 4ndeed. 304 00:19:48,938 --> 00:19:50,147 Oh, you're lucky. 305 00:19:50,272 --> 00:19:52,358 Any closer and that could have hit the carotid. 306 00:19:52,441 --> 00:19:53,776 On a human. 307 00:19:53,859 --> 00:19:55,653 The journals did mention unconfirmed rumors 308 00:19:55,778 --> 00:19:57,446 of creatures living inside the storms. 309 00:19:57,571 --> 00:19:59,073 I think we can confirm them. 310 00:20:05,871 --> 00:20:08,374 What do you think the odds are that'll hold? 311 00:20:08,457 --> 00:20:10,626 Perhaps we should weight probability in our favor. 312 00:20:13,295 --> 00:20:16,841 A lockdown is instituted, you're off duty, you come here. 313 00:20:17,550 --> 00:20:20,803 Your roommates contract the contagion, you do not. 314 00:20:22,012 --> 00:20:23,431 Uhura: Iwentto bed. 315 00:20:32,148 --> 00:20:33,190 Like this? 316 00:20:33,899 --> 00:20:35,151 I closed the door. 317 00:20:35,568 --> 00:20:37,611 I need it pitch-black to fall asleep. 318 00:20:37,695 --> 00:20:39,321 I'm like the Princess and the... 319 00:20:39,905 --> 00:20:40,990 Pea that way. 320 00:20:49,623 --> 00:20:52,418 Uhura was exposed to the same conditions as her roommates, 321 00:20:52,501 --> 00:20:53,961 with one exception, 322 00:20:54,044 --> 00:20:55,880 she was in the dark. 323 00:20:56,839 --> 00:20:59,133 I ran an electromagnetic scan on the ship. 324 00:20:59,216 --> 00:21:01,385 Around infected crew members, 325 00:21:01,510 --> 00:21:03,846 light waves carry additional energy. 326 00:21:04,805 --> 00:21:06,891 The contagion travels on light. 327 00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:10,686 Insidious. 328 00:21:11,395 --> 00:21:12,855 And remarkable. 329 00:21:13,773 --> 00:21:16,400 The most successful viruses propagate in a host, 330 00:21:16,525 --> 00:21:18,235 then trigger a spreading response. 331 00:21:18,319 --> 00:21:20,613 The way a common cold makes humans sneeze 332 00:21:20,696 --> 00:21:22,782 to transfer itself to other humans. 333 00:21:23,407 --> 00:21:26,952 Once we're exposed, this virus triggers our pleasure centers 334 00:21:27,036 --> 00:21:28,954 when we're in close contact with light. 335 00:21:29,830 --> 00:21:31,373 Light is literally everywhere. 336 00:21:31,457 --> 00:21:33,018 Any light wave could carry the infection. 337 00:21:33,042 --> 00:21:35,628 It's only a matter of time before we all become infected 338 00:21:35,711 --> 00:21:37,171 if we don't stop it. 339 00:21:38,422 --> 00:21:39,548 So how do we stop it? 340 00:21:40,341 --> 00:21:42,843 What's the one thing we can control that counteracts light? 341 00:21:42,927 --> 00:21:45,221 Dark hates light, light hates dark. 342 00:21:45,346 --> 00:21:46,889 So we turn off the lights. 343 00:21:47,306 --> 00:21:50,726 We have a sickbay full of patients who are essentially light addicts. 344 00:21:51,060 --> 00:21:53,521 The virus is gonna make them very uncomfortable. 345 00:21:53,604 --> 00:21:57,149 Would it be too intrusive to sedate all of them? 346 00:21:58,901 --> 00:22:00,694 Given the alternative, 347 00:22:02,446 --> 00:22:04,323 I think it's the best option. 348 00:22:19,296 --> 00:22:21,131 Computer, narrow search parameters 349 00:22:21,257 --> 00:22:22,925 to illyrian genetic modifications. 350 00:22:23,050 --> 00:22:24,635 - Computer: Classified. - Override. 351 00:22:28,514 --> 00:22:29,723 Narrow search parameters 352 00:22:29,807 --> 00:22:32,935 to illyrian genetic modifications related to disease control. 353 00:22:33,018 --> 00:22:34,937 - Classified. - Override. Override. 354 00:22:46,156 --> 00:22:49,535 Alert. Blackout override in transporter room. 355 00:22:49,618 --> 00:22:51,620 Danger of critical circuit overload. 356 00:22:52,288 --> 00:22:53,888 Commander chin-Riley to transporter room. 357 00:22:53,956 --> 00:22:55,374 What's going on? 358 00:22:57,918 --> 00:22:59,587 Acknowledge. 359 00:23:02,172 --> 00:23:04,008 Computer, clear screen. 360 00:23:24,987 --> 00:23:26,488 Hemmer, what are you doing? 361 00:23:26,572 --> 00:23:28,115 Performing a miracle. 362 00:23:28,949 --> 00:23:30,659 Come in. You'll enjoy it. 363 00:23:33,287 --> 00:23:36,290 What is that thing? 364 00:23:36,373 --> 00:23:38,208 An iron-sulfur alloy, I believe. 365 00:23:38,334 --> 00:23:41,712 It took all my skills to isolate a portion that could transport 366 00:23:41,795 --> 00:23:43,839 from the core of hetemit 9. 367 00:23:44,423 --> 00:23:46,175 It's not fully materialized. 368 00:23:46,258 --> 00:23:49,553 You're transporting a piece of the planet's core? 369 00:23:50,012 --> 00:23:51,805 Mantle, to be precise. 370 00:23:51,889 --> 00:23:54,183 I want to feel the radiance on my skin. 371 00:23:54,308 --> 00:23:57,186 I've almost stabilized the signal. 372 00:23:57,770 --> 00:23:59,939 Hemmer, it's a thousand degrees. It'll kill you. 373 00:24:00,022 --> 00:24:01,732 More like 10,000. 374 00:24:01,815 --> 00:24:04,068 Just a few seconds more and it'll be here. 375 00:24:06,779 --> 00:24:08,030 Hemmer, stop! 376 00:24:59,665 --> 00:25:01,750 Does that thing have a setting for stun? 377 00:25:01,875 --> 00:25:03,585 I am arming us with knowledge. 378 00:25:05,087 --> 00:25:06,898 You think the illyrians knew how to stop these things? 379 00:25:06,922 --> 00:25:08,465 Perhaps. But even if they did not, 380 00:25:08,590 --> 00:25:10,390 we may be able to learn from their misfortune. 381 00:25:11,927 --> 00:25:14,114 I have deduced that these creatures did not destroy them. 382 00:25:14,138 --> 00:25:15,538 That, in fact, they began to appear 383 00:25:15,597 --> 00:25:17,325 as the illyrians were starting to be wiped out 384 00:25:17,349 --> 00:25:18,726 by a mysterious disease. 385 00:25:19,893 --> 00:25:21,770 I'm still waiting for the useful part. 386 00:25:22,688 --> 00:25:23,999 Spock: I have found no entry describing 387 00:25:24,023 --> 00:25:25,743 the creatures causing harm to the colonists. 388 00:25:28,861 --> 00:25:30,446 My ears are popping. 389 00:25:30,904 --> 00:25:32,448 The atmospheric pressure is rising. 390 00:25:32,531 --> 00:25:35,200 Ionization levels in the storm are now lethal to organic matter. 391 00:25:51,967 --> 00:25:52,968 Ground. 392 00:26:35,344 --> 00:26:37,971 - Looks like they're gone. - 4ndeed. 393 00:26:38,388 --> 00:26:41,183 And thanks to them, it would seem, we are not. 394 00:26:45,187 --> 00:26:47,815 How in the exact hell are you carrying him? 395 00:26:47,898 --> 00:26:50,567 Una: Never mind. He needs to be sedated before he wakes up. 396 00:26:50,651 --> 00:26:52,694 I'm afraid I'm going to have to be next. 397 00:26:55,364 --> 00:26:57,533 My cholecalciferol levels are plunging. 398 00:26:58,867 --> 00:27:01,370 And it's down to nurse chapel and myself, I'm afraid. 399 00:27:03,413 --> 00:27:04,706 You took my blood earlier. 400 00:27:04,790 --> 00:27:06,518 Did you find anything that could help synthesize a cure? 401 00:27:06,542 --> 00:27:08,103 Just because you haven't caught this thing yet... 402 00:27:08,127 --> 00:27:09,479 - I'm immune. - You don't know that. 403 00:27:09,503 --> 00:27:10,921 I've already come down with it, 404 00:27:11,713 --> 00:27:14,967 and my immune system did what it was bioengineered to do. 405 00:27:16,176 --> 00:27:18,095 I didn't tell you earlier because 406 00:27:20,722 --> 00:27:22,057 I'm an illyrian. 407 00:27:24,017 --> 00:27:25,978 - Would that even work? - No. 408 00:27:26,061 --> 00:27:28,939 Why not? My body knew how to fight off the infection. 409 00:27:29,022 --> 00:27:31,066 It's not that simple. There are other factors. 410 00:27:31,150 --> 00:27:33,402 Neither of us has any experience with 411 00:27:33,485 --> 00:27:35,070 your unique metabolism. 412 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:36,321 Mmm. 413 00:27:36,780 --> 00:27:39,259 Why do I get the feeling you're about to quote starfleet regulations? 414 00:27:39,283 --> 00:27:40,492 Oh, no, I'm not. I just... 415 00:27:40,576 --> 00:27:41,761 Look, I know there's a directive 416 00:27:41,785 --> 00:27:43,745 against mixing human and illyrian blood, 417 00:27:44,454 --> 00:27:45,807 but I couldn't care less right now. 418 00:27:45,831 --> 00:27:47,457 Then why are we wasting time? 419 00:27:47,541 --> 00:27:49,293 Go. 420 00:27:51,753 --> 00:27:54,590 - What is the issue? - I've looked at your blood. 421 00:27:54,715 --> 00:27:56,425 It has no novel antibodies. 422 00:27:56,550 --> 00:27:59,678 And that is consistent with what I know of illyrian biochemistry. 423 00:28:00,804 --> 00:28:03,557 You don't create antibodies that lie dormant. 424 00:28:04,808 --> 00:28:08,562 Your immune system literally burns out new infections immediately. 425 00:28:13,650 --> 00:28:17,070 Which means I have nothing left to synthesize an antidote from. 426 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:20,699 So I'm protected but I can't help anyone else? 427 00:28:21,783 --> 00:28:24,620 Perhaps if I was there at the moment you were infected. 428 00:28:25,204 --> 00:28:26,931 - You'd better put me out. - Una: No, no, no, wait. 429 00:28:26,955 --> 00:28:28,332 We'll come up with something. 430 00:28:28,457 --> 00:28:30,542 There's nothing to come up with. 431 00:28:30,626 --> 00:28:33,253 You're a starfleet doctor. There's always something. 432 00:28:36,340 --> 00:28:38,342 You put a lot of faith in starfleet. 433 00:28:39,259 --> 00:28:40,761 That must be hard. 434 00:28:42,095 --> 00:28:44,389 Starfleet is right about a lot of things, 435 00:28:45,307 --> 00:28:46,642 but not all of them. 436 00:28:47,434 --> 00:28:48,727 Not about us. 437 00:28:49,269 --> 00:28:51,313 - If my blood... - I understand. 438 00:28:51,438 --> 00:28:54,358 Prejudice has kept people from helping each other for centuries 439 00:28:54,483 --> 00:28:56,818 with no scientificjustification. 440 00:28:57,527 --> 00:29:00,155 And after we met our neighbors in the galaxy, 441 00:29:01,156 --> 00:29:02,908 we found new bigotries. 442 00:29:04,534 --> 00:29:06,286 Human and vulcan blood. 443 00:29:07,204 --> 00:29:08,872 Now it's human and illyrian. 444 00:29:11,208 --> 00:29:13,377 In any case, they're meaningless to me. 445 00:29:14,503 --> 00:29:15,921 I am a physician. 446 00:29:17,381 --> 00:29:19,675 I'd beg you to help if you could, 447 00:29:19,758 --> 00:29:21,385 regulations be damned. 448 00:29:22,344 --> 00:29:24,012 But you can't help here. 449 00:29:26,139 --> 00:29:27,391 I'm sorry. 450 00:29:33,355 --> 00:29:34,940 Now put me out. 451 00:29:35,023 --> 00:29:36,525 Before I lose control. 452 00:29:39,194 --> 00:29:42,197 Computer: Warning. Warp core containment field has been deactivated. 453 00:29:42,948 --> 00:29:45,867 Recommend reestablishing containment field immediately. 454 00:29:52,374 --> 00:29:55,377 Warning. Warp core containment field has been deactivated. 455 00:29:56,211 --> 00:29:58,380 Warp core breach imminent. 456 00:29:58,463 --> 00:29:59,548 La'an. 457 00:30:07,597 --> 00:30:09,808 Warning. Containment field has been deactivated. 458 00:30:10,225 --> 00:30:11,852 Warp core breach imminent. 459 00:30:11,935 --> 00:30:13,186 Una: La'an, stop. 460 00:30:14,021 --> 00:30:16,356 Back away from the panel. That's an order. 461 00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:18,150 Denied, commander. 462 00:30:18,233 --> 00:30:21,069 You know what'll happen if that containment field goes down. 463 00:30:22,070 --> 00:30:23,864 We'll be flooded with light. 464 00:30:24,740 --> 00:30:26,533 La'an, stop. 465 00:30:26,616 --> 00:30:29,453 Computer: Danger of exposure to matter/antimatter radiation. 466 00:30:29,578 --> 00:30:31,872 Containment field at 75%. 467 00:30:32,414 --> 00:30:33,957 Seventy percent. 468 00:30:34,583 --> 00:30:36,293 Fifty-five percent. 469 00:30:36,376 --> 00:30:38,253 Radiation nearing critical levels. 470 00:30:38,879 --> 00:30:40,756 La'an: Let me go. 471 00:30:44,885 --> 00:30:46,678 Containment field at 40%. 472 00:30:46,762 --> 00:30:48,221 Get off of me! 473 00:30:48,305 --> 00:30:50,098 I'm trying to help you. It's me, la'an. 474 00:30:50,182 --> 00:30:51,975 You know me. I'm your friend. 475 00:30:52,434 --> 00:30:55,520 You lied to me every day for years. What kind of friend is that? 476 00:30:55,604 --> 00:30:56,688 Thirty percent. 477 00:30:56,772 --> 00:30:58,940 You're an abomination. An augment. 478 00:30:59,399 --> 00:31:01,711 That's what the other kids called me when they heard my name, 479 00:31:01,735 --> 00:31:03,195 augment, monster. 480 00:31:03,779 --> 00:31:05,781 Like you are. 481 00:31:06,615 --> 00:31:09,576 Radiation levels are now toxic to organic species. 482 00:31:09,951 --> 00:31:11,119 Warp core breach imminent. 483 00:31:22,881 --> 00:31:24,508 Pike to enterprise. Do you read me? 484 00:31:27,636 --> 00:31:29,304 I think it's safe to go back out now. 485 00:31:30,055 --> 00:31:31,431 We'll get a stronger signal. 486 00:31:37,312 --> 00:31:39,773 Those plasma creatures, 487 00:31:41,316 --> 00:31:43,318 they went to great lengths to save our lives. 488 00:31:43,402 --> 00:31:45,654 They shielded us when the storm broke through. 489 00:31:46,988 --> 00:31:49,366 Why wouldn't they have done the same for the colonists? 490 00:31:50,325 --> 00:31:52,119 I see two possibilities. 491 00:31:52,202 --> 00:31:53,662 They were not motivated to save them 492 00:31:53,745 --> 00:31:55,956 because of some previous interaction with the colonists. 493 00:31:56,748 --> 00:31:58,125 And the second? 494 00:31:59,626 --> 00:32:01,545 They were unable to save the colonists 495 00:32:01,628 --> 00:32:03,171 because they are the colonists. 496 00:32:04,506 --> 00:32:05,507 How? 497 00:32:05,715 --> 00:32:07,509 I found mention of some odd behavior 498 00:32:07,634 --> 00:32:09,928 in reaction to the disease I mentioned earlier. 499 00:32:10,679 --> 00:32:13,181 The infected had a compulsion for light. 500 00:32:14,015 --> 00:32:16,560 Some were driven so mad, they ran into the storms, 501 00:32:16,643 --> 00:32:17,853 chasing the lightning. 502 00:32:18,353 --> 00:32:20,230 Wouldn't they have died? 503 00:32:20,313 --> 00:32:21,440 Yes. 504 00:32:23,233 --> 00:32:25,485 Although it is possible the charged storm particles 505 00:32:25,569 --> 00:32:28,113 bonded with the colonists' electromagnetic presence, 506 00:32:28,196 --> 00:32:29,531 creating what we saw. 507 00:32:33,535 --> 00:32:34,703 Fascinating. 508 00:32:47,674 --> 00:32:50,135 This is a thorough account of the colonists' initiative 509 00:32:50,218 --> 00:32:52,012 to renounce their genetic engineering 510 00:32:52,095 --> 00:32:53,889 in order to join the federation. 511 00:32:55,891 --> 00:32:57,851 It would seem, even in death, 512 00:32:57,934 --> 00:33:00,437 they wanted us to be aware of who they really were. 513 00:33:06,026 --> 00:33:07,569 What is it, Spock? 514 00:33:09,404 --> 00:33:11,990 Some illyrians were, among other things, 515 00:33:12,073 --> 00:33:13,992 bioengineered to fight disease. 516 00:33:14,534 --> 00:33:16,661 Had they not tried to reverse their augmentation, 517 00:33:16,745 --> 00:33:18,246 they may not have all died. 518 00:33:20,916 --> 00:33:22,918 They wanted to join the federation so badly 519 00:33:23,543 --> 00:33:25,504 their good-faith gesture got them killed. 520 00:33:31,218 --> 00:33:32,427 Una: It's okay. 521 00:33:33,261 --> 00:33:35,597 It's okay. We got an antidote. 522 00:33:35,889 --> 00:33:39,226 La'an tried to jump into the warp core while the containment field was down. 523 00:33:40,268 --> 00:33:42,413 As I was stopping her, she got a bad dose of radiation, 524 00:33:42,437 --> 00:33:43,730 and so did I. 525 00:33:44,272 --> 00:33:46,107 Apparently, my body cured both of us 526 00:33:46,316 --> 00:33:47,817 before I reengaged the field. 527 00:33:48,527 --> 00:33:50,278 La'an is not an illyrian. 528 00:33:50,820 --> 00:33:52,781 Her proximity to the commander 529 00:33:52,864 --> 00:33:55,867 created chimeric antibodies in her system. 530 00:33:55,951 --> 00:33:58,745 I was able to synthesize them into a cure before they set. 531 00:33:59,955 --> 00:34:02,624 Don't thank me. I know I'm good at my job. 532 00:34:05,293 --> 00:34:07,462 Everyone here owes you their life. 533 00:34:10,632 --> 00:34:12,551 There's something I need to take care of. 534 00:34:32,612 --> 00:34:33,947 Mind if I sit? 535 00:34:38,827 --> 00:34:41,079 You pack one hell of a punch, lieutenant. 536 00:34:43,248 --> 00:34:44,624 Thank you. 537 00:34:44,708 --> 00:34:46,668 That wasn't a compliment. 538 00:34:46,751 --> 00:34:49,296 What's the penalty for striking a superior officer? 539 00:34:51,715 --> 00:34:53,174 I can't seem to remember. 540 00:34:55,844 --> 00:34:57,095 Thanks. 541 00:34:58,513 --> 00:35:00,390 I mean, we're friends, right? 542 00:35:01,266 --> 00:35:03,536 Do you want me to tell you it was just the sickness talking? 543 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:05,520 I don't know. Was it? 544 00:35:05,604 --> 00:35:06,896 Yes. 545 00:35:06,980 --> 00:35:08,523 And also, no. 546 00:35:11,401 --> 00:35:13,445 All my life I've hated augments. 547 00:35:13,528 --> 00:35:16,906 Hated what people thought of me because I was related to them. 548 00:35:18,033 --> 00:35:20,535 Understanding why they were outlawed in the federation. 549 00:35:20,619 --> 00:35:23,330 The damage they did. They almost destroyed earth. 550 00:35:23,413 --> 00:35:25,457 The augments, yes, but not us. 551 00:35:26,708 --> 00:35:29,377 My people were never motivated by domination. 552 00:35:30,545 --> 00:35:33,673 Illyrians seek collaboration with nature. 553 00:35:33,757 --> 00:35:35,508 By bioengineering our bodies, 554 00:35:35,592 --> 00:35:38,011 we adapt to naturally existing habitats. 555 00:35:38,470 --> 00:35:41,806 Instead of terraforming planets, we modify ourselves. 556 00:35:42,807 --> 00:35:44,601 And there's nothing wrong with that. 557 00:35:44,684 --> 00:35:46,770 If that's what you believe, why do you hide it? 558 00:35:48,730 --> 00:35:50,273 Why hide it from me? 559 00:35:51,274 --> 00:35:53,485 I've been hiding it from a lot of people. 560 00:35:58,156 --> 00:35:59,616 All I ever wanted, 561 00:36:01,076 --> 00:36:03,203 since I first saw the stars, 562 00:36:03,286 --> 00:36:04,788 was to join starfleet. 563 00:36:07,123 --> 00:36:08,249 I know. 564 00:36:10,752 --> 00:36:12,587 You're the one who gave me that dream. 565 00:36:15,298 --> 00:36:19,260 And the fact that strawberries are my comfort food. 566 00:36:36,861 --> 00:36:38,113 Una: Captain. 567 00:36:39,072 --> 00:36:40,407 I'm an illyrian. 568 00:36:41,616 --> 00:36:44,119 Not from this colony, from far away. 569 00:36:46,538 --> 00:36:48,331 Starfleet policy is clear. 570 00:36:48,415 --> 00:36:51,042 By not disclosing my genetic augmentation... 571 00:36:51,126 --> 00:36:53,920 Worse, by enlisting in starfleet... 572 00:36:54,546 --> 00:36:56,548 I've committed a federation offense. 573 00:36:59,050 --> 00:37:00,802 I am resigning my commission 574 00:37:00,927 --> 00:37:04,597 and surrendering myself for disciplinary review. 575 00:37:05,598 --> 00:37:08,393 I only ask that my sincere desire to join starfleet 576 00:37:08,476 --> 00:37:10,562 be taken into consideration. 577 00:37:11,980 --> 00:37:13,231 Rejected. 578 00:37:13,314 --> 00:37:15,984 - Sir? - I don't care where you come from. 579 00:37:16,067 --> 00:37:18,737 You're the best first officer in the fleet. 580 00:37:18,820 --> 00:37:20,464 Thank you, sir, but I feel obligated to point out 581 00:37:20,488 --> 00:37:21,549 that starfleet does not allow... 582 00:37:21,573 --> 00:37:22,949 Una, stop. 583 00:37:23,032 --> 00:37:26,202 Chris, that's kind, but I've broken a dozen regulations. 584 00:37:26,327 --> 00:37:28,037 I lied to get into starfleet. 585 00:37:28,163 --> 00:37:30,373 According to federation law, if you shelter me, 586 00:37:30,457 --> 00:37:32,041 they could come after you, too. 587 00:37:33,001 --> 00:37:34,502 I welcome that discussion. 588 00:37:36,171 --> 00:37:38,631 One thing became clear to me on hetemit 9. 589 00:37:39,674 --> 00:37:42,260 Illyrians are severely misunderstood. 590 00:37:42,343 --> 00:37:45,013 Your actions in the crisis proved that again. 591 00:37:47,223 --> 00:37:48,683 I just did my job, sir. 592 00:37:52,187 --> 00:37:54,898 You defy every stereotype 593 00:37:55,023 --> 00:37:57,358 the federation has about illyrians. 594 00:37:58,193 --> 00:37:59,694 You're an example to them. 595 00:38:00,945 --> 00:38:02,280 And to all of us. 596 00:38:03,990 --> 00:38:06,534 What do we do when starfleet finds out? 597 00:38:14,375 --> 00:38:16,377 You let me worry about starfleet. 598 00:38:23,676 --> 00:38:25,136 Oh, before you go... 599 00:38:25,804 --> 00:38:28,765 Uh, the glitch was with the transporter's biofilter, right? 600 00:38:28,890 --> 00:38:30,075 That's how the virus got on board? 601 00:38:30,099 --> 00:38:31,768 - Let's get that fixed. - Yes, sir. 602 00:38:32,477 --> 00:38:33,978 M'benga: Come in. 603 00:38:38,525 --> 00:38:41,486 It was your medical transporter that inhibited the biofilters. 604 00:38:42,737 --> 00:38:45,281 The new transporters keep biofilter and pattern integrity 605 00:38:45,406 --> 00:38:46,991 power systems separate. 606 00:38:47,075 --> 00:38:49,136 But you didn't let them upgrade the medical transporter 607 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:50,537 when we were in spacedock. 608 00:38:51,454 --> 00:38:53,248 I'm starting to suspect you couldn't. 609 00:38:58,503 --> 00:38:59,838 Hemmer's diagnostic 610 00:39:01,381 --> 00:39:03,925 shows you're keeping something in the pattern buffer. 611 00:39:04,926 --> 00:39:08,263 And whatever it is, you needed to preserve it, 612 00:39:08,346 --> 00:39:10,557 even if it ended up killing everyone on the ship. 613 00:39:10,723 --> 00:39:12,725 - Isn't that right, doctor? - No. 614 00:39:15,770 --> 00:39:17,146 I didn't know. 615 00:39:21,150 --> 00:39:22,694 It was an accident. 616 00:39:22,861 --> 00:39:26,281 What are you keeping in there that could be worth all our lives? 617 00:39:33,371 --> 00:39:34,581 Not what. 618 00:39:36,541 --> 00:39:37,625 Who. 619 00:39:38,126 --> 00:39:39,419 Rukiya. 620 00:39:43,715 --> 00:39:45,216 My daughter. 621 00:39:45,508 --> 00:39:48,052 A year ago, she was diagnosed with cygnokemia. 622 00:39:48,678 --> 00:39:50,054 Brutal disease. 623 00:39:52,557 --> 00:39:55,643 You can't imagine what it's like to watch your child wither away. 624 00:39:57,979 --> 00:40:01,608 To see a lifetime of potential reduced to a 12-week prognosis. 625 00:40:02,984 --> 00:40:04,319 I'm sorry. 626 00:40:04,986 --> 00:40:06,988 I am chief medical officer. 627 00:40:08,990 --> 00:40:11,159 On the flagship of starfleet. 628 00:40:13,328 --> 00:40:15,955 You'd think I'd be able to do something about it. 629 00:40:19,208 --> 00:40:20,501 But nothing worked. 630 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:23,838 Did you know there's no limit 631 00:40:24,631 --> 00:40:27,592 on how long you can store someone's pattern in the buffer? 632 00:40:30,887 --> 00:40:33,765 You just have to materialize them regularly. 633 00:40:36,351 --> 00:40:38,561 In the buffer, my daughter doesn't age. 634 00:40:40,021 --> 00:40:42,023 And her disease can't progress. 635 00:40:43,191 --> 00:40:45,193 We travel light-years in hours. 636 00:40:46,527 --> 00:40:48,279 And somewhere out there 637 00:40:50,198 --> 00:40:52,575 is a planet that has the discovery I need. 638 00:40:53,743 --> 00:40:54,744 Only, 639 00:40:56,871 --> 00:40:59,248 the light virus epidemic was my fault. 640 00:41:00,458 --> 00:41:02,043 It seems so, yes. 641 00:41:03,419 --> 00:41:05,630 If I thought, even for a second, 642 00:41:06,089 --> 00:41:07,674 that could have happened... 643 00:41:09,384 --> 00:41:11,094 It won't happen again. 644 00:41:13,471 --> 00:41:15,932 I can't endanger our crew for one life. 645 00:41:17,058 --> 00:41:19,394 No matter how much that life means to me. 646 00:41:22,271 --> 00:41:23,523 But I ask, 647 00:41:25,274 --> 00:41:26,693 would you consider, 648 00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:29,362 before you return me to starfleet, 649 00:41:29,904 --> 00:41:33,366 that I might have a chance to spend a little more time with my daughter? 650 00:41:38,830 --> 00:41:40,081 To say goodbye. 651 00:41:46,212 --> 00:41:49,340 I'll provide a dedicated power source, direct from the warp core. 652 00:41:51,300 --> 00:41:52,510 This problem? 653 00:41:53,386 --> 00:41:55,680 We can ensure it never happens again. 654 00:42:03,771 --> 00:42:05,815 I look fonivard to meeting her one day. 655 00:42:13,740 --> 00:42:15,533 First officer's personal log. 656 00:42:19,454 --> 00:42:21,039 The lights are back on. 657 00:42:21,539 --> 00:42:23,624 But that doesn't mean we see clearly. 658 00:42:25,084 --> 00:42:26,794 People are always hiding things. 659 00:42:36,054 --> 00:42:38,264 Hi, dad. Story time? 660 00:42:39,390 --> 00:42:40,641 You bet. 661 00:42:41,476 --> 00:42:42,560 Now, where were we? 662 00:42:42,643 --> 00:42:44,520 King Ridley was about to climb the tower 663 00:42:44,604 --> 00:42:46,898 to rescue Princess Thalia from evil queen neve. 664 00:42:46,981 --> 00:42:48,816 Wait. 665 00:42:49,567 --> 00:42:51,152 No spoilers. 666 00:42:51,694 --> 00:42:54,572 Dad, you've read this, like, a hundred times. 667 00:42:54,655 --> 00:42:58,284 That doesn't mean that the ending couldn't miraculously change. 668 00:42:58,367 --> 00:43:00,495 Una: Dr. M'benga stopped hiding today, 669 00:43:00,620 --> 00:43:01,829 just a little. 670 00:43:01,954 --> 00:43:02,997 And for once, 671 00:43:03,498 --> 00:43:04,707 I did, too. 672 00:43:07,376 --> 00:43:10,129 I told captain pike the truth about myself. 673 00:43:11,672 --> 00:43:13,091 And he defended me. 674 00:43:14,050 --> 00:43:15,843 Told me I was exemplary. 675 00:43:15,927 --> 00:43:17,678 That he would fight for me. 676 00:43:21,724 --> 00:43:23,476 So why do I feel terrible? 677 00:43:28,272 --> 00:43:30,691 What if I hadn't saved all those lives? 678 00:43:32,693 --> 00:43:34,278 Would the captain feel the same? 679 00:43:37,281 --> 00:43:39,367 What would he do if I wasn't a hero? 680 00:43:39,450 --> 00:43:40,701 One of the "good ones"? 681 00:43:42,995 --> 00:43:45,206 When will it be enough to just 682 00:43:47,542 --> 00:43:48,876 be an illyrian? 683 00:43:54,841 --> 00:43:56,509 Computer. 684 00:44:02,056 --> 00:44:03,307 Delete log entry. 685 00:44:03,391 --> 00:44:04,809 Computer: Log entry deleted. 686 00:44:05,726 --> 00:44:08,896 M'benga: If king Ridley would seek out the Mercury stone 687 00:44:08,980 --> 00:44:10,523 and win it as his own, 688 00:44:11,232 --> 00:44:13,609 his victory over queen neve would be assured. 689 00:44:14,569 --> 00:44:16,487 It is said that in the right hands, 690 00:44:16,571 --> 00:44:20,366 the Mercury stone has the power to cleanse the land of evil 691 00:44:21,075 --> 00:44:23,035 and bring prosperity to all. 692 00:44:23,744 --> 00:44:26,330 But if it were to fall into the wrong hands, 693 00:44:26,414 --> 00:44:31,043 the Mercury stone's power would bring about a terrible, 694 00:44:31,502 --> 00:44:35,173 long-lasting dark age across the land.